Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 Feb 1972 - Steve Sparkman. Harlan, Kentucky.

04 Feb 1906 - Art Wooten. Born 'Arthur James Wooten' in Alleghany, North Carolina.

11 Feb 1960 - Junior Blankenship. Born at the old Grundy Hospital, Grundy, Va.

25 Feb 1927 - Ralph Stanley. Born 'Ralph Edmund Stanley' in Big Spraddle Creek, near Stratton, McClure, Virginia.

29 Feb 1932 - Jim Williams. Born 'James Lee Williams' in Wythe County, Virginia.


In Memoriam:

05 Feb 1980 - Chubby Anthony. Gainesville, Alachua, Florida.

08 Feb 2003 - Ralph 'Joe' Meadows. Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland.

08 Feb 1987 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Fentress, Tennessee.


For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

Ralph II ralph2.com

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Ralph Stanley & Joe Isaacs - Satan's Chains / Satan's Chains (Alt. version)

(Freeland Recording Co. FRC-S325) 1995


Satan's Chains / Satan's Chains (Alt. version)

This is a CD single, which I think was promo only, taken from the Ralph Stanley & Joe Isaacs - A Gospel Gathering album.

Two versions of Satan's Chains are included, the album one and an 'alternate' version which is pretty much identical. Comparing them, the only difference is that at around the 2:05 min mark, the alt. version has a 5 second break by James Alan Shelton on lead guitar, whereas the album version has Rickie Simpkins on fiddle. Also the blank space before and after the song is slightly different on each of the single and album cuts.

Satan's Chains is quite a decent song, though I'm not a fan of Shelton Feazell's bass vocals, or the overly clean production. For my money, the raw backstage rehearsal captured in part on The Ralph Stanley Story DVD.

  • Ralph Stanley: vocal
  • John Bowman: guitar??
  • Shelton Feazell: bass vocal
  • Becky Isaacs: vocal
  • Sonya Isaacs: vocal
  • Ben Isaacs: bass, vocal
  • James Alan Shelton: guitar
  • Rickie Simpkins: fiddle
  • Jeff Tolbert: mandolin??

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Satan's Chains
03:00
c1994
A Gospel Gathering

Carl Goodman
  Ld Vcl Bs Vcl Hrmny Vcl Hrmny Vcl Fid Bs Mnd Ld Gtr Fid    
  Ralph Stanley
Shelton Feazell
Becky Isaacs
Sonya Isaacs
John Bowman
Ben Isaacs
Rickie Simpkins
James Alan Shelton
Jeff Tolbert
 
 
A-2
Satan's Chains (Alt. version)
02:57
c1994
Satan's Chains

Carl Goodman
  Ld Vcl Bs Vcl Hrmny Vcl Hrmny Vcl Fid Bs Mnd Ld Gtr Fid    
  Ralph Stanley
Shelton Feazell
Becky Isaacs
Sonya Isaacs
John Bowman
Ben Isaacs
Rickie Simpkins
James Alan Shelton
Jeff Tolbert
 
 

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Ralph II ralph2.com

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