Hot Pickin' for Really Hot Days!

Check out American Pastimes this week.  Inspired by this past weekend's performances by the Crooked Jades and the Freight Hoppers at the Father's Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley, there'll be some fast-paced, string-pickin' sets that are really hot. Because its so damned hot they'll be some songs inspired by hot places. And there's also a couple of songs that Grant really liked.   

The Crooked Jades, Grass Valley CA

PLAYLIST:

Bobby Hicks “Gardenia Waltz” from Fiddle Patch

The Freight Hoppers “Been to the East Been to the West” from Mile Marker on Bake Tone

Karen Dalton “Something on Your Mind” from In My Own Time on Light In The Attic

Levon Helm “White Dove” from Electric Dirt on Vanguard

The Crooked Jades “Diamond Joe” from The Unfortunate Rake, Volume 1 on The Crooked Jades

Uncle Earl “Streak of Fat, Streak of Lean” from The Humdingers

Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers “You Ain't Talkin' to Me” from Old-Time Songs on Rebel Records

Willie Nelson “Summertime” from Sings Gershwin

Hazel Dickens and Carol Elizabeth Jones “Old River” from Heart of a Singer

The Highwoods String Band “Way Out There” from Feed Your Babies Onions on Rounder

Dave Stamey “Tonopah” from Tonopah on HorseCamp Music (For Grant)

Mary McCaslin “Young Westley” from Way Out West on Philo

Jim Ringer and Mary McCaslin “Strawberry Roan” from The Bramble and the Rose

Doug Dillard Expedition “Runaway Country” from Byrd Parts, Vol 2

The Bluegrass Situation “Meet Me at the Creek” from Meet Me at the Creek

Driftwood “Confidence Is” from Rock 'n Roll Heart

The Freight Hoppers “Going Across the Sea” from Mile Marker on Bake Tone

James Hill and Ann Davison “Richard's Reel” from True Love Don’t Weep

The Blue Stars “3:10 to Yuma” from In Holland on Sam Sam Music

Pure Prairie League “I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle” from The Essential Pure Prairie League on RCA/Legacy

Leroy Troy “Bottle of Wine” from The Old Grey Mare

Carter Burwell “Way Out There” from Raising Arizona (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer “When I Go” from When I Go (For Grant)

Richie Havens “High Flying Bird” from On Stage on Stormy Forest

Eric von Schmidt “Joshua Gone Barbados” from Living On the Trail on Tomato Records

Tony Rice “I'm on My Way to the Old Home” from The Bill Monroe Collection

Lydia Sylvia Martin with Dirk Powell “Hillsville John Henry” from Chasing the Ghost

Sweet Sunny South “My Mississippi” from Live from the Radio Room on SweetSunnySouth

Bobby Hicks “Katy Hill” from Fiddle Patch




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