Episode 100: The Best Bluegrass of 2025

Episode 104: Stealing the Covers, Vol. 6

(00:00) The Songs We All Know and Love, or Like, or Tolerate, or Hate, or Have Neutral Feelings Towards (01:02) The Letter -Detour  https://lnkfi.re/vQmq154T [https://lnkfi.re/vQmq154T] (04:03) Blue Letter -Big Twang https://youtu.be/KGzuqAS2QwE?si=0HGn2UrqrYT9RNvE [https://youtu.be/KGzuqAS2QwE?si=0HGn2UrqrYT9RNvE] (06:13) As Charlie Sheen Would Say… (09:32) Never Going Back Again -Mac Wiseman https://youtu.be/t6q2MgZgeYE?si=SjRVidksPSFG_--R [https://youtu.be/t6q2MgZgeYE?si=SjRVidksPSFG_--R] https://youtu.be/t6q2MgZgeYE?si=CETsO1U93n8H0Bgy (11:32) Landslide -Wendy Crowe https://lnkfi.re/h27TNUcW [https://lnkfi.re/h27TNUcW] (15:02) World Turning -Tony Trischka https://lnkfi.re/Shfd85zR (19:13) Gnarly Marley (22:34) Waiting in Vain -Northern Lights https://youtu.be/YS0KsWytFo0 (27:09) Is This Love -Sam Bush https://lnkfi.re/7h9inIYQ [https://lnkfi.re/7h9inIYQ] (32:24) One Love/People Get Ready -NGR https://lnkfi.re/oOs2IZQ7 [https://lnkfi.re/oOs2IZQ7] (36:14) Girl, Is It Feasible for I to Knock Some More? You Seem Like the Most Knowledgeable Person on That Subject. (39:57) Could You Be Loved -Carolina Bluegrass Style https://lnkfi.re/PjvKDF8F [https://lnkfi.re/PjvKDF8F] (43:00) People Get Ready -Kruger Brothers https://lnkfi.re/mPT7gWJ7 [https://lnkfi.re/mPT7gWJ7] (50:01) Could You Be Loved, and in Addition to That, Also Be Loved? (53:46) Some Might Say -Danny Burns https://lnkfi.re/95AivaqB [https://lnkfi.re/95AivaqB] (57:21) Wonderwall -Jason Broyles https://lnkfi.re/EYsRLKW8 [https://lnkfi.re/EYsRLKW8] (01:02:11) Whomst’d’ve Thunk It? (01:07:11) She’s Got It All -Pickin’ On Series https://lnkfi.re/fLa1ZCOM

Episode 103: The Stuart Duncan Episode

It's the fourth episode of The Sidemen Series, and this one is all about one of bluegrass's favorite fiddlers: Stuart Duncan. He's played with just about every big name in bluegrass and there's a reason for that. And if you don't know what that reason is, by the end of the episode you will. (00:00) Stuart Duncan: Good, Fast, and Cheap (02:35) Angelina Baker -Hot Rize https://lnkfi.re/pDJJfGFY [https://lnkfi.re/pDJJfGFY] (06:39) Just Like a Fiddle -Nashville Bluegrass Band https://lnkfi.re/j6LaeVVT [https://lnkfi.re/j6LaeVVT] (09:53) Fiddlin’ Around -Dierks Bentley https://lnkfi.re/SPwa2doD (12:55) I Take My Jokes Seriously (17:42) Arkansas Traveler -Various Artists https://youtu.be/C0C32uITf2Y [https://youtu.be/C0C32uITf2Y] (20:39) Sis Draper -Shawn Camp https://shawncamp.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-station-inn [https://shawncamp.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-station-inn] (24:44) Draper? I Hardly Know Her. Even Though She Is My Sister. (28:57) A Mighty Fortress -Various Artists https://lnkfi.re/WQPhoHAd [https://lnkfi.re/WQPhoHAd] (31:14) Steel Rails -Alison Krauss https://lnkfi.re/f1Fpq3p5 [https://lnkfi.re/f1Fpq3p5] (33:28) Railroad of Sin -Sturgill Simpson https://lnkfi.re/dOQYbBu9 (35:36) Get a Transfer -Nashville Bluegrass Band https://lnkfi.re/5r7kNTBv (38:06) Noted Hobo Alison Krauss (41:37) Train Is Moving -Rebecca Frazier https://lnkfi.re/5r7kNTBv (44:46) Train on the Island -Tim O’Brien https://lnkfi.re/MlJx7h9m [https://lnkfi.re/MlJx7h9m] (47:56) Bound to Ride -Jim Mills https://lnkfi.re/iHSFJjQu [https://lnkfi.re/iHSFJjQu] (49:54) Salty Crackers, Not to Be Confused with The Proud Boys (53:07) My Dixie Home -Stuart Duncan https://lnkfi.re/HftEcp9B [https://lnkfi.re/HftEcp9B] (55:26) Possum Gravy on Grandma’s Beard -Alison Brown & Stuart Duncan https://youtu.be/hVpj3FgswlU [https://youtu.be/hVpj3FgswlU] (56:59) The Great Lasagna Rebellion -Alison Brown & Stuart Duncan https://youtu.be/nuK0paWCqFE [https://youtu.be/nuK0paWCqFE] (59:40) Question #1 on the Application for Boyfriendship (01:02:09) Katy Hill -David Grier https://lnkfi.re/OeJSchDm

Episode 102: Taxing Times

It’s tax season, so this episode has some songs to get you in the filing spirit. And despite the name, I really didn’t end up playing many songs that actually mention taxes. But I did play a lot of songs about poor people, so the spirit is there. (00:00) The American Crisis (01:26) 17 Cents -Infamous Stringdusters w/ Dierks Bentley https://lnkfi.re/HBYoZIxu [https://lnkfi.re/HBYoZIxu] (04:03) Sixteen Cents -Tim Stafford & Steve Gulley https://lnkfi.re/MUkwDxFG (06:57) Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents -Norman Blake https://lnkfi.re/WQgkodRN [https://lnkfi.re/WQgkodRN] (11:01) Thievery and Handouts (15:18) I Had But 50 Cents -Ricky Skaggs https://lnkfi.re/JRHUIwGh [https://lnkfi.re/JRHUIwGh] (17:58) Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat -Jim Lauderdale https://lnkfi.re/vSe3zARE [https://lnkfi.re/vSe3zARE] (20:04) Busted -Bob Johnson & the Lonesome Travelers https://lnkfi.re/t3FO9Z9Q [https://lnkfi.re/t3FO9Z9Q] (22:36) Since When Is Depression Great? (24:41) Two Dollar Bill -Mashville Brigade https://lnkfi.re/fKzxYcgH (27:25) One More Dollar -Hired Hands https://lnkfi.re/8nZoPw2G (31:41) My Last Old Dollar -Daniel Grindstaff https://lnkfi.re/ELIomVPg (34:08) Take Me Home, Interstate Roads (38:31) Last Dollar (Fly Away) -Pickin’ On Series https://lnkfi.re/D6gaFuHM [https://lnkfi.re/D6gaFuHM] (41:32) Last Dollar Blues -Blue Highway https://lnkfi.re/4edWxy34 [https://lnkfi.re/4edWxy34] (44:00) Empty Pocket Blues -Hot Rize https://lnkfi.re/dL3Nn8gS [https://lnkfi.re/dL3Nn8gS] (46:12) Wrinkled, Crinkled, Wadded Dollar Bill -Tennessee Mafia Jug Band https://lnkfi.re/9ZH3dyTQ (48:29) Wrinkled Dollar -Big River Bluegrass https://lnkfi.re/1JRHgxtZ (52:39) More Than Nothing to Lose (55:52) Silver and Gold -Claire Lynch https://lnkfi.re/d9s4Vjsg [https://lnkfi.re/d9s4Vjsg] (59:31) Silver and Gold -Trinity River Band https://youtu.be/JZH36CNViWE?si=OegcJyb8CYUyvIiT [https://youtu.be/JZH36CNViWE?si=OegcJyb8CYUyvIiT] (01:03:51) Silver & Gold -Hit & Run Bluegrass https://lnkfi.re/Rm8akzcE [https://lnkfi.re/Rm8akzcE] (01:07:20) The Greatest Showman Ronnie Bowman (01:12:35) Money in the Bank -LRB https://lnkfi.re/Q7rhlhAh [https://lnkfi.re/Q7rhlhAh] (01:15:06) Rise Above -Ronnie Bowman https://lnkfi.re/x4ywamKg [https://lnkfi.re/x4ywamKg]

Episode 101: Bluegrass 101

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 [https://youtu.be/N_pNh9pagL8?si=8udJwQ1xjdqnpism] (09:02) I’m Walkin’ -JD Crowe & the New South https://lnkfi.re/6ZvUB0Ti [https://lnkfi.re/6ZvUB0Ti] (11:11) The Father(s) of Bluegrass (14:35) I Been Walkin’ -Lester Flatt https://lnkfi.re/wqeGlbsL [https://lnkfi.re/wqeGlbsL] (16:40) Step It Up and Go -Earl Scruggs Revue https://lnkfi.re/EYXNUIbY [https://lnkfi.re/EYXNUIbY] (19:02) I’ll Go Steppin’ Too -Flatt & Scruggs https://lnkfi.re/e5jbvoLr [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 [https://lnkfi.re/oUe4b56j] (28:45) Sally Goodin’ -Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys https://lnkfi.re/11S7Mskz [https://lnkfi.re/11S7Mskz] (31:57) The Old Cross Roads -Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys https://lnkfi.re/h6Si8chx [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 [https://lnkfi.re/737xUztj] (43:09) Cheyenne -Bluegrass Album Band https://lnkfi.re/8FpdpmQ8 [https://lnkfi.re/8FpdpmQ8] (46:35) Whispers of the North -Tony Rice https://lnkfi.re/N02ViNdf [https://lnkfi.re/N02ViNdf] (50:47) Whispering Hope -Mac Wiseman https://youtu.be/SvLbnxBNJxs?si=_1cSBQU5KhDBukcO [https://youtu.be/SvLbnxBNJxs?si=_1cSBQU5KhDBukcO] (53:44) Bluegrass for Dummies (57:59) I See Through You -Stanley Brothers https://lnkfi.re/xgrhLKeX [https://lnkfi.re/xgrhLKeX] (01:00:25) Higher Than the Wall -Steeldrivers https://lnkfi.re/yMUTnT9y [https://lnkfi.re/yMUTnT9y] (01:04:09) Thirst Mutilator -Billy Strings https://lnkfi.re/ZTDOYc7r [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 [https://lnkfi.re/cbKdG8vK]

Episode 100: The Best Bluegrass of 2025

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 [https://lnkfi.re/1K3mjyF5] (15:03) Just the Facts, Ma’am (18:13) Where Have You Been -Dailey & Vincent https://lnkfi.re/pGyWM4zV [https://lnkfi.re/pGyWM4zV] (22:12) Where Have You Been -Nick Dumas https://lnkfi.re/d4NejDpo [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 [https://lnkfi.re/HkH9D6Q8] (37:01) Truth Be Told -Sierra Hull https://lnkfi.re/4PZdtOrA [https://lnkfi.re/4PZdtOrA] (40:14) Hill Country -Tony Trischka https://lnkfi.re/mZXdMd0Z [https://lnkfi.re/mZXdMd0Z] (42:11) Hill Country Highway -East Nash Grass https://lnkfi.re/ZlHVfFm8 [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 [https://lnkfi.re/Mi7V3USy] (56:27) We Started Out from Bern… (59:03) Walking Among the Living -Volume Five https://lnkfi.re/vYrV6NNM [https://lnkfi.re/vYrV6NNM] (01:02:29) Katie & Burl -Unspoken Tradition https://lnkfi.re/BmvGrSuY [https://lnkfi.re/BmvGrSuY] (01:05:51) Going Postal  (01:07:54) Not a Word from Home -Joe Val  https://lnkfi.re/OGGD4GQJ [https://lnkfi.re/OGGD4GQJ] (01:10:19) No Letter in the Mail -Joe Isaacs https://lnkfi.re/PYeEBitq [https://lnkfi.re/PYeEBitq] (01:13:02) No Letter -Sierra Ferrell https://lnkfi.re/fb7Coisp [https://lnkfi.re/fb7Coisp] (01:15:17) Empty Old Mailbox -Don Rigsby https://lnkfi.re/vhBbld6N [https://lnkfi.re/vhBbld6N] (01:18:14) Please Mr. Postman -Special Consensus https://lnkfi.re/i5qVYzUv [https://lnkfi.re/i5qVYzUv] (01:21:26) The Cammys (01:28:44) Flipside -Bookmatch https://lnkfi.re/Q1BsboxV [https://lnkfi.re/Q1BsboxV] The Best Bluegrass of 2025 playlist: https://lnkfi.re/CDcykyve