Copper Creek Records

{{Short description|American record label}} {{Infobox record label  | name = Copper Creek Records | image = | founded = {{start date|1978}} | founder = Gary Reid | defunct = | genre = Country, bluegrass, old-time | country = U.S. | location = Roanoke, Virginia | website = }}

'''Copper Creek Records''' is a record label based in Roanoke, Virginia specializing primarily in bluegrass and old-time music.

==History== Spurred by his interest in the music of the Stanley Brothers,<ref name=CC-citizen-2015>{{cite news|last1=Rifkin|first1=Carol|title=Life, times of music legend Carter Stanley at N.C. Stage|url=http://www.citizen-times.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/08/10/life-times-music-legend-carter-stanley-nc-stage/31403265/|accessdate=July 18, 2017|work=The Citizen Times|date=August 10, 2015}}</ref> Gary B. Reid launched Copper Creek in October 1978. Their first release was a 45 rpm single by the Johnson Mountain Boys. Side A was "When I Can Forget" and side B was "Johnson Mountain Hoedown."<ref name=CC-bgtoday-2016>{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Richard|title=On This Day #48 – Gary Reid |url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/on-this-day-48-gary-reid/|accessdate=July 17, 2017|work=Bluegrass Today|date=October 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name=CC-bristol-2011>{{cite news|last1=Tennis|first1=Joe|title=Characters of the Crooked Road|url=http://www.heraldcourier.com/archives/characters-of-the-crooked-road/article_f8046262-1bde-58cc-9f7a-ff5fa572b269.html|accessdate=July 17, 2017|work=Bristol Herald Courier|date=Mar 17, 2011}}</ref>

Initially, Copper Creek's focus was on releasing albums by the Johnson Mountain Boys, but expanded into historic preservation, annotation, and release of early bluegrass recordings and radio broadcasts.<ref name=CC-bgheritage-2017>{{cite web |url=http://cindaybluegrass.wikidot.com/reid-gary-b-1956|title=REID, GARY B. (1956-)|work=Cincinnati-Dayton Bluegrass Heritage|accessdate=July 17, 2017|author= }}</ref>

Cooper Creek became a thriving and respected label for bluegrass and old-time music artists and listeners.<ref name=CC-herald-2017>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-9/9-1/copper-creek.html|title=The Triumph of an Independent Label Called Copper Creek|work=The Old Time Herald|accessdate=July 17, 2017|author=Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.}}</ref>

As sales of recorded music have decreased, Reid has focused primarily on writing<ref name=CC-bgtoday-2011>{{cite news|last1=Lawless|first1=John|title=Gary Reid and The Stanley Brothers|url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/gary-reid-and-the-stanley-brothers/|accessdate=July 17, 2017|work=Bluegrass Today|date=March 23, 2011}}</ref> and his one-man show "A Life of Sorrow, the Life and Times of Carter Stanley."<ref name=CC-rtimes-2015>{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Mike|title=Arts & Extras: Gary Reid takes tale of bluegrass legend Carter Stanley on tour|url=http://www.roanoke.com/arts_and_entertainment/arts/arts-extras-gary-reid-takes-tale-of-bluegrass-legend-carter/article_087aa029-ac4d-50f5-8230-79db3225a0b7.html|accessdate=July 16, 2017|work=The Roanoke Times0|date=Apr 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=CC-citizen-2015 />

For his book ''The Music of the Stanley Brothers'' (University of Illinois Press), Reid was named Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA).<ref name=CC-uillpress-2015>{{cite web |url=http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=17988|title=Gary B. Reid named Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year|work=University of Illinois Press|accessdate=July 5, 2017|author= |date= October 5, 2015}}</ref>

==Artists== Here is a partial list of artists who have released recordings on the Copper Creek label. {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * E.C. and Orna Ball * The Blue Sky Boys * Bluegrass Cardinals * Bluegrass Patriots * Chris Brashear and Peter McLaughlin * Gary Brewer * Hylo Brown * Albert E. Brumley Jr. * The Carter Family * The Country Gentlemen * East Coast Bluegrass Band * The Crooked Jades * Crowe Brothers * East Virginia * Tony Ellis * Raymond Fairchild * Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys * Alice Gerrard * Tom T. Hall * Ginny Hawker & Kay Justice * Mike Henderson * Trey Hensley & Drivin' Force * Adam Hurt * Randall Hylton * Johnson Mountain Boys * Carol Elizabeth Jones & Laurel Bliss * Kathy Kallick * Maro Kawabata * Dick Kimmel * James Leva * Local Exchange * The Louvin Brothers * Claire Lynch * McPeak Brothers * The Mysterious Redbirds * New Roanoke Jug Band * Michelle Nixon * Patent Pending * Ken Perlam * Tony Ramey * James Reams & the Barnstormers * John Reischman and the Jaybirds * Reno and Smiley * Curly Seckler * George Shuffler * Steve Sparkman * Ron Spears * Ralph Stanley * The Stanley Brothers * Jack Tottle * Roland White Band * Josh Williams & High Gear * Wolfe Brothers {{div col end}}

== See also == * List of record labels

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:American independent record labels