Bill Emerson

William Hundley Emerson, *22-01-1938 Washington, D.C., +21-08-2021

3rd version

by Praguefrank, Dick Grant, Thieu Van De Vorst, Todd Gracyk

SESSIONS

1962 Ben Adelman’s Empire Studio, Washinton, DC – Bill Emerson and His Virginia Mountaineers (Bill Emerson [banjo], Red Allen [gt], Bill Harrell [gt], Charlie Waller [gt], Bill Harrell [gt], Frank Wakefield [mandolin], Buzz Busby [mandolin], Kenny haddock [drobro], Tom Morgan [bass])
001 RAINBOW BLUES Mount Vernon MVM-155  Coronet CX-188 CD 377
002 BREEZIN' BY Mount Vernon MVM-155   
003 WEST VIRGINIA HORNPIPE Mount Vernon MVM-155  Coronet CX-188
004 NEW VIRGINIA POLKA Mount Vernon MVM-155  
005 TRAVELIN' DOWN U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 1 Mount Vernon MVM-155  
006 LEE HIGHWAY SWING Mount Vernon MVM-155  Coronet CX-188
007 LIGHTIN' BANJO Mount Vernon MVM-155 CD 377   
008 SMOKEY BILL Mount Vernon MVM-155 Coronet CX-188
009 HORSESHOES BLUES Mount Vernon MVM-155  Coronet CX-188
010 FINGERS ON FIRE Mount Vernon MVM-155 Coronet CX-188 CD 377
011 HOGWASH Mount Vernon MVM-155  Coronet CX-188 CD 377
012 BANJO HARP Coronet CX-188 CD 377
013 GEORGIA POLKA Coronet CX-188
014 HENRY’S BOOGIE Coronet CX-188
015 BIG MAGGIE Coronet CX-200 CD 377
016 HOME SWEET HOME Coronet CX-200 CD 377
017 SWEET DIXIE Coronet CX-200 CD 377
018 THE CHICKEN REEL Coronet CX-200 CD 377
019 JESSE JAMES Coronet CX-200 CD 377
020 PUSH AND SHOVE Coronet CX-200 CD 377
021 HONEYSUCKLE Coronet CX-200 Design SDLP-645 Arion ARN 33-717 CD 377
022 BABY SUE  Coronet CX-200 Design SDLP-645 Arion ARN 33-717 CD 377   
023 RUNNIN' WILD  Coronet CX-200 Design SDLP-645 Arion ARN 33-717   CD 377
024 OLE JOE CLARK Coronet CX-200  Design SDLP-645 Arion ARN 33-717 CD 377  
025 WEEPIN' WILLOW Coronet CX-200 Design SDLP-645 Arion ARN 33-717 CD 377  
026 STRING TIME -1 Coronet CX-200 Design SDLP-645 Arion ARN 33-717   CD 377
027 LONESOME ROAD BLUES -1 Coronet CX-200 Design SDLP-645  Arion ARN 33-717 CD 377
1963 Ben Adelman’s Empire Studio, Washington, D.C. – Bill Emerson (Bill Emerson [banjo], Red Allen [gt], Kenny Haddock [dobro], Tom Morgan [bass]))
028 PARTY TIME -1 Design SDLP-645 Arion ARN 33-717 CD 377
029 BANJO PICKIN' TIME -1 Design SDLP-645 Arion ARN 33-717   CD 377
030 FEELIN' BAD -1 Design SDLP-645 Arion ARN 33-717  

1968 Unity Recording Studio, Washington, DC/Roy Homer  and  Associates, Clinton, MD – Bill Emerson  and  Clifford Waldron  and  The Lee Highway Boys (Clifford Waldron [vcl/rh gt], Bill Emerson [banjo], John Duffey [mandolin], Ed Ferris [bass], Bill Poffinberger [fiddle])

047 DEEP RIVER F-281/SLP-1489 REB-CD-1123

048 OVER YONDER STANDS LITTLE MAGGIE F-281 REB-CD-1123

1968 Unity Recording Studio, Washington, DC – Bill Emerson  and  Cliff Waldron (Cliff Waldron [vcl/rh gt], Bill Emerson [vcl/banjo], John Duffey [vcl/ld gt/mandolin], Ed Ferris [bass], Billy Baker [fiddle])

049 IF I WERE A CARPENTER Rebel SLP-1485 REB-CD-1123

050 I'M BOUND TO RIDE Rebel SLP-1485 REB-CD-1123

051 RED WINGS Rebel SLP-1485

052 YOU DIDN'T SAY GOODBYE Rebel SLP-1485 REB-CD-1123

1968 Roy Homer  and  Associates, Clinton, MD – Bill Emerson  and  Cliff Waldron (Cliff Waldron [vcl/gt], Bill Emerson [vcl/banjo], Garland Alderman [mandolin], Tom Gray [vcl/bass], Bill Poffinberger [fiddle])

053 INDIAN HILL Rebel SLP-1485

054 OUR DARLINGS GONE Rebel SLP-1485 REB-CD-1123

055 FAST FREIGHT Rebel SLP-1485

056 THE SNAKE Rebel SLP-1485

057 LITTLE NELLIE GREY Rebel SLP-1485

058 SNOW BUCK Rebel SLP-1485

059 A MESSAGE FOR PEACE Rebel SLP-1485

060 WILDWOOD HOEDOWN Rebel SLP-1485

1969 Unity Recording Studio, Washington, DC/Roy Homer  and  Associates, Clinton, MD – Bill Emerson  and  Cliff Waldron Bill Emerson [vcl/banjo], Cliff Waldron [vcl/gt], Mike Auldridge [dobro], Ed Ferris [bass], Bill Poffinberger [fiddle]. Producer: Charles R. Freeland)

061 PROUD MARY Rebel F-290/SLP-1489 REB-CD-1123

062 RUNNIN' SOUTH Rebel SLP-1489

063 A LONESOME NIGHT Rebel SLP-1489 REB-CD-4000 REB-CD-1123

064 MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Rebel SLP-1489

065 TROUBLE AMONG THE YEARLINGS Rebel SLP-1489

066 ALL THE GOOD TIMES Rebel SLP-1489

067 FOX ON THE RUN Rebel SLP-1489 REB-CD-4000 REB-CD-1123 REB-CD-8004

068 FADED LOVE Rebel F-290/SLP-1489

069 LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN Rebel SLP-1489

070 MAIDENS PRAYER Rebel SLP-1489

071 TWENTY-ONE YEARS Rebel SLP-1489

REBEL REB-CD-4000 REBEL RECORDS: 35 YEARS OF THE BEST IN BLUEGRASS 1960-1995 (1996)

REBEL REB-CD-8004 BEST LOVED BLUEGRASS: 20 ALL-TIME FAVORITES (2008)

1970 Roy Homer  and  Associates, Clinton, MD – Bill Emerson  and  Cliff Waldron (Bill Emerson [vcl/banjo], Cliff Waldron [vcl/gt], Mike Auldridge [dobro], John Duffey [vcl/mandolin], Ed Ferris [bass], Bill Poffinberger [fiddle]. Producer: Charles R. Freeland)

072 EARLY MORNING RAIN Rebel SLP-1493 REB-CD-1123

073 WHO WILL SING FOR ME Rebel SLP-1493 REB-CD-1123

074 DOWNTOWN BLUES Rebel SLP-1493

075 THE WATER‘S SO COLD Rebel SLP-1493

076 HOME SWEET HOME Rebel SLP-1493

077 LODI Rebel SLP-1493

078 A FACE FROM ANOTHER PLACE Rebel SLP-1493

079 MAMAS HUNGRY EYES Rebel SLP-1493

080 SPANISH GRASS Rebel SLP-1493 REB-CD-1123

081 BREAK MY MIND Rebel SLP-1493

082 LAURA'S TUNE Rebel SLP-1493

083 I FEEL LONESOME TOO Rebel SLP-1493

084 WHEELS REB-CD-4000 REB-CD-1123

085 THERE'S NO ROOM IN MY HEART FOR THE BLUES REB-CD-1123         

086 SHILOH REB-CD-1123

087 I KNOW YOU'RE MARRIED REB-CD-1123

5 September 1985 Webco Recording Studio, 8705 Deanna Drive, Gaithersburg, MD – Bill Emerson and Pete Goble (Bill Emerson [banjo], Pete Goble [gt], Jimmy Gaudreau/Jeff Tuttle [mandolin], Bryan Smith [bass], Joe Meadows [fiddle]

088 THE GREY GHOST  Webco WLPS 0123 WCD-0151  

089 CURLY MAPLE  Webco WLPS 0123 WCD-0151  

090 YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE  Webco WLPS 0123 WCD-0151   

Ca 1985 Webco Recording Studio, 8705 Deanna Drive, Gaithersburg, MD – Bill Emerson and Pete Goble (Bill Emerson [vcl/banjo], Pete Goble [vcl/gt],  Jeff Tuttle [mandolin],  Mike Auldridge [dobro], Bryan Smith [bass], Joe Meadows [fiddle])

091 TENNESSEE 1949 Webco WLPS-0123  WCD-6001

092 THE OLD MAN AND THE KID Webco WLPS-0123  WCD-6001

093 HOE KICKER Webco WLPS-0123

094 COUNTRY LIFE LOOKS BETTER (TO ME NOW) Webco WLPS-0123 WCD-6001

095 LEAVIN' YOU AND MOBILE Webco WLPS-0123 WCD-6001

096 YOU CAN KEEP YOUR NINE POUND HAMMER Webco WLPS-0123 WCD-6001

097 JULIANNE Webco WLPS-0123 WCD-6001

098 BLUE VIRGINIA BLUES Webco WLPS-0123  WCD-6001

1987 Webco Recording Studio, 8705 Deanna Drive, Gaithersburg, MD – Bill Emerson (Bill Emerson [banjo], Tony Rice [gt], Jerry Douglas [dobro], Jimmy Gaudreau [mandolin], Jim Buchanan [violin])
099 HOME OF THE RED FOX  Rebel REB-1651

100 OLD TIMES IN VIRGINIA  Rebel REB-1651

101 APPALACHIANA  Rebel REB-1651

102 STONEWALL COUNTRY  Rebel REB-1651

103 COWBOYS AND INDIANS  Rebel REB-1651  

104 THEME TIME  Rebel REB-1651

105 SWEET DIXIE  Rebel REB-1651

106 DOWN TO THE WIRE  Rebel REB-1651

107 WELCOME TO NEW YORK  Rebel REB-1651  

108 TRAIL DUST  Rebel REB-1651 

February/21 March 1988 Big Mo Studio, Kensington, MD – Bill Emerson and Pete Goble

(Pete Goble [ld vcl/gt], Bill Emerson [vcl/banjo], Larry Stephenson [vcl], Steve Wilson [baritone vcl-1/dobro],  Wyatt Rice [ld gt/rh gt],   Jimmy Gaudreau [dobro],  Tom Gray [bass], Rickie Simpkins [fiddle/viola-2] / Warren Blair [fiddle]. Producer: Bill Emerson)

109 DIXIE IN MY EYE -1  Webco WRCD-0128 WCD-6001

110 BACK TO HANCOCK COUNTY  Webco WRCD-0128 WCD-6001

111 FLINT HILL SPECIAL  Webco WRCD-0128 WCD 0151

112 GONNA BE RAINING WHEN I DIE -2 Webco WRCD-0128

113 IT'S NEVER REALLY OVER  Webco WRCD-0128

114 I'M ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY  Webco WRCD-0128  WCD-6001

115 COLEEN MALONE  Webco WRCD-0128  WCD-6001

116 BACK TO SUGAR HILL -2  Webco WRCD-0128 WCD-6001

117 MANY HILLS OF TIME  Webco WRCD-0128 WCD-6001

118 MY KENTUCKY DREAM  Webco WRCD-0128  WCD-6001

30/31 January 1989 Bias Recording Company, Inc., Springfield, VA – Bill Emerson (Bill Emerson [banjo], Tony Rice [gt], Mark Schatz [banjo], Jimmy Gaudreau/Larry Stephenson [mandolin], Rickie Simpkins [fiddle])
119 SILVER BELL Rebel REB-CD-1671

120 TRUE BLUE Rebel REB-CD-1671  

121 REYNARD IN THE CANEBRAKES Rebel REB-CD-1671

122 EARL'S BREAKDOWN Rebel REB-CD-1671

123 JUMP CRICKETT JUMP Rebel REB-CD-1671

124 CHOKING THE STRINGS Rebel REB-CD-1671

125 KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE Rebel REB-CD-1671

18 December 1989 Big Mo Mobile Studio, Wheaton, MD – Bill Emerson  (Bill Emerson [banjo], Tony Rice [gt], Larry Stephenson [mandolin], Rickie Simpkins [fiddle]

126 RAWHIDE  Webco WCD-0151  

127 RANDY LYNN RAG  Webco WCD-0151  

28 December 1989 Big Mo Mobile Studio, Wheaton, MD – Bill Emerson (Bill Emerson [banjo], Tony Rice [gt], Mark Schatz [banjo], Jimmy Gaudreau/Larry Stephenson [mandolin], Rickie Simpkins [fiddle])

128 RIDIN' THE HIGH IRON Rebel REB-CD-1671

129 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG Rebel REB-CD-1671  

130 NEW CAMPTOWN RACES Rebel REB-CD-1671  

131 TENNESSEE BREAKDOWN Rebel REB-CD-1671

132 HOME SWEET HOME Rebel REB-CD-1671  

February 1988/September 1990 Big Mo Studio, Kensington, MD/19 December 1990 Doobie Shea Studios, Ferrum, VA – Bill Emerson (Bill Emerson [tenor vcl/baritone vcl/banjo], ...    Full DescriptionPete Goble [vcl/baritone/gt]. Cliff Waldron,  Jimmy Martin , Tony Rice, Wayne Taylor, Bill Harrell, Charlie Walker [vcl/gt], Doyle Lawson [tenor vcl/baritone vcl/mandolin], Larry Stephenson/Audie Blaylock [tenpr vcl/mandolin], Dan Tyminski [tenor vcl], Rickie Simpkins [baritone vcl/fiddle], Wyatt Rice [gt], Steve Wilson/Fred Travers [dobro], Jimmy Gaudreau [mandolin], Ronnie Simpkins [ac bass], Warren Blair [fiddle])
133 WE'LL MEET AGAIN SWEETHEART  Webco WRCD-0140   

134 GUNFIGHTER'S LAMENT  Webco WRCD-0140   

135 MY SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME  Webco WRCD-0140   

136 ON WHISKEY MOUNTAIN  Webco WRCD-0140  

137 LAST SONG  Webco WRCD-0140   

138 DON'T WAKE ME  Webco WRCD-0140  

139 TEACH YOUR CHILDREN  Webco WRCD-0140  

140 IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE  Webco WRCD-0140   

141 WHEN WE LOOK ON HIS FACE  Webco WRCD-0140  

142 HIGH LONESOME  Webco WRCD-0140  

143 I DON'T KNOW ONE  Webco WRCD-0140   

144 OLD SALTY DOG BLUES  Webco WRCD-0140

1994 Big Mo Studio, Kensington, MD/Bias Recording Studio, Springfield, VA – Emerson and Taylor (Bill Emerson [banjo], Wayne Taylor [vcl/gt], Dan Tyminski [vcl/mandolin], Jimmy Gaudreau [mandolin], Robert Sullivan/ Mick Nicholson/ Mark Schatz/ Ronnie Simpkins [bass], Rickie Simpkins [fiddle/ viola])

145 APPALOOSA  Webco WRCD-0146  

146 DO YOU STILL LOVE ME  Webco WRCD-0146  

147 TEX-MEX SHINDIG  Webco WRCD-0146   

148 WE USED TO HAVE IT MADE  Webco WRCD-0146  

149 SOME THINGS I HOPE I AIN'T  Webco WRCD-0146  

150 ESPANOL  Webco WRCD-0146  

151 TOO MANY TEARS  Webco WRCD-0146   

152 SONG FOR L.R.  Webco WRCD-0146   

153 OLD LONESOME ROAD BLUES  Webco WRCD-0146  

154 STORM CLOUD  Webco WRCD-0146   

155 ON THIS RAINY DAY  Webco WRCD-0146   

156 LONESOME PINE BREAKDOWN  Webco WRCD-0146  

157 ROSE  Webco WRCD-0146

1995 Bias Recording, 5400 Carolina Place, Springfield, VA – Bill Emerson (Bill Emerson [banjo], Tony Rice [gt], Jimmy Gaudreau [mandolin], Mark Schatz [bass], Rickie Simpkins [fiddle]. Producer: Bill Emerson)

158 GOOD TO GO  Webco WCD-0151  

159 PICK YOUR OWN  Webco WCD-0151   

6-7 September 1995 Bias Recording, 5400 Carolina Place, Springfield, VA – Bill Emerson (Bill Emerson [banjo], Mark Newton [rh gt], Emory Lester [ld gt/mandolin], Bog Goff Jr [bass], Pat White [fiddle]. Producer: Bill Emerson)

160 MY LITTLE HOME IN WEST VIRGINIA  Webco WCD-0151   

161 NELLIE GREY  Webco WCD-0151  

162 SOFT WINDS OF OKLAHOMA  Webco WCD-0151   

163 LITTLE FRANCE  Webco WCD-0151  

164 BILL CHEATHAM  Webco WCD-0151  

1997 Wally’s Cleaver’s Studio, 2200 Airport Ave., Fredericksburg, VA – Bill Emerson and Mark Newton (Mark Newton [vcl/multinst], Bill Emerson [vcl/banjo], Fred Travers [Dobro],  Emory Lester [gt/mandolin/baritome vcl], Bob Goff [bass/baritone vcl], Rickie Simpkins [fiddle])

165 HOME RUNMAN Pinecastle PRC-1074  

166 LONG GONE BABY Pinecastle PRC-1074 

167 THE VOW Pinecastle PRC-1074 

168 WASTIN' TIME Pinecastle PRC-1074 

169 MONROSINE Pinecastle PRC-1074 

170 OPENING DAY Pinecastle PRC-1074  

171 DON'T CRY TO ME Pinecastle PRC-1074 

172 JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY Pinecastle PRC-1074 

173 THE SINGER Pinecastle PRC-1074 

174 WHEELS Pinecastle PRC-1074  

175 LITTLE BESSIE Pinecastle PRC-1074  

176 HEADIN' WEST Pinecastle PRC-1074

2007 Moon Ridge Studio, Rockwood, MI/Phoenix Productions, Browntown, VA – Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band (Bill Emerson [banjo], Frank Solivan II [vcl/gt/mandolin], Darren Beachley [vcl/baritone/gt],; Mark Newton [vcl/gt], Paul Williams [vcl/mandolin], Pete Goble [vcl], Andy Ball [vcl/gt/banjo/mandolin], Jimmy Gaudreau [vcl/mandolin], Pat White [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Dudley Connell [gt], Gary Ferguson [gt], Tony Rice [gt], Ray Legere [fiddle])
177 RIDIN' MY THUMB TO MEXICO  Rebel REB-CD-1823 

178 HILLS OF ROANE COUNTY  Rebel REB-CD-1823

179 A LITTLE RAIN  Rebel REB-CD-1823 

180 FIDDLER'S GREEN  Rebel REB-CD-1823 

181 YARD SALE  Rebel REB-CD-1823 

182 BEAUTIFUL  Rebel REB-CD-1823 

183 LINDA LOU  Rebel REB-CD-1823

184 MAYBE SOMEDAY  Rebel REB-CD-1823

185 COLD SHEETS OF RAIN  Rebel REB-CD-1823

186 KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE  Rebel REB-CD-1823 

187 ALL MY RAMBLIN' DAYS ARE THROUGH  Rebel REB-CD-1823 

188 THERE'S NO ROOM INSIDE YOUR HEART  Rebel REB-CD-1823

189 SWEET DIXIE GIRL  Rebel REB-CD-1823 

190 ALL THE BEST  Rebel REB-CD-1823

191 THREE DAY BEARD AND A RUSTY JEEP  Rebel REB-CD-1823

2009 Phoenix Productions, 211 Lands Run Road, Browntown, VA – Bill Emerson  (Bill Emerson [banjp], Rickie Smimpkins [fiddle)

192 DON'T CARE ANYMORE  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053 

193 LOVE REUNITED  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053 

194 LIFE IN THE OLD FARM TOWN  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053 

195 MIDNIGHT TRAIN, THE  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053 

196 OLD COAL TOWN  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053

197 THE BLACK FOX  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053

198 I CAN'T FIND YOUR LOVE ANYMORE  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053

199 LITTLE STONE LAMBS  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053

200 SOMETIMES THE PLEASURE'S WORTH THE PAIN  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053 

201 GRANDPA EMORY'S BANJO  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053 

202 GRANDMA'S TATTOOS  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053

203 THE LORD WILL LIGHT THE WAY  Rural Rhythm RHY-1053 

2010 Phoenix Productions, 211 Lands Run Road,  Browntown, VA – Bill Emerson  (Bill Emerson [banjp], Marshall Wilborn [vcl], Tom Adams [gt[], Jerry Leigh Obert [fiddle)

204 NEW SAN JUAN RUR-1079 

205 JESSE JAMES RUR-1079 

206 COAST TO COAST RUR-1079 

207 CHILLY WINDS RUR-1079 

208 ESPANOL RUR-1079 

209 BED AND BREAKFAST RUR-1079 

210 DON'T COME AROUND RUR-1079 

211 RIDE IT OUT RUR-1079 

212 TEX MEX SHINDIG RUR-1079 

213 NO STEERING – NO BRAKES RUR-1079 

214 DICKENSON COUNTY BREAKDOWN RUR-1079 

215 POOR REBEL SOLDIER RUR-1079 

216 GREY GHOST RUR-1079

217 OLD CANE POLE RUR-1079  

2011 Phonix Productions, 211 Lands Run Road, Browntown, VA – Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie (Bill Emerson [banjo], Chris Stifel [vcl/gt], Wayne Lanham [vcl/mandolin], Teri Chisholm [vcl],Jenny Leigh Obert [fiddle])

218 MY BABY THINKS HE'S A TRAIN  RUR 1091  

219 CASTLE HAYNE  RUR 1091 

220 LITTLE PINK  RUR 1091

221 TOUCH OF TIME  RUR 1091

222 HOME SWEET DIXIE HOME  RUR 1091

223 TODAY I TURNED YOUR PICTURE TO THE WALL  RUR 1091 

224 THE ROPE  RUR 1091 

225 THESE ONES  RUR 1091 

226 YOU'RE THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE  RUR 1091

227 LOVE GONE COLD  RUR 1091 

228 ELECTRIC AVENUE  RUR 1091

229 LAST NIGHT I WAS THERE  RUR 1091 

230 THE GREY GHOST RUR 1091

231 OLD CANE POLE RUR 1091

2013 poss. Phoenix Productions, Browntown, VA - Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie (Bill Emerson [banjo], Chris Stifel [vcl/ac gt], Wayne Lanham [mandolin], Teri Chism [vcl/bass], Pat White/  Rickie Simpkins [fiddle], Wally Hughes [fiddle/ dobro/hmny vcl])

232 DANCIN' ANNIE RUR 1117 

233 THE ONLY WIND THAT BLOWS RUR 1117 

234 DAYS WHEN YOU WERE MINE RUR 1117 

235 STATE LINE RIDE RUR 1117 

236 WILL A LIGHT BE SHINING BRIGHT RUR 1117 

237 A FACE FROM ANOTHER PLACE RUR 1117 

238 TWO HANDS ON THE WHEEL RUR 1117 

239 THANK HIM FOR THE MIRACLE RUR 1117 

240 WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT RUR 1117 

241 WHISTLE STOP RUR 1117 

242 THIS HEART YOU HAVE BROKEN RUR 1117 

243 HE KNOWS MY NAME RUR 1117   

2015 Phoenix Productions, Browntown, VA/ Stone Bridge Studios, Warrenton, VA – Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie (Bill Emerson [vcl/banjo], Wayne Taylor [vcl], Teri Chisholm [vcl], Linda Lay [vcl-1], Randy Waller [vcl-2], Tom Adams [vcl/gt], Jimmy Gaudreau [mandolin], Wayne Kanham [vcl/mandolin], Rickie Simpkins/ Steve Thomas /Pat White [fiddle])

244 HE KNOWS MY NAME RUR 1132

245 WILL A LIGHT BE SHINING BRIGHT RUR 1132

246 WHAT A DAY -1 RUR 1132

247 LITTLE STONE LAMBS RUR 1132 

248 FIFTY MILES OF ELBOW ROOM RUR 1132

249 THANK HIM FOR THE MIRACLE RUR 1132

250 BEAUTIFUL -2 RUR 1132 

251 LAST NIGHT I WAS THERE RUR 1132 

252 DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE RUR 1132 

253 THE ROPE RUR 1132

254 KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE RUR 1132

255 THE LORD WILL LIGHT THE WAY RUR 1132

2019 unknown – Bill and Billy The Kid Emerson

256 LEAVING CALIFORNIA

257 A FACE IN THE CROWD

258 TEAR STAINED EYE

259 STOLEN CAR

Tracks above issued on EP Emerson 414

 

ALBUMS

Mount Vernon MVM-155  Pickin' And Fiddlin':  Rainbow Blues;  Breezin' By;  West Virginia Hornpipe;  New Virginia Polka; Travelin' Down U.S. Highway No. 1; Lee Highway Swing;  Lightin' Banjo;  Smokey Bill;  Horseshoes Blues;  Fingers On Fire;  Hogwash – ca. 62      

Coronet CX-188 Banjo Pickin' N' Hot Fiddlin' Country Style: Smokey Bill; Lee Highway Swing; West Virginia Hornpipe; Horseshoe Blues; Banjo Harp; Georgia Polka; Henry's Boogie; Hogwash; Rainbow Blues; Fingers On Fire - 63

Coronet CX-200 Banjo Pickin' N' Hot Fiddlin' Country Style, vol.2: . Old Joe Clark; Lonesome Road Blues;  Baby Sue; String Time; Weepin' Willow; Big Maggie; Runnin' Wild; Home Sweet Home; Sweet Dixie; The Chicken Reel; Jesse James; Push And Shove; Honeysuckle – 64

Design SDLP-636 Scotty Stoneman: Mr. Country Fiddler: Low Down Billy; Talkin‘ Fiddle Blues; Old Joe Clark; Fire On The Mountain; Billy Low Ground; Eight Of January; The Cacklin’Hen; Wildwood Flower; Orange Blossom Special; The Mocking Bird – 05-67 Scotty Stoneman (reissued as Everest CML-4 Bluegrass Fiddlin‘ Banjo Hits with bonus tracks)

Design SDLP-645 Country Banjo:  Ole Joe Clark;  Lonesome Road Blues;  Runnin' Wild;  Honeysuckle;  Baby Sue;  Weepin' Willow;  Party Time;  Feelin' Bad; String Time;  Banjo Pickin' Time – 09-69   

Rebel SLP-1485 New Shades Of Grass: If I Were A Carpenter; Indian Hill; Our Darlings Gone; Fast Freight; The Snake; Little Nellie Grey; I'm Bound To Ride; Red Wings; You Didn't Say Goodbye; Snow Buck; A Message For Peace; Wildwood Hoedown - 68 w. Cliff Waldron

Rebel SLP-1489 Bluegrass Country: Proud Mary; Runnin' South; A Lonesome Night; Midnight Special; Trouble Among The Yearlings; All The Good Times; Fox On The Run; Faded Love; Deep River; Little Old Log Cabin; Maidens Prayer; Twenty-One Years - 69 w. Cliff Waldron

Rebel SLP-1493 Emerson And Waldron Invite You To A Bluegrass Session: Early Morning Rain; Who Will Sing For Me; Downtown Blues; Home Sweet Home; Lodi; A Face From Another Place; Mamas Hungry Eyes; Spanish Grass; Break My Mind; Laura's Tune; I Feel Lonesome Too – 08-70 w. Cliff Waldron
Arion [FRA] ARN-33-717 Fiddle And Banjo Blue Grass: Low Down Billy; Talkin' Fiddlin' Blues; Ole Joe Clark; Party Time; Fire In The Mountain; Billy Low Ground; 8th Of January; Baby Sue; Runnin' Wild; Banjo Pickin' Time; Orange Blossom Hoedown; The Cacklin' Hen; Feelin' Bad; Wildwood Flower; Ole Joe Clark; Weepin' Willow; The Mocking Bird; String Time; Honeysuckle; Lonesome Road Blues – 80 w. Scotty Stoneman (Recorded 1967. Reissued on 64143 Fiddle And Banjo Hits  in 1994)

Webco WLPS-0123 Tennessee 1949: Tennessee 1949; The Old Man And The Kid; Hoe Kicker; Country Life Looks Better (To Me Now); Curly Maple; Leavin' You And Mobile; You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer; Julianne; You Can Run (But You Can't Hide); Blue Virginia Blues; The Grey Ghost – 21-10-86 w. Pete Goble

Rebel REB-1651 Home Of The Red Fox: Home Of The Red Fox; Old Times In Virginia; Appalachiana; Stonewall Country; Cowboys And Indians; Theme Time; Sweet Dixie; Down To The Wire; Welcome To New York; Trail Dust - 87

Webco WLPS/WRCD-0128 Dixie In My Eye: Dixie In My Eye; Back To Hancock County; Flint Hill Special; Gonna Be Raining When I Die; It's Never Really Over; I'm Only A Phone Call Away; Coleen Malone; Back To Sugar Hill; Many Hills Of Time; My Kentucky Dream – 15-03-89 w. Pete Goble

Rebel REB-CD-1671 Gold Plated Banjo: Ridin' The High Iron; Black Mountain Rag; New Camptown Races; Silver Bell; Tennessee Breakdown; True Blue; Reynard In The Canebrakes; Earl's Breakdown; Home Sweet Home; Jump Crickett Jump; Choking The Strings; Knights Of The Golden Horseshoe – 10-05-90

Webco WRCD-0140 Reunion:  We'll Meet Again Sweetheart;  Gunfighter's Lament;  My Smoky Mountain Home;  On Whiskey Mountain; Last Song;  Don't Wake Me; Teach Your Children; It Takes One To Know One;  When We Look On His Face; High Lonesome; I Don't Know One;  Old Salty Dog Blues – 09-91  

Webco WRCD-0146 Appaloosa:  Appaloosa;  Do You Still Love Me;  Tex-Mex Shindig;  We Used To Have It Made;  Some Things I Hope I Ain't;  Espanol;  Too Many Tears;  Song For L.R.;  Old Lonesome Road Blues;  Storm Cloud;  On This Rainy Day;  Lonesome Pine Breakdown; Rose – 01-07-94 Emerson and Taylor

Webco WCD-6001 Webco Classics, Vol. 1: Dixie In My Eye; Back To Hancock County; I'm Only A Phone Call Away; Coleen Malone; Back To Sugar Hill; Many Hills Of Time; My Kentucky Dream; Tennessee 1949; Old Man And The Kid; Country Life Looks Better; Leavin' You And Mobile Too; You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer; Julianne; Blue Virginia Blues – 05-09-95

Webco WEB-0151 Banjo Man:  My Little Home In West Virginia;  Rawhide;  Grey Ghost;  Nellie Grey;  Randy Lynn Rag;  Good To Go;  Curly Maple; Soft Winds Of Oklahoma;  Pick Your Own;  You Can Run But You Can't Hide;  Little France;  Bill Cheatham;  Flint Hill Special -  27-02-96

Rebel REB-CD-1123 The Best Of Emerson and Waldron:  Early Morning Rain;  I'm Bound To Ride;  There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues;  Fox On The Run; Spanish Grass;  Lonesome Night;  Deep River;  If I Were A Carpenter;  Shiloh;  Little Maggie;  Our Darling's Gone;  Wheels;  Proud Mary;  I Know You're Married;  You Didn't Say Goodbye;  Who Will Sing For Me? – 97 w. Cliff Waldron

Pinecastle PRC-1074  A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future: Home RunMan;  Long Gone Baby; The Vow;  Wastin' Time; Monrosine; Opening Day;  Don't Cry to Me; Just a Stone's Throw Away; The Singer; Wheels;  Little Bessie;  Headin' West -  17-02-98 w. Mark Newton

Rebel REB-CD-1823 Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band: Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico; Hills of Roane County; A Little Rain; Fiddler's Green; Yard Sale; Beautiful; Linda Lou; Maybe Someday; Cold Sheets of Rain; Keep on the Sunny Side of Life; All My Ramblin' Days Are Through; There's No Room Inside Your Heart; Sweet Dixie Girl; All the Best; Three Day Beard and a Rusty Jeep – 09-10-07

Rural Rhythm RHY-1053 Southern:  Don't Care Anymore; Love Reunited; Life In The Old Farm Town; Midnight Train, The; Old Coal Town; The Black Fox; I Can't Find Your Love Anymore; Little Stone Lambs; Sometimes The Pleasure's Worth The Pain; Grandpa Emory's Banjo; Grandma's Tattoos; The Lord Will Light The Way – 12-01-10

Rural Rhythm RUR-1079 Eclipse: New San Juan; Jesse James; Coast To Coast; Chilly Winds; Espanol; Bed And Breakfast; Don't Come Around; Ride It Out; Tex Mex Shindig; No Steering – No Brakes; Dickenson County Breakdown; Poor Rebel Soldier; Grey Ghost; Old Cane Pole – 05-04-11

Rural Rhythm RUR-1091 The Touch Of Time: My Baby Thinks He's A Train;  Castle Hayne; Little Pink; Touch Of Time; Home Sweet Dixie Home; Today I Turned Your Picture To The Wall; The Rope; These Ones; You're The Highlight Of My Life; Love Gone Cold; Electric Avenue; Last Night I Was There; The Grey Ghost; Old Cane Pole- 31-01-12

Rural Rhythm RUR 1117 Dancin' Annie: Dancin' Annie; The Only Wind That Blows; Days When You Were Mine; State Line Ride; Will a Light Be Shining Bright; A Face from Another Place; Two Hands on the Wheel; Thank Him for the Miracle; Walkin' After Midnight; Whistle Stop; This Heart You Have Broken; He Knows My Name - 04-05-14

Rural Rhythm RUR 1132 The Gospel Side of Bill Emerson And Sweet Dixie: He Knows My Name; Will A Light Be Shining Bright;  What A Day; Little Stone Lambs;  Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room; Thank Him For The Miracle; Beautiful;  Last Night I Was There;  Drifting Too Far From The Shore;  The Rope;  Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life;  The Lord Will Light The Way – 18-09-15
Patuxent CD 377 String Time/ 1962-1963/ Early Recordings: Old Joe Clark; Lonesome Road Blues; Baby Sue (Old Spinning Wheel); String Time (Theme Time); Weepin’ Willow (Bury Me Beneath the Willow); Big Maggie (Aunt Dinah’s Quilting Party); Lightnin’ Banjo (Lonesome Road Blues); Runnin’ Wild (Cumberland Gap); Home Sweet Home; Sweet Dixie; The Chicken Reel; Jesse James; Push and Shove (Back Up and Push); Honeysuckle (Littie Maggie); Banjo Harp (Little Darling Pal of Mine); Hogwash (Hey Mr. Banjo); Rainbow Blues (Fireball Mail); Fingers On Fire (John Henry); Party Time (When You and I Were Young, Maggie); Banjo Pickin’ Time (Rainbow) – 12-06-24

EPs

Acoustigrass ? (UPC822371158520) Emerson 414: Leaving California; A Face in the Crowd; Tear Stained Eye; Stolen Car – 02-08-19

 

SINGLES

Ka$h (1963)

1018 Please Keep Remembering / Love’s Chance Again – 63 w. Yates Brothers

Rebel (1968-70)

F 281 Deep River / Over Yonder Stands Little Maggie - 68 w. Cliff Waldron   

F 290 Proud Mary / Faded Love - 69 w. Cliff Waldron