Fred Cockerham

*03-11-1905 NC, +08-07-1980

2nd version

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1964 unknown - Wade Ward, Kyle Creed, Fred Cockerman, George Stoneman (Wade Ward [banjo], Kyle Creed [banjo/ fiddle], Fred Cockerham [vcl/banjo/fiddle], George Stoneman [banjo])

001 JUNE APPLE County 701 

002 JOHN LOVER'S GONE County 701

003 DARLIN' NELLIE GREY County 701

004 DUCKS ON THE MILLPOND County 701 

005 PRETTY LITTLE MISS County 701 

006 LONG STEEL RAIL County 701 

007 LITTLE MAGGIE County 701 

008 SWEET BOYS' TUNE County 701

009 RICHMOND County 701

010 SANDY RIVER BELLE County 701 

011 STONEMAN'S TUNE County 701

012 CLUCK OLD HEN County 701 

013 JOHN HENRY County 701 

014 STEP-BACK CINDY County 701

015 BIG-EYED RABBIT County 701

November 1965 [High Atmosfere-collected by John Cohen] unknown – Fred Cockerham

01501 FORTUNE Rounder 0028 CD 0028

1967 unknown - Jenkins, Jarrell and Cockerham (Tommy Jarrell [vcl/fiddle], Fred Cockerham [fiddle/banjo],Oscar Jenkins [fiddle/banjo])

016 ROCKINGHAM CINDY County 713 CO-CD-2734                 

017 BLACK EYED SUSIE County 713  CO-CD-2735           

018 JUNE APPLE County 713   CO-CD-2735                 

019 LITTLE SATCHEL County 713 CO-CD-2734                    

020 SUZANNA GAL County 713 CO-CD-2734                 

021 OLD BUNCH OF KEYS County 713  CO-CD-2702  CO-CD-2735        

022 JOHN BROWN'S DREAM County 713 717 CO-CD-2702  CO-CD-2734          

023 REUBEN County 713  CO-CD-2734                     

024 GROUND HOG County 713  CO-CD-2735                 

025 TOO YOUNG TO MARRY County 713          

026 POLICEMAN County 713    CO-CD-2735                

027 CIDER MIL  County 713 CO-CD-2734                     

1971 unknown - Jenkins, Jarrell and Cockerham (Tommy Jarrell [vcl/fiddle], Fred Cockerham [fiddle/banjo],Oscar Jenkins [fiddle/banjo] + Shag Stanley [gt], Mac Snow [gt])

028 SALLY ANN [Fred and Tommy] County 723 CO-CD-2702  CO-CD-2735?         

029 BREAKING UP CHRISTMAS County 723 CO-CD-2702   CO-CD-2735   

030 RUSTIC DANCE County 723                

031 OLD JOE CLARK County 723  CO-CD-2734                   

032 JACK OF DIAMONDS County 723 CO-CD-2734                 

033 BILE 'EM CABBAGE DOWN County 723  CO-CD-2735      

034 CUMBERLAND GAP County 723 CO-CD-2702   CO-CD-2734            

035 SALLY ANN [Fred and Oscar] County 723  CO-CD-2734?                 

036 LET ME FALL County 723   CO-CD-2734                    

037 DAN CARTER WALTZ County 723            

038 ARKANSAS TRAVELER County 723 CO-CD-2734                 

039 WHEN SORROWS ENCOMPASS ME 'ROUND County 723 CO-CD-2702 CO-CD-2735

1967-1971 unknown - Jenkins, Jarrell and Cockerham (Tommy Jarrell [vcl/fiddle], Fred Cockerham [fiddle/banjo],Oscar Jenkins [fiddle/banjo])

040 FALL ON MY KNEES  County 741 CO-CD-2702 CO-CD-2734                       

041 OLD '97  [WRECK OF THE OLD '97]  County 741   CO-CD-2702  CO-CD-2735                      

042 HONEYSUCKLE  County 741  CO-CD-2735                      

043 POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON  County 741           

044 BRAVEST COWBOY [ROVING COWBOY*]  County 741 CO-CD-2702 *CO-CD-2735

045 JOHN HARDY  County 741 CO-CD-2702 CO-CD-2734                              

046 FRANKIE BAKER  County 741   CO-CD-2702  CO-CD-2735                 

047 SUGAR HILL  County 741    CO-CD-2702 CO-CD-2735                    

048 BIRDIE  County 741                            

049 TEXAS GALS  County 741  CO-CD-2735                       

050 BOLL WEEVIL  County 741 CO-CD-2734                       

051 STAY ALL NIGHT  County 741  CO-CD-2702  CO-CD-2735  

1974 [live-1st annual Brandywine Mountain Music Convention] Galax, VA – Fred Cockerham, *and Kyle Creed

05101 STEP BACK, CINDY*  Heritage 6

05102 LITTLE SATCHEL Heritage 6

05103 LET ME FALL Heritage 6

05104 JOHN BROWN'S DREAM*  Heritage 6

05105 DEFORD BLUES Heritage 6

1974 unknown - Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Ray Alden            

052 CHILLY WINDS  Heritage 10 

053 CASEY JONES  Heritage 10 

054 SALLY GOODIN’  Heritage 10 

055 ROSALIE MCFALLS  Heritage 10 

056 JIMMY SUTTON  Heritage 10 

057 DARLIN’ NELLIE GRAY  Heritage 10 

058 LOGAN COUNTY BLUES  Heritage 10 

059 RYLAND SPENCER  Heritage 10 

060 TEMPY  Heritage 10 

061 CACKLIN’ HEN  Heritage 10 

062 AIN’T GONNA WORK TOMORROW  Heritage 10 

063 CARELESS LOVE  Heritage 10

1978 unknown – Fred Cockerham (Fred Cockerham [fiddle], Mac Snow [ld gt], Andy Snow [gt], Wesley Easter [banjo], Marty Snow [bass])

064 NATURAL BRIDGE BLUES Snowflake 103  

065 CARROL COUNTY BLUES Snowflake 103

066 LIBERTY Snowflake 103

067 LEAKE COUNTY BLUES Snowflake 103  

068 WILD INDIAN Snowflake 103  

069 STEEL GUITAR RAG Snowflake 103

070 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG Snowflake 103  

071 DANCE ALL NIGHT Snowflake 103  

072 TEXAS GALS Snowflake 103

073 HITCHHIKER BLUES Snowflake 103

074 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Snowflake 103

075 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE Snowflake 103

See also field recordings in albums list

ALBUMS

County 701 Clawhammer Banjo: June Apple; John Lover's Gone; Darlin' Nellie Grey; Ducks On The Millpond; Pretty Little Miss; Long Steel Rail; Little Maggie; Sweet Boys' Tune; Richmond; Sandy River Belle; Stoneman's Tune; Cluck Old Hen; John Henry; Step-Back Cindy; Big-Eyed Rabbit – 64 Wade Ward, Kyle Creed, Fred Cockerman, George Stoneman (reissued on County CD 2716, Clawhammer Banjo Vol 1 (2002)

County 713 Down To The Cider Mill: Rockingham Cindy; Black Eyed Susie; June Apple; Little Satchel; Suzanna Gal; Old Bunch Of Keys; John Brown's Dream; Reuben; Ground Hog; Too Young To Marry; Policeman; Cider Mill – 68 Jenkins, Jarrell and Cockerham

County 723 Back Home In The Blue Ridge: Sally Ann; Breaking Up Christmas; Rustic Dance; Old Joe Clark; Jack Of Diamonds; Bile 'Em Cabbage Down; Cumberland Gap; Sally Ann; Let Me Fall; Dan Carter Waltz; Arkansas Traveler; When Sorrows Encompass Me 'Round – 71 Jenkins, Jarrell and Cockerham

County 741 Stay All Night And Don’t Go Home. Vol. 3 - More Old Time Mountain Music With Oscar Jenkins, Fred Cockerham, Tommy Jarrell: Fall On My Knees; Old ’97; Honeysuckle; Polly Put The Kettle On; The Bravest Cowboy; John Hardy; Frankie Baker; Sugar Hill; Birdie; Texas Gals; Boll Weevil; Stay All Night – 73 Jenkins, Jarrell and Cockerham

Heritage 10 Music From Round Peak: Chilly Winds; Casey Jones; Sally Goodin’; Rosalie Mcfalls; Jimmy Sutton; Darlin’ Nellie Gray; Logan County Blues; Ryland Spencer; Tempy; Cacklin’ Hen; Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow; Careless Love – 76 Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Ray Alden  

Snowflake 103 Fred Cockerham, Fiddler: Natural Bridge Blues;  Carrol County Blues; Liberty; Leake County Blues; Wild Indian; Steel Guitar Rag; Black Mountain Rag; Dance All Night; Texas Gals; Hitchhiker Blues; Lonesome Road Blues; Under The Double Eagle – 78

County CO-CD-2702 Best Fiddle And Banjo Duets: John Brown's Dream; Frankie Baker; When Sorrows Encompass Me 'Round; Sugar Hill; Little Maggie; Sally Ann; Cluck Old Hen; Bravest Cowboy; John Hardy; Cumberland Gap; Old Bunch of Keys; Yellow Rose of Texas; Big Eyed Rabbit; Soldier's Joy; June Apple; Susanna Gal; Wreck of the Old '97; Breaking Up Christmas; Fortune; Fall On My Knees; Stay All Night – 94 Tommy Jarrell (sampler)

County CO-CD-2734 Down To The Cider Mill:  Suzanna Gal; Cumberland Gap;  Reuben; John Brown's Dream;  Boll Weevil; Let Me Fall; Little Satchel; Sally Ann;  Fall On My Knees;  Jack Of Diamonds; Rockingham Cindy;  John Hardy; Arkansas Traveler;  Old Joe Clark;  Cider Mill – 04 (sampler)

County CO-CD-2735 Stay All Night And Don't Go Home: More Old Time Mountain Music: Sally Ann; Old 97; Ground Hog; Texas Girl; Frankie Baker; Old Bunch Of Keys; Honeysuckle Blues; Policeman; Breakin' Up Christmas; When Sorrows Encompass Me Around; Roving Cowboy; Black Eyed Susie; Sugar Hill; Bile 'Em Cabbage Down; June Apple; Stay All Night‘ – 04 (sampler)

Field Recorders Collective FRC 101 Fred Cockerham: Shirt Tail Boogie; Little Satchel; Pretty Little Girl; Pretty Little Girl;  Carroll County Blues; Little Maggie; Roustabout; Roustabout (alternate); Natural Bridge Blues; Pretty Polly; Learning to Fiddle (talk); Breaking Up Christmas; Breaking Up Christmas (banjo); Dance All Night; Cumberland Gap; Reuben; Reuben (alternate); Black Mountain Rag; Virginia Style is Different (Talk); Holly Ding; Love Somebody (Soldier's Joy); Old Joe Clark; Lee County Blues; Round Town Gals; Careless Love; Little Brown Jug; Bunch of Keys; Sweet Sunny South;  Willie My Darling – 04 (field recordings 1969-1979)

Field Recorders Collective FRC 109 Round Peak, vol.1:  Today Will Be A Lonesome Day; Chilly Winds; Schaeffer and The Dog Owner (Talk); Big Eyed Rabbit; Lonesome Road Blues; Step Back Cindy;   Susanna Gal; Polly Put The Kettle On; Susanna Gal; Rockingham Cindy; Jimmy Sutton; Sinful To Flirt; Casey Jones; Soldier’s Joy; Are You Washed In The Blood of The Lamb?; John Brown’s Dream; Sally Goodin; School Breakings Peek A Boo Waltz; Old Joe Clark; Let Me Fall; Step Back Cindy; Fall On My Knees; John Henry; Old Molly Hare; Step Back Cindy; Sally Ann; Arkansas Traveler; Mississippi Sawyer; Jimmy Sutton; Sugar Hill; The Bravest Cowboy ; Rockingham Cindy; Cluck Old Hen; John Brown’s Dream – 08 Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Earnest East and Kyle Creed (field recordings)

Field Recorders Collective FRC 110 Round Peak, vol.2:  Ducks On The Millpond; May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister?; Tater Patch; Tater Patch; Policeman; Cider; Yellow Rose; Flatwoods; Zach Payne’s Devil In The Strawstack; Pet McKinney’s Sail Away; Yellow Gal’s Boll Weevil; Let Me Fall; June Apple; Lonesome Road Blues; John Henry; Old Joe Clark; Round Town Gals; Wreck of The Old 97; Tempy; Old Molly Hare; Darling Nellie Grey; Uncle Charlie Jarrell’s Pretty Little Girl; Head Over Heels; Change-A-Life (Talk);  What We Gonna Do With The Baby?; Little Maggie; Back Step Cindy; Playing Together (Talk); Breaking Up Christmas; Roustabout; Cumberland Gap; Fortune; Hell Among The Round Peakers; June Apple; Sally Ann; Stag-O-Lee; Rosalie McFalls; Logan County Blues – 08 Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Earnest East and Kyle Creed (field recordings)