song writer unknown
recorded by Bill Monroe

https://youtu.be/BDy9Uu1HGdk


This is an old Bluegrass standard that I used to sit down and play a with wonderful Dobro musician I knew. He said that he liked my picking, (ha ha), I knew I wasn't any good, but back then I'd take complements where I could find them. This guy, who's name was Ken Harmon, was pretty good with that Dobro of...

written by Frederic Weatherly

https://youtu.be/G2kKVlRiNsU


The Irish have a way with music that never fails to touch one's heart. I come from Canada and if I am truly honest I know of no Irish blood that flows through my veins. Still here as through-out North America, The Irish have left their mark and for all I know there may well be a trace of Irish in me as well, for like the Scotch,...

written by Gretchen Peters
recorded by Martina McBride

https://youtu.be/sVXnka5nLeU


In 1994 Martina McBride released a recording of a song called 'Independence Day'. Now all great songs need a hook-line. A hook-line is a phrase that has a double meaning. In this tune the hook-line is “Its Independence Day”. One first assumes she means the Fourth of July. America's Independence day,...

written by Billy Yates and Mike Curtis
recorded by George Jones.

https://youtu.be/pUclmib51II


I've made no secret of the fact that the late George Jones is my favorite recording artist. His ability to broadcast the sadness in his voice makes so many of his hits have a sense of realness that many other artists can hardly touch. I try to embed that emotion into my music, when I record,...

Do Lord (Do You Remember Me.)
written by Julia Ward Howe
cover by Elger Heath

https://youtu.be/o13vQyYzdz8


This is one of those Sound Bites that I captured at a jam. That's me at the mic. There's a lot of background noise, which I could not clean up. And the occasional fiddle. This is one of...