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Clarence Ashley (29 Sep 1895 - 02 Jun 1967)

Male Person - United States aka Tom Ashley

 Also known as (1)

Releases (3)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Music Of Clarence Ashley 1929-1933 - Greenback Dollar 2001

Album - Live

  1. Live and in Person: Greenwich Village 1963 2011

Single

  1. Naomi Wise / Little Sadie 1929

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. Carolina Tar Heels
  2. Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers

Recordings by (23)

  1. Little Sadie 2:50 (1929) 1929 version
  2. Naomi Wise 2:53 (1929)
  3. House Carpenter 3:16 (1952)
  4. Coo Coo Bird 2:57 (1952)
  5. Dark Holler Blues 2:58 (1995)
  6. Pretty Fair Damsel 2:29 (1997)
  7. Old John Hardy 3:25 (2001)
  8. The Coo Coo Bird 4:03 (26 Sep 2006)
  9. Walking Boss 2:32 (2009)
  10. Wreck of the Old 97 2:54 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  11. Omie Wise 3:56 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  12. Bully of the Town 1:49 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  13. Wild Bill Jones 2:45 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  14. Rude and Rambling Man 3:13 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  15. I'm the Man That Rode the Mule Around the World 2:32 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  16. I Had but Fifty Cents 2:51 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  17. The House Carpenter 4:09 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  18. Shout Little Lulu 1:20 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  19. May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister? 4:22 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  20. Ain't No Use to High Hat Me 2:23 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  21. The Little Hillside 3:14 (2011) live, 1963-10-24: Gerde's Folk City, New York, NY, USA
  22. Rising Sun Blues 2:41 (2015)
  23. The Coo-Coo Bird 4:01 ()

On Recordings (16)

Instruments

  1. Peg and Awl 2:59 Carolina Tar Heels (1952) guitar
  2. House Carpenter 3:16 Clarence Ashley (1952) five-string banjo
  3. Coo Coo Bird 2:57 Clarence Ashley (1952) banjo
  4. The Train's Done Left Me 3:10 Carolina Tar Heels (1966) guitar
  5. The Coo Coo Bird 4:03 Clarence Ashley (26 Sep 2006) banjo
  6. My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains 3:23 Carolina Tar Heels (23 Sep 2008) guitar
  7. Honeysuckle Rag 3:00 Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers (23 Sep 2008) guitar
  8. Walking Boss 2:32 Clarence Ashley (2009) banjo

Vocals

  1. Peg and Awl 2:59 Carolina Tar Heels (1952)
  2. House Carpenter 3:16 Clarence Ashley (1952)
  3. Coo Coo Bird 2:57 Clarence Ashley (1952)
  4. The Train's Done Left Me 3:10 Carolina Tar Heels (1966)
  5. The Coo Coo Bird 4:03 Clarence Ashley (26 Sep 2006)
  6. Amazing Grace 4:28 The Clarence Ashley Group (26 Sep 2006) additional
  7. My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains 3:23 Carolina Tar Heels (23 Sep 2008)
  8. Walking Boss 2:32 Clarence Ashley (2009)

Credited as (14)

  1. Clarence Ashley
  2. Tom Clarence Ashley
  3. Clarence Ashley & Gwen Foster
  4. Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley
  5. Clarence (Tom) Ashley, Doc Watson, Clint Howard & Fred Price
  6. Clarence Ashley, Clint Howard, Fred Price, Jean Ritchie & Doc Watson
  7. Tom Ashley
  8. Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley
  9. Clarence Tom Ashley
  10. Ashley & Foster
  11. Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster
  12. Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Clint Howard, Fred Price, Doc Watson
  13. Tom Ashley, Doc Watson, Clint Howard, Fred Price, Stella Gilbert, Gaither Carlton, Jack Johnson, Eva Ashley Moore, Tommy Moore, Arnold Watson , and The Carolina Tar Heels : Doc Walsh and Garley Foster
  14. Clarence Ashley & Will Abernathy

Works (3)

Arranged

  1. The Cuckoo (Is a Pretty Bird)

Wrote

  1. The Train's Done Left Me

Lyrics

  1. My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains

Links (10)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.clarenceashley.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no96008778/
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96008778
  3. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110173

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Ashley

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/616940
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2967724

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/49424005

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1095358

Biographies

  1. http://www.clarenceashley.com/about.html