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 - May 19th, 2013
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Song Title |
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Flatt & Scruggs |
Fireball Mail |
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Doyle Lawson |
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong |
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Gibson Brothers |
They Called It Music |
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Hammertowne |
This Old Martin Box |
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Nu-Blu |
Martha And Mary |
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Front Range |
One Beautiful Day |
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Grasstowne |
This Old Guitar & Me |
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Ernie Thacker |
Little Piece Of Land |
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Junior Sisk |
The Story Of The Day I Died |
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Hot Rize |
Just Like You |
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Grasscats |
The Mountains My Baby And Me |
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Vice Gill |
Lonesome River |
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Flatt Lonesome |
I'm Blue |
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Gentlemen Of Bluegrass |
Traveling Kind |
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Gibson Brothers |
Buy A Ring Find A Preacher |
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Del McCoury |
True Love Never Dies |
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Marty Raybon |
Dirt Road Heartache |
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Jimmy Martin |
My Walking Shoes Don't Fit Me |
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Balsam Range |
Any Old Road Will Take You There |
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Emily Kirsch |
Just Another Memory |
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Steeldrivers |
Wearing A Hole |
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3 Fox Drive |
Some Old Side Road |
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Doyle Lawson |
Dixie Road |
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Al Batten |
I Can't Quit Cigarettes |
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Kathy Kallick |
Time |
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IIIrd Tyme Out |
Golden Ring |
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Detour |
Quarterline Road |
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Al Batten |
Always Marry An Ugly Girl |
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Tony Rice |
John Hardy |
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Old Crow Medicine Show |
Wagon Wheel |
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Rarely Herd |
Last Time |
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Sarah Evans |
Muleskinner Blues |
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Troublesome Hollow |
5 Pounds Of Possum |
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New Tradition |
Prodigal Son |
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Rickie Simpkins |
Ashokan Farewell |
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M.A.C.C. |
Life Goes On |
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Nashville Bluegrass Band |
Blackbirds And The Crows |
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Vince Gill, Alison Krdause |
High Lonesome Sound |
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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