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Dark As A Dungeon
Composer: Merle Travis

Dark As A Dungeon was performed once by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman in 1994.


Jerry Garcia & David Grisman

info Been All Around This World, 2004
info Been All Around This World: Deluxe Edition, Garcia/Grisman, 2021

Merle Travis

info Folk Songs of the Hills, Merle Travis, 1947
info Back Home, Merle Travis, 1957
no info The Best, Merle Travis, 1967
no info Country Music, South and West, Merle Travis, 1977
no info Folk Music in America, 8, Songs of Labor and Livelihood, 1978
no info Fifty Years of Bluegrass Hits, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1985
no info Merle Travis Story: 24 Greatest Hits, Merle Travis, 1989
no info Best of Merle Travis, Merle Travis, 1990
no info 200 Years: American Heritage in Song, Various Artists, 1991
no info 50 Years of Bluegrass Hits, Various Artists, 1992
info Guitar Rags & A Too Fast Past, Merle Travis, 1994
no info Back Home/Songs of the Coal Miners, Merle Travis, 1994
info Folk Song America, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1994
no info Country Hoedown Shows, Merle Travis, 1995
no info Original Stars of Blugrass Music, Various Artists, 1999
no info As Good as It Gets: Hillbilly, Various Artists, 2000
no info The Roots of Johnny Cash, Various Artists, 2001
no info Sixteen Tons, Merle Travis, 2002
info In Boston 1959, Merle Travis, 2003
no info Hot Pickin', Merle Travis, 2003
no info The Legend of Merle Travis, Merle Travis, 2003
no info 100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits, Various Artists, 2003
no info Famous Country Music Makers, Merle Travis, 2004
no info I Am a Pilgrim, Merle Travis, 2005
no info Country Hit Parade, Merle Travis, 2006
info Harlan County USA: Songs of the Coal Miner's Struggle, Various Artists, 2006
info Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields, Various Artists, 2007
no info The Blues Roots of Johnny Cash, Various Artists, 2007
info Definitive Collection, Merle Travis, 2008
no info Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1946, Various Artists, 2008
no info The Merle Travis Guitar, Merle Travis, 2009 (CD bonus track)
info The Roots Of Bob Dylan, Various Artists, 2009

Other recordings

info This Lusty Land, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1955
no info Now For Your Musical Enjoyment (aka Folks Songs), Kitty White, 1956
no info Tell the World About This, The Tarriers, 1959
info Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads, Odetta, 1960
no info Folk Songs of the Wild West, Danny Dill, 1960
no info Single (Dark As A Dungeon / East Bound Freight Train), Don Reno and Red Smiley and The Tennessee Cutups, 1960
info Country Song, Reno and Smiley, 1960
info The Cisco Special, Cisco Houston, 1960
no info Country Songs: Their Vocal and Instrumental Favorites, Reno & Smiley, 1961
no info Single (Dark As A Dungeon / His Love Makes The World Go Round), Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1961
no info Single (How Can You Forget So Soon / Dark As A Dungeon), Mac Wiseman, 1961
info Just Looking For A Home, Jim Glaser & Americana Folk Trio, 1962
no info The Many Moods of Belafonte, Harry Belafonte, 1962
no info Coming Attraction: Live!, The Journeymen, 1962
no info Single (Dark As A Dungeon / Divorce Me C.O.D.), Green River Boys, 1963
info 12 String Guitar, The Folkswingers, 1963
no info Evening with Granpa Jones, Granpa Jones, 1963
info The Big 3, The Big 3, 1963
no info The New Sound of American Folk, Foy Willing & The Riders of The Purple Sage, 1963
info Joan Baez in San Francisco, Joan Baez, 1964
info Live! Big Ball in Monterey, The Stonemans, 1964
info Wanderin', The Baytown Singers, 1964
no info Single (Understand Your Man / Dark As A Dungeon), Johnny Cash, 1964
no info Too Much Hurt, Don Gibson, 1965
info Himself, Chad Mitchell, 1966
info The Traveler and Other Favorites, The Country Gentlemen, 1966
info Serves 'Em Fine, Hedy West, 1967
no info 24 Country Songs, Don Reno, Red Smiley & the Tennessee Cutups, 1967
no info At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash, 1968
no info Old Golden Throat, Johnny Cash, 1968
no info Cisco Special, Cisco Houston, 196?
info Jim Kweskin's America, Jim Kweskin, 1971
info Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1972
info Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains, The Country Gentlemen, 1973
no info My Old Kentucky Home, Red Allen & the Allen Brothers, 1973
no info 200 Years of American Heritage in Song: 100 Song Collection, Various Artists, 1975
info This is Rose Maddox, Rose Maddox, 1977
no info Rollin' On, Floyd County Boys, 1978
info Rose Of The West Country, Rose Maddox, 1980
no info 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, Dolly Parton, 1980
info 15th Anniversary Celebration, Seldom Scene, 1981
no info Through a Window, Patrick Sky, 1985
no info Seven Days in Sammystown, Wall of Voodoo, 1985
no info Together Again, The Weavers, 1988
no info At Folsom Prison and San Quentin, Johnny Cash, 1989
no info Tyranny & the Hired Hand, Frank Tovey, 1989
no info Dancing Under Water, Freakwater, 1991
no info Country Music Hall of Fame Series, Grandpa Jones, 1992
no info Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Johnny Cash, 1992
no info 1954-1960, Hylo Brown & The Timberliners, 1992
no info Capitol Collectors Series, The Journeymen, 1992
no info Sonny, Souled American, 1992
no info America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, Maddox Brothers and Rose, 1993
no info Maddox Brothers and Rose, 1946-1951, Vol. 1, Maddox Brothers and Rose, 1993
info Saturday Night Shuffle: A Celebration of Merle Travis the Man & His Music, Various Artists, 1993
no info Folkways Years 1944-1961, Cisco Houston, 1994
no info Fireman's Wedding, Joe Henry, 1994
info Early Years 1951-59, Reno and Smiley, 1994
no info The Singer - The Songwriter: 1961-1966, Don Gibson, 1994
no info Masters 1949-1976, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1994
no info What Else Do You Do? A Compilation of Quiet Music, Various Artists (The Hat Brothers), 1994
no info Greatest Stars of Folk Music, Various Artists (Glen Yarbrough), 1994
info Common Chord, Daniel Kobialka and David Grisman, 1995
no info The Big 3, Featuring Mama Cass Elliot, Tim Rose and Jim Hendricks, 1995
info The Man in Black: 1963-1969, Johnny Cash, 1996
no info Songs from the Big Front Porch, Bridget Ball, 1996
no info Jazz & Country, Jim Nichols, 1996
no info Songs from the Big Front Porch...A Celebration of American Folk Music, Bridget Ball & Christopher Shaw, 1996
info Rebel Records: 35 Years of the Best in Bluegrass (1960-1995), Various Artists (Tony Rice), 1996
no info Riverside Folklore Series, Vol. 3: Singing the New Traditions, Various Artists (John Greenway), 1996
no info Straight Outta Boone Country, Various Artists (Slobberbone), 1997
info The Very Best of the Journeymen, The Journeymen, 1998
no info American Original, Grandpa Jones, 1998
info The Early Rebel Recordings 1962-1971, The Country Gentlemen, 1998
info Friends of Mine, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 1998
no info Don't Let Me Cross Over, Emma Smith & Dave Evans, 1998
info Around The Horn/Sonny, Souled American, 1999
no info Cowboy/New Sound of American Folk, Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage, 1999
no info Steel Rails In The Tennessee Night, Chicago Bluegrass Band, 1999
no info The Dismembered Tennesseans, The Dismembered Tennesseans, 1999
no info Made in America: Folk Favorites, Various Artists (Glen Yarbrough), 1999
info Best of the Vanguard Years, Cisco Houston, 2000
no info Best of the Vanguard Years, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 2000
no info Island in the Sun, Harry Belafonte, 2000
no info John Cowan, John Cowan, 2000
no info Country Music Memories, Volume 1 & 2, Charlie Moore, 2000
no info Masters of the Steel String Guitar, Various Artists (David Lay, Eddie Pennington and Linda Lay), 2000
no info As Good As It Gets: Bluegrass, Various Artists (Glen Campbell), 2000
no info The EP Collection...Plus, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 2001
no info Roll on John, John Herald, 2001
no info In Prague 1964, Pete Seeger, 2001
no info Mining the Soul, Rita MacNeil and The Men of the Deep, 2001
info Big Bluegrass Special, Glen Campbell & The Green River Boys, 2001 (bonus track)
info A Tribute to John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage, Various Artists (John Cowan), 2001
info 45 Years of Memories, Charlie Waller, 2002
info Down The Old Plank Road, Chieftans, 2002
info Oxford Depot, Oxford Depot, 2002
no info The Masters, Harry Belafonte, 2002
no info The Collection: At Folsom Prison/At San Quentin/America, Johnny Cash, 2002
no info Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads/Odetta at Carnegie Hall, Odetta, 2002
no info Bunkhouse Blues, Michael Hurwitz and the Aimless Drifters, 2002
info Unearthed, Johnny Cash, 2003
info 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered: Complete Recordings 1951-1964, Mac Wiseman, 2003
info Will The Circle Be Unbroken, The Trilogy, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 2003
no info 16 Sacred Gospel Songs, Grandpa Jones & Brown's Ferry Four, 2003
no info Fiddlin' the Old Time Way, James Price, 2003
info Himself / Love, A Feeling Of, Chad Mitchell, 2004
info Folk Session Inside, The Country Gentlemen, 2004 (bonus track)
no info Half Moon Bay, James Alan Shelton, 2004
no info The Many Moods of Belafonte/Ballads, Blues and Boasters, Harry Belafonte, 2004
no info Earthtones, Vol. 2, Tony Michael, 2004
no info Blackwater Bottom, Buncombe Turnpike, 2004
info The Legend, Johnny Cash, 2005
info Garden Of Joy / Jim Kweskin's America, Jim Kweskin, 2005
no info The Collection: The Fabulous Johnny Cash/Ragged Old Flag/At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash, 2005
no info Walk Through Walls, Brian Capps, 2005
info The Appalachians, Various Artists (Jeff Black), 2005
no info Folk Song Tradition, Various Artists (Glen Yarbrough), 2005
no info This Lusty Land: Including the Tales of Davy Crockett, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 2006
no info The Tradition Years: Come Sit by My Side, Glenn Yarbrough, 2006
no info Back to Our Roots, Flatlander Folk, 2006
no info Made of Sand, Gove Scrivenor, 2006
no info The Roots of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (Cisco Houston), 2006
no info Folk Music from Roots to Rock, Various Artists (Glen Yarbrough), 2006
no info Country Music Legends, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 2007
no info Comfort in Knowing, Roy Douglas, 2007
no info Live at Local Color Cafe, Lost Jim Trio, 2007
no info All American Country, Vol. 2, Dolly Parton, 2007
no info A Compilation, The Andy Owens Project, 2007
no info Hobo Nouveau, Boxcar Satan + Ghostwriter, 2007
info Bluegrass: An American Tradition, Various Artists (Charlie Waller), 2007
no info Paid in Black, Various Artists (Colonel Sanders Grave), 2007
info Folk Roots: The Sound of Americana, Various Artists (Glen Yarborough), 2007
no info Famous Country Music Makers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 2008
no info Original Albums Collection, Dolly Parton, 2008
no info Collector's Edition, Dolly Parton, 2008
no info Cold Fire!/Folk Songs, Kitty White, 2008
no info Coal, Kathy Mattea, 2008
no info Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs, Charlie Louvin, 2008
no info Country Music, Willie Nelson, 2010
no info Ghost Country, Marley's Ghost, 2010
no info Dark as a Dungeon: Songs of the Mines, Various Artists (James Alan Shelton), 2010
info Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions, Robert Earl Keen, 2015

 
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