The Bluegrass Unlimited NATIONAL BLUEGRASS SURVEY Compiled by T.M. CURRENT SONG: ARTIST LAST MONTHS MONTH Writer, Album, Label, Number MONTH ON CHART Lee Michael Demsey 1 A GOOD WAY TO GET THE BLUES GRASS CATS 1 10 (Russell Johnson) A GOOD WAY TO GET THE BLUES, New Time 1011 Top 15 2 THE BALLAD OF STRINGBEAN AND ESTELLE SAM BUSH 3 9 Bluegrass Albums (Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson, Sam Bush) CIRCLES AROUND ME, Sugar Hill 4055 Top 15 albums based on overall number of votes the individual songs from an album received. 3 FARM OF YESTERDAY GIBSON BROTHERS 6 8 (Eric Gibson) RING THE BELL, Compass 4506 CURRENT ALBUM TITLE LAST MONTHS 4 GREAT DAY IN THE MORNIN' CLAIRE LYNCH 10 9 MONTH ARTIST, Label, Number MONTH ON CHART (Dana Cooper) WHATCHA GONNA DO, Rounder 0606 THE FAMOUS LEFTY 1 2 3 5 SWEET APPALACHIA DEL McCOURY BAND 7 8 FLYNN'S, (Alan Johnston) FAMILY CIRCLE, McCoury Music 0014 GRASCALS, Rounder 0641 6 MY FLORIDA SUNSHINE CLAIRE LYNCH 6 10 (Bill Monroe) WHATCHA GONNA DO, Rounder 0606 2 WHATCHA GONNA DO, 4 9 CLAIRE LYNCH, GIVE THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR HEART LARRY STEPHENSON (w/DAILEY & VINCENT) 7 11 6 Rounder 0606 (Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin) TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY, Whysper Dream WDM7425 TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY, 8 TURN UP THE BOTTLE STEEP CANYON RANGERS 8 8 3 6 5 (Graham Sharp) DEEP IN THE SHADE, Rebel 1834 LARRY STEPHENSON, Whysper Dream WDM7425 9 BLUE RAILROAD TRAIN JOSH WILLIAMS 15 5 (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) DOWN HOME, Pinecastle 1173 A GOOD WAY TO GET 4 THE BLUES, 7 9 10 ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD ADAM STEFFEY 4 10 GRASS CATS, (Josh Shilling, Craig Market) ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD, Sugar Hill 4057 New Time 1011 11 HAVE MERCY STEEP CANYON RANGERS 12 7 ONE MORE FOR THE (Graham Sharp) DEEP IN THE SHADE, Rebel 1834 5 ROAD, 1 9 ADAM STEFFEY, 12 I DON'T CARE ANYMORE BILL EMERSON & SWEET DIXIE 13 5 (Tompall Glaser) SOUTHERN, Rural Rhythm 1053 Sugar Hill 4057 13 I BOUGHT HER A DOG BRANDON RICKMAN 14 7 6 DEEP IN THE SHADE, 3 8 (Tammy Rogers, Brandon Rickman) YOUNG MAN, OLD SOUL, Rural Rhythm 1046 STEEP CANYON RANGERS, 14 BLEEDING FOR A LITTLE PEACE OF MIND BLUE HIGHWAY (w/DARRELL SCOTT) 16 6 Rebel 1834 (Tim Stafford, Darrell Scott) SOME DAY: THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, Rounder 0633 7 DOWN HOME, 9 5 JOSH WILLIAMS, 15 LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE GRASCALS 20 3 Pinecastle 1173 (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) THE FAMOUS LEFTY FLYNN'S, Rounder 0641 CRYIN' HEART BLUES, LOVE'S GONNA LIVE HERE CHAPMANS (w/RHONDA VINCENT) 8 15 2 16 18 4 AUDIE BLAYLOCK (Buck Owens) GROWN UP, Compass 4532 & REDLINE, Rural Rhythm 1060 17 AMANDA LYNN LOU REID & CAROLINA 8 11 (James Cain, Ronny Vines) MY OWN SET OF RULES, Rural Rhythm 1051 9 FAMILY CIRCLE, 5 8 18 TEARDROP TOWN LARRY STEPHENSON (w/DAVID PARMLEY) 19 5 DEL McCOURY BAND, (Randall Hylton) TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY, Whysper Dream WDM7425 McCoury Music 0014 19 I THOUGHT I'D SEEN IT ALL DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE CIRCLES AROUND ME, 21 4 10 8 8 (Burton Collins, Lisa Shaffer) DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE, Mountain Home 1259 SAM BUSH, Sugar Hill 4055 20 MY LIFE JUST AIN'T A BLUEGRASS SONG DETOUR 22 4 (Jeff Rose) THE ROAD THAT LIES AHEAD, Bluegrass Ahead 0901 11 YOUNG MAN, OLD SOUL, 10 6 BRANDON RICKMAN, 21 ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL BRANDON RICKMAN 9 11 Rural Rhythm 1046 (Chris Stapleton, Brandon Rickman) YOUNG MAN, OLD SOUL, Rural Rhythm 1046 DARIN & BROOKE 22 THE FAMOUS LEFTY FLYNN'S GRASCALS 24 2 12 14 3 (Jamie Johnson, Morrie Trent) THE FAMOUS LEFTY FLYNN'S, Rounder 0641 ALDRIDGE, Mountain Home 1259 23 CRYIN' HEART BLUES AUDIE BLAYLOCK & REDLINE 28 2 (Joe Brown) CRYIN' HEART BLUES, Rural Rhythm 1060 13 SOUTHERN, 12 4 BILL EMERSON & 24 THE BOYS IN HATS AND TIES BIG COUNTRY BLUEGRASS 26 2 SWEET DIXIE, (Tom T. Hall, Dixie Hall, Don Rigsby) BACK IN TIME, Rebel 1838 Rural Rhythm 1053 25 SWEETEST WASTE OF TIME DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE 27 3 HEARTACHES & DREAMS, 14 --- 1 (Kasey Chambers, Shane Nicholson) DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE, Mountain Home 1259 JUNIOR SISK & RAMBLERS CHOICE, 26 LIGHT ON MY FEET, READY TO FLY DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER 29 2 Rebel 1837 (Corey Hensley) LIGHT ON MY FEET, READY TO FLY, Horizon 12762 THINGS THAT FLY, 27 17 CENTS INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS 30 2 15 --- 1 (Jody Stecher) THINGS THAT FLY, Sugar Hill 4059 INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, 28 TRAIN WITHOUT A TRACK JUNIOR SISK & RAMBLER'S CHOICE --- 1 Sugar Hill 4059 (Tom T. Hall, Dixie Hall) HEARTACHES AND DREAMS, Rebel 1837 29 WHERE IS MY LITTLE CABIN HOME? KATHY KALLICK BAND --- 1 (Kathy Kallick) BETWEEN THE HOLLOW AND THE HIGH-RISE, Live Oak 540 30 IF I WIN SUMMERTOWN ROAD --- 1 (Jack Rigsby, Lisa Rigsby, Jack Hicks) SUMMERTOWN ROAD, Rounder 0646 © 2010, Bluegrass Unlimited, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this journal may be reproduced, stored for retrieval, or transmitted in any form without prior written permission of the publisher. AUGUST 2010 55 DECEMBERAPRIL 2002 1994 55.