Whitetop Mountain Band

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS possibly incomplete

Ca 1976 Heritage Recording Studio, Galax, VA – Albert Hash and The Whitetop Mountain Band

001 LOST JOHN  Mountain 311 

002 HANGMAN'S REEL  Mountain 311 

003 RABBIT UP A GUM STUMP  Mountain 311 

004 OLD SPORT  Mountain 311 

005 LITTLE BROWN HAND  Mountain 311 

006 NANCY BLEVINS  Mountain 311 

007 STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN  Mountain 311 

008 MY CHILD IS GONNA BE A MINER  Mountain 311 

009 SINGLE GIRL  Mountain 311 

010 GREEN VALLEY WALTZ  Mountain 311 

011 DUGANNON  Mountain 311 

012 I NEVER WILL MARRY  Mountain 311

1977 Heritage Recording Studio, Galax, VA – Albert Hash and The Whitetop Mountain Band (Emily Spencer [vcl/gt],  Flurry Dowe [banjo], Tom Barr [bass],  Albert Hash, Thornton Spencer [fiddle])

013 CACKLIN' HEN  Mountain 313 

014 SWEET AS FLOWERS IN MAY TIME  Mountain 313 

015 WHISPERING WINDS  Mountain 313 

016 FLOP-EARED MULE  Mountain 313 

017 RAGGEDY ANN  Mountain 313 

018 COMING DOWN FROM GOD  Mountain 313 

019 LEATHER BRITCHES  Mountain 313 

020 DREAM OF THE MINER'S CHILD  Mountain 313 

021 SHORTENING BREAD  Mountain 313 

022 DON'T WHIP YOUR WIFE ON SUNDAY  Mountain 313 

023 CUMBERLAND GAP  Mountain 313 

024 ANGEL BAND  Mountain 313

1979 Heritage Recording Studio, Galax, VA – Albert Hash and The Whitetop Mountain Band (Becky Haga [vcl/gt], Emily Spencer [vcl/gt/fiddle], Bobby Patterson [gt], Flurry Dowe [banjo],  Tom Barr [bass], Albert Hash / Thornton Spencer [fiddle])

025 SALLY ANN heritage 25 

026 I'LL FLY AWAY heritage 25  

027 SALLY GOODIN heritage 25 

028 RAMBLING HOBO heritage 25 

029 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILLSIDE heritage 25 

030 DID YOU EVER SEE THE DEVIL UNCLE JOE heritage 25 

031 RAKE AND RAMBLING BOY heritage 25 

032 ARKANSAS TRAVELER heritage 25 

033 KENTUCKY heritage 25 

034 SHORTENING BREAD heritage 25 

035 I SAW THE LIGHT heritage 25 

036 GOLD HILL WALTZ heritage 25 

037 DOWN AMONG THE BUDDED ROSES heritage 25 

038 ALABAMA GALS heritage 25 

1977-1983 Heritage Recording Studio, Galax, VA – Albert Hash and The Whitetop Mountain Band

039 PRETTY LITTLE INDIAN Heritage 46 

040 WINEBARGER'S MILL Heritage 46  

041 DUSTY MILLER Heritage 46 

042 SWEET FERN Heritage 46 

043 SOLDIER'S JOY Heritage 46 

044 WILDWOOD FLOWER Heritage 46 

045 SILVER BELLS Heritage 46 

046 MID THE GREEN FIELDS OF VIRGINIA Heritage 46 

047 SPENCER'S REEL Heritage 46 

048 WHEN THE SNOW FLAKES FALL Heritage 46 

049 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER Heritage 46 

050 ALABAMA Heritage 46 

051 OLE MOLLY HARE Heritage 46 

052 INTOXICATED RAT Heritage 46 

053 WHISTLING RUFFUS Heritage 46 

054 NO HIDING PLACE DOWN HERE Heritage 46 

055 GREAT PHYSICIAN Heritage 46 

056 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN Heritage 46

2 April 1991 Warehouse Recording, Galax, VA – The Whitetop Mountain Band (Rebecca Barr [vcl/gt], Fred Taylor [gt], Emily Spencer [vcl/banjo/ fiddle], Tom Barr [bass], Thornton Spencer [fiddle/ hollers])

057 MY OLD HOME'S IN WHITETOP MOUNTAIN

058 SALLY WAS A POOR GIRL

059 AMAZING GRACE

060 GOING AROUND THIS WORLD, BABY MINE

061 LOST JOHN

062 JOHNSON BOYS

063 ECHOES OF THE BLUE RIDGE

064 WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THE WHIPPOORWILLS TO SING

065 FLOP-EARED MULE

066 DREAM OF THE MINER'S CHILD

067 GOLD HILL WALTZ

068 PICKIN' OUT THE DEVIL'S EYES

069 WHERE THE SOUL NEVER DIES

Tracjks above issued on cassette My old Home’s In Whitetop Mountain

2006 [live] Ridge Music Center's, near Galax, VA – The Whitetop Mountain Band (Martha Spencer [vcl/gt/ fiddle],  Spencer Pennington [vcl/gt], Emily Spencer [vcl/banjo], Michelle Lyle [bass], Thornton Spencer [fiddle])

06901 CACKLIN' HEN ARH-CD- 522

06902 LOST JOHN ARH-CD- 522

06903 RAKE AND RAMBLING BOY ARH-CD- 522

06904 SANDY LAND ARH-CD- 522

06905 WALKING IN MY SLEEP ARH-CD- 522

06906 BREAKIN' UP CHRISTMAS ARH-CD- 522

06907 YOU CAN'T TAME ME ARH-CD- 522

06908 FLORIDA BLUES ARH-CD- 522

06909 ROOSTER'S CROWINNG BLUES ARH-CD- 522

06910 LEE HIGHWAY BLUES ARH-CD- 522

06911 BANKS OF NEW RIVER ARH-CD- 522

06912 SNOW LINE ARH-CD- 522

06913 LOVIN' YOU TOO WELL ARH-CD- 522

06914 LOST INDIAN ARH-CD- 522

06915 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES ARH-CD- 522

06916 GREY EAGLE ARH-CD- 522

06917 MY OLD HOME IN WHITETOP MOUNTAIN ARH-CD- 522

06918 BULL PLUS 10% ARH-CD- 522

06919 GREEN PASTURE ARH-CD- 522

2008 unknown, VA - The Whitetop Mountain Band  (Martha Spencer [vcl/gt/ fiddle],  Spencer Pennington [vcl/gt], Emily Spencer [vcl/banjo/gt], Jackson Cunningham [vcl.mandolin/ gt],  Debbie Bramer [bass], Thornton Spencer [fiddle])

070 IDA RED

071 VIRGINIA CREEPER LINE

072 GREAT BIG TATERS

073 JOLE BLON

074 GOLDEN SLIPPERS

075 HONKY TONK BLUES

076 IRON MOUNTAIN BREEZE

077 LAFAYETTE

078 MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER

079 HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE

080 GOD GAVE YOU TO ME

081 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU DARLING

082 BILE 'EM CABBAGE DOWN

083 ANGEL BAND

Tracks above issued on album Music From The High Country

October 2008 unknown, VA - The Whitetop Mountain Band  (Martha Spencer [vcl/gt/ fiddle],  Emily Spencer [vcl/banjo/gt], Jackson Cunningham [vcl.mandolin/ gt],  Debbie Bramer [bass], Thornton Spencer [fiddle])

084 KEEP MY SKILLET GOOD AND GREASY MRR-WM-001  

085 WHERE THE MOUNTAIN LAUREL BLOOMS MRR-WM-001 

086 LOAFER'S DREAM MRR-WM-001  

087 ECHOES OF THE BLUE RIDGE MRR-WM-001  

088 LIBERTY MRR-WM-001  

089 IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU FEEL MRR-WM-001  

090 DEVIL'S DREAM MRR-WM-001  

091 MOODS OF A FOOL MRR-WM-001  

092 TRAIN 45 MRR-WM-001  

093 THE HARD WORKING MINER MRR-WM-001  

094 ROCKY ISLAND MRR-WM-001  

095 I THREW AWAY THE KEY MRR-WM-001  

096 SALLY ANNE MRR-WM-001  

097 DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE MRR-WM-001  

098 GOIN' UP THE BLUFF MRR-WM-001 

2012 unknown, VA - The Whitetop Mountain Band  

099 HENSLEY'S DUSTY MILLER

100 UNDER AN AUGUST MOON

101 UNCLE EPH'S GOT THE COON

102 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE MILL

103 BLACK MOUNTAIN BLUES

104 RUSSELL COUNTY QUEEN

105 JESSE JAMES

106 DISTANT LAND TO ROAM

107 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER

108 WHY MUST IT BE SO

109 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN

110 MAIDEN'S PRAYER

111 BILL CHEATHAM

112 CABBAGE HEAD SONG

113 HENRY LEE

114 BEAR CREEK HOP

Tracks above issued on album Islands In The Sky

2014 unknown, VA - The Whitetop Mountain Band  (Emily Spencer [vcl/ gt/banjo], Martha Spencer [vcl/gt/ fiddle/ banjo], Ersel Fletcher [vcl/gt], Debbie Bramer [vcl/bass], Thornton Spencer [fiddle] )

115 OLD MOLLY HARE

116 YOU’RE STILL ON MY MIND

117 GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD

118 TWILIGHT SHADOWS

119 RABBIT IN A LOG

120 KENTUCKY

121 WHISTLING RUFUS

122 COAL MINER'S BLUES

123 I DON'T LOVE NOBODY

124 JOHN HENRY

125 FLOWER IN THE DESERT

126 EIGHTH OF JANUARY

127 RAINING ON THE MOUNTAIN

128 WALKING AND TALKING FOR THE LORD

129 TURNED OFF COLD

130 LOST INDIAN

Tracks above issued on album Just Pickin

2016 unknown, VA - The Whitetop Mountain Band  

131 SIXTEEN CHICKENS AND A TAMBOURINE

132 ROADS OF GRAYSON COUNTY

133 WHISPERING WINDS

134 HE LOVES ME NOT

135 DOWN IN THE OLD COAL MINE

136 CORRINA, CORRINA

137 SPENCER'S REEL

138 ARAGON MILL

139 HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING CANE

140 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

141 A GOOD WOMAN'S LOVE

142 JOHNSON BOYS

143 SLIPPING AWAY

144 BIG SANDY

145 GRANNY REEDY'S SONG

146 SLEW FOOT

147 TALKIN' 'BOUT YOU

Tracks above issued on album Roads From Grayson County

ALBUMS (possibly incomplete)

Mountain 311 Whitetop: Lost John; Hangman's Reel; Rabbit Up A Gum Stump; Old Sport; Little Brown Hand; Nancy Blevins; Storms Are On The Ocean; My Child Is Gonna Be A Miner; Single Girl; Green Valley Waltz; Dugannon; I Never Will Marry – 77? Albert Hash and The Whitetop mountain Band (reissued on Heritage in 1980s)

Mountain 313 Cacklin‘ Hen: Cacklin' Hen; Sweet As Flowers In May Time; Whispering Winds; Flop-Eared Mule; Raggedy Ann; Coming Down From God; Leather Britches;

Dream Of The Miner's Child; Shortening Bread; Don't Whip Your Wife On Sunday; Cumberland Gap; Angel Band – 77 Albert Hash and The Whitetop mountain Band

Heritage 25 Albert Hash And The Whitetop Mountain Band: Sally Ann; I'll Fly Away;  Sally Goodin; Rambling Hobo; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; Did You Ever See The Devil Uncle Joe; Rake and Rambling Boy; Arkansas Traveler; Kentucky; Shortening Bread; I Saw The Light; Gold Hill Waltz; Down Among The Budded Roses; Alabama Gals - 79 Albert Hash and The Whitetop mountain Band           

Heritage 46 Wineberger’s Mill: Pretty Little Indian; Winebarger's Mill; Dusty Miller; Sweet Fern; Soldier's Joy; Wildwood Flower; Silver Bells; Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia; Spencer's Reel; When The Snow Flakes Fall; Mississippi Sawyer; Alabama; Ole Molly Hare; Intoxicated Rat; Whistling Ruffus; No Hiding Place Down Here; Great Physician; Sourwood Mountain – 81 Albert Hash and The Whitetop mountain Band (CD reissue on Heritage CD 46)

Warehouse Recording ? My Old Home's In Whitetop Mountain: My Old Home's In Whitetop Mountain; Sally Was A Poor Girl; Amazing Grace; Going Around This World, Baby Mine; Lost John; Johnson Boys; Echoes Of The Blue Ridge; When It's Time For The Whippoorwills To Sing; Flop-Eared Mule; Dream Of The Miner's Child; Gold Hill Waltz; Pickin' Out The Devil's Eyes; Where The Soul Never Dies – 91 (cassette; CD issued on Epecho as Echoes of the Blue Ridge in 2003)

Arhoolie ARH-CD-522 Bull Plus 10%: Cacklin' Hen; Lost John; Rake And Rambling Boy; Sandy Land; Walking In My Sleep; Breakin' Up Christmas; You Can't Tame Me; Florida Blues; Rooster's Crowinng Blues; Lee Highway Blues; Banks Of New River; Snow Line; Lovin' You Too Well; Lost Indian; East Virginia Blues; Grey Eagle; My Old Home In Whitetop Mountain; Bull Plus 10%; Green Pasture – 27-06-06

Heritage ? Music From the High Country:  Ida Red;  Virginia Creeper Line;  Great Big Taters; Jole Blon; Golden Slippers;  Honky Tonk Blues;  Iron Mountain Breeze;  Lafayette;  Midnight on the Water;  How Mountain Girls Can Love;  God Gave You to Me;  Somebody Loves You Darling;  Bile 'Em Cabbage Down;  Angel Band - 08

Mountain Roads Recordings MRR-WM-001 Loafer's Dream:  Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy;  Where the Mountain Laurel Blooms;  Loafer's Dream;  Echoes of the Blue Ridge;  Liberty;  If That's the Way You Feel;  Devil's Dream;  Moods of a Fool;  Train 45;  The Hard Working Miner;  Rocky Island;  I Threw Away the Key;  Sally Anne;  Drifting Too Far from the Shore;  Goin' Up the Bluff – 12-08

High Country ?  Island in the Sky:  Hensley's Dusty Miller;  Under an August Moon;  Uncle Eph's Got the Coon;  What's the Matter with the Mill;  Black Mountain Blues;  Russell County Queen;  Jesse James;  Distant Land to Roam;  Mississippi Sawyer;  Why Must It Be So;  Sourwood Mountain;  Maiden's Prayer;  Bill Cheatham;  Cabbage Head Song;  Henry Lee;  Bear Creek Hop; [Albert Hash and orig. WTMB 1940s recordings:  Wabash Cannonball;  Ragtime Annie – 04-06-12

Whitetop Mountain Band ? Just Pickin’: Old Molly Hare; You’re Still On My Mind;  Goin' Down the Road;  Twilight Shadows;  Rabbit in a Log;  Kentucky;  Whistling Rufus; Coal Miner's Blues;  I Don't Love Nobody;  John Henry;  Flower in the Desert;  Eighth of January;  Raining on the Mountain;  Walking and Talking for the Lord;  Turned Off Cold;  Lost Indian – 08-14

Whitetop Mountain Band ? Roads of Grayson County: Sixteen Chickens and a Tambourine; Roads of Grayson County; Whispering Winds; He Loves Me Not; Down in the Old Coal Mine; Corrina, Corrina; Spencer's Reel; Aragon Mill; Hand Me Down My Walking Cane; Fire on the Mountain; A Good Woman's Love; Johnson Boys; Slipping Away; Big Sandy; Granny Reedy's Song; Slew Foot; Talkin' 'Bout You – 01-08-16