By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
1981 Cincinnati, OH – The Reel World String Band (Belle
Jackson [gt], Bev Futrell [mandolin], Sue Massek [banjo], Sharon Ruble [bass],
Karen Jones [fiddle])
001 FORKED DEER Vetco LP 518
002 WORKING GIRL BLUES Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2
003 NEW MOON Vetco LP 518
004 HIGHLANDER'S FAREWELL Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2
005 LONESOME PINE SPECIAL Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2
006 THE WOMAN FIDDLER Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2
007 GROWLIN' OL' MAN, CACKLIN' OL' WOMAN Vetco LP 518 RWSB
5895-2
008 MOUNTAIN SONG / SHADY GROVE Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2
009 HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN Vetco LP 518
010 BILLIE IN THE LOWGROUND Vetco LP 518
011 CLUCKIN' HEN Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2
012 I'VE GOT THE MOURNING BLUES Vetco LP 518
013 EVERGREEN Vetco LP 518 RWSB 5895-2
1982 Cincinnati, OH – The Reel World String Band (Belle
Jackson [gt], Bev Futrell [mandolin], Sue Massek [banjo], Sharon Ruble [bass],
Karen Jones [fiddle]. Producer: Lou Ukelson)
014 BANJO PICKIN’GIRL Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2
015 HONKEY TONKEY Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2
016 FACTORY GIRLS Vetco LP-521
017 LONG WAY TO HARLAN Vetco LP-521
018 JEFF DAVIS Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2
019 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME Vetco LP-521
020 KEENELAND KITTEN Vetco LP-521
021 WHAT SHE AIMS TO BE Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2
022 CATTLE IN THE CORN Vetco LP-521 RWSB-5895-2
023 WEST VIRGINIA MY HOME Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2
024 MOTHERLESS CHILD Vetco LP-521 RWSB 5895-2
025 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM Vetco LP-521
1984 Track 16, Lexington, KY – The Reel World String Band (Bev
Futrell [gt/ mandolin/ harmonica], Sue Massek [banjo], Sharon Ruble [bass],
Karen Jones [fiddle] + Elise Melrood [piano]. Producer: Bruce Kaplan)
026 HOLY Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2
027 DUSTY MILLER Flying Fish FF-335
028 COME ALL YE COAL MINERS Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2
029 MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER/OUACHITA Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB
5895-2
030 SALLY BLON/SALLY ANN Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2
031 PANHANDLE RAG Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2
032 PRAIRIE ROSE Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2
033 TRAMPS AND HAWKERS Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2
034 BETSY’S MOUNTAIN Flying Fish FF-335
035 ROCKIN’ CHAIR Flying Fish FF-335
036 WHEN A RING’S AROUND THE MOON Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2
037 CRANKS CREEK Flying Fish FF-335 RWSB 5895-2
1989 unknown – The Reel World String Band (Producer: Lee
Guice)
038 TROUBLE IN MIND Flying Fish FFCD-517
039 OLD GREY COAT Flying Fish FFCD-517
040 TOO MANY PEOPLE (SOUTH AFRICAN FREEDOM SONG) Flying Fish
FFCD-517
041 CHILE YOUR WATERS RUN RED THROUGH SOWETO Flying Fish
FFCD-517
042 APPALACHIAN WIND Flying Fish FFCD-517
043 ELLEN'S SONG Flying Fish FFCD-517
044 WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT Flying Fish FFCD-517
045 MAMA USED TO DANCE Flying Fish FFCD-517
046 LILY MAY Flying Fish FFCD-517
047 PEACE AND HARMONY Flying Fish FFCD-517
048 HENHOUSE LAMENT Flying Fish FFCD-517
1996 unknown – The Reel World String Band (Karen Jones [gt/fiddle], Bev Futrell [gt/
harmonica], Sue Massek [banjo/gt],
Sharon Ruble [bass], Miriam Davidson [percussion/accordion], Elise Melrood [piano])
049 POOR GIRL'S STORY
RWSB 5012-2
050 BEFORE THE ROAD
RWSB 5012-2
051 BOOM IN APPALACHIA
RWSB 5012-2
052 JEALOUS HEARTED BLUES
RWSB 5012-2
053 SOURWOOD SONG
RWSB 5012-2
054 LOOKOUT BLUES
RWSB 5012-2
055 MORNING BLUES
RWSB 5012-2
056 PRETTY SARO RWSB
5012-2
057 SHADY GROVE RWSB
5012-2
058 THE TAKING RWSB
5012-2
059 COLD FROSTY MORNING/MONROE'S FAREWELL TO LONG
HOLLOW RWSB 5012-2
060 PIECE OF MY HEART
RWSB 5012-2
1997 [sessions for Coal Mining Women] unknown - The Reel
World String Band
061 DRAG LINES Rounder CD-4025
062 WHAT SHE AIMS TO BE Rounder CD-4025
063 THE BATTLE OF JERICOL Rounder CD-4025
2001 unknown – The Reel World String Band (Karen Jones
[gt/fiddle], Bev Futrell [gt/ harmonica], Sue Massek [banjo/gt], Sharon Ruble [bass], Elise Melrood [piano])
064 BLUEBIRD ON THE BRANCH
065 JAMES ALLEY BLUES
066 VELVET STOMP
067 COAST IS CLEAR
068 I CAN SEE YOUR AURA
069 BETWEEN THE SHADOWS
070 SALLY'S SONG/SALLY IN THE GARDEN
071 LITTLE OMIE'S DONE GOT WISE
072 SPITTIN OUT THE COAL
073 FULL MOON FULL OF LOVE; LAST CHANCE
074 SILVER DEW ON THE BLUEGRASS
Tracks above issued on album The Coast Is Clear
2005 [live] unknown –
The Reel World String Band
07401 BURY ME IN BLUEGRASS
07402 GONE CAMPING
07403 CO-DEPENDENT WITH YOU
07404 GABRIELLE'S SONG
07405 THE STAMPING GROUND SET
07406 LOGS ON THE HIGHWAY
07407 KENTUCKY BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM/I WALK THE LINE
07408 COSBY
07409 TIPTOE LIGHTLY
07410 CONTEST COMIN'/CRIPPLE CREEK
07411 WHO OWNS APPALACHIA
07412 KARSEN'S REAL
07413 WHERE KENTUCKY'S BLUE MOON ROSE
Tracks above issued on album Live Music
ALBUMS
Vetco LP-518 The Reel World String Band: Forked Deer; Working
Girl Blues; New Moon; Highlander's Farewell; Lonesome Pine Special; The Woman
Fiddler; Growlin' Ol' Man, Cacklin' Ol' Woman; Shady Grove; High On A Mountain;
Billie In The Lowground; Cluckin' Hen; I've Got The Mourning Blues; Evergreen - 81
Vetco LP-521 Long Way To Harlan: Blackberry Blossom; Banjo
Pickin’Girl; Honkey Tonkey; Factory Girls; Long Way To Harlan; Jeff Davis; My
Old Kentucky Home; Keeneland Kitten; Whjat She Aims To Be; Battle In The Born;
West Virginia My Home; Motherless Child - 82
Flying Fish FF-335 In Good Time: Cranks Creek; Holy; Dusty
Miller; Come All Ye Coal Miners; Midnight On The Water/Ouachita; Sally
Blon/Sally Ann; Panhandle Rag; Prairie Rose; Tramps And Hawkers; Betsy’s
Mountain; Rockin’ Chair; When A Ring’s Around The Moon - 84
Flying Fish FFCD-517 Appalachian Wind: Henhouse Lament;
Trouble In Mind; Old Grey Coat; Too Many
People (South African Freedom Song);
Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto; Appalachian Wind; Ellen's Song; Walkin' After Midnight; Mama
Used To Dance; Lily May; Peace And Harmony – 30-11-89
Reel World String Band 5012-2 Whatnots: Poor Girl's Story;
Before the Road; Boom in Appalachia; Jealous Hearted Blues; Sourwood Song;
Lookout Blues; Morning Blues; Pretty Saro; Shady Grove; The Taking; Cold Frosty
Morning/Monroe's Farewell to Long Hollow; Piece of My Heart – 96
Reel World String Band no # The Coast Is Clear: Silver Dew
on the Bluegrass; Bluebird on the Branch; James Alley Blues; Velvet Stomp;
Coast Is Clear; I Can See Your Aura; Between the Shadows; Sally's Song/Sally In
The Garden; Little Omie's Done Got Wise; Spittin Out The Coal; Full Moon Full
of Love; Last Chance - 01
Reel World String Band 5895-2 Mountain Song: Reflection:
Mountain Song/Shady Grove; Lonesome Pine Special; Cluckin' Hen; The Woman
Fiddler; Growlin' Ol' Man, Cacklin' Ol' Woman; Working Girl Blues; Evergreen;
Highlander's Farewell; Banjo Pickin' Girl; Honkey Tonkey; Jeff Davis; West Virginia My Home; Cattle In the Corn; What She Aims to Be;
Motherless Child; Come All Ye Coal Miners; Cranks Creek; Sally Blon/Sally
Ann; Midnight on the Water/Ouachita;
Holy; Panhandle Rag; Prairie Rose; Tramps and Hawkers; When a Ring's Around the Moon - 02 (sampler,
tracks from first three albums)
Reel World String Band no # (UPC 783707230207) Live Music:
Bury Me In Bluegrass; Gone Camping; Co-Dependent With You; Gabrielle's Song;
The Stamping Ground Set; Logs on the Highway; Kentucky Blackberry Blossom/I
Walk the Line; Cosby; Tiptoe Lightly; Contest Comin'/Cripple Creek; Who Owns
Appalachia; Karsen's Real; Where Kentucky's Blue Moon Rose – 13-12-05