Bluegrass Breakdown: 1981, Part Six

We’ll be jaunting back to 1981 when, among other things: an unknown rocker named Prince opens for the Rolling Stones at the L.A. Coliseum; George Jones and Barbara Mandrell score CMA awards; the first audience wave occurs in Oakland thanks to a cheerleader named Krazy George Henderson; aspartame is approved as an artificial sweetener; New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner scuffles with two fans in an elevator and Del McCoury, Steve Martin and Charlie Moore unleash some stellar ‘grass.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• Red Rector: “Stuck Up Blues” from Back Home In Madison County(Revonah)
• Rich Rainey & the Bluegrass Cousins: “Are You From Dixie?” from Are You From Dixie?(Revonah)
• Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals: “Hang Your Head In Shame” from Strictly Bluegrass Live(Copper Creek)
• Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals: “Take Me to the Mountains” from Take Me to the Mountains(Leather)
• Joel Mabus: “Working On a Building” from Settin’ the Woods On Fire(Flying Fish)
• Steve Martin: “Saga of the Old West/John Henry/Saga (Reprise)” from The Steve Martin Brothers(Warner Brothers)
• Charlie Moore & His Dixie Partners: “Plenty of Everything (But You)” from Country Music Memories, Vol. 2(Old Homestead)
• Leon Morris & Associates: “Catfish John” from Bluegrass Favorites(Country)
• The Muddy Bottom Boys: “Cold Wind” from Howdy Neighbor(Grassound)
• Mark O’Connor: “Soppin’ the Gravy” from Soppin’ the Gravy(Rounder)
• The Over the Hill Gang: “Forest Fire” from Forest Fire(TRAC)
• The Over the Hill Gang: “Homeward Bound” from Homeward Bound(Lemco)
• Bill Monroe: “Old Ebeneezer Scrooge” / “Old Dangerfield” from Master of Bluegrass(MCA)
• Pacific…ly Bluegrass: “Smokey Mountain Smoke” from Second Album(PB)
• Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass: “How Many Times” from Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass(Rounder)
• The Primitive Quartet: “Lord, I’m Just a Pilgrim” from Just a Pilgrim(Dawn)
• The Marc Pruitt Band: “Moonlight Madness” from Moonlight Madness(Marandee)
• The Marc Pruitt Band: “Streamline Cannonball” from Streamline Cannonball(Skyline)
• The Osborne Brothers: “Rosebud” from Bobby and His Mandolin(CMH)