National Grandparents Day

National Grandparents Day

National Grandparents Day (in the U.S.A.) is observed on the first Sunday of September following Labor Day. Here are some song suggestions:

  • Grandma’s Feather Bed
    • Williamson Branch “Branchin’ Out” (no label)
  • Grandma’s Garden
    • New Tradition “Stand and Be Counted” (Mountain Home)
  • Grandma’s Gift
    • Dale Ann Bradley “East Kentucky Morning” (Pinecastle)
  • Grandma’s Hands
    • Tim O’Brien “Where the River Meets the Road” (Howdy Skies)
  • Grandma’s Knee
    • Heidi and Ryan “Heidi and Ryan” (no label)
  • Grandma’s Piano
    • The Family Sowell “Same Kind of Different” (no label)
  • Grandpa
    • Highstrung “Now or Never” (Pinecastle)
    • The Farm Hands “Memories of Home” (Pinecastle)
  • Grandpa John
    • The Osborne Brothers “1968-1974, Disk 4” (Bear Family)
  • Grandpa’s Mandolin
    • IIIrd Tyme Out “Grandpa’s Mandolin” (Rebel)
  • Grandpa Was a Carpenter
    • John Prine & The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2” (Rounder)
    • Wayne Taylor “Dear Mom” (no label)
    • Lonesome Standard Time “Lonesome As It Gets” (Sugar Hill)
  • I’m My Own Grandpa
    • David Grisman “Home is Where the Heart Is” (Rounder)
    • Lonzo and Oscar “Stars of the Grand Ole Opry” (no label)
  • Lena Mae
    • Randy Kohrs “Old Photograph” (Rural Rhythm)
  • Long Way from The Wildwood Flower
    • Sideline “Ups, Down and No Name Towns” (Mountain Home)
  • My Grandparents’ House
    • Trisha Gagnon (Jam N’ Music)
  • Satan and Grandma
    • The Grascals “The Famous Lefty Flynn’s” (Rounder)
  • Tell It To Your Old Grandma
    • The Osborne Brothers “From Rocky Top to Muddy Bottom” (CMH)
  • The Grandpa That I Know
    • Volume Five “Children of the Mountain” (Mountain Fever)
    • David Parmley & Continental Divide “On the Divide” (Pinecastle)
  • The Kindest Man
    • Merle Monroe “Back to the Country” (Pinecastle)
  • There’s More That Holds the Picture
    • Larry Sparks “Almost Home” (Rebel)

Or, play anything by GRANDPA JONES!