Every Sunday evening at six o'clock thousands of radios all over Central and eastern North Carolina are tuned to 94.7 for the PineCone Bluegrass Show on WQDR-FM in Raleigh. Whether at home, at work or riding in their cars, some 4,000,000 listeners per year know that from the opening strains of Earl Scruggs' "Nashville Blues," Larry Nixon and Tim Woodall will broadcast three hours of the best in bluegrass, old and new. The program is sponsored by the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, or PineCone.
Meet The Deejays
Larry Nixon is from Elkin, North Carolina, near Galax, Virginia, the heart of mountain and traditional music country. When Larry was 12, his grandfather gave him a banjo, and since then Larry has been hooked on music, winning a talent show in the eighth grade. Larry has enjoyed playing all types of music but has returned to his "roots," the re-creation and preservation of the finger-picking styles of guitar that he first heard in the 1960’s. Larry attended NC State University and is a consulting engineer in Raleigh. He was one of the original directors of PineCone.
Tim Woodall is the elder statesman of local bluegrass group The Grass Cats. Having played banjo for 30 years or so, he also has interest in many other types of music. As a studio musician, Tim has recorded pedal steel, bass, and guitar in addition to banjo. Occasionally he will step out front to sing lead if there are cue cards available, but he is more comfortable singing harmony. Another hobby since the age of 13 is radio broadcasting. He acquired his FCC License in 1967, and his first radio job came along in 1989 with the Pinecone Bluegrass Show.
Weekly Playlist - June 16, 2013
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Virginia Coastline |
Rebecca Frazier |
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Rhonda Vincent |
You Don’t Love God |
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Volume Five |
Rich Man’s Daughter |
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Jimmy Martin |
Honey You Don’t Know My Mnd |
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Grasstowne |
This Old Guitar And Me |
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Detour |
My Life Ain’t Just A Bluegrass Song |
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Nu-Blu |
Martha And Mary |
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Peter Rowan |
High Lonesome Sound |
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Gibson Brothers |
Buy A Ring Find A Preacher |
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Larry Cordle |
Murder On Music Row |
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Flatt Lonesome |
I’m Blue |
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Linda Barker |
Mama’s Rocking Chair |
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IIIrd Tyme Out |
Gentle On My Mind |
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Clair Lynch |
Train Long Gone |
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Dailey & Vincent |
Steel Driving Man |
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Patty Loveless |
You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive |
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Gibson Brothers |
They Called It Music |
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Charlie Sizemore |
No Lawyers In Heaven |
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Marty Raybon |
Dirt Road Heartache |
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Lonesome River Band |
Hobo Blues |
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Steeldrivers |
Wearing A Hole |
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Rebecca Frazier |
Human Highway |
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Ricky Skaggs |
You Can’t Hurt Ham |
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Bearfoot |
Midnight In Montana |
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Doyle Lawson |
Dixie Road |
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Del McCoury |
1952 Vincent Black Lightning |
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Grasscats |
The Mountains My Baby And Me |
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Bill Monroe |
In The Pines |
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Dan Tyminski |
Man Of Constant Sorrow |
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Rebecca Frazier |
Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow |
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Junior Sisk |
Dust On The Bible |
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Kenny & Amanda Smith |
Catch Me If I Try |
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J.D. Crowe (Keith Whitley) |
Rose Colored Glasses |
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Dailey & Vincent |
By The Mark |
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Snyder Family Band |
Call Me The Breeze |
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Bluegrass Band |
Dueling Banjos |
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Sarah Evans, Del McCoury |
Muleskinner Blues |
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Trinity River Band |
Rose In Paradise |
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Country Gentlemen |
Fox On The Run |
For previous weeks playlists click here.
If you want your bluegrass CD to be considered for airplay, please send your CD and information to:
The Pinecone Bluegrass Show
c/o PineCone-Piedmont Council of Traditional Music
P.O. Box 28534
Raleigh, NC 27611
Submissions become property of PineCone and will not be returned.
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