American clawhammer banjo player, guitarist and singer.
Born: September 29, 1895 (Bristol, Tennessee)
Died: June 2, 1967 (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

ALBUMS


Clarence Ashley
Live And In Person: Greenwich Village 1963
2017, LP, Jalopy Records
Clarence Ashley
Country Music Pioneer - Selected Sides 1927-1935
2015, 4xCD, Comp, JSP Records
Clarence "Tom" Ashley*
Greenback Dollar (The Music Of Clarence "Tom" Ashley 1929-1933)
2001, CD, Comp, County Records
Doc Watson And Clarence Ashley
The Original Folkways Recordings Of Doc Watson And Clarence Ashley (1960 Through 1962)
1994
Clarence Ashley & Tex Isley
Play And Sing American Folk Music
1966, LP, Album, Folkways Records
Ashley* And Greene*
Penitentiary Bound
1933, Shellac, 10", Conqueror
Tom Ashley*
The Fiddler's Contest / Over At Tom's House
1933
Tom Ashley*
Haunted Road Blues / My Sweet Farm Girl
1932
Ashley* & Abernathy* / Ashley* & Green*
Corrina, Corrina / Short Life Of Trouble
1932
Walter Davis (6) / Tom Ashley*
Crooked Creek Blues / Drunk Man Blues
1932
Clarence Ashley
Little Sadie / Naomi Wise
1930, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Clarence Ashley
Dark Holler Blues / The Coo Coo Bird
1929, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Thomas C. Ashley*
You're A Little Too Small / Four Night's Experience
1928, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Vernon Dalhart / Tom Hutchinson*
Cindy / Four Night's Experience
1928, Shellac, 10", Challenge (2)
Clarence Ashley
The House Carpenter / Old John Hardy
Shellac, 10", Columbia
Oscar Brand, Tom Clarence Ashley*, Doc Watson, Cynthia Gooding
The World Of Folk Music Show #30 / Show #31
LP, Transcription, Not On Label
The Carolina Tar Heels
The Carolina Tar Heels
1969
Malcolm Price Trio + 1*
Way Down Town
1965, LP, Album, Mono, Decca
Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
Cincinnati Breakdown / Honeysuckle Rag
1932, Shellac, 10", Perfect (3)
Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
Washington And Lee Swing / Goodnight Waltz

APPEARANCES +


Det Blev Handgemäng
Kalla Högervindar
2024, LP, Album, Ora, Ella Ruth Institutet
Various
The Harry Smith B-Sides
2020, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Dust-to-Digital, ,
Cajun/Country/Field Recording/Gospel/Delta Blues/Folk
Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton
Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton
2020, CD, ,
Folk
Various
She's Selling What She Used To Give Away (28 Risqué Hillbilly Songs From The ‘30s)
2018, CD, Album, Comp, Bear Family Records, ,
Country/Folk/Bluegrass/Hillbilly
Willie Watson
Folksinger Vol. 2
2017
Various
American Epic: The Best Of Country
2017
The Cuckoo Sisters
Nestlings (First Demo)
2016, CDr, Album, Not On Label
Various
Epic Americana (Pre-War Blues, Country & Folk)
2016, 3xCD, Comp, Floating World, ,
Hillbilly/Country
Kkkristinashleytomson VIII
Toujours A L'Ancienne
2016, Cass, K7A2BAL, Maison De Retraite, Old Timey Productions
Bob Dylan, Various
I Was Young When I Left Home
2014, 2xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Discograph, ,
Country Blues/Country/Folk/Delta Blues/Bluegrass
Bena & Ptaszek*
Music Of The Mississippi River
2011, CD, Album, Stormy Monday Records
Various
Take Me To The Water
2009, CD, Comp, Boo, Dust-to-Digital, ,
Gospel
Laura Veirs
Two Beers Veirs
2009
Various
Mountain Frolic: Rare Old Timey Classics 1924-1937
2007, Box + 4xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records, ,
Country
Various
Friends Of Old Time Music (The Folk Arrival 1961-1965)
2006, 3xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways
Michel F. Côté
Flat Fourgonnette (Mescal Free Style)
2005, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques
Various
Good For What Ails You (Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926 - 1937)
2005, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Old Hat Records, ,
Bluegrass/Honky Tonk/Folk
Bob Dylan
Live At The Gaslight 1962
2005
Various
Desperate Man Blues: Discovering The Roots Of American Music (Original Soundtrack)
2004, CD, ,
Country Blues/Country/Bluegrass/Rock & Roll
Various
The Rose & The Briar
2004, CD, ,
Country/Country Blues
Various
Classic Old-time Music (From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
2003, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, ,
Folk
Various
Hard Times In The Country
2002, CD, Comp, County Records, ,
Country
Various
Classic Mountain Songs (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2002
Carol Ponder
Little Journeys
2000, CD, Album, TrueSongs
Various
Crowd Around The Mic. - Live On WNCW Vol. 3 - 10 Years Of Turning Ears
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, WNCW 88.7
John Fahey
The Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites
1999
Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets
1999
The Brothers Four
Two Classic Albums From The Brothers Four
1997, CD, Comp, Collectors' Choice Music, Sony Music Special Products, ,
Vocal/Folk
New Lost City Ramblers*
There Ain't No Way Out
1997, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways
Harry Smith
Anthology Of American Folk Music
1997, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, Box Set, ,
Cajun/Country/Field Recording/Gospel/Delta Blues/Folk
Various
Hillbilly Blues
1996
Various
Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
1996, ,
Country/Gospel/Bluegrass/Cajun/Folk
Doug* And Jack Wallin
Family Songs And Stories From The North Carolina Mountains
1995, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways
Various
Old-Time Mountain Ballads
1995, CD, Comp, RM, County Records
The Ex
Mudbird Shivers
1995, CD, ,
Avantgarde/Punk
Townes Van Zandt
Roadsongs
1992
Appalachian Barn Orchestra
Appalachian Barn Orchestra
1989, CD, Album, Canaris
Arthel 'Doc' Watson*
Portrait
1987, Vinyl, ,
Bluegrass/Folk
The Wanamaker Lewis Trio
The Wanamaker Lewis Trio
1984, LP, Album, Punchdrunk Records (2)
Paul Jones
Hits & Blues
1980
Various
Oh My Little Darling: Folk Song Types
1977
Doc Watson, Clint Howard And Fred Price
Old Timey Concert
1977
Various
Harmonica Blues (Great Harmonica Performances Of The 1920s And '30s)
1976
Doc Watson
Memories
1975, 2x Vinyl, ,
Country Blues/Acoustic/Bluegrass
Country Ramblers
Daybreak
1975, Vinyl, ,
Bluegrass
Lazy Farmer
Lazy Farmer
1975
Maria Muldaur
Waitress In A Donut Shop
1974, Vinyl, ,
Southern Rock
Doc Watson
The Essential Doc Watson
1973
Tom Ashley, Doc Watson, Clint Howard, Fred Price, Stella Gilbert, Gaither Carlton, Jack Johnson (12), Eva Ashley Moore, Tommy Moore (4), Arnold Watson , And The Carolina Tar Heels : Doc Walsh* And Garley Foster
Old Time Music At Clarence Ashley's
1972, 2xLP, Album, Mono, RE, Gat, Columbia, Folkways Records, ,
Bluegrass/Country/Folk
The Holy Modal Rounders
Stampfel & Weber
1972
Various
A Fiddlers' Convention In Mountain City, Tennessee (1924-1930 Recordings)
1972
Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs Performing With His Family And Friends
1971, Vinyl Pitman Pressing, ,
Bluegrass/Folk/Fado/Folk Rock
Various
Ragtime 2: The Country
1971, ,
Ragtime
Various
A Collection Of Mountain Songs
1971
Various
Golden Folk Festival Double Deluxe
1970, 2xLP, Comp, Vanguard, ,
Folk/Country/Gospel
Earl Scruggs With Family & Friends
Performing With His Family And Friends
1970, Vinyl, ,
Country/Bluegrass/Folk/Country Blues
David And Panda
Come In Stranger
1969, LP, Album, Kiwi,
Joan Baez
David's Album
1969, ,
Country/Folk
Liz Getz
How Can I Keep From Singing
1967, LP, Album, Folkways Records
Paul Jones
Love Me Love My Friends
1967, ,
Folk Rock/Pop Rock
Doc Watson & Son*
Doc Watson & Son
1965
The Holy Modal Rounders
The Holy Modal Rounders
1964
Various
American Folk Singers And Balladeers
1964
Alan Lomax And The Dupree Family
Raise A Ruckus And Have A Hootenanny
1963
The New Lost City Ramblers
Vol. 4
1962
Various
Old Time Music At Clarence Ashley's - Part 2
1962
Various
Old Time Music At Clarence Ashley's
1961, ,
Country/Bluegrass/Folk
The Brothers Four
B.M.O.C. (Best Music On / Off Campus)
1961, Vinyl, ,
Folk
Harry Smith
Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume Three: Songs
1952
Ashley And Foster*
Times Ain't Like They Used To Be
1933
Ashley And Foster*
Rising Sun Blues / East Virginia Blues
1933
Carolina Tar Heels*
The Old Gray Goose / Hand In Hand We Have Walked Along Together
1930, Shellac, 10", Victor
Carolina Tar Heels*
Can't You Remember When Your Heart Was Mine? / I'll Be Washed
1930, Shellac, 10", Victor
Byrd Moore And His Hot Shots*
Frankie Silvers / The Hills Of Tennessee
1930, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Carolina Tar Heels*
Peg And Awl / You Are A Little Too Small
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
Carolina Tar Heels*
Roll On, Boys / Lay Down Baby, Take Your Rest
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
Carolina Tar Heels*
There's A Man Goin' Around Takin' Names / I Don't Like The Blues No How
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor, ,
Country
Carolina Tar Heels*
Rude And Rambling Man / Oh, How I Hate It
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
Carolina Tar Heels*
Who's Gonna Kiss Your Lips, Dear Darling? / My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
Carolina Tar Heels*
Somebody's Tall And Handsome / The Train's Done Left Me
1929, Shellac, 10", Victor
Byrd Moore And His Hot Shots*
Careless Love / Three Men Went A Hunting
1929, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Joan Baez
Star Action
2xLP, Comp, Vanguard, ,
Folk
Tom Ashley And Gwin Foster* / Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
I Have No Lovin' Mother Now / Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea
Shellac, 10", Romeo
Ashley And Foster*
Ain't No Use To High Hat Me
Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)
Dan Golden (2) / Oscar Brown
Good Old Turnip Greens / You're A Little Too Small
Shellac, 10", Champion (5)
Jack Elliott*, Derrol Adams*
Vita Dei Pionieri
7", Signal (5)
Harry Smith
Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume Three: Songs
2xCD, Album, Folkways Records
Joan Baez
If I Knew
,
Folk
Various
Old Time Southern Dance Music : The String Bands Vol 2
Joan Baez
Songbook
Doc Watson
The Vanguard Years
Barry Barnes
Rory!
CDr,
Various
The Rough Guide To Murder Ballads
2024, LP, Comp, RM, World Music Network, Music Rough Guides, ,
Folk/Country
Various
風に吹かれて~ルーツ・オブ・ジャパニーズ・フォーク~ = Blowin' In The Wind ~The Roots Of Japanese Folk~
2023, 2xCD, Comp, Oldays Records, ,
Folk/Country
Various
Tell It To Me / Revisiting The Johnson City Sessions 1928-1929
2019, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records
Various
The Rough Guide To The Roots Of Country Music (Reborn And Remastered)
2019, CD, ,
Country/Appalachian Music
Various
American Epic
2017, 5xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Lo-Max Records, Third Man Records, Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music,
Various
The Complete History Of Country Music 1923-1962
2016, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2)
Various
Roots & Blues
2015, 20xCD, Comp + Box, Sony Music, ,
Gospel/Country/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Cajun/Hillbilly
Various
Talkin' New York (The Greenwich Village Scene 1940-1962)
2015, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),
Various
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean: British Songs In The USA
2015, 3xCD, Comp, Nehi Records
Various
The Vintage Collection - Folk
2015, 3xCD, Comp, Delta (18), Music Digital,
Various
The Greenwich Village Folk Scene
2014, 3xCD, Comp, Not Now Music, ,
Folk
Various
Borrowed By Bob Dylan
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Performance (7), Delta (18),
Various
Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Around
2014, CD, Comp, JSP Records,
Various
A Short Life Of Trouble - Popular American Ballads 1927-1943
2013, LP, Comp, Mississippi/Change Records
Various
The Johnson City Sessions 1928-1929 - "Can You Sing Or Play Old-Time Music?"
2013, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records
Bob Dylan
Constructing The Legend (His First LP & The Songs It Was Built On)
2013, 2x Vinyl, ,
Folk
Jimmie Rodgers
The Rough Guide To Country Legends: Jimmie Rodgers (Reborn And Remastered)
2013, ,
Country/Hillbilly/Country Blues
Various
Pas Si Bêtes
2012, CD, Comp, Cristal Records
Various
Songlines: Top Of The World 77
2011, CD, Comp, Promo, Songlines
Various
The Roots Of Drone
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Chrome Dreams
Various
Beginner's Guide To Hoedown
2011, 3xCD, Comp, Nascente, ,
Hillbilly/Country/Bluegrass
Various
Out-Takes From The Early Dylan Sessions
2011, CD, Comp, Righteous
Various
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan - Season 3
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Ace, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
The Roots Of Bob Dylan
2009, 3xCD, Comp, RM + DVD, PAL, Proper Records (2)
Various
Dylan Radio - Επιλογές Από Τη Ραδιοφωνική Εκπομπή Του Bob Dylan
2009, CD, Comp, Ποπ + Ροκ, ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues/Folk/Country/Swing/Vocal/Rock & Roll/Gospel/Texas Blues/Easy Listening/Rhythm & Blues/Doo Wop/Chicago Blues
Various
The Roots Of Janis Joplin
2009, CD, Comp, Complete Roots, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll/Piano Blues/Country Blues/Country
Various
Banjo - An American Five-String Story / Le Banjo Américain À Cinq Cordes 1901-1956
2009, 2xCD, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Bluegrass/Country Blues
The New Lost City Ramblers
50 Years (Where Did You Come From? Where Did You Go?)
2009, 3xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways
Various
Woody Guthrie And American Folk Giants
2009, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Big3,
Various
Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour (The Best Of The Third Series)
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Chrome Dreams, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Country/Vocal/Delta Blues/Electric Blues/Folk
Various
Theme Time Radio Hour Seasons 1, 2 & 3 With Your Host Bob Dylan
2008, Box + 2xCD, Comp + 2xCD, Comp + 2xCD, Comp, Ace, ,
Rock & Roll/Blues Rock/Country/Punk/Soul/Doo Wop/Rocksteady/Rhythm & Blues/Ska/Swing/Cajun/Chanson/Big Band/Rockabilly/Mambo/Piano Blues
Various
Drifter's Escape (The Music That Inspired Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding And Nashville Skyline)
2008, CD Jewel Case, ,
Country/Bluegrass/Rock & Roll
Various
People Take Warning! (Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938)
2007
Andrew Douglas
Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2006, DVD, PAL, Plexifilm, ,
Country
Various
Dust-To-Digital 2006 Sampler
2006, CDr, Album, Smplr, Dust-to-Digital
Various
Classic CD Sampler
2005, CD, Comp, Smplr, Smithsonian Folkways, ,
Country Blues/Delta Blues/Bluegrass/Folk
Various
Old Time Mountain Banjo
2005, CD, Comp, County Records, ,
Country/Bluegrass
Various
Country & Western
2005, 10xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Documents
Various
Mountain Blues - Blues, Ballads & String Bands 1927-1938
2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, JSP Records, ,
Hillbilly/Country Blues
Various
O Brother
2005, 3xCD, Comp, Golden Stars, ,
Country/Bluegrass/Appalachian Music/Country Blues/Gospel
Various
A Cowboy's Sweetheart
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Weton-Wesgram
Various
Jim White Presents Music From Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2005, CD, ,
Blues Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock/Soundtrack
Various
Classic Southern Gospel (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2005
Various
Beautiful Country Memories
2004, 20xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Weton-Wesgram, Flex Media Entertainment, ,
Country/Bluegrass/Appalachian Music
Various
Cradle Of Country & Western Music
2004, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Desperado (2)
Various
Beginner's Guide To Folkmusic
2003, ,
Celtic/Folk
Various
Les Triomphes De La Country Music
2002, 20xCD, Comp, Ltd, RM + Box, Habana, ,
Bluegrass/Cajun/Country/Honky Tonk/Folk/Country Blues/Gospel/Western Swing
Various
Drunk & Nutty (Hillbillies Foolin' With The Blues)
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Indigo Recordings, ,
Country
Various
O Brother - The Story Continues...
2002
Various
Roots Of Folk
2002, 3x CD, ,
Folk
Various
O Brother - Music In The Tradition
2002
Various
Songcatcher II (The Tradition That Inspired The Movie )
2002
Various
The History Of Country & Western Music
2001, 20xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, History, ,
Country
Various
Geschichte Der Popmusik
1998, 52xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records, ,
Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Pop Rock/Skiffle/Easy Listening
Various
My Rough And Rowdy Ways, Vol. 1
1998, CD, Comp, RM, Yazoo, ,
Country Blues
Various
The Rose Grew Round The Briar (Early American Rural Love Songs - Vol. 1)
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Yazoo
Various
Close To Home (Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967)
1997, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,
Various
Before The Blues Vol. 3 (The Early American Black Music Scene)
1996
Various
Smithsonian/Folkways
1995, CD, Album, Comp, Promo, Smithsonian Folkways,
Various
Legends Of Old Time Music
1995, VHS, Vestapol Productions
Various
Country: Nashville - Dallas - Hollywood - 1927/1942
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés
Various
White Country Blues (1926-1938 A Lighter Shade Of Blue Of Blue)
1993
Various
Old Time Music At Newport (Recorded Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963)
1991, CD, Album, King Records
Various
Bluegrass At Newport
1990, ,
Bluegrass
Various
Folk And Popular Roots Of Country Music
1985, 2xLP, Comp, Dar + Box, The Franklin Mint Record Society
Various
Old Time Music At Clarence Ashley's (Part 2)
1984
Various
Going Down The Valley: Vocal And Instrumental Styles In Folk Music From The South
1977, LP, Comp, Mono, New World Records
Various
Best Of Newport Country volume 2
1976, Cass, Vanguard
Various
Best Of Newport Country volume 1
1975, Cass, Vanguard
Various
A Survey Of Rural Music Of The Southeastern United States
1974, 2xLP, Comp, Not On Label, Not On Label
Various
American folksongs
1965, LP, Comp, Verve Folkways,
Various
Folk Go-Go
1965, Vinyl, ,
Folk
Various
A Collection Of Mountain Ballads
1964, LP, Album, Comp, County Records, County Records
Various
The Newport Folk Festival 1963 Vol. 1
1964, LP, Album, Vanguard
Various
The Folk Box
1964, 4x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Country Blues/Bluegrass/Texas Blues/Delta Blues/Folk
Various
FOTM (Friends Of Old Time Music)
1964
Various
Country Music And Bluegrass At Newport
1964
Various
Galax Va. Old Fiddlers' Convention
1964
Various
Old Time Music At Newport (Recorded Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963)
1963
Harry Smith
Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume Three: Songs
1952
Harry Smith
Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume One: Ballads
1952
Various
Tennessee Strings
LP, Comp, Rounder Records
Various
American Folk Music
5xLP, Comp + Box, Stern-Edition, ,
Folk
Various
We Were First! (180 Hits In Their Original Versions)
10xCD, Comp + Box, The Intense Media, Documents, ,
Doo Wop/Rockabilly/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Folksongs (Old Time Country Music/USA/1926-1944)
2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés
Various
100% Folk Songs (20 American Songs Of The 20th Century)
CD, Comp, TCD (3)
Various
American Folk Music
CD, Comp, Sounds Of The World
Various
The Greatest Country Music Recordings Of All Time - The Folk Roots Of Country Music / Cajun Country
4xCass, Comp + Box, The Franklin Mint Record Society
Various
Beginner's Guide To Folkmusic
3xCD, Comp, Car, Nascente, ,
Celtic/Folk
Various / Bob Dylan
Cover To Cover - The Originals
Various / Bob Dylan
Cover To Cover - The Originals Volume Two
4x CD,
Bob Dylan
Constructing The Legend (His First LP & The Songs It Was Built On)
2013
Various / Bob Dylan
Cover To Cover - The Originals Volume Two
2011, 4x CD,
Various / Bob Dylan
Cover To Cover - The Originals
2010,
Bob Dylan
Young Bob In His First New York Concert November 4 1961
2008, 3xCD + DVD-V + Box, Ltd, Unofficial, Wonderland Records (5),
Various
Classic Southern Gospel