Ernest Stoneman

Aliases: The Blue Ridge Mountaineer
Dave Hunt
The Dixie Mountaineers
Ernest Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
Ernest V. Stoneman
Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers
Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio
Pop Stoneman
Sim Harris
Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers
Willie Stoneman
Real name: Ernest Van Stoneman
Born: May 25, 1893
Died: June 14, 1968
Country: United States
IPI: 00029707862 1 work
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Stoneman was one of the best known recording artists in the country genre in the first decade of country music recording. He played guitar, autoharp and harmonica.
Member of: The Stonemans
Virginia Mountain Boomers
Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers
Family: George Stoneman Cousin
Related: Fields Ward Harmonica, vocals for Fields Ward's Grayson County Railsplitters

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	I Would Not Be Denied	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	May 1927	(6 artists)
	Kitty Wells REL	Ernest V. Stoneman	June 1926	(10 artists) Originally by Vernon Dalhart REC
i	Piney Woods Gal	Ernest V. Stoneman and Emmet Lundy	September 1925	(18 artists)
	Sinful to Flirt	Ernest V. Stoneman	June 1925	(9 artists)
	Tell Mother I Will Meet Her	Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers	April 1927	(6 artists)
	The Great Reaping Day	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	May 1927	(4 artists)
	The Old Hickory Cane REL	Ernest V. Stoneman	October 1926	(3 artists) Originally by Ernest V. Stoneman REC
	The Old Hickory Cane REC	Ernest V. Stoneman	December 1926	(3 artists) Originally by Ernest V. Stoneman REL
	The Raging Sea, How It Roars	Ernest Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers	November 1928	(23 artists)
	We Parted by the Riverside	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1928	(7 artists)
i	West Virginia Highway	Ernest V. Stoneman - Kahle Brewer	October 4, 1926	(10 artists)

Covers by Ernest Stoneman

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	All Go Hungry Hash House	Ernest V. Stoneman	October 4, 1926	Uncle Dave Macon
	Are You Washed in the Blood?	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	September 16, 1927	Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters
	Bad Companions	Ernest V. Stoneman	August 1926	Carl T. Sprague
	Blue Ridge Mountain Blues	Ernest V. Stoneman	October 1925	George Reneau
	Bully of the Town	Ernest Stoneman	August 1927	May Irwin PRF,REC, Mr. J. W. Myers REL
	Don't Let Your Deal Go Down	Ernest V. Stoneman	August 1926	Charlie Poole accomp. by The North Carolina Ramblers
	Down on the Banks of the Ohio	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1928	Piedmont Log Rollers - Vocal by Mr. Patterson
	Fallen by the Wayside	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1929	Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers
	Going down the Valley	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	June 1927	Harry Macdonough
	Hallelujah Side	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	November 1926	C. and M. A. Gospel Quintette
	Hand Me Down My Walking Cane	Ernest Stoneman	June 1927	(unknown)
	Hand Me Down My Walking Cane	Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers	April 1927	(unknown)
i	Hop Light Ladies	The Dixie Mountaineers (Ernest Stoneman)	September 1927	(unknown)
	Ida Red	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	December 1926	Fiddlin' Powers and Family
	I Know my Name is There	Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers	March 16, 1928	(unknown)
	In the Shadow of the Pine	Ernest V. Stoneman	June 1926	(unknown)
	John Hardy	Ernest Stoneman	1925	Eva Davis
	John Henry	Ernest V. Stoneman	December 1926	Fiddlin' John Carson
	Katie Kline	Ernest V. Stoneman	January 1927	Wm. B. Houchens
	Life's Railway to Heaven	E.V. "Pop" Stoneman and The Stoneman Family	1964	Edward Allen and Charles Hart
i	Marching Through Georgia	Ernest V. Stoneman	2006	Geo J. Gaskin
	May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister	Ernest V. Stoneman	October 1926	Charlie Poole accomp. by The North Carolina Ramblers
	Old Joe Clark	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	December 1926	(unknown)
	Pass Around the Bottle	Ernest Stoneman	August 1927	Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett
i	Peek-A-Boo	Ernest Stoneman-Kahle Brewer	1927	Will Oakland
	Prisoner's Lament	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1929	Herbert Sweet
i	Round Town Girl	Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio	April 1927	(unknown)
	Sally Goodwin	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1928	A.C. (Eck) Robertson
	Silver Bell	Ernest Stoneman	1927	Stanley and Burr REL, Peerless Quartet REC
	Sinking of the Titanic	The Blue Ridge Mountaineer (Ernest Stoneman)	1926	(unknown)
	Skip To My Lou My Darling	Uncle eck Dunford (Ernest Stoneman)	December 16, 1927	Unverified
	Sourwood Mountain	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	November 1926	Uncle "Am" Stuart REC, Fiddlin' Powers and Family REL
	Sweet Bunch of Violets	Ernest Stoneman	April 1927	(unknown)
	Tell Mother I'll Meet Her	E. Stoneman - E.K. Brewer - M. Mooney	February 1928	Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers
	The East Bound Train	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1928	George J. Gaskin
	The Fatal Wedding	Ernest V. Stoneman	February 25, 1927	George Gaskin
	The Girl I Left Behind in Sunny Tennessee	Ernest Stoneman	1926	Byron G. Harlan
	The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	November 1926	Spencer & Ossman
i	The Long Eared Mule	The Dixie Mountaineers (Ernest Stoneman)	September 1927	(unknown), Ernest V. Stoneman and Emmet Lundy
i	The Long Eared Mule	Ernest V. Stoneman and Emmet Lundy	September 1925	(unknown) Covered by (50 artists)
	The Old Maid and the Burglar	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1928	Riley Puckett
	There'll Come a Time	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1928	Steve Porter
	The Titanic	Ernest V. Stoneman	1925	(unknown)
	The Two Little Orphans	Ernest Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers	November 1928	George Reneau
	The Wreck of the C. & O. (or "George Alley")	The Blue Ridge Mountaineer (Ernest Stoneman)	1926	(unknown)
	Two Little Orphans (Our Mamma's in Heaven)	Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers	May 1927	George Reneau
	Uncle Sam and the Kaiser	Ernest V. Stoneman	September 1925	Henry Whitter
	Watermelon Hanging on the Vine	Ernest V. Stoneman	December 1926	Henry Whitter
	When the Roses Bloom Again	Ernest Stoneman	April 1927	Harry Macdonough
	When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland	E.V. "Pop" Stoneman and The Stoneman Family	1964	The Carter Family
	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Ernest V. Stoneman	August 1926	Fiddlin' John Carson
	Wild Bill Jones	Ernest V. Stoneman	December 1926	Eva Davis

Songs written by Ernest Stoneman

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
All I've Got's Gone	Ernest Stoneman, Uncle Dave Macon	Uncle Dave Macon	July 8, 1924	Covered by (2 artists)
Somebody's Waiting for Me / My Only Sweetheart	Ernest Stoneman	Virginia Mountain Boomers	July 5, 1928	Covered by (5 artists)
The Old Hickory Cane	Ernest Stoneman	Ernest V. Stoneman REC,REL	June 22, 1926	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	The Great Old Timer at the Capital	E.V. "Pop" Stoneman and The Stoneman Family	1964	Starday Records

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
All Go Hungry Hash House	Ernest V. Stoneman	October 4, 1926	Victor
Are You Washed in the Blood?	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	September 16, 1927	Victor
Bad Companions	Ernest V. Stoneman	August 1926	Edison
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues	Ernest V. Stoneman	October 1925	OKeh
Dixie Parody	Ernest V. Stoneman	September 1925	OKeh
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down	Ernest V. Stoneman	August 1926	OKeh
Down Where the Watermelon Grows - Peek-A-Boo	Phil Reeve-Ernest Moody - Ernest Stoneman-Kahle Brewer	1927	Victor
Dying Girl's Farewell	E. Stoneman - E.K. Brewer - M. Mooney	February 1928	Victor
Fallen by the Wayside	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1929	Edison
Going down the Valley	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	June 1927	Victor
Hallelujah Side	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	November 1926	Victor
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane	Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers	April 1927	Edison
Ida Red	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	December 1926	Victor
I Know My Name Is There	Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers	March 16, 1928	Victor
John Henry	Ernest V. Stoneman	December 1926	Edison
Katie Kline	Ernest V. Stoneman	January 1927	OKeh
Kitty Wells	Ernest V. Stoneman	June 1926	OKeh
May I Sleep in Your Barn, Mister?	Ernest V. Stoneman	October 1926	OKeh
May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister	Ernest Stoneman	1927	Challenge [US2]
Pass Around the Bottle	Ernest Stoneman	August 1927	Banner [US1]
Round Town Girl	Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio	April 1927	OKeh
Sally Goodwin	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1928	Edison
Sinking of the Titanic	The Blue Ridge Mountaineer (Ernest Stoneman)	1926	Edison
The Dying Girl's Farewell	Ernest V. Stoneman	June 1925	OKeh
The East Bound Train	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1928	Edison
The Face That Never Returned	Ernest V. Stoneman	1925	OKeh
The Fatal Wedding	Ernest V. Stoneman	February 25, 1927	OKeh
The Girl I Left Behind in Sunny Tennessee	Ernest Stoneman	1926	Gennett
The Great Reaping Day	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	May 1927	Victor
The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	November 1926	Victor
The Long Eared Mule	The Dixie Mountaineers (Ernest Stoneman)	September 1927	Edison
The Long Eared Mule	Ernest V. Stoneman and Emmet Lundy	September 1925	OKeh
The Old Maid and the Burglar	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers	1928	Edison
The Two Little Orphans	Ernest Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers	November 1928	Victor
The Wreck on the C&O	Ernest Stoneman	1925	OKeh
Two Little Orphans (Our Mamma's in Heaven)	Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers	May 1927	Edison
Watermelon Hanging on the Vine	Ernest V. Stoneman	December 1926	Edison
We Parted by the Riverside	Ernest V. Stoneman	1928	Edison
When the Roses Bloom Again	Ernest Stoneman	April 1927	Gennett
When the Roses Bloom Again	Ernest Stoneman	June 1927	Banner [US1]