Banjoiste Bluegrass US né Wade Eckhart Mainer, le 21 Avril 1907 à Buncombe County (Caroline du Nords). Il fut parfois surnommé le "grand-père du Bluegrass". Wade Mainer fut l'épous de Julia Mainer et le frère de J.E. Mainer. Il est décédé le 12 Septembre 2011 à Flint (Michigan).

US Bluegrass banjoist born Wade Eckhart Mainer, April 21, 1907 in Buncombe County (Caroline du Nords). He was sometimes nicknamed the "Bluegrass grandfather". Wade Mainer was the embers of Julia Mainer and J.E. Mainer's brother. He died on September 12, 2011 in Flint (Michigan).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Mainer

Talents : Vocals, Banjo, Jew's Harp, Guitar

Style musical : Bluegrass

She Is Spreading Her Wings For A Journey (1938)

Sparkling Blue Eyes (1939)

Not A Word Of That Be Said (1939)

Little Pal (1947)

LITTLE BIRDIE (1952)

Years in activity :

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

DISCOGRAPHY

78 t., Singles & EP

03/1936 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6293 (US) . Wade Mainer - Zeke Morris - Maple On The Hill-Part 2 (Driftin' To That Happy Home) / Where The Red, Red Roses Grow
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4710 (US) .

Mainer's Mountaineers - Maple On The Hill - Part 2 (Driftin' To That Happy Home) / Where The Red, Red Roses Grow
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4711 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Lights In The Valley / City On The Hill
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4712 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Don't Cause Mother's Hair To Turn Grey / Satisfied
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4713 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - A Leaf From The Sea / Brown Eyes
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4714 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Ship Sailing Now / This World Is Not My Home
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4715 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Broken-Hearted Blues / Greenback Dollar
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4717 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - One To Love Me / Fatal Wreck Of The Bus
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4718 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Just As The Sun Went Down / Mother Came To Get Her Boy From Jail
10/1936 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6596 (US) . Shake Hands With Mother (Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris) / Walk That Lonesome Valley (J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers)
12/1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-5031 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Gathering Flowers From The Hills / Cradle Days
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-5035 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Take Me Home To The Sweet Sunny South  / The Old And Faded Picture
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7001 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - I Am Walking In The Light / When I Reach My Home Eternal
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7003 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - New Lost Train Blues / Number 111
1936 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7006 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Watermelon On The Vine / Johnson’s Old Grey Mule
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7091 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - They Said My Lord Was A Devil / Cowboy's Pony In Heaven
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7092 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Won't Somebody Pal With Me? / Been Foolin' Me, Baby
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7130 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Starting Life Anew With You / A Change All Around
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7131 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Why Do You Bob Your Hair, Girls? / Hop Along Peter
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7132 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Just One Way To The Pearly Gates / I'll Be A Friend Of Jesus
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7134 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - What Would You Give In Exchange? / Sleep On, Departed One
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7135 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Lonesome Trail / Want My Black Baby Back
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7136 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Fourteen Days In Georgia / Chesapeake Bay
11/1937 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7249 (US) .

Wade Mainer & His Little Smilin' Rangers - Wild Bill Jones / I Want To Be Loved
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7300 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - We Can't Be Darlings Any More / Tell Mother I'll Meet Her
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7301 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - In A Little Village Churchyard / Answer To "Greenback Dollar"
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7302 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Carry Your Cross With A Smile / Swing The Door Of Your Heart Wide Open
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7303 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - There's A Green Hill Far Away / Floating Down The Stream Of Time
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7304 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Miss Me When I'm Gone / Don't Go Out
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7307 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Answer To "Two Little Rosebuds" / Down In The Willow
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7308 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - I'm Not Turning Backward / Garden Of Prayer
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7309 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Little Maggie / Little Pal
1937 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7310 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Ramshackle Shack / Memory Lane
01/1938 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7384 (US) .

Wade Mainer & His Little Smilin' Rangers - What Are You Going To Do, Brother / Companions Draw Nigh
02/1938 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7424 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - All My Friends / Lonely Tomb
03/1938 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7483 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Pale Moonlight / Don't Get Too Deep In Love
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7452 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Lamp Lighting Time In Heaven / I'm Living The Right Life Now
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7453 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Your Best Friend Is Always Near / When The Light's Gone Out In Your Soul
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7455 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - Great Reaping Day / Somebody Cares
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7456 (US) . Mainer's Mountaineers - I Once Loved A Young Man / If I Lose, Let Me Lose
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7480 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Lonely Tomb / All My Friends
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7483 (US) . Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Since I Met My Mother-In-Law / Where Romance Calls
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7559 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - She Is Spreading Her Wings For A Journey / Life's Ev'nin' Sun
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7560 (US) . Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Further Along / Home In The Sky
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7561 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Dear Loving Mother And Dad / If I Had Listened To Mother
1938 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7565 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - You're Awfully Mean To Me / More Good Women Gone Wrong
08/1938 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7753 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Where Romance Calls / Another Alabama Camp Meetin'
10/1938 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7845 (US) .

Back To Johnson City (J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers) / Mitchell Blues (Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers)
10/1938 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7861 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - You're Awfully Mean To Me / That Kind
02/1939 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8042 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Sparkling Blue Eyes / We Will Miss Him
03/1939 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8091 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - I Met Her At A Ball One Night / I Left My Home In The Mountains
1939 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-8448 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Sparkling Blue Eyes No.2 / The Gospel Cannon Ball
1939 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-8449 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Were You There? / The Poor Drunkard's Dream
1939 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-8452 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Not A Word Of That Be Said / Drifting Thru An Unfriendly World
1939 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8091 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - I Met Her At A Ball One Night / I Left My Home In The Mountains
02/1940 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8359 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Not A Word Of That Be Said / Drifting Through An Unfriendly World
12/1941 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8887 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - The Precious Jewel / He Gave His Life
03/1942 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8965 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Anywhere Is Home / I Can Tell You The Time
05/1942 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8990 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Old Ruben / Ramblin' Boy
04/1944 78 t. V DISC 168 (US) .

Nobody's Love Is Like Mine (Sgt Zeke Manners) / Sparkling Blue Eyes (Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers) / New Steel Guitar Rag (Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers)
11/1946 78 t. KING 574 (US) .

Wade Mainer's Mountaineers - Dust On The Bible / There'll Come A Time
12/1946 78 t. KING 585 (US) .

Wade Mainer's Mountaineers - Soldier's Grave / He's Coming To Us Dead
02/1947 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2159 (US) .

Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Sparkling Blue Eyes / The Precious Jewel
04/1947 78 t. KING 603 (US) .

Little Pal / Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me
07/1947 78 t. KING 640 (US) .

Don't Write To Mother Too Late / Awaiting The Return Of My Boy
06/1950 78 t. KING 872 (US) .

I'm Glad I'm On The Inside Looking Out / Vision Of Mother
06/1950 SP KING 45-872 (US) . I'm Glad I'm On The Inside Looking Out / Vision Of Mother
05/1951 78 t. KING 955 (US) .

Those Blue Eyes I Love / Little Book
05/1951 SP KING 45-955 (US) . Those Blue Eyes I Love / Little Book
09/1951 78 t. KING 975 (US) .

He's Passing This Way / God's Radio Phone
09/1951 SP KING 45-975 (US) . He's Passing This Way / God's Radio Phone
01/1952 78 t. KING 990 (US) .

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep / No Place To Lay Your Head
01/1952 SP KING 45-990 (US) . Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep / No Place To Lay Your Head
03/1952 78 t. KING 1035 (US) .

That Star Belongs To Me / Dreaming Of A Little Cabin
03/1952 SP KING 45-1035 (US) . That Star Belongs To Me / Dreaming Of A Little Cabin
06/1952 78 t. KING 1074 (US) . Standing Outside / I'm Not Looking Backward
06/1952 SP KING 45-1074 (US) . Standing Outside / I'm Not Looking Backward
08/1952 78 t. KING 1093 (US) . Little Birdie / The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee
08/1952 SP KING 45-1093 (US) . Little Birdie / The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee
1952 78 t. BLUE RIDGE 109 (US) .

Wade Mainer & The Mountaineers - Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Three Nights In A Bar Room
05/1961 SP KING 45-5499 (US) . On The Banks Of The Ohio / My Home Is Down In Dixie
07/1961 SP KING 45-5514 (US) . My Soldier Boy / I'm A Free Little Bird
1962 EP KING EP-478 (US) Presenting Wade Mainer - My Soldier Boy / Don't Write To Mother Too Late / Dust On The Bible / No Place To Lay Your Head








Albums

1961 LP 12" KING 769 (US)

Soulful Sacred Songs - Wade Mainer's Mountaineers - Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me / Don't Write Mother Too Late / The Hill Lone And Gray / No Place To Lay Your Head / I'm Glad I'm On The Inside Looking Out / He Signed My Pardon / That Star Belongs To Me / Home In The Rock / Dust On The Bible / The New Bright World / My Soldier Boy / Standing Outside / Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep / The Little Brown Church / Building On That Rock / Streamlined Religion
1971 LP 12" Irma ILP 105 (US)

Rock Of My Soul - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers - Home In The Rock / Diamonds In The Rough / Hide Me Rock Of Ages / Great Caravan / Walking The Sea / Scarlet Purple Robe / Gate Is Straight / Keep Walking / My Home Sweet Home / Waiting (instr.) / Mainer's Melody / Home In The Solid Rock / I'll Live Again / When I Reach Home
1971 LP 12" Old Homestead 9001 (US)

Sacred Songs Of Mother And Home - Heaven Bells Are Ringing / Precious Memories / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / My Mother Is Waiting / Dear Daddy You're Gone / I'm Not Turning Backward / Shake Hands With Mother Again / The Old And Faded Picture / What Would You Give In Exchange / Little Rosebuds / Ship Sailing Now / Mother Came To Get Her Boy From Jail / Take Me Home To The Sweet Sunny South / Dying Boys Prayer

1972 LP 12" Old Homestead OHS 90002 (US)

First Time In Stereo - Wade Mainer & The Mainers Mountaineers - Mama You're Awful Mean To Me / Rubber Dolly / Little Pal / Dream Of The Miners Child / Worried Man Blues / Sally Goodwin / I'll Be A Friend To Jesus / Speckled Top Shoes / Lonesome Road Blues / Sparkling Blue Eyes / This World Is Not My Home / Wild Bill Jones / Sourwood Mountain / Clear Title To A Mansion
1972 LP 12" Old Homestead OHCS-135 (US) (repress) Sacred Songs Of Mother And Home - Heaven Bells Are Ringing / Precious Memories / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / My Mother Is Waiting / Dear Daddy You're Gone / I'm Not Turning Backward / Shake Hands With Mother Again / The Old And Faded Picture / What Would You Give In Exchange / Little Rosebuds / Ship Sailing Now / Mother Came To Get Her Boy From Jail / Take Me Home To The Sweet Sunny South / Dying Boys Prayer
1973 LP 12" Old Homestead OHS-90016 (US)

Sacred Songs Mountain Style - Shake My Mother`s Hand For Me / Working On A Building / Beyond This Veil Of Tears / The Lifeboat Is Coming Soon / Oh Those Tombs / Eternal Love / The Old Account Was Settled / They Said My Lord Was A Devil / Watching You / I Want To Go There / Going Home / I Want To Know More / Jonah / Lonesome Valley
1976 LP 12" KING K-666 (US) Good Ole Mountain Music - Mainer's Mountaineers - What'll I Do With The Baby-O / Workin' On A Buildin' / John Henry / Run Mountain / I'm Not Turning Backward / The Lonely Train / Pale Moonlight / Gathering Flowers From The Hillside / Shoot The Turkey Buzzard / Mother's Only Sleeping / Johnson County Blues / Big Ball's In Town / The Forks Of The Road / The Yodelin' Mountaineer / I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers / Lonely Tombs
1976 2 LP 12" Old Homestead OHTRS 4000  (US) From The Maple To The Hill :
DISC 1 : Hard Rocking Chair / Reel And Rock / Sally Ann / I've Always Been A Rambler / Walking In My Sleep / City On The Hill / I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day / Handsome Molly / Courtin' In The Rain / Down At The End Of Memory Lane / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / When Our Lord Shall Come Again
DISC 2 : Down In The Willow Garden / Old Joe Clark / Long Journey Home / Fire On The Mountain / J U L I E / Don't Wait Till I'm Under The Clay / Maple On The Hill / Don't Tell Me No Lie / Watermelon On The Vine / McKinley / Lynchburg Town / Companions Draw Nigh
1980 LP 12" Old Homestead OHS 90123 (US)

Old Time Songs - Train Carry My Girl Back Home / John Henry / Mother's Last Message / The Titanic / Not A Word Of That Be Said / Wreck Of The Southern Old 97 / That Star Belongs To Me / Wild And Reckless Hobo / Hesitation Blues / Lady Gay / From Jerusalem To Jericho / Rambling Boy / Little Rosewood Casket / Trickling Waters / The Cannon Ball / Where The Soul Never Dies
1982 LP 12" Old Homestead OHS 70034 (US)

Family Album - Wade & Julia Mainer (with Leon Mainer) - Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Living By Faith / Uncloudy Day / I Cannot Stand Alone / Old Blind Bartemous / It Seemed Heaven Was There / What Are They Doing Now / The Soldier Boy / Didn't It Rain / Come Tune Your Voices / Stand By Me / I Like To Hear Elijah / My Lord What A Morning / Faded Coat Of Blue
1983 LP 12" Old Homestead OHCS-150 (US

Early And Great Volume 2 - John Henry Was A Little Boy / Gatherin Flowers From The Hills / Lifes Evening Sun / Sparkling Blue Eyes / Let Her Go God Bless Her / Nobodys Darling But Mine / We Are Drifting (Maple On The Hill Part II) / Where The Red, Red Roses Grow / A Leaf From The Sea / Going To Georgia / Nobodys Darling On Earth / Cradle Days / Going Down To The River Of Jordan / Free Again / Watermelon On The Vine / I'll Be A Friend To Jesus / Just One Way To The Pearly Gates / Been Foolin' Me Baby
1984 LP 12" Old Homestead OHS-90168 (US)

Old Time Banjo Tunes - Little Log Cabin In The Lane / Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone / Hard Rocking Chair / Darby's Ram / Big Eyed Rabbit / Jimmy Brown / An Old Account Was Settled (vocals - Randall L. Mainer) / Mama, Youre Aeful Mean To Me / Gonna Bring My Baby Back / Little Birdie / Blue Mountain Bells (inst.) / Wade's Laughing Song / Rovin' Gambler (vocals - Randall L. Mainer) / Trail To Mexico / City On The Hill / Peg And Awl
1992 CD June Appal JA0065D (US)

In The Land Of Melody - Wade & Julia Mainer - Ramshackle Shack / Be Kind To A Man When He's Down / Bring Back My Mountain Boy To Me / Hobo's Waltz / Royal Telephone / Charles Lawson / Trickling Water / The Land I Love (Away Down Yonder) (Going Back To The Blue Ridge) / Down By The Railroad Tracks / Sugar In The Gourd / Down At The End Of Memory's Lane / How Sweet To Walk (Hand In Hand With Jesus) / You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She's Gone / Cider Mill / The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee / Peg And Awl / Jonah / When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing / I Can't Sit Down

1993 LP 12" Old Homestead OHCS 194 (US)

Early And Great Volume 3 - Sacred Songs - City On The Hill / Lights In The Valley / Walk That Lonesome Valley / Got A Home In That Rock / Going Down To The River Of Jordan / They Said My Lord Was A Devil / Cowboys Pony In Heaven / What Are You Going To Do Brother / Drifting Through An Unfriendly World / Anywhere Is Home / I Can Tell You The Time / The Gospel Cannonball / Not A Word Of That Be Said / He Gave His Life / Companions Draw Nigh / All My Friends
1998 CD Old Homestead OHCD-4000 (US) From The Maple To The Hill - Hard Rocking Chair / Reel And Rock / Sally Ann / I've Always Been A Rambler / Walking In My Sleep / City On The Hill / I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day / Handsome Molly / Courtin' In The Rain / Down At The End Of Memory Lane / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / When Our Lord Shall Come Again / Down In The Willow Garden / Old Joe Clark / Long Journey Home / Fire On The Mountain / J U L I E / Don't Wait Till I'm Under The Clay / Maple On The Hill / Don't Tell Me No Lie / Watermelon On The Vine / McKinley / Lynchburg Town / Companions Draw Nigh
1998 CD Old Homestead OHCD-4013 (US)

Early & Great Sacred Songs - Take Me Back To The Sunny South / Drifting Through An Unfriendly World (duet with Clyde Moody) / Little Rosebuds / If I Could Her My Mother Pray Again / Ship Sailing Now / Mother Came To Get Her Boy From Jail / Shake Hands With My Mother Again / The Old And Faded Picture / What Would You Give In Exchange / My Mother Is Waiting / Dear Daddy You're Gone / I'm Not Turning Backward / Heaven Bells Are Ringing / Dying Boy's Prayer / City On The Hill / Lights In The Valley / Walk That Lonesome Valley / Got A Home In That Rock / Going Down The River Of Jordan / They Said My Lord Was A Devil / Precious Memories / Anywhere Is Home / I Can Tell You The Time / Not A Word Of That Be Said
2006 2 CD GUSTO GT2-0957-2 (US) I'm Not Looking Backward :
CD 1 : Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me / Vision Of Mother / Don't Write To Mother Too Late / I'm Glad I', On The Inside Looking Out / Awaiting The Return Of My Boy / Roll My Lady Roll / There'll Com A Time / As Time Rolls On / Dust On The Bible / Soldier's Grave / Little Pal / He's Coming To Us Dead / Now Lay Me Down To Sleep / No Place To Lay Your Head / God's Radio Phone / He's Passing This Way / Those Blue Eyes I Love / Little Book / Coortin' In The Rain
CD 2 : Little Birdie / The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee / I'm Not Looking Backward / Standing Outside / That Star Belongs To Me / Dreaming OfA Little Cabin / On The Banks Of The Ohio / My Home Is Down In Dixie / The Little Brown Church / The New Bright World / The Hill Lone And Gray / Building On That Rock / My Soldier Boy / Streamlined Religion / He Signed My Pardon / I'm A Free Little Bird / Home In The Rock / Sweet Heaven Was There

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