Bluegrass Breakdown: Plains, Part Two

They’re emblazoned into our national consciousness as places that represent unbridled freedom, a new start, never-ending adventure and awesome wonder. They cover more than a third of the earth and appear in many a fine bluegrass tune. With the able guidance of Front Range, the Pleasant Mountain Boys, Chubby Wise, and Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, we’ll continue traversing the many plains of BluegrassLand–from the plains of the buffalo and plains of Illinois to the flood plain of despair.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• Dudley Connell & Don Rigsby: “Dark and Thorny Is the Desert” from Meet Me By the Moonlight(Sugar Hill)
• Front Range: “Plains of the Buffalo” from Back to the River Bed(Sugar Hill)
• Molsky’s Mountain Drifters: “Across the Plains of Illinois” from Molsky’s Mountain Drifters(Tree Frog Music)
• The Pleasant Mountain Boys: “Ridin’ Plain” from The Pleasant Mountain Boys(self-released)
• Chubby Wise: “Out On the Texas Plains” from Page 13(Stoneway)
• Southern Rail: “Far Far Away On Judea’s Plains’ from Voices In the Wind(Railway)
• Cedar Hill: “Flood Plain of Despair” from Grandpa Built a Church House(Nickeltown)
• Jimmy Martin: “Grave On the Green Hillside” from Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys(Bear Family)
• Fairview Avenue: “Rock Hills and Plains” from Fairview Avenue(self-released)
• Longview: “Little Annie” from High Lonesome(Rounder)
• Jim & Jesse: “Air Mail Special” from 1952-1955(Bear Family)
• South Plains Bluegrass: “Rose of San Antone” from South Plains Bluegrass(SPBA)
• Dehlia Low: “Anatori / Plains of Tellico” from Live(self-released)
• Peter Rowan: “Plains of Waterloo’ from Walls of Time(Sugar Hill)
• High Plains Tradition: “State Bridge” from Prairie Wind(HPT)