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
PineCone Playlist: December 1st, 2024
Artist | Song Title | Album Title | Record Label |
Jerry Douglas | Wheel Hoss | Everything’s gonna work out fine | Rounder |
Aaron McDaris | Be good to my little baby girl | First time around | |
Larry Sparks | Christmas Time’s a-Comin’ | Christmas in the Mountains | |
Lonesome River band | Blues of the night | Single | |
Flatt & Scruggs | Footprints in the snow | 1959-1963 | Bear Family |
Lost & Found | Christmas in Virginia | Christmas in the Mountains | Rebel |
Jimmy Martin | Losin’ You | Will the Circle be Unbroken | |
Gena Britt | On and On | Chronicles: Friends & Music | Pinecastle |
Constant Change | Christmas time back home | Christmas in Carolina | |
Dailey & Vincent | Don’t you call my name | ||
Country Gentlemen | Matterhorn | 25 Years | Rebel |
Joe Mullins | Old Fashion Christmas | Christmas 2022 | |
Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina | Blue Night | Carolina Blue | Rebel |
Darin & Brooke Aldridge | The Price I pay | Single | |
Ricky Skaggs | You can’t hurt ham | Music to my ears | Skaggs |
Dale Ann Bradley & Steve Gulley | Christmas the Mountain Way | Christmas the Mountain Way | |
Tony Trishka/Billy Strings | Browns Ferry Blues | ||
Tony Rice | I’ve waited as long as I can | Plays and sings Bluegrass | Rounder |
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | Just Ain’t | The Essential Flatt & Scruggs | |
Little Roy Lewis | Little Roy’s Banjo | Gospel Banjo | |
Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time | Kentucky King | Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time | Sugar Hill |
Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time | Little Cecil | Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time | Sugar Hill |
Alan Jackson & Allison Krauss | The Angels Cried | Honky Tonk Christmas | |
Bill Monroe | Mighty Dark to Travel | Bluegrass 87 | MCA |
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road | Christmas in Carolina | Christmas in Carolina | |
Longview | Hills and Home | Lessons in stone | Rounder |
Nixon, Blevins & Gage | Just a bowl of Butterbeans | Picking with Friends | Clover |
Mark Newton & Steve Thomas | Old McDonald | Reborn | |
Tim Obrien | Santa ate a gummy | ||
Tim Shelton | Against the Wind | Silver Bullet Bluegrass | |
Tim Surrett | When I wake up to sleep no more | Mountain Home | |
Tommy Edwards | The Christmas Letter | The Christmas Album | |
The Grass Cats | A Woman’s Love | The Old School Road | New Time |
Rex Wiseman | Put my little shoes away | Welcome Home | |
The Grascals | Saro Jane | The Grascals | |
Red Camel Collective | Roll on Mississippi | Sincerity | |
Alison Krauss & Union Station | Cluck Old Hen | Every time you say goodbye | Rounder |
John Starling | Beautiful Star of Bethlehem | Sugar Plums | Sugar Hill |
John Duffey | She’s more to be pitied | Always in Style | Sugar Hill |
Al Batten & the Bluegrass Reunion | Heartbreak Mountain | Bluegrass Reunion Style | |
Jerry Douglas | Away in a Manger | Sugar Plums | Sugar Hill |
Lonesome River Band | Them Blues | Carrying the Tradition | Rebel |
Lonesome Standard Time | Lonesome Standard Time | Lonesome Standard Time | Sugar Hill |
Rhonda Vincent | Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree | Beautiful Star | |
Daniel Grindstaff | Looking at the world through a windshield | Heroes and Friends | |
Volume Five | Thorn Tree Shade | Run | |
Alison Krauss & the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Catfish John | Will the Circle be Unbroken Vol 3 | |
Tim Obrien | Making Plans | Sugar Plums | Sugar Hill |
Tony Rice | Gril from the North Country | Plays and Sings Bluegrass | Rounder |
J.D. Crowe & the Kentucky Mountain Boys | You go to your church | Bluegrass Holiday | |
Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out | Gentle on my mind | Bluegrassed | |
Patty Loveless | Santa Train | Bluegrass & White Snow |