Jack Cooke & The Virginia Mountain Boys - End Of My Journey / (New) Cripple Creek
(Ark 299) c1964
This single was recorded at Ark's recording studio in Cincinnati, Ohio in October 1963 and (I think) released the following year.
End Of My Journey (aka Let Me Rest At The End Of My Journey) would become one of Jack's "go-to" songs for his lead vocal spot on live shows with the CMB's. This may have been a reason why the single was reissued in 1973 (King Bluegrass 407). The flipside meanwhile is a banjo/fiddle instrumental version of Cripple Creek.
Bobby Diamond also had a spell with Red Allen, where he played fiddle rather than banjo.[1] Bill Sage played briefly with Bill Monroe circa June 1963[2] and also worked with in Del McCoury's Dixie Pals circa 1969[3] and circa 1972/73 playing on Del's excellent 'High On A Mountain' album (Rounder 0019) 1973. (Reissued on CD in 1995). Later still he worked with the Al Jones & Frank Necessary & The Spruce Mountain Boys,[4] the White Mountain Bluegrass Band, David Davis & The Warrior River Boys and Ray Davis' Basement Band.[5]
(Let Me Rest At) The End Of My Journey was later included as a bonus track on Jack's 2006 CD Sittin' On Top Of The World.
Thanks to Todd Gracyk for reminding me about this one.
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| Track: |
Title: |
Time: |
Date: |
Original Release: |
Guitar/Lead vocal: |
Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Bass: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-1 |
End Of My Journey |
02:08 |
c1964 |
Ark 299 |
Jack Cooke |
Bobby Diamond |
Bill Sage |
Roy Hoskins |
| P.D. arr. Jack Cooke |
||||||||
| B-2 |
(New) Cripple Creek |
02:05 |
c1964 |
Ark 299 |
Jack Cooke |
Bobby Diamond |
Bill Sage |
Roy Hoskins |
| P.D. arr. Bobby Diamond |
[1] Bobby Diamond appears on Pete Wernick's Mar. 1966 live radio session - 'Bluegrass Special, Red Allen Live' (Storyville SRY-121153) 1966, which was later issued on CD-R by David Grisman. (For more on Bobby's time with Red, see Dennis Satterlee's book "Teardrops In My Eyes: The Music Of Harley 'Red' Allen'" (p.87,88,90).[2] Neil V. Rosenberg and Charles K. Wolfe's book 'The Music Of Bill Monroe' (p. 150)
[3] Bill Sage can be heard on the 8th Aug 1969 tape from the Shade Gap Bluegrass Festival, Gettysburg, PA:- http://frobbi.org/audio/ivor/3DVDs_1/1969%20DEL/index.html
[4] Bill can be heard on Al Jones & Frank Necessary & The Spruce Mountain Boys LP - 'Traditional Bluegrass At It's Best' (Webco WLPS 0113) 1985.
[5] http://daviddavisandwrb.com/the-warriors-path-what-do-you-think-bill-sage-first-california-tour-by-the-time-i-get-to-phoenix-and-sooo-much-more/