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Bill Emerson (22 Jan 1938 - 21 Aug 2021)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (10)

Official

Album

  1. Banjo Pickin’ n’ Hot Fiddlin’ Country Style 1963 (as Bill Emerson & His Virginia Mountaineers)
  2. Banjo Pickin’ n’ Hot Fiddlin’ Country Style, Vol. 2 1964 (as Bill Emerson & His Virginia Mountaineers)
  3. Country Banjo! 1969
  4. Home of the Red Fox 1987
  5. Gold Plated Banjo 1990
  6. Reunion 1992
  7. Banjo Man 1996
  8. Eclipse 2011
  9. Bill Emerson 2015 (as Bill Emerson with The West Virginia Mountaineers)
  10. Pickin' & Fiddlin' (as Bill Emerson with the West Virginia Mountaineers)

Relationships (6)

Collaborator On

  1. Emerson & Waldron

Member Of

  1. The Country Gentlemen (04 Jul 1957 - 1958) banjo
  2. U.S. Navy Country Current
  3. Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys banjo
  4. Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie banjo

Married

  1. Lola G. Emerson (28 Jul 1963)

Recordings by (136)

  1. Smokey Bill ?:?? (1963)
  2. Lee Highway Swing ?:?? (1963)
  3. West Virginia Hornpipe ?:?? (1963)
  4. Horseshoe Blues ?:?? (1963)
  5. Banjo Harp ?:?? (1963)
  6. Georgia Polka ?:?? (1963)
  7. Henry’s Boogie ?:?? (1963)
  8. Hogwash ?:?? (1963)
  9. Rainbow Blues ?:?? (1963)
  10. Fingers on Fire ?:?? (1963)
  11. Old Joe Clark ?:?? (1964)
  12. Lonesome Road Blues ?:?? (1964)
  13. Baby Sue ?:?? (1964)
  14. String Time ?:?? (1964)
  15. Weepin’ Willow ?:?? (1964)
  16. Big Maggie ?:?? (1964)
  17. Runnin’ Wild ?:?? (1964)
  18. Home Sweet Home ?:?? (1964)
  19. Sweet Dixie ?:?? (1964)
  20. The Chicken Reel ?:?? (1964)
  21. Jesse James ?:?? (1964)
  22. Push and Shove ?:?? (1964)
  23. Honeysuckle ?:?? (1964)
  24. Banjo Jamboree ?:?? (1964)
  25. Ole Joe Clark ?:?? (1969)
  26. Feelin’ Bad ?:?? (1969)
  27. Runnin’ Wild ?:?? (1969)
  28. String Time ?:?? (1969)
  29. Baby Sue ?:?? (1969)
  30. Party Time ?:?? (1969)
  31. Weepin’ Willow ?:?? (1969)
  32. Banjo Pickin’ Time ?:?? (1969)
  33. Honeysuckle ?:?? (1969)
  34. Lonesome Road Blues ?:?? (1969)
  35. Banjo Whiz 1:27 (1977)
  36. Home of the Red Fox 2:26 (1987)
  37. Old Times in Virginia 2:20 (1987)
  38. Appalachiana 2:44 (1987)
  39. Stonewall Country 2:15 (1987)
  40. Cowboys and Indians 2:31 (1987)
  41. Theme Time 2:54 (1987)
  42. Sweet Dixie 2:25 (1987)
  43. Down to the Wire 2:27 (1987)
  44. Welcome to New York 2:45 (1987)
  45. Trail Dust 2:23 (1987)
  46. Ridin' the High Iron 2:49 (1990)
  47. Black Mountain Rag 3:00 (1990)
  48. New Camptown Races 3:40 (1990)
  49. Silver Bell 2:33 (1990)
  50. Tennessee Breakdown 2:10 (1990)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Little Birdie 2:34 Red Allen & Frank Wakefield (1963) banjo
  2. Froggie Went a’Courtin’ 2:11 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  3. Worry My Life Away 2:10 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  4. Journey’s End 3:10 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  5. Hello City Limits 2:40 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  6. I Don’t Know Why 1:58 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  7. Sad and Lonesome Day 3:00 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  8. Those "Gone and Left Me" Blues 2:11 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  9. No Blind Ones There 2:55 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  10. The Family Who Prays 3:00 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  11. Down Where the River Bends 3:23 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  12. Out on the Ocean 2:27 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  13. Flowers by My Graveside 2:35 The Kentuckians (1965) banjo
  14. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 2:39 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  15. Indian Hill 1:56 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  16. I'm Bound to Ride 1:50 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  17. You Didn't Say Goodbye 2:30 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  18. Snow Buck 2:37 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  19. A Message for Peace 3:02 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  20. Wildwood Hoedown 1:55 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  21. Hey, Hey Bartender 2:39 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  22. Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On 2:12 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  23. A Beautiful Life 2:16 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  24. The Snake 3:21 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  25. Little Nellie Grey 2:06 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  26. Our Darling's Gone 2:21 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  27. Fire on the Mountain 1:42 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  28. Willie Roy 3:58 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  29. Used to Be 1:55 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  30. Blue Yodel 2:35 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  31. Fast Freight 2:32 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  32. Red Wings 2:08 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo
  33. You're a Flower in the Wildwood 2:36 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  34. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms 2:43 Del McCoury (1968) banjo
  35. If I Were a Carpenter 2:43 Emerson & Waldron (1968) banjo

Vocals

  1. Little Birdie 2:34 Red Allen & Frank Wakefield (1963) baritone vocals
  2. Flowers by My Graveside 2:35 The Kentuckians (1965) baritone vocals
  3. Journey’s End 3:10 The Kentuckians (1965) baritone vocals
  4. The Family Who Prays 3:00 The Kentuckians (1965) baritone vocals
  5. Worry My Life Away 2:10 The Kentuckians (1965) baritone vocals
  6. Willie Roy 3:58 Del McCoury (1968) lead vocals
  7. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 2:39 Del McCoury (1968) baritone vocals
  8. A Beautiful Life 2:16 Del McCoury (1968) lead vocals
  9. The Snake 3:21 Emerson & Waldron (1968) tenor vocals
  10. You Didn't Say Goodbye 2:30 Emerson & Waldron (1968) baritone vocals
  11. A Message for Peace 3:02 Emerson & Waldron (1968) tenor vocals
  12. Dreams 4:18 Del McCoury (1968) lead vocals
  13. If I Were a Carpenter 2:43 Emerson & Waldron (1968) tenor vocals
  14. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms 2:43 Del McCoury (1968) lead vocals
  15. You're a Flower in the Wildwood 2:36 Del McCoury (1968) lead vocals

Credited as (23)

  1. Bill Emerson
  2. Tony Trischka feat. Bill Emerson
  3. Billy Emerson
  4. Bill Emerson & Pete Goble
  5. Bill Emerson feat. Tony Rice
  6. Bill Emerson feat. Pete Goble
  7. Bill Emerson feat. Wayne Taylor
  8. Bill Emerson feat. Bill Harrell
  9. Bill Emerson feat. Jimmy Martin
  10. Bill Emerson feat. Red Allen
  11. Bill Emerson feat. Charlie Waller
  12. Bill Emerson feat. Cliff Waldron
  13. Bill Emerson feat Charlie Waller
  14. Bill Emerson & Wayne Taylor
  15. Yates Brothers & Bill Emerson
  16. Bill Emerson & His Virginia Mountaineers
  17. Emerson & Newton
  18. Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron
  19. Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie
  20. Bill Emerson with the West Virginia Mountaineers
  21. Bill Emerson with The West Virginia Mountaineers
  22. Emerson & Taylor
  23. Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band

Works (27)

Wrote

  1. Pick Your Own
  2. Nellie Grey
  3. Bill Cheatham
  4. Little France
  5. I’m Bound to Ride
  6. You Didn’t Say Goodbye
  7. A Message for Peace
  8. Our Darlings Gone

Composed

  1. Theme Time
  2. Old Cane Pole
  3. Curly Maple
  4. Hoe Kicker
  5. The Grey Ghost
  6. Breakin’ It Down
  7. Little Nellie Gray
  8. Fast Freight
  9. Red Wings
  10. Wildwood Hoedown
  11. Snow Buck
  12. Indian Hill
  13. State Line Ride
  14. You Can Run (but You Can’t Hide)
  15. Cowboys and Indians
  16. Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
  17. Ridin' the High Iron
  18. Reynard in the Canebrakes
  19. Welcome to New York

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139865238
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87103260
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87103260/
  4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/202945

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/953875

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000764045

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/131533632

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4908896

Biographies

  1. https://bluegrasstoday.com/on-this-day-53-bill-emerson-turns-80/

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.thebluegrassconnection.com/BillEmerson/discography.htm
  2. http://www.ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/BGdiscography/?v=bresults&format=&browseBy=band&filter_band=330