Fiddler Country US originaire de Prairie Creek (Indiana). Elle fut l'épouse de Grandpa Jones.

Ramona Jones learned to play the fiddle as a child in Prairie Creek, Indiana, from her father, Homer Riggins. From the time she picked up the fiddle, it was her ambition to become a professional musician. She got her first break at age 17 when she won a fiddle contest at a local radio station, landing a job with radio star, Sunshine Sue Workman. Ramona has performed around the world, spreading her love of old time music to audiences from England to Canada. She was one of the first women to play lead fiddle on the Grand Ole Opry, joining the show with her husband, Grandpa Jones, in 1941. She still performs on the Opry to this day.

Talents : Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals

Style musical : Old-Timey, Traditional Country

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FIDDLER JOE (1962)

CLUCK OL' HEN (19??)

Years in activity :

1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 10 20

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles & EP

1962 SP STARDAY 45-589 (US) Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Fiddler Joe
196? EP STARDAY SEP 201 (US) Down By The River / Hold Fast To The Right / From Jerusalem To Jericho / Gentle Nettie Moore
07/1964 SP MONUMENT 45-853 (US) Sandy Land / Send Me A Red Rose
1970 SP BUDDAH BDA-164 (US) Young Girl Blues / Sweet Devil
1974 SP JET STREAM 807 (US) Ease Off Lover / Your Love's Not Reliable



Albums

1977 2 LP 12" CMH CMH-9007 (US) THE GRANDPA JONES STORY WITH RAMONA & BROWN'S FERRY FOUR :
DISC1 : Sweet Dreams Of Kentucky / My Carolina Sunshine / Jesse James / It's Raining Here This Morning / Eight More Miles To Louisville / Tragic Romance / Kentucky / Old Rattler / Mountain Laurel / I'm On My Way Back Home
DISC 2 : Sweeping Through The Gates / There's A Hand That's A-Waiting / Old Camp Meeting Time / Closer To God Than Ever Before / I'll Meet You In The Morning / You'll Make Our Shack A Mansion / Dark As A Dungeon / I'm On My Way Somewhere / Rosalee / Gone Home
1984 LP 12" COUNTY CO-783 (US) LADY'S FANCY - Run Rebel Run / Goodbye My Blue Dell / Whiskey Before Breakfast / Shamus O' Brien / Listen To The Mockingbird / When They Ring Them Golden Bells / Old Joe / Lady's Fancy / Twinkle Twinkle Little Star / Big Mamou / Prairie Creek / Hickman County Hoedown County
1987 CD RJ 32087 (US) OLD TIME CHRISTMAS - FAMILY & FRIENDS - Christmas Time A-Comin' / Silver Bells / O Christmas Tree / Away In A Manger / Hark The Herald Angels Sing / Jingle Bells / Winter Wonderland / O Come Little Children / The Friendly Beasts / The Holly And The Ivy / What Child Is This / Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
198? LP 12" HAPPY VALLEY NR 10274 (US) STONE COUNTRY FIDDLIN' - Red Haird Boy / Dry And Dusty / Over The Watefall / Crooked Stove Pipe / Angeline The Baker / Remember Me / Devilish Mary / Rag Time Annie / Old Fiddler Joe / 8th Of January
198? LP 12" HAPPY VALLEY PRP 43871/2 (US) BACK PORCH FIDDLIN - Ashes Of Love / Air Mail Special / Each Season Changes You / Snowbird / Arab Bounce / Little Annie / Hit Parade Of Love / This Morning At Nine / Fireball Mail / When I Stop Dreaming / Wild Side Of Life / Matthew / Rabbit In A Log / One Tear / Cold Icy Fingers / JB's Bee

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