J. E. Mainer

J. E. Mainer (July 20, 1898 – June 12, 1971) grew up on a farm in the mountains near Weaverville, North Carolina, United States,

Original discography J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers Matrix Title Record # Recording date Notes 94328 "Ship's Sailing Now" Bluebird 6088 August 6, 1935 94329 "This World Is Not My Home" Bluebird 6088 August 6, 1935 94330 "Maple On the Hill" Bluebird 6065 August 6, 1935 94331 "Take Me In the Lifeboat" Bluebird 6065 August 6, 1935 94332 "Seven and a Half" Bluebird 6792 August 6, 1935 94333 "New Curly Headed Baby" Bluebird 6104 August 6, 1935 94336 "Broken Hearted Blues" Bluebird 6090 August 6, 1935 94337 "Greenback Dollar" Bluebird 6090 August 6, 1935 94338 "Let Her Go God Bless Her" Bluebird 6104 August 6, 1935 94339 "City On the Hill" Bluebird 6160 August 6, 1935 94340 "The Longest Train" Bluebird 6222 August 6, 1935 94341 "Write a Letter To Mother" Bluebird 6194 August 6, 1935 94342 "Lights In the Valley" Bluebird 6160 August 6, 1935 94343 "Searching For a Pair of Blue Eyes" Bluebird 6194 August 6, 1935 99106 "My Wife Went Away and Left Me" Bluebird 6294 February 14, 1936 99107 "Railroad Blues" Bluebird 6624 February 14, 1936 99109 "Over the Hills In Carolina" Bluebird 6675 February 14, 1936 99110 "Budded Roses" Bluebird 6675 February 14, 1936 99111 "What Makes Him Do It" Bluebird 6624 February 14, 1936 99112 "My Little Red Ford" Bluebird 6294 February 14, 1936 99113 "Goin' Back West In the Fall" Bluebird 6440 February 14, 1936 99114 "New Lost Train Blues" Bluebird 6424 February 14, 1936 99115 "Number 111" Bluebird 6424 February 14, 1936 99116 "I Am Walking In the Light" Bluebird 6385 February 14, 1936 99117 "Don't Cause Mother's Hair To Turn Grey" Bluebird 6324 February 14, 1936 99118 "When I Reach My Home Eternal" Bluebird 6385 February 14, 1936 99119 "Fatal Wreck of the Bus" Bluebird 6290 February 14, 1936 99120 "Behind the Parlor Door" Bluebird 6440 February 14, 1936 99121 "Satisfied" Bluebird 6324 February 14, 1936 99122 "One To Love Me" Bluebird 6290 February 14, 1936 99138 "Maple On the Hill, Part 2" Bluebird 6293 February 15, 1936 99139 "Going To Georgia" Bluebird 6423 February 15, 1936 99140 "Nobody's Darling But Mine" Bluebird 6423 February 15, 1936 102600 "On a Cold Winter Night" Bluebird 6629 June 15, 1936 102601 "John Henry Was a Little Boy" Bluebird 6629 June 15, 1936 102602 "The Old and Faded Picture" Bluebird 6479 June 15, 1936 102603 "Take Me Home To the Sweet Sunny South" Bluebird 6479 June 15, 1936 102604 "Walk That Lonesome Valley" Bluebird 6596 June 15, 1936 102605 "Got a Home In that Rock" Bluebird 6539 June 15, 1936 102606 "Johnson's Old Grey Mule" Bluebird 6584 June 15, 1936 102607 "Won't Be Worried Long" Bluebird 6738 June 15, 1936 102608 "Going Down the River of Jordan" Bluebird 6539 June 15, 1936 102609 "Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls" Bluebird 6792 June 15, 1936 102610 "Down Among the Budded Roses" Bb unissued June 15, 1936 102611 "Watermelon On the Vine" Bluebird 6584 June 15, 1936 2530 "They Said My Lord Was a Devil" Bluebird 6653 October 1936 2533 "Just One Way To the Pearly Gates" Bluebird 6784 October 1936 2534 "Dear Daddy You're Gone" Bluebird 6752 October 1936 2537 "Cowboy's Pony In Heaven" Bluebird 6653 October 1936 11815 "I'm Not Turning Backward" Bluebird 7165 August 2, 1937 11818 "Mountain Sweetheart" Bluebird 7587 August 2, 1937 11819 "Don't Forget Me Lil Darlin'" Bluebird 7587 August 2, 1937 11987 "We Can't Be Darlings Anymore" Bluebird 7151 August 5, 1937 11988 "Tell Mother I'll Meet Her" Bluebird 7222 August 5, 1937 11989 "In a Little Village Church Yard" Bluebird 7222 August 5, 1937 11990 "Carry Your Cross With a Smile" Bluebird 7523 August 5, 1937 11991 "Swing the Door of Your Heart Open Wide" Bluebird 7401 August 5, 1937 Leonard Stokes/George Morris 11992 "Answer To Greenback Dollar" Bluebird 7151 August 5, 1937 11993 "There's A Green Hill Far Away" Bluebird 7401 August 5, 1937 11995 "Floating Down the Stream of Time" Bluebird 7523 August 5, 1937 11996 "Don't Go Out" Bluebird 7349 August 5, 1937 11997 "Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind" Bluebird 7289 August 5, 1937 11998 "Kiss Me Cindy" Bluebird 7289 August 5, 1937 18763 "Lonely Tomb" Bluebird 7424 January 27, 1938 18765 "All My Friends" Bluebird 7424 January 27, 1938 18767 "Don't Get Too Deep In Love" Bluebird 7483 January 27, 1938 18768 "Don't Leave Me Alone" Bluebird 7561 January 27, 1938 18769 "I Won't Be Worried" Bluebird 7561 January 27, 1938 18770 "Where Romance Calls" Bluebird 7753 January 27, 1938 18771 "Another Alabama Camp Meeting" Bluebird 7753 January 27, 1938 26981 "Farther Along" Bluebird 8023 September 1938 26982 "Dear Loving Mother and Dad" Bluebird 8152 September 1938 26983 "Can't Tell About These Women" Bluebird 7965 September 1938 26985 "If I Had Listened To Mother" Bluebird 8137 September 1938 26986 "She Is Spreading Her Wings For a Journey" Bluebird 8023 September 1938 26997 "Mother Still Prays For You" Bluebird 8137 September 1938 27702 "More Good Women Gone Wrong" Bluebird 7965 September 1938 32625 "Sparkling Blue Eyes" Bluebird 8042 February 1939 32626 "We Will Miss Him" Bluebird 8042 February 1939 32627 "I Left My Home In the Mountains" Bluebird 8091 February 1939 32628 "I Met Her At a Ball One Night" Bluebird 8091 February 1939 32629 "You May Forsake Me" Bluebird 8120 February 1939 32630 "Look On and Cry" Bluebird 8120 February 1939 32631 "One Little Kiss" Bluebird 8145 February 1939 32632 "Mama Don't Make Me Go To Bed" Bluebird 8145 February 1939 32635 "Drunkard's Hiccoughs" Bluebird 8400 February 4, 1939 32636 "Country Blues" Bluebird 8187 February 4, 1939 32637 "I'm A Poor Pilgrim" Montgomery W. 7880 February 4, 1939 32638 "Concord Rag" Bluebird 8187 February 4, 1939 ? "Crying Holy" Bluebird 8203 1939 ? "Heaven's Bells Are Ringing" Bluebird 8203

Daddy John Love Matrix Title Record # Recording date 102725 "I Am Dreaming of Mother" Bluebird 6583 June 20, 1936 102726 "Cotton Mill Blues" Bluebird 6491 June 20, 1936 102727 "Blue Days" Bluebird 6583 June 20, 1936 102728 "There's No Place Like Home" Bluebird 6491 June 20, 1936 102729 "Homeless Child" Bluebird 8199 June 20, 1936 102730 "Where Is My Mama" Bluebird 8199 June 20, 1936

Leonard Stokes/George Morris Matrix Title Record # Recording date 18600 "Your Best Friend Is Always Near" Bluebird 7586 January 23, 1938 18601 "Lamp Lighting Time In Heaven" Bluebird 7412 January 23, 1938 18602 "When the Light's Gone Out In Your Soul" Bluebird 7586 January 23, 1938 18603 "Once I Loved a Young Man" Bluebird 7659 January 23, 1938 18604 "Somebody Cares" Bluebird 7659 January 23, 1938 18605 "I'm Living the Right Life Now" Bluebird 7412 January 23, 1938 18606 "Just Over In the Glory Land" Bluebird 7730 January 23, 1938 18607 "I'm In the Glory Land Way" Bluebird 7730 January 23, 1938 18608 "If I Lose Let Me Lose" Bluebird 7471 January 23, 1938 18609 "Great Reaping Day" Bluebird 7958 January 23, 1938 18610 "Oh Why Did I Ever Get Married" Bluebird 7471 January 23, 1938 18611 "Back To Johnson City" Bluebird 7845 January 23, 1938

Album discography Album title Record label Record # Release year Good Ole Mountain Music King Records 666 1958 The Legendary Family From The Blue Ridge Mountains Arhoolie Records F-5002 1963 The Legendary J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers: Old Time Mountain Music Rural Rhythm RRJEM-185 1967 The Legendary J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers: More Old Time Mountain Music Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-191 1967 Happy 70th Birthday Blue Jay Records A-101 1968 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 3: with Red Smiley & His Blue Grass Cut-Ups Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-198 1968 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 4 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-208 1968 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 5 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-215 1968 J.E. Mainer's Crazy Mountaineers Volume 1 Old Timey Records OT-106 1969 J.E. Mainer's Crazy Mountaineers Volume 2 Old-Timey Records OT-107 1969 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 6: Fiddling With His Girl Susan Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-222 1969 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 7: Whittlin', Fiddlin', and..... Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-225 1969 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 8 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-227 1970 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 9 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-228 1970 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 10: The Good Old Rebel Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-229 1970 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 11 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-230 1970 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 12 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-231 1970 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 13 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-234 1970 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 14 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-240 1971 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 15: with Morris Herbert Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-241 1971 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 16 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-246 1972 The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 17: With Morris Herbert Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-247 1972 The Gospel Music of the Legendary J.E. Mainer - Volume 18 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-248 1972 The Fiddle Music of the Legendary J.E. Mainer - Volume 19 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-249 1972 The Fiddle Music of the Legendary J.E. Mainer - Volume 20 Rural Rhythm Records RRJEM-250 1972 Precious Memories (with E.P. Williams) Blue Jay Records LPA-102 1982 J.E. Mainer at home with Family & Friends Old Homestead Records OHCS-146 1983