Bluegrass Breakdown — Bluegrass Men: Pepsi – Poor

We’ll continue seeking out the many fascinating, eccentric, often cantankerous, and always colorful men of BluegrassLand. Thanks to the efforts of Pete Sutherland, Don Rigsby, Bobby Atkins, the Marshall Family, and the Moose Whisperers, we’ll rubbing shoulders with poor men, policemen, postmen, and Pepsi men.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• The Goins Brothers: “Story of the Poor Man” from In the Head of the Holler(Jessup)
• The Marshall Family: “I’m a Poor Rich Man” from The Lifeguard(Rebel)
• Bobby Mackey: “Pepsi Man” from Ten Shades of Green(Sagegrass Music)
• The Moose Whisperers: “Policeman” from The Moose Whisperers(Apple Blossom Music)
• The Johnson Brothers: “A Passing Policeman” from The Bristol Sessions(CMF)
• Pete Sutherland: “Mad River/Poor Man’s Dream” from Poor Man’s Dream(Flying Fish)
• Dwight McCall: “Poor Old Man” from Never Say Never Again(F-5 Music)
• Old Crow Medicine Show: “Poor Man” from Old Crow Medicine Show(Nettwerk)
• The Kentucky Gentlemen: “Poor Man’s Polka” from A Day In October(King Bluegrass)
• Don Rigsby: “Poor Little Rich Man” from Empty Old Mail Box(Sugar Hill)
• The Tyler Williams Band: “Poor Man In Richmond” from Heart Over Mind(self-released)
• Bruce Molsky: “Poor Man’s Troubles” from Poor Man’s Troubles(Rounder)
• Steve Smith: “Poor Man” from Hard Road(Desert Night)
• David Parmley: “Poor Man’s Paradise” from Southern Heritage(Rebel)
• Bobby Atkins & the Countrymen: “Poor Man’s Blues” from Feelings of a Country Man(Old Homestead)
• The New Lost City Ramblers: “How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?” from Outstanding In Their Field, Vol. II(Smithsonian/Folkways)
• Andre Dal: “The Postman” from Beyond the Tagus River(self-released)