Hazel Dickens

Hazel Jane Dickens, *01-06-1935 Mercer County, WV, *25-04-2011
By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
1956 unknown (field recording) - Dick Rittler, Hazel Dickens, Mike Seeger
001 CINDY SFW-40037
SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFW-40037 AMERICAN BANJO: THREE-FINGER AND SCRUGGS STYLE (1990)
Late 1964 First Unitarian Church, Washington, D.C. – Hazel Dickens & Alice Foster (Hazel Dickens [vcl], Alice Foster (Gerrard) [vcl], Lamar Grier [banjo], Dave Grisman [mandolin], Chubby Wise [fiddle])
002 WALKIN' IN MY SLEEP Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
003 CAN'T YOU HEAR ME CALLING Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
004 DARLING NELLIE ACROSS THE SEA Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
005 DIFFICULT RUN Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
006 COAL MINER'S BLUES Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
007 GABRIEL'S CALL Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
008 JUST ANOTHER BROKEN HEART Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
009 TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
010 WHO'S THAT KNOCKING? Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
011 COWBOY JIM Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
012 LONG BLACK VEIL Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
013 LEE HIGHWAY BLUES Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
014 LOVER'S RETURN Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
015 GONNA LAY DOWN MY OLD GUITAR Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
016 I HEAR A SWEET VOICE CALLING Verve FVS-9005 Folkways FTS-31055 SF-40065
Late 1965 Mastertone Studios, New York City – Hazel Dickens & Alice Foster (Hazel Dickens [vcl/bass], Alice Foster (Gerrard) [vcl/gt], David Grisman [gt], Lamar Grier [banjo], Billy Baker [fiddle]
017 I JUST GOT WISE Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
018 PLEASE MOMMY PLEASE Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
019 T.B. BLUES Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
020 SUGAR TREE STOMP Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
021 MEMORIES OF MOTHER & DAD Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
022 TRAIN ON THE ISLAND Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
023 WON'T YOU COME & SING FOR ME? Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
024 A TINY BROKEN HEART Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
025 A DISTANT LAND TO ROAM Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
026 JOHN HENRY Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
027 WEARY LONESOME BLUES Folkways FTS-31034
028 THE ONE I LOVE IS GONE Folkways FTS-31034 SF-40065
1968-1970 Glen Rock Community Center, Glen Rock, PA – Strange Creek Singers (Tracy Schwarz [vcl/gt/dobro/fiddle], Mike Seeger [vcl/gt/banjo/autoharp/mandolin/fiddle/harmonica], Alice Gerrard [vcl/gt], Hazel Dickens [vcl], Lamar Grier [banjo])
S01 WHEN I CAN READ MY TITLES CLEAR Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S02 IN THE PINES Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S03 SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S04 POOR OLD DORT FARMER Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S05 SALLY ANN Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S06 I TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU LOVE ANOTHER MAN Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S07 OLD BLACK CHOO CHOO Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S08 TODAY HAS BEEN A LONESOME DAY ARH-CD-9003
S09 NEW RIVER TRAIN Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S10 SALLY WAS A GOOD OLD GIRL Arhoolie 4004
S11 GET AQUAINTED WALTZ Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S12 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S13 DIFFICULT RUN PART 2 Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S14 NO NEVER NO Arhollie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
S15 BLACK LUNG Arhoolie 4004 ARH-CD-9003
3 July 1971 [live-The Smithsonian Festival Of American Folklore] unknown – Hazel Diskens
02801 BLACK LUNG Rounder 4005
October 1972 Appalachian Music Workshop at Highlander Center, New Market, TN – Hazel Dickens
029 COLD BLOODED MURDER Rounder 4005
030 CLAY COUNTY MINER Rounder 4005
031 MANNINGTON MINE DISASTER Rounder 4005
ROUNDER 4005 COME ALL YOU COAL MINERS: SONGS BY NIMROD WORKMAN (1973)
14 October 1972/7 & 21 January 1973 Urban Recordings, Bethseda, MD – Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard (Hazel Dickens [vcl/gt], Alice Gerard [vcl/gt/autoharp], Mike Seeger [gt/bass], Tracy Schwarz [fiddle],)
032 MINING CAMP BLUES Rounder 0027
033 HELLO STRANGER Rounder 0027
034 THE GREEN ROLLING HILLS OF WEST VIRGINIA Rounder 0027
035 A FEW MORE YEARS SHALL ROLL Rounder 0027
036 TWO SOLDIERS Rounder 0027
037 THE SWEETEST GIFT, A MOTHER’S SMILE Rounder 0027
038 TOMORROW I’LL BE GONE Rounder 0027
039 MY BETTER YEARS Rounder 0027
040 CUSTOM MADE WOMAN BLUES Rounder 0027
041 DON’T PUT HER DOWN, YOU HELPED PUT HER THERE Rounder 0027
042 YOU GAVE ME A SONG Rounder 0027
043 PRETTY BIRD Rounder 0027 CD-11529
5 April 1973 [live] New Freedom, PA - Alice Gerrard (Alice Gerard [banjo])
04301 GALLOP TO KANSAS -instr.- Rounder 0027
1975 Track Recorders, Silver Spring, MD/Blue Seas, Baltimore, MD/House of Music, West Orange, NJ/New Freedom, PA – Hazel Dickens & Arice Gerrard
044 WHEN I LOVED YOU Rounder 0054
045 WORKING GIRL BLUES Rounder 0054 CD-11529
046 WEST VIRGINIA MY HOME Rounder 0054
047 MAMA'S GONNA STAY Rounder 0054
048 MONTANA COWBOY Rounder 0054
049 MEAN PAPA BLUES Rounder 0054
050 NICE LIKE THAT Rounder 0054
051 MARY JOHNSON Rounder 0054
052 RAMBLING WOMAN Rounder 0054
053 BEAUFORT COUNTY JAIL Rounder 0054
054 BANJO PICKING GIRL Rounder 0054
055 JAMES ALLEY BLUES Rounder 0054
056 TRUE LIFE BLUES Rounder 0054
1980 Shook Shack, Nashville, TN – Hazel Dickens
057 BUSTED Rounder 0126 CD-11529
058 ARAGON MILL Rounder 0126
059 OLD CALLOUSED HANDS Rounder 0126 CD-11529
060 SCRAPS FROM YOUR TABLE Rounder 0126
061 OUT AMONG THE STARS Rounder 0126
062 WEST VIRGINIA MY HOME Rounder 0126 CD-11529
063 TOMORROW'S ALREADY LOST Rounder 0126
064 LONESOME PINE SPECIAL Rounder 0126
065 LOST PATTERNS Rounder 0126
066 BEAUTIFUL HILLS OF GALILEE Rounder 0126
067 ROCKING CHAIR BLUES Rounder 0126
068 THEY'LL NEVER KEEP US DOWN Rounder 0126
1982 Bull Run Studio, Ashland City, TN – Hazel Dickens
069 COAL TATTOO Rounder 0162 CD-11529
070 DON'T SELL DADDY ANYMORE WHISKEY Rounder 0162
071 HAVE YOU EVER Rounder 0162
072 HERE I AM Rounder 0162 Rounder 0162
073 HEWED OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN Rounder 0162
074 I REALLY CARE FOR YOU Rounder 0162
075 LAST OLD SHOVEL Rounder 0162
076 MEAN PAPA BLUES Rounder 0162
077 OLD FASHIONED CHEATIN' Rounder 0162
078 ONE NIGHT STAND Rounder 0162
079 TO HELL WITH THE LAND Rounder 0162
080 TRUCK DRIVING WOMAN Rounder 0162
ca. Spring 1984 Bull Run Studios, Ashland City, TN/The Shook Shack, Nashville, TN/Bias Recorders, Springfield, VA/The Mixing Lab, Newton, MS – Hazel Dickens
081 BEYOND THE RIVER BAND Rounder 0200 CD-11529
082 ONLY THE LONELY Rounder 0200 CD-11529
083 BY THE SWEAT OF MY BROW Rounder 0200
084 SCARS FROM AN OLD LOVE Rounder 0200 CD-11529
085 OLD AND IN THE WAY Rounder 0200 CD-11529
086 ARE THEY GONNA MAKE US OUTLAWS AGAIN Rounder 0200
087 BALLAD OF IRA HAYES Rounder 0200
088 GO AWAY WITH ME Rounder 0200
089 MAMA'S HAND Rounder 0200 CD-11529
090 YOUR GREEDY HEART Rounder 0200
091 LITTLE LENALDO Rounder 0200 CD-11529
092 HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW Rounder 0200
20 & 23 January 1986 Nashville Sound Connection, Nashville, TN – Hazel Dickens
093 DON'T BOTHER TO CRY Rounder 0226 CD-11529
094 HILLS OF HOME Rounder 0226 CD-11529
095 DO MEMORIES HAUNT ME Rounder 0226
096 HERE TODAY GONE TOMORROW Rounder 0226
097 IT'S HARD TO TELL THE SINGER FROM THE SONG Rounder 0226 CD-11529
098 YOU'LL GET NO MORE OF ME Rounder 0226 CD-11529
099 ONLY A HOBO Rounder 0226
100 A FEW OLD MEMORIES Rounder 0226 CD-11529
101 WILL JESUS WASH THE BLOODSTAINS FROM YOUR HANDS Rounder 0226
102 CALIFORNIA COTTONFIELDS Rounder 0226
103 PLAY US A WALTZ Rounder 0226 CD-11529
December 1997/May 1998 Lion And Fox Recording, Alexandria, VA – Hazel Dickens - Carol Jones - Ginny Hawker (Hazel Dickens [tenor vcl], Carol Elizabeth Jones [tenor/baritone vcl], Ginny Hawker [tenor/baritone vcl], Bruce Molsky [gt/claw hammer banjo], Dudley Connell [gt], Ron Stewart [banjo/mandolin/fiddle], Lynn Morris [claw hammer banjo], Barry Mitterhoff [mandolin])
104 FORSAKEN LOVER Rounder CD-0448
105 LAY ME TO REST Rounder CD-0448
106 NOT A WORD OF THAT BE SAID Rounder CD-0448
107 OLD MEMORIES MEAN NOTHING TO ME Rounder CD-0448
108 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME ALONE Rounder CD-0448
109 TIMES ARE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE Rounder CD-0448
110 FADED PRESSED ROSE Rounder CD-0448
111 JEALOUS HEART Rounder CD-0448
112 OLD RIVER Rounder CD-0448
113 I CAN'T FIND YOUR LOVE ANY MORE Rounder CD-0448
114 LET ME GO Rounder CD-0448
115 TIME IS WINDING UP Rounder CD-0448
116 COMING DOWN FROM Rounder CD-0448
2000 [sessions for Songcatcher] unknown - Hazel Dickens, David Patrick Kelly & Bobby McMillon
117 CONVERSATION WITH DEATH Vanguard 79586-2

ALBUMS
Verve/Folkways FVS-9005 Verve/Folkways FVS-9005 Who's That Knocking and Other Bluegrass Country Music: Walkin' In My Sleep; Can't You Hear Me Calling; Darling Nellie Across The Sea; Difficult Run; Coal Miner's Blues; 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 – 09-65 w. Alice Gerrard (reissued on Folkways FTS-31055 in 1973)
Arhoolie 4004 The Strange Creek Singers: When I Can Read My Titles Clear; In The Pines; Sunny Side Of Life; Poor Old Dort Farmer; Sally Ann; I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man; Old Black Choo Choo; New River Train; Sally Was A Good Old Girl; Get Aquainted Waltz; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Difficult Run Part 2; No Never No; Black Lung – 72 The Strange Creek Singers
Folkways FTS-31034 Won't You Come And Sing For Me?: I Just Got Wise; Please Mommy Please; T.B. Blues; Sugar Tree Stomp; Memories Of Mother & Dad; Train On The Island; Won't You Come & Sing For Me?; A Tiny Broken Heart; A Distant Land To Roam; John Henry; Weary Lonesome Blues; The One I Love Is Gone - 73
Rounder 0027 Hazel & Alice: Mining Camp Blues; Hello Stranger; The Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia; A Few More Years Shall Roll; Two Soldiers; The Sweetest Gift, A Mother’s Smile; 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; Gallop To Kansas – 73 w. Alice Gerrard
Rounder 0054 Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard: When I Loved You; Working Girl Blues; West Virginia My Home; Mama's Gonna Stay; Montana Cowboy; Mean Papa Blues; Nice Like That; Mary Johnson; Ramblin Womanl Beaufort County Jail; Banjo Picking Girl; James Alley Blues; True Life Blues – 76 w. Alice Gerrard
Rounder 0126 Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People: Busted; Aragon Mill; Old Calloused Hands; Scraps From Your Table; Out Amoung The Stars; West Virginia My Home; Tommorrow's Already Lost; Lonesome Pine Special; Lost Patterns; Beautiful Hills Of Galilee; Rocking Chair Blues; They'll Never Keep Us Down – 80
Rounder 0162 I Really Care: Coal Tattoo; Don't Sell Daddy Anymore Whiskey; Have You Ever; Here I Am; Hewed Out Of The Mountain; I Really Care For You; Last Old Shovel; Mean Papa Blues; Old Fashioned Cheatin'; One Night Stand;To Hell With The Land; Truck Driving Woman [exact tracks order unknown] – 83
Rounder 0200 By The Sweat Of My Brow: Beyond The River Bend; Only The Lonely; By The Sweat Of My Brow; Mama's Hand; Little Lenaldo; Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again?; Go Away With Me; Your Greedy Heat; Scars From An Old Love; The Ballad Of Ira Hayes; Old And In The Way; Here Today And Gone Tomorrow – 09-84 (CD reissue in 1999)
Rounder 0226 It's Hard To Tell The Singer From The Song: Don't Bother To Cry; Hills Of Home; Do Memories Haunt You; Here Today, Gone Tomorrow; It's Hard To Tell The Singer From The Song; You'll Get No More Of Me; Only A Hobo; A Few Old Memories; Will Jesus Wash The Bloodstains From Your Hands; California Cottonfields; Play Us A Waltz - 87
Rounder CD-11529 A Few Old Memories: A Few Old Memories; Beyond The River Bend; Busted; Old And In The Way; It's Hard To Tell The Singer From The Song; Don't Bother To Cry; Hills Of Home; Pretty Bird; Only The Lonely; Coal Tattoo - Little Lenaldo; Old Calloused Hands; Scars From An Old Love; You'll Get No More Of Me; Mama's Hand; Working Girl Blues; West Virginia, My Home; Play Us A Waltz – 15-02-88 (sampler)
Smithsonian/Folkways SF-40065 Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass: T.B. Blues; The One I Love Is Gone; Who's That Knocking?; Walkin' in My Sleep; Won't You Come and Sing for Me?; Can't You Hear Me Callin'; Darling Nellie Across the Sea; Coal Miner's Blues; Sugar Tree Stomp; Train on the Island; Cowboy Jim; Lee Highway Blues; Memories of Mother and Dad; Long Black Veil; Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar; Difficult Run; Mommy, Please Stay Home with Me; Gabriel's Call; Just Another Broken Heart; A Distant Land to Roam; John Henry; I Just Got Wise; Lover's Return; A Tiny Broken Heart; Take Me Back to Tulsa; I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling – 21-05-96 (all tracks from Fvs 9005 & FTS 31034)
Arhoolie ARH-CD-9003 Strange Creek Singers: Get Aquatinted Waltz: When I Can Read My Titles Clear; In The Pines; Sunny Side Of Life; Poor Old Dort 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 Aquainted Waltz; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Difficult Run Part 2 – 22-04-97 The Strange Creek Singers (most tracks from Arhollie 4004)
Rounder CD-0443 Heart Of A Singer: Forsaken Lover; Lay Me To Rest; Not A Word Of That Be Said; Old Memories Mean Nothing To Me; Love Me Or Leave Me Alone; Times Are Not What They Used To Be; Faded Pressed Rose; Jealous Heart; Old River; I Can't Find Your Love Any More; Let Me Go; Time Is Winding Up; Coming Down From – 27-10-98 Hazel Dickens - Carol Jones - Ginny Hawker