Dick Staber

*1941
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS also member of Staber and Chasnoff, Pickin‘ Around The Cookstove, Del McCoury band
1978 unknown, PA- Dick Staber (Dick Staber [gt/mandolin], Joe Allison [gt/fiddle], Chip Masemore [rh gt], John Farmer [Dobro], Chris Warner [banjo], Dee Dee Denlinger / Phyllis Palmer /Dewey Renfro [bass], Alice Gerrard [hmny vcl])
001 THE DEATH OF JOHN HENRY  Reba 5056
002 MOLLY'S GONE  Reba 5056
003 THE DEATH OF ELLA SPEED  Reba 5056
004 THE BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN  Reba 5056
005 KITTATINY RIDGE  Reba 5056
006 LONELY TOMBS  Reba 5056
007 BUZZARD'S GLORY  Reba 5056
008 CALL COLLECT ON CHRISTMAS  Reba 5056
009 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY  Reba 5056
010 MANDOLIN MEDLEY: THE OLD WOMAN WENT TO THE WELL, FIDDLEHEAD REEL / FIDDLERS DRUM  Reba 5056
011 JAY GOULD'S DAUGHTER  Reba 5056
012 AIN'T NO GRAVE GONNA HOLD MY BODY DOWN  Reba 5056  
1981 unknown – Dick Staber (Dick Staber [all instruments])
013 GONNA POUR THE MUSIC TO YA, BANJO MAN Fretless FR 149
014 LOOKING FOR A LIBRA Fretless FR 149  
015 SILVER BELLS Fretless FR 149  
016 HOW LONG BLUES Fretless FR 149
017 TOO YOUNG TO MARRY Fretless FR 149
018 AN AUTOHARP BY ANY OTHER NAME IS ONLY A BUTTON ZITHER (THE AUTOHARP INSTRUCTIONAL SONG WHEREIN IS DEMONSTRATED THE MAYBELLE CARTER, GOSPEL, MILITARY, AND FIDDLE TUNE STYLE) Fretless FR 149
019 I'M NEVER GOING BACK ON THE ROAD Fretless FR 149  
020 BRIGHTLY SHINES THE MOON Fretless FR 149  
021 I'M JUST A POOR EX-SOLDIER Fretless FR 149
022 THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW JERSEY Fretless FR 149
023 DADDY, SING ME A SONG ABOUT MAMMA Fretless FR 149
024 GOOD-BYE LIZA Fretless FR 149
025 FATHER AND SON Fretless FR 149
026 LIVIN' OFF THE LAND, PEGGY ANN Fretless FR 149
027 SITTIN' IN MY CABIN Fretless FR 149
028 THE COMPOST SONG Fretless FR 149
029 MAUCH CHUNK Fretless FR 149  
030 FAMILY OF FOUR Fretless FR 149   
11 June 1984 Grolloo, NED – Dick Staber and Yonder City (Dick Staber [vcl/mandolin], Greg Root [vcl/gt], Lauck Benson [banjp], Mark Murphy [vcl/bass])
03001 BIG COUNTRY  Strictly Country SCR 10
03002 BED ON THE FLOOR  Strictly Country SCR 10 SCR 45
03003 BLUE DIAMOND MINES  Strictly Country SCR 10 SCR 26
03004 KITTATINY RIDGE  Strictly Country SCR 10 SCR 26
STRICTLY COUNTRY SCR 10 LIVE IN HOLLAND VOL.1 (NED, 1984); ; STRICTLY COUNTRY SCR 26 WHO WILL CALM THE STORM LIVE IN HOLLAND (NED, 1991); STRICTLY COUNTRY SCR 46 25 YEARS OF STRICTLY COUNTRY MAGAZINE (NED, 1996, 3 CD SET)

ALBUMS

Reba 5056 Of Graves and Epitaphs: The Death of John Henry; Molly's Gone; The Death of Ella Speed; The Ballad of Hollis Brown; Kittatiny Ridge; Lonely Tombs; Buzzard's Glory; Call Collect on Christmas; St. James Infirmary; Mandolin Medley: The Old Woman Went to the Well, Fiddlehead Reel / Fiddlers Drum; Jay Gould's Daughter; Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down - 79

Fretless FR-149 Listen To My Song: Gonna Pour the Music to Ya, Banjo Man; Looking for a Libra;  Silver Bells; How Long Blues; Too Young to Marry;An Autoharp By Any Other Name Is Only a Button Zither (The Autoharp Instructional Song Wherein Is Demonstrated the Maybelle Carter, Gospel, Military, and Fiddle Tune Style); I'm Never Going Back on the Road; Brightly Shines the Moon; I'm Just a Poor Ex-Soldier;The Mountains of New Jersey; Daddy, Sing Me a Song About Mamma; Good-Bye Liza; Father and Son; Livin' Off the Land, Peggy Ann; Sittin' in My Cabin; The Compost Song; Mauch Chunk; Family of Four  - 11-81