DESCRIPTION:
Hazel Dickens (1935-2011) & Alice Gerrard (b. 1934)

"Tiny Broken Heart" (rec. 1973)

Performers:
HD - vocals and bass
AG - vocals and guitar
Lamar Grier - banjo
Billy Baker - fiddle
David Grisman - mandolin

"Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard blur the distinctions between old-time country music and bluegrass music. They carried forward the Appalachian mountain style, itself influenced by old English ballads, melded it with the high lonesome sound of Bill Monroe, and created their own special sound...[They] opened doors for a new generation of women in traditional music, paving the way for artists like Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Iris DeMent, Lynn Morris, Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, and the Judds." - Jeff Place