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Clinch Mountain Echo

The Stanley Brothers - God's Highway / I Feel Like Going Home

(King 6059) Oct 1966


God's Highway
I Feel Like Going Home Generic Bag

This 7" was taken from the Stanley's A Collection Of Original Gospel And Sacred Songs LP, which had been released earlier in the 1966.

Both sides are co-credited to Carter and Ralph, although neither is particularly inspiring. God's Highway is probably the better of the two, with George Shuffler's cross-picked guitar embellishing the otherwise stripped down instrumentation, and reasonably appealing vocal by Ralph on the chorus and Carter on the verses. I Feel Like Going Home is more uptempo and sounds more like a traditional gospel song with it's repetitive chorus refrain of 'I Feel Like Going Home'.

Until the '80s, neither track was reissued and aside from this 45 was only available A Collection Of Original Gospel And Sacred Songs LP.

Both sides of the single can be found on The King Years, 1961-1965 4xCD box set.

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 191-193 and 218.

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
Guitar:
Banjo:
Fiddle:
Mandolin:
Bass:
Lead guitar:
A-1
God's Highway
01:45
08 Sep 1965
A Collection Of Original Gospel And Sacred Songs Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley


George Shuffler
George Shuffler

C. Stanley / R. Stanley
B-1
I Feel Like Going Home
02:36
08 Sep 1965
A Collection Of Original Gospel And Sacred Songs Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley


George Shuffler
George Shuffler

C. Stanley / R. Stanley

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