Valerie Smith

 5th version
by Praguefrank , Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS
1997 Home Place Studio, Nashville, TN – Valerie Smith (Valerie Smith [vcl/ac gt], Charlie Louvin [vcl], Harold Kennedy [gt], Ronnie McCoury [ac gt/mandolin], Jerry Douglas [dobro/steel/wisenborn], Roland White [mandolin], Gene Libbea [bass], Larry Atamanuik/Monty Mendenhell [percussion], Stuart Duncan [fiddle], Shane Hicks [piano], Alan O'Bryant, Claire Lynch, Debbie Champion, Shelton Feazell, Kathy Chiavola [bck vcl]. Producer: Alan O’Bryant))
001 RED CLAY HALO Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601 BBR 023
002 LONESOME MIDNIGHT TRAIN Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
003 MY HEART WON'T LET YOUR MEMORY GO AWAY Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
004 MAN IN THE MIDDLE Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
005 SECOND FIDDLE (TO AN OLD GUITAR) Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
006 SUMMER'S LAST DANCE Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601 
007 BITTERSWEET Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
008 FAST TRAIN THROUGH ARKANSAS Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
009 MY BABY'S GONE Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
010 GREENER PASTURES Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
011 LIFE'S ROUGH AND ROCKY ROAD Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
012 PATCHWORK HEART Bell Buckle BB 002 Rebel REB-CD-0601
1999 Nashville, TN – Valerie Smith (Valerie Smith [vcl], Tim O'Brien [vcl/bouzouki], Brian Sutton [gt], Jim Hurst [ac gt], Allen Watkins [ac gt], Jerry Douglas [dobro], Stuart Duncan [mandolin/fiddle], Roland White [mandolin], Jonell Mosser [bck vcl]. Producer: Alan O‘ Beyant)
013 I FEEL THE BLUES MOVING IN Rebel REB-CD-0602 BBR 023
014 OH MANDOLIN Rebel REB-CD-0602
015 SWEETER FIELD OF CLOVER Rebel REB-CD-0602
016 BIG OL' TRAIN Rebel REB-CD-0602 BBR 023
017 TIMES LIKE THESE Rebel REB-CD-0602
018 SIMPSON'S HOLLER Rebel REB-CD-0602
019 DANCIN' BY THE RIVER Rebel REB-CD-0602
020 TURTLE WINGS Rebel REB-CD-0602 BBR 023
021 HAND ME DOWN Rebel REB-CD-0602
022 SOMEDAY CAME TODAY Rebel REB-CD-0602
023 GOOD MAN Rebel REB-CD-0602
024 NOW HE'S GONE Rebel REB-CD-0602
025 MAMA'S ROSES Rebel REB-CD-0602
Spring 2001 Nashville, TN - Ralph Stanley and Clinch Mountain Boys and Valerie Smith
026 I'LL REMEMBER YOU LOVE IN MY PRAYERS REB-CD-1770
2001 Sound Wave Recording, Nashville, TN – Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike (Valerie Smith [vcl], Stephen Mougin [gt/bck vcl], Randall Conn [banjo/dobro], John Wesley Lee [mandolin], Daniel Hardin [bass], Becky Butler [fiddle/bck vcl]. Producer: Richard Adler)
027 SAWMILL MAN Rebel REB-CD-0603
028 SARAH Rebel REB-CD-0603
029 NO SUMMER STORM Rebel REB-CD-0603 BBR 023
030 FACOB SPENCE Rebel REB-CD-0603
031 LOVE WAGON Rebel REB-CD-0603
032 LET'S LET IT GO Rebel REB-CD-0603
033 SIT DOWN AND CRY Rebel REB-CD-0603
034 WALK AWAY Rebel REB-CD-0603 BBR 023
035 LORD, I'M READY NOW Rebel REB-CD-0603
036 I'M LOOKIN' FOR A MAN Rebel REB-CD-0603
037 WHERE THE BLUEBELLS GROW Rebel REB-CD-0603
2004 Sound Wave Recording, Nashville, TN - Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike (Valerie Smith [vcl], Andy Hall [resonator gt], Becky Buller [claw hammer banjo/fiddle/viola], John Wesley Lee [mandola/mandolin])
038 HEAVEN IS WAITING Bell Buckle BBR 017
039 FILL MY EVERY NEED Bell Buckle BBR 017
040 IN THOSE MINES Bell Buckle BBR 017 BBR 023
041 ENGINEER Bell Buckle BBR 017 BBR 023
042 HEALING HILLS Bell Buckle BBR 017
043 BUZZED Bell Buckle BBR 017 BBR 023
044 FALLING Bell Buckle BBR 017 BBR 023
045 SARAH HOGAN Bell Buckle BBR 017
046 ROCKY ISLAND Bell Buckle BBR 017
047 SALLY GOODEN Bell Buckle BBR 017
048 PLANET OR A STAR Bell Buckle BBR 017
049 THAT'S WHAT LOVE CAN DO Bell Buckle BBR 017
050 THUNDER CLOUDS OF LOVE Bell Buckle BBR 017
051 PEACE OF THE RIVER Bell Buckle BBR 017
2006 Paul Hopkins Studio, Shelbyville, TN - Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike (Valerie Smith [vcl], Jonathan Maness [gt/mandolin], Becky Buller [claw hammer banjo/fiddle], Casey Grimes [bass])
052 THE RAIN Bell Buckle BBR 018
053 MUSIC TO MY EARS Bell Buckle BBR 018
054 BLOSSOMS ON THE ALMOND TREE Bell Buckle BBR 018
055 WINGS TO FLY Bell Buckle BBR 018
056 SOUL PHONE Bell Buckle BBR 018
057 GETTING READY FOR SUNDAY Bell Buckle BBR 018
058 SEEDS Bell Buckle BBR 018
059 MY JESUS Bell Buckle BBR 018
060 GOD'S REFRIGERATOR Bell Buckle BBR 018
061 MAKE HIM A SOLDIER Bell Buckle BBR 018
062 RAISE THIS RIVER Bell Buckle BBR 018
24 February 2007 [live-Wintergrass]  Tacoma, WA -  Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike
06201 THE RAIN
06202 BUZZED
06203 WINGS TO FLY
06204 FREEBORN MAN
06205 FIREBALL
06206 PLANET OR A STAR
06207 ENGINEER
06208 OPAL RUBY AND PEARL
06209 TAKE ME OVER JORDAN
06210 IN THOSE MINES
06211 ANGELINE THE BAKER
06212 SOUL PHONE
06213 FALLING
06214 RED CLAY HALO
2008 O'Banyon's Terrace Studio, Pegram, TN/Paul Hopkins Studio, Shelbyville, TN – Valerie Smith and Becky Buller
063 I GOT A LETTER Bell Buckle BBR 021
064 LIFE IS NOT A GUARANTEE Bell Buckle BBR 021
065 HEART OF THE HOUSE Bell Buckle BBR 021
066 TENNESSEE COURTIN' TIME Bell Buckle BBR 021
067 COTTONMILL Bell Buckle BBR 021
068 WHISPER BABY Bell Buckle BBR 021
069 HAND OF HELP Bell Buckle BBR 021
070 THERE IS A TIME Bell Buckle BBR 021
071 THE RIVER Bell Buckle BBR 021
072 HOT GREASE AT MIDNIGHT Bell Buckle BBR 021
073 FOUR WET PIGS Bell Buckle BBR 021
074 YOUR GOODNIGHT IS MY GOOD-BYE Bell Buckle BBR 021
2010 unknown, TN – Valerie Smith (Valerie Smith [vcl/gt/ banjo/mandolin], Becky Buller [gt/fiddle] + more unknown musicians)
075 BLAME IT ON THE BLUEGRASS Bell Buckle BBR 022
076 WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES Bell Buckle BBR 022
077 SLOW HEALING HEART Bell Buckle BBR 022
078 FOUR LEAF CLOVER Bell Buckle BBR 022
079 A GOOD DAY LORD Bell Buckle BBR 022
080 NO VACANCY Bell Buckle BBR 022
2010 unknown, TN – Valerie Smith
081 SEND YOUSELF HOME AT CHRISTMAS  Bell Buckle digital single
2012 unknown, TN – Valerie Smith
082 SHUT IN AT CHRISTMAS Bell Buckle digital single
2014 Tree House Studio, Ridgetop, TN – Valerie Smith (Valerie Smith [vcl/gt], Tim May [ac gt/mandolin], Smith-Curry [steel], Aubrey Haynie [fiddle], Carl Jackson, Valerie Storey [hmny vcl]. Producer: Mike Scott
083 HERE COMES THE SUN  Bell Buckle BBR 024  
084 I'M NOT LISA  Bell Buckle BBR 024  
085 MAN IN THE MIRROR  Bell Buckle BBR 024  
086 I DON'T CARE (JUST AS LONG AS LOVE ME)  Bell Buckle BBR 024  
087 WHERE I USED TO HAVE A HEART  Bell Buckle BBR 024  
088 IF EVER WE SHOULD MEET AGAIN  Bell Buckle BBR 024  
089 REACH  Bell Buckle BBR 024  
090 THAT'S ALL  Bell Buckle BBR 024  
091 FIREFLIES (PARTIAL TRACK)  Bell Buckle BBR 024   
2014 unknown – Valerie Smith
092 BREAK FREE digital single [rel. Aug. 15]
2016 Patuxent Studios, Rockville, MD – Valerie Smith and Linerty pike, *with , with Tom Gray (Valerie Smith [vcl/gt], Lisa Kay Howard-Hughes [mandolin/hmny vcl], Joe Zauner [banjo/ gt], Tom Gray [bass/hmny vcl], Wally Hughes [fiddle/ Dobro/ vcl]. Producer: Valerie Smith)
093 LITTLE LIZA JANE Bell Buckle BBR 400 
094 SOMETHING ABOUT A TRAIN Bell Buckle BBR 400 
095 BOTTLE OF TEARS Bell Buckle BBR 400 
096 SO LONG, LINDYTOWN Bell Buckle BBR 400 
097 WINTER'S DREAM Bell Buckle BBR 400 
098 BLUEGRASS DOLLARS Bell Buckle BBR 400 
099 I TOOK MAMA TO THE OPRY Bell Buckle BBR 400
100 SMALL TOWN HERO Bell Buckle BBR 400
101 FARMER'S PRAYER Bell Buckle BBR 400
102 WALL STREET Bell Buckle BBR 400 
103 WAYFARING STRANGER Bell Buckle BBR 400 
104 BESSIE'S TUNE* Bell Buckle BBR 400 
2018 unknown – Valerie Smith
105 DRY TOWN digital single [rel. Nov. 30]
2020 unknown – Valerie Smith
106 TALKIN‘ TO DADDY digital single [rel. March 27]
2020 unknown – Valerie Smith feat, Irene Kelley, Claire Lynch
107 FROM A DISTANCE digital single [rel. Apr. 10]
2020 unknown – Circa Blue and Valerie Smith
108 I SING YOUR SONG digital single [rel. March 27]
2020 unknown – Valerie Smith
109 ABLE SERVANT
110 STORMS OF LIFE
111 HEAVEN IS HOLDING YOU
112 LIFE'S ROADTOOTIE MCGEE
113 JESUS DRAW ME EVER NEARER
114 THE BEST IS YET TO COME
115 BUSTING GROUND
Tracks above issued on EP Ann Miller Songs
2021 Tree House Studio, Ridgetop, TN – Valerie Smith, with Liberty Peak [-1], The McCrary Sisters [-2] (Valerie Smith [vcl]. Bob Miner [ac gt], Wally Hughes [ac gt/strings/bck vcl], Sammy Shelor/Joe Zauner [banjo], Andy Leftwich [mandolin], Sally Hughes [dobro], Lisa Kay Howard-Hughes [mandolin/bck vcl] Tom Gray/Dave Roe [bass], Stephen Burwell [fiddle], Kevin McKendree [strings], Tanya Dennis, Donna Ulisse, Jerry Salley [hmny vcl] . Producer: Tim Carter)
116 I'M FINE BEIN' ME-1 BBR 4042
117 HEARTBREAK HILL  BBR 4042
118 ON THAT TRAIN  BBR 4042
119 DANCING WITH THE STARS  BBR 4042
120 HEART OF SORROW  BBR 4042
121 THE RIVER WHISPERS  BBR 4042
122 I FOUND  BBR 4042
123 BIG RED  BBR 4042
124 DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR HEART IS?  BBR 4042
125 THE GREAT I AM -2  BBR 4042
126 HEAVEN IS HOLDING YOU  BBR 4042
127 A DOLLAR LOOKED MIGHTY GOOD  BBR 4042
128 ENTER IN  BBR 4042
129 UNCHAINED  BBR 4042
2021 unknown – Valerie Smith and Donna Ulisse
130 MAYBE I’M CRAZY digital single [rel. July 30]
2023 unknown   Valerie Smith, Jack Dunlap, Robert Mabe,  Danny Knicely
131 WE THREE KINGS digital single [rel. Nov. 10]1
2024 unknown   Valerie Smith
132 WALK RIGHT BACK  digital single [rel. July 22]
133 WHAT I‘VE GOT RIGHT HERE digital single [rel. Aug. 30]
2024 unknown   Valerie Smith
134 SONGBIRD ROAD  digital single [rel. Jan. 10, 2025]
2023-2025 Tree House Studio,  Ridgetop, TN/ Digital Underground Studio, Greenbrier, TN – Valerie Smith (Valerie Smith [vcl/spoken word], Cody Kilby [ac gt/ mandolin], Scott Vestal [banjo], Evan Wilson [bass],  Stephen Burwell [fiddle], Donna Ulisse, Josie Smith, Mike Rogers, Rosa Vestal,  Aaron Vestal [bck vcl]. Producer: Donna Ulisse)
135 INTRODUCTION: THE DREAM STORY
136 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 1
137 THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO
138 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 2
139 STARTED WRONG IN THIS LIFE
140 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 3
141 WARM MY FEET AND CRY
142 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 4
143 OH DEAR READER
144 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 5
145 JEALOUS
146 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 6
147 I NEVER LEARNED TO LOVE HIM
148 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 7
149 MY LIFE OF STRIFE
150 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 8
151 MISERY OF GREEN
152 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 9\
153 BLUE BOTTLE OF BAD
154 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 10
155 ALVA’S LULLABY
156 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 11
157 JIM O’DELL, STRAIGHT FROM HELL
158 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 12
159 WHAT A SHAME FOR A GIRL LIKE ME
160 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 13
161 WHEN YOU AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’
162 MAGGIE’S READING, PT. 14
163 A RAGGIE THING LIKE ME
164  MAGGIE’S FINAL THOUGHTS - THE END
Tracks above issued on album Maggie’s Journal
2025 unknown – Valerie Smith
165 WHAT’LL I DO OIF I DON’T HAVE YOU digital single [rel. Oct. 20]

ALBUMS
Bell Buckle BB 002 Patchwork Heart: Red Clay Halo; Lonesome Midnight Train; My Heart Won't Let Your Memory Go Away; Man In The Middle; Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar); Summer's Last Dance; Bittersweet; Fast Train Through Arkansas; My Baby's Gone; Greener Pastures; Life's Rough And Rocky Road; Patchwork Heart – 97 (reissued on Rebel REB-CD-0601 in 1998)
Rebel REB-CD-0602 Turtle Wings: I Feel The Blues Moving In; Oh Mandolin; Sweeter Field Of Clover; Big Ol' Train; Times Like These; Simpson's Holler; Dancin' By The River; Turtle Wings; Hand Me Down; Someday Came Today; Good Man; Now He's Gone; Mama's Roses – 30-05-00
Rebel REB-CD 0603 No Summer Storm: Sawmill Man; Sarah; No Summer Storm; Facob Spence; Love Wagon; Let's Let It Go; Sit Down and Cry; Walk Away; Lord, I'm Ready Now; I'm Lookin' For a Man; Where the Bluebells Grow – 30-11-01 w. Liberty Pike
Bell Buckle BBR 017 That's What Love Can Do: Heaven Is Waiting; Fill My Every Need; In Those Mines; Engineer; Healing Hills; Buzzed; Falling; Sarah Hogan; Rocky Island; Sally Gooden; Planet Or A Star; That's What Love Can Do; Thunder Clouds Of Love; Peace Of The River – 06-07-05 w. Liberty Pike
Bell Buckle BBR 018 Wash Away Your Troubles: The Rain; Music To My Ears; Blossoms On The Almond Tree; Wings To Fly; Soul Phone; Getting Ready For Sunday; Seeds; My Jesus; God's Refrigerator; Make Him A Soldier; Raise This River – 12-09-06 w. Liberty Pike
Festival Link ? Festival Link Presents Valerie Smith And Liberty Peak At Wiintergrass 2/24/07: The Rain; Buzzed; Wings To Fly; Freeborn Man; Fireball; Planet Or A Star; Engineer; Opal Ruby And Pearl; Take Me Over Jordan; In Those Mines; Angeline The Baker; Soul Phone; Falling; Red Clay Halo - 07
Bell Buckle BBR 021 Here's A Little Song:. I Got A Letter; Life Is Not A Guarantee; Heart Of The House; Tennessee Courtin' Time; Cottonmill; Whisper Baby; Hand Of Help; There Is A Time; The River; Hot Grease At Midnight; Four Wet Pigs; Your Goodnight Is My Good-Bye – 08 w. Becky Buller
Bell Buckle BBR 023 Some Of My Favorites: Engineer;  In Those Mines;  Fallin';  No Summer Storm;  Walk Away;  Dancin' By the River;  Wings to Fly;  Red Clay Halo;  Turtle Wings;  Big Ol' Train;  Buzzed;  I Feel the Blues Moving In – 17-03-14
Bell Buckle BBR 024 The Human Condition:  Here Comes the Sun;  I'm Not Lisa;  Man in the Mirror;  I Don't Care (Just as Long as Love Me);  Where I Used to Have a Heart;  If Ever We Should Meet Again;  Reach;  That's All;  Fireflies (Partial Track) – 25-11-14
Bell Buckle BBR 400 Small Town Heroes: Little Liza Jane; Something About a Train; Bottle of Tears; So Long, Lindytown; Winter's Dream; Bluegrass Dollars; I Took Mama to the Opry; Small Town Hero; Farmer's Prayer; Wall Street; Wayfaring Stranger; Bessie's Tune (feat. Tom Gray) - 01-10-16
Bell Buckle BBR 4042 Renaissance: I'm Fine Bein' Me (Feat. Liberty Pike); Heartbreak Hill;  On That Train;  Dancing With The Stars;  Heart Of Sorrow;  The River Whispers;  I Found;  Big Red;  Do You Know Where Your Heart Is?; The Great I Am (Feat. The McCrary Sisters); Heaven Is Holding You;  A Dollar Looked Mighty Good;  Enter In;  Unchained – 03-09-21
Bell Buckle BR 20250 Maggie's Journal: Introduction: The Dream Story;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 1;  That Was a Long Time Ago;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 2;  Started Wrong in This Life;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 3;  Warm My Feet and Cry;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 4;  Oh Dear Reader;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 5;  Jealous;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 6;  I Never Learned to Love Him;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 7;  My Life of Strife;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 8;  Misery of Green;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 9;  Blue Bottle of Bad;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 10;  Alva’s Lullaby;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 11;  Jim O’dell, Straight from Hell;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 12;  What a Shame for a Girl Like Me;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 13;  When You Ain’t Got Nothin’;  Maggie’s Reading, Pt. 14;  A Raggie Thing Like Me;  Maggie’s Final Thoughts - The End – 05-01-26 (double)


EPs
Bell Buckle BBR 022 Blame It On The Bluegrass: Blame It On The Bluegrass; Where The Sun Never Shines; Slow Healing Heart; Four Leaf Clover; A Good Day Lord; No Vacancy – 23-11-10
Bell Buckle ? Ann Miller Songs: Able Servant; Storms Of Life; Heaven Is Holding You;  Life's RoadTootie McGee;  Jesus Draw Me Ever Nearer; The Best Is Yet To Come;  Busting Ground – 29-10-20 (digital)