Working Girl Blues (19 page)

American Banjo-Tunes and Songs Scruggs Style,
Folkways 2314. Released 1956 [some sources say 1957]. Reissued with sixteen additional tracks as
American Banjo Three Finger and Scruggs Style,
Smithsonian/Folkways 40037, in 1990. Various artists. Hazel Dickens appears on one track, “Cindy.” Dick Rittler, vocal, banjo. Accompanied by Bob Baker, vocal, guitar; Hazel Dickens, vocal, bass; Mike Seeger, vocal, banjo; Bob Shanklin, mandolin.

Mountain Music Played on the Autoharp,
Folkways 2365. Released 1965. Various artists. Hazel Dickens appears on one track, “Tragic Romance.” Kilby Snow, autoharp. Accompanied by Hazel Dickens, guitar; Mike Seeger, banjo.

Who's That Knocking?
Folkways 31055, Verve/Folkways 9005. Released 1965. Reissued with
Won't You Come and Sing for Me,
Folkways 31034, as
Pioneering Women of Bluegrass,
Smithsonian/Folkways 40065. Hazel Dickens, vocal, bass; Alice Gerrard, vocal, guitar. Accompanied variously by Billy Baker, fiddle; Lamar Grier, banjo; David Grisman, mandolin; Pete Kuykendall, mandolin; Chubby Wise, fiddle.

Walkin' in My Sleep

Can't You Hear Me Calling?

Darling Nellie across the Sea

Difficult Run

Coal Miner's Blues. Reissued also on
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways,
Smithsonian/Folkways 40094, 2002.

Gabriel's Call

Just Another Broken Heart

Take Me Back to Tulsa

Who's That Knocking?

Cowboy Jim

Long Black Veil

Lee Highway Blues

Lover's Return

Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling

Folk Festival of the Smokies,
vol.1. Traditional 528. Released ca. 1972. Hazel Dickens appears on two tracks:

Little Margaret. Hazel Dickens, vocal

Sunny Side of Life. Hazel Dickens, vocal; Alice Gerrard, vocal; Mike Seeger; Tracy Schwarz

Strange Creek Singers.
Arhoolie 4004. Released 1972. Reissued as Arhoolie 9003 in 1997. Hazel Dickens, vocal, bass; Alice Gerrard, vocal, guitar; Lamar Grier, banjo; Tracy Schwarz, vocal, Dobro, fiddle, guitar; Mike Seeger, vocal, autoharp, banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin.

When I Can Read My Titles Clear

In the Pines

Sunny Side of Life

Poor Old Dirt Farmer

Sally Ann

I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man

Old Black Choo Choo

Today Has Been a Lonesome Day

No Never No

New River Train

Get Acquainted Waltz

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Black Lung

Difficult Run Part 2

Come All You Coal Miners.
Rounder 4005. Released 1972. Various artists. The following four tracks by Hazel Dickens are reissued on
Coal Mining Women.
Rounder CD 4025. Hazel Dickens, vocal, accompanied by John Kaparakis, guitar; Ralph Rinzler, mandolin; Bob Siggins, banjo.

The Yablonski Murder

Black Lung

The Mannington Mine Disaster

Clay County Miner

Won't You Come and Sing for Me.
Folkways 31034. Released 1973. Except for “Weary Lonesome Blues,” reissued with
Who's That Knocking,
Folkways 31055,
as Pioneering Women of Bluegrass,
Smithsonian/Folkways40065. Hazel Dickens, vocal, bass, guitar; Alice Gerrard, vocal, banjo, guitar. Accompanied variously by Billy Baker, fiddle; Lamar Grier, banjo; David Grisman, vocal, mandolin; Mike Seeger, guitar; Fred Weisz, vocal, guitar.

They're at Rest Together. Reissued as TB Blues.

The One I Love Is Gone

Won't You Come and Sing for Me? Reissued also on
Classic Bluegrass,
vol. 2, Smithsonian/Folkways 40163, 2005.

Sugar Tree Stomp

Train on the Island

Memories of Mother and Dad

Mommy Please Stay Home with Me

A Distant Land to Roam

John Henry

I Just Got Wise

A Tiny Broken Heart. Reissued also on
Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways,
Smithsonian/Folkways 40092, 2002.

Weary Lonesome Blues

Hazel and Alice.
Rounder 0027. Released 1973. Hazel Dickens, vocal, bass, guitar; Alice Gerrard, vocal, autoharp, banjo, guitar. Accompanied variously by Lamar Grier, banjo; Tracy Schwarz, Dobro, fiddle; Mike Seeger, bass, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, mouth harp.

Mining Camp Blues

Hello Stranger

The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia

A Few More Years Shall Roll. Reissued on
The Angels Are Singing: A Women's Bluegrass Gospel Collection,
Rounder 0485, 2002.

Two Soldiers. Reissued on
Mountain Journey: Stars of Old Time Music,
Rounder 0546, 2005.

The Sweetest Gift, a Mother's Smile. Reissued
on Mama's Hand: Bluegrass and Mountain Songs about Mother.
Rounder 0507, 2002.

Tomorrow I'll Be Gone

My Better Years

Custom Made Woman Blues

Don't Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There

You Gave Me a Song

Pretty Bird. Reissued on
Old-Time Music on the Air,
vol. 1, Rounder 0331, 1994;
Mountain Journey: Stars of Old Time Music,
Rounder 0546, 2005.

Gallop to Kansas.

The Second Annual Farewell Reunion.
Mercury 685. Released 1973. Mike Seeger and friends. Hazel Dickens appears on one track. Hazel Dickens, vocal, bass; Alice Gerrard, vocal, guitar; Tracy Schwarz, vocal.

1st Annual Brandywine Mountain Music Convention.
Heritage (Galax) 006. Released 1975. Hazel Dickens appears on one track.

Little Margaret. Hazel Dickens, vocal.

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard.
Rounder 0054. Released 1976. Hazel Dickens, vocal, bass, guitar; Alice Gerrard, vocal, banjo, guitar. Accompanied variously by Mike Auldridge, Dobro; Buddy Charlton, steel; Penny Cohen, dulcimer; Richard Crooks, drums; Tom Gray, bass; Lamar Grier, banjo, kazoo; Kenny Kosek, fiddle; Roger Mason, bass; John Nagy, guitar; Carl Nelson, Fiddle, piano; Arvin Noel, drums; Stacey Phillips, Dobro; Tracy Schwarz, Fiddle, resonator national guitar; Mike Seeger, banjo, banjo-mandolin, bass, fiddle, guitar, mandolin.

Let That Liar Alone

When I Loved You

Working Girl Blues. Reissued on A
Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

West Virginia My Home

Mama's Gonna Stay. Reissued
on Mama's Hand: Bluegrass and Mountain Songs About Mother,
Rounder 0507, 2002.

Montana Cowboy. Reissued on
Rounder Bluegrass,
vol. 1, 1987;
Hand-Picked: 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder Records,
Rounder AN22, 1995;
The Real Music Box: 25 Years of Rounder Records,
Rounder AN 25, 1995;
Dark Is the Night,
Rounder, 2001;
True Bluegrass: Over 60 Minutes of Classic Bluegrass,
Rounder 11615, 2002;
O Sister 2: A Women's Bluegrass Collection,
Rounder 0506, 2002.

Mean Papa Blues

Nice Like That

Mary Johnson

Ramblin' Woman

Beaufort County Jail

Banjo Picking Girl. Reissued on
Rounder Banjo,
Rounder 11542, 1987;
Roots Music: An American Journey,
Rounder 0501, 2001

James Alley Blues

True Life Blues. Reissued on
O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection,
Rounder 0499, 2001.

Matewan.
Released 1980. Various artists. Hazel Dickens appears on four tracks. Hazel Dickens, vocal. Accompanied variously by John Curtis, guitar; Gerry Milnes, fiddle; Mining community in the film.

Fire in the Hole

Gathering Storm

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Hills of Galilee

Hard-Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People.
Rounder 0126. Released 1980. Hazel Dickens, vocal. Accompanied variously by John Baker, vocal, guitar; Russ Barenberg, guitar; Scott Billington, harmonica; Nancy Blake, cello; Norman Blake, guitar; James Bryan, fiddle; Harley Campbell, bass; Ray Edenton, guitar; Matt Glaser, fiddle; Lloyd Green, pedal steel; Jim Guttman, bass; Carolyn Kellock, bass; Barry Mitterhoff, mandolin; Carl Nelson, fiddle; “Pig” Robbins, piano; Buddy Spicher, fiddle; Evan Stover, Fiddle; Henry Strzelecki, bass; Ron Thomason, mandolin; Tony Trischka, banjo; Roger Williams, Dobro; Gene Yellin, vocal, guitar.

Busted. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

Aragon Mill

Old Calloused Hands. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

Scraps from Your Tale

Out among the Stars

West Virginia My Home. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529;
Rounder Old-Time Music,
Rounder 11510, 1987;
Hand-Picked: 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder Records,
Rounder AN22, 1995;
The Real Music Box: 25 Years of Rounder Records,
Rounder AN25, 1995.

Tomorrow's Already Lost

Lonesome Pine Special

Lost Patterns

Beautiful Hills of Galilee. Reissued on
The Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old Timey Gospel Music,
Rounder 11563, 1991.

Rocking Chair Blues

They'll Never Keep Us Down

I Really Care,
Rounder 0162. Released 1983. Phyllis Boyens, vocal. Hazel Dickens sings harmony on two songs.

Last Old Shovel

Dream of a Miner's Child

They'll Never Keep Us Down: Women's Coal Mining Songs.
Rounder 4012. Released 1984. Various artists. The following tracks by Hazel Dickens are reissued on
Coal Mining Women,
Rounder 4025. Hazel Dickens, vocal. Accompanied variously by Jerry Douglas, Dobro; Tommy Goldsmith, guitar; Roy Huskey, bass; Blaine Sprouse, fiddle.

Coal Mining Woman

Coal Miner's Grave

Coal Tattoo

They'll Never Keep Us Down

Dream of a Miner's Child. Phyllis Boyens, vocal; Hazel Dickens, vocal harmony. Reissued also on
O Sister 2: A Women's Bluegrass Collection,
Rounder 0506, 2002, and
Long Journey Home: Songs of the Stanley Brothers,
Wal-Mart Custom CD.

By the Sweat of My Brow.
Rounder 0200. Released 1984. Hazel Dickens, vocal. Accompanied variously by Scott Billington, harmonica; Phyllis Boyes, vocal; Dudley Connell, vocal, guitar, Jerry Douglas, Dobro, lap steel; Joe Drumright, banjo: Jeanne French, vocal; Tommy Goldsmith, guitar; Roy Huskey, Jr., bass; Karl Lauber, banjo; David McLaughlin, vocal, fiddle, mandolin; Larry Robbins, bass; Blaine Sprouse, fiddle; Eddie Stubbs, fiddle; Richard Underwood, banjo.

Beyond the River Bend. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529, and On Rounder Folk 1, Rykodisc, 1985, and
Rounder Folk,
Rykodisc 20018, 1986.

Only the Lonely. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

By the Sweat of My Brow

Mama's Hand. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529;
Hand-Picked: 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder Records,
Rounder AN22, 1995;
The Real Music Box: 25 Years of Rounder Records,
Rounder AN25, 1995;
Mama's Hand: Bluegrass and Mountain Songs about Mother,
Rounder 0507, 2002.

Little Lenaldo. Reissued on A
Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again?

Go Away with Me

Your Greedy Heart

Scars from an Old Love. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

The Ballad of Ira Hayes

Old and in the Way. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Reissued
on Blue Ribbon Bluegrass
, Rounder AN11, 1993;
Songs of the Louvin Brothers,
Rounder EDIS7034, 1997.

It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song.
Rounder 0226. Released 1986. Hazel Dickens, vocal. Accompanied variously by Jim Buchanan, fiddle; Kathy Chiavola, vocal; Mike Compton, mandolin; Jerry Douglas, Dobro; Glen Duncan, vocals, fiddle; Pat Enright, vocal, guitar; Tommy Goldsmith, guitar; Roy Huskey, Jr., bass; Allen Shelton, banjo; Blaine Sprouse, fiddle; Cheryl White Warren, vocal.

You'll Get No More of Me. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

A Few Old Memories. Reissued on A
Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Reissued on
The Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass And Old Timey Gospel Music,
Rounder 11563, 1991;
Bluegrass Mountain Style: Over 60 Minutes of Classic Bluegrass from Rounder Records,
Rounder 11616, 2002.

Hills of Home. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529;
Hills of Home:
25
Years of Folk Music on Rounder Records,
Rounder AN16;
The Real Music Box:
25
Years of Rounder Records,
Rounder AN25, 1995;
Blue Trail of Sorrow,
Rounder 0500, 2001;
The Old Home Place: Bluegrass and Old-Time Mountain Music,
Rounder 0514, 2003.

Don't Bother to Cry. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song. Reissued on A
Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

Only a Hobo

Will Jesus Wash the Bloodstains from Your Hands

California Cottonfields

Play Us a Waltz. Reissued on
A Few Old Memories,
Rounder 11529.

A Few Old Memories.
Rounder 11529. Released 1987. Tracks reissued from
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard,
Rounder 0054 (*);
Hard-Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People,
Rounder 0126 (**);
By the Sweat of My Brow,
Rounder 0200 (***);
It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song,
Rounder 0226(****);
They'll Never Keep Us Down,
Rounder 4012, 1984 (*****).

Hazel Dickens, vocal. Accompanied by various other singers and musicians.

A Few Old Memories**** Beyond the River Bend*** Busted**

Old and in the Way***

It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song****