Ola Belle Reed And Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line

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Discover the life of Ola Belle Reed, a groundbreaking and influential artist in authentic, old-time music. This double album includes newly remastered audio recordings and...

Discover the life of Ola Belle Reed, a groundbreaking and influential artist in authentic, old-time music. This double album includes newly remastered audio recordings and a 256-page book. Hear Ola Belle's earliest recordings, alongside modern-day field recordings of her descendants and Appalachian community. Experience her deep repertoire of folk ballads, minstrel songs, country standards, and originals, and feel the lasting impact of her music. Co-produced with Dust-to-Digital, Maryland State Arts Council, and Indiana University.

1. Ola Belle Reed – “Uncloudy Day”
2. Ola Belle Reed, Alex Campbell and John Miller – “My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountain”
3. Alex Campbell, Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby 
– “Bringing in the Georgia Mail”
4. Ola Belle Reed – “Train 45”
5. Ola Belle Reed – “The Worried Man Blues”


6. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby – “The Worried Man Blues”
7. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller – “The Ranger’s Command”
8. Ola Belle Reed, John Miller and Burl Kilby – “Big Kid’s Barroom” 

9. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby – “The Miller’s Will”
10. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby – “Black Jack Davy”
11. Ola Belle Reed, Alex Campbell and John Miller – “John Hardy”
12. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller – “Single Girl”
13. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby – “Kitty Wells”
14. Ola Belle Reed, John Miller and Burl Kilby – “The Orphan Girl”
15. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby – “I’ve Always Been a Rambler”
16. Ola Belle Reed – “Undone in Sorrow”
17. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller – “You Led Me to the Wrong”
18. Ola Belle Reed – “Absalom My Son, My Son”
19. Ola Belle Reed and John Miller – “Amazing Grace”
20. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller – “Six Feet of Earth”
21. Ola Belle Reed – “All the Dark Places”
22. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller – “I’m Going Through” 

23. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller – “I’ve Endured”

24. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller – “I’ve Endured”
25. Hugh Campbell – “Undone in Sorrow”
26. Dave Reed – “Plucking the Strings”
27. T.J. Lundy, Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley – “Cherokee Shuffle”
28. Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy – “I’m Longing for a Love I’ll Never Know”
29. Burl Kilby – “Sally Goodin”
30. Hugh Campbell – “Story of Tom Moore, the Gravedigger”
31. Hugh Campbell – “Footprints Left Below”
32. DeBusk-Weaver Family – “Leave It There”
33. DeBusk-Weaver Family with Dave Reed – “Six Hours on the Cross”
34. Dave Reed – “John Hardy”
35. Zane Campbell – “Cherokee Eyes”
36. Burl Kilby – “High on a Mountain”
37. Hugh Campbell – “Fiddle on the Wall”
38. T.J. Lundy, Ryan Paisley, Danny Paisley – “Rachel”
39. Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy – “The Old Swinging Bridge”
40. Dave Reed – “John Hardy / John Henry”
41. Zane and Hugh Campbell – “Stolen Love”
42. Burton DeBusk – “The Buzzard and the Monkey”
43. Burton DeBusk – “The Pussycat and the Bulldog”
44. Dave Reed – “Preacher and the Bear”
45. Burl Kilby – “Turkey in the Straw”
46. T.J. Lundy, Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley – “Ryestraw”
47. Hugh Campbell, Dave Reed – “The Butcher Boy”
48. Dave Reed – “Simple Man”
49. Dave Reed – “1,000 Light Years Away”
50. DeBusk-Weaver Family with Hugh Campbell – “I Feel Like Traveling On”
51. Danny Paisley, T.J. Lundy, Ryan Paisley – “New River Train”
52. Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy, Danny Paisley – “Salt Creek”
53. Burl Kilby – “Cumberland Gap”
54. Hugh Campbell – “Boxes Full of Memories”
55. Hugh Campbell – “Father, Listen”
56. Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy – “My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains”
57. Zane Campbell – “Family Graveyard”
58. Zane and Hugh Campbell, Dave Reed, the DeBusk-Weaver Family – “Over in the Gloryland”

Catalog Number DTD-40

Release Date

Artist(s)

Recording Era(s)

  • 1966-1968, 2009

Number of Tracks

Page Count

Label(s) / Partner(s) Dust-to-Digital

Producer(s) Henry Glassie, Steven Lance Ledbetter, Clifford R. Murphy, Douglas Dowling Peach

Audio Engineer(s) Michael Graves

Designer(s) Debbie Berne

Writer(s)

Additional Information

  • USA

  • English

  • Guitar

  • Country