Routes and Branches Play List 03/31/12

I was sad to hear that Earl Scruggs had passed away this week,so I started and end the show with Earl playing with Doc Watson and Ricky Scaggs from a 2003 Rounder Records release called The Three Pickers. This was an excellent album recorded live late in Earl's career. I first listened to Earl Scruggs when my high school teacher, Steve Sigur turned me onto Sgruggs and Flatt back in the '70s. Steve owned a Scruggs style banjo complete with the Scruggs tuners that let you change the tuning of the strings while in mid song. He taught me to flat pick my guitar and we played several Flatt and Scruggs tunes together.

On the new music front, I had the pleasure of listening to new CD's from The James Low Western Front and Audrey Auld. While the James Low CD "Whiskey Farmer" is their first, Auld's CD "Resurrection Moon" is sort of a best hits disc with two new songs. Although Auld has several recordings, this is my first time listening to her music and I like it a lot.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Earl Scuggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Scaggs - Earl's Breakdown - The Three Pickers
Earl Scuggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Scaggs - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - The Three Pickers
Earl Scuggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Scaggs - What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul - The Three Pickers
Earl Scuggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Scaggs - Down In The Valley To Pray - The Three Pickers
The James Low Western Front - Whiskey Farmer - Whiskey Farmer
The James Low Western Front - Medicine Show - Whiskey Farmer
Justin Townes Earle - Look The Other Way - Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Misner & Smith - Greyhound Days - Live At The Freight & Salvage
Katya Chorover - Whiskey Clouds - Big Big Love
Pert Near Sandstone - Just One Day - Needle & Thread
Pert Near Sandstone - Give The Fiddler A Dram - Out On A Spree
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys - Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor - Back At The Quonset Hut
Alison Krauss & Union Station - On The Outside Looking In - Paper Airplane
Amy Ray - The Rock Is My Foundation - Lung Of Love
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band - Parallel Lines - No Yodeling On The Radio

4pm.
Audrey Auld - I'd Leave Me Too - Resurrection Moon
Audrey Auld - Next Big Nothing - Resurrection Moon
Cole Mitchell - Bones - The Valley Of Want
Halden Wofford & The Hi-Beams - All Along The Watch Tower - Live At Hodi's
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back - Rare Bird Alert
Emmylou Harris - Old Five And Dimers Like Me - All I Intended To Be
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - More Bad Weather On The Way - Rare Bird Alert
Lyle Lovett - White Freightliner Blues - Release Me
Greg Brown - Freak Flag - Freak Flag
Chuck Cannon - Give God The Blues - Symphony Of Scars
Earl Scuggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Scaggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - The Three Pickers