Recording Details

SFW40065
Pioneering Women of Bluegrass
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard


Notes - When Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard recorded these songs in the mid-1960s, bluegrass music was dominated by male performers. They selected their favorite songs and arranged them for a stellar group of sidemen—bluegrass legends Lamar Grier, Chubby Wise, David Grisman, and Billy Baker. Their widely admired performances made them role models for future generations of women in bluegrass. The 26 tracks have been remastered, resequenced, and newly annotated by the performers themselves. Includes Long Black Veil, The One I Love Is Gone, and I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling. "Hazel and Alice blast out vintage bluegrass-country soundsongs with fierce, raucous energy." — Time Magazine

Country(s) - United States

Culture Group(s) - Anglo-American

Keyword(s) - Bluegrass music

Instrument(s) - Banjo; Fiddle; Guitar; Mandolin

Language(s) - English

Year of Release - 1996

Record Label - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Source Archive - Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Credits - Produced by Peter K. Siegel ; Recorded by Peter K. Siegel ; Artist Hazel and Alice (Musical group) ; Liner Notes by Bill Vernon ; Liner Notes by Neil Rosenberg ; Liner Notes by Alice Gerard ; Liner Notes by Hazel Dickens ; Mastered by David Glasser ; Design by Visual Dialogue ; Photography by John Cohen ; Photography by Barry Glickman




Tracks -
101 T.B. Blues (They're at Rest Together)
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:29




102 The One I Love is Gone
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:11




103 Who's That Knocking?
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:00




104 Walkin' in My Sleep
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:11




105 Won't You Come and Sing for Me
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:47




106 Can't You Hear Me Calling
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:16




107 Darling Nellie Across the Sea
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:22




108 Coal Miner's Blues
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:44




109 Sugar Tree Stomp
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:08




110 Train on the Island
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:1:44




111 Cowboy Jim
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:05




112 Lee Highway Blues
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:1:42




113 Memories of Mother and Dad
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:39




114 Long Black Veil
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:22




115 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:58




116 Difficult Run
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:1:35




117 Mommy Please Stay Home with Me
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:14




118 Gabriel's Call
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:16




119 Just Another Broken Heart
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:45




120 A Distant Land to Roam
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:02




121 John Henry
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:1:50




122 I Just Got Wise
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:29




123 Lover's Return
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:09




124 A Tiny Broken Heart
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:05




125 Take Me Back to Tulsa
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:2:16




126 I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Duration:3:06