Viola James & Congregation has been played on NTS shows including Raji Rags, with Jesus On The Mainline first played on 24 November 2023.

Various ‎– Southern Folk Heritage Series Recorded In The Field By Alan Lomax Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Year: 1960 Tracklist LP1: Sounds Of The South –Neil Morris The Banks Of The Arkansas / Wave The Ocean
–Lonnie* & Ed Young Hen Duck
–Estil C. Ball The Farmer’s Curst Wife –Vera Hall Boll Weevil Holler
–Mountain Ramblers, The Jesse James –Neil Morris Jesse James –Bob Carpenter (4) Kenny Wagner
–Vera Hall Trouble So Hard –Rev. W. A. Donaldson Baptizing Scene –Viola James & Congregation Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus
–Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (3) Windham –Fred McDowell Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning –Sid Hemphill Come On, Boys, Let’s Go To The Ball –Wade Ward & Charley Higgins* Paddy On The Turnpike
–John Davis (30) Join The Band
–Ed Lewis (3) Lucky Holler
–Ed Lewis (3) I Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down LP2: Blue Ridge Mountain Music –Mountain Ramblers, The Cotton Eyed Joe –Mountain Ramblers, The Big Tilda
–Estil C. Ball Jennie Jenkins
–Spence Moore* Jimmy Sutton
–Mountain Ramblers, The John Henry
–Mountain Ramblers, The Rosewood Casket –Mountain Ramblers, The Silly Bill
–Mountain Ramblers, The Big Ball In Boston
–Wade Ward Chilly Winds
–Mountain Ramblers, The The Old Hickory Cane
–Hobart Smith John Brown
–Hobart Smith Poor Ellen Smith
–Mountain Ramblers, The Liza Jane
–Mountain Ramblers, The Shady Grove LP3: Roots Of The Blues –Lonnie* & Ed Young Jim And John
–Vera Hall The Wild Ox Moan
–Fred McDowell Been Drinkin’ Water Out Of A Hollow Log –Miles* & Bob Pratcher All Night Long
–Fred McDowell Shake ‘Em On Down
–Forest City Joe Levee Camp Reminiscence –Lonnie Young Chevrolet
–Lonnie* & Ed Young Oree
–Johnny Lee Moore Levee Camp Holler
–Johnny Lee Moore & 12 Mississippi Penitentiary Convicts Eighteen Hammers
–Forest City Joe Train Time
–Fred McDowell Freight Train Blues –Forest City Joe Drink On Little Girl
LP4: White Spirituals –Estil C. Ball Tribulations
–Estil C. Ball When I Get Home –Estil C. Ball The Poor Wayfaring Stranger –Mountain Ramblers, The Baptizing Down By The Creek –Rev. I. D. Back & Congregation Sermon And Lining Hymn
–Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (3) Antioch –Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (3) Calvary –Estil C. Ball & Lacey Richardson Please Let Me Stay A Little Longer
–Estil C. Ball Father, Jesus Loves You –Estil C. Ball Lonesome Valley –Estil C. Ball Father Adieu
–Mountain Ramblers, The The Old Country Church
–Neil Morris Little Moses
–Estil C. Ball The Cabin On The Hill
LP5: American Folk Songs For Children –Mainer Band* Johnson’s Old Gray Mule –Almeda Riddle My Little Rooster
–Mainer Band* Whoa Mule
–Almeda Riddle Frog Went A-Courtin’
–Mainer Band* Glen’s Chimes
–Almeda Riddle Chick-a-li-lee-lo
–Mountain Ramblers, The Old Joe Clark
–Almeda Riddle Go Tell Aunt Nancy
–Mainer Band* Train 111
–Bessie Jones Johnny Cuckoo
–Almeda Riddle Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll
–Hobart Smith Soldier, Soldier
–Jessie Pratcher, Mattie Gardner & Mary Gardner (2) Mary Mack –Bessie Jones Hambone –Hobart Smith Banging Breakdown –Jessie Pratcher, Mattie Gardner & Mary Gardner (2) Green Sally, Up –Bessie Jones & Group* Sometimes
–Hobart Smith The Arkansas Traveler
–Estil C. Ball Paper Of Pins
–Texas Gladden The Little Dappled Cow
–Bessie Jones Go To Sleep Little Baby LP6: Negro Church Music –Vera Hall Death, Have Mercy
–James Shorty & Fred McDowell I Want Jesus To Walk With Me
–Mrs. Mary Lee & Congregation Jesus Is Real To Me –Rev. R. C. Crenshaw & Congregation I Love The Lord –Rev. G. I. Townsel A Sermon Fragment
–Rev. R. C. Crenshaw & Congregation I’m Goin’ Home On The Mornin’ Train –Madam Mattie Wigley & Congregation Power
–Viola James, Lonnie* & Ed Young On That Rock
–James Shorty, Viola James & Congregation Jesus On The Main Line
–James Shorty, Viola James & Congregation This Little Light Of Mine
–Henry Morrison & St. Simon’s Island Singers I’m Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean –John Davis (30), Bessie Jones & St. Simon’s Island Singers Blow Gabriel
–Felix Dukes & Fred McDowell Motherless Children –Bernice McClellan & Congregation* What Do You Think About Jesus (He’s All Right)
LP7: The Blues Roll On –Boy Blue (2) Boogie Children –Forest City Joe She Lived Her Life Too Fast –Fred McDowell Drop Down Mama
–Lonnie* & Ed Young Sittin’ On Top Of The World –John Dudley (2) Cool Water Blues
–Forest City Joe She Don’t Love Me That Way
–Forest City Joe Stop Breaking Down
–Boy Blue (2) Joe Lee’s Rock
–Rosalie Hill Bullyin’ Well
–Fred McDowell When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Little Lines
–Forest City Joe Red Cross Store –Forest City Joe Forest City Jump
Versions (3) Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Southern Folk Heritage Series Recorded In The Field By Alan Lomax ‎(7xLP + Box) Atlantic HS1 US 1960
Sounds Of The South ‎(4xCD, RE, RM + Box) Atlantic 82496-2 US 1993
Southern Folk Heritage Series Recorded In The Field By Alan Lomax ‎(7xLP, RE + Box) Doxy Music DOY009 Italy 2012