Ralph Stanley - Merlefest, Wilkesboro, North Carolina
25th April 2008
(Festivalink.Net FEST0376) 2008
Average Album Rating: 2.33
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This is an official live set, made available at FestivalLink.net as a digital download in MP3 or FLAC format, or burned to a CD-R.
The set is a bit truncated, but gives a flavour of the live perfomances at the time, with spots highlighting individual band members: Dewey's fiddle on Lee Highway Blues; James guitar show-piece Soldier's Joy and Steve Sparkman letting rip on Clinch Mountain Backstep. Ralph apparently had throat problems caused by high pollen, but doesn't sound in too bad a form on Room At The Top Of The Stairs, Pretty Polly and Robin Built A Nest.... There's also a guest spot featuring Jim Lauderdale and Ralph on I Feel Like Singing Today, the obligatory clawhammer medley... and Dewey's finale of Orange Blossom Special.
The CD-R comes in a generic card digipack, with the individual gig details printed seperately and stuck on the sleeve.
Sound quality is pretty good too.
- Ralph Stanley: vocals
- Dewey Brown: fiddle
- Jack Cooke: bass
- James Alan Shelton: guitar
- Steve Sparkman: banjo
- Nathan Stanley: mandolin
| Track: |
Title: |
|---|---|
| CD: |
(26:27) |
| 1 |
Lee Highway Blues |
| G.B. Grayson |
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| 2 |
Soldier's Joy |
| P.D. |
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| 3 |
Clinch Mountain Backstep |
| Ruby Rakes |
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| 4 |
Room At The Top Of The Stairs |
| George Jones |
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| 5 |
Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave |
| Earl Sykes |
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| 6 |
Rocky Island / Shout Little Lulie |
| P.D. |
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| 7 |
I Feel Like Singing Today |
| Jim Lauderdale |
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| 8 |
Pretty Polly |
| P.D. |
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| 9 |
Orange Blossom Special |
| Ervin T. Rouse |
