The Flashgrass Podcast

Cameron Cobble
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Part podcast, part playlist. If you like hearing great bluegrass and tolerable commentary about said great bluegrass, then you're in the right place. I play bluegrass from every corner of the genre, and I give whatever context I can to the songs I play. You can usually expect some probably-too-in-depth song lyric analysis. Some sort of tomfoolery typically transpires.

  1. 5d ago

    Episode 105: America's Bluegrass Birthday Bash

    America has produced some pretty incredible stuff: the light bulb, bluegrass, the cotton gin, air conditioning, Kevlar, the Slinky, etc. But I only run a show about one of those things, so we celebrate America’s birthday the only way we can: with bluegrass songs about America, freedom, and nuclear war.   (00:00) Give Me Your Ears (02:17) The Star Spangled Banner -3 Fox Drive https://youtu.be/QtY8hnGZxJc (04:17) My Country ’Tis -Dolly Parton https://lnkfi.re/sX0DUrTk (07:02) Freedom Ride -Drew Emmitt https://lnkfi.re/0bqay75g (10:26) Nice Melodies You Got There. Sure Would Be a Shame If Somebody Were to Steal Them. (15:03) Freedom -Honi Deaton & Dream https://lnkfi.re/OpoRMHNZ (18:30) Freedom -Infamous Stringdusters https://lnkfi.re/t4EoUAMM (21:46) Freedom -Jim & Lynna Woolsey https://lnkfi.re/xnYG3nC7 (26:06) Freedom -Billy Strings https://lnkfi.re/iZh1TRuB (28:37) Give Me Liberty! Or If You Don’t Have That in Stock, You Got Any Death Available? (32:12) Liberty -Andy Leftwich https://lnkfi.re/rBqgn18c (36:20) Tearing Our Liberty Down -The Dillards https://lnkfi.re/rgYeiqZ1 (39:15) Liberty -The Grass Is Dead https://lnkfi.re/vxm8UNr0 (44:29) And We’re Not Talking About Copyright Infringement (48:19) New Freedom Bell -Country Gentlemen https://lnkfi.re/PvxiyjmW (50:45) New Freedom -Robert Bowlin https://lnkfi.re/Mr4lkEoo (52:50) Freedom Walkabout -Peter Rowan https://lnkfi.re/Rtzxs1bB (56:46) Laughin’ and Faffin’ About (59:46) Patriotic Medley -Southern Raised https://lnkfi.re/MyLkwjhI (1:05:25) Yankee Doodle Banjo -Eddie Shelton https://youtu.be/3uNuMuzDDL8?si=yUPRupw_YU0KqGte (01:08:03) God Guide Our Leader’s Hand -Jimmy Martin https://lnkfi.re/Fu5Wrzkl (01:11:04) Going Nuclear (01:15:14) Declaration of Independence -Kody Norris Show https://lnkfi.re/2HCIeSfk

    1h 18m

  2. May 23

    Episode 104: Stealing the Covers, Vol. 6

    (00:00) The Songs We All Know and Love, or Like, or Tolerate, or Hate, or Have Neutral Feelings Towards (01:02) The Letter -Detour  https://lnkfi.re/vQmq154T (04:03) Blue Letter -Big Twang https://youtu.be/KGzuqAS2QwE?si=0HGn2UrqrYT9RNvE (06:13) As Charlie Sheen Would Say… (09:32) Never Going Back Again -Mac Wiseman https://youtu.be/t6q2MgZgeYE?si=SjRVidksPSFG_--R https://youtu.be/t6q2MgZgeYE?si=CETsO1U93n8H0Bgy (11:32) Landslide -Wendy Crowe https://lnkfi.re/h27TNUcW (15:02) World Turning -Tony Trischka https://lnkfi.re/Shfd85zR (19:13) Gnarly Marley (22:34) Waiting in Vain -Northern Lights https://youtu.be/YS0KsWytFo0 (27:09) Is This Love -Sam Bush https://lnkfi.re/7h9inIYQ (32:24) One Love/People Get Ready -NGR https://lnkfi.re/oOs2IZQ7 (36:14) Girl, Is It Feasible for I to Knock Some More? You Seem Like the Most Knowledgeable Person on That Subject. (39:57) Could You Be Loved -Carolina Bluegrass Style https://lnkfi.re/PjvKDF8F (43:00) People Get Ready -Kruger Brothers https://lnkfi.re/mPT7gWJ7 (50:01) Could You Be Loved, and in Addition to That, Also Be Loved? (53:46) Some Might Say -Danny Burns https://lnkfi.re/95AivaqB (57:21) Wonderwall -Jason Broyles https://lnkfi.re/EYsRLKW8 (01:02:11) Whomst’d’ve Thunk It? (01:07:11) She’s Got It All -Pickin’ On Series https://lnkfi.re/fLa1ZCOM

    1h 10m

  3. Apr 24

    Episode 103: The Stuart Duncan Episode

    It's the fourth episode of The Sidemen Series, and this one is all about one of bluegrass's favorite fiddlers: Stuart Duncan. He's played with just about every big name in bluegrass and there's a reason for that. And if you don't know what that reason is, by the end of the episode you will. (00:00) Stuart Duncan: Good, Fast, and Cheap (02:35) Angelina Baker -Hot Rize https://lnkfi.re/pDJJfGFY (06:39) Just Like a Fiddle -Nashville Bluegrass Band https://lnkfi.re/j6LaeVVT (09:53) Fiddlin’ Around -Dierks Bentley https://lnkfi.re/SPwa2doD (12:55) I Take My Jokes Seriously (17:42) Arkansas Traveler -Various Artists https://youtu.be/C0C32uITf2Y (20:39) Sis Draper -Shawn Camp https://shawncamp.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-station-inn (24:44) Draper? I Hardly Know Her. Even Though She Is My Sister. (28:57) A Mighty Fortress -Various Artists https://lnkfi.re/WQPhoHAd (31:14) Steel Rails -Alison Krauss https://lnkfi.re/f1Fpq3p5 (33:28) Railroad of Sin -Sturgill Simpson https://lnkfi.re/dOQYbBu9 (35:36) Get a Transfer -Nashville Bluegrass Band https://lnkfi.re/5r7kNTBv (38:06) Noted Hobo Alison Krauss (41:37) Train Is Moving -Rebecca Frazier https://lnkfi.re/5r7kNTBv (44:46) Train on the Island -Tim O’Brien https://lnkfi.re/MlJx7h9m (47:56) Bound to Ride -Jim Mills https://lnkfi.re/iHSFJjQu (49:54) Salty Crackers, Not to Be Confused with The Proud Boys (53:07) My Dixie Home -Stuart Duncan https://lnkfi.re/HftEcp9B (55:26) Possum Gravy on Grandma’s Beard -Alison Brown & Stuart Duncan https://youtu.be/hVpj3FgswlU (56:59) The Great Lasagna Rebellion -Alison Brown & Stuart Duncan https://youtu.be/nuK0paWCqFE (59:40) Question #1 on the Application for Boyfriendship (01:02:09) Katy Hill -David Grier https://lnkfi.re/OeJSchDm

    1h 5m

  4. Mar 26

    Episode 102: Taxing Times

    It’s tax season, so this episode has some songs to get you in the filing spirit. And despite the name, I really didn’t end up playing many songs that actually mention taxes. But I did play a lot of songs about poor people, so the spirit is there. (00:00) The American Crisis (01:26) 17 Cents -Infamous Stringdusters w/ Dierks Bentley https://lnkfi.re/HBYoZIxu (04:03) Sixteen Cents -Tim Stafford & Steve Gulley https://lnkfi.re/MUkwDxFG (06:57) Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents -Norman Blake https://lnkfi.re/WQgkodRN (11:01) Thievery and Handouts (15:18) I Had But 50 Cents -Ricky Skaggs https://lnkfi.re/JRHUIwGh (17:58) Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat -Jim Lauderdale https://lnkfi.re/vSe3zARE (20:04) Busted -Bob Johnson & the Lonesome Travelers https://lnkfi.re/t3FO9Z9Q (22:36) Since When Is Depression Great? (24:41) Two Dollar Bill -Mashville Brigade https://lnkfi.re/fKzxYcgH (27:25) One More Dollar -Hired Hands https://lnkfi.re/8nZoPw2G (31:41) My Last Old Dollar -Daniel Grindstaff https://lnkfi.re/ELIomVPg (34:08) Take Me Home, Interstate Roads (38:31) Last Dollar (Fly Away) -Pickin’ On Series https://lnkfi.re/D6gaFuHM (41:32) Last Dollar Blues -Blue Highway https://lnkfi.re/4edWxy34 (44:00) Empty Pocket Blues -Hot Rize https://lnkfi.re/dL3Nn8gS (46:12) Wrinkled, Crinkled, Wadded Dollar Bill -Tennessee Mafia Jug Band https://lnkfi.re/9ZH3dyTQ (48:29) Wrinkled Dollar -Big River Bluegrass https://lnkfi.re/1JRHgxtZ (52:39) More Than Nothing to Lose (55:52) Silver and Gold -Claire Lynch https://lnkfi.re/d9s4Vjsg (59:31) Silver and Gold -Trinity River Band https://youtu.be/JZH36CNViWE?si=OegcJyb8CYUyvIiT (01:03:51) Silver & Gold -Hit & Run Bluegrass https://lnkfi.re/Rm8akzcE (01:07:20) The Greatest Showman Ronnie Bowman (01:12:35) Money in the Bank -LRB https://lnkfi.re/Q7rhlhAh (01:15:06) Rise Above -Ronnie Bowman https://lnkfi.re/x4ywamKg

    1h 19m

  5. Feb 19

    Episode 101: Bluegrass 101

    This episode is a beginner's guide to bluegrass, featuring some of the names you need to know if you know nothing. It also answers the most essential questions such as, "Who is the best-selling bluegrass artist of all-time?", "Who is the real Father of Bluegrass?", and "Who got custody when the Father of Bluegrass died?" There will be a quiz at the end. (00:00) A Beginner’s Guide to Bluegrass (03:43) Run Mississippi -Rhonda Vincent https://lnkfi.re/eYGYnxUw (06:41) My Walking Shoes -Jimmy Martin https://youtu.be/N_pNh9pagL8?si=8udJwQ1xjdqnpism (09:02) I’m Walkin’ -JD Crowe & the New South https://lnkfi.re/6ZvUB0Ti (11:11) The Father(s) of Bluegrass (14:35) I Been Walkin’ -Lester Flatt https://lnkfi.re/wqeGlbsL (16:40) Step It Up and Go -Earl Scruggs Revue https://lnkfi.re/EYXNUIbY (19:02) I’ll Go Steppin’ Too -Flatt & Scruggs https://lnkfi.re/e5jbvoLr (21:53) The Rest Is Historic (25:55) Heavy Traffic Ahead -Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys https://lnkfi.re/oUe4b56j (28:45) Sally Goodin’ -Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys https://lnkfi.re/11S7Mskz (31:57) The Old Cross Roads -Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys https://lnkfi.re/h6Si8chx (36:02) Once the Father of Bluegrass Died, Who Got Custody? (39:33) I Feel the Blues Movin’ In -Del McCoury https://lnkfi.re/737xUztj (43:09) Cheyenne -Bluegrass Album Band https://lnkfi.re/8FpdpmQ8 (46:35) Whispers of the North -Tony Rice https://lnkfi.re/N02ViNdf (50:47) Whispering Hope -Mac Wiseman https://youtu.be/SvLbnxBNJxs?si=_1cSBQU5KhDBukcO (53:44) Bluegrass for Dummies (57:59) I See Through You -Stanley Brothers https://lnkfi.re/xgrhLKeX (01:00:25) Higher Than the Wall -Steeldrivers https://lnkfi.re/yMUTnT9y (01:04:09) Thirst Mutilator -Billy Strings https://lnkfi.re/ZTDOYc7r (01:06:55) The 2026 Bluegrass Quiz (01:20:08) Every Time You Say Goodbye -AK&US https://lnkfi.re/cbKdG8vK

    1h 23m

  6. Jan 16

    Episode 100: The Best Bluegrass of 2025

    We're counting down some of my favorite songs from 2025, mixing in some music from some other years, as well as handing out the most worthless awards in bluegrass, The Cammys. (00:00) Waxing and Whining (07:02) Out of My Bones -Amanda Cook https://lnkfi.re/LO56yE4J (10:33) Bear Creek Clay -Pitney Meyer https://lnkfi.re/bLvKdwyL (13:10) Bear Creek Hop -Dillard/Hartford/Dillard https://lnkfi.re/1K3mjyF5 (15:03) Just the Facts, Ma’am (18:13) Where Have You Been -Dailey & Vincent https://lnkfi.re/pGyWM4zV (22:12) Where Have You Been -Nick Dumas https://lnkfi.re/d4NejDpo (25:42) Cotton Eyed Joe -White House https://lnkfi.re/iAAlbb9j (29:11) Utqiagvik  (33:03) The Sun Is Setting in Barrow -Milan Miller https://lnkfi.re/HkH9D6Q8 (37:01) Truth Be Told -Sierra Hull https://lnkfi.re/4PZdtOrA (40:14) Hill Country -Tony Trischka https://lnkfi.re/mZXdMd0Z (42:11) Hill Country Highway -East Nash Grass https://lnkfi.re/ZlHVfFm8 (44:10) Bluegrass from the Zoomers (47:17) Let Her Go -Travelin’ McCourys https://lnkfi.re/SnMsEiDD (52:06) Let Her Know -Remedy Tree https://lnkfi.re/Mi7V3USy (56:27) We Started Out from Bern… (59:03) Walking Among the Living -Volume Five https://lnkfi.re/vYrV6NNM (01:02:29) Katie & Burl -Unspoken Tradition https://lnkfi.re/BmvGrSuY (01:05:51) Going Postal  (01:07:54) Not a Word from Home -Joe Val  https://lnkfi.re/OGGD4GQJ (01:10:19) No Letter in the Mail -Joe Isaacs https://lnkfi.re/PYeEBitq (01:13:02) No Letter -Sierra Ferrell https://lnkfi.re/fb7Coisp (01:15:17) Empty Old Mailbox -Don Rigsby https://lnkfi.re/vhBbld6N (01:18:14) Please Mr. Postman -Special Consensus https://lnkfi.re/i5qVYzUv (01:21:26) The Cammys (01:28:44) Flipside -Bookmatch https://lnkfi.re/Q1BsboxV The Best Bluegrass of 2025 playlist: https://lnkfi.re/CDcykyve

    1h 33m

  7. 12/20/2025

    Episode 99: Grassy Holidays

    I could write a description for this episode, but I have a feeling you can figure out what this one's about just by reading the title. (00:00) The More, the Merrier (01:08) Winter Wonderland -Scott Vestal & Some Other Happy Good Men https://lnkfi.re/vakDbBaN (03:14) Let It Snow -Authentic Unlimited  https://lnkfi.re/lrhX8AGf (05:38) Powder Day -Leftover Salmon https://lnkfi.re/hCl8Npgz (09:49) Pancake Tuesday (13:38) Playin’ in the Snow -RAPIDGRASS https://lnkfi.re/sqYFvGmo (16:39) Dancing in the Snow -Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz https://lnkfi.re/fCcTvhKs (18:59) Ballroom Dancing in the Snow (20:12) Frostbite -Dan Menzone https://lnkfi.re/heoXrye0 (23:46) Silent Night -Rhonda Vincent https://lnkfi.re/sDI1AeiM (27:15) O Holy Night -The Petersens https://lnkfi.re/hlVGPwTe (30:40) Joy to the World -Bluegrass Martins https://youtu.be/c0Tb9EDtlsI?si=e7sJ3gqa72Y82fSX (33:07) Il est né, le divin Enfant -Robin Bullock https://lnkfi.re/JCVUXerR (35:54) The Pigeon Forge of the Midwest (39:11) Angels We Have Heard on High -Butch Baldassari & Randy Howard https://lnkfi.re/Jl8yp9lP (42:56) Angels from the Realms of Glory -Rrinaco https://lnkfi.re/wbIx9QvT (46:07) Hark the Herald Angels Sing -Various Artists https://lnkfi.re/b5cVF8v7 (49:29) Welkin (52:42) Do You Hear What I Hear -Darin & Brooke Aldridge https://lnkfi.re/qw9wzIed (56:48) Good King Wenceslas -Emory Lester https://lnkfi.re/JxvQytIX (58:25) Good Christian Men Rejoice -Steve Ivey https://lnkfi.re/F41FULho (01:00:16) The Department of Corrections (01:04:52) Auld Lang Syne -Off the Wagon https://lnkfi.re/yxmEhkPa

    1h 9m

  8. 11/27/2025

    Episode 98: No Theme November, No. 3

    This episode is all about nothing. But within that nothing, there are some songs about the US Congress, songs about things that won’t be in heaven, and there’s another installment of the segment formerly known as Notable (Stupid) Youtube Comments. (00:00) Christmas Music! (01:56) Nothin’ to You -Becky Buller https://lnkfi.re/ixYiSrjv (05:13) Nothin’ Like the Lonely -Patty Loveless https://lnkfi.re/ma15sH58 (08:44) Nothin’ to It -Flatt & Scruggs w/ Doc Watson https://lnkfi.re/HgAlaLPo (11:30) The Top of the Tradition Totem Pole (14:20) Next to Nothing -New Vintage https://lnkfi.re/7uH0SfEc (16:53) Nothing Is Left but the Blues -Country Gazette https://lnkfi.re/m7RDVBfM (19:17) Nothing But the Blues -John Cowan https://lnkfi.re/fvRK9eDy (23:03) Everybody Hates Congress (27:20) We Shall Not Be Moved -Greenbriar Boys https://lnkfi.re/a2YQcJR2 (29:04) Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens -Chicken Wire Empire https://lnkfi.re/t9ERctVU (32:42) No Resolution -Infamous Stringdusters https://lnkfi.re/vidnt24B (37:25) Life Don’t Have to Mean Nothin’ At All -Joe Nichols https://lnkfi.re/2gV6ddAj (40:21) New York City?! (44:33) When I Wake Up to Sleep No More -Jonathan Goodwin https://lnkfi.re/1xuS9Q0b (47:06) Heaven’s Bright Shore -AK&US https://lnkfi.re/a8kIfZvC (50:09) The Unclouded Day -Vintage Martins https://lnkfi.re/9BmYAI0G (53:16) Notable Snippets from Social Media (1:03:40) Nothing But the Blood -Rochesters https://lnkfi.re/jplC6t5M

    1h 7m
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Part podcast, part playlist. If you like hearing great bluegrass and tolerable commentary about said great bluegrass, then you're in the right place. I play bluegrass from every corner of the genre, and I give whatever context I can to the songs I play. You can usually expect some probably-too-in-depth song lyric analysis. Some sort of tomfoolery typically transpires.

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  • Creator
    Cameron Cobble
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Cameron Cobble
  • Show Website
    The Flashgrass Podcast