Grasstime has been part of the Nashville area scene for as long as I can remember, and over the past decade or so, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Robbie Morris has emerged as its leader. He’s a native of southwest Virginia who grew up around the bluegrass sound and who’s played on and off during his 30 years in Nashville while maintaining a career in corporate software security. They got on the public map at the area’s famous Full Moon Pickin’ Parties and have held down a residency for a decade at a middle Tennessee winery. We close this episode out with their new single “Coal,” a song by Gary Boevers and Mike Richards that they describe as “a journey into the dark, blood-stained history of the Appalachian mine wars.” Also this week, an anticipated single by guitar/mando duo Oh Me Oh My, a new one by Seth Mulder & Midnight Run and a cool show debut by the old-fangled music of Arizona’s Maybels Fables.
Appalachian Road Show - Hell Broke Loose in Georgia
Slocan Ramblers - Shelter In The Bay
East Nash Grass - Redbird
The Louvin Brothers - Kentucky
Oh Me Oh My - Let Me Ride In Your Big Cadillac
Alan Munde and Billy Bright - Old Dangerfield
Ordinary Elephant - Joy Has Not Forgotten Me
George Jackson, Brad Kolodner - Donald Blue
Chattanooga Dogs - Pistol Packin' Mama
Bobby Hicks - East Tennessee Blues
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run - I'm On My Way Back Home Again
Tonewood String Band - Heart Of The Pretender
Veranda - Si Deman
Nick Dumas - Riding The Boston and Maine
Maybels Fables - Wishing Well
Ola Belle Reed - Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Nathan Blake Lynn - Blood In The Rock
Grasstime - Coal
