Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition

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.

Track Listing

1	I Just Got Wise	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:29
2	Walkin' in My Sleep	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:07
3	The One I Love Is Gone	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	03:07
4	Weary Lonesome Blues	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:42
5	Long Black Veil	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	03:18
6	Cowboy Jim	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:02
7	Memories of Mother and Dad	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:35
8	Sugar Tree Stomp	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:05
9	Mommy Please Stay Home With Me	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	03:12
10	Gabriel's Call	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:13
11	Coal Miner's Blues	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:43
12	Difficult Run	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	01:31
13	Who's That Knocking?	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:57
14	A Tiny Broken Heart	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	03:01
15	Can't You Hear Me Calling?	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	03:13
16	Darling Nellie across the Sea	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:18
17	Won't You Come and Sing for Me?	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:44
18	Lee Highway Blues	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	01:38
19	A Distant Land to Roam	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:58
20	Gonna Lay down My Old Guitar	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:53
21	Take Me Back to Tulsa	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:13
22	They're at Rest Together (T.B. Blues)	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	03:25
23	John Henry	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	01:48
24	Just Another Broken Heart	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:42
25	Train on the Island	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	01:39
26	Lover's Return	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	03:05
27	I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	03:07
28	Childish Love	Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	02:55