Joseph
Emmett Mainer, *20-07-1898 near Weaverville, NC, +12-06-1971
2nd version
2nd version
By Tony Russell
(Country Discography, 1921-1942), Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Garr Norick, Paul
Carlow, Dirk Verschaeren
SESSIONS
6 August 1935 Atlanta, GA – J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers/* Daddy John Love (Joseph Emmett Mainer [vcl-1/fiddle], Wade Mainer [vcl -2/banjo], Zeke Morris [vcl-3/gt], Daddy John Love [vcl -4/gt])
001 BS-94328-1 SHIP'S SAILING NOW -2-3 Bluebird B-6088 Montgomery Ward M-4714
002 BS-94329-1 THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME -3 B-6088 Montgomery Ward M-4714
003 BS-94330-1 MAPLE ON THE HILL -2-3 B-6065 Montgomery Ward M-4969 20-3241
004 BS-94331-1 TAKE ME INTO THE LIFEBOAT -2-3 B-6065 Montgomery Ward M-4969
005 BS-94332-1 SEVEN AND A HALF -1 B-6792 Montgomery Ward M-7009
006 BS-94333-1 NEW CURLY HEADED BABY -2-3 B-6104 Montgomery Ward M-4970
007 BS-94336-1 BROKEN HEARTED BLUES * -4 B-6090 Montgomery Ward M-4715
008 BS-94337-1 GREENBACK DOLLAR * -4 B-6090 Montgomery Ward M-4715
009 BS-94338-1 LET HER GO GOD BLESS HER –1-3-4 B-6104 Montgomery Ward M-4970/LP-106
010 BS-94339-1 CITY ON THE HILL –1-2-3-4 B-6160 Montgomery Ward M-4711
011 BS-94340-1 THE LONGEST TRAIN –1-3-4 B-6222 Montgomery Ward M-7005
012 BS-94341-1 WRITE A LETTER TO MOTHER -1-2-3-4 B-6194 Montgomery Ward M-4716/LP-106
013 BS-94342-1 LIGHTS IN THE VALLEY –1-2-3-4 B-6160 Montgomery Ward M-4711 20-3241
014 BS-94343-1 SEARCHING FOR A PAIR OF BLUE EYES -4 B-6194 Montgomery Ward M-4716/LP-106
14 February 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers (J.E.Mainer [vcl-2/fiddle-1], Ollie Bunn [vcl-6/gt-5/banjo-4/fiddle-3], Clarence Todd [vcl-10/gt-9/banjo-8/fiddle-7], Howard Bumgardner [vcl-12/gt-11] band [speach-13])
015 BS-99113-1 GOIN' BACK WEST IN THE FALL -1-2-4/8-5/9-6-10 B-6440 Montgomery Ward M-7002
016 BS-99114-1 NEW LOST TRAIN BLUES -3/7-5/9 B-6424 Montgomery Ward M-7003
017 BS-99115-1 NUMBER 111 -1-5-9-13 B-6424 Montgomery Ward M-7003
018 BS-99116-1 I AM WALKING IN THE LIGHT -2-4/8-5/9-6-10-11 B-6385 Montgomery Ward M-7001
019 BS-99117-1 DON'T CAUSE MOTHER'S HAIR TO TURN GREY -4/8-5/9-6-10-11 B-6324 Montgomery Ward M-4712
020 BS-99118-1 WHEN I REACH MY HOME ETERNAL -1-2-6-11 B-6385 Montgomery Ward M-7001
021 BS-99119-1 FATAL WRECK OF THE BUS -2-6-11 B-6290 Montgomery Ward M-4717
022 BS-99120-1 BEHIND THE PARLOR DOOR -1-2-6-11 B-6440 Montgomery Ward M-7002
023 BS-99121-1 SATISFIED -1-2-6-10-11-12 B-6324 Montgomery Ward M-4712
024 BS-99122-1 ONE TO LOVE ME -1-4/8-5/9-6-10 B-6290 Montgomery Ward M-4717
15 June 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – J.E.Mainer’s Mountainers (J.E.Mainer [vcl-1/fiddle], Wade Mainer [vcl-3], Zeke Morris [vcl-4], Harold Christy [gt], Beacham Blackweller [vcl-2/gt], Junior Misenheimer [banjo])
025 BS-102600-1 ON A COLD WINTER NIGHT -3 B-6629 Montgomery Ward M-7008 Victor 27496
026 BS-102601-1 JOHN HENRY WAS A LITTLE BOY -1-2-3 B-6629 Montgomery Ward M-7008
027 BS-102602-1 THE OLD AND FADED PICTURE -1-3-4 B-6479 Montgomery Ward M-5035
028 BS-102603-1 TAKE ME HOME TO SWEET SUNNY TENNESSEE -3 B-6479 Montgomery Ward M-5035
029 BS-102604-1 WALK THAT LONESOME VALLEY -1-3-4 B-6596 Montgomery Ward M-7007
030 BS-102605-1 I'VE GOT A HOME IN THE ROCK -1-3-4 B-6539 Montgomery Ward M-7004
031 BS-102606-1 JOHNSON’S OLD GREY MULE -1-3-4 B-6584 Montgomery Ward M-7006
032 BS-102607-1 I WON'T BE WORRIED LONG -1-3-4 B-6738 Montgomery Ward M-7009
033 BS-102608-1 GOING DOWN THE RIVER OF JORDAN -1-3-4 B-6539 Montgomery Ward M-7004
034 BS-102609-1 WHY DO YOU BOB YOUR HAIR, GIRLS? -1 B-6792 Montgomery Ward M-7131
035 BS-102610-1 DOWN AMONG THE BUDDED ROSEBUDS -1 unissued
036 BS-102611-1 WATERMELON ON THE VINE -1-3-4 B-6584 Montgomery Ward M-7006
5 August 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – J.E.Mainer’s Mountaineers (J.E.Mainer [fiddle-1], George Zeke Morris [vcl/gt], Leonard Stokes [vcl/mandolin], Snuffy Jankins [banjo-2], band [vcl-1])
037 BS-011987-1 WE CAN’T BE DARLINGS ANY MORE B-7151 Montgomery Ward M-7300
038 BS-011988-1 TELL MOTHER I’LL MEET HER B-7222 Montgomery Ward M-7300
039 BS-011989-1 IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CHURCHYARD B-7222 Montgomery Ward M-7301
040 BS-011990-1 CARRY YOUR CROSS WITH A SMILE B-7523 Montgomery Ward M-7302
041 BS-011991-1 SWING THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART OPEN WIDE B-7401 Montgomery Ward M-7302
042 BS-011992-1 ANSWER TO GREENBACK DOLLAR B-7151 Montgomery Ward M-7301
043 BS-011993-1 THERE’S A GREEN HILL FAR AWAY B-7401 Montgomery Ward M-7303
044 BS-011994-1 YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE B-7349 Montgomery Ward M-7304
045 BS-011995-1 FLOATING DOWN THE STREAM OF TIME -1-2-3 B-7523 Montgomery Ward M-7303
046 BS-011996-1 DON'T GO OUT -1-2 B-7349 Montgomery Ward M-7304
047 BS-011997-1 DON'T GET TROUBLE IN YOUR MIND -1-2 B-7289 Montgomery Ward M-7305
048 BS-011998 KISS ME CINDY -1-2 B-7289 Montgomery Ward M-7305
23 January 1938 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers (Leonard Stokes [vcl/mandolin], George Zeke Morris [vcl/gt], J.E.Mainer [fiddle])
049 BS-018600-1 YOUR BEST FRIEND IS ALWAYS NEAR B-7586 Montgomery Ward M-7453
050 BS-018601-1 LAMP LIGHTNING TIME IN HEAVEN B-7412 Montgomery Ward M-7452
051 BS-018602-1 WHEN THE LIGHT’S GONE OUT IN YOUR SOUL B-7586 Montgomery Ward M-7453
052 BS-018603-1 ONCE I LOVED A YOUNG MAN B-7659 Montgomery Ward M-7456
053 BS-018604-1 SOMEBODY CARES B-7659 Montgomery Ward M-7455
054 BS-018605-1 I‘M LIVING THE RIGHT LIFE NOW B-7412 Montgomery Ward M-7452
055 BS-018606-1 JUST OVER IN THE GLORY LAND B-7730 Montgomery Ward M-7454
056 BS-018607-1 I’M IN THE GLORY LAND WAY B-7730 Montgomery Ward M-7454
057 BS-018608-1 IF I LOSE, LET ME LOSE B-7471 Montgomery Ward M-7456
058 BS-018609-1 GREAT REAPING DAY B-7958 Montgomery Ward M-7455
059 BS-018610-1 OH, WHY DID I EVER GET MARRIED B-7471 Montgomery Ward M-7457
060 BS-018611-1 BACK TO JOHNSON CITY B-7845 Montgomery Ward M-6457
4 February 1939 Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC – J. E. Mainer‘s Mountaineers (J.E.Mainer [vcl-1/fiddle], Clyde Moody [gt/vcl-1], Jay Hugh Hall [gt/vcl-1])
061 BS-032635-1 DRUNKARD‘S HICCOUGHS -1 B-8400 Montgomery Ward M-7881
062 BS-032636-1 COUNTRY BLUES - instr.- B-8187 Montgomery Ward M-7881
063 BS-032637-1 I‘M A POOR PILGRIM -1 Montgomery Ward M-7880
064 BS-032638-1 CONCORD RAG –instr.- B-8187 Montgomery Ward M-7880
ca. May 1946 unknown - J.E.Mainer‘ s Mountainers
065 K2014 WHAT‘LL I DO WITH THE BABY-O 538/LP 666 GT7-2205-2
066 K2015 TO THE PINES unissued
067 K2016 MOTHER’S ONLY SLEEPING 543/LP-666 GT7-2205-2
068 K2017 THE YODELIN‘ MOUNTAINEER 538/LP-666 GT7-2206-2
069 K2018 JOHN HENRY 550/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
070 K2019 WORKIN‘ ON A BUILDING 543/LP-666 GT7-2206-2
071 K2020 I‘LL REMEMBER YOU LOVE IN MY PRAYERS 550/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
072 K2021 SHOOT THE TURKEY BUZZARD 819/LP 666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
July 1946 unknown - J.E.Mainer′s Mountainers
073 K2037 TABBY LET YOUR HAIR HANG DOWN unissued
074 K2038 CRAWDAD SONG unissued
075 K2039 BIG BALL´S IN TOWN 622/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
076 K2040 THE FORKS OF THE ROAD 724/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
077 K2041 PALE MOONLIGHT 762/LP 666 GT7-2205-2
078 K2042 BILLY GOAT BLUES unissued
October 1946 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewester Ave., Cincinnati, OH - J.E. Mainer‘s Mountaineers (Glen Mainer [banjo/hmny vcl], J.E. “Curly” Mainer [bass/vcl hmny])
079 K2140 WALKING FOR THE LORD 45-851/AL-1518 GT7-2206-2
080 K2141 LONELY TOMBS 661/LP-666 GT7-2206-2
081 K2142 RUN MOUNTAIN (CHECK A LITTLE BILL) 45-819/LP 666 GT7-2205-2 G
SESSIONS
6 August 1935 Atlanta, GA – J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers/* Daddy John Love (Joseph Emmett Mainer [vcl-1/fiddle], Wade Mainer [vcl -2/banjo], Zeke Morris [vcl-3/gt], Daddy John Love [vcl -4/gt])
001 BS-94328-1 SHIP'S SAILING NOW -2-3 Bluebird B-6088 Montgomery Ward M-4714
002 BS-94329-1 THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME -3 B-6088 Montgomery Ward M-4714
003 BS-94330-1 MAPLE ON THE HILL -2-3 B-6065 Montgomery Ward M-4969 20-3241
004 BS-94331-1 TAKE ME INTO THE LIFEBOAT -2-3 B-6065 Montgomery Ward M-4969
005 BS-94332-1 SEVEN AND A HALF -1 B-6792 Montgomery Ward M-7009
006 BS-94333-1 NEW CURLY HEADED BABY -2-3 B-6104 Montgomery Ward M-4970
007 BS-94336-1 BROKEN HEARTED BLUES * -4 B-6090 Montgomery Ward M-4715
008 BS-94337-1 GREENBACK DOLLAR * -4 B-6090 Montgomery Ward M-4715
009 BS-94338-1 LET HER GO GOD BLESS HER –1-3-4 B-6104 Montgomery Ward M-4970/LP-106
010 BS-94339-1 CITY ON THE HILL –1-2-3-4 B-6160 Montgomery Ward M-4711
011 BS-94340-1 THE LONGEST TRAIN –1-3-4 B-6222 Montgomery Ward M-7005
012 BS-94341-1 WRITE A LETTER TO MOTHER -1-2-3-4 B-6194 Montgomery Ward M-4716/LP-106
013 BS-94342-1 LIGHTS IN THE VALLEY –1-2-3-4 B-6160 Montgomery Ward M-4711 20-3241
014 BS-94343-1 SEARCHING FOR A PAIR OF BLUE EYES -4 B-6194 Montgomery Ward M-4716/LP-106
14 February 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers (J.E.Mainer [vcl-2/fiddle-1], Ollie Bunn [vcl-6/gt-5/banjo-4/fiddle-3], Clarence Todd [vcl-10/gt-9/banjo-8/fiddle-7], Howard Bumgardner [vcl-12/gt-11] band [speach-13])
015 BS-99113-1 GOIN' BACK WEST IN THE FALL -1-2-4/8-5/9-6-10 B-6440 Montgomery Ward M-7002
016 BS-99114-1 NEW LOST TRAIN BLUES -3/7-5/9 B-6424 Montgomery Ward M-7003
017 BS-99115-1 NUMBER 111 -1-5-9-13 B-6424 Montgomery Ward M-7003
018 BS-99116-1 I AM WALKING IN THE LIGHT -2-4/8-5/9-6-10-11 B-6385 Montgomery Ward M-7001
019 BS-99117-1 DON'T CAUSE MOTHER'S HAIR TO TURN GREY -4/8-5/9-6-10-11 B-6324 Montgomery Ward M-4712
020 BS-99118-1 WHEN I REACH MY HOME ETERNAL -1-2-6-11 B-6385 Montgomery Ward M-7001
021 BS-99119-1 FATAL WRECK OF THE BUS -2-6-11 B-6290 Montgomery Ward M-4717
022 BS-99120-1 BEHIND THE PARLOR DOOR -1-2-6-11 B-6440 Montgomery Ward M-7002
023 BS-99121-1 SATISFIED -1-2-6-10-11-12 B-6324 Montgomery Ward M-4712
024 BS-99122-1 ONE TO LOVE ME -1-4/8-5/9-6-10 B-6290 Montgomery Ward M-4717
15 June 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – J.E.Mainer’s Mountainers (J.E.Mainer [vcl-1/fiddle], Wade Mainer [vcl-3], Zeke Morris [vcl-4], Harold Christy [gt], Beacham Blackweller [vcl-2/gt], Junior Misenheimer [banjo])
025 BS-102600-1 ON A COLD WINTER NIGHT -3 B-6629 Montgomery Ward M-7008 Victor 27496
026 BS-102601-1 JOHN HENRY WAS A LITTLE BOY -1-2-3 B-6629 Montgomery Ward M-7008
027 BS-102602-1 THE OLD AND FADED PICTURE -1-3-4 B-6479 Montgomery Ward M-5035
028 BS-102603-1 TAKE ME HOME TO SWEET SUNNY TENNESSEE -3 B-6479 Montgomery Ward M-5035
029 BS-102604-1 WALK THAT LONESOME VALLEY -1-3-4 B-6596 Montgomery Ward M-7007
030 BS-102605-1 I'VE GOT A HOME IN THE ROCK -1-3-4 B-6539 Montgomery Ward M-7004
031 BS-102606-1 JOHNSON’S OLD GREY MULE -1-3-4 B-6584 Montgomery Ward M-7006
032 BS-102607-1 I WON'T BE WORRIED LONG -1-3-4 B-6738 Montgomery Ward M-7009
033 BS-102608-1 GOING DOWN THE RIVER OF JORDAN -1-3-4 B-6539 Montgomery Ward M-7004
034 BS-102609-1 WHY DO YOU BOB YOUR HAIR, GIRLS? -1 B-6792 Montgomery Ward M-7131
035 BS-102610-1 DOWN AMONG THE BUDDED ROSEBUDS -1 unissued
036 BS-102611-1 WATERMELON ON THE VINE -1-3-4 B-6584 Montgomery Ward M-7006
5 August 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – J.E.Mainer’s Mountaineers (J.E.Mainer [fiddle-1], George Zeke Morris [vcl/gt], Leonard Stokes [vcl/mandolin], Snuffy Jankins [banjo-2], band [vcl-1])
037 BS-011987-1 WE CAN’T BE DARLINGS ANY MORE B-7151 Montgomery Ward M-7300
038 BS-011988-1 TELL MOTHER I’LL MEET HER B-7222 Montgomery Ward M-7300
039 BS-011989-1 IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CHURCHYARD B-7222 Montgomery Ward M-7301
040 BS-011990-1 CARRY YOUR CROSS WITH A SMILE B-7523 Montgomery Ward M-7302
041 BS-011991-1 SWING THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART OPEN WIDE B-7401 Montgomery Ward M-7302
042 BS-011992-1 ANSWER TO GREENBACK DOLLAR B-7151 Montgomery Ward M-7301
043 BS-011993-1 THERE’S A GREEN HILL FAR AWAY B-7401 Montgomery Ward M-7303
044 BS-011994-1 YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE B-7349 Montgomery Ward M-7304
045 BS-011995-1 FLOATING DOWN THE STREAM OF TIME -1-2-3 B-7523 Montgomery Ward M-7303
046 BS-011996-1 DON'T GO OUT -1-2 B-7349 Montgomery Ward M-7304
047 BS-011997-1 DON'T GET TROUBLE IN YOUR MIND -1-2 B-7289 Montgomery Ward M-7305
048 BS-011998 KISS ME CINDY -1-2 B-7289 Montgomery Ward M-7305
23 January 1938 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers (Leonard Stokes [vcl/mandolin], George Zeke Morris [vcl/gt], J.E.Mainer [fiddle])
049 BS-018600-1 YOUR BEST FRIEND IS ALWAYS NEAR B-7586 Montgomery Ward M-7453
050 BS-018601-1 LAMP LIGHTNING TIME IN HEAVEN B-7412 Montgomery Ward M-7452
051 BS-018602-1 WHEN THE LIGHT’S GONE OUT IN YOUR SOUL B-7586 Montgomery Ward M-7453
052 BS-018603-1 ONCE I LOVED A YOUNG MAN B-7659 Montgomery Ward M-7456
053 BS-018604-1 SOMEBODY CARES B-7659 Montgomery Ward M-7455
054 BS-018605-1 I‘M LIVING THE RIGHT LIFE NOW B-7412 Montgomery Ward M-7452
055 BS-018606-1 JUST OVER IN THE GLORY LAND B-7730 Montgomery Ward M-7454
056 BS-018607-1 I’M IN THE GLORY LAND WAY B-7730 Montgomery Ward M-7454
057 BS-018608-1 IF I LOSE, LET ME LOSE B-7471 Montgomery Ward M-7456
058 BS-018609-1 GREAT REAPING DAY B-7958 Montgomery Ward M-7455
059 BS-018610-1 OH, WHY DID I EVER GET MARRIED B-7471 Montgomery Ward M-7457
060 BS-018611-1 BACK TO JOHNSON CITY B-7845 Montgomery Ward M-6457
4 February 1939 Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC – J. E. Mainer‘s Mountaineers (J.E.Mainer [vcl-1/fiddle], Clyde Moody [gt/vcl-1], Jay Hugh Hall [gt/vcl-1])
061 BS-032635-1 DRUNKARD‘S HICCOUGHS -1 B-8400 Montgomery Ward M-7881
062 BS-032636-1 COUNTRY BLUES - instr.- B-8187 Montgomery Ward M-7881
063 BS-032637-1 I‘M A POOR PILGRIM -1 Montgomery Ward M-7880
064 BS-032638-1 CONCORD RAG –instr.- B-8187 Montgomery Ward M-7880
ca. May 1946 unknown - J.E.Mainer‘ s Mountainers
065 K2014 WHAT‘LL I DO WITH THE BABY-O 538/LP 666 GT7-2205-2
066 K2015 TO THE PINES unissued
067 K2016 MOTHER’S ONLY SLEEPING 543/LP-666 GT7-2205-2
068 K2017 THE YODELIN‘ MOUNTAINEER 538/LP-666 GT7-2206-2
069 K2018 JOHN HENRY 550/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
070 K2019 WORKIN‘ ON A BUILDING 543/LP-666 GT7-2206-2
071 K2020 I‘LL REMEMBER YOU LOVE IN MY PRAYERS 550/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
072 K2021 SHOOT THE TURKEY BUZZARD 819/LP 666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
July 1946 unknown - J.E.Mainer′s Mountainers
073 K2037 TABBY LET YOUR HAIR HANG DOWN unissued
074 K2038 CRAWDAD SONG unissued
075 K2039 BIG BALL´S IN TOWN 622/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
076 K2040 THE FORKS OF THE ROAD 724/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
077 K2041 PALE MOONLIGHT 762/LP 666 GT7-2205-2
078 K2042 BILLY GOAT BLUES unissued
October 1946 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewester Ave., Cincinnati, OH - J.E. Mainer‘s Mountaineers (Glen Mainer [banjo/hmny vcl], J.E. “Curly” Mainer [bass/vcl hmny])
079 K2140 WALKING FOR THE LORD 45-851/AL-1518 GT7-2206-2
080 K2141 LONELY TOMBS 661/LP-666 GT7-2206-2
081 K2142 RUN MOUNTAIN (CHECK A LITTLE BILL) 45-819/LP 666 GT7-2205-2 G
7-2206-2
082 K2143 THE LONELY TRAIN 762/LP 666 GT7-2205-2
083 K2144 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM HILLSIDE 661/LP-666
084 K2145 IF I COULD HEAR MY MOTHER PRAY AGAIN AL-1551
085 K2146 I‘M NOT TURNING BACKWARD 724/LP-666 GT7-2206-2
086 K2147 WHAT DOES THE DEAP SEA SAY unissued
087 K2148 JOHNSON COUNTY BLUES 622/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
088 K2149 BEFORE THE JUDGMENT DAY 45-851/AL-1523 GT7-2206-2
summer 1959 Concord, NC – Mainer Band (Jim Dillon [gt], Carolyn Helms [gt], Mary Mainer [gt], Glenn Mainer [banjo], Floyd Overcash [bass], J.E. Mainer [fiddle]. Producer: Alan Lomax)
M01 59C-5031 JOHNSON'S OLD GRAY MULE Atlantic LP-1350 [va]
M02 59C-5032 WHOA MULE Atlantic LP-1350 [va]
M03 59C-5033 GLEN'S CHIMES Atlantic LP-1350 [va]
M04 59C-5034 TRAIN III Atlantic LP-1350 [va]
8 June 1961 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – J.E .Mainer and Mountainers
089 K10862 MAINER’S BREAKDOWN LP-765 GT7-2205-2
090 K10863 PRETTY MOON LP-765 GT7-2206-2
091 K10864 ECHOS LP-765 GT7-2206-2
092 K10865 COUNTRY BREAKDOWN LP-765 GT7-2206-2
093 K10866 I CAN HEAR MY MOTHER PRAYING LP-765 GT7-2206-2
094 K10867 I’LL BE TRUE TO THE ONE I LOVE LP-765 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
095 K10868 GLENN’S CHIMES LP-765/ GT7-2206-2
096 K10869 OLD NUMBER NINE LP-765 GT7-2206-2
097 K10870 NOBODY’S BUSINESS LP-765 GT7-2205-2
098 K10871 TAKE HOLD OF MY HAND LP-765 GT7-2206-2
099 K10872 HARD TIMES IN A COTTON MILL unissued/ GT7-2205-2
100 K10873 TEARS AT THE ALTAR LP-765 GT7-2206-2
101 K10874 JOHNSON’S OLD GREY MULE LP-765 GT7-2206-2
102 K10875 MAINER’S JEWS HARP 45-5522/ GT7-2206-2
103 K10876 TICKLJAH DAVID LP-765 GT7-2206-2
104 K10877 GET AWAY OLD MAN, GET AWAY 45-5522 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
btw 1946-1961 unknown – J. E. Mainer
082 K2143 THE LONELY TRAIN 762/LP 666 GT7-2205-2
083 K2144 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM HILLSIDE 661/LP-666
084 K2145 IF I COULD HEAR MY MOTHER PRAY AGAIN AL-1551
085 K2146 I‘M NOT TURNING BACKWARD 724/LP-666 GT7-2206-2
086 K2147 WHAT DOES THE DEAP SEA SAY unissued
087 K2148 JOHNSON COUNTY BLUES 622/LP-666 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
088 K2149 BEFORE THE JUDGMENT DAY 45-851/AL-1523 GT7-2206-2
summer 1959 Concord, NC – Mainer Band (Jim Dillon [gt], Carolyn Helms [gt], Mary Mainer [gt], Glenn Mainer [banjo], Floyd Overcash [bass], J.E. Mainer [fiddle]. Producer: Alan Lomax)
M01 59C-5031 JOHNSON'S OLD GRAY MULE Atlantic LP-1350 [va]
M02 59C-5032 WHOA MULE Atlantic LP-1350 [va]
M03 59C-5033 GLEN'S CHIMES Atlantic LP-1350 [va]
M04 59C-5034 TRAIN III Atlantic LP-1350 [va]
8 June 1961 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – J.E .Mainer and Mountainers
089 K10862 MAINER’S BREAKDOWN LP-765 GT7-2205-2
090 K10863 PRETTY MOON LP-765 GT7-2206-2
091 K10864 ECHOS LP-765 GT7-2206-2
092 K10865 COUNTRY BREAKDOWN LP-765 GT7-2206-2
093 K10866 I CAN HEAR MY MOTHER PRAYING LP-765 GT7-2206-2
094 K10867 I’LL BE TRUE TO THE ONE I LOVE LP-765 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
095 K10868 GLENN’S CHIMES LP-765/ GT7-2206-2
096 K10869 OLD NUMBER NINE LP-765 GT7-2206-2
097 K10870 NOBODY’S BUSINESS LP-765 GT7-2205-2
098 K10871 TAKE HOLD OF MY HAND LP-765 GT7-2206-2
099 K10872 HARD TIMES IN A COTTON MILL unissued/ GT7-2205-2
100 K10873 TEARS AT THE ALTAR LP-765 GT7-2206-2
101 K10874 JOHNSON’S OLD GREY MULE LP-765 GT7-2206-2
102 K10875 MAINER’S JEWS HARP 45-5522/ GT7-2206-2
103 K10876 TICKLJAH DAVID LP-765 GT7-2206-2
104 K10877 GET AWAY OLD MAN, GET AWAY 45-5522 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
btw 1946-1961 unknown – J. E. Mainer
105
I’VE TAKE MY FUN WHERE I’VE FOUND IT GT7-2205-2
106
DON’T TEASE ME THIS WAY LP 765 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
107
FORTY YEARS AGO LP 765 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
108
LITTLE ADOBE SHACK LP 765 GT7-2205-2 GT7-2206-2
7
April 1963 Concord, NC – J. E. Mainer
109 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
110 RAMSHACKLE SHACK Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
111 RUN MOUNTAIN Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
112 SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
113 IF I LOSE LET ME LOSE Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
114 GREENBACK DOLLAR Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
115 SEVEN AND A HALF Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
116 SALLY GOODIN' Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
117 MAPLE ON THE HILL Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
118 HOME IN LOUISIANA Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
119 WILD BILL JONES Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
120 SHAKE MY MOTHER'S HAND FOR ME Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
121 I'M JUST HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
122 MAMA DON'T ALLOW Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
123 DON'T GO OUT LITTLE DARLING Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
124 OVER IN THE GLORYLAND Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
125 COUNTRY BLUES Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
126 HOP ALONG PETER Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
127 HE'S COMING TO US DEAD Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
128 CRYING HOLY Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
129 OH THOSE TOMBS Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
130 RHYTHM BLUES Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
131 TWO LITTLE ROSEBUDS Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
J. E. Mainer recorded after 1963, Some info in albums list
All Rural Rhythm albums were recorded at Joy Mills Studios in Akron, Ohio
ALBUMS
King 666 Good Ole Mountain Music: What'll I Do With Baby-O; Workin' On A Building; John Henry; Run Mountain; I'm Not Turning Backwards; Lonely Train; Pale Moonlight; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; Shoot The Rukey Buzzard; Mother's Only Sleeping; Johnson County Blues; Big Ball's In Town; Forks Of The Road; Yodelin' Mountaineer; I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers; Lonely Tombs – 12-59
109 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
110 RAMSHACKLE SHACK Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
111 RUN MOUNTAIN Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
112 SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
113 IF I LOSE LET ME LOSE Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
114 GREENBACK DOLLAR Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
115 SEVEN AND A HALF Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
116 SALLY GOODIN' Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
117 MAPLE ON THE HILL Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
118 HOME IN LOUISIANA Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
119 WILD BILL JONES Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
120 SHAKE MY MOTHER'S HAND FOR ME Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
121 I'M JUST HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
122 MAMA DON'T ALLOW Arhoolie F-5002 ARG-CD-456
123 DON'T GO OUT LITTLE DARLING Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
124 OVER IN THE GLORYLAND Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
125 COUNTRY BLUES Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
126 HOP ALONG PETER Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
127 HE'S COMING TO US DEAD Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
128 CRYING HOLY Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
129 OH THOSE TOMBS Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
130 RHYTHM BLUES Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
131 TWO LITTLE ROSEBUDS Arhoolie ARG-CD-456
J. E. Mainer recorded after 1963, Some info in albums list
All Rural Rhythm albums were recorded at Joy Mills Studios in Akron, Ohio
ALBUMS
King 666 Good Ole Mountain Music: What'll I Do With Baby-O; Workin' On A Building; John Henry; Run Mountain; I'm Not Turning Backwards; Lonely Train; Pale Moonlight; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; Shoot The Rukey Buzzard; Mother's Only Sleeping; Johnson County Blues; Big Ball's In Town; Forks Of The Road; Yodelin' Mountaineer; I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers; Lonely Tombs – 12-59
King 765 The Variety Album: Mainer's Breakdown; Echos; Ticklish David; Glen's Chimes; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Country Breakdown; Nobody's Business; Old Number Nine; Pretty Moon; Little Adobe Shack; I'll Be True To The One I Love; Forty Years Ago; Don't Tease Me This Way; Tears At The Altar; Take Hold Of My Hand; I Can Hear My Mother Praying – 61
Arhoolie F-5002 J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers: Mississippi Sawyer; Ramshackle Shack; Run Mountain; Short Life Of Trouble; If I Lose Let Me Lose; Greenback Dollar; Seven And A Half; Sally Goodin'; Maple On The Hill; Home In Louisiana; Wild Bill Jones; Shake My Mother's Hand For Me; I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail; Mama Don't Allow – 07-63 (Reissued in 1998 on ARG-CD-456 Run Mountain with added songs:Don't Go Out Little Darling; Over In The Gloryland; Country Blues; Hop Along Peter; He's Coming To Us Dead; Crying Holy; Oh Those Tombs; Rhythm Blues; Two Little Rosebuds)
Old Timey OT-106 J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers: Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind; Answer To Greenback Dollar; Sparkling Blue Eyes; Kiss Me Cindy; Why Do You Bob Your Hair, Girls; We Will Miss Him; Just Over In The Gloryland; Seven And A Half; Searching For A Pair Of Blue Eyes; Write A Letter To Mother; Sparkling Blue Eyes #2; A Change All Around; Maple On The Hill #2; Let Her Go, God Bless Her – 04-67 (reissued on Ball Mountain 201)
Old Timey OT-107 J. E. Mainer. Vol. 2: Concord Rag; In A Little Village Churchyard; Country Blues; Drunkard's Hiccoughs; New Lost Train Blues; Fatal Wreck Of The Bus; Don't Go Out; Going Back West In The Fall; I Once Loved A Young Man; Train No. 11; Broken Hearted Blues; Blue Ridge Mountain Blues; Back To Johnson City; When I Reach My Home Eternal – 67 (reissued on Ball Mountain 202)
Rural Rhythm RRJE-185 Old Time Mountain Music/21 Mountain Music Favorites: Watermelon On The Vine; Hoop It Up, Liza Jane; Sweet Sunny South; Shoot The Turkey Buzzard; Oh! Those Tombs; Kenny Wagner; Run Mountain; Rock That Cradle, Lucy; Don't Go Out Tonight, Little Darlin'; Granny Kickin' Up Her Heels; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Ticklish David; Stayed In The Wagon Yard; Gettin' There Rabbit; City On Mt. Zion; Don't Cry Honey; Dance Around Molly; Taby Let Your Hair Hang Down; Me And My Gal; Jim Boy's Breakdown – 07-67
Rural Rhythm RRJE-191 More Old Time Mountain Music: Jolly Blacksmith; Hop Along Peter; Mainer's Blues; Shout Lula; Wildwood Flower; Down The Old Plank Road; Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy-- Forty Years Ago; Glass Number One; Railroad Bill; Blue Ridge Break Down; Courtin' In The Rain; Old Hen Sitting In A Chimmey Jamb; Donkey On The Track; Adam And Eve In The Garden; Get Away Old Man; Jay Goose Is Dead; Climbing Up The Mountain; Goodbye Little Bonnie; Hand Me Down My Peg And Awl – 12-67
Rural Rhythm RRJE-198 The Legendary J.E. Mainer. Vol.3: Seven And A Half; Devilish Mary; Hannah; Baby Buntin; Ride Old Buck To Water; Casey Jones; Arkansas Traveler; Change In Business All Around; Polly Put The Kettle On; Shady Grove; Old Blind Horse; Papa's Billy Goat; Burglar Man; Don't Tax The Gals; Eleven Cents Cotton; Home Sweet Home; Shortenin' Bread; Johnny Get Your Gun; I Had An Old Grey Mare; Alabama Camp Meeting – 02-68
Blue Jay LP-A-101 Happy 70th Birthday: J.E. Sings And Plays His Theme Song: Howdy-Do Everybody; Leather Britches; Storms Are On The Ocean (Vocal - Janette Carter); Diamonds In The Rough; Pig In The Pen; Pig In The Pen; Chinese Breakdown; My I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister?; Wildwood Flower; Ground Hog; Soldier's Joy; Down Yonder; Happy Birthday, J.E. (Everybody Sings)– 68
Rural Rhythm RRJE-208 The Legendary J. E. Mainer. Vol. 4: Shoo Fly; Darn Little Ford; In The War (All Night Long); Run Boy Run; Preacher And The Bear; Jimmy And Johnny; Down In Union Country; Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls; Behind The Parlor Door; State Of Arkansas; Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind; Cumberland Gap; What'll I Do With The Baby-O; Dixie Bee Line; From Jerusalem To Jericho; I Killed Poor Liza Foster; Living On The Farm; Whoa Mule Whoa; Chewing Gum; Saving Up Coupons - 68
Rural Rhythm RRJE-215 The Legendary J.E. Mainer. Vol. 5: Man In The Wood Pile; I Tickled Nancy; Give Me Back My Five Dollars; Quit Kicking My Dog Around; Rise When The Rooster Crows; Alimony; I'm A Child To Fight; My Gal Rides In A Wheelbarrow; Great Big House; Down In Rockingham; Old Molly Hare; My Daughter Wants To Marry; Farm Relief; Sugar Babe; I Got Mine; When A Man Falls In Love; I Don't Reckon' It Will Happen Again; Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel; Tell Me How Long; Hard Times On The Farm - 68
Rural Rhythm RRJE-222 The Legendary J.E. Mainer. Vol. 6: Fill Me Up With The Bottle; All The Way Around With My Susan; Cotton Mill Colic; Death Of Floyd Collins; Same Old Man At The Mill; My Baby's Got The Money All The Time; Going To Georgia; Sinking Of The Titanic; Keep Peace With Uncle Sam; Monkey On A Dog Cart; Do Around My Lindy; Goodbye Booze; Baptized Sister Lucy Lee; Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight; Riley The Furniture Man; Where Were You When The Train Left Town; Georgia Railroad; Knocking On The Hen House Door; Birmingham Will Win The Prize; Going West In The Fall - 69
Rural Rhythm RRJE-225 The Legendary J.E. Mainer. Vol. 7: Cookin' In The Kitchen; Stern Old Bachelor; Last Night When Willie Came Home; Carve That Possum Children; Ain't No Bugs On Me; Baldheaded End Of The Broom; Rabbit In The Log; Everybody Works But My Father; Tell 'Em Lies And Feed 'Em Candy; Walking In The My Sleep; Loving Henry Lee; Pat and The Crossed-Eyed Butcher; I've Still Got "99"; Good Old Bowling Green; Kattie Dear; Old Dan Tucker; Eating Up The Gravy; George Collins; Who Broke The Lock On The Hen House Door; Did You Ever See The Devil Uncle Joe?; The Gospel Way - 69
Blue Jay LP-A-102 Precious Memories: Train 111; Elmer Hartsell; Julie Ann; Girl From Back Home; The Letter; The Ballad of J. E. Mainer; Hard Times In A Cotton Mill; Love Lingers In; Valley To Pray; Conversation with J.E.; Little Country Village – 69
Rural Rhythm RRJE-227 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 8: Fallen Leaf; Cacklin' Hen; Mary Of The Wild Moor; Let's Go Down Town; Picking Up Corn; Young Roger The Miller; Your Bound To Look Like A Monkey; If You Should See Your Sister; Old Pine Tree; Wild Coat Woman; Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea; Gambling On The Sabbath Day; Alabama Gal; Short Life Of Trouble; Swanee; No Tunnel; Big Ball In Town; Big Eyed Rabbitt; Old Man In The Way; Over The Waves; Shadow Of The Pines - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-228 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 9: Rim Street Break Down; Silver Haired Daddy; Hang Lit In The Henhouse; Six Months Ain't Long; Night Time In Nevada; Old Wooden Rocker; When The Roses Bloom Again; Tired Of The Same Thing; My Wife's In Europe; I Found You Out; Break And Gravy; Coal Miner's Grave; Sally Goodin'; Down In Arkansas; Hold Onto The Sleigh; Ghost Train; Good Old Summer Time; Bachelor Blues; Storms In The Ocean; Lavender Cowboy - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-229 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 10: Rising Sun Blues; Good Old Rebel; Somebody's Waiting For You; Your Pallet On The Floor; Farmer Who Wouldn't Hoe; Corn; Highway Man; I'll Come Back To You; Don't Whip Your Wife On Sunday; Black Jack David; Cherry The Carousel; Al Smith For President; Dry And Dusty; Trade It For A Boy; Way Down In Georgia; I Never Will Marry; The Farmer And The Devil; Down Yonder - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-230 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 11: Wasn't That A Mighty Storm; Fishing Ball; Coney Isle; Play Mates; Dig A Hole; Swooping Song; Take Your Blues And Go; Put Your Arms Around Me; Where The Red Roses Graw; Fix Your Wagon; J. E's Hoedown; Down By The Railroad Track; Golden Willow Tree; Punching Daugh; Weary Miner Blues; Pride Of The Prairie; He's Coming Us To Dead; Fox Chace; Back To The Mountains; Wrong Key More - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-231 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 12: Two Little Girls In Blue; Sally Ann Go Right Back; Jobs Coffin; Bring On Down The House; All Quiet Along The Potomac; Little Old Sad Shang; Old Fashioned Picture; Sister Kate; Big Juanita; Fatal Wedding; Country Fair; Traveling Man; Where Do You Gonna Hide; Just That Kind; Six Kings Daughters; Baby For Sale; Bitter Creek Breakdown; Keep Knocking; Old Napoleon - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-234 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 13: Would You Care; Southern Melody; Unfriendly Word; Lie To Me Baby; Dance Around Little Lou; Sinner's Song; Keep Iching Along; Nobody; Willie Green; Chicken Reel; Rush Money; Diggin' Taters; You'll Come To Me; Flop Eared Mule; Right Side; After The Ball; Raggedy Ann; Twisting You; Fatal Derby Day; Bucking Mule - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-240 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 14: New Kingdom Coming; Concord Rag; Long Journey Home; Georgia; Black Bottom; Cripple Creek; Why Did I Get Married; Bully Of The Town; Johnson Boys; Shake In The Grass; You're The Same Old You; I Don't Mean To Cry; Peggy Special; Gonna Raise A Ruckus; Sheps In The Meadow; Crazy Fool; Farmer Is The Man; Rattle Shake Daddy; Kitty Wells; Old Joe Clark; I'm Going Home - 71
Rural Rhythm RRJE-241 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 15: Just A Standby; Eating Goober Peas; Silver Threads Among The Gold; Baby Keep Stealing; You're Welcome As Flowers In May; Bonaparte's Retreat; Bird In The Gilded Cage; I Shall Not Be Moved; Wise Guy; Tell It On The Mountain; The 8th Of January; The Last Indian; Home In Tennessee; Bar Fly; Green Back; When I'm Hardup; Georgia Railroad; Turkish Lady; Old Rattler - 71
Rural Rhythm RRJE-246 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 16: River Bottom Blues; Bundle At The Bun; Legend Of Billy The Kid; Starvin' To Death; Fifteen Cents Is All I've Got; My Little Jolie Blonde; Behind Each Man; Match Box Blues; Keep Knocking; Working In A Cotton Mill; Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow; Same Old Man; Branded Wherever I Go; Filipino Baby; Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar; Don't Cry Over Me; Mary Of The Wind Mills; New River Train - 72
Rural Rhythm RRJE-247 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 17: Nobody's Business; Tax On A Hole In The Ground; Sold Down The River; Shout Lula; If You Should See Your Sister; Kansas City; Tabby Let Your Hair Hang Down; Bring Me A New Leaf; Can't Go Off My Mind; Down At The Cedar Mill; Roll On Buddy;. I'll Hate Myself Tomorrow; High Ball Gap Of Mine; Two Happy Heart; Old Man Below; Rebuilding Bridges; Uncle Eph - 72
Rural Rhythm RRJE-248 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 18: Keep On The Sunny Side; Where We'll Never Grow Old; Heavenly Airplace; These Bones Gonna Rise; Those Lonely Tombs; Give Me That Old Time Religion; Where You're Gonna Hide; Jobs Coffin; Unfriendly Word; Wasn't That A Mighty Storm; Coal Miner's Grave; River Jordan; He's Coming To Us Dead; Keep Iching Along; Gambling On The Sabbath Day; Tell It On The Mountain; Log Cabin In The Lone; Gospel Way - 72
Rural Rhythm RRJE-249 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 19: Donkey Of The Track; Possum Up A Gum Stamp*; Mitchell Break Down*; Round Town Gal*; Get In There Rabbitt; Climbing Up The Mountain; Shoot The Turkey Buzzard; Ride Old Buck To Water; Flop Eared Mule; Old Dan Tucker; Jolly Black Smith; Mainer Blues; Seven And One Half; Cacklin' Hen; Blue Ridge Break Down; Polly Put The Kettle On; Bucking Mule; Rabbitt In A Log; Chicken Reel; Run Mountain – 72 (*previously unissued)
Rural Rhythm RRJE-250 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 20: Diggin' Taters; Johnson Boys; Old And In The Way; Fill Me Up With A Bottle; Raise A Ruckus; Rim Street Back Down; Jimmy And Johnny; Granny Kickin' Up Her Heels; Somebody's Waiting For Me; Cripple Creek; Dance Around Little Lou; Lost Indian; Johnny Get Your Gun; Then I'll Come Back To You; Man In The Wood Pile; Rock That Craddle Lucy; Jordan Am A Hard Way To Travel; Weary Miner Blues; Johnny's Old Grey Mule; Jim Boys Break Down – 72
Arhoolie F-5002 J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers: Mississippi Sawyer; Ramshackle Shack; Run Mountain; Short Life Of Trouble; If I Lose Let Me Lose; Greenback Dollar; Seven And A Half; Sally Goodin'; Maple On The Hill; Home In Louisiana; Wild Bill Jones; Shake My Mother's Hand For Me; I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail; Mama Don't Allow – 07-63 (Reissued in 1998 on ARG-CD-456 Run Mountain with added songs:Don't Go Out Little Darling; Over In The Gloryland; Country Blues; Hop Along Peter; He's Coming To Us Dead; Crying Holy; Oh Those Tombs; Rhythm Blues; Two Little Rosebuds)
Old Timey OT-106 J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers: Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind; Answer To Greenback Dollar; Sparkling Blue Eyes; Kiss Me Cindy; Why Do You Bob Your Hair, Girls; We Will Miss Him; Just Over In The Gloryland; Seven And A Half; Searching For A Pair Of Blue Eyes; Write A Letter To Mother; Sparkling Blue Eyes #2; A Change All Around; Maple On The Hill #2; Let Her Go, God Bless Her – 04-67 (reissued on Ball Mountain 201)
Old Timey OT-107 J. E. Mainer. Vol. 2: Concord Rag; In A Little Village Churchyard; Country Blues; Drunkard's Hiccoughs; New Lost Train Blues; Fatal Wreck Of The Bus; Don't Go Out; Going Back West In The Fall; I Once Loved A Young Man; Train No. 11; Broken Hearted Blues; Blue Ridge Mountain Blues; Back To Johnson City; When I Reach My Home Eternal – 67 (reissued on Ball Mountain 202)
Rural Rhythm RRJE-185 Old Time Mountain Music/21 Mountain Music Favorites: Watermelon On The Vine; Hoop It Up, Liza Jane; Sweet Sunny South; Shoot The Turkey Buzzard; Oh! Those Tombs; Kenny Wagner; Run Mountain; Rock That Cradle, Lucy; Don't Go Out Tonight, Little Darlin'; Granny Kickin' Up Her Heels; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Ticklish David; Stayed In The Wagon Yard; Gettin' There Rabbit; City On Mt. Zion; Don't Cry Honey; Dance Around Molly; Taby Let Your Hair Hang Down; Me And My Gal; Jim Boy's Breakdown – 07-67
Rural Rhythm RRJE-191 More Old Time Mountain Music: Jolly Blacksmith; Hop Along Peter; Mainer's Blues; Shout Lula; Wildwood Flower; Down The Old Plank Road; Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy-- Forty Years Ago; Glass Number One; Railroad Bill; Blue Ridge Break Down; Courtin' In The Rain; Old Hen Sitting In A Chimmey Jamb; Donkey On The Track; Adam And Eve In The Garden; Get Away Old Man; Jay Goose Is Dead; Climbing Up The Mountain; Goodbye Little Bonnie; Hand Me Down My Peg And Awl – 12-67
Rural Rhythm RRJE-198 The Legendary J.E. Mainer. Vol.3: Seven And A Half; Devilish Mary; Hannah; Baby Buntin; Ride Old Buck To Water; Casey Jones; Arkansas Traveler; Change In Business All Around; Polly Put The Kettle On; Shady Grove; Old Blind Horse; Papa's Billy Goat; Burglar Man; Don't Tax The Gals; Eleven Cents Cotton; Home Sweet Home; Shortenin' Bread; Johnny Get Your Gun; I Had An Old Grey Mare; Alabama Camp Meeting – 02-68
Blue Jay LP-A-101 Happy 70th Birthday: J.E. Sings And Plays His Theme Song: Howdy-Do Everybody; Leather Britches; Storms Are On The Ocean (Vocal - Janette Carter); Diamonds In The Rough; Pig In The Pen; Pig In The Pen; Chinese Breakdown; My I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister?; Wildwood Flower; Ground Hog; Soldier's Joy; Down Yonder; Happy Birthday, J.E. (Everybody Sings)– 68
Rural Rhythm RRJE-208 The Legendary J. E. Mainer. Vol. 4: Shoo Fly; Darn Little Ford; In The War (All Night Long); Run Boy Run; Preacher And The Bear; Jimmy And Johnny; Down In Union Country; Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls; Behind The Parlor Door; State Of Arkansas; Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind; Cumberland Gap; What'll I Do With The Baby-O; Dixie Bee Line; From Jerusalem To Jericho; I Killed Poor Liza Foster; Living On The Farm; Whoa Mule Whoa; Chewing Gum; Saving Up Coupons - 68
Rural Rhythm RRJE-215 The Legendary J.E. Mainer. Vol. 5: Man In The Wood Pile; I Tickled Nancy; Give Me Back My Five Dollars; Quit Kicking My Dog Around; Rise When The Rooster Crows; Alimony; I'm A Child To Fight; My Gal Rides In A Wheelbarrow; Great Big House; Down In Rockingham; Old Molly Hare; My Daughter Wants To Marry; Farm Relief; Sugar Babe; I Got Mine; When A Man Falls In Love; I Don't Reckon' It Will Happen Again; Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel; Tell Me How Long; Hard Times On The Farm - 68
Rural Rhythm RRJE-222 The Legendary J.E. Mainer. Vol. 6: Fill Me Up With The Bottle; All The Way Around With My Susan; Cotton Mill Colic; Death Of Floyd Collins; Same Old Man At The Mill; My Baby's Got The Money All The Time; Going To Georgia; Sinking Of The Titanic; Keep Peace With Uncle Sam; Monkey On A Dog Cart; Do Around My Lindy; Goodbye Booze; Baptized Sister Lucy Lee; Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight; Riley The Furniture Man; Where Were You When The Train Left Town; Georgia Railroad; Knocking On The Hen House Door; Birmingham Will Win The Prize; Going West In The Fall - 69
Rural Rhythm RRJE-225 The Legendary J.E. Mainer. Vol. 7: Cookin' In The Kitchen; Stern Old Bachelor; Last Night When Willie Came Home; Carve That Possum Children; Ain't No Bugs On Me; Baldheaded End Of The Broom; Rabbit In The Log; Everybody Works But My Father; Tell 'Em Lies And Feed 'Em Candy; Walking In The My Sleep; Loving Henry Lee; Pat and The Crossed-Eyed Butcher; I've Still Got "99"; Good Old Bowling Green; Kattie Dear; Old Dan Tucker; Eating Up The Gravy; George Collins; Who Broke The Lock On The Hen House Door; Did You Ever See The Devil Uncle Joe?; The Gospel Way - 69
Blue Jay LP-A-102 Precious Memories: Train 111; Elmer Hartsell; Julie Ann; Girl From Back Home; The Letter; The Ballad of J. E. Mainer; Hard Times In A Cotton Mill; Love Lingers In; Valley To Pray; Conversation with J.E.; Little Country Village – 69
Rural Rhythm RRJE-227 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 8: Fallen Leaf; Cacklin' Hen; Mary Of The Wild Moor; Let's Go Down Town; Picking Up Corn; Young Roger The Miller; Your Bound To Look Like A Monkey; If You Should See Your Sister; Old Pine Tree; Wild Coat Woman; Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea; Gambling On The Sabbath Day; Alabama Gal; Short Life Of Trouble; Swanee; No Tunnel; Big Ball In Town; Big Eyed Rabbitt; Old Man In The Way; Over The Waves; Shadow Of The Pines - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-228 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 9: Rim Street Break Down; Silver Haired Daddy; Hang Lit In The Henhouse; Six Months Ain't Long; Night Time In Nevada; Old Wooden Rocker; When The Roses Bloom Again; Tired Of The Same Thing; My Wife's In Europe; I Found You Out; Break And Gravy; Coal Miner's Grave; Sally Goodin'; Down In Arkansas; Hold Onto The Sleigh; Ghost Train; Good Old Summer Time; Bachelor Blues; Storms In The Ocean; Lavender Cowboy - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-229 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 10: Rising Sun Blues; Good Old Rebel; Somebody's Waiting For You; Your Pallet On The Floor; Farmer Who Wouldn't Hoe; Corn; Highway Man; I'll Come Back To You; Don't Whip Your Wife On Sunday; Black Jack David; Cherry The Carousel; Al Smith For President; Dry And Dusty; Trade It For A Boy; Way Down In Georgia; I Never Will Marry; The Farmer And The Devil; Down Yonder - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-230 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 11: Wasn't That A Mighty Storm; Fishing Ball; Coney Isle; Play Mates; Dig A Hole; Swooping Song; Take Your Blues And Go; Put Your Arms Around Me; Where The Red Roses Graw; Fix Your Wagon; J. E's Hoedown; Down By The Railroad Track; Golden Willow Tree; Punching Daugh; Weary Miner Blues; Pride Of The Prairie; He's Coming Us To Dead; Fox Chace; Back To The Mountains; Wrong Key More - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-231 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 12: Two Little Girls In Blue; Sally Ann Go Right Back; Jobs Coffin; Bring On Down The House; All Quiet Along The Potomac; Little Old Sad Shang; Old Fashioned Picture; Sister Kate; Big Juanita; Fatal Wedding; Country Fair; Traveling Man; Where Do You Gonna Hide; Just That Kind; Six Kings Daughters; Baby For Sale; Bitter Creek Breakdown; Keep Knocking; Old Napoleon - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-234 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 13: Would You Care; Southern Melody; Unfriendly Word; Lie To Me Baby; Dance Around Little Lou; Sinner's Song; Keep Iching Along; Nobody; Willie Green; Chicken Reel; Rush Money; Diggin' Taters; You'll Come To Me; Flop Eared Mule; Right Side; After The Ball; Raggedy Ann; Twisting You; Fatal Derby Day; Bucking Mule - 70
Rural Rhythm RRJE-240 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 14: New Kingdom Coming; Concord Rag; Long Journey Home; Georgia; Black Bottom; Cripple Creek; Why Did I Get Married; Bully Of The Town; Johnson Boys; Shake In The Grass; You're The Same Old You; I Don't Mean To Cry; Peggy Special; Gonna Raise A Ruckus; Sheps In The Meadow; Crazy Fool; Farmer Is The Man; Rattle Shake Daddy; Kitty Wells; Old Joe Clark; I'm Going Home - 71
Rural Rhythm RRJE-241 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 15: Just A Standby; Eating Goober Peas; Silver Threads Among The Gold; Baby Keep Stealing; You're Welcome As Flowers In May; Bonaparte's Retreat; Bird In The Gilded Cage; I Shall Not Be Moved; Wise Guy; Tell It On The Mountain; The 8th Of January; The Last Indian; Home In Tennessee; Bar Fly; Green Back; When I'm Hardup; Georgia Railroad; Turkish Lady; Old Rattler - 71
Rural Rhythm RRJE-246 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 16: River Bottom Blues; Bundle At The Bun; Legend Of Billy The Kid; Starvin' To Death; Fifteen Cents Is All I've Got; My Little Jolie Blonde; Behind Each Man; Match Box Blues; Keep Knocking; Working In A Cotton Mill; Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow; Same Old Man; Branded Wherever I Go; Filipino Baby; Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar; Don't Cry Over Me; Mary Of The Wind Mills; New River Train - 72
Rural Rhythm RRJE-247 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 17: Nobody's Business; Tax On A Hole In The Ground; Sold Down The River; Shout Lula; If You Should See Your Sister; Kansas City; Tabby Let Your Hair Hang Down; Bring Me A New Leaf; Can't Go Off My Mind; Down At The Cedar Mill; Roll On Buddy;. I'll Hate Myself Tomorrow; High Ball Gap Of Mine; Two Happy Heart; Old Man Below; Rebuilding Bridges; Uncle Eph - 72
Rural Rhythm RRJE-248 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 18: Keep On The Sunny Side; Where We'll Never Grow Old; Heavenly Airplace; These Bones Gonna Rise; Those Lonely Tombs; Give Me That Old Time Religion; Where You're Gonna Hide; Jobs Coffin; Unfriendly Word; Wasn't That A Mighty Storm; Coal Miner's Grave; River Jordan; He's Coming To Us Dead; Keep Iching Along; Gambling On The Sabbath Day; Tell It On The Mountain; Log Cabin In The Lone; Gospel Way - 72
Rural Rhythm RRJE-249 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 19: Donkey Of The Track; Possum Up A Gum Stamp*; Mitchell Break Down*; Round Town Gal*; Get In There Rabbitt; Climbing Up The Mountain; Shoot The Turkey Buzzard; Ride Old Buck To Water; Flop Eared Mule; Old Dan Tucker; Jolly Black Smith; Mainer Blues; Seven And One Half; Cacklin' Hen; Blue Ridge Break Down; Polly Put The Kettle On; Bucking Mule; Rabbitt In A Log; Chicken Reel; Run Mountain – 72 (*previously unissued)
Rural Rhythm RRJE-250 The Legendary J.E.Mainer, Vol. 20: Diggin' Taters; Johnson Boys; Old And In The Way; Fill Me Up With A Bottle; Raise A Ruckus; Rim Street Back Down; Jimmy And Johnny; Granny Kickin' Up Her Heels; Somebody's Waiting For Me; Cripple Creek; Dance Around Little Lou; Lost Indian; Johnny Get Your Gun; Then I'll Come Back To You; Man In The Wood Pile; Rock That Craddle Lucy; Jordan Am A Hard Way To Travel; Weary Miner Blues; Johnny's Old Grey Mule; Jim Boys Break Down – 72
Old Homestead OHCS-146 J. E. Mainer At Home (With Family
and Friends), volume I: Introduction and Theme; Chinese Breakdown;
Chewing Gum; The Old 97; New For Car; Cumberland Gap; That German War;
Traveling Blues; Shoe Fly; Cripple Creek; Sweet Kitty Wells; Columbus Stockade
Blues; In The Dixie Bee Line; Turkey In The Straw; Hesitation Blues; Crawdad
Song; The Preacher And The Bear; Shuckin’Corn (closing) - 83
Old
Homestead OHCS-147 J. E. Mainer with Friends at Home, volume II – A Tribute: Jimmy fell Down In A Hole; I Don’t Love Nobody; Why Do You Bob Your Hair
Girls; Birmingham; The Girl I Love Don’t Pay Me No Mind; Cumberland Gap; Old
Arkansas; Union County; McKinley; I’m S-A-V-E-D; The New Ford Car; Run Boy Run;
I’m Saving Up Coupons; Chewing Gum; Shoo-Fly; From Jerusalem To Jerichol I
Don’t Want To Be Rich; I Was Born 4000 Years Ago; That German War - 83
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD-238 The Golden Age Of J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers: Run Mountain; Shot The Turkey Buzzard; What'll I Do With The Baby-O; John Henry; Big Ball's In Town; Forks Of The Road; Lonely Train; Yodeling Mountaineer; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; Pale Moonlight; I'm Not Turning Backward; Johnson County Blues; Mother's Only Sleeping; I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers; Lonely Tombs; Workin' On A Buildin'; This World Is Not My Home; New Curly Headed Baby; On A Cold Winter's Night; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Maple On The Hill; Ridin' On That Train 45; Kiss Me Cindy; Answer To "Greenback Dollar"; Little Maggie; Take Me In The Lifeboat - 01
BACM [UK] CD D 122 J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers 1935–1939: Seven And A Half ; Let Her Go God Bless Her ; City On The Hill ; The Longest Train ; Write A Letter To Mother ; Lights In The Valley ; Going Back West In The Fall ; New Lost Train Blues ; Number 111 ; Fatal Wreck Of The Bus ; Satisfied ; On A Cold Winter’s Night ; John Henry Was A Little Boy ; Johnson’s Old Grey Mule ; Won’t Be Worried Long ; Going Down To The River Of Jordan ; Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls ; Watermelon On The Vine ; Don’t Go Out ; Don’t Get Trouble In Your Mind ; Drunkard’s Hiccups ; Country Blues (instr.); Concord Rag (Instr) – 05
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD-238 The Golden Age Of J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers: Run Mountain; Shot The Turkey Buzzard; What'll I Do With The Baby-O; John Henry; Big Ball's In Town; Forks Of The Road; Lonely Train; Yodeling Mountaineer; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; Pale Moonlight; I'm Not Turning Backward; Johnson County Blues; Mother's Only Sleeping; I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers; Lonely Tombs; Workin' On A Buildin'; This World Is Not My Home; New Curly Headed Baby; On A Cold Winter's Night; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Maple On The Hill; Ridin' On That Train 45; Kiss Me Cindy; Answer To "Greenback Dollar"; Little Maggie; Take Me In The Lifeboat - 01
BACM [UK] CD D 122 J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers 1935–1939: Seven And A Half ; Let Her Go God Bless Her ; City On The Hill ; The Longest Train ; Write A Letter To Mother ; Lights In The Valley ; Going Back West In The Fall ; New Lost Train Blues ; Number 111 ; Fatal Wreck Of The Bus ; Satisfied ; On A Cold Winter’s Night ; John Henry Was A Little Boy ; Johnson’s Old Grey Mule ; Won’t Be Worried Long ; Going Down To The River Of Jordan ; Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls ; Watermelon On The Vine ; Don’t Go Out ; Don’t Get Trouble In Your Mind ; Drunkard’s Hiccups ; Country Blues (instr.); Concord Rag (Instr) – 05
Rural
Rhythm 511032 40 Classics - Old Time Mountain Music And More Old Time Mountain
Music: Watermelon On The
Vine; Hoop It Up Liza Jane; Sweet Sunny South; Shoot The Turkey Buzzard; Oh! Those
Tombs; Kenny Wagner; Run Mountain; Rock That Cradle, Lucy; Don't Go Out Tonight
Little Darlin'; Granny Kickin' Up Her Heels; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Ticklish
David; Stayed In The Wagon Yard; Gettin' There Rabbit; City On Mt. Zion; Don't
Cry Honey; Dance Around Molly; Taby Let Your Hair Hang Down; Me And My Gal; Jim
Boy's Breakdown; Jolly Blacksmith; Hop
Along Peter; Mainer's Blues; Shout Lula; Wildwood Flower; Down The Old Plank
Road; Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy; Forty Years Ago; Glass Number One; Railroad
Bill; Blue Ridge Breakdown; Courtin' In The Rain; Old Hen Sitting In A Chimmy
Jamb; Donkey On The Track; Adam And Eve In The Garden; Get Away Old Man; Jay
Goose Is Dead; Climbing Up The Mountain; Goodbye Little Bonnie; Hand Me Down My
Peg And Awl – 08-07 (double)
JSP
[UK] JSP 77118 1935-1939 The Early Recordings: Ship
Sailing Now; This World Is Not My Home; Maple On The Hill; Take Me In The
Lifeboat; Seven And A Half; New Curly Headed Baby; Let Her Go God Bless Her; City
On The Hill; The Longest Train; Writer A Letter To Mother; Lights In The Valley;
Goin' Back West In The Fall; New Lost Train Blues; Number 111; I Am Walking In
The Light; Don't Cause Mother's Hair To Turn Grey; When I Reach My Home Eternal;
Fatal Wreck Of The Bus; Behind The Parlor Door; Satisfied; One To Love Me; On A
Cold Winter Night; John Henry Was A Little Boy; The Old And Faded Picture; Take
Me Home To The Sweet Sunny South; Walk That Lonesome Valley; Got A Home In That
Rock; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Won't Be Worried Long; Goin' Down The River Of
Jordan; Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls?; Watermelon On The Vine; We Can't Be
Darlings Anymore; Tell Mother I'll Meet Her; In A Little Village Churchyard; [Wade
MAINER/Zeke MORRIS :] Come Back To Your Dobie Shack; Just As The Sun Went Down;
What Would You Give In Exchange; A Leaf From The Sea; Brown Eyes; Maple On The
Hill, Pt. 2 (Driftin' To That Happy Home); Going To Georgia; Nobody's Darlin
But Mine; Mother Came To Get Her Boy From Jail; Where The Red, Red Roses Grow; Cradle
Days; Gathering Flowers From The Hills; My Mother Is Waiting; If I Could Hear
My Mother; Nobody's Darling On Earth; Shake Hands With Mother; They Said My Lord Was
a Devil; Won't Somebody Pal With Me; Hop Along Peter; Just One Way To The
Pearly Gates; Dear Daddy You're Gone; Been Foolin' Me Baby; I'll Be A Friend Of
Jesus; Cowboy's Pony In Heaven; Little Birdie; Always Been A Rambler; Starting
Life Anew With You; Little Rosebuds; Train Carry My Girl Back Home; In The Land
Beyond The Blue; A Change All Around; Short Life And It's Trouble; Dying Boy's
Prayer; Free Again; Answer To "Two Little Rosebuds"; I'm Not Turning
Backward; Riding On That Train Forty-Five; Little Maggie; Little Pal; Down In
The Willow; [Daddy John LOVE:] My Wife Went Away And Left Me; Railroad Blues; Over
The Hills In Carolina; Budded Roses; What Makes Him Do It; My Little Red
Ford I Am Dreaming Of Mother; Cotton
Mill Blues; Blue Days; No Place Like Home; Homeless Child; Where Is My Mama?; [DIXIE
REELERS:] What A Friend We Have In Mother; My Heart Is Broken For You; Answer
To Maple On The Hill, Pt. 2; Lonesome Valley, Pt. 2; Walkin' In My Sleep; Father,
Dear Father; I Shall Not Be Moved; Do You Want To See Mother Again?; [MORRIS
BROTHERS:] Darling Think What You Have Done; The Story Of Charlie Lawson; The Great
Speckled Bird [new version]; Just How Pretty You Smile; Married Woman Blues –
03-09 (4 CD)
JSP
[UK] JSPCD 77124 Classic Sides 1937-1941 : Carry Your Cross With A Smile; Swing The Door
Of Your Heart Open Wide; Answer To Greenback Dollar; There's A Green Hill Far
Away; Miss Me When I'm Gone; Floating Down The Stream Of Time; Don't Go Out; Don't
Get Trouble In Your Mind; Kiss Me Cindy; Your Best Friend Is Always Near; Lamp
Lighting Time In Heaven; When The Light's Gone Out In Your Soul; I Once Loved A
Young Man; Somebody Cares; I'm Living The Right Life Now; Just Over In The
Glory Land; I'm In The Gloryland Way ; If I Lose, Let Me Lose; Great Reaping
Day; Oh Why Did I Ever Get Married; Back To Johnson City; [J.E. Mainer feat:
Wade Mainer and His Little Smilin' Rangers:] Ramshackle Shack; Memory Lane; Wild
Bill Jones; I Want To Be Loved; What Are
You Going to Do Brother?; Companions Draw Nigh; Mountain Sweetheart; Don't
Forget Me Little Darling; [Wade Mainer and the Sons of the Mountaineers:]
Lonely Tomb; Pale Moonlight; All My Friends; Don't Get Too Deep in Love; Don't
Leave Me Alone; I Won't Be Worried; Where Romance Calls; Another Alabama Camp
Meetin'; Mitchell Blues; Farther Along; Dear Loving Mother And Dad; Can't Tell
About These Women; That Kind; If I Had Listened To Mother; She Is Spreading Her
Wings For A Journey; The Same Old You To Me; Life's Ev'nin' Sun; Mother Still
Prays For You Jack; You're Awfully Mean To Me; Home In The Sky; A Little Love; North
Carolina Moon; More Good Women Gone Wrong; Sparkling Blue Eyes; We Will Miss
Him; I Left My Home In The Mountains; I Met Her At A Ball One Night; You May
Forsake Me; Look On And Cry; One Little Kiss; Mama Don't Make Me Go To Bed; Crying
Holy; Heaven Bells Are Ringing; Sparkling Blue Eyes No. 2; The Poor Drunkard's
Dream; Were You There?; The Gospel Cannonball; The Great And Final Judgement; What
A Wonderful Saviour Is He; Why Not Make Heaven Your Home; Mansions In The Sky; Not
A Word Of That Be Said; Drifting Through An Unfriendly World; Shake My Mother's
Hand For Me; Anywhere Is Home; I Can Tell You The Time; He Gave His Life; Ramblin'
Boy; The Precious Jewel; Old Reuben; Precious Memories; [J.E. Mainer feat:
Steve Ledford and the Mountaineers:] Since I Met My Mother-In-Law; Bachelor
Blues; Only A Broken Heart; Happy Or Lonesome; [J.E. Mainer feat: The
Happy-Go-Lucky Boys;] Jay Hugh Hall; Steve Ledford; Clyde Moody : Darling I'm
Still In Love With You; No Letter In The Mail Today; Come Back, Sweetheart; I
Hope She's Satisfied; Happy-Go-Lucky Breakdown; What-Cha Gonna Go With The Baby?;
[J.E. Mainer feat: Zeke Morris:]Garden Of Prayer; [J.E. Mainer feat: Morris
Brothers:] Dream Of The Miner's Child; Little Nellie; One Little Word; Wabash
Cannon Ball No. 2; It's Blues; Gabriel's Trumpet; [J.E. Mainer feat: J.E.
Mainer's Mountaineers:] Drunkard's Hiccoughs; Country Blues; Concord Rag – 03-10
(4CD)
Gusto
GT 7-2205-2 20 Original King Recordings: What'll I Do With
The Baby-O; Don't Tease Me This Way; Run Mountain; I'll Remember You Love In My
Prayers; Mainer's Breakdown ; John Henry; Forks Of The Road; Big Ball's In Town;
Pale Moonlight; Mother's Only Sleeping; Nobody's Business; Lonely Train; Forty
Years Ago; Hard Times In A Cotton Mill; I've Take My Fun Where I've Found It; Shoot
The Turkey Buzzard; Little Adobe Shack; I'll Be True To The One I Love; Get
Away Old Man Get Away; Johnson County Blues – 03-11
Gusto
GT 7-2206-2 Run Mountain - 30 Old Time Favorites: Run
Mountain; I'm Not Turning Backward; I Can Hear My Mother Praying; Tears At The
Altar; 5. Yodelin' Mountaineer; Echoes; Country Breakdown; Johnson's Old Grey
Mare; Ticklish David; Take Hold Of My Hand; Glen's Chimes; Lonely Tombs; Forty Years
Ago; Old Number Nine; Walking For The Lord; Shoot The Turkey Buzzard; Little Adobe
Shack; 18. I'll Be True To The One I Love; Get Away Old Man Get Away; Johnson
County Blues; Before Judgement Day; Don't Tease Me This Way; Little Adobe Shack;
I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers; Mainer's Jew's Harp; John Henry; Forks In
The Road; Big Ball's In Town; Pretty Moon; Working On A Building – 03-11
SINGLES
Bluebird (1935-41)
B-6065 Take Me Into The Lifeboat / Maple On The Hill - 09-35
B-6088 Ship's Sailing Now / This World Is Not My Home - 10-35
B-6090 Greenback Dollar (John Love) / Broken Hearted Blues - 10-35
B-6104 Let Her Go God Bless Her / New Curly Headed Baby - 10-35
B-6160 Lights In The Valley / City On The Hill - 12-35
B-6194 Searching For A Pair Of Blue Eyes / Write A Letter To Mother - 01-36 B-6222 The Longest Train / (Arthur Smith) - 01-36
B-6290 Sone To Love Me / Fatal Wreck Of The Bus - 03-36
B-6293 (Wade Mainer) / Maple On The Hill Pt. 2 - 03-36
B-6324 Satisfied / Don't Cause Mother's Hair To Turn Grey - 04-36
B-6385 When I Reach My Home Eternal / I Am Walking In The Light - 05-36
B-6423 Going To Georgia / Nobody's Darling But Mine - 06-36
B-6424 New Lost Train Blues / Number 11- 06-36
B-6440 Goin' Back West In The Fall / Behind The Parlor Door - 07-36
B-6479 Take Me Home To Sweet Sunny Tennessee / Old And Faded Picture - 08-36
B-6539 I've Got A Home In The Rock / Going Down The River Of Jordan - 09-36
B-6584 Johnson's Old Grey Mule / Watermelon On The Vine - 10-36
B-6624 What Makes Him Do It / Railroad Blues - 11-36
B-6629 John Henry Was A Little Boy / On A Cold Winter Night - 11-36
B-6653 Cowboy's Pony In Heaven / They Said My Lord Was A Devil - 11-36
B-6675 Over The Hills In Carolina / Budded Roses - 11-36
B-6752 Dear Daddy You're Gone / (W.Mainer) - 01-37
B-6784 Just One Way To The Pearly Gates / (W.Mainer) - 02-37
B-6792 Seven And A Half / Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls - 02-37
B-7151 We Can't Be Darlings Any More / Answer To Greenback Dollar -10-37
B-7165 (W.Mainer) / I'm Not Turning Backward - 10-37
B-7222 Tell Mother I'll Meet Hero / In A Little Village Vhirchyard - 11-37
B-7289 Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind / Kiss Me, Cindy - 12-37
B-7349 Don't Go Out / (Lester Stokes and Zeke Morris) - 01-38
B-7412 Lamp Lighting Time In Heaven / I'm Living The Right Life Now - 02-38
B-7424 All My Friends / Lonely Tomb - 03-38
B-7471 Oh, Why Did I Ever Get Married / If I Lose Let Me Lose - 04-38
B-7483 Don't Get Too Deep In Love / Pale Moonlight - 04-38
B-7523 Carry Your Cross With A Smile / Floating Down The Stream Of Time - 05-38
B-7561 I Won't Be Worried / Don't Leave Me Alone - 05-38
B-7586 When The Light's Gone Out In Your Soul / Your Best Friend Is Always Near - 05-38
B-7587 Mountain Sweetheart / Don't Forget Me, Lil Darlin' - 05-38
B-7659 Somebody Cares / Once I Loved A Young Man - 07-38
B-7730 Just Over In The Glory Land / I'm In The Glory Land Way - 08-38
B-7753 Another Alabama Camp Meeting / Where Romance Calls - 09-38
B-7845 Back To Johnson City / (W.Mainer) - 11-38
B-7958 Great Reaping Day / (Dixie Reelers) - 12-38
B-7965 Can't Tell About These Women / More Good Women Gone Wrong - 01-39
B-8007 Life's Evenin' Sun / Home In The Sky - 02-39
B-8023 She Is Spreading Her Wings For A Journey / Farther Along - 02-39
B-8042 Sparkling Blue Eyes / We Will Miss Him - 03-39
B-8091 I Met Her At A Ball One Night / I Left My Home In The Mountains - 04-39
B-8120 Look On And Cry / You May Forsake Me - 04-39
B-8137 If I Had Listened To Mother / Mother Still Prays For Me - 05-39
B-8145 Mama Don't Make Me Go To Bed / Sone Little Kiss - 05-39
B-8152 Dear Loving Mother And Dad / (Wade Mainer) - 05-39
B-8187 Concord Rag / Country Blues - 06-39
M-7880 I'm A Poor Pilgrim / Concord Rag – 39 (released on Montgomery Ward)
B-8203 Crying Holy / Heaven Bells Are Ringing - 07-39
B-8400 (Hal Davis) / Drunkard's Hiccups - 02-40
27496 Cold Winter Night / (Gid Tanner:) Ida Red – 41 (released on Victor)
B-8887 She Gave His Life / Precious Jewel - 12-41
King (1946-47, 1961)
538 The Yodelin' Mountainer / What I'll Do With Baby O - 07-46 (rev. July 6)
543 Mother's Only Sleeping / Workin' On A Building - 07-46 (rev. July 27)
550 John Henry / I’ll Remember Your Love – 03-47 (rev. March
8)
622 Big
Ball In Town / Johnson County Blues – 05-47 (rev. May 24)
661 Gathering Flowers From The Hillside / Lonely Tombs -
10-47 (rev. Oct. 11)
724 I’m Not Turning Backward / The Forks Of The Road - 09-48
(rev. Oct. 2)
762 Pale Moonlight / The Lonely Train – 01-49 (rev. Feb. 5)
819 Run Mountain / Shoot The Lucky Buzzard - 11-49
819 Run Mountain / Shoot The Lucky Buzzard - 11-49
45-851 Walking For The Lord / Before The Judgment Day – 03-50
(rev. March 23)
45-5522 Get Away Old Man Get Away / Mainer's Jews Harp - 09-61
45-5522 Get Away Old Man Get Away / Mainer's Jews Harp - 09-61