*02-07-1936 Reidsville, NC, + 21-11-2009
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Thieu
Van De Vorst
SESSIONS also member of Clinch Mountain Boys
1992 unknown – James Alan Shelton (James Shelton [gt/mandolin],
Alison Krauss, Ernie Thacker, Alison Brown, Adam Steffey, Barry Bales)
001 BLUE IN THE BLUE RIDGE
Heart 515
002 BILL CHEATUM
Heart 515
003 I JUST THINK I'LL GO AWAY Heart 515
004 DOWN AT MYLOW'S HOUSE
Heart 515
005 THESE OLD BLUES Heart
515
006 TOP OF THE WORLD
Heart 515
007 BIRMINGHAM TURNAROUND
Heart 515
008 BROWN COUNTY BREAKDOWN
Heart 515
009 NO LETTER IN THE MAIL
Heart 515
010 BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND
Heart 515
011 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU DARLIN' Heart 515
1995 Maggard Sound Studio, Big Stone Gap, VA – James Alan
Shelton (James Shelton [gt/mandolin/banjo/bass], Steve Sparkman [banjo], James
Price [fiddle])
012 RED WING Zap 106
013 TWILIGHT SWAMP Zap 106
014 JOHN HENRY Zap 106
015 UNCLOUDY DAY Zap 106
SR 1960
016 CLUCK OLD HEN Zap 106
017 WILDWOOD FLOWER Zap 106
018 LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET Zap 106 SR 1960
019 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN Zap 106
020 WEEPING WILLOW Zap 106
SR 1960
021 COOSY Zap 106
022 THE OLD GOSPEL SHIP Zap 106 SR 1960
023 WORRIED MAN BLUES Zap 106
024 OLD TIME PICKIN' Zap 106
1997 unknown – James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [gt],
Steve Sparkman [banjo], Adam Steffey/ John Rigsby [mandolin], James Price [fiddle])
025 TOM'S CREEK
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
026 ROAD TO COEBURN
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
027 FIVE STRING DRAG
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
028 ANGELINE THE BAKER
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
029 ASHLAND BREAKDOWN
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
030 GOING UP CANEY
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
031 LONESOME REUBEN
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
032 I SAW THE LIGHT
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1960 SR 1963
033 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
034 HIGHWAY'S END
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
035 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
036 BEAUTIFUL STAR OF BETHLEHEM copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1960 SR 1963
037 MY DIXIE DARLING
copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
1999 unknown – James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton
[gt/banjo], Marcus Smith [vcl/gt], Adam
Steffey [vcl/mandolin], Alison Krauss [vcl/fiddle], Shawn Lane , Barry Bales
[vcl])
038 STANDING ROOM ONLY
Freeland FRC-CD-661
039 GETTYSBURG MARCH
Freeland FRC-CD-661
040 I CRIED AGAIN
Freeland FRC-CD-661
041 STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN
Freeland FRC-CD-661
042 SALLY ANN
Freeland FRC-CD-661
043 WILL YOU MISS ME
Freeland FRC-CD-661
044 JOHN HENRY
Freeland FRC-CD-661
045 FOGGY MOUNTAIN CHIMES
Freeland FRC-CD-661
046 CHAIN GANG
Freeland FRC-CD-661
047 DOWN IN THE WILLOW GARDEN Freeland FRC-CD-661
048 LITTLE MAGGIE
Freeland FRC-CD-661
049 TAKE ME HOME SAVIOR
Freeland FRC-CD-661
16-17 March 1999 Maggard Sound Studio, Big Stone Gap, VA –
James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [vcl/ld gt], Ralph Stanley II [rh gt],
Steve Sparkman [banjo], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Barry Bales [bass], James
Price [fiddle]. Producer: James Alan Shelton)
050 SUGARFOOT RAG
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
051 OLD SPINNING WHEEL
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
052 BARBARA ALLEN
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
053 CANNONBALL BLUES
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
054 THE GHOST TRAIN
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
055 I'LL FLY AWAY
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1960 SR
1963
056 ROAD WEARY BLUES
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
057 TRAGIC ROMANCE
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
058 SNOW DEER Copper
Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
059 LOST INDIAN
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
060 ROSEWOOD CASKET
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
061 SWEET BY AND BY
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
062 SHENANDOAH Copper
Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
8/9 March 2000 Ticknock Studio, Lenoir, NC – George Shuffler
and James Alan Shelton (George Shuffler [gt/bass], James Alan Shelton [gt], Ron
Shuffler [bass])
063 TRUE LIFE BLUES Copper
Creek CCCD 0182
064 KATY
DEAR Copper Creek CCCD 0182
065 CARTER
FAMILY MEDLEY Copper Creek CCCD 0182
066 NEARER
MY GOD TO THEE Copper Creek CCCD 0182
067 BANKS
OF THE OHIO Copper Creek CCCD 0182
068
NOBODY'S BUSINESS Copper Creek CCCD 0182
069 HOUSE
OF GOLD Copper Creek CCCD 0182 SR 1960
070 NO
LETTER IN THE MAIL Copper Creek CCCD 0182
071 OLD
LEATHER Copper Creek CCCD 0182
072 WHEN
OUR LORD SHALL COME AGAIN Copper Creek CCCD 0182 SR 1960
073 I STILL
MISS SOMEONE Copper Creek CCCD 0182
074 SIX
MORE MILES Copper Creek CCCD 0182
075 TAKE ME
IN A LIFEBOAT / SWEET BYE AND BYE Copper Creek CCCD 0182 SR 1960
2002 Hog Holler, Jonesborough, TN/Maggard Sound Studios, Big
Stone Gap, VA – Jame Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [gt/mandolin], Gillian
Welch [vcl/gt],Tim Stafford [vcl/gt], David Rawlings [vcl], Barry Bales [bass])
076 NORTH FORK OF THE HOLSTON Rebel REB-CD-1785
077 SONG FOR GRETA
Rebel REB-CD-1785
078 FIFTY MILES OF ELBOW ROOM Rebel REB-CD-1785 SR 1960
079 FADED LOVE Rebel
REB-CD-1785
080 THE SUNSET TRAIL
Rebel REB-CD-1785
081 SCARBOROUGH FAIR
Rebel REB-CD-1785
082 BACK UP AND PUSH
Rebel REB-CD-1785
083 SHADY GROVE Rebel
REB-CD-1785
084 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG, MAGGIE Rebel REB-CD-1785
085 IT IS BETTER FARTHER ON
Rebel REB-CD-1785 SR 1960
086 DOWN YONDER Rebel
REB-CD-1785
087 FREIGHT TRAIN
Rebel REB-CD-1785
088 LONG JOURNEY HOME
Rebel REB-CD-1785
2004 Hog Holler Studios, Jonesborough, TN - James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [gt/banjo/mandolin],
Tim Stafford [vcl/gt], Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt], Shawn Lane [vcl], Dan
Moneyhun [vcl], Ralph Stanley [baritone vcl], John Rigsby [vcl/ mandolin/
fiddle], Steve Sparkman [banjo], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Barry Bales/ Bill
Dunham [double bass], Keith Williams/ Todd Meade/ Hunter Berry [fiddle])
089 HALF MOON
BAY Rebel REB-CD-1805
090 TUPELO COUNTY JAIL
Rebel REB-CD-1805
091 GOODBYE LIZA JANE
Rebel REB-CD-1805
092 DARK AS A DUNGEON
Rebel REB-CD-1805
093 ROAD TO COLUMBUS
Rebel REB-CD-1805
094 EIGHT MORE MILES TO LOUISVILLE Rebel REB-CD-1805
095 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP
Rebel REB-CD-1805
096 DARLIN' NELLIE GRAY
Rebel REB-CD-1805
097 MARRIED LIFE BLUES
Rebel REB-CD-1805
098 LITTLE BENNIE (CRAZEOLOGY) Rebel REB-CD-1805
099 TEXAS GALES Rebel
REB-CD-1805
100 HANDSOME MOLLY
Rebel REB-CD-1805
101 WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
Rebel REB-CD-1805
2007 unknown – James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [gt],
Judy Marshall [vcl], Ratliff [rh gt/mandolin], Audey Daniel Grindstaff [banjo],
Steve Sparkman [banjo], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Barry Bales [bass], Dewey
Brown [fiddle])
102 SOLDIER'S JOY Sheltone SR 1961
103 FAIR AND TENDER LADIES Sheltone SR 1961
104 WALKING DOWN THE LINE Sheltone SR 1961
105 SALT CREEK Sheltone SR 1961
106 NASHVILLE BLUES Sheltone SR 1961
107 OLD TOY TRAINS Sheltone SR 1961
108 MOTHERLESS CHILDREN Sheltone SR 1961
109 METHODIST PREACHER Sheltone SR 1961
110 STEPHEN Sheltone SR 1961
111 HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE Sheltone SR 1961
112 MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK Sheltone SR 1961
113 FIREBALL MAIL Sheltone SR 1961
114 SOUNDS OF SILENCE Sheltone SR 1961
2009 unknown – James Alan Shelton
115 CHEROKEE SHUFFLE Sheltone SR 1962
116 ROSE CONLEY Sheltone SR 1962
117 WHERE I'M BOUND Sheltone SR 1962
118 RIDING ON THE CLINCHFIELD Sheltone SR 1962
119 THEME FROM DILLINGER (THE OLD GOSPEL SHIP) Sheltone SR
1962
120 HOME SWEET HOME Sheltone SR 1962
121 PASTURES OF PLENTY Sheltone SR 1962
122 BUCKAROO Sheltone SR 1962
123 ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES Sheltone SR 1962
124 AULD LANG SYNE Sheltone SR 1962
125 CATCH THE WIND Sheltone SR 1962
126 DANNY BOY Sheltone SR 1962
127 I'LL FOLLOW THE SUN Sheltone SR 1962
128 DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? Sheltone SR 1962
ALBUMS
Heart 515 Blue in the
Blue Ridge: Blue in the Blue Ridge;
Bill Cheatum; I Just Think I'll
Go Away; Down at Mylow's House; These Old Blues; Top of the World; Birmingham Turnaround; Brown County Breakdown; No Letter in the
Mail; Billy in the Lowground; Somebody
Loves You Darlin'- 92 (reissued on Freeland FRC-CD-645 in 1996)
Zap 106 Clinch
Mountain Guitar: Red Wing; Twilight
Swamp; John Henry; Uncloudy Day; Cluck Old Hen; Wildwood Flower;
Little Rosewood Casket; Sourwood
Mountain; Weeping Willow; Coosy; The Old Gospel Ship; Worried Man Blues; Old Time Pickin'- 95 (reissued on Freeland FRC-CD-650 in 1996)
Copper Creek CCCD
0154 Road To Coeburn: Tom's Creek;
Road to Coeburn; Five String
Drag; Ageline the Baker; Ashland Breakdown; Going up Caney; Lonesome Reuben; I Saw the Light; East Virginia Blues; Highway's End; Sunny Side of the
Mountain; Beautiful Star of
Bethlehem; My Dixie Darling – 20-05-97
(reissued as part of Sheltone SR 1963
The Copper Creek Sessions in 2012)
Freeland FRC-CD-661
Standing Room Only: Standing Room Only;
Gettysburg March; I Cried
Again; Storms Are On The Ocean; Sally Ann;
Will You Miss Me; John
Henry; Foggy Mountain Chimes; Chain Gang;
Down In The Willow Garden; Little
Maggie; Take Me Home Savior – 10-08-99
Copper Creek CCCD
0178 Guitar Tracks: Sugarfoot Rag;
Old Spinning Wheel; Barbara
Allen; Cannonball Blues; The Ghost
Train; I'll Fly Away; Road Weary Blues;
Tragic Romance; Snow Deer; Lost
Indian; Rosewood Casket; Sweet By And By; Shenandoah - 99 (reissued as part of Sheltone SR
1963 The Copper Creek Sessions in 2012)
Cooper Creek CCCD 0182 The Legacy Continues: True Life Blues; Katy Dear;
Carter Family Medley; Nearer My
God To Thee; Banks Of The Ohio; Nobody's Business; House Of Gold; No Letter In The Mail; Old Leather;
When Our Lord Shall Come Again; I
Still Miss Someone; Six More Miles; Take Me In A Lifeboat / Sweet Bye And Bye – 05-09-00
w. George Shuffler
Rebel REB-CD-1785
Song For Greta: North Fork of the Holston;
Song for Greta; Fifty Miles of
Elbow Room; Faded Love; The Sunset Trail; Scarborough Fair; Back Up and Push; Shady Grove; When You and I Were Young,
Maggie; It Is Better Farther On; Down Yonder;
Freight Train; Long Journey Home
- 30-07-02
Rebel REB-CD-1809
Half Moon Bay: Half Moon Bay; Tupelo
County Jail; Goodbye Liza Jane; Dark as a Dungeon; Road to Columbus; Eight More Miles to Louisville; Foggy
Mountain Top; Darlin' Nellie Gray; Married Life Blues; Little Bennie (Crazeology); Texas Gales;
Handsome Molly; Wild Mountain
Thyme - 29-06-04
Sheltone SR 1960 Gospel
Guitar: Sweet By And Bye; Beautiful
Star Of Bethlehem; I Saw The Light; Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room; Little Rosewood
Casket; House Of Gold; I'll Fly Away; It Is Better Farther On; When Our Lord
Shall Come Again; The (Old) Gospel Ship; Uncloudy Day; Weeping Willow; Take Me
In The Lifeboat / Sweet By And By - 05 (sampler)
Sheltone SR 1961
Walking Down The Line: Soldier's Joy; Fair and Tender Ladies; Walking Down
the Line; Salt Creek; Nashville Blues; Old Toy Trains; Motherless Children;
Methodist Preacher; Stephen; Hard Times Come Again No More; My Grandfather's
Clock; Fireball Mail; Sounds Of Silence- 22-05-07
Sheltone SR 1962
Where I'm Bound: Cherokee Shuffle; Rose Conley; Where I'm Bound; Riding On
the Clinchfield; Theme From Dillinger (The Old Gospel Ship); Home Sweet Home;
Pastures Of Plenty; Buckaroo; All the Pretty Little Horses;Auld Lang Syne;
Catch the Wind; Danny Boy; I'll Follow The Sun; Do You Hear What I Hear?- 08-06-10
Sheltone
SR 1963 The Copper Creek Sessions: Tom's Creek; Sunny Side of the Mountain; Five String Drag; Beautiful
Star Of Bethlehem; Angeline the Baker; My Dixie Darling; Goin' Up Caney; Road
to Coeburn; Ashland Breakdown; Lonesome Reuben; East Virginia Blues; I Saw the
Light; Highway's End; Sugarfoot Rag; Old Spinning Wheel; Barbara Allen;
Cannonball Blues; Ghost Train; I'll Fly Away; Road Weary Blues; Tragic Romance;
Snow Deer; Lost Indian; Rosewood Casket; Sweet Bye and Bye; Shenandoah – 20-03
