Bluegrass Breakdown: Plains, Part One

They’re large areas of flatland with few trees that cover more than a third of the world and include some of the most desolate as well as some of the most fertile places on earth. No wonder they have been the inspiration for many mighty Bluegrass songs. Thanks to Bluegrass, Etc., Tony Trischka, Sally Jones, and the Deseret String Band, we’ll be having a bang-up time celebrating all manner of plains—from the Northern Plains, Great Plains, and Strawberry Plains to the Plains of Waterloo.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• The Seldom Scene: “Darcy Farrow” from Changes(Rounder)
• Pharis & Jason Romero: “Out On the Western Plaines” from A Passing Glimpse(Lula Records)
• Hot Rize: “Nellie Kane” from Hot Rize(Flying Fish)
• Norman Blake: “Goodbye to the Plaines’ from Green Light On the Southern(Plectraphone)
• Tony Trischka; “Strawberry Plains” from Hill Country(Rounder)
• Bluegrass, Etc.: “Northern Plains” from Home Is Where the Heart Is(Tricopolis)
• Sally Jones: “Calico Plains” from Love Hurts(Pinecastle)
• Laura Boosinger: “Texas Plains” from Let Me Linger(Laura’s Label)
• The Deseret String Band; “Plains of Waterloo / British Field Marshall At New Orleans” from Land of Milk and Honey(Okehdokee)
• Ferrell Stowe: “Barren Plains” from Trnava(String House Studios)
• Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin: “Going to the West” from Our Town(Rounder)
• The Isaacs: “Hard Times Come Again No more” from Naturally(Gaither)
• Iron Horse: “On a Plain” from Pickin’ On Nirvana(CMH)
• Jesse McReynolds: Over the Plains” from Jesse’s Guitar Pickin’ Showcase(Double J Productiions)