Across the Blue Ridge #55- A cavalcade of great performances old and new

This week's Across the Blue Ridge presents a fine collection of musicians and styles perfect for wintertime listening.  Host Paul Brown takes us through a 1950s radio segment with The Sauceman Brothers, a band active around Bristol, VA and through much of the south in the 1950s and 1960s.  We hear contemporary performers including Anna Roberts Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle; Betse Ellis and Clarke Wyatt; and The Ephemeral String Band.  And the third segment features old time icons including Burl Hammons and Fred Cockerham, plus a joyful rendition of Mississippi Sawyer on fiddle and piano by Bill and Clarice Shelor of southwestern Virginia, recorded in 1975.  There's something for everyone on Across the Blue Ridge.

Episode 55 Playlist

1. Louisville Breakdown
   Kenny Baker & Bobby Hicks
   Darkness On The Delta
    
2. Darling Corey
   The Sauceman Brothers
   On WCYB BristolI
    
3. Love You Until I Am Dizzy
   The Sauceman Brothers
   On WCYB Bristol
    
4. Working On A Building
   The Sauceman Brothers
   On WCYB Bristol
    
5. Boats Up The River
   John Jackson
   Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
    
6. Near The Cross I Watch & Pray
   Etta Baker
   One Dime Blues
    
7. Cabin Creek
   Mac Benford
   Half Past Four
    
8. Break 1 - Hangman's Reel
   Presley Barker
   Just Ten
    
9. Lost Girl
   The Ephemeral Stringband
   Land of Rest
    
10. Midnight
    The Ephemeral Stringband
    Land of Rest
     
11. Diamond Joe
    Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt
    River Still Rise
     
12. Listen They're Playing My Song
    Courtney Granger
    Beneath Still Waters
     
13. Very Day I'm Gone
    Anna Roberts Gevalt & Elizabeth LaPrelle
    Anna & Elizabeth
     
14. Midnight
    Paul Brown
    studio recording
     
15. Break 2 - Backstep Indi
    Jason Romero
    A Wander I'll Stay
     
16. Sandy Boys
    Burl Hammons
    The Hammons Family Volume 1
     
17. Singing Birds
    Burl Hammons
    The Hammons Family Volume 1
     
18. Mississippi Sawyer
    Shelor Family
    The Shelor-Blackard Family
     
19. The Boston Burglar
    Harry &  Jeanie West
    Good Old Mountain Dew
     
20. Little Satchel
    Fred Cockerham
    High Atmosphere
     
21. Cotton Eyed Joe
    Camp Creek Boys
    Old Time String Band