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

Many bluegrass artists, just like the genre itself, are underrated and often understated. So in this episode I’ve collated a list of some of those implicated. You’ll hear music from some of the best of the lesser-known, such as Crucial Smith, Eddie Shelton, Michael Prewitt, and more.

(00:00) ’Tis what ’tis

(03:42) Lord I Hope This Day Is Good -Paul Brewster

https://lnkfi.re/MZdzj40X

(07:23) Hope -Cup O’Joe

https://lnkfi.re/ZCEcvRKE

(11:11) Somebody Hide My Soapbox

(14:32) Hoping That You’re Hoping -Pinnacle Boys

https://lnkfi.re/cogB5b71

(16:46) Game of Chase -Crucial Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nahen1g5a7M

(20:07) The Maple Surple Effect

(23:31) Can’t Keep Up -Wood & Wire

https://lnkfi.re/Q3tMSg3P

(26:53) Things You’ve Been Chasing -Turkeyfoot

https://lnkfi.re/jbTR7x0T

(30:17) “Running” Joke

(33:35) I Gotta Know -Jim Eanes w/ the Shenandoah Valley Boys

https://lnkfi.re/QccW6Shf

(35:59) Dine-e-o -Jim Eanes w/ the Shenandoah Valley Boys

https://lnkfi.re/tWtaUgy6

(37:54) Soitenly Not

(39:26) Lady of Spain -Allen Shelton

https://lnkfi.re/Rzw7tpFf

(41:15) Spanish Grass -Eddie Shelton

https://youtu.be/snq0CXvViO0

(44:10) A Munde Mentor

(47:39) Spanish River -The Masters

https://lnkfi.re/10YF1rJb

(49:44) He Was a Friend of Mine -Country Gentlemen

https://lnkfi.re/F8vQdsL1

(52:43) Winnipeg (Alternate Take) -Michael Prewitt

https://lnkfi.re/vdrbs1p0

(54:56) Cross-Eyed Drunk

(01:00:04) Forget the Verse -The Greenliners

https://lnkfi.re/sDpqEQlB

It's another episode of legendary lyrics, but this time, it also includes an instrumental somehow. This episode puts the "pro" and "fun" and "ditty" in "profundity."

No, that wasn't my best joke. Hit play for more cringe humor.

(00:00) Something Along Those Lines

(02:10) What a Waste of Good Corn Licker -Mac Wiseman w/ the Shenandoah Cut-ups

https://youtu.be/A7KfuwKFeCc?si=y38MUWkeK_CyVaoK

(04:43) Dying to Live Again -Chris Roberts

https://lnkfi.re/8al7AmqR

(08:07) Hamboning and Eefing

(11:55) Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven -Alison Krauss & the Cox Family

https://lnkfi.re/vru9y98q

(14:37) No Time to Kill -The Goodfellers

https://lnkfi.re/VZkSRIZF

(18:18) Darned If I Don’t

(21:36) Ride Ride Ride -Stonemans

https://youtu.be/QTbNksd8OFo?si=ix69kMS3Xj8tlPOA

(23:06) You Can’t Throw Dirt -Marty Raybon

https://youtu.be/2HqIPZggRpE

(25:59) Must You Throw Dirt in My Face -Pinnacle Boys

https://youtu.be/0OG1Gn4ts_8

(28:27) Adding Insult to Insult

(31:54) Life Ain’t Fair and the World Is Mean -Sturgill Simpson

https://lnkfi.re/EGckSHju

(33:52) Long White Line -The High Water Line

https://lnkfi.re/QuBBrTRN

(37:19) Come on Down to My World

(40:12) Give Me a Ring Sometime -Songs from the Road Band

https://lnkfi.re/hyzwML0d

(43:35) Sexual Harassment -Keller Williams & The Travelin’ McCourys

https://lnkfi.re/BMMyfNiZ

(46:37) Have Your Hankies Handy

(48:30) Footsteps Fall -Jerry Douglas

https://lnkfi.re/5fO7HHxa

(53:11) It’s Just Sad -Flatt Lonesome

https://lnkfi.re/lNgetLYJ

(57:10) Bad Grief

(01:00:27) Étouffée Brutus? -Alison Brown Quartet

https://lnkfi.re/S9CoHTk5

(01:04:08) Whom Cares?

(01:06:28) To Whom It May Concern -Billy Droze

https://lnkfi.re/xqVREITG

If you live in the United States, then do I ever have a song for you. Maybe. This is the first episode in a series where I try to find a bluegrass song for every state. And if that’s not unique enough for you (understandable), you’ll also hear the first installment of Instrumentals with Names About Animals Being in Places You Don’t Want to Find Them.

(00:00) No No No, Don’t Touch That Button!

(03:00) Tallahassee -Cherryholmes

https://lnkfi.re/DOPbMYgj

(06:08) Georgia Mail -Lonesome River Band

https://lnkfi.re/bct0ONr6

(08:38) Going Postal

(12:32) Alabama Jubilee -Buck White

https://youtu.be/zBd2beHrwSg?si=of50tsD4JO4vWvpS

(15:31) Texas to a “T” -The Whites

https://lnkfi.re/RCm5QAvh

(18:25) You Don’t Mess Around with Jim, Slim, Chuck Norris, or Texas

(21:43) You Can’t Get the Hell Out of Texas -Country Gazette

https://lnkfi.re/OfkMB7ot

(24:12) Oklahoma Borderline -Pickin’ On Series

https://lnkfi.re/ylHxH4Gv

(26:45) Head on Down to Your Local Texas for All of Your Hell-Raising Needs

(32:24) Arkansas Travelin’ Man -Pickin’ On Series

https://lnkfi.re/12NFtZVf

(35:26) New Mexico -Jeff Scroggins & Colorado

https://youtu.be/PrTwqc01M98?si=PVBQRty3_9x-Q5-U

(39:40) Where the Old Red River Flows -Crowe Brothers

https://lnkfi.re/2YkAQs4a

(42:55) Instrumentals with Names About Animals Being in Places You Don't Want to Find Them

(46:06) Monkey in the Garden -Butch Robins

https://lnkfi.re/dXgpvmoA

(49:22) Hampsters [sic] in the Pantry -Good Ol’ Persons

https://lnkfi.re/psIOQom4

(52:40) Fox on the Freeway -Davidson Brothers

https://lnkfi.re/5aZgmKdt

(55:34) The Department of Corrections

(01:01:36) Nebraska -Finnders [sic] & Youngberg

https://lnkfi.re/JuNoAr0W

Love can be a complex topic; so here’s an episode that will not clear things up at all. And to make matters more confusing, there will be songs that are optimistic, pessimistic, realistic, sad, happy, and delusional. So whether you love love, hate love, or “it’s complicated” love, there should be a song for you. And towards the end, I also take another crack at The Bluegrass Quiz from Chris Jones. 

(00:00) That’s the Way Love Comes and Goes, Babe

(03:18) Reserved for the One I Love -Big Twang

https://youtu.be/btdChZCe90w?si=Cpy0vJxbikP67aAc

(06:36) The One I Loved Most -Dauphinais Brothers

https://lnkfi.re/xr03FxOg

(09:53) Lonely Street -DL&Q

https://lnkfi.re/ju7CmS7E

(12:23) A Pinky Promise and a Spit Shake

(15:06) I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up -Charlie Sizemore

https://lnkfi.re/9tjeUWfe

(17:43) Fell in Love and I Can’t Get Out -Tim O’Brien

https://lnkfi.re/khfGTGRK

(20:25) The Life Alert Target Demographic

(23:15) Lovin’ You Has Not Been Easy -Paul Craft

https://lnkfi.re/v8v8eWeR

(26:15) Lovin’ Ain’t Been Easy on My Mind -Darren Beachley

https://lnkfi.re/DSFn7VJM

(28:45) Loving Her Was Easier Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again -Country Gentlemen

https://lnkfi.re/cvl6DHJv

(31:59) Craft & Kraft

(35:19) Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends -Adam Steffey

https://lnkfi.re/YqlVfWU9

(39:20) Don’t Tell Me -Alecia Nugent

https://lnkfi.re/ewChLSsf

(44:07) The Number 2009 and the Letter “Y”

(46:14) Sycamore Hollow -Blue Highway

https://lnkfi.re/DP0xXp0S

(50:21) Farmer’s Daughter -Green River Revue

https://lnkfi.re/crFuGLaS

(53:02) A Civil War Murder Ballad Love Song

(54:48) I Feel Fine -Charles River Valley Boys

https://lnkfi.re/RGorlFj3

(57:19) Fine as Fine Can Be -Tony Rice

https://lnkfi.re/K66Rw2pW

(01:00:40) A Not Okay Story

(01:08:42) Eleanor Rigby -Country Gazette

https://youtu.be/UOcAcLZR5fk

(01:12:58) Lonely Comes Easy -Chris Jones & the Night Drivers

https://lnkfi.re/1kwFT2m4

(01:16:32) The Bluegrass Quiz & The Department of Corrections

(01:26:54) Love Don’t Give Up on Me Now -The Bankesters

https://lnkfi.re/tQ2l1NUO

It’s a recap of the best in bluegrass from 2024. And that includes my top 10 songs, and other awards such as Banjo Break of the Year, Most Thought-Provoking Song of the Year, Best New Song Named “Time” That’s Approximately 3 Minutes and 10 Seconds Long Award, and more. And you’ll also hear some music that’s not from 2024 as well.

Best Bluegrass of 2024 playlist:

https://lnkfi.re/gySlC16z

Best Bluegrass of 2025 playlist:

https://lnkfi.re/CDcykyve

(00:00) The Same New You’ve Come to Expect

(02:19) Cumberland Gap -Dan Tyminski Band

https://lnkfi.re/aW94k0a6

(04:27) Song for a Winter’s Night -Chesapeake feat. Tony Rice

https://lnkfi.re/XQ8g5izP

(07:52) Well Above Average

(09:52) I Give You the Morning -Claire Lynch

https://lnkfi.re/VojIqArU

(12:57) Great Day in the Morning -Claire Lynch

https://lnkfi.re/FC5X58HW

(15:42) Poetree in Motion

(18:03) The One That’s Broken -Theo MacMillan

https://lnkfi.re/TAC3FUdl

(21:45) The One That Got Away -Rick Faris

https://lnkfi.re/W6jVkOCb

(24:52) “Did You Ever Think of That?”

(26:58) Cantie Reel -Rebecca Frazier

https://lnkfi.re/o8gVhinW

(30:12) Bless Your Little Heart -Ashleigh Graham

https://lnkfi.re/abitWf5D

33:03 You Got Cooked

(35:41) Up for Losing Sleep -Bronwyn Keith-Hynes

https://lnkfi.re/GMrccVxj

(38:17) Another Sleepless Night -Northern Lights

https://youtu.be/6rdXzbSX-qc?si=uRXbsd2BNsIMOkLe

(42:14) Ain’t Nobody Got Time for Dat!

https://youtu.be/ydmPh4MXT3g?si=l5MKMWkqtp4DBQVl

(44:38) I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why) -Unspoken Tradition

https://lnkfi.re/Jl9TqHmo

(47:21) I’m in a Hurry to Go Nowhere -Donna Ulisse

https://lnkfi.re/AHhXzz6A

(50:50) Going Nowhere Fast -Detour

https://lnkfi.re/mAhqScgY

(54:04) Take it or Lump It

(56:07) Freeborn Man -Jimmy Martin

https://lnkfi.re/hIHkZ3vL

58:54 Ode to Jimmy -Dan Tyminski Band

https://lnkfi.re/wRrLcUZN

(01:01:58) Truck Driver’s Scream

(01:04:31) Colors -Carley Arrowood

https://lnkfi.re/HozW6CpT

(01:07:55) Psalm 46 (God Is Our Refuge) -Thomas Wywrot

https://lnkfi.re/Ir9lOOhz

(01:11:45) The Cammy Awards

(01:19:17) Knee Deep in Bluegrass -Ashby Frank

https://lnkfi.re/HjTleiNt