Reel World String Band

By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti

SESSIONS

1981 Cincinnati, OH – The Reel World String Band (Belle Jackson [gt], Bev Futrell [mandolin], Sue Massek [banjo], Sharon Ruble [bass], Karen Jones [fiddle])

001 FORKED DEER Vetco LP 518

002 WORKING GIRL BLUES Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2

003 NEW MOON Vetco LP 518

004 HIGHLANDER'S FAREWELL Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2

005 LONESOME PINE SPECIAL Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2

006 THE WOMAN FIDDLER Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2

007 GROWLIN' OL' MAN, CACKLIN' OL' WOMAN Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2

008 MOUNTAIN SONG / SHADY GROVE Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2

009 HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN Vetco LP 518

010 BILLIE IN THE LOWGROUND Vetco LP 518

011 CLUCKIN' HEN Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2

012 I'VE GOT THE MOURNING BLUES Vetco LP 518

013 EVERGREEN Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2

1982 Cincinnati, OH – The Reel World String Band (Belle Jackson [gt], Bev Futrell [mandolin], Sue Massek [banjo], Sharon Ruble [bass], Karen Jones [fiddle]. Producer: Lou Ukelson)

014 BANJO PICKIN’GIRL Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2

015 HONKEY TONKEY Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2

016 FACTORY GIRLS Vetco LP-521

017 LONG WAY TO HARLAN Vetco LP-521

018 JEFF DAVIS Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2

019 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME Vetco LP-521

020 KEENELAND KITTEN Vetco LP-521

021 WHAT SHE AIMS TO BE Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2

022 CATTLE IN THE CORN Vetco LP-521 RWSB-5895-2

023 WEST VIRGINIA MY HOME Vetco LP-521  RWSB 5895-2

024 MOTHERLESS CHILD Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2

025 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM Vetco LP-521

1984 Track 16, Lexington, KY – The Reel World String Band (Bev Futrell [gt/ mandolin/ harmonica], Sue Massek [banjo], Sharon Ruble [bass], Karen Jones [fiddle] + Elise Melrood [piano]. Producer: Bruce Kaplan)

026 HOLY Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2

027 DUSTY MILLER Flying Fish FF-335

028 COME ALL YE COAL MINERS Flying Fish FF-335  RWSB 5895-2

029 MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER/OUACHITA Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2

030 SALLY BLON/SALLY ANN Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2

031 PANHANDLE RAG Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2

032 PRAIRIE ROSE Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2

033 TRAMPS AND HAWKERS Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2

034 BETSY’S MOUNTAIN Flying Fish FF-335

035 ROCKIN’ CHAIR Flying Fish FF-335

036 WHEN A RING’S AROUND THE MOON Flying Fish FF-335  RWSB 5895-2

037 CRANKS CREEK Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2

1989 unknown – The Reel World String Band (Producer: Lee Guice)

038 TROUBLE IN MIND Flying Fish FFCD-517

039 OLD GREY COAT Flying Fish FFCD-517

040 TOO MANY PEOPLE (SOUTH AFRICAN FREEDOM SONG) Flying Fish FFCD-517

041 CHILE YOUR WATERS RUN RED THROUGH SOWETO Flying Fish FFCD-517

042 APPALACHIAN WIND Flying Fish FFCD-517

043 ELLEN'S SONG Flying Fish FFCD-517

044 WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT Flying Fish FFCD-517

045 MAMA USED TO DANCE Flying Fish FFCD-517

046 LILY MAY Flying Fish FFCD-517

047 PEACE AND HARMONY Flying Fish FFCD-517

048 HENHOUSE LAMENT Flying Fish FFCD-517

1996 unknown – The Reel World String Band  (Karen Jones [gt/fiddle], Bev Futrell [gt/ harmonica], Sue Massek [banjo/gt],  Sharon Ruble [bass], Miriam Davidson [percussion/accordion],  Elise Melrood [piano])

049 POOR GIRL'S STORY  RWSB 5012-2

050 BEFORE THE ROAD  RWSB 5012-2

051 BOOM IN APPALACHIA  RWSB 5012-2

052 JEALOUS HEARTED BLUES  RWSB 5012-2

053 SOURWOOD SONG  RWSB 5012-2

054 LOOKOUT BLUES  RWSB 5012-2

055 MORNING BLUES  RWSB 5012-2

056 PRETTY SARO  RWSB 5012-2

057 SHADY GROVE  RWSB 5012-2

058 THE TAKING  RWSB 5012-2

059 COLD FROSTY MORNING/MONROE'S FAREWELL TO LONG HOLLOW  RWSB 5012-2

060 PIECE OF MY HEART  RWSB 5012-2

1997 [sessions for Coal Mining Women] unknown - The Reel World String Band

061 DRAG LINES Rounder CD-4025

062 WHAT SHE AIMS TO BE Rounder CD-4025

063 THE BATTLE OF JERICOL Rounder CD-4025

2001 unknown – The Reel World String Band (Karen Jones [gt/fiddle], Bev Futrell [gt/ harmonica], Sue Massek [banjo/gt],  Sharon Ruble [bass], Elise Melrood [piano])

064 BLUEBIRD ON THE BRANCH

065 JAMES ALLEY BLUES

066 VELVET STOMP

067 COAST IS CLEAR

068 I CAN SEE YOUR AURA

069 BETWEEN THE SHADOWS

070 SALLY'S SONG/SALLY IN THE GARDEN

071 LITTLE OMIE'S DONE GOT WISE

072 SPITTIN OUT THE COAL

073 FULL MOON FULL OF LOVE; LAST CHANCE

074 SILVER DEW ON THE BLUEGRASS

Tracks above issued on album The Coast Is Clear

2005 [live]  unknown – The Reel World String Band

07401 BURY ME IN BLUEGRASS

07402 GONE CAMPING

07403 CO-DEPENDENT WITH YOU

07404 GABRIELLE'S SONG

07405 THE STAMPING GROUND SET

07406 LOGS ON THE HIGHWAY

07407 KENTUCKY BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM/I WALK THE LINE

07408 COSBY

07409 TIPTOE LIGHTLY

07410 CONTEST COMIN'/CRIPPLE CREEK

07411 WHO OWNS APPALACHIA

07412 KARSEN'S REAL

07413 WHERE KENTUCKY'S BLUE MOON ROSE

Tracks above issued on album Live Music

 
ALBUMS

Vetco LP-518 The Reel World String Band: Forked Deer; Working Girl Blues; New Moon; Highlander's Farewell; Lonesome Pine Special; The Woman Fiddler; Growlin' Ol' Man, Cacklin' Ol' Woman; Shady Grove; High On A Mountain; Billie In The Lowground; Cluckin' Hen; I've Got The Mourning Blues; Evergreen  - 81

Vetco LP-521 Long Way To Harlan: Blackberry Blossom; Banjo Pickin’Girl; Honkey Tonkey; Factory Girls; Long Way To Harlan; Jeff Davis; My Old Kentucky Home; Keeneland Kitten; Whjat She Aims To Be; Battle In The Born; West Virginia My Home; Motherless Child - 82

Flying Fish FF-335 In Good Time: Cranks Creek; Holy; Dusty Miller; Come All Ye Coal Miners; Midnight On The Water/Ouachita; Sally Blon/Sally Ann; Panhandle Rag; Prairie Rose; Tramps And Hawkers; Betsy’s Mountain; Rockin’ Chair; When A Ring’s Around The Moon - 84

Flying Fish FFCD-517 Appalachian Wind: Henhouse Lament; Trouble In Mind;  Old Grey Coat; Too Many People (South African Freedom Song);  Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto; Appalachian Wind;  Ellen's Song; Walkin' After Midnight; Mama Used To Dance; Lily May; Peace And Harmony – 30-11-89

Reel World String Band 5012-2 Whatnots: Poor Girl's Story; Before the Road; Boom in Appalachia; Jealous Hearted Blues; Sourwood Song; Lookout Blues; Morning Blues; Pretty Saro; Shady Grove; The Taking; Cold Frosty Morning/Monroe's Farewell to Long Hollow; Piece of My Heart – 96

Reel World String Band no # The Coast Is Clear: Silver Dew on the Bluegrass; Bluebird on the Branch; James Alley Blues; Velvet Stomp; Coast Is Clear; I Can See Your Aura; Between the Shadows; Sally's Song/Sally In The Garden; Little Omie's Done Got Wise; Spittin Out The Coal; Full Moon Full of Love; Last Chance - 01

Reel World String Band 5895-2 Mountain Song: Reflection: Mountain Song/Shady Grove; Lonesome Pine Special; Cluckin' Hen; The Woman Fiddler; Growlin' Ol' Man, Cacklin' Ol' Woman; Working Girl Blues; Evergreen; Highlander's Farewell; Banjo Pickin' Girl; Honkey Tonkey;  Jeff Davis; West Virginia My Home;  Cattle In the Corn; What She Aims to Be; Motherless Child; Come All Ye Coal Miners; Cranks Creek; Sally Blon/Sally Ann;  Midnight on the Water/Ouachita; Holy; Panhandle Rag; Prairie Rose; Tramps and Hawkers;  When a Ring's Around the Moon - 02 (sampler, tracks from first three albums)

Reel World String Band no # (UPC 783707230207) Live Music: Bury Me In Bluegrass; Gone Camping; Co-Dependent With You; Gabrielle's Song; The Stamping Ground Set; Logs on the Highway; Kentucky Blackberry Blossom/I Walk the Line; Cosby; Tiptoe Lightly; Contest Comin'/Cripple Creek; Who Owns Appalachia; Karsen's Real; Where Kentucky's Blue Moon Rose – 13-12-05