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- Artist: Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
- Rating:
- Release Date: May 21, 1996
- Total Time: 67:19
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Country
Review
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard recorded a couple of albums in the mid-'60s that are now acknowledged as groundbreakers in demonstrating that women could play and record quality bluegrass. This collection remasters and re-sequences 26 tracks from the sessions, as well as adding lengthy historical liner notes, much of them contributed by the performers themselves. Historical significance aside, it's pretty good bluegrass, the two singers and instrumentalists supported by other good musicians, including a young David Grisman. Their set leaned heavily on covers of tunes by the Carter Family and Bill Monroe (who specifically gave "I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling" to the duo), with additional items by the Delmore Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, and the like. Alice Gerrard's low vocals give this a greater gravity than much bluegrass. A special highlight is their cover of the magnificently mournful "The One I Love Is Gone," another tune that Monroe donated to the pair. Inverting the usual bluegrass cliché, one might call it an example of the low and lonesome sound. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| T.B. Blues [They're at Rest Together] | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (3:28) | |
| The One I Love Is Gone | Bill Monroe | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (3:11) |
| Who's That Knocking? | Traditional | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (3:00) |
| Walkin' in My Sleep | Traditional | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (2:10) |
| Won't You Come and Sing for Me? | Hazel Dickens | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (2:47) |
| Can't You Hear Me Callin' | Bill Monroe | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (3:16) |
| Darling Nellie Across the Sea | A.P. Carter | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (2:22) |
| Coal Miner's Blues | A.P. Carter | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (2:44) |
| Sugar Tree Stomp | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (2:08) | |
| Train on the Island | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (1:44) | |
| Cowboy Jim | Hazel Dickens | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (2:05) |
| Lee Highway Blues | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (1:42) | |
| Memories of Mother and Dad | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (2:39) | |
| Long Black Veil | Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (3:22) |
| Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar | The Delmore Brothers | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (2:58) |
| Difficult Run | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (1:35) | |
| Mommy, Please Stay Home with Me | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (3:13) | |
| Gabriel's Call | Hazel Dickens | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (2:16) |
| Just Another Broken Heart | A.P. Carter | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (2:45) |
| A Distant Land to Roam | A.P. Carter | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (3:02) |
| John Henry | Traditional | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (1:50) |
| I Just Got Wise | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (2:29) | |
| Lover's Return | A.P. Carter, Traditional | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (3:09) |
| A Tiny Broken Heart | Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (3:05) |
| Take Me Back to Tulsa | Bob Wills, Tommy Duncan | Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard | (2:16) |
| I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling | Bill Monroe | Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens | (3:06) |
