Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens

A Hazel Dickens Discography

A Hazel Dickens Discography s The order of entries is by release date. Format:TitleofLPorCD.Labelandcatalognumber.Releaseyear.Personnel . Songs on the LP or CD, with reissue information where relevant (title, label, catalog number, and the reissue date if that does not appear as part of its own entry). Hazel Dickens sings on the soundtracks to the films Harlan County, USA (documentarybyBarbaraKopple,CabinCreekFilms,1976); Matewan(directed by John Sayles, Cinecom, 1987); Songcatcher (directed by Maggie Greenwald, ErgoArts, 2000); and It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song (documentarybyMimiPickering,Appalshop,2001).Thosesongsavailable on CD are listed below. For archival recordings, see Amy Walker Brown, “‘It’s Hard to Tell the SingerfromtheSong’:TheSouthernFolklifeCollection’sManuscriptsand Recordings of Women in Country Music,” M.A. thesis, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1997. A tribute album of Hazel Dickens songs is forthcoming from Rounder Records in 2007. The performers include David Bromberg, Mary Chapin 88 / Working Girl Blues Carpenter, Roseanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Iris Dement, Emmylou Harris, the Judds, Alison Krauss, Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Joan Osborne, Madeleine Peyroux, Linda Ronstadt, and Rhonda Vincent. s AmericanBanjo-TunesandSongsScruggsStyle,Folkways2314.Released1956 [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;HazelDickens,vocal,bass;MikeSeeger,vocal,banjo;BobShanklin , mandolin. Mountain Music Played on the Autoharp, Folkways 2365. Released 1965. Various artists. Hazel Dickens appears on one track, “Tragic Romance.” KilbySnow,autoharp.AccompaniedbyHazelDickens,guitar;MikeSeeger , banjo. Who’sThatKnocking?Folkways31055,Verve/Folkways9005.Released1965. ReissuedwithWon’tYouComeandSingforMe,Folkways31034,asPioneering Women of Bluegrass, Smithsonian/Folkways 40065. Hazel Dickens, vocal, bass; Alice Gerrard, vocal, guitar. Accompanied variously by Billy Baker,fiddle;LamarGrier,banjo;DavidGrisman,mandolin;PeteKuykendall , mandolin; Chubby Wise, fiddle. Walkin’ in My Sleep Can’t You Hear Me Calling? Darling Nellie across theSea 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 A Hazel Dickens Discography / 89 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 ComeAllYouCoalMiners.Rounder4005.Released1972.Variousartists.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 90 / Working Girl Blues 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,asPioneeringWomenofBluegrass,Smithsonian/Folkways40065.HazelDickens ,vocal,bass,guitar;AliceGerrard,vocal,banjo,guitar.AccompaniedvariouslybyBillyBaker ,fiddle;LamarGrier,banjo;DavidGrisman, 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 variouslybyLamarGrier ,banjo;TracySchwarz,Dobro,fiddle;MikeSeeger, bass, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, mouth harp. Mining Camp Blues Hello Stranger The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia A Few More...