The soaring harmonies and driving string-band sound of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard shattered the glass ceiling of male-dominated bluegrass in the 1960s. Hazel and Alice’s influence on music – and not just roots music – is hard to overstate. They’ve been acknowledged by artists as diverse as country superstars Naomi and Wynonna Judd, champion flat-picker Molly Tuttle, and proto-feminist punk rocker Kathleen Hanna. Their steadfast devotion to their own hard-hitting style inspired generations of women in bluegrass.
Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition collects all the songs from Hazel and Alice’s two groundbreaking Folkways albums, and a previously unreleased bonus track, all remastered by their original producer Peter Siegel. They are joined on these recordings by such bluegrass legends as Chubby Wise and David Grisman. The CD booklet includes an expanded set of essays by Hazel, Alice, Laurie Lewis, and Peter Siegel, as well as iconic photographs by John Cohen and Carl Fleischhauer.
1I Just Got Wise02:29
Music: Carter Stanley
2Walkin' in My Sleep02:07
3The One I Love Is Gone03:07
Music: Bill Monroe
4Weary Lonesome Blues02:42
Music: Alton Delmore/Rabon Delmore
5Long Black Veil03:18
Music: Marijohn Wilkin/Danny Dill
6Cowboy Jim02:02
7Memories of Mother and Dad 02:35
8Sugar Tree Stomp02:05
Music: Arthur Smith
9Mommy Please Stay Home With Me03:12
Music: Eddy Arnold/Wallace Fowler/Gradony Hall
10Gabriel's Call02:13
Music: Hazel Dickens/Alice Gerrard/Jeremy Foster/Marge Marash
11Coal Miner's Blues02:43
Music: A. P. Carter
12Difficult Run01:31
Music: Lamar Grier
13Who's That Knocking?02:57
Music: A. P. Carter
14A Tiny Broken Heart03:01
Music: Charlie Louvin/Ira Louvin/Eddie Hill
15Can't You Hear Me Calling? 00:45
Music: Bill Monroe
16Darling Nellie Across the Sea02:18
Lyrics: A. P. Carter
17Won't You Come and Sing for Me? 02:44
Music: Hazel Dickens
18Lee Highway Blues01:38
19A Distant Land to Roam00:29
Music: A. P. Carter
20Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar00:00
Music: Alton Delmore/Rabon Delmore
21Take Me Back to Tulsa02:13
Music: Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan
22They're at Rest Together (T.B. Blues) 03:25
Music: Walter Callahan
23John Henry01:48
24Just Another Broken Heart02:42
Music: A. P. Carter
25Train on the Island01:39
Music: J. P. Nestor
26Lover's Return03:05
Music: A. P. Carter
27I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling03:07
Music: Bill Monroe
28Childish Love 02:55
Music: Charlie Louvin