Bluegrass Breakdown — 1980, Part 7: M-P

We’ll jaunting back to 1980 when, in August of that year: Hurricane Allen hits Brownsville, TX; George Brett raises his batting average to .401; Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale receive the Democratic nomination; a two month old Australian girl named Azaria Chamberlain disappears giving rise to the biggest murder trial in Australian history; and the Osborne Brothers, Mark O’Connor and the Pinnacle Boys unleash unabashed bluegrassical excellence.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• High Ground: “15 Acres” from Bristol Station(Stone Fever)
• Reno & Harrell: “1500 Miles Away From Home” from Complete King/Starday Recordings 1963-1972(Gusto)
• Sutton, Holt, & Coleman: “Give Me Back My 15 Cents” from Ready For the Times(High Windy Audio)
• Grandpa Jones: “15 Cents Is All I’ve Got” from 16 Greatest Hits(Gusto)
• The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers: “Europe On 15 Bucks a Day” from The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers(Blind Corn Music)
• Mark O’Connor: “Opus 15: Floating Bridge of Dreams” from False Dawn(Rounder)
• Volume Five: “The 15^thof October” from For Those Who Care to Listen(Mountain Fever)
• Molly O’Day: “Fifteen Years Ago” from Molly O’Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks(Bear Family)
• The Falls City Ramblers; “Fifteen Minute Intermission” from Ain’t Nothing In Ramblin’(Vetco)
• Travis Frye & Blue Mountain: “Fifteen Years Ago” from Living In a Moment(Kindred)
• Appalachian Road Show: “Little Black Train” from Appalachian Road Show(Billy Blue)
• Tony Williamson: “Romper Room 215” from All For Naught(Mandolin Central)
• Luke Morris: “Fifteen Minutes to Galax” from Further Down the Line(self-released)
• Norman Blake: “Fifteen Miles From Birmingham” from Green Light On the Southern(Plectrafone)
• The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band: “Randall Collins” from Live and Learn(Rebel)
• The Seldom Scene: “City of New Orleans” from Act I(Rebel)
• Mark Johnson: “Old Joe Clark” from Bridging the Gap(Pinecastle)