Seeing as how it’s hot, hot, hot up here in Michigan, we decided to give away cool music to refresh everyone -- CDs by Guy Clark, the Old 97s, Townes Van Zandt and John Prine practically flew out the door.  We also did a nice recap of the Charlotte bluegrass festival that took place last weekend and fulfilled all the requests we could get our hands on.  Here’s hoping everyone has a satisfying, safe holiday weekend!

Playlist for July 1, 1997

Format is: Artist - Song
                Album/Label

The Volebeats - Somewhere In My Heart
Sky and the Ocean/Safehouse

The Volebeats - Angel
Bittersweet/Third Gear

Buck-Fifty Boys - The Seven, the Six or the Nine
self-titled/Tec-Tonic

Dar Williams - What Do You Hear In These Sounds (request)
End of Summer/Razor and Tie

Dale Ann Bradley - East Kentucky Morning
East Kentucky Morning/Pinecastle

Edith Frost - Too Happy
Calling Over Time/Drag City

The Gourds - Ringing Dark and True
Dem’s Good Beeble/Munich

The Gourds - Caledonia
Dem’s Good Beeble/Munich

The Old Joe Clarks - You Hold the Gold
Town of Ten/Hopewell

The Bad Livers - Cluck Old Hen
Hogs on the Highway/Sugar Hill

The Grievous Angels - Carolina Bound
New City of Sin/Bloodshot

Ruthie and the Wranglers - Watch Your Step
Wrangler City/Lasso

Dale Watson - Take a Look at Your Neighbor
I Hate These Songs/HighTone

Ruthie and the Wranglers - Hot Potato
Wrangler City/Lasso

The Old 97s - West Texas Teardrops
Too Far To Care/Elektra

The Old 97s - Bel Air
Wreck Your Life/Bloodshot

Slobberbone - Ruin Your Day
Crow Pot Pie/Doolittle

Scroatbelly - Daddy’s Farm Part 3
Daddy’s Farm/Bloodshot

The Cowslingers - Queen of the Truckstop
That’s Truckdrivin’/Sympathy for the Record Industry

Uncle Tupelo - Movin’ On
20 More Mega Smash Hits/Pravda

Jimmy Martin - Truck Drivin’ Man
Truckin’ On/Starday

Dave Biller, et. al. - Austin-tatious
Travis County Pickin’/HighTone

Townes Van Zandt - If I Needed You (request)
Rear View Mirror/Sugar Hill

Joe Ely - I’m A Thousand Miles From Home (request)
Letter To Laredo/MCA

Richard Buckner - On Travelling (request)
Devotion + Doubt/MCA

Big Blue Hearts - Nobody Wants Her
CD single/Geffen

kd lang - Don’t Smoke In Bed
Drag/Warner Bros.

Son Volt - Tulsa County
Switchback EP/Warner Bros.

Jim and Jesse McReynolds and the Virginia Boys - Going Back to Virginia
Music Among Friends/Rounder

Beth and April Stevens - My Old Friend the Blues
Sisters/Rounder

The Clark Family - Maine
The Road to Home/self-released

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys - Man of Constant Sorrow
Rebel Sampler/Rebel

Claire Lynch - Alabama State of Mind
Moonlighter/Rounder

The Stanley Brothers - How Far to Little Rock
Truckin’ On/Starday

Jim and Jesse McReynolds and the Virginia Boys- Long Journey Home
Music Among Friends/Rounder

Beth and April Stevens - Tired Old Heart
Sisters/Rounder

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys - A Dark Road is a Hard Road to Travel
Short Life of Trouble/Rebel

Claire Lynch - Thibodeaux
Moonlighter/Rounder

The Stanley Brothers - Orange Blossom Special
Appalachian Stomp/Rhino

Guy Clark - Home Grown Tomatoes
Keepers/Sugar Hill

Gillian Welch - Only One and Only (request)
Revival/Almo Sounds

Iris Dement - I’ll Take My Sorrow Straight (request)
The Way I Should/Warner Bros.

Neil Young - Harvest Moon (request)
Unplugged/Reprise

Jack Logan and Liquor Cabinet - Teach Me the Rules (request)
Mood Elevator/Reprise

Buddy Miller - I Don’t Mean Maybe (request)
Your Love and Other Lies/HighTone

Doc Watson - Mama Don’t Allow No Music (request)
Memories/Sugar Hill

John Prine - Souvenirs (request)
Great Days/Rhino

Warren Zevon - Heartache Spoken Here (request)
Mr. Bad Example/Giant

The Pogues - Blue Heaven (request)
Peace and Love/Island

The Mavericks - All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down (request)
Music For All Occasions/MCA

The Beacon Hillbillies - Shake Hands
Duffield Station/ESD

Union Springs - In My Dreams
Next Train Headed South/Copper Creek

Richard Greene and the Grass Is Greener - Along About Daybreak
Sales Tax Toddle/Rebel

Jack Lawrence - Ten Miles to Deep Gap
About Time/G-Run

Robert Earl Keen - I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
Picnic/Arista Austin

Alison Krauss and Union Station - Pain of a Troubled Life
So Long, So Wrong/Rounder

Blue Mountain - Dead End Street
Homegrown/Roadrunner

The Steaks - Saddle Up
Bare/Thrust

The Vidalias - Misery Loves Company
Revival Vol. 1/Yep Rock

Joe Goldmark - The Night Before
Steelin’ the Beatles/Lo-Ball

The Backsliders - Last Train
Throwin’ Rocks At the Moon/Mammoth

The Backsliders - Throwin’ Rocks At the Moon
Throwin’ Rocks At the Moon/Mammoth

Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - Hand and Hold
Feelin’ Kinda Lucky/HighTone

Julie Miller - Face of Appalachia
Blue Pony/HighTone