Benton Flippen

 *1920 Surry County, NC, +28-06-2011
2nd version
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1974 or sooner unknown - Benton Flippen and the Smokey Mountain Boys
001 PRETTY LITTLE GIRL County 746 CO-CD-6001 ()
002 BENTON'S DREAM County 746
COUNTY  746 BLUE RIDGE BARN DANCE (1974)
COUNTY CO-CD-6001 LEGENDS OF OLD-TIME MUSIC : FIFTY YEARS OF COUNTY RECORDS (2015)
15 February 1984 WPAQ radion station, Mount Airy, NC - Benton Flippen and Smokey Valley Boys (Benton Flippen [fiddle], Paul Sutphin [gt], Frank Bode [gt], Verlen Clifton [mandolin], Paul Brown [banjo])
003 STEP BACK CINDY 5SP08004
004 RACHEL 5SP08004  
005 REDBIRD 5SP08004  
006 SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD 5SP08004
007 SUGAR TREE STOMP 5SP08004  
008 POLE CAT BLUES 5SP08004
009 GO HOME 5SP08004
010 DURHAM'S BULL 5SP08004
011 JUNE APPLE 5SP08004  
012 CRICKET ON THE HEARTH 5SP08004  
013 FIDDLER'S DREAM 5SP08004  
014 FLORIDA BLUES 5SP08004  
015 KATY HILL 5SP08004
016 COUNTRY BAPTIZING 5SP08004  
017 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER 5SP08004  
018 SAIL AWAY LADIES 5SP08004  
019 LET ME FALL 5SP08004  
020 SALLY ANN 5SP08004  
021 SUSAN ANNA GAL 5SP08004  
022 COTTON EYED JOE 5SP08004  
1994 unknown – Benton Flippen (Producer: Styephen Heller, Sherry Boyd, Kyle Creed, Ralph Peterson, David Guy)
023 BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN  Rounder CD-0326
024 SALT RIVER  Rounder CD-0326
025 MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE  Rounder CD-0326
026 TRAIN 45  Rounder CD-0326
027 EIGHTH OF JANUARY  Rounder CD-0326
028 DURHAM'S BULL  Rounder CD-0326
029 SALT RIVER  Rounder CD-0326
030 RICKETTS HORNPIPE  Rounder CD-0326
031 CARROLL COUNTRY BLUES  Rounder CD-0326
032 LEATHER BRITCHES  Rounder CD-0326
033 THIS WORLD CAN'T STAND LONG  Rounder CD-0326
034 JUNE APPLE  Rounder CD-0326
035 BREAKING UP CHRISTMAS  Rounder CD-0326
036 RAGGEDY ANN  Rounder CD-0326
037 KATY HILL  Rounder CD-0326
038 BENTON'S DREAM  Rounder CD-0326
039 I'LL BE SOMEWHERE  Rounder CD-0326
040 FISHERS HORNPIPE  Rounder CD-0326
041 KANSAS CITY RAILROAD BLUES  Rounder CD-0326
042 NOBODY'S BUSINESS  Rounder CD-0326
043 LONG TONGUED WOMAN  Rounder CD-0326
044 I DON'T LOVE NOBODY  Rounder CD-0326
045 SALLY IN THE TURNIP PATCH  Rounder CD-0326
046 PRETTY LITTLE GIRL  Rounder CD-0326
047 COUNTRY BAPTIZING  Rounder CD-0326
048 LOST INDIAN  Rounder CD-0326
049 SALLY ANN  Rounder CD-0326
25 May/10 July 2003 unknown – Benton Flippen and The Smokey Valley Boys (Benton Flippen [fiddle], Andy Edmonds [vcl/gt], Gene Hall [gt], Roger Wilson [banjo], Ernest Joines/ Ken Allred [bass])
050 SOLDIER'S JOY MMCD 79
051 SAIL AWAY LADIES MMCD 79  
052 FIDDLER'S REEL MMCD 79  
053 CLOSE BY MMCD 79  
054 REUBEN'S TRAIN MMCD 79  
055 TEXAS BREAKDOWN MMCD 79  
056 FIDDLER'S DREAM MMCD 79  
057 RAGTIME ANNIE MMCD 79
058 TOMAHAWK MMCD 79  
059 FOURTUNE MMCD 79  
060 WHISTLIN' RUFUS MMCD 79  
061 CHINESE BREAKDOWN MMCD 79  
062 HAVEN'T SEEN MARY IN YEARS MMCD 79  
063 OLD JOE CLARK REEL MMCD 79  
064 POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON MMCD 79
065 THIS AND THAT MMCD 79  
066 CRICKET ON THE HEARTH MMCD 79  
067 CACKLIN' HEN MMCD 79  
068 LIBERTY MMCD 79
069 STONE'S RAG MMCD 79  
070 SUSANNA GAL MMCD 79  
071 SWEET MARIE MMCD 79  
072 PEACOCK RAG MMCD 79  
073 BREAKING UP CHRISTMAS MMCD 79  

2006 Heritage Studios, Hollywood, CA - Benton Flippen and The Smokey Valley Boys (Benton Flippen [fiddle], Gene Hall [gt], Bobby Patterson [mandolin/rh gt], Roger Wilson [banjo], Stu Geisbert [bass])
074 POLE CAT BLUES HR-CD-159  
075 RUBIN'S TRAIN HR-CD-159
076 POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON HR-CD-159
077 SWEET MARIE HR-CD-159  
078 FORTUNE HR-CD-159
079 DUCK'S ON THE MILLPOND  HR-CD-159
080 LOST INDIAN HR-CD-159  
081 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER HR-CD-159  
082 OLD JOE CLARK HR-CD-159  
083 TEXAS BREAKDOWN HR-CD-159  
084 BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN HR-CD-159  
088 SOLDIER'S JOY HR-CD-159   
2009 unknown – Benton Flippen and The Smokey Valley Boys (Benton Flippen [fiddle], F.Bode [vcl/gt]. Andy Edmonds [vcl/gt/ banjo], W. Clifton [mandolin], K. Fore [banjo])
089 LOST TRAIN BLUES MMCD 111
090 SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD MMCD 111  
091 THE JAYBIRD DIED OF WHOPPING COUGH MMCD 111
092 LOGAN COUNTY BLUES MMCD 111  
093 MY HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS MMCD 111  
094 LOST INDIAN MMCD 111  
095 WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ MMCD 111
096 CACKLIN' HEN MMCD 111  
097 CIDER MMCD 111  
098 RED BIRD MMCD 111
099 SUGAR HILL MMCD 111  
100 FLOP EARED MULE MMCD 111
101 CUMBERLAND GAP MMCD 111  
102 SUNNY HOME IN DIXIE MMCD 111
103 SOPPIN' THE GRAVY MMCD 111
104 SUGAR IN THE GOURD MMCD 111  
105 AIN'T GONNA WORK TOMORROW MMCD 111
106 THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME MMCD 111  
107 REUBEN'S TRAIN MMCD 111  
108 GOODNIGHT WALTZ MMCD 111   


ALBUMS
Rounder CD-0326 Old Time, New Times: Bile Them Cabbage Down; Salt River  (band); More Pretty Girls Than One; Train; Eight of January; Durham's Bull; Salt River  (banjo); Rickett's Hornpipe; Carroll County Blues; Leather Britches; This World Can't Stand Long; June Apple; Breaking up Christmas; Raggedy Ann; Katy Hill; Benton's Dream; I'll Be Somewhere; Fishers Hornpipe; Kansas City Railroad Blues; Nobody's Business; Long Tongue Woman; I Don't Love Nobody; Sally in the Turnip Patch; Pretty Little Girl; Country Baptizing; Lost Indian; Sally Ann – 02-08-94
Music Maker MMCD79 Fiddler’s Dream: Soldier's Joy; Sail Away Ladies; Fiddler's Reel; Close By; Reuben's Train; Texas Breakdown; Fiddler's Dream; Ragtime Annie; Tomahawk; Fourtune; Whistlin' Rufus; Chinese Breakdown; Haven't Seen Mary In Years; Old Joe Clark Reel; Polly Put The Kettle On; This And That; Cricket On The Hearth; Cacklin' Hen; Liberty; Stone's Rag; Susanna Gal; Sweet Marie; Peacock Rag; Breaking Up Christmas – 03

Heritage HR-CD-159 Beware Of Dog: Pole Cat Blues; Rubin's Train; Polly Put The Kettle On; Sweet Marie; Fortune; Duck's On The Millpond ; Lost Indian; Mississippi Sawyer;     Old Joe Clark; Texas Breakdown; Bile Them Cabbage Down; Soldier's Joy - 06
5-String Productions 5SP08004 An Evening At WPAQ, 1984: Step Back Cindy; Rachel; Redbird; Sittin' On Top Of The World; Sugar Tree Stomp; Pole Cat Blues; Go Home;; Durham's Bull; June Apple; Cricket On The Hearth; Fiddler's Dream; Florida Blues; Katy Hill; Country Baptizing; Mississippi Sawyer; Sail Away Ladies; Let Me Fall; Sally Ann; Susan Anna Gal; Cotton Eyed Joe – 08
Music Maker  MMCD 111 270 Haystick Rd: Lost Train Blues; Sittin' On Top Of The World; The Jaybird Died Of Whopping Cough; Logan County Blues; My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains; Lost Indian; Wednesday Night Waltz; Cacklin' Hen; Cider; Red Bird; Sugar Hill; Flop Eared Mule; Cumberland Gap; Sunny Home In Dixie; Soppin' The Gravy; Sugar In The Gourd; Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow; The Girl I Left Behind Me; Reuben's Train; Goodnight Waltz – 08-01-10