Every Sunday evening at 6pm thousands of radios all over Central and eastern North Carolina are tuned to 94.7 QDR for the PineCone Bluegrass Show. 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. For more information on the radio show visit pinecone.org.
The show was featured in an article in “Bluegrass Today” …you can read it here.
Meet Larry and Tim
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
Pincecone Playlist: Feb. 28, 2021
Artist | Song Title | Album Title | Record Label |
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Up on the Blueridge | News is Out | Sugar Hill |
J.D. Crowe & the New South | You are what I am | J.D. Crowe & the New South | Rounder |
Lonesome River Band | Long Gone | Chronology Vol 3 | |
Junior Sisk | Brand new shade of blue | Brand new shade of blue | |
Harley Allen/Mike Lilly | Suzzanne | Allen/Lilly Band | |
Country Gentlemen | Redwood Hill | The Award- Winning Country Gentlemen | |
Boone Creek | No Mother of Dad | One way track | Sugar Hill |
The Grass Cats | Hungry Heart | The Mountains My Baby and Me | New Time |
Terry Baucom | Martha White, Lester and Earl | Never thought of looking back | |
Sturgill Simpson | Sitting here without you | Cuttin’ Grass | |
Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time | You can’t take it with you when you go | Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time | Sugar Hill |
Blue Highway | Don’t come out of the hole | Blue Highway | Rounder |
Seldom Scene | City of New Orleans | Live at the Cellar Door | Rebel |
Lester Flatt | Father’s Table Grace | 5- Years of Bluegrass Hits | |
Russell Johnson | Those Ole Tarheels | Never released | |
Larry Sparks | The Old Spinning Wheel | Lonesome and Blue | Rebel |
Sarah Evans | Muleskinner Blues | Off TV | |
Bill Keith | Sugarfoot Rag | Something Auld, Something Newgrass…. | |
Bill Monroe | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Beanblossom | MCA |
Al Batten & the Bluegrass Reunion | Harold’s Super Service | Instrumentals and Insanities | |
Osborne Brothers | Rocky Top | 50 Years of Bluegrass Hits | |
Osborne Brothers | Me and My Old Banjo | Once again | Sugar Hill |
Longview | I’ve lived a lot in my time | Lessons in stone | Rounder |
Longview | Hills and Home | Lessons in stone | Rounder |
Billy Strings | Dust in a baggie | Billy Strings | |
Billy Strings | Red Rocking Chair | Billy Strings | |
Ernie Thacker | Little Piece of Land | The Chill of Lonesome | |
Ernie Thacker | Another piece of my heart | The Chill of Lonesome | |
Josh Williams | Dream of Me | Down Home | Pinecastle |
Josh Williams | Cherokee Shuffle | Down Home | Pinecastle |
Becky Buller | Calamity Jane | Crepe Paper Heart | |
Becky Buller | Banker’s Fiddle | Single | |
Balsam Range | Richest Man | Single | |
Earl Scruggs | Flint Hill Special | Will the Circle be Unbroken | |
The Grass Cats | A good Way to Get the Blues | A good Way to Get the Blues | New Time |
Alan Bibey | Gonna Rise and Shine | Gonna Rise and Shine | |
Alecia Nugent | But I do | Alecia Nugent | Rounder |
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road | They Call it Bluegrass | Bill Monroe’s Ole Mandolin | Pinecastle |
Marty Raybon | The Last Song | Full Circle | Doobie Shea |
Merle Monroe | Hello Sunshine | Single | |
Carolina Blue | Grown Cold | Grown Cold | |
Sideline | Fast as I can crawl | Single | |
Sturgill Simpson | Old King Coal | Cuttin’ Grass | |
Dave Evans | Drink up and go home | The Best of the Vetco Years | Vetco |
Dave Evans | Put my little shoes away | The Best of the Vetco Years | Vetco |
Hammertowne | Iver Johnson is my name | Hammertowne | |
IIIrd Tyme Out | John and Mary | Cream of the Crop | |
Tony Rice | Hills of Roane County | Tony Rice | Rounder |
Tony Rice | Girl from the North Country | California Autumn | Rounder |