My Epitaph : Ola Belle Reed

Folkways Records – FA 2493

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Appalachian Music
[Tracklist]
A1 High on a Mountain (05:30)
A2 I've Endured (05:50)
A3 Sing Me a Song (07:56)
B1 My Epitaph (08:10)
B2 Springtime of Life (06:08)
B3 Fortunes (06:13)
[Credits]
Ola Belle Reed (banjo/vocals)
Producer: Kevin Roth, Recorder: King Street Recording Company, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Banjo player and singer created this album and its accompanying notes as an autobiography, a document that describes her childhood in the mountains, her experiences, and her opinions about modern life. Produced by Kevin Roth, one of Reed's protégés, this recording is based on a live interview conducted in 1976.

All In One Evening: Ola Belle Reed & Bud Reed With Kevin Roth

Folkways Records – FA 2329

Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Highway Dreamer (05:03)
A2 Ola Belle's Blues (02:21)
A3 Way Out on the Mountain (03:20)
A4 Sweet Evalina (02:47)
A5 When It Came to Loving You (03:55)
A6 Bonaparte's Retreat (02:51)
B1 Foggy Mountain Top (02:36)
B2 Dreams (03:33)
B3 Larkin's Woods (02:43)
B4 Waiting for a Train (All Around the Water Tank) (02:58)
B5 Rainbow Love (03:08)
B6 Tear Down the Fences (03:42)
[Credits]
Producer: Kevin Roth, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: David Gahr
[Notes]
Ola Belle and Bud Reed's Pennsylvania home was a haven for young musicians, a place where picking, singing, and good company soothed the sting of hard times. The Reeds, joined by Kevin Roth, recorded this album of traditional and original songs one evening in 1977.

Ola Belle Reed: My Epitaph

Folkways Records – FA 2493

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 High on a Mountain (5:30)
A2 I've Endured (5:50)
A3 Sing Me a Song (7:56)
B1 My Epitaph (8:10)
B2 Springtime of Life (6:08)
B3 Fortunes (6:13)
[Credits]
Ola Belle Reed (guitar/banjo/vocals) David Reed (banjo/guitar/vocals) Bud Reed (harmonica)
Producer: Kevin Roth, Liner Notes: Ola Belle Reed, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Recorder: King Street Recording Company
[Notes]
Banjo player and singer Ola Belle Reed created this album and its accompanying notes as an autobiography, a document that describes her childhood in the mountains, her experiences, and her opinions about modern life. Produced by Kevin Roth, one of Reed's protégés, this recording is based on a live interview conducted in 1976

Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line

Dust-to-Digital – DTD-40

Format: 2 x CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Aug 21, 2015
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style:Appalachian Music
[Disk One]
01 Uncloudy Day (02:28)
02 My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountain (02:33)
03 Bringing in the Georgia Mail (02:03)
04 Train 45 (01:53)
05 The Worried Man Blues (02:03)
06 The Worried Man Blues (02:31)
07 The Ranger's Command (03:47)
08 Big Kid's Barroom (03:03)
09 The Miller's Will (03:57)
10 Black Jack Davy (01:57)
11 John Hardy (02:42)
12 Single Girl (02:16)
13 Kitty Wells (02:13)
14 The Orphan Girl (03:18)
15 I've Always Been a Rambler (03:24)
16 Undone in Sorrow (02:56)
17 You Led Me to the Wrong (03:52)
18 Absalom My Son, My Son (00:50)
19 Amazing Grace (03:34)
20 Six Feet of Earth (02:31)
21 All the Dark Places (02:42)
22 I'm Going Through (04:37)
23 I've Endured (04:09)
24 I've Endured (02:34)
[Disk Two]
01 Undone in Sorrow (02:45)
02 Plucking the Strings (01:45)
03 Cherokee Shuffle (03:02 04 I'm Longing for a Love I'll Never Know (02:20)
05 Sally Goodin (01:18)
06 Story of Tom Moore, the Gravedigger (01:16)
07 Footprints Left Below (03:14)
08 Leave It There (03:13)
09 Six Hours on the Cross (03:59)
10 John Hardy (01:04)
11 Cherokee Eyes (02:52)
12 High on a Mountain (00:48)
13 Fiddle on the Wall (04:01)
14 Rachel (01:46)
15 The Old Swinging Bridge (02:56)
16 John Hardy/John Henry (01:25)
17 Stolen Love (03:20)
18 The Buzzard and the Monkey (01:17)
19 The Pussycat and the Bulldog (00:43 20 Preacher and the Bear (01:04)
21 Turkey in the Straw (00:29)
22 Ryestraw (01:13)
23 The Butcher Boy (03:10)
24 Simple Man (02:27)
25 1,000 Light Years Away (01:50)
26 I Feel Like Traveling On (03:25)
27 New River Train (02:16)
28 Salt Creek (02:44)
29 Cumberland Gap (00:52)
30 Boxes Full of Memories (02:42)
31 Father, Listen (04:17)
32 My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains (02:15)
33 Family Graveyard (04:31)
34 Over in the Gloryland (03:02)
[Credits]
Ola Belle Reed (banjo/vocala)
Liner Notes: Clifford R. Murphy, Douglas Dowling Peach and Henry Glassie, Designer: Debbie Berne, Enginerrs: Joy Graves, Mike Graves, Clifford R. Murphy and Henry Glassie
[Notes]
Ola Belle Reed (1916–2002) was one of the all-time greatest performers of Appalachian music. Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line combines Reed’s 1960s recordings, some of the earliest she ever made and available here for the very first time, with modern-day field recordings of her descendants and those she inspired within her Appalachian community. This deluxe edition highlights Reed's deep repertoire—folk ballads, minstrel songs, country standards and originals—and traces the impact her music made and is still making today. The two-CD set is accompanied by a luxurious publication tracing Reed's influence and the folklorists who have tracked it: Henry Glassie, who first heard Alex and Ola Belle play in 1966 at the back of the Campbell's Corner general store, and Clifford R. Murphy, who, four decades later, recorded Reed's modern successors in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40163

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2005
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Blue Grass Breakdown: David Johnson (3:12)
02 Roving Gambler: The Country Gentlemen (3:06)
03 Daniel Prayed: Doc Watson, Fred Price, and Clint Howard (2:53)
04 Fourteen-Carat Mind: Half & Half (2:28)
05 Won't You Come and Sing for Me?: Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (2:45)
06 Rocky Run: Jerry Stuart, Pete Kuykendall, Smiley Hobbs, and Tom Gray (2:47)
07 The Girl Behind the Bar: Red Clay Ramblers (2:06)
08 Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me: B. Lilly, Chubby Anthony, Don Stover (2:16)
09 Are You Afraid to Die: Red Allen and Frank Wakefield (2:38)
10 Walls of Time: Bill Monroe and Peter Rowan (4:05)
11 Back Up and Push: The Friendly City Playboys (1:50)
12 I've Endured: Ola Belle Reed (2:48)
13 Carolina in the Pines: Harley Allen (2:42)
14 Jesse James: Eric Weissberg (2:30)
15 Two Orphans: The Georgia Pals (3:19)
16 China Grove, My Home Town: The Nashville Grass (2:31)
17 Bluegrass Spectacular: Bill Price (2:38)
18 Stoney Creek: Sonny Miller (1:22)
19 Little Maggie: Larry Richardson (1:13)
20 Miss Ferris: John Hartford (3:51)
21 Foggy Mountain Top: Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys (2:00)
22 Sinner, You Better Get Ready: The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover (2:58)
23 Sitting on Top of the World: Doc Watson (3:05)
24 Renegade: Bob Everhart (1:59)
25 Possum Holler: Bill Price (2:58)
26 Red Wing: Tom Morgan (2:33)
27 I'll Take the Blame: Red Allen (2:21)
28 Watson's Blues: Bill Monroe and Doc Watson (2:26)
[Credits]
Producer: Lee Michael Demsey, Liner Notes: Jacob Love & Jeff Place, Designer: Sonya Cohen Cramer, Photographer: Stephanie P. Ledgin, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Compiled from over 40 years of classic bluegrass recordings on the Folkways and Smithsonian Folkways labels, Classic Bluegrass, vol. 2 showcases many of the key artists who shaped the sound of this internationally-acclaimed, all-American music. "Father of Bluegrass" Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Hazel Dickens, The Country Gentlemen, Red Allen, Frank Wakefield, John Hartford, and many others bring us the best of this diverse music tradition. 32-page booklet. 28 classic tracks. 73 minutes.

Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40209

Series: Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2013
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bluegrass, Old Time
[Tracklist]
01 Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl / Cripple Creek / Ida Red / Old Joe Clark: Pete Seeger (2:38)
02 Banging Breakdown: Hobart Smith (1:21)
03 Johnson Boys: Frank Proffitt (1:44)
04 Peachbottom Creek: Wade Ward (1:27)
05 Coo Coo: Dink Roberts (2:14)
06 Josh Thomas’s Roustabout: Mike Seeger (2:40)
07 Jaw Bone: Willie Chapman (0:55)
08 Bright Sunny South: Dock Boggs (3:40)
09 Coal Creek March: Pete Steele (1:55)
10 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues: Josh Thomas (3:40)
11 Walk Light Ladies: Rufus Crisp (1:32)
12 Buck Creek Girls: Bill Cornett (1:03)
13 Gut Bucket Blues: Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders (4:18)
14 Skylark / Roaring Mary: Mick Moloney (3:27)
15 St. Anne's Reel / La Renfleuse Gorbeil: Ken Perlman (2:52)
16 Smokey Mokes: Roger Sprung (2:23)
17 Golden Bell Polka: A.L. Camp (2:29)
18 Banjoland: Tony Trischka with Bill Evans (3:03)
19 Sally Ann: Snuffy Jenkins (1:13)
20 Lonesome Road Blues: Roni Stoneman (1:15)
21 Fox Chase: Lee Sexton (0:59)
22 Hop Along Lou: John Tyree (1:12)
23 Cotton Eyed Joe: "Big Sweet" Lewis Hairston (1:27)
24 Foggy Mountain Top: Ola Belle Reed (2:32)
25 Rambling Hobo: Doc Watson (1:39)
26 Old Rattler: John Snipes (2:50)
27 Georgia Buck: Elizabeth Cotten (1:45)
28 I Wish to the Lord I’d Never Been Born: Irvin Cook (3:07)
29 Black Eye Susie: Roscoe Holcomb (1:28)
30 Bluegrass Breakdown: Bill Keith with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys (3:09)
[Credits]
Compiler & Liner Notes: G reg C. Adams and Jeff Place, Editor: Carla Borden, Designer: Joe Parisi, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
The banjo is a "bigger than life" instrument, a symbol of deep southern American heritage. At the same time, beneath its veneer of old-time icon, the story of the banjo is one of enormous creativity and adaptation to many musical traditions around the world - from Africa, to the Caribbean, to North America, to Europe, and beyond. In Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways, banjo connoisseurs Greg Adams and Jeff Place cull 30 gems of banjo artistry from more than 300 albums in the Folkways collections, offering a gateway into the deep and varied veins of banjo history. 64 minutes, 44-page booklet with extensive notes and photos.

Rising Sun Melodies: Ola Belle Reed

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40202

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2010
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Folk
[Tracklist]
01 I've Endured (2:49)
02 Ola Belle's Blues (2:18)
03 Springtime Of Life (4):19)
04 Bonaparte's Retreat (2:46)
05 Foggy Mountain Top (2:29)
06 Fortunes (4:12)
07 High On The Mountain (3:02)
08 Sweet Evalina (2:43)
09 Sing Me A Song (4:28)
10 Tear Down The Fences (3:34)
11 My Epitaph (3:13)
12 Look Down That Lonesome Road (2:40)
13 Undone In Sorrow (3:16)
14 I Believe In The Old Time Way (2:56)
15 Nine Pound Hammer (3:21)
16 I Am The Man, Thomas (3:26)
17 I've Endured (2:35)
18 Ranger's Command (2:56)
19 I Saw The Light (4:27)
[Credits]
Ola Belle Reed (banjo/guitar/vocals) David Reed (banjo/dobro/guitar/vocals) Bud Reed (guitar/harmonica/vocals) Kevin Roth (dulcimer/vocals) Alex Campbell, Sarah Cleveland & Betsy Rutherford(vocals) John Coffey (fiddle)
Editer: Carla Borden, Producer: Jeff Place, Assistant Producers: Nina Rao & Erin Durant, Production Manager: Mary Monseur, Mastering: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Ola Belle Reed was a trailblazing force for women in bluegrass music, an Appalachian woman of hard-earned talent and generous ways who delivered honest music sung from the heart. Her songs "I've Endured," "High on the Mountain," "My Epitaph," and many others forge real-life experiences into music steeled with determination, family tradition, and commanding presence. Classic tracks from the Smithsonian Folkways and Smithsonian Folklife Festival archives remind us why the light of Ola Belle's music shines brightly to this day. 8 previously unreleased tracks, 40-page booklet with photos, 61 minutes.