Getting to sit in two weeks in a row for Diane Hering was fun. The show went well, with some welcome calls of appreciation. Playing three versions of Hard Times in a row was, according to calls, really welcome (those whom it drove crazy didn't call...) and, as it happened, really moving for me, as I was thinking about the hard times we are experiencing as a nation. I was noting as I went through the show that the songs and songwriters were worthy of note. I think in all genres of music except classical we don't pay enough attention to the composers. One of my earlier jazz shows was devoted in large part to the tunes composed by Edgar Sampson -- see below. I also have shows tentatively planned that will feature Gershwin, Cole Porter and maybe some others.

So here's the playlist. The wild card, if there is one, is Cheryl Wheeler's Arrow, a lovely song with really good lyrics (she writes both), not bluegrass in style, but not totally out of place. Particularly good lyrics are also to be found on the songs marked with an *.

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Name	Artist	Album
*C-Biscuit	Jerry Douglas	Everything Is Gonna Work Out Fine
Another Lonesome Day	The Seldom Scene	The Best of The Seldom Scene
Another Lonesome Day	The Whites	Bluegrass Vinyl
Forget About It	Alison Krauss	Forget About It
*Who Do You Know	Claire Lynch	Friends for a Lifetime
*Brand New Tennessee Waltz	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Idle Time
Shady Grove	Chesapeake	Rising Tide
Indian Hills	New Grass Revival	On the Boulevard
Shine	Dolly Parton	Little Sparrow
Sally Ann	Jimmy Arnold	Bluegrass Vinyl
Waiting On Vassar	David Grisman	David Grisman Rounder Compact Disc
Who's That Knocking At My Door	Dreadful Snakes	Snakes Alive
*Church Street Blues	Tony Rice	Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective
Arrow	Cheryl Wheeler	Different Stripe
*Pushover	Jesse Winchester	Humour Me
*Souvenir Bottles	New Grass Revival	Barren County
We Hide & Seek	Alison Krauss & Union Station	Live [Disc 2]
Sign Your Name	Mollie O'Brien	Tell It True...
Cat In The Bag	Mark O'Connor	The New Nashville Cats
Hard Times, Come Again No More	Jennifer Warnes	Shot Through The Heart
Hard Times	Front Porch String Band	Lines & Traces
Hard Times	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Boys Are Back In Town
The Lights of Home	Béla Fleck	Drive
*The Lights Of Home	Chesapeake	Full Sail
*Penny To My Name	Eva Cassidy	Time After Time