This episode is a beginner's guide to bluegrass, featuring some of the names you need to know if you know nothing. It also answers the most essential questions such as, "Who is the best-selling bluegrass artist of all-time?", "Who is the real Father of Bluegrass?", and "Who got custody when the Father of Bluegrass died?" There will be a quiz at the end.

(00:00) A Beginner’s Guide to Bluegrass

(03:43) Run Mississippi -Rhonda Vincent

https://lnkfi.re/eYGYnxUw

(06:41) My Walking Shoes -Jimmy Martin

https://youtu.be/N_pNh9pagL8?si=8udJwQ1xjdqnpism

(09:02) I’m Walkin’ -JD Crowe & the New South

https://lnkfi.re/6ZvUB0Ti

(11:11) The Father(s) of Bluegrass

(14:35) I Been Walkin’ -Lester Flatt

https://lnkfi.re/wqeGlbsL

(16:40) Step It Up and Go -Earl Scruggs Revue

https://lnkfi.re/EYXNUIbY

(19:02) I’ll Go Steppin’ Too -Flatt & Scruggs

https://lnkfi.re/e5jbvoLr

(21:53) The Rest Is Historic

(25:55) Heavy Traffic Ahead -Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

https://lnkfi.re/oUe4b56j

(28:45) Sally Goodin’ -Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

https://lnkfi.re/11S7Mskz

(31:57) The Old Cross Roads -Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

https://lnkfi.re/h6Si8chx

(36:02) Once the Father of Bluegrass Died, Who Got Custody?

(39:33) I Feel the Blues Movin’ In -Del McCoury

https://lnkfi.re/737xUztj

(43:09) Cheyenne -Bluegrass Album Band

https://lnkfi.re/8FpdpmQ8

(46:35) Whispers of the North -Tony Rice

https://lnkfi.re/N02ViNdf

(50:47) Whispering Hope -Mac Wiseman

https://youtu.be/SvLbnxBNJxs?si=_1cSBQU5KhDBukcO

(53:44) Bluegrass for Dummies

(57:59) I See Through You -Stanley Brothers

https://lnkfi.re/xgrhLKeX

(01:00:25) Higher Than the Wall -Steeldrivers

https://lnkfi.re/yMUTnT9y

(01:04:09) Thirst Mutilator -Billy Strings

https://lnkfi.re/ZTDOYc7r

(01:06:55) The 2026 Bluegrass Quiz

(01:20:08) Every Time You Say Goodbye -AK&US

https://lnkfi.re/cbKdG8vK

We're counting down some of my favorite songs from 2025, mixing in some music from some other years, as well as handing out the most worthless awards in bluegrass, The Cammys.

(00:00) Waxing and Whining

(07:02) Out of My Bones -Amanda Cook

https://lnkfi.re/LO56yE4J

(10:33) Bear Creek Clay -Pitney Meyer

https://lnkfi.re/bLvKdwyL

(13:10) Bear Creek Hop -Dillard/Hartford/Dillard

https://lnkfi.re/1K3mjyF5

(15:03) Just the Facts, Ma’am

(18:13) Where Have You Been -Dailey & Vincent

https://lnkfi.re/pGyWM4zV

(22:12) Where Have You Been -Nick Dumas

https://lnkfi.re/d4NejDpo

(25:42) Cotton Eyed Joe -White House

https://lnkfi.re/iAAlbb9j

(29:11) Utqiagvik 

(33:03) The Sun Is Setting in Barrow -Milan Miller

https://lnkfi.re/HkH9D6Q8

(37:01) Truth Be Told -Sierra Hull

https://lnkfi.re/4PZdtOrA

(40:14) Hill Country -Tony Trischka

https://lnkfi.re/mZXdMd0Z

(42:11) Hill Country Highway -East Nash Grass

https://lnkfi.re/ZlHVfFm8

(44:10) Bluegrass from the Zoomers

(47:17) Let Her Go -Travelin’ McCourys

https://lnkfi.re/SnMsEiDD

(52:06) Let Her Know -Remedy Tree

https://lnkfi.re/Mi7V3USy

(56:27) We Started Out from Bern…

(59:03) Walking Among the Living -Volume Five

https://lnkfi.re/vYrV6NNM

(01:02:29) Katie & Burl -Unspoken Tradition

https://lnkfi.re/BmvGrSuY

(01:05:51) Going Postal

 (01:07:54) Not a Word from Home -Joe Val

 https://lnkfi.re/OGGD4GQJ

(01:10:19) No Letter in the Mail -Joe Isaacs

https://lnkfi.re/PYeEBitq

(01:13:02) No Letter -Sierra Ferrell

https://lnkfi.re/fb7Coisp

(01:15:17) Empty Old Mailbox -Don Rigsby

https://lnkfi.re/vhBbld6N

(01:18:14) Please Mr. Postman -Special Consensus

https://lnkfi.re/i5qVYzUv

(01:21:26) The Cammys

(01:28:44) Flipside -Bookmatch

https://lnkfi.re/Q1BsboxV

The Best Bluegrass of 2025 playlist:

https://lnkfi.re/CDcykyve

I could write a description for this episode, but I have a feeling you can figure out what this one's about just by reading the title.

(00:00) The More, the Merrier

(01:08) Winter Wonderland -Scott Vestal & Some Other Happy Good Men

https://lnkfi.re/vakDbBaN

(03:14) Let It Snow -Authentic Unlimited 

https://lnkfi.re/lrhX8AGf

(05:38) Powder Day -Leftover Salmon

https://lnkfi.re/hCl8Npgz

(09:49) Pancake Tuesday

(13:38) Playin’ in the Snow -RAPIDGRASS

https://lnkfi.re/sqYFvGmo

(16:39) Dancing in the Snow -Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz

https://lnkfi.re/fCcTvhKs

(18:59) Ballroom Dancing in the Snow

(20:12) Frostbite -Dan Menzone

https://lnkfi.re/heoXrye0

(23:46) Silent Night -Rhonda Vincent

https://lnkfi.re/sDI1AeiM

(27:15) O Holy Night -The Petersens

https://lnkfi.re/hlVGPwTe

(30:40) Joy to the World -Bluegrass Martins

https://youtu.be/c0Tb9EDtlsI?si=e7sJ3gqa72Y82fSX

(33:07) Il est né, le divin Enfant -Robin Bullock

https://lnkfi.re/JCVUXerR

(35:54) The Pigeon Forge of the Midwest

(39:11) Angels We Have Heard on High -Butch Baldassari & Randy Howard

https://lnkfi.re/Jl8yp9lP

(42:56) Angels from the Realms of Glory -Rrinaco

https://lnkfi.re/wbIx9QvT

(46:07) Hark the Herald Angels Sing -Various Artists

https://lnkfi.re/b5cVF8v7

(49:29) Welkin

(52:42) Do You Hear What I Hear -Darin & Brooke Aldridge

https://lnkfi.re/qw9wzIed

(56:48) Good King Wenceslas -Emory Lester

https://lnkfi.re/JxvQytIX

(58:25) Good Christian Men Rejoice -Steve Ivey

https://lnkfi.re/F41FULho

(01:00:16) The Department of Corrections

(01:04:52) Auld Lang Syne -Off the Wagon

https://lnkfi.re/yxmEhkPa

I could write a description for this episode, but I have a feeling you can figure out what this one's about by just reading the title. If not, might I suggest hitting that button with the triangle inside a circle.

(00:00) The More, The Merrier

(01:09) Winter Wonderland -Scott Vestal & Some Other Happy Goodmen

https://lnkfi.re/vakDbBaN

(03:15) Let It Snow -Authentic Unlimited

https://lnkfi.re/lrhX8AGf

(05:39) Powder Day -Leftover Salmon

https://lnkfi.re/hCl8Npgz

(09:50) Pancake Tuesday

(13:38) Playin’ in the Snow -RAPIDGRASS

https://lnkfi.re/sqYFvGmo

(16:39) Dancing in the Snow -Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz

https://lnkfi.re/fCcTvhKs

(19:00) Ballroom Dancing in the Snow

(20:12) Frostbite -Dan Menzone

https://lnkfi.re/heoXrye0

(23:47) Silent Night -Rhonda Vincent

https://lnkfi.re/sDI1AeiM

(27:15) O Holy Night -The Petersens

https://lnkfi.re/hlVGPwTe

(30:41) Joy to the World -The Bluegrass Martins

https://youtu.be/c0Tb9EDtlsI?si=jTsVIvAEXoPHEtXy

(33:07) Il est né, le divin Enfant -Robin Bullock

https://lnkfi.re/JCVUXerR

(35:54) The Pigeon Forge of the Midwest

(39:11) Angels We Have Heard on High -Butch Baldassari & Randy Howard

https://lnkfi.re/Jl8yp9lP

(42:56) Angels From the Realms of Glory -Rrinaco

https://lnkfi.re/wbIx9QvT

(46:07) Hark the Herald Angels Sing -Various Artists

https://lnkfi.re/b5cVF8v7

(49:29) Welkin

(52:43) Do You Hear What I Hear -Darin & Brooke Aldridge

https://lnkfi.re/qw9wzIed

(56:48) Good King Wenceslas -Emory Lester

https://lnkfi.re/JxvQytIX

(58:25) Good Christian Men Rejoice -Steve Ivey

https://lnkfi.re/F41FULho

(01:00:17) The Department of Corrections

(01:04:52) Auld Lang Syne -Off the Wagon

https://lnkfi.re/yxmEhkPa

This episode is all about nothing. But within that nothing, there are some songs about the US Congress, songs about things that won’t be in heaven, and there’s another installment of the segment formerly known as Notable (Stupid) Youtube Comments.

(00:00) Christmas Music!

(01:56) Nothin’ to You -Becky Buller

https://lnkfi.re/ixYiSrjv

(05:13) Nothin’ Like the Lonely -Patty Loveless

https://lnkfi.re/ma15sH58

(08:44) Nothin’ to It -Flatt & Scruggs w/ Doc Watson

https://lnkfi.re/HgAlaLPo

(11:30) The Top of the Tradition Totem Pole

(14:20) Next to Nothing -New Vintage

https://lnkfi.re/7uH0SfEc

(16:53) Nothing Is Left but the Blues -Country Gazette

https://lnkfi.re/m7RDVBfM

(19:17) Nothing But the Blues -John Cowan

https://lnkfi.re/fvRK9eDy

(23:03) Everybody Hates Congress

(27:20) We Shall Not Be Moved -Greenbriar Boys

https://lnkfi.re/a2YQcJR2

(29:04) Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens -Chicken Wire Empire

https://lnkfi.re/t9ERctVU

(32:42) No Resolution -Infamous Stringdusters

https://lnkfi.re/vidnt24B

(37:25) Life Don’t Have to Mean Nothin’ At All -Joe Nichols

https://lnkfi.re/2gV6ddAj

(40:21) New York City?!

(44:33) When I Wake Up to Sleep No More -Jonathan Goodwin

https://lnkfi.re/1xuS9Q0b

(47:06) Heaven’s Bright Shore -AK&US

https://lnkfi.re/a8kIfZvC

(50:09) The Unclouded Day -Vintage Martins

https://lnkfi.re/9BmYAI0G

(53:16) Notable Snippets from Social Media

(1:03:40) Nothing But the Blood -Rochesters

https://lnkfi.re/jplC6t5M

What’s in a name? Well, sometimes humor, or memorability, or mellifluence. And some of the best names in bluegrass are showcased here.

(00:00) The Business of Bluegrass

(02:05) I’m Already Gone -Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

https://lnkfi.re/zHue2lcD

(05:01) Can’t You Hear That Whistle Blow -The Grascals

https://lnkfi.re/MRx9Efps

(08:02) Port Man Toes

(10:16) Dine with the King -Pine Mountain Railroad

https://lnkfi.re/FKMCDv23

(13:51) Better Is One Day -Bluegrass Worship Band

https://lnkfi.re/pC4PTszE

(17:51) All of Tomorrow -Billy Strings

https://lnkfi.re/jqQ2HAYU

(21:46) Moseying on Down to the Burger King

(25:52) Long Journey Home -Jimbo Whaley & Greenbrier

https://lnkfi.re/s6Z3AJl6

(28:58) Get a Fire Going -Trout Steak Revival

https://lnkfi.re/lfCMIk2D

(31:19) Evermore -Leftover Salmon

https://lnkfi.re/7FNsvOdu

(37:44) Where Drew Drew the Name

(40:46) Thornpipe -Big Fat Gap

https://lnkfi.re/NLWfqNwr

(44:18) Willie Poor Boy -Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum

https://lnkfi.re/di8pxLBX

(48:32) C’est La Mort

(52:38) Nadia Comaneci -Tom Godleski & Buncombe Turnpike

https://lnkfi.re/oqhJqxGn

(55:33) Willy’s Lament -Banjo Dan & the Mid-nite Plowboys

https://lnkfi.re/Mn8XNjHu

(58:56) Could You Slow it Down to 1.25x Speed Please?

(01:04:03) Don’t You Cry -The Dillards

https://lnkfi.re/dg1ZE80z

(01:05:53) Bending the Strings -The Dillards

https://lnkfi.re/5ranHc46

This episode is freer than TurboTax Free Edition. For those listening to this in the future, TurboTax used to have a free edition.

(00:00) Hot, Stanky Garbage

(03:10) Revival -New Grass Revival

https://lnkfi.re/Rrpp5PRe

(07:00) Revival -Blue Moon Rising

https://lnkfi.re/C1svDEUq

(10:10) Revival -Punches Family

https://lnkfi.re/Ef9iL5eC

(13:41) Revival -Shiloh Mountain Trio

https://lnkfi.re/ExNzri5x

(16:42) Eclectic, Eccentric, Electric, Erratic

(20:59) This Heart of Mine -Pat Flynn
https://lnkfi.re/wZ0AY5OS

(23:58) This Heart of Mine (Can Never Say Goodbye) -Osborne Brothers

https://youtu.be/kgXWimdF0fE

(26:31) This Heart of Mine -Bluegrass Playboys

https://lnkfi.re/GGw9T1EP

(28:48) The World of Bluegrass

(33:16) This Heart of Mine -Crandall Creek

https://lnkfi.re/TGu7dabl

(36:29) This Heart of Mine -Blue Canyon Boys

https://lnkfi.re/S2J8AvZT

(38:36) This Heart of Mine -Wailin’ Jennys

https://lnkfi.re/YUnt759Y

(43:05) My Heart

(45:32) Fire on the Mountain -Bill Monroe

https://lnkfi.re/8dv9HCk5

(47:33) Fire on the Mountain -Iron Horse

https://lnkfi.re/lftwK931

(50:45) A Miner Hit

(53:03) Tennessee Blues -Bill Monroe

https://lnkfi.re/wtY5rUNy

(55:53) Tennessee Blues -New Coon Creek Girls

https://lnkfi.re/UhaiiCsL

(59:37) The Department of Corrections

(01:03:24) Scramble -John Brunschwyler & Brennen Ernst

https://lnkfi.re/GGw9T1EP

(01:06:00) Scramble -Boys from Indiana

https://youtu.be/u-J5UMj4KWM?si=HtYya1IOPMLulhrB

It’s time once again for my once-every-three-years reminder to call before you dig, delivered in bluegrass fashion.

(00:00) A Very Important Cause

(03:01) I Should’ve Called -Larry Stephenson

https://lnkfi.re/NmBVDMGp

(06:06) Don’t Let Me Call Her -Mitch Harrell

https://youtu.be/PcAdyfhij7c

(09:23) Hot Cocoa

(12:11) Just a Phone Call Will Do -Reno & Harrell

https://lnkfi.re/Z0zPieQR

(15:04) Are You Ashamed to Call Me Darlin’ -LRB

https://lnkfi.re/lJtqq5KV

(17:48) I’m Waiting to Hear You Call Me Darlin’ -Bluegrass Album Band

https://lnkfi.re/5pRZGB02

(20:19) Hating Waiting

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1rN4Kxe5aSiVtEKCnrn1LY?si=8cc487411f6c4138

(23:18) Cattle Call -The Bluegrass Playboys

https://lnkfi.re/EPbQxiuh

(25:56) Cattle Call -Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers

https://lnkfi.re/ZV3El4GU

(29:02) When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder -Dailey & Vincent

https://lnkfi.re/gsTmEqHf

(33:08) It’s Not Clappening

(35:27) I Call Her Sunshine -Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band

https://lnkfi.re/iUWvEzuG

(37:34) You Still Call Me Baby -Sideline

https://lnkfi.re/rdLr2yDN

(40:12) It Has Not Aged Well

(41:59) Dig Dig Dig -Mike Barnett

https://lnkfi.re/Yn0NVFkt

(45:46) Digging Up Bones -Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road

https://lnkfi.re/GoV4afUY

(48:25) If I Had a Nickel…

(52:27) Dig a Little Deeper in the Well -Billy Strings

https://lnkfi.re/S1o1VMah

(55:35) Dig a Little Deeper in the Well -Lewis Family

https://lnkfi.re/g3dgXb6E

(58:12) Definitionally

(59:37) Dig a Little Deeper -Lewis Family

https://youtu.be/roipX0oJbws?si=1uZni5Nr2XKn0ny6

(01:02:16) -Dig a Little Deeper in God’s Love -Appalachian Smoke

https://lnkfi.re/OYQHjUJd

(1:05:17) Search Me

(1:08:27) Coal Tattoo -The Johnny Staats Project

https://youtu.be/qmbmdFEv4zg?si=mV69Dp52yvN4mT9s

It’s both an early and late celebration of Opposite Day. Here’s hoping this episode doesn’t get you in the Opposite Day spirit.

(00:00) The Spirit of the Law of Opposites

(01:46) We’ll Burn That Bridge -Josh Williams

https://lnkfi.re/W7SZIMv9

(04:39) Build Me a Bridge -Flatt Lonesome

https://lnkfi.re/VWyyuUSj

(07:29) Approximately Happy? 

(10:10) No Place to Hide -Adam Steffey

https://lnkfi.re/4HWhtTA0 

(13:37) I’ve Found a Hiding Place -Johnson Mountain Boys

https://lnkfi.re/VZ8TxOzn

(17:04) The Amen Corner Getting Rowdy

(19:54) I Could Always Change My Mind -The Boxcars

https://lnkfi.re/HFAgmPk7

(21:56) I’ll Never Change My Mind -The Goins Brothers

https://lnkfi.re/qE1CAgKI

(24:00) The Boats Are Rolling Down the Track

(26:37) Slow Train Through Georgia -Norman Blake

https://lnkfi.re/79niQPAS

(30:38) Georgia on a Fast Train -Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

https://lnkfi.re/iBtSsCuN

(33:31) Are You Experienced?

(36:49) Circles Around Me -Sam Bush

https://lnkfi.re/POs2YuQX

(40:36) Circles Around You -Tim O’Brien

https://lnkfi.re/jUpnIpAC

(44:43) Bill Monroe Clones

(47:15) Sometimes What Glitters Is Gold -Thomm Jutz

https://lnkfi.re/zugifCKP

(49:58) I Steal Away and Pray -Jeff Parker

https://lnkfi.re/SLxhEu7m

(53:18) Steal Away Somewhere and Die -Audie Blaylock

https://youtu.be/uE97t2BdWnw?si=TTUMPdgIXywRn7n2

(56:28) Purloining Away

(01:00:00) Little Rabbit -Richard Greene & the Grass Is Greener

https://lnkfi.re/ScMESehy

(01:04:22) Big Rabbit -Sam Bush

https://lnkfi.re/s6pmB8Re

It’s the 5th annual Stealing the Covers episode: where great songs get greater by process of grassification. 

(00:00) That Remains to Be Heard

(01:56) How Long Gone -Brooks & Dunn feat. The Earls of Leicester

https://lnkfi.re/pyYQPQqV

(05:45) How Long -Flatt Lonesome

https://lnkfi.re/r4L8FzvC

(08:29) How Long Has This Been Going On -Grass Cats

https://lnkfi.re/WeP2LTmX

(11:32) Bird Is the Word

(15:30) Long Gone -Authentic Unlimited

https://lnkfi.re/AtQYrBZI

(18:25) How Long Has This Been Going On -Don Stiernberg & John Carlini

https://lnkfi.re/vGeBawpU

(23:55) How Long Have I Been Waiting -DL&Q

https://lnkfi.re/klPB5Ftz

(26:22) The DL&Q Alumni Band

(30:02) How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye -Deer Creek Boys

https://lnkfi.re/ZtqsFpdq

(32:56) Everything That Glitters -Don Rigsby & David Thom

https://lnkfi.re/cAXbWiBv

(37:30) Cowgirl in the Sand -Barnstar!

https://lnkfi.re/HibBj2y7

(40:37) A Few Too Many Nips of NyQuil

(43:43) Cowboys Ain’t Supposed to Cry -The Caleb Daugherty Band

https://lnkfi.re/JwKTzem1

(47:16) Bandy the Rodeo Clown -The Caleb Daugherty Band

https://lnkfi.re/6ZrJ3Zuo

(50:56) Bo Diddley

(52:57) How Could I Love Her So Much -Wildfire

https://lnkfi.re/4br4jyVh

(56:15) Pass Me By -Mainline Express

https://lnkfi.re/0JSyTjVX

(59:03) Don’t Pass Me By -Lou Reid, Terry Baucom, & Carolina

https://lnkfi.re/hbnnw0ur

(01:01:35) Potted and Panned Out

(01:05:34) Stuck in the Middle with You -Jaelee Roberts

https://lnkfi.re/NmcY6h9G

(01:09:28) I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For -Dale Ann Bradley

https://lnkfi.re/VwKEY2k1

(01:14:01) Sorry Morgan Wallen

(01:19:24) Since U Been Gone -Pickin’ On Series

https://lnkfi.re/wCs7HO8y