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Foggy Mountain Top
Composer: A.P. Carter / Traditional

Foggy Mountain Top was performed Jerry and Sarah Garcia at the Tangent in Palo Alto in May 1963.

The first recording of the song appears to be that by the Carter Family in 1929. Many recordings credit A.P. Carter as the songwriter. Others indicate that the song is traditional. Some recordings credit the performer on the particular recording - which is sometimes the case with songs that are in the public domain. There is some variation with the lyrics on recorded versions.

The song is most commonly called Foggy Mountain Top but it sometimes occurs as On Some Foggy Mountain Top.



Jerry Garcia

info Before The Dead, Jerry Garcia, 2018

Other recordings

no info Single (My Clinch Mountain Home / The Foggy Mountain Top), Carter Family, 1929
no info Single (In My Dear Old Southern Home / On Some Foggy Mountain Top), Monroe Brothers, 1936
no info Single (Engine One-Forty-Three / The Foggy Mountain Top), The Carter Family, 1936
no info Single (Foggy Mountain Top / Fair And Tender Ladies), The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle, 1952
no info Single (You Weren't Ashamed To Kiss Me Last Night / Foggy Mountain Top), The Davis Sisters, 1954
no info Pickin' and Blowin', George Pegram and Red Parham, 1957
no info Mountain Music Bluegrass Style, Various Artists (Earl Taylor, Walter Hensley, Sam Hutchins), 1959
info The Newport Folk Festival: 1960, Vol. 1, Various Artists (New Lost City Ramblers), 1960
no info Songs Of The Famous Carter Family, Flatt and Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys, 1961
no info EP (Foggy Mountain Top / Talking Hard Luck / Milwaukee Blues / The Waves On The Sea), The New Lost City Ramblers, 1961
no info The Wandering Minstrel, Roy Guest With Steve Benbow And His Folk Four, 1962
no info Steve Benbow Sings, Steve Benbow, 1962
no info Country Music Hits By Country Music's Stars, Various Artists (The Davis Sisters), 1962
info More Songs By Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston, 1963
no info Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia, The Carter Family, 1963
no info Folk Songs From The Hills, The Springfields, 1963
no info Single (Island Of Dreams / Foggy Mountain Top), The Springfields, 1963
no info 'Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia, The Carter Family, 1963
no info Echoes Of The Carter Family, A. L. Phipps Family, 1963
no info Popular American Songs, Roy Guest With Steve Benbow And His Folk Four, 1963
no info Country Music Hootenanny, Various Artists (Jean Shepard), 1963
info The Springfields' Story, The Springfields, 1964
no info In Person Recorded Live, Porter Wagoner, 1964
no info Sings Favorite Songs Of The Carter Family, Mother Maybelle Carter, 1965
no info Story Songs Of Mountains And Valleys, Faron Young, 1965
no info Cisco Houston, Cisco Houston, 1965
info My Heart's in the Country, Skeeter Davis, 1966
no info Mama Likes Bluegrass Music, Raymond Fairchild & the Frosty Mountain Boys, 1966
no info Presenting The Baldknobbers On Stage, The Baldknobbers, 1966
info Raymond Fairchild & the Maggie Valley Boys, Raymond Fairchild & the Maggie Valley Boys, 1967
no info Chet, Chet Atkins, 1967
no info 23 Bluegrass Favorites, Raymond Fairchild and The Frosty Mountain Boys, 1967
no info Bluegrass Favorites, Earl Taylor and Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys, 1967
no info Single (Time Enough To Die (Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere) / Foggy Mountain Top), Sandy Ridge Boys Plus One, 1968
no info Mountain Folks, Blue Ridge Partners, 1969
no info Country Pickin'Chet Atkins, 1971
no info Foggy Mountain Top, Skeeter Davis, 1971
info Father & Son, Bill Monroe & James Monroe, 1973
no info Single (Tall Pines / Foggy Mountain Top), Bill Monroe & James Monroe, 1973
no info Johnny Mitchum Plays The Kentucky Waltz, Johnny Mitchum, 1973
info Feast Here Tonight, Monroe Brothers, 1975
no info The Legendary Monroe Brothers Collection, Monroe Brothers, 1975
no info Bonaparte's Retreat, Mother Maybelle Carter, 1976
info This is Rose Maddox, Rose Maddox, 1977
no info Done Gone And Done It, Dave Woolum & The Laurel County Partners, 1978
info 20 Years: Concert Performances, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1978
no info All In One Evening, Ola Belle Reed and Bud Reed, 1978
info Radio Shows, Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys, 1978
info Rose Of The West Country, Rose Maddox, 1980
no info Musical Shapes, Carlene Carter, 1980
info Cloud Valley: A Bluegrass Ensemble, 1982
no info Country & Western Classics, Carter Family, 1982
no info 20 Of The Best, The Carter Family, 1984
no info Tennessee Guitar Man, Chet Atkins, 1984
no info Chet Atkins Collector's Series, Chet Atkins, 1985
no info The Wild Man, Hasil Adkins, 1987
info Home Is Where The Heart Is, David Grisman, 1988
no info Sequatchie Valley Seven Decades Of Country Fiddling, Bob Douglas, 1990
no info Once Again, From The Top, Vol. 2, The Bluegrass Band, 1990
info Mountain Music: Bluegrass Style, Various Artists (Earl Taylor), 1991
info New Lost City Ramblers: The Early Years: 1958-1962, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1991
info 1959-1963, Flatt and Scruggs, 1992
info Live Duet Recordings: 1963-1980, Off The Record, Vol. 2, Bill Monroe & Doc Watson, 1993
info A Touch of the Past, Larry Perkins, 1993
no info My Clinch Mountain Home - The Complete Victor Recordings, 1928-1929, The Carter Family, 1993
info Dreams Come True, Jeanette Williams, 1994
info Bluegrass 1970-1979, Bill Monroe, 1995
no info Rare Performances 1982-1993 (video), Doc Watson, 1995
info Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, Vols. 1-2, Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, 1995
no info Bluegrass From The Gold Country, Vern Williams, 1996
no info Live at Hillbilly Ranch, The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover, 1996
no info Old-Time Music On The Air, Volume Two, Various Artists (The Red Mules), 1996
info Over the Hills and Far Away, The Springfields, 1997
info Blue Ridge Mountain Banjo, Various Artists (Larry Perkins & Friends), 1997
info In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, The Carter Family, 2000
info Monroe Brothers, Vol. 1: What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul, The Monroe Brothers, 2000
info 24 Bluegrass Favorites: Vintage 60's, Various Artists (Earl Taylor), 2000
info 40 Years of Concert Performances, New Lost City Ramblers, 2001
no info 31 Banjo Favorites, Vol. 2, Raymond Fairchild, 2001
info Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949, Bill Monroe, 2002
info The Carter Family: 1927-1934, The Carter Family, 2002
no info Country, Bluegrass and Mountain Music, Various Artists (Carter Family), 2002
no info Rural Rhythm Presents 25 Mountain Music Classics, Various Artists (Edith Roberts), 2002
info All the Classic Releases 1937-1949, Bill Monroe, 2003
no info The Haint Of The Budded Rose, Martin Stephenson, 2003
info An Untamed Sense of Control, Roscoe Holcomb, 2003
info Three Pickers, Earl Scruggs/Doc Watson/Ricky Skaggs, 2003
no info Fresh Out of the Barn, Red Star Express, 2003
info Smokey Mountain Pickin': 24 Great Bluegrass Instrumentals, Various Artists (Raymond Fairchild), 2003
no info Up on the Mountain, The Bluegrass Collection, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Earl Taylor & Jim McCall), 2003
info The Essential Earl Scruggs, Earl Scruggs, 2004
no info RCA Country Legends, The Carter Family, 2004
no info Half Moon Bay, James Alan Shelton, 2004
no info Keep On The Sunny Side: A Proper Introduction To The Carter Family, 2004
info Can't You Hear Me Callin': Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music, Various Artists (Flatt & Scruggs), 2004
no info Keep On The Sunny Side: Her Life In Music, June Carter Cash, 2005
no info Live: Just Outside Of Sandstone, Pert Near Sandstone, 2005
no info All American Country, Flatt & Scruggs, 2005
no info Bluegrass Pride: Fifty Years Of Tradition : 40 Bluegrass Classics, Various Artists (Raymond Fairchild), 2005
info Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Earl Taylor), 2005
info Only Home I've Had, Eric Lewis/Andy Ratliff, 2006
info Definitive Gold, Woody Guthrie, 2006
info Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival, Various Artists (Maybelle Carter), 2006
no info Bluegrass For Everyone, Various Artists (Earl Taylor & Jim McCall), 2006
no info Recorded Live: Golden Nugget In Las Vegas, Merle Haggard, 2007
info Front Porch Pickin', Various Artists (Raymond Fairchild), 2008
no info Ultimate Banjo, Various Artists (Earl Scruggs), 2008
info 50 Years: Where Do You Come from, Where Do You Go?, The New Lost City Ramblers, 2009
no info Appalachian Banjo Breakdown, Various Artists (Raymond Fairchild), 2009
no info Rising Sun Melodies, Ola Belle Reed, 2010
no info Topanga Skyline, Skip Battin, 2010
no info A Thousand Miles Away From Home, The South Carolina Broadcasters, 2011
no info Bluegrass Power Picks: 25 Traditional Classics, Various Artists (Earl Taylor & Jim McCall), 2012
info Doc & Dawg: Complete Studio Recordings, Doc Watson & David Grisman, 2013
info Doc & Dawg Deluxe Edition: Alternate Takes, Doc Watson & David Grisman, 2013
no info Classic Banjo: From Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists (Ola Belle Reed), 2013
no info The Early Years, Dusty Springfield, 2014
no info Stringworks, Kristin Scott Benson, 2016
no info American Epic: The Best of The Carter Family, 2017
no info Bluegrass Banjo Collection, Raymond Fairchild, 2017
no info Across Generations, The Carter Family, 2019
info At The Carousel Ballroom: April 24, 1968, Johnny Cash, 2021

 
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