Sourwood Mountain

Song composer(s)

Traditional

Grateful Dead Recordings

Not recorded by the Dead

Dead Related Recordings

No Dead related recordings entered

Other Recordings

Sam Jones (aka Stovepipe No. 1) (192?)
Two Poor Boys (Joe Evans and Arthur McClain) 1931
American Folk Songs : Jo Stafford (1950)
North Carolina Ballads : Artus Moser (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)
Folk Music USA, Vol. 1 : Hobart Smith (1959)
Pickin' & Blowin' : George Pegram & Red Parham (195?)
Simple Gifts : George and Gerry Armstrong (1961)
Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia: Songs, Tunes with Fiddle, Banjo and Band : Various Artists (Wade Ward)
Frank Proffitt Of Reese, North Carolina : Frank Proffitt (1962)
The Music of Roscoe Holcomb & Wade Ward : Roscoe Holcomb & Wade Ward (1962)
Old Time Country Music : Mike Seeger (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 & Roscoe Parsons) (1965)
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp : Kilby Snow (1969)
Curly Ray Cline & 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)
The Bergerfolk, Vol. 3 - Sing of Sunshine and Rainbows : The Bergerfolk (1974)
Songs Of Charlie Monroe & The Kentucky Pardners : Charlie Monroe & 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, Earl Yeager, Dick Staber (1979)
Dancing Bow and Singing Strings : Tracy Schwarz, Earl Yeager, Dick Staber (1979)
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?)
Songs From The American Heatland : Mormon Tabernacle Choir (1991)
Two Poor Boys - Complete Works (1927-1931) : Joe Evans & Arthur McClain (1991)
Old Tom Moore & More : Tom Paley (1991)
Bluegrass Breakdown : Various Artists (1992)
Cedar Point String Band : Cedar Point String Band (1993)
Hand Picked - 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records : Various Artists (1995)
Souther Journey, Vol. 2 Ballads & Breakdowns : Various Artists (1997)
MGM Days Of The Osborne Brothers : The Osborne Brothers (199?)
Instrumental Music & 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??)

Performance History

Played by the Black Mountain Boys on the 7th March 1964.

Not performed by the Grateful Dead. Occurs only on pre-Dead tapes featuring future members of the dead.

Notes

Traditional country dance tune. Often occurs as an instrumental as it does on the Black Mountain Boys tape. Also occurs with lyrics - a wide range of interchangeable verses which are often comic couplets.