Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition

~ Release by Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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℗ «2022 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings»

Annotation last modified on 2022-12-03 22:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1I Just Got Wise
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
I Just Got Wise
lyricist and composer:
Carter Stanley
2:29
2Walkin’ in My Sleep
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass], lead vocals [verses] and tenor vocals [choruses]:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals [choruses]:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Walkin' in My Sleep
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:07
3The One I Love is Gone
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar:
Alice Gerrard and Mike Seeger
mandolin:
David Grisman
lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
recording of:
The One I Love Is Gone
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
3:08
4Weary Lonesome Blues
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Weary Lonesome Blues
writer:
Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore
2:42
5Long Black Veil
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass]:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
vocals:
Hazel Dickens
recording of:
The Long Black Veil
lyricist and composer:
Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin
publisher:
Cedarwood Music, Cedarwood Pub. Co., Inc. and PolyGram Music Publishing
3:19
6Cowboy Jim
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Cowboy Jim
lyricist and composer:
Hazel Dickens
publisher:
Happy Valley Music (BMI affiliated)
2:03
7Memories of Mother and Dad
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Memories of Mother and Dad
lyricist and composer:
Albert Price (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
2:35
8Sugar Tree Stomp
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass]:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Sugar Tree Stomp
composer:
Arthur Smith
2:05
9Mommy Please Stay Home with Me
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass]:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
vocals:
Alice Gerrard
recording of:
Mommy Please Stay Home With Me
writer:
Eddy Arnold, Wally Fowler and Graydon Hall
3:13
10Gabriel’s Call
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Gabriel's Call
writer:
Hazel Dickens, Jeremy Foster (husband of Alice Gerrard), Alice Gerrard and Marge Marash
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
2:14
11Coal Miner’s Blues
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Coal Miner's Blues
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
2:43
12Difficult Run
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass]:
Hazel Dickens
guitar:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Difficult Run
lyricist and composer:
Lamar Grier
1:31
13Who’s That Knocking?
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Who's That Knocking?
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:58
14A Tiny Broken Heart
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
A Tiny Broken Heart
writer:
Eddie Hill (Musician, Songwriter, Country Music DJ), Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
3:01
15Can’t You Hear Me Calling?
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Can't You Hear Me Callin'
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
3:13
16Darling Nellie Across the Sea
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Darling Nellie Across the Sea
lyricist, writer and composer:
A.P. Carter
2:19
17Won’t You Come and Sing for Me?
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin and baritone vocals:
David Grisman
bass vocals:
Fred Weisz
recording of:
Won't You Come & Sing for Me?
lyricist and composer:
Hazel Dickens
2:45
18Lee Highway Blues
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass]:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar:
Alice Gerrard
recording of:
Lee Highway Blues
writer:
G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter
1:39
19A Distant Land to Roam
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
guitar [lead guitar]:
Mike Seeger
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
A Distant Land to Roam
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
2:59
20Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
vocals:
Alice Gerrard
recording of:
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
writer:
Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore
publisher:
Vidor Publications Inc.
2:54
21Take Me Back to Tulsa
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass], lead vocals [verses] and tenor vocals [choruses]:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals [choruses]:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Take Me Back to Tulsa
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1941-06-18)
2:13
22They’re at Rest Together (T.B. Blues)
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
They're at Rest Together
lyricist, writer and composer:
Walter Callahan
3:26
23John Henry
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass]:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
John Henry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
1:48
24Just Another Broken Heart
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass]:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
vocals:
Alice Gerrard
recording of:
Just Another Broken Heart
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
2:42
25Train on the Island
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo [bluegrass banjo]:
Lamar Grier
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Alice Gerrard
double bass [string bass]:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar:
Fred Weisz
mandolin:
David Grisman
vocals:
Hazel Dickens
recording of:
Train on the Island
composer:
J.P. Nester (US country musician, 1920s)
1:40
26Lover’s Return
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
The Lovers Return
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
3:05
27I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Chubby Wise
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
3:07
28Childish Love
recording engineer and producer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player)
banjo:
Lamar Grier
double bass [string bass] and tenor vocals:
Hazel Dickens
fiddle:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alice Gerrard
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Childish Love
writer:
Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
publisher:
Movin Louvin Music, Songs of Mojo One and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
2:56

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