Sourwood Mountain
Composer: Traditional
Recordings
Uncle Stuart Am (?), 1924
Uncle Dave Macon, 1926
Sam Jones, aka Stovepipe No. 1, 192?
Two Poor Boys (Joe Evans and Arthur McClain), 1931
Decca Presents An Album Of American Folk Songs, Frank Luther, Zora Layman and Leonard Stokes, 1938?
American Folk Songs, Jo Stafford, 1950
Songs From Kentucky, Jean Ritchie, 1953
North Carolina Ballads, Artus Moser, 1955
Memorial To Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston, Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, 1955
Instrumental Music Of The Southern Appalachians, Various Artists (Boone Reid), 1956
Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains , Jean Ritchie, 1957
Songs With Guy Caraway, Guy Caraway, 1958
Music For Moonshiners, Laurel River Valley Boys, 1958
Mountain Songs and Banjo Tunes. Guy Carawan, 1958
Folk Music USA, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Hobart Smith), 1958
Pickin' and Blowin', George Pegram and Red Parham, 195?
Simple Gifts, George and Gerry Armstrong, 1961
Bluegrass Goes to College, Hylo Brown, 1962
Frank Proffitt Of Reese, North Carolina, Frank Proffitt, 1962
The Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward, Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward , 1962
Old Time Country Music, Mike Seeger, 1962
Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia, Various Artists (Wade Ward), 1962
Folk Songs Of The Alleghenies, Patrick Gainer, 1963
Banjo in the Hills, Stanley Brothers, 1963
One Of A Kind, Woody Guthrie, 1964
Traditional Music At Newport, 1964, Part 2, Various Artists (Phoebe and Roscoe Parsons), 1965
Strangers and Cousins, Pete Seeger, 1965
North Carolina Songs and Ballads, Frank Proffitt, 1966
Fiddle Jam Sessions, Various Artists (Lonnie Pierce), 1967
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp, Kilby Snow, 1969
Curly Ray Cline and His Lonesome Pine Fiddle, Curly Ray Cline, 1970
Rufus Crisp, Rufus Crisp, 1972
Uncle Wade. A Memorial To Wade Ward, Old Time Virginia Banjo, Wade Ward, 1973
West Virginia Coal Miner Blues, Don Stover & the White Oak Mountain Boys, 1973
The Bergerfolk, Vol. 3 - Sing of Sunshine and Rainbows, The Bergerfolk, 1974
Songs Of Charlie Monroe and The Kentucky Pardners, Charlie Monroe and The Kentucky Pardners, 1974
Dulcimer, More Old-Time And Traditional Music, Ralph Lee Smith, 1975
Banjo In The Hills, Stanley Brothers, 1976
Swobe's Knob, Frank George, 1977
Dancing Bow and Singing Strings, Tracy Schwarz, 1979
My Old Paint Mare, Country Ham, 1980
Someday We''ll Meet Again, Iron Mountain String Band, 1981
Clawhammer Banjo, David Johnson, 1983
Old Time North Carolina Mountain Music, David and Billie Ray Johnson, 1985
John Hardy, Frank Proffit, 1986
Pickin' On Tommy's Porch, Tommy Jarrell, 198?
Steve Kilby, Steve Kilby, 198?
Songs From The American Heatland, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, 1991
Two Poor Boys - Complete Works, 1927-1931, Joe Evans and Arthur McClain, 1991
Old Tom Moore and More, Tom Paley, 1991
Bluegrass Breakdown, Various Artists, 1992
Cedar Point String Band, Cedar Point String Band, 1993
1956-1968, The Osborne Brothers, 1995
Hand-Picked: 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder Records, Various Artists (Allen Shelton), 1995
The Real Music Box: 25 Years of Rounder Records, Various Artists (Allen Shelton), 1995
Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, Vols. 1-2, Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, 1995
Sing It Yourself!, Laura Boosinger, 1996
Live in Japan, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1997
Complete Recorded Works, Volume II, 1929, The Kessinger Brothers, 1997
Southern Journey, Vol. 2: Ballads and Breakdown, Various Artists (Hobart Smithh), 1997
Kentucky Old-Time Banjo, Various Artists (Bert Hatfield), 1999
MGM Days Of The Osborne Brothers, The Osborne Brothers, 199?
Instrumental Music and Songs Of The Southern Appalachians, Eric Darling, 19??
Uncle Dave Macon - Country Music Hall of Fame, Uncle Dave Macon, 19??
Mountain Frolic, Various Artists (The Crockett Family), 19??
Early Country Music, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Coleman and Harper), 19??
Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry, Various Artists (Ernest Stoneman), 19??
Neiman-Marcus First Edition, Various Artists (Ernest Stoneman), 19??
40 Years of Concert Performances, New Lost City Ramblers, 2001
Blue Ridge Legacy: The Alan Lomax Portait Series, Hobart Smith, 2001
Memory Theatre, James Leva, 2001
The King Years 1961-1965, The Stanley Brothers, 2003
Kentucky Mountain Music, Various Artists (Taylor's Kentucky Boys), 2003
Classic Sides 1924-1938, Uncle Dave Macon, 2004
Keep My Skillet Good & Greasy, Uncle Dave Macon, 2004
The Best of Mac Wiseman: Essential Original Masters, Mac Wiseman, 2006
Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle With Chet Atkins: 1949, Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle With Chet Atkins, 2007
Mountain Frolic: Rare Old Timey Classics 1924-37, Various Artists (Crocket Family), 2008
The Unsung Father of Country Music 1925-1934, Ernest V. Stoneman, 2008
Lee Hammons: Complete Banjo Recordings, Lee Hammons, 200?
The Shelor-Blackard Family, The Shelor-Blackard Family, 2009
Gennett Old Time Music: Classic Country Recordings 1927-1934, Various Artists (Taylor's Kentucky Boys), 2010
Notes
Played by the Black Mountain Boys on the 7th March 1964.>P> Traditional country dance tune. Often occurs as an instrumental as it does on the Black Mountain Boys tape. On some recordings it occurs with lyrics - a wide range of interchangeable verses which are often comic couplets.
On circulating copies of the Black Mountain Boys tape the song is often listed as Sawood Mountain.