We’ll be back in 1981 when, among other things, first class postage is raised from 18 to 20 cents; Alabama’s Bear Bryant becomes college football’s winningest coach by snagging his 350th victory; Olivia Newton John’s single Physical hits number one; Larry Holmes becomes the heavyweight boxing champion; the first balloon crossing of the Pacific occurs; and the Seldom Scene, Skyline and Larry Sparks, and Ralph Stanley light up bluegrassland radio.
PROGRAM PLAYLIST
- Leon Russell & New Grass Revival: “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” from The Live Album(Paradise)
- The Tony Rice Unit: “Birdland Breakdown” from Still Inside(Rounder)
- The Seldom Scene: “After Midnight” from After Midnight(Sugar Hill)
- Bob Shue & the Carolina Mountain Boys: “Carolina Moon” from Bluegrass In Carolina(Lamon)
- Ricky Skaggs: “Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’” from Waitin’ For the Sun to Shine(Epic)
- Fred Sokolow: “The Entertainer” from Ragtime Banjo Bluegrass Style(Kicking Mule)
- L.B. Siler & the Round Mountain Boys: “Dry Gulch” from If That’s the Way You Feel(Programme Audio)
- Skyline: “Late to Work” from Late to Work(Flying Fish)
- Smokewood: “On the Street Where You Live” from Classgrass(Timberline)
- Larry Sparks: “Ramblin’ Letters” from Ramblin’ Letters(Acoustic Revival)
- Orrin Star: “Old Joe Clark” from No Frets Barred(Flying Fish)
- Spectrum: “I Guess It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” from Opening Roll(Rounder)
- Ralph Stanley: “Jealousy” from The Stanley Sound Today(Rebel)
- Geoff Stelling’s Hard Times Bluegrass Band: “Big Boss Man” from Hard Driving(Rooster)
- Gary Strong & His Licking Valley Boys: “Sweet Summer Dream” from Gary Strong & His Licking Valley Boys(Old Homestead)
- Gordon Stone: “Scratchin’ the Surface” from Scratchin’ the Surface(Fretless)