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John Henry

Composer: Traditional

Recordings

no info Frank Hutchison, 192?
no info Two Poor Boys (Joe Evans and Arthur McClain), 1931
info Folk Songs of the Hills, Merle Travis, 1947
no info Bailey Brothers, 1948
no info Single, Bailey Brothers and the Happy Valley Boys, 1950
no info Jazz, Vol. 1: South, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 1950
no info Anthology of American Folk Music Vol. 1, Ballads, Various Artists (Williamson Brothers and Curry), 1952
no info Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites, Harry Belafonte , 1954
info The Tin Angel Presents Odetta & Larry, Vol. 1 (EP), Odetta & Larry, 1954
info The Tin Angel Presents Odetta & Larry (LP), Odetta & Larry, 1954
no info Sings Blues and Folk Songs, Brother John Sellers, 1954
info This Lusty Land, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1955
no info Ohio Valley Ballads, Bruce Buckley, 1955
no info Folk Music of Alabama, Vol. 6 - Ring Game Songs and Others, Various Artists (Willie Dodson), 1955
info Banjo Songs of the Southern Mountain, Various Artists (George Pegram and Walter Parham)), 1955
no info Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs, Big Bill Broonzy, 1956
info Appalachian Minstrel, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, 1956
no info Studs Terkel's Weekly Almanac- Radio Programme, No. 4: Folk Music and Blues, Various Artists (Big Bill Broonzy), 1956
no info Washboard Band: Country Dance Music, Pete Seeger, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, 1956
no info John A. Lomax, Jr. Sings American Folksongs, John Lomax, 1956
info Instrumental Music Of The Southern Appalachians, Various Artists (Mrs Etta Baker), 1956?
info Old-Time Tunes of the South, The Stoneman Family (Sutphin, Foreacre, and Dickens), 1957
info American Ballads, Pete Seeger, 1957
info Odetta, Odetta, 1957
no info Old-Time Tunes of the South, Various Artists (J.C. Sutphin and Vernon Sutphin), 1957
no info American Skiffle Bands, Various Artists (Virgil Perkins and Jack Sims), 1957
no info Buell Kazee Sings and Plays, Buell Kazee, 1958
no info Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing, Brownie McGhee, 1958
no info We've Got Some Singing to Do, The Folksmiths, 1958
info Music For Moonshiners, Laurel River Valley Boys, 1958
no info Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 5, Richard Dyer-Bennet, 1958
info Folk Music USA, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Virgil Perkins), 1958
no info Single, Lilly Brothers and Don Stover, 1959
info Tin Angel, Odetta, 1959
no info Furry Lewis Blues, Furry Lewis, 1959
no info Folk Songs for Young People, Pete Seeger, 1959
info Belafonte At Carnegie Hall, Harry Belafonte, 1959
no info Hum and Strum Along, Chet Atkins, 1959
no info Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues and Spirituals, Dave Van Ronk, 1959
no info Working on the Railroad, Jesse Fuller, 1959
info Sings Ballads, Blues And A Spiritual, Dave Van Ronk, 1959
info Good Ole Mountain Music, Wade Mainer and Mountaineers , 1959
info Folk Songs From The Blue Grass, Earl Taylor & the Stoney Mountain Boys, 1959
info Anglo-American Shanties, Lyric Songs, Dance Tunes and Spirituals, Various Artists (Wallace Swann and his Cherokee String Band), 195?
no info Folk Music of Alabama, Vol. 3: Rich Amerson, 1960
no info Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square, Various Artists (Bill Wood), 1960
no info Mountain Music of Kentucky, Various Artists (Grigsby and Young), 1960
no info Bill McAdoo Sings with Guitar, Bill McAdoo and Pete Seeger, 1960
no info The Rural Blues: A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources, Various Artists (Furry Lewis), 1960
info Blue Ridge Mountain Music, Various Artists (The Mountain Ramblers), 1960
no info Limeliters, Limeliters, 1960
no info Negro Folk Songs for Young People, Leadbelly, 1960
no info Songs of Memphis Slim and "Wee Willie" Dixon, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, 1960
no info Memphis Slim and the Honky-Tonk Sound, Memphis Slim, 1960
no info Bob Grossman, Bob Grossman, 1961
no info Foggy Mountain Banjo, Flatt and Scruggs, 1961
no info USA, Memphis Slim, 1961
no info Ballad and Folksinger, Vol. 3, Pink Anderson, 1961
no info At the Golden Nugget, Hank Thompson, 1961
info American Street Songs, Pink Anderson and Rev. Gary Davis, 1961
no info EP, Don Reno, Red Smiley & the Tennessee Cutups, 1961?
info Fleming Brown, Fleming Brown, 1962
no info Frank Hamilton Sings Folk Songs, Frank Hamilton, 1962
info Balladeer, Hoyt Axton, 1962
info Dulcimer Songs and Solos, Paul Clayton, 1962
info The Sound of a Bluegrass Banjo: Native American Melodies Bluegrass Style, Charles Trent, 1962
no info Sings Folk Songs, Woody Guthrie, 1962
info Folk Banjo Styles, Eric Weissberg, Tom Paley, Art Rosenbaum, Marshall Brickman, 1962
info Mountain Music Played on the Autoharp, Various Artists (Kilby Snow), 1962
info New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 5, New Lost City Ramblers, 1963
info Greenback Dollar, Hoyt Axton, 1963
no info Single, Windy Mountain Boys, 1963
no info Salute to Uncle Dave Macon, Stringbean, 1963
no info Sing Out!: Hootenanny with Pete Seeger and the Hooteneers, Pete Seeger, 1963
info Hootenanny N' Blue Grass, Blue Ridge Mountain Boys, 1963
info San Francisco Bay Blues, Jesse Fuller, 1963
info The Original Hootenanny, Various Artists (Josh White), 1963
no info Soul of Blues Harmonica, Big Walter Horton, 1964
no info In Person, Porter Wagoner, 1964
info Appalachian Swing!, The Kentucky Colonels, 1964
info Square Dances Played by Tommy Jackson, Tommy Jackson, 1964
no info John Jacob Niles Sings Folk Songs, John Jacob Niles, 1964
no info One of a Kind, Woody Guthrie, 1964
info Galax, Va. Old Fiddler's Convention, Various Artists (George Pegram), 1964
info All Star Hootenanny, Various Artists (Pete Seeger), 1964
info Let's Sing Out, Various Artists (Pete Seeger), 1964
info Old Time Banjo Project, Various Artists (Winnie Winston), 1964
no info Blues and Country Dance Tunes from Virginia, John Jackson, 1965
info Move On Down The Line, Jesse Fuller, 1965
no info John Renbourn, John Renbourn, 1965
info Gambler's Blues, Dave Van Ronk, 1965
info Dock Boggs, Vol. 2, Dock Boggs, 1965
info Sunny Side of the Mountain, Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1965
no info Clawhammer Banjo, Various Artists (Fred and Kyle Creed Cockerham), 1965
no info More R & B From S & B, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, 1965
info Hootenanny Special, Various Artists (Pete Seeger), 1965
info Songs With A Railroad Ring, Various Artists (Flatt & Scruggs), 1965
no info Blues and Country Dance Tunes from Virginia, John Jackson, 1966
no info American Banjo, Snuffy Jenkins, 1966
no info Chicago String Band, Chicago String Band, 1966
no info Single, Charlie Moore, Bill Napier and the Dixie Boys, 1966
no info Long Way from Home, Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1966
no info Tipple, Loom and Rail: Songs of the Industrialization of the South, Mike Seeger, 1966
info Raymond Fairchild & the Maggie Valley Boys, Raymond Fairchild & the Maggie Valley Boys, 1967
no info Blues: Music from the Documentary Film, Various Artists (Furry Lewis and Walter Lewis), 1967
info Old Time Music, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, 1968
no info Nashville Underground, Jerry Reed, 1968
no info Michael Cooney or: "The Cheese Stands Alone", Michael Cooney, 1968
info Black Mountain Blues, Dave Van Ronk, 1968
no info Presenting the Country Blues, Furry Lewis, 1969
no info Live, Grandpa Jones, 1969
no info Old Traditions, Bill and Jean Davis, 196?
no info Blind James Campbell and his Nashville Street Band, 196?
no info Charlie Moore Sings Good Bluegrass, Charlie Moore, 196?
no info Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians, Various Artists (Etta Baker), 196?
no info America's Best Loved Folk Songs, Milt Okun, 196?
no info Original Bogtrotters, Bogtrotters, 196?
no info Odetta at Carnegie Hall, Odetta, 196?
no info Stringbean and His Banjo. A Salute to Uncle Dave Macon, Stringbean, 196?
no info Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, John Jackson, 1970
no info George Pegram, George Pegram, 1970
info Blue Grass Breakdown, Living Guitars, 1971
no info I Wrote a Simple Song, Billy Preston, 1971
info Black Melodies on a Clear Afternoon, Stefan Grossman, 1972
info Pickin And Singin, Jim McCall, 1972
no info Cimarron Bluegrass, Frank Necessary & The Stone Mountain Boys, 1972
no info Old Time Dulcimer Sounds from the Mountains, Various Artists (Russell Family), 1972
info Greatest no info Folksingers of the Sixties, Various Artists (Odetta), 1972
no info Feelin' Low Down, Big Bill Broonzy, 1973
no info World of Flatt and Scruggs, Flatt and Scruggs, 1973
info Won't You Come And Sing For Me, Hazel Foster/Alice Gerrard, 1973
no info Five String Banjo, Art Rosenbaum, 1974
no info With Hot Cottage, Big Walter Horton, 1974
info Bucktime!, Josh Graves and Kenny Baker, 1974
no info How to Play the Five String Banjo, Pete Seeger, 1974
no info Man and his Music, Ralph Stanley, 1974
no info Come and Go With Me, Tommy Jarrell, 1974
no info The Kentucky Colonels, Kentucky Colonels, 1974
no info Lonesome Road Blues, Frank Hovington, 1975
no info Joshua, Peg Leg Sam, 1975
info Ragtime Texas: Complete Works: 1927 to 1929, Henry Thomas, 1975
no info Music from the Hills of Caldwell County, Various Artists (Cora Phillips), 1975
no info Midnight Ride, Fiddlin' Van Kidwell, 1975
no info Tunes from the Well, Bob Hadley, 1975
no info Relax Your Mind, Happy Traum, 1976
no info Grassy Fiddle, Chubby Wise, 1976
no info Roadside Rag, Doug Jernigan, 1976
no info Raise a Ruckus Tonight, Buster Brown, 1976
no info Goin' to the Grand Ole Opry, Stringbean, 1976
no info American Folk Songs for Children, Peggy And Mike Seeger, 1977
no info Bluegrass Fiddle Jam, Virgil Shouse, 1977
no info Legendary Performer, Harry Belafonte, 1978
no info Southern Clawhammer, Kicking Mule, Various Artists (Fred Cockerham), 1978
no info Clawhammer Banjo, Vol. 3, Various Artists (Glen Smith), 1978
info Folk Music in America Vol. 9: Songs of Death & Tragedy, Various Artists (John Cephas), 1978
no info All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Harry Belafonte, 1978
no info Country Guitar Giants, Merle Travis, 1979
info Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends, Vol. 1 Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina, Various Artists (Willie Hamilton), 1978
no info Poor Boy, Yodel-Ay, Critton Hollow String Band, 1979
no info Return of the Wayfaring Stranger, Burl Ives, 197?
no info Everybody Sing, Vol 1, Ed McCurdy, 197?
no info Comin' Round the Mountain, Paul Wiley, 197?
no info Mountain Melodies. Tunes of the Appalachians, Various Artists (Worley Gardner), 197?
no info Lilly Brothers: Early Recordings, Lilly Brothers, 197?
info Early Dawg, David Grisman, 1980
no info Sing-A-Long, Pete Seeger, 1980
info Bean Blossom '79, Bill Monroe, 1980
info Old Time Bluegrass from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia (Vol. 3), Virginia Mountain Boys, 1980
info Shadows of the Past, Stanley Brothers, 1981
no info Sentimental Songs and Old Time Melodies, Double Decker String Band, 1981
no info The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, Various Artists (Lilly Brothers), 1981
no info Folk Music Radio, Coleman Brothers, 1982
no info Alive in Concert, Vol. 1, Limeliters, 1982
no info 20 All Time Great Recordings, Flatt and Scruggs, 1983
info Banjo Pickin' Girl, Lily May Ledford, 1983
no info Clawhammer Banjo, David Johnson, 1983
info Doc & Merle Watson's Guitar Album, Doc & merle Watson, 1983
no info Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in Northern Georgia - Vol. 2, Various Artists (Henry Grady Terrell), 1983
no info Dog Days of August, Cephas and Wiggins, 1986
info Carry It On, Songs of America's Working People, Pete Seeger/Jane Sapp/Si Kahn, 1986
no info Traditional Ties, Hot Rize, 1986
Lonesome Road Blues, Big Bill Broonzy, 1986
info Tribute to Tommy Jarrell, Various Artists (Dave Winston), 1986
no info Labor Concert 1986, Larry Penn, 1986
no info Howjadoo, John McCutcheon, 1987
no info Whoa Mule, Lee "Boy" Sexton, 1987
no info Blues, Moses Rascoe, 1987
info Gospel, Blues and Street Songs, Pink Anderson and Rev. Gary Davis, 1987
no info Golden Classics, Ace Cannon, 1987
no info Blues, Moses Rascoe, 1987
no info When I Lay My Burden Down, Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1988
no info Up Through the Years, 1958-1963, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1988
no info Songs of the Working People, Various Artists, 1988
no info Banjo Collection, Various Artists (Albert Josey and Raymond Swinney), 1988
no info White House Blues, Clyde Moody, 1989
info Stanley Series, Vol. 3 #2, Stanley Brothers, 1989
no info Oldtime Music from the North Carolina Piedmont, Joe and Odell Thompson Thompson, 1989
no info Rock Dust, Morgan Sexton, 1989
no info Merle Travis Story: 24 Greatest Hits, Merle Travis, 1989
no info Swamped, Tony Furtado, 1989
no info Broadside Tapes 1, Phil Ochs, 1989
info Texas Worried Blues: Complete Recorded Works, Henry Thomas, 1989
info Classic: The Definitive Edition of His Sun Recordings 1956-1963, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1989
no info Grandfather's Greatest Hits, David Holt, 198?
no info Elmer's Greatest Licks, Elmer Bird, 198?
no info Folk Festival of the Smokies. Volume II, Various Artists (Frank George), 198?
no info California Blues, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, 1990
info American Banjo: Three Finger and Scruggs Style, Various Artists (Snuffy Jenkins), 1990
info Banjo Man: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs, Carl Jackson, 1990
info Bluegrass Class Of 90, Various Artists (Tony Furtado), 1990
info Classic Bluegrass, Ralph Stanley, 1990
info The Puritan Sessions, Kenny Baker & Josh Graves, 1990
no info One-Dime Blues, Etta Baker, 1991
no info Shake 'Em on Down, Furry Lewis, 1991
no info 200 Years, American Heritage in Song, 1991
no info Red River Blues 1934-1943, Red River Blues 1934-1943, 1991
no info Unreleased Radio Transcriptions 1944-1949, Merle Travis, 1991
no info Goin' Up Copper Creek, Goin' up Copper Creek, 1991
no info Blues Masters, Brownie McGhee, 1991
no info Old-Time Banjo Anthology, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Phoeba Parson), 1991
no info Mountain Dulcimer: Galax Style, Various Artists (Phyllis Gaskin), 1991
info Old Tom Moore and More, Tom Paley, 1991
no info Living Black and White, Heartbeats, 1991
no info Shady Grove, Morgan Sexton, 1992
no info Joke on the Puppy, Tommy Jarrell, 1992
no info Music from the Mountain, Iron Mountain String Band, Galax, 1992
no info Carroll County Pioneers, Various Artists (Kimble Family), 1992
no info Pine Knots School Rowdies, Various Artists (Kimble Family), 1992
no info Round Peak Band, Round Peak Band, 1992
no info Devil Is Busy, Samson Pittman, 1992
no info Fourth and Beale, Furry Lewis, 1992
no info Troubadours of the Folk Era, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1992
no info Kristina Olsen, Kristina Olsen, 1992
no info Virginia Traditions - Non-Blues Secular Black Music, Various Artists, 1992
info Bluegrass Breakdown, Various Artists (Tony Furtado), 1992
no info Odyssey of Paul Robeson, Paul Robeson, 1992
no info Singalong Sanders Theater, 1980, Pete Seeger, 1992
no info Black Melodies on a Clear Afternoon, Stefan Grossman, 1992
info Troubadours of the Folk Era, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1992
info 1959-1963, Flatt and Scruggs, 1992
no info Live in Concert at the Carnegie Hall, Harry Belafonte, 1993
no info Tribute to Fred Cockerham, Greg Hooven, 1993
info Sounds of the South, Various Artists (Mountain Ramblers), 1993
no info John Henry, Denzel Washington, 1993
info String Wizards 2, John McKuen, 1993
no info Mylights, Stefan Diestelmann, 1994
info Guitar Rags & A Too Fast Past, Merle Travis, 1994
no info Folk Songs of the Hills (Back Home/Songs of the Coal Miners), Merle Travis, 1994
no info Twangin' from Phoenix to L.A., Duane Eddy, 1994
no info Last Sessions, Leadbelly, 1994
info The Music Of Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe, 1994
no info Chicago String Band, Chicago String Band, 1994
info Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962, Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson, 1994
info Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys, Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys, 1994
info Clawgrass, Mark Johnson with the Rice Brothers and Friends, 1994
no info The Greatest Stars of Folk Music, Various Artists (Hoyt Axton), 1994
info Old-Time Music on the Air, Volume One, Various Artists (Leroy Troy), 1994
no info Blues in the Evening, Memphis Slim, 1995
info Bluegrass 1970-1979, Bill Monroe, 1995
info 1971-1973, Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys, 1995
no info Chicago Blues Masters, Vol. 1, Muddy Waters, 1995
no info Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1995
no info All American Bluegrass, Various Artists, 1995
info Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, Vols. 1-2, Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, 1995
no info Blind James Campbell and His Nashville St, Blind James Campbell, 1995
no info American Folk Blues Festival - 1962-1965, Various Artists, 1995
info That's Bluegrass!: CMH Records 20th Anniversary Collection, Various Artists (Merle Travis), 1995
no info Great American Train Songs, Great American Train Songs , 1995
no info Country Hit Kit, Nashville Super Guitars, 1995
no info Blazing a New Trail, George Thacker, 1995
no info Bluesville Years, Vol. 3: Beale Street Get-Down, Various Artists, 1995
no info I Want You to Know, Paul Rishell, 1996
no info Early Masters - Tradition Series, Woody Guthrie, 1996
no info Everybody's Grandpa, Grandpa Jones, 1996
no info Folk Music: All That's Folk, Various Artists, 1996
info Mountain Music of Kentucky (CD), Various Artists, 1996
no info On Stage, Reno and Smiley, 1996
no info In Concert, Leadbelly, 1996
no info Whale Dance, Yoshihiro Arita, 1996
no info Folk Songs of the Hills, Merle Travis, 1996
info Stanley Series, Vol. 3 #4, Stanley Brothers, 1996
no info Folk Hero, Woody Guthrie, 1996
no info Legend of Blind Joe Death, John Fahey, 1996
no info Live at Last, Dry Branch Fire Squad, 1996
no info Blinded by the Rose, Chris Jones, 1996
no info Six Days on the Road, Dave Dudley, 1996
no info Blues Wails Ballads and Songs, Various Artists, 1996
info Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass, Hazel Foster/Alice Gerrard, 1996
info Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old Time Music, Various Artists (Round Creek Band), 1996
no info Riverside Folklore Series, Vol. 1: Joy, Joy the Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson , Various Artists, 1996
info Riverside Folklore Series, Vol. 2: Singing the American Roots, Various Artists (Sonny Terry), 1996
no info Alan Lomax Collection Sampler, Various Artists, 1997
no info Angola Prison Worksongs, Various Artists, 1997
no info Close to Home, Bill and Jean Davis, 1997
no info Bruce Moisky and Big Hoedown, Bruce Moisky, 1997
no info Crow Jane Blues, Carl Martin, 1997
no info By the Light of the Moon: Campfire Songs and Cowboy Tunes, Charlie Daniels, 1997
no info Burl Ives, Burl Ives, 1997
no info American Favorite Ballads, Pete Seeger, 1997
no info Country Blues Guitar, Campfire Songs and Cowboy Tunes, 1997
no info 1937-1938, Billy Kyle, 1997
info Southern Journey, Vol. 2: Ballads and Breakdown, Various Artists (Glen Stoneman), 1997
no info Southern Journey, Vol. 5 - Bad Man Ballads, Various Artists (Ed Lewis), 1997
no info Bourgeois Blues - Lead Belly Legacy, Vol 2, Leadbelly, 1997
no info Smoky Mountain Memories - Bluegrass Favorites, Various Artists, 1997
no info Blues, Boogie, Rhythm and More Blues, Various Artists, 1997
info Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Earl Johnson), 1997
no info Alan Lomax Collection Sampler, Various Artists (Sid Hemphill), 1997
no info Prison Songs, Vol. 2 - Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling, Various Artists, 1997
no info Just a Dream, Jim Greene, 1997
info Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection (1952-1967), Various Artists, 1997
no info Blues Masters, Vol. 18 - More Slide Guitar Classics, Various Artists, 1998
no info Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 3, Leadbelly, 1998
info The Philosopher's Stone, Van Morrison, 1998
info Heart of Bluegrass, Various Artists (Merle Travis), 1998
no info Tradition Runs Deep, Various Artists, 1998
no info Songs of the Road, Various Artists, 1998
no info Songs My Mother Taught Me, Ralph Stanley, 1998
info The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute, Various Artists (John Jackson), 1998
no info Out Behind the Barn, Jimmy Dickens, 1998
info Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals, Various Artists (Tony Furtado), 1998
info North Carolina Banjo Collection, Various Artists (Tommy Jarrell), 1998
no info Down Home Slide, Various Artists, 1998
no info Down Home Harp, Various Artists, 1998
info His Folkways Years: 1963-1968, Dock Boggs, 1998
no info Live on the Radio, Maddox Brothers and Rose, 1998
no info Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 6, 1944-1946), Josh White, 1998
no info Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia, Various Artists (James Roberts, Joe and Odell Thompson), 1998
no info The Harry Smith Connection - A Live Tribute, Various Artists (John Jackson), 1998
info The Diary of a Fiddler, Darol Anger, 1999
info Mule To Ride, Tara Nevins, 1999
info Kentucky Old-Time Banjo, Various Artists (Roscoe Holcomb), 1999
info Legacy of Tommy Jarrell, Vol. 3: Come and Go with Me, Tommy Jarrell, 1999
no info Country Boy Down in New Orleans, Snooks Eaglin, 199?
no info Classic Bluegrass, Ralph Stanley, 199?
info 40 Most Popular American Folk Songs, Paul & Margie, 199?
no info Ragtime Texas, Henry Thomas , 19??
no info New King of the Blues, Buster Brown, 19??
no info Columbia Historic Edition, Little Jimmy Dickens, 19??
no info Live, Grandpa Jones, 19??
no info Red River Runs - 1934-41 Field Recording, Various Artists, 19??
no info Gospel, Blues and Street Songs, Pink Anderson, 19??
no info Songs for Little Pickers, Doc Watson, 19??
no info Sun Years, Jerry Lee Lewis, 19??
no info Bluegrass Music from the Appalachian Mountains, Various Artists, 19??
no info Banjo Man - A Tribute to Earl Scruggs, Carl Jackson, 19??
no info Stanley Series, Vol. 3 #4, Stanley Brothers, 19??
no info Instrumental Music and Song of the Southern Appalachains, Eric Darling, 19??
no info Good Old Mountain Music, Mainer's Mountaineers, 19??
no info Songs for Free Men 1940-1945, Paul Robeson, 19??
no info Down to Earth, Ramsey Lewis, 19??
no info Single, Old Joe Clark, 19??
no info Single, Red Cravens and the Bray Brothers, 19??
no info Strictly Instrumental, Country Gazette, 19??
no info John Gibbon's Disc, John Gibbon, 19??
no info Single, Chubby Wise, 19??
no info EP, Ernest Phifer & the Tennessee Valley Boys, 19??
info Ragtime Texas: 1927-1929, Henry Thomas, 2000
no info American Roots: A History of American Folk Music, Various Artists (Cisco Houston and Woody Guthrie), 2000
info Greatest Hits, Harry Belafonte, 2000
info Prairie Bluegrass, Bray Brothers & Red Cravens, 2000
info Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume 4, Various Artists (Mainer's Mountaineers), 2000
info Newport Folk Festival: Best of Bluegrass 1959-1966, Various Artists (Hylo Brown), 2001
info There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2001
no info Guitar Country: From Old Time to Jazz Times 1926-1950, Various Artists (Riley Puckett), 2001
info Bluegrass Bonanza, Various Artists (Bailey Brothers), 2001
info Classic Mountain Songs, Various Artists (Lesley Riddle), 2002
info Island In The Sun, Harry Belafonte, 2002
info American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1, Pete Seeger, 2002
info Still Pickin', Dallas Smith, 2002
info Mo' Joe, Joe Craven, 2003
info In Boston 1959, Merle Travis, 2003
info Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists (George Pegram), 2003
info An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956, The Stanley Brothers, 2004
info Live At Mechanics Hall, Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys, 2004
info Far Across the Blue Water, Bill Monroe, 2004
info The Essential Earl Scruggs, Earl Scruggs, 2004
info Don't Cry to Me, Jimmy Martin, 2004
info Classic Sides 1924-1938, Uncle Dave Macon, 2004
info Keep My Skillet Good & Greasy, Uncle Dave Macon, 2004
info All Smiles Tonight: An Anthology of Heritage Music from Hampshire County, Various Artists, 2004
info Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists (Doc Watson), 2004
info Live at the Ragged Edge, Tom Adams and Michael Cleveland, 2004
info Flatpicking 2001, Various Artists (Gary Cook), 2005
info In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes, Hobart Smith, 2005 info Live: 1955-1967: Outstanding In Their Field, Sam and Kirk McGee, 2005
info Long Live Bluegrass! CMH Records 30th Anniversary, Various Artists (Merle Travis), 2005
info Red Clay Country, Paul Brown, 2006
info Long Steel Rail, Riley Baugus, 2006
info Classic African American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee), 2006
info Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival, Various Artists (Roscoe Holcomb), 2006
info Masters of Old-time Country Autoharp, Various Artists (Kilby Snow), 2006
info Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists (Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston), 2006
info The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album, Various Artists (Blind Joe Death), 2006
info I'm Old Kentucky Bound, Charlie Monroe, 2007
info Satisfied, John Sebastian and David Grisman, 2007
info Early Southern Guitar Styles, Mike Seeger, 2007
no info Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys, Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys, 2007
info Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4, Various Artists (Lilly Brothers), 2007
info Banjo Gathering, Various Artists (Terri McMurray), 2007
info Territory, Tony Trischka, 2008
info Definitive Collection, Merle Travis, 2008
info Murder, Theft and Devlish Deals, Various Artists (Furry Lewis), 2009
info Rowdy To Reverent, Sidetrack, 2010
info Happy Birthday Bill Monroe: Dawg Plays Big Mon, David Grisman and various artists, 2011
info Hi-Def Folk (Hi-Def Master), Various Artists, 2012
info Del and Dawg: Hardcore Bluegrass in the Dawg House, Del McCoury and David Grisman, 2012
info Early Dawg: Deluxe Edition, David Grisman, 2022

Notes

Played by Bob & Jerry (Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia) at a private function in May 1961,

Performed by Pigpen and Peter Albin at the Tangent in Palo Alto on an unspecified date in 1964.

One of the most widely performed American folk songs. The Smithsonian folklife archive has nearly 200 recordings of the song. It occurs in many different forms and under a number of different titles. Spike Driver Blues is a member of the John Henry family of songs. The subject of the song revolves around the digging of the Big Bend Tunnel in West Virginia. John Henry is thought to be a legendary rather than real person.