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Wade Mainer

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Wade Mainer (April 21, 1907 – September 12, 2011) was an American singer and banjoist. With his band, the Sons of the Mountaineers, he is credited with bridging the gap between old-time mountain music and Bluegrass and is sometimes called the "Grandfather of Bluegrass." In addition, he innovated a two-finger banjo fingerpicking style, which was a precursor to modern three-finger bluegrass styles. Originally from North Carolina, Mainer's main influences came from the mountain music of his family.

Top songs

  1. I'll Be A Friend To Jesus
  2. Standing Outside
  3. Little Birdie
  4. Down In The Willow
  5. Short Life and It's Trouble
  6. Lonely Tomb
  7. Look On & Cry
  8. Mother Came to Get Her Boy from Jail
  9. I Can't Sit Down
  10. Train Carry My Girl Back Home
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  1. The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee
  2. Sparkling Blue Eyes
  3. Ramshackle Shack
  4. Little Pal
  5. Worried Man Blues
  6. Rubber Dolly
  7. I'm A Free Little Bird
  8. Speckled Top Shoes
  9. No Place To Lay Your Head
  10. Look On And Cry
  11. This World Is Not My Home
  12. Lonesome Road Blues
  13. Short Life And Its Trouble
  14. Mama Your Awful Mean To Me
  15. Sally Goodwin
  16. Wild Bill Jones
  17. Lonely Tombs
  18. I'm Not Looking Backward
  19. Sourwood Mountain
  20. He's Passing This Way
  21. That Star Belongs To Me
  22. He's Coming To Us Dead
  23. Dream Of The Miner`s Child
  24. I`ll Be Friend To Jesus
  25. There'll Come a Time
  26. Clear Title To A Mansion
  27. Dreaming of a Little Cabin
  28. Dust on the Bible
  29. Home In The Rock
  30. Little Log Cabin in the Lane
  31. Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
  32. Mama You're Awful Mean to Me
  33. Soldier's Grave
  34. Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me
  35. The Hill Lone And Gray
  36. I'll Be a Friend to Jesus - 36
  37. God's Radio Phone
  38. Awaiting The Return of my Boy
  39. I'll Be A Friend To Jesus (1936)
  40. Hide Me Rock Of Ages
  41. Down In The Willow Garden
  42. Not A Word Of That Be Said
  43. Rambling Boy
  44. Mitchell Blues
  45. I'm Glad I'm on the Inside Looking Out
  46. My Home Is Down In Dixie
  47. Eternal Love
  48. Old Ruben
  49. Diamonds In The Rough
  50. The Cannon Ball
  51. My Soldier Boy
  52. Don't Write To Mother Too Late
  53. John Henry
  54. Jonah
  55. Hesitation Blues
  56. The Titanic
  57. Wild And Reckless Hobo
  58. Where The Soul Never Dies
  59. Cowboy's Pony In Heaven
  60. Riding On That Train
  61. Vision Of Mother
  62. Beyond This Veil of Tears
  63. Wreck Of The Southern Old 97
  64. Going Home
  65. Trickling Waters
  66. Walking The Sea
  67. Darby's Ram
  68. Building On That Rock
  69. As Time Rolls On
  70. Courtin' In the Rain
  71. Roll My Lady Roll
  72. Uncloudy Day
  73. Mansions In The Sky
  74. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
  75. Lady Gay
  76. I Want To Go There
  77. From Jerusalem To Jericho
  78. Mother`s Last Message
  79. The Girl I Left In Sunny Tenes
  80. Little Rosewood Casket
  81. A Little Love
  82. Great Caravan
  83. Rovin' Gambler
  84. Dream of the Miner's Child
  85. John Henry Was A Little Boy
  86. Trail to Mexico
  87. Shake My Mother's Hand for Me
  88. The New Bright World
  89. Little Book
  90. City on the Hill

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