Hedy West

Hedwig Grace West,  *06-04-1938 Cartersville, GA, +03-07-05

By Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka, Henk Scholts

SESSIONS

1961 poss. Vanguard Recording Studio, 23rd St., New York City – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl/banjo])

001 DRUNKARDS LAMENT Vanguard VRS  9096

002 THE MOON WILL BE A-BLEEDING Vanguard VRS  9096

003 I HAD A NOTION Vanguard VRS  9096

004 THE LARK Vanguard VRS  9096

005 PRETTY POLLY Vanguard VRS  9096

1963 poss. Vanguard Recording Studio, 23rd St., New York City – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl/banjo])

006 DROWSY SLEEPER Vanguard VSD 2124

007 COTTON MILL GIRLS Vanguard VSD 2124

008 ERIN'S GREEN SHORE Vanguard VSD 2124

009 SHADY GROVE Vanguard VSD 2124

010 SINGLE GIRL Vanguard VSD 2124

011 BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE Vanguard VSD 2124

012 500 MILES Vanguard VSD 2124

013 THE BROWN GIRL Vanguard VSD 2124

014 LETTER FROM DOWN THE ROAD Vanguard VSD 2124

015 LITTLE WILLIE Vanguard VSD 2124

016 SWEET JANE Vanguard VSD 2124

017 MINER'S FAREWELL (POOR HARDWORKING MINERS) Vanguard VSD 2124

018 FRAGMENTS Vanguard VSD 2124

019 FARE THEE WE Vanguard VSD 2124

1964 poss. Vanguard Recording Studio, 23rd St., New York City – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl/banjo])

020 BOSTON BURGLAR Vanguard VSD 79162

021 MOONSHINER'S LAMENT Vanguard VSD 79162

022 LADY BEAUTY BRIGHT Vanguard VSD 79162

023 PANS OF BISCUITS Vanguard VSD 79162

024 THE LITTLE CARPENTER Vanguard VSD 79162

025 LEWISTON FACTORY MILL GIRLS Vanguard VSD 79162

026 LITTLE MARGARET Vanguard VSD 79162

027 DON'T GO DOWN THAT LONESOME ROAD Vanguard VSD 79162

028 LITTLE OLD MAN LIVED OUT WEST Vanguard VSD 79162

029 FAIR AND TENDER LADIES Vanguard VSD 79162

030 WILLIAM HALL Vanguard VSD 79162

031 POOR LITTLE LOST BABY Vanguard VSD 79162

032 ANGER IN THE LAND Vanguard VSD 79162

033 RUN SLAVE RUN Vanguard VSD 79162

034 HUBBARD Vanguard VSD 79162

035 FARTHER ALONG Vanguard VSD 79162  

23-26 July 1964 [Newport Folk Festrival] Newport, RI – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl/banjo])

03501 500 MILES Vanguard VRS 9186

03502 ANGER IN THE LAND  Vanguard VRS 9186

1965 London, UK – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl/banjo/gt])

036 THE WIFE WRAPT IN WETHER'S SKIN Topic 12T 117

037 FAIR ROSAMUND Topic 12T 117

038 BARBARA ALLEN Topic 12T 117

039 OLD JOE CLARK Topic 12T 117

040 THE COAL MINER'S CHILD Topic 12T 117

041 GAMBLING MAN Topic 12T 117

042 BROTHER EPHUS Topic 12T 117

043 POLLY Topic 12T 117

044 THE DAVISON-WILDER BLUES Topic 12T 117

045 LAMENT FOR BARNEY GRAHAM Topic 12T 117

046 THE RICH IRISH LADY Topic 12T 117

047 SHUT UP IN THE MINES AT COAL CREEK Topic 12T 117

048 THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL Topic 12T 117

1966 London, UK – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl/banjo/gt])

049 THE HOUSE CARPENTER Topic 12T 146

050 PRETTY SARO Topic 12T 146

051 OLD SMOKEY Topic 12T 146

052 BLOW YE GENTLE WINDS Topic 12T 146

053 MY SOUL'S FULL OF GLORY Topic 12T 146

054 PROMISED LAND Topic 12T 146

055 OVER THERE Topic 12T 146

056 LITTLE MATTY GROVES Topic 12T 146

057 RAKE AND RAMBLING BOY Topic 12T 146

058 JOE BOWERS Topic 12T 146

059 WHISTLE DAUGHTER, WHISTLE Topic 12T 146

060 I'M AN OLD BACHELOR Topic 12T 146

061 JOHNNY SANDS Topic 12T 146

062 MY GOOD OLD MAN Topic 12T 146

063 FRANKIE SILVERS Topic 12T 146

064 LEE THARIN'S BAR ROOM Topic 12T 146

1966? London, UK – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl/banjo/gt], Bill Clifton [gt-1])

065 THE FOGGY DEW -1 Topic 12T 163

066 GIRL I LEFT IN DANVILLE Topic 12T 163

067 THE UNQUIET GRAVE Topic 12T 163

068 BAULAMPKIN Topic 12T 163

069 DOWN IN ADAIRSVILLE Topic 12T 163

070 THE SHEFFIELD APPRENTICE -1 Topic 12T 163

071 LUCY WAN -1 Topic 12T 163

072 LITTLE SADIE Topic 12T 163

073 THE CRUEL MOTHER Topic 12T 163

074 LOVE HENRY Topic 12T 163

075 THE TEXAN RANGERS Topic 12T 163

076 GEORGE COLLINS -1 Topic 12T 163

3 August 1967 [20:00-24:00] Edgewood Studio, Washington, DC – Bill Clifton (Bill Clifton [vcl/gt], Mike Seeger [vcl/autoharp/mouth harp/dobro], Hedy West [vcl/banjo]. Producer: Bill Clifton)
000 PEACH PICKIN' TIME IN GEORGIA GSGL 10476 [UK] BCD-16425
000 HOBO BILL'S LAST RIDE GSGL 10476 [UK] BCD-16425
000 INTOXICATED RAT GSGL 10476 [UK] BCD-16425
000 METHODIST PIE GSGL 10476 [UK] BCD-16425
000 WHEN THEY BAPTIZED SISTER LUCY LEE GSGL 10476 [UK] BCD-16425
000 WHEN THE WORK'S ALL DONE THIS FALL unissued/ BCD-16425
000 MARK'S TUNE GSGL 10476 [UK] BCD-16425
000 HAPPY DAYS GSGL 10476 [UK] BCD-16425
000 TWO SWEETHEARTS GSGL 10476 [UK] BCD-16425
000 THE STORMS ARE IN THE OCEAN unissued/ BCD-16425
000 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN GSGL 10476 [UK] BCD-16425

1967 London, UK – Hedy West and Ian Manuel

Unknown tracks for Topic 12T 208

1967 London, UK – Hedy West

090 LITTLE BIRDIE  Fontana STL 5432

091 GYPSY DAVY  Fontana STL 5432

092 WILLIE TAYLOR  Fontana STL 5432  

093 ALL IN, DOWN AND OUT BLUES  Fontana STL 5432  

094 SERVES 'EM FINE  Fontana TF 913 /STL 5432  

095 DARK AS A DUNGEON  Fontana STL 5432  

096 BUDDY, WON'T YOU ROLL  Fontana STL 5432  

097 THE LARK  Fontana STL 5432  

098 PALE GREEN DISEASE  Fontana STL 5432  

099 THE NEW RESTAURANT  Fontana TF 913 /STL 5432

100 GREEDY OLD DADDY NOT-QUITE-BLUES  Fontana STL 5432  

101 IT AIN'T ME BABE  Fontana STL 5432  

102 ANGER IN THE LAND  Fontana STL 5432  

103 I'M A ROVING GRAVE DIGGER  Fontana STL 5432  

104 SUDDENLY AFRAID  Fontana STL 5432  

105 SOLDAT  Fontana STL 5432

105a I AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE  Fontana STL 5432

August 1972 Audio International Studio, London,UK – Bill Clifton and Hedy West (Bill Clifton [vcl/gt], Hedy West [vcl/gt], Andrew Townend [mandolin], + Sarah, Lee and Chandler Clifton [vocal chorus]. Producer: Hedy West)
106 FREE LITTLE BIRD Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008

107 MAID OF THE SHORE Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008

108 WHITEHOUSE BLUES Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008

109 LITTLE SADIE Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008
110 BLOW YE GENTLE WINDS Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008
111 CURLY HEADED BABY Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008
112 S-A-V-E-D Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008
113 MARY OF THE WILDMOOR Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008
113a MISSISSIPPI SAWYER Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008
113b PICTURES FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008

113c PITY ME ALL DAY Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008
113d ANGEL BAND Folk Variety FV 12008/Bear Family BF 15008 

1974, 1976 West Germany and U.S.A. – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl/banjo/gt], Tracy Schwarz [fiddle]. Producer: Richard Weize)
114 SHADY GROVE  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
115 ERIN'S GREEN SHORE  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
116 MOLLY BAWN  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
117 SINGLE GIRL  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
118 WHORE'S LAMENT  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
119 DEVIL PERCEIVED  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
120 WHEN I LAY MY BURDENS DOWN  Bear Family BF 15003  AMB 71023
121 PANS OF BISCUITS  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
122 HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
123 LITTLE LUMP OF COAL  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
124 GREEN ROLLING HILLS OF WEST VIRGINIA  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
125 COME ALL YE LEWISTON FACTORY GIRLS  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
126 BABIES IN THE MILL  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
127 RED RIVER VALLEY  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
128 ROLL ON WEARY RIVER ROLL ON  Bear Family BF 15003 AMB 71023
Ca 1979 unknown, GER – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl/ banjo/ gt], Tracey Schwarz [vcl/ fiddle/banjo], Eloise Schwarz [vcl])
129 BUSH WHACKER FLED 3110  
130 THE PLAINS OF WATERLOO FLED 3110  
131 BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA FLED 3110  
132 DER GRABEN FLED 3110  
133 I'LL SING A SONG FLED 3110  
134 THE THREE FRIENDS FLED 3110 
135 YOUNG EDMUND FLED 3110 
136 QUEEN JANE FLED 3110  
137 ON THE RIM OF THE WORLD FLED 3110  
138 HOBO'S LULLABY FLED 3110 
139 THERE'LL BE NO DISTINCTION FLED 3110  
Early 2005 unknown – Hedy West (Hedy West [vcl-1/gt/banjo], Eloise Schwarz [vcl-2], Tracy Schwarz [vcl-3/gt/fiddle], Lillie Etta Mulkey West [narrator-4], David Qualley [gt]. Producer: Hedy West)
140 LIL' OLD MOUNTAIN SHACK -4 FLED 3106   
141 ONCE I HAD AN OLD GREY MARE FLED -1 3106   
142 BLOCKADER MAMA FLED 3106   
143 OLLIE AND RILLIE SEAY FLED -4 3106   
144 TWO SISTERS FLED  -13106  
145 JACK AND JOE (GIVE MY LOVE TO NELL) FLED 3106  
146 SALLY CARTER FLED -1 3106   
147 I'LL NEVER GET DRUNK ANYMORE FLED -2-3 3106   
148 FROG WENT COURTING  -1FLED 3106   
149 GRANMAW'S FROG STORY -4  FLED 3106  
150 THE UNCLOUDY DAY FLED -1-2 3106  
Unknown info – Hedy West, *with Bill Clifton
151 DER GRABEN AMB 71023 
152 COTTON MILL BLUES AMB 71023   
153 BLUE MONDAY AMB 71023
154  RED RIVER VALLEY AMB 71023 
155 PLAINS OF WATERLOO AMB 71023  
156 HOBO'S LULLABY* AMB 71023  
157 MY HEARTS TONIGHT IN TEXAS AMB 71023   
158 500 MILES AMB 71023   
159 LITTLE BIRDIE AMB 71023   
160 WILLIE TAYLOR AMB 71023  
161 OKLAHOMA HILLS* AMB 71023  
162 KING'S DAUGHTER JANE AMB 71023  
163 GAMBLING MAN AMB 71023   
164 PETER MUGGINS AMB 71023  

ALBUMS

Vanguard VRS 9096 New Folks: Katy Clyne; I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When; Way Down In The Country; Stewball; Rawhide; [Jackie Washibngton:] Soon I Will Be Done; Angelitos Negros ("Black Angels"); Let Me Fly; Lowlands; [Hedy West:] Drunkards Lament; The Moon Will Be A-Bleeding; I Had A Notion; The Lark; Pretty Polly; [Dave Guide:] I Love My Baby; Another Man Done Gone; Alberta; Winken, Blinken And Nod; They Hung Him On The Cross – 61 (MX: M8OP 9735/6)

Vanguard VRS 9124/VSD 2124 Hedy West Accompanying Herself On The 5-String Banjo: Drowsy Sleeper; Cotton Mill Girls; Erin's Green Shore; Shady Grove; Single Girl; Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie; 500 Miles; The Brown Girl; Letter From Down The Road; Little Willie; Sweet Jane; Miner's Farewell (Poor Hardworking Miners); Fragments; Fare Thee We – 63 (MX: P4RM 2254/5(m))

Vanguard VRS-9162/VSD 79162 Hedy West, Volume 2: Boston Burglar; Moonshiner's Lament; Lady Beauty Bright; Pans Of Biscuits; The Little Carpenter; Lewiston Factory Mill Girls; Little Margaret; Don't Go Down That Lonesome Road; Little Old Man Lived Out West; Fair And Tender Ladies; William Hall; Poor Little Lost Baby; Anger In The Land; Run Slave Run; Hubbard; Farther Along – 64

Topic [UK] 12T 117  Old Times And Hard Times: Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians: The Wife Wrapt In Wether's Skin; Fair Rosamund; Barbara Allen; Old Joe Clark; The Coal Miner's Child; Gambling Man; Brother Ephus; Polly; The Davison-Wilder Blues; Lament For Barney Graham; The Rich Irish Lady; Shut Up In The Mines At Coal Creek; The Wife Of Usher's Well – 65 (US issues Folk-Legacy FSA-32 (1967), Folk-Legacy CD-32 (2004); also reissued as part of Fellside FECD 241 Ballads And Songs From The Appalachians in 2011)

Topic [UK] 12T 146 Pretty Saro and other Appalachian Ballads: The House Carpenter; Pretty Saro; Old Smokey; Blow Ye Gentle Winds; My Soul's Full Of Glory; Promised Land; Over There; Little Matty Groves; Rake And Rambling Boy; Joe Bowers; Whistle Daughter, Whistle; I'm An Old Bachelor; Johnny Sands; My Good Old Man; Frankie Silvers; Lee Tharin's Bar Room – 66 (reissued as part of Fellside FECD 241 Ballads And Songs From The Appalachians in 2011)

Topic 12T163 Ballads: The Foggy Dew*; Girl I Left In Danville; The Unquiet Grave; Baulampkin; Down In Adairsville; The Sheffield Apprentice*; Lucy Wan*; Little Sadie; The Cruel Mother; Love Henry; The Texan Rangers; George Collins* - 67 *Bill Clifton [gt]  (reissued as part of Fellside FECD 241 Ballads And Songs From The Appalachians in 2011)

Fontana [UK] STL 5432 Serves 'em Fine: Little Birdie; Gypsy Davy; Willie Taylor;  All In, Down and Out Blues;  Serves 'Em Fine;  Dark as a Dungeon;  Buddy, Won't You Roll;  The Lark;  Pale Green Disease;  The New Restaurant;  Greedy Old Daddy Not-Quite-Blues;  It Ain't Me Babe;  Anger in the Land;  I'm a Roving Grave Digger;  Suddenly Afraid;  Soldat; I Ain't Marching Anymore – 67

Topic [UK] 12T 208 Matching Ballads Of The British Isles And America: (tracks unknown) – unissued  with Ian Manuel

 Folk Variety [GER] FV-12008 Getting The Folk Out Of The Country: Free Little Bird; Maid Of The Shore; Whitchhouse Blues; Little Sadie; Blow Ye Gentle Winds; Curley Headed Baby; S-A-V-E-D; Mary Of The Wild Moor; Mississippi Sawyer; Picture From Life's Other Side; Pity Me All Day; Angel Band – 72 with Bill Cliftonn  (reissued in 1977 on Bear Family BF-15008)   

Bear Family [GER] BF-15003 Love, Hell and Biscuits [also titled Whores, Hell And Biscuits]: Shady Grove; Erin's Green Shore; Molly Bawn; Single Girl; Whore's Lament; Devil Perceived; When I Lay My Burdens Down; Pans Of Biscuits; How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live; Little Lump Of Coal; Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia; Come All Ye Lewiston Factory Girls; Babies In The Mill; Red River Valley; Roll On Weary River Roll On - 76 (West Germany and the USA, 1974-1976)

Fledg'Ling [UK] FLED 3106 From Granmaw and Me:  Lil' Old Mountain Shack;  Once I Had An Old Grey Mare;  Blockader Mama;  Ollie And Rillie Seay;  Two Sisters;  Jack And Joe (Give My Love To Nell);  Sally Carter;  I'll Never Get Drunk Anymore;  Frog Went Courting;  Granmaw's Frog Story; The Uncloudy Day – 27-04-18

Fledg'Ling [UK] FLED 3110 Untitled: Bush Whacker; The Plains of Waterloo; Born in North Carolina; Der Graben; I'll Sing a Song; The Three Friends; Young Edmund; Queen Jane; On the Rim of the World; Hobo's Lullaby; There'll Be No Distinction – 22-04-19

And More Bears [GER] AMB-71023 Love, Hell and Biscuits:Shady Grove; Erin's Green Shore; Molly Bawn; Single Girl; Whore's Lament; Devil Perceived; When I Lay My Burdens Down; Pans Of Biscuits; How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live; Little Lump Of Coal; Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia; Come All Ye Lewiston Factory Girls; Babies In The Mill; Red River Valley; Roll On Weary River Roll On; Der Graben;  Cotton Mill Blues;  Blue Monday; Red River Valley; Plains of Waterloo;  Hobo's Lullaby (w. Bill Clifton); My Hearts Tonight in Texas;  500 Miles;  Little Birdie;  Willie Taylor;  Oklahoma Hills (with Bill Clifton);  King's Daughter Jane;  Gambling Man;  Peter Muggins – 01-22

 

 

SINGLES

Fontana [UK]

TF 913 The New Restaurant / Serves 'Em Fine – 08-03-68