Banks Of The Ohio

Grateful Dead

No Grateful Dead recordings.

Others

Single, Monroe Brothers, 1936
Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, 1949
Bowling Green, Kossoy Sisters with Erik Darling, 1956
Smokey Mountain Ballads, Bascam Lamar Lunsford, 1953
Bloody Ballads, Paul Clayton, 1956
Blood, Booze 'n Bones, Ed McCurdy, 1956
New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 2, New Lost City Ramblers, 1959
Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square, Joan Baez, Ted Alevizos, Bill Wood, 1959
Dave Guard and the Whiskeyhill Singers, Dave Guard and the Whiskeyhill Singers, 195?
Country Music in Bluegrass Style, Harry & Jeannie West, 1960
Single, Bluegrass Playboys, 1961
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4, Pete Seeger, 1961
Single, Wade Mainer and the Sons of the Mountaineers, 1961
Joan Baez Vol 2, Joan Baez, 1961
Lilly Brothers and Don Stover, Lilly Brothers and Don Stover, 1962
Jack Linkletter Presents A Folk Festival, Various Artists (Les Baxter Balladeers), 1963
Early Bluegrass Music, The Monroe Brothers, 1963
Original and Great - Early Authentic Country Recordings, Blue Sky Boys, 1964
Beginning Folk Guitar - An Instruction Record for Beginners, Jerry Silverman, 1964
Bringing Mary Home, Country Gentlemen, 1966
Red Smiley and the Blue Grass Cutups, Vol. 2, Red Smiley and the Blue Grass Cutups, 1967
Bluegrass From the Blue Ridge - A Half Century of Change - Country Band Music of Virginia, Various Artists (Glen Neaves, Jessie Neaves and Ted Lundy), 1967
Make Mine Country, Charley Pride, 1968
The Carroll County Accident, Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters, 1969
Old Traditions, Bill and Jean Davis, 196?
Legendary Stanley Brothers Recorded Live, Stanley Brothers, 1970
Doc Watson On Stage, Doc Watson & Merle Watson, 1971
Watermelon Hangin' on the Vine, Hodges Brothers, 1971
I Saw the Light with Some Help from My Friends, Earl Scruggs, 1972
Music of the Ozarks, Dean Hinsley and Tommy Simmons, 1972
EP, J. T. Crowe and the Midnight Ramblers , 1972
Sunny Side of Life, The Blue Sky Boys, 1973
Father & Son, Bill Monroe & James Monroe, 1973
Bluegrass Mountain Music, Blue Sky Boys, 1974
Feast Here Tonight, Monroe Brothers, 1975
Bill and Doc Sing Country Songs, Bill Monroe and Doc Watson, 1975
Walkin' in the Parlor - Old Time Music of the Southern Mountains, Iron Mountain String Band, 1975
Tony Rice, Tony Rice, 1977
Noem, Joan Baez, 1977
Markology, Mark O'Connor, 1978
The Bergerfolk, Vol. 4 - Pack Up Your Sorrows, The Bergerfolk, 1978
Everhart, Bob Everhart, 1978
The Joan Baez Country Music Album, Joan Baez, 1979
Old Time Ballads from the Southern Mountains, Various Artists (Grayson and Whitter), 197?
Stone County Dulcimer, Simmons Family, 197?
Tenino Old Time Music Festival, Dudley Hill and Mark O'Connor, 197?
Rob Wasserman Teaches Acoustic Bass, Rob Wasserman, 198?
Country Boys, Armstrong Twins, 1981
Back In The Good Ole Days, Bobby Atkins & the Countrymen, 1984
Old Time North Carolina Mountain Music, David and Billie Ray Johnson, 1985
Stanley Series, Vol. 2 #4, Stanley Brothers, 1987
Diamonds - Best of the Vanguard Years, Joan Baez, 1991
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Ralph Stanley, 1992
Off the Record, Vol. 2: Live Recordings, 1963-1980, Bill Monroe and Doc Watson, 1993
Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962, Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson , 1994
Tone Poems: The Sounds of the Great Vintage Guitars and Mandolins, David Grisman, 1994
American Tranquility, Phil Coulter, 1994
The Vanguard Years, Doc Watson, 1995
Bluegrass 1970-1979, Bill Monroe, 1995
Saturday Night, Ralph Stanley, 1995
Out of the Frying Pan, John Sholle, 1997
Southern Journey, Vol. 2: Ballads and Breakdown, Various Artists (Ruby Vass), 1997
The Early Rebel Recordings 1962-1971, The Country Gentlemen, 1998
Piedmont Log Rollers, 19??
20 Country Classics Bluegrass Mountain Music, The Blue Sky Boys, 19??
The Callahan Brothers, The Callahan Brothers, 19??
Native American Ballads, Various Artists (Red Patterson's Piedmont Log Rollers), 19??
The Legendary Monroe Brothers Collection, Monroe Brothers, 19??
Single (Roanoke / Banks of the Ohio), Howard & Gerald & the Starlite Mountain Boys, 19??
Single, Kentuckians, 19??
Monroe Brothers, Vol. 1: What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul, The Monroe Brothers, 2000
Country Bluegrass, Harry & Jeanie West, 2000
33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals, Clarence White, 2000
The Legacy Continues, George Shuffler & James Alan Shelton, 2000
Am I Born to Die: An Appalachian Songbook, Mason Brown & Chipper Thompson, 2001
Bluegrass Bonanza, Various Artists (Monroe Brothers), 2001
Bluegrass Bonanza: The Monroe Legacy 1936-45, Various Artists (Monroe Brothers), 2001
Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949, Bill Monroe, 2002
Best of the Vanguard Years, The Greenbriar Boys, 2002
My Mother's Voice, Kathy Kallick, 2002
25 Bluegrass Classics: Vintage 60's: Songs of Rural America, Various Artists (Red Smiley), 2002
All the Classic Releases 1937-1949, Bill Monroe, 2003
The Executioners Last Songs, Vol 2 & 3, The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, 2003
Sunny Side of Life (Bear Family box set), The Blue Sky Boys, 2003
Best Of Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups, Vol. 2, Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups, 2006
The Blue Sky Boys, The Blue Sky Boys, 2007

Notes

Performed only once by the Dead, with Joan Baez on 31st Dec 1981. Played by the Hart Valley Drifters (including Garcia) at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo on November 10th 1962.

The song is sometimes called On The Banks Of The Ohio.

The lyrics of the Hart Valley Drifters version are as follows;

I asked my love to take a walk
Just to walk, a little way
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

Chorus
Only say that you'll be mine
In [our home] we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

I held a knife against her breast
As into my arms she pressed
Cried, [oh] [?] don't murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity"

[chorus]

[inaudible line]
I cried, "My God, what have I done?
I killed the only woman I love
Because she would not be my bride"

[chorus] * 2