Across the Blue Ridge #66- Blue Ridge Mountain Music, Piedmont Blues, and Swing

This week we hear some classic Blue Ridge mountain music, piedmont blues, and even some swing from the Quebe Sisters of Texas, who will perform at the Blue Ridge Music Center this season.  Plus, what's it like to present southern roots music in its home territory these days?  Richard Emmett, who directs programming for the Blue Ridge Music Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwestern Virginia, joins host Paul Brown for a conversation about that.  They discuss how the scene has changed over the years, where it's going, and the decisions Emmett makes to simultaneously keep BRMC programming connected to tradition and draw audience interested in some of the newer sounds in roots music.

Episode 66 Playlist

1. Charmin' Betsy
   Lee Sexton
   Whoa Mule
    
2. Big Eyed Rabbit
   Kyle Creed & Fred Cockerham
   Clawhammer Banjo Vol. 1
    
3. Wagoner's Lad
   Sheila Kay Adams
   All The Other Fine Things
    
4. Round My Back Door Selling Coal
   Etta Baker
   One-Dime Blues
    
5. A Lot Of Them Blues
   John Cephas & Phil Wiggins
   Homemade
    
6. Sitting On Top Of The World
   Nashville Bluegrass Band
   Twenty Year Blues
    
7. Lost John
   Slate Mountain Ramblers
   Family Tradition
    
8. Break 1 - John Hardy
   Glen Smith
   Clawhammer Banjo Vol. 3
    
9. Liza Jane
   Crooked Road Ramblers
   It Ain't City Music
    
10. Interview: Richard Emmett
    ATBR recording
     
11. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
    Quebe Sisters
    Every Which-A-Way
     
12. Don't You Let That Music Die
    Phil Wiggins & The Chesapeake Shieks
    No Fools No Fun
     
13. Red Bird
    Clark Kessinger
    The Legend Of Clark Kessinger
     
14. A Few Old Memories
    Hazel Dickens
    A Few Old Memories
     
15. Like It Is
    Jerry Douglas
    Restless On The Farm
     
16. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
    The Earls of Leicester
    The Earls Of Leicester
     
17. John's Rag
    John Jackson
    Don't Let Your Deal Go Down