About Ola Belle Reed

Ola Belle Campbell Reed (1915-2002) was an American mountain music matriarch whose music, singing and songwriting has influenced Del McCoury, Tim O'Brien, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, The Blood Oranges, Marty Stuart, Demolition String Band, Ollabelle (the band), Uncle Earl and many others who have all recorded and performed her material. Ola Belle Reed was born Ola Wave Campbell in the mountains of northwestern North Carolina. She learned to pick the banjo at an early age and began writing songs about her life in the mountains.