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Hedy West

Born 6 Apr 1938Died 3 Jul 2005United States9 albums

American folksinger and songwriter (1938-2005)

Biography

Hedwig Grace "Hedy" West (April 6, 1938 – July 3, 2005) was an American folksinger, songwriter and song catcher. She belonged to the same generation of folk revivalists as Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Carolyn Hester. Her most famous song "500 Miles" is one of America's most popular folk songs. English folk musician A. L. Lloyd declared West to be "far and away the best of [the] American girl singers in the [folk] revival." Hedy West played the guitar and the banjo. On banjo, she played both clawhammer style and a unique type of three-finger picking that showed influences beyond old-time and bluegrass such as blues and jazz. She is a 2022 inductee to the Georgia Women of Achievement.

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Songs written

  1. 500 Milescomposer, lyricist1961 · 282 releases
  2. J’entends siffler le traincomposer, lyricist1962 · 105 releases
  3. 500 Miles Away From Homewriter1963 · 97 releases
  4. 500 Meilen von zu Hauscomposer, lyricist1979 · 45 releases
  5. 5000 Meilen von zu Hauscomposer, lyricist1965 · 26 releases
  6. 500マイルcomposer1991 · 14 releases
  7. 背中まで500マイルcomposer, lyricist1989 · 10 releases
  8. 500 Meilencomposer2012 · 9 releases
  9. Um Mitternachtcomposer, lyricist1987 · 8 releases
  10. Five Hundred Mileswriter1962 · 5 releases
  11. Cotton Mill Girlscomposer, lyricist1963 · 4 releases
  12. Eindelijk alleenwriter1979 · 1 releases

Songs recorded

  1. 500 Miles7 versions
  2. Cotton Mill Girls4 versions
  3. Little Sadie3 versions
  4. Shady Grove3 versions
  5. Anger in the Land2 versions
  6. Come All Ye Lewiston Factory Girls2 versions
  7. Pans of Biscuits2 versions
  8. The Brown Girl2 versions
  9. The Lark2 versions
  10. Babies in the Mill
  11. Barbara Allen
  12. Baulampkin
  13. Beaulampkin
  14. Blockader Mama
  15. Blow Ye Gentle Winds
  16. Born in North Carolina
  17. Boston Burglar
  18. Brother Ephus
  19. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
  20. Bush Whacker
  21. Cotton Mill Blues
  22. Der Graben
  23. Devil Perceived
  24. Don’t Go Down That Lonesome Road
  25. Down In Adairsville
  26. Drowsy Sleeper
  27. Drunkard's Lament
  28. Erin's Green Shore
  29. Erin’s Green Shore
  30. Fair Rosamund
  31. Fair and Tender Ladies
  32. Fare Thee Well
  33. Farther Along
  34. Foggy Dew
  35. Fragments
  36. Frankie Silvers
  37. Frog Went Courting
  38. Gambling Man
  39. George Collins
  40. Girl I Left In Danville
  41. Granmaw’s Frog Story
  42. Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia
  43. Gypsy Davy
  44. Hobo’s Lullaby
  45. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
  46. Hubbard
  47. I Ain’t Marching Anymore
  48. I Had a Nation
  49. I’ll Never Get Drunk Anymore
  50. I’ll Sing a Song
  51. I’m an Old Bachelor
  52. Jack and Joe (Give My Love to Nell)
  53. Joe Bowers
  54. Johnny Sands
  55. Lady Beauty Bright
  56. Lament for Barney Graham
  57. Lee Tharlin’s Bar Room
  58. Letter From Down the Road
  59. Lewiston Factory Mill Girls
  60. Lil’ Old Mountain Shack
  61. Little Carpenter
  62. Little Lump of Coal
  63. Little Margaret
  64. Little Matty Groves
  65. Little Old Man Lived Out West
  66. Little Willie
  67. Love Henry
  68. Lucy Wan
  69. Miner’s Farewell
  70. Molly Bawn
  71. Moonshiner’s Lament
  72. My Good Old Man
  73. My Soul’s Full of Glory
  74. Old Joe Clark
  75. Old Smokey
  76. Ollie and Rillie Seay
  77. On the Rim of the World
  78. Once I Had an Old Grey Mare
  79. Over There
  80. Pans of Biscuit
  81. Polly
  82. Poor Little Lost Baby
  83. Pretty Polly
  84. Pretty Saro
  85. Promised Land
  86. Queen Jane
  87. Rake and Rambling Boy
  88. Red River Valley / Rio Jarama
  89. Roll on, Weary River, Roll on
  90. Run, Slave, Run
  91. Sally Carter
  92. Shut Up in the Mines at Coal Creek
  93. Single Girl
  94. Single Girl / Single Life / I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again
  95. Sweet Jane
  96. The Coal Miner’s Child
  97. The Cruel Mother
  98. The Davison-Wilder Blues
  99. The Davison‐Wilder Blues
  100. The Foggy Dew
  101. The House Carpenter
  102. The Moon Will Be A-Bleeding
  103. The Plains of Waterloo
  104. The Rich Irish Lady
  105. The Sheffield Apprentice
  106. The Texan Rangers
  107. The Three Friends
  108. The Uncloudy Day
  109. The Unquiet Grave
  110. The Wife Wrapt in Wether’s Skin
  111. The Wife of Usher's Well
  112. The Wife of Usher’s Well
  113. There’ll Be No Distinction
  114. Two Sisters
  115. When I Lay My Burden Down
  116. Whistle Daughter, Whistle
  117. Whore's Lament
  118. Who’s Going to Shoe (Them Pretty Little Feet)
  119. William Hall
  120. Young Edmund

Albums

Accompanying Herself on the 5 String Banjo
Accompanying Herself on the 5 String BanjoHedy West · 1963
Hedy West, Volume 2
Hedy West, Volume 2Hedy West · 1964
Old Times and Hard Times
Old Times and Hard TimesHedy West · 1965
Ballads
BalladsHedy West · 1967
Love, Hell and Biscuits
Love, Hell and BiscuitsHedy West · 1975
Ballads and Songs From the Appalachians
Ballads and Songs From the AppalachiansHedy West · 2011
Hedy West / Volume 2
Hedy West / Volume 2Hedy West · 2012
From Granmaw and Me
From Granmaw and MeHedy West · 2017
Untitled
UntitledHedy West · 2019

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