Our first order of business today is to play a new bluegrass song from an experienced source, Jeff White. In the current state of evolving bluegrass, we play a couple of recent songs with similar and wistful moods. On our Gem of Bluegrass, we consider bluegrass realism. It is almost always describes hard situations. But love, romance and happiness can be real, too, so we play some songs that describe these. Later we talk to David Grier, a veteran guitar player with a distinctive soloing voice.
| Song | Artist | CD | Label |
| Travelin’ this Lonesome Road | Jeff White | Right Beside you |
| Still the One | Infamous Stringdusters | Ladies and Gentlemen | Compass |
| Love Has Come for You | Steve Martin and Edie Brickell | Love Has Come for You | Rounder |
| The Newpart | April Verch | The Newpart |
Gems of Bluegrass #1622 – Bluegrass Songs Offer Doses of Reality
| Over the Hill to the Poorhouse | Flatt & Scruggs | 1948 – 1959 | Bear Family |
| Heart of the House | Valerie Smith & Becky Buller | Here’s a Little Song | Bell Buckle |
| Mama Please Stay Home with Me | Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerard | Pioneering Women of Bluegrass | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Little Annie | Lilly Bros | Early Recordings | Rebel |
| Big Spike Hammer | Osborne Bros | 1956 – 68 | Bear Family |
| I’m in it for a Long Ride | Donna Ullise | Hard Cry Moon | Hadley music Group |
Break
| Song | Artist | CD | Label |
| Wake me Up to Drive | Swift Creek | Magnolia | Slab Town |
David Grier interview
| Song | Artist | CD | Label |
| John Riley the Shepard | David Grier interview | ||
| Finnish tune
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David Grier interview | ||
| Unnamed tune
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David Grier interview | ||
| Eye of the Hurricane | David Grier | Lone Soldier | Rounder |
| Your Eyes | Laurie Lewis | The Golden West | Hightone |
| Scott Joplin Medley | Ray Hesson | Sunrise | Old Line |
| The World is Waiting for the Sunrise | Ray Hesson | Sunrise | Old Line |
Contact Phil Nusbaum: www.bluegrassreview.com
Phil Nusbaum’s CD The Dark Before the Storm is available at www.cdbaby.com
Contact David Grier: www.davidgrier.com
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