Mothers Day is the second Sunday in May in the United States.
[played 2009]
Iris Dement \ Mama's Opry \ Infamous Angel \ Warner Bros.
Janis Ian \ I Hear You Sing Again \ Billie's Bones \ Oh Boy
Grascals w/George Jones \ Don't Tell Mama \ Long List Of Heartaches \ Rounder
[new suggestions]
wonderful "mother" songs by Cosy Sheridan:
The Land of 10,000 Mothers (on Live at CedarHouse)
Lullabies (on Quietly Led/Late Bloomer)
[played in recent years]
Lou & Peter Berryman\ A Chat With Your Mother\ What, Again?!\ Cornbelt
IIIrd Tyme Out\ A Pretty Wreath for Mother's Grave\ The Best Durn Ride\ CMG
The Beatles (John)\ Julia\ White Album\ Apple
Carol McComb\ She Always Breaks My Fall\ Little Bit of Heaven\ Hazelwood
David Roth\ Mother's Day Card\ If You Can't Fly\ Self
Christine Lavin\ Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best\ Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best\ Appleseed
[whole CD mothers]
Mother: Songs Celebrating Mothers & Motherhood\ Cathie Ryan, Robin Spielberg, Susan McKeown
Mother, Queen of My Heart\ Sugar Hill
Mama's Hand: Bluegrass and Mountain Songs About Mother\ Rounder
Some Tunes for That Mother of Mine\ Roy Forbes
[anti-war mothers]
- "Mrs. McGrath" - recorded by Bruce Springsteen; Pete Seeger; others
- "Mothers, Daughters, Wives" Judy Small - (also recorded by Priscilla Herdman).
- The traditional "I Didn't Raise My Son To Be A Soldier" (recorded by lots of folks ... I like Hamish Imlach's version).
- "Song for Cindy Sheehan" - David Rovic - the best of the Cindy Sheehan songs that came out last year, imo.
- "The Soldier's Last Letter" - Doc Watson; others
- "No Child of Mine" - Truckstop Honeymoon - "Delivery Boy" CD
- "Take the Star Out of the Window" - John Prine
"Some Mother's Son" by Tom Lewis
"My Youngest Son Came Home Today" by Mary Black
Bob Dylan\ John Brown\ Unplugged
"Reckless Child" by Nancy McCallion (from her solo CD, Nancy McCallion)
[from Tom Pittman, 2007]
Milton Brown & Musical Brownies/ Mama Don't Allow it/ 1932-37 v 3
Merle Haggard/ Mama Tried/ 16 Biggest Hits
Johnny Paycheck/ I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)/ Golden Classics
Commander Cody/ Mama Hated Deisels/ We've Got a Live One Here
James Hand/ I Heard Mama Calling/ Shadows Where the Magic Was
Troy Hess/ Please Don't Go Topless Mother/ God Less America
Everly Brothers/ Sitting Alone in an Old Rocking Chair/ Classic v 2
Hank Williams/ I Dreamed About Mama Last Night/
The Complete Hank Williams v 3
Loretta Lynn/ One's on the Way/ All Time Greatest Hits
Everly Bros/ Put My Little Shoes Away/ Classic v 2
Cliff Bruner & TX Wanderers/ A Mother Gave a Son/ v 4
Katy Moffatt/ She Calls Me "Baby"/ Katy
Red Sovine/ Roses for Mama/ Best of...
Bill Monroe/ Mother's Only Sleeping/ Blue Moon of KY v 4
Randall Hylton/ Mama's Not Dead, She's Just Playin' Possum/
The Possum Tapes
[also good]
Cary Cooper\ My Mother's Waltz\ Yellow
Tracy Grammer\ Mother, I Climbed\ Flower of Avalon
karen savoca / mother's arms / in the dirt / alcove
"In My Daughter's Eyes" by country singer Martina McBride
"Mother, Mother" by Nancy McCallion and The Mollys (from Trouble)
"Oh Mom" by Arlo Guthrie from "Harp: A Time To Sing"
Annie Wenz: Find Your Way (Poet's Dance), Gypsy Moon Rising
Austin Lounge Lizards\ Forty Years Old And I'm Living in My Mom's Garage\
Calling All the Children Home by John McCutcheon
Cindy Mangsen-"Daughters of Feminists" on Songline
Coffee for Mama \ LIGHTNING HOPKINS \ 16 Greatest Hits \ Trip
Heidi Muller / Mama You’re Always There / Gypsy Wind
Iris DeMent\ Mama's Opry\ Infamous Angel\ Philo
Jamie Anderson / Pictures for Mama / Drive All Night
Jamie Anderson / With My Smile / Drive All Night
Jamie Anderson / Your Mama Scares Me / A Promise of Light
Kathy Fink & Marcy Marxer-"A Chat with Your Mother"on A Parent's Home Companion
Leaving the Land \ ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS \ Deeper Waters \ Red House
Leslie Smith: China Cups (These Things Wrapped), Waterbug
Little Dan by Bok, Muir and Trickette
Mam's Cooking \ MARCIA BALL \ Gatorhythms \ Rounder
Mama's Got a Friend \ OTIS TAYLOR \ Below the Fold \ Telarc
Mama's Moving Back \ TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON \ Christmas in Ocala \ Binky
Mama Lou by Jack Williams
Mama She Believed in Me \ MAURICE JOHN VAUGHN \ Dangerous Road \ Blue Suit
Mama Was a Union Woman \ SI KAHN \ We're Still Here \ Strictly Country
Mama You're Always There \ HEIDI MULLER \ Gypsy Wind \ Cascadia Music
Mama, I Miss You Tonight by Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers
Marlo Thomas: Mommie Are People
Mary McCaslin: Someone Who Looks Like Me (Broken Promises), Philo
Merle Haggard\ Mama Tried\ Super Hits, Volume Two\ Epic
Momma's in the Kitchen \ SLIM GAILLLARD \ Laughing in Rhythm \ Proper
Momma Sent Me to the Store \ FATS WALLER \ The Later Years \ Bluebird
Mother's Day \ STEVE & PETER JONES \ Steve & Peter Jones \ Clouds
Mother \ KASEY CHAMBERS \ Wayward Angel \ Warner Bros
Mother the Queen of My Heart \ JIMMIE RODGERS \ No Hard Times 1932 \ Rounder
One in a Million \ JOHN MCCUTCHEON \ Greatest Story Never Told \ Red House
Rachel Bissex\ Dancing with My Mother
Rhonda Vincent\ Medals for Mothers\ Mama's Hand (VA)\ Rounder
Sally Rogers: Mother (Generations), Flying Fish
Second Opinion- "Music in My Mother's House" on Second Opinion
Something Stole My Mama's Mind \ TOM WEBBER, BARB WEBBER, & GREGG LINDSAY \ Traveler's Lullaby \ Fair
Suzy Bogguss-"Letting Go" on Voices in the Wind
The Beatles (Paul)\ Your Mother Should Know\ Magical Mystery Tour
Turn Around - Malvina Reynolds or Sally Rogers or Holly Figueroa
Webber Mamam Don't Play No Zydeco \ GLAMOUR PUSS \ Wire & Wood \ Northernblues
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