Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Knee-Deep PLAYLIST, Steep Canyon Rangers, Special Guests


Recently I got together with all the members of the Steep Canyon Rangers to talk their collaboration with Steve Martin, "Rare Bird Alert" on Rounder Records. We also discussed touring with Steve Martin, as well as, a new recording that's in the works for the Rangers. It is always lively conversation when Woody, Graham, Mike, Nicky and Charles are in the room. Enjoy!

(Hour One)

The Old Home---Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Tune Of A Twenty Dollar Bill---Lonesome River Band
Take This Hammer---Mashville Brigade

(Bluegrass News)

Nashville Cats---Del McCoury Band
Everytime---Grascals
Fiddlers Dream---Hunter Berry
Stepping On The Clouds---Kenny & Amanda Smith

Who Showed Who---Dan Tyminski
Walk Through This World With Me---Seldom Scene
Little White Wash Chimney---Nashville Bluegrass Band
Pardon Me---Cox Family

(Vintage Vault) DAVID GRISMAN - 'Early Dawg'
Little Sadie / Bluegrass Twist

(Hour Two)

Stormy Night---John Cowan w/Jim Hurst
The Sentence---Terry Baucom w/Adam Steffey

SPOTLIGHT: STEEP CANYON RANGERS

Yellow-Backed Fly / Hide Behind A Rock-Steve Martin & SCR

King Tut / Atheists Don't Have No Songs-Steve Martin & SCR

(Concert Cut) NEW GRASS REVIVAL 'Live In France'
Reach

Jubilation Day-Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers

THANKS for listening!~CB

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Knee-Deep PLAYLIST, Jim Lauderdale, Special Guest


My buddy, Jim Lauderdale is my special guest on this week's show... the same week his brand new CD, "Reason and Rhyme" is released on Sugar Hill Records, Bluegrass Songs by Robert Hunter & Jim Lauderdale. It is a great new project. Check it out!

(Hour One)

Sis Draper---Ricky Skaggs
Sounds of the Mountains---Ramblers Choice
Daniel Prayed---Boone Creek

(Bluegrass News)

I'm A Little Bit Lonely---Special Consensus
Don't You Call My Name---Dailey & Vincent
Sinner---Tim O'Brien
Flint Hill Special---David Talbot

Riding The Danville Pike---Blue Highway
I Feel Like Traveling On---Tony Rice
My Saro Jane---David Parmley & Continental Divide
One Of These Trains---New Grass Revival

(Vintage Vault): DEL MCCOURY-1967
Prisoner's Song / I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When

(Hour Two)

Little Sadie---Mountain Heart
Sugar Tree Stomp---Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman w/Curly Seckler

(Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight) - JIM LAUDERDALE
Fields of the Lord / Cruel Wind & Rain

I'll Love Nobody But You---Gibson Brothers
Stepping Stones---Terry Baucom w/Paul Williams
Stay All Night---Grascals
Paper Airplane---Alison Krauss & Union Station

(Concert Segment) - OLD & IN THE WAY
Hobo Song

Not Let You Go---Jim Lauderdale

THANKS for listening!~CB

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Knee-Deep PLAYLIST, Tim Shelton, Special Guest


Tim Shelton of Newfound Road joins me this week in the Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight. We focus on the live recording on Rounder Records at the Down Home in Johnson City, Tennessee. We also have new music by the Grascals, the Roys, the Gibson Brothers, Alison Krauss & Union Station and more. Thank you for tuning in!

(Hour One)

Dooley-Grascals
The Boys In Hats and Ties-Big Country Bluegrass
The Next Last Time-Terry Baucom w/Ronnie Bowman & John Cowan

(Bluegrass News)

Coal Minin' Man-The Roys
The Class of '57-Dailey & Vincent
I'd Jump The Mississippi-Kenny & Amanda Smith
Your Eyes-Laurie Lewis

I'll Love Nobody But You-Gibson Brothers
Miles To Go-Alison Krauss & Union Station
Things In Life-Country Gentlemen
Stormy Night-John Cowan & Jim Hurst

(Vintage Vault) TARHEEL TRAVELERS
My Dad, Jim Brooks on Banjo - My Father's Day Tribute...
Lonesome Road Blues / Dueling Banjos

(Hour Two)

The Rabbit Song-Lost & Found
Paul & Peter Walked-Claire Lynch

(Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight) TIM SHELTON (Newfound Road)
Those Days
Room At The Top Of The Stairs

Long Time Gone-Darrell Scott & Tim O'Brien
Rock of Ages Keep My Soul-Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Young Lillie's Dreams-Terry Baucom w/Don Rigsby & Buddy Melton
Look For Me, I'll Be There-John Bowman

(Concert Segment) TOM ADAMS & MICHAEL CLEVELAND
Dear Old Dixie/Dance Around Molly

Uncle Pen-Bill Monroe

Knee-Deep PLAYLIST-Russell Moore, Special Guest


Russell Moore joins me in the Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight to talk about a number of things...the new IIIrd Tyme Out recording that is in the works (we get to hear the first single release, 'If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again'), the collaboration with Bobby Osborne on 'Mountain Fever' from the new Rural Rhythm release, plus Russell's two contributions to Terry' Baucom's CD, 'In A Groove'.

(Hour One)

Don't Lie To Me-Adam Steffey
The Court of Love-Rhonda Vincent
Lonesome Wind-Ronnie Bowman

(Bluegrass News)

Dry My Tears and Move On-Del McCoury Band
Who's Your Uncle-Jerry Douglas w/Sam Bush & Bela Fleck
Look Down That Lonesome Road-Tim O'Brien
Julia Belle-Janet Beazley

Burning Georgia Down-Balsam Range
When It's Not With Me Everyday-Cherryholmes
Love's Voice-Jim Lauderdale
Walking The Floor Over You-Mike Auldridge w/Tony Rice

(Vintage Vault) FLATT & SCRUGGS
Baby Blue Eyes (1949)
My Cabin In Caroline (1949)

(Hour Two)

Sawing On The Strings-Alison Krauss
Winter's Come and Gone-Dailey & Vincent

(Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight) - RUSSELL MOORE

If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again - IIIrd Tyme Out
Mountain Fever-Bobby Osborne w/Russell Moore

Nothin' Like The Scorn of a Lover-Terry Baucom w/Russell Moore & Buddy Melton
I Wish You Knew-Terry Baucom w/John Cowan & Russell Moore

(Concert Segment) - The Mike Snider String Band

Soldiers Joy Medley / Ashokan Farewell

Nobdoy's Love Is Like Mine-Lou Reid

THANKS for listening!~CB

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Knee-Deep PLAYLIST-Owen Snyder, Special Guest


During this week's show, you will get to hear from Owen Snyder of the Snyder Family Band from Lexington, North Carolina. Owen is the group's youngest member at only 5 years old. The entire family is very talented, but what impresses my most about Owen is his maturity, which is well beyond his years. He is friendly, courteous and extremely knowledgeable about Bluegrass Music and it's artists. I hope you enjoy hearing from Owen as much as I enjoyed talking with him. Cuts from 'Comin' On Strong' by the Snyder Family Band will also be featured during the Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight.

(Hour One)

If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again-Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Cruel Wind and Rain-Jim Lauderdale

(Bluegrass News)

Pud Marcum's Hangin'-Larry Cordle
That Home Far Away-Ralph Stanley
Mighty Dark To Travel-Audie Blaylock & Redline
The Speed of Bluegrass-Jim Van Cleve

Bombshell-Sierra Hull
Do You Wrong Kind of Girl-Terry Baucom w/Jamie Dailey & Lou Reid
Age-Bluegrass Album Band
Just Another Alice-Alecia Nugent

(Vintage Vault)-BILL GRANT & DELIA BELL
The Girl At The Crossroads Bar
Stone Walls and Steel Bars

(Hour Two)

Heartaches and Dreams-Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
Anybody Else's Heart But Mine-Dale Ann Bradley

(Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight)-OWEN SNYDER
East Tennessee Blues-Snyder Family Band
Red Haired Boy-Snyder Family Band

Give Me Your Hand-Crowe Lawson & Williams
Stepping Stones-Terry Baucom w/Paul Williams
Just Get Up and Go-Mountain Heart
Goin' Up Dry Branch-Michael Cleveland

(Concert Segment) SELDOM SCENE, Live at the Cellar Door, 1974
City of New Orleans / Pick Away

I'm Still Learning-Lonesome River Band

THANKS for tuning-in!~CB

Knee-Deep PLAYLIST-Gibson Brothers, Special Guests


It is always a pleasure to catch up with Eric and Leigh Gibson from upstate New York. They have become great friends of Terry and me over the past few years. Their new release on Compass Records, 'Help My Brother' is just full of great tunes-mostly originals-and they perform them so well. It was fun to have them on the show with me.

(Hour One)

Wearin' The Blues-Josh Williams and David Peterson
Senor-Dierks Bentley with the Punch Brothers

(Bluegrass News)

New San Juan-Bill Emerson
I Wish You Knew-Terry Baucom w/John Cowan & Russell Moore
Brown County Breakdown-Mark Johnson & Emory Lester
Dust Bowl Children-Alison Krauss & Union Station

Bluegrass Time-Russell Johnson & The Grass Cats
Backroads and Little Towns-The Expedition Show
Can't Live Life-Edgar Loudermilk
King Tut-Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers

(Vintage Vault) COUNTRY GENTLEMEN
Teach Your Children / I'd Rather Live By The Side of the Road

(Hour Two)

Gone At Last-Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
On This Old Farm-Si Kahn with Kathy Mattea & Jens Kruger

(Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight)-GIBSON BROTHERS
Help My Brother
Walking West To Memphis
Open Up Your Heart

Up This Hill and Down-Bobby Osborne
I Will Always Be Waiting For You-Sierra Hull
What's Good For You-Jeremy Garrett
Ole Slew Foot-Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa

(Concert Segment)-SHAWN CAMP-at the Station Inn, Nashville
Red Bird / Forever Ain't No Trouble Now

Carolina's Arms-Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out

THANKS for tuning in!~CB

Knee-Deep PLAYLIST-Joe Diffie, Special Guest


I recently sat down with Joe Diffie to talk about his early days of Bluegrass, before he dominated Country Radio in the 90's. Then we turned our focus to his 'Homecoming' album on Rounder Records and his coming back to perform some of the music that means so much to him. It was a great visit and I hope you enjoyed the interview.

(Hour One)

Mountain Fever-Bobby Osborne w/Russell Moore
Blue-Eyed Blonde-Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad
Susan When She Tried-Dailey & Vincent

(Bluegrass News)

Cryin' All The Way To The Bank-Alecia Nugent
When The Bloom Is Off The Rose-Rhonda Vincent w/Sally & Tensel
My Old Kentucky & You-Larry Stephenson & Ricky Skaggs
Where Is My Little Cabin Home-Kathy Kallick Band

Little Sadie-Mountain Heart
Likes of Me-Tony Rice
Working Hard Ain't Hardly Working-Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
I've Heard These Words Before-Kati Penn & Newtown

(Vintage Vault)-KENNY BAKER & JOE GREENE
High Country / Leather Britches

(Hour Two)

Paper Airplane-Alison Krauss & Union Station
Panhandle Rag-Jimmy Arnold

(Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight)-JOE DIFFIE
Route 5, Box 109 / Tall Corn Stalk / Fit For a King

Fiddlin' Around-Dierks Bentley
Another Day, Another Dollar-Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
My Brown Eyed Darlin'-Russell Johnson

(Concert Segment)-BILL MONROE
Panhandle Country / Dark Hollow

Do You Wrong Kind of Girl-Terry Baucom w/Jamie Dailey & Lou Reid

THANKS for listening!~CB

Knee-Deep PLAYLIST-Michael Cleveland & FlameKeeper Spotlight


Michael Cleveland, Tom Adams and Marshall Wilborn were my guests in the Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight to talk about the new Rounder release, 'Fired Up'. It was a great conversation with these talented individuals, as we featured cuts on the show.

(Hour One)

Next To You, Next To Me-Marty Raybon
Sparkle City-Town Mountain
Lay My Burden Down-Alison Krauss & Union Station

(Bluegrass News)

Girl-Vince Gill
It's All Right There-Melonie Cannon
Callin' Caroline-Balsam Range
The Next Last Time-Terry Baucom w/Ronnie Bowman & John Cowan

The Last Song-Josh Williams
I'm Gonna Love You-Claire Lynch
Walkin' West To Memphis-Gibson Brothers
Board That Train and Ride-Wildwood Valley Boys

(Vintage Vault)-2 Great Banjo Players
The Old Swinging Bridge-Ted Lundy
I'll Be On That Good Road Someday-Butch Robins

(Hour Two)

Molly-Larry Cordle
Good Time Mountain Man-Terry Baucom w/Chris Stapleton & Ronnie Bowman

(Knee-Deep Artist Spotlight)-MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER
Monster Truck / Bigger Hands Than Mine
Goin' Up Dry Branch / Big Wide Strum

(Concert Segment) RHONDA VINCENT & THE RAGE
Bluegrass Express / Martha White / Jolene

The Working Man-Shannon Slaughter

THANKS for listening!~CB

Knee-Deep PLAYLIST


Knee-Deep In Bluegrass

(Hour One)

Miles To Go-Alison Krauss & Union Station
Route 5, Box 109-Joe Diffie
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot-Mike Scott

(Bluegrass News)

Help My Brother-Gibson Brothers
The Last Song-Josh Williams
Mountain Fever-Bobby Osborne w/Russell Moore
Chilly Winds-Bill Emerson

Yellow-Backed Fly-Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
Come Break My Heart-Town Mountain
Heart Over Mind-Jerry Butler & The Blu-Jays
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar-Bryan Sutton

(Vintage Vault) - CHARLIE MOORE & THE DIXIE PARTNERS
Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
Nine Pound Hammer

(Hour Two)

Nothin' Like The Scorn of a Lover-Terry Baucom w/Russell Moore & Buddy Melton
That Home Far Away-Ralph Stanley
Bleeding For A Little Peace of Mind---Blue Highway w/Darrell Scott

Molly-Larry Cordle
Chasin' Skies-Sierra Hull
Wearin' The Blues-Josh Williams and David Peterson
Virginia Bound-Josh Sloan & Coaltown

Chalk Up Another One-Jimmy Martin
Up and At It-Three Ring Circle
You've Been So Good To Me-Shannon Slaughter
Blue Days, Black Nights-Tasty Licks

(Concert Segment)-NEW FOUND ROAD-Down Home, Johnson City, TN
These Days

The Sentence-Terry Baucom w/Adam Steffey

THANKS for listening!~CB