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Nathan Stanley - Sandy Ridge

(No Label No #) 2005

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Nathan was just twelve when he recorded this solo debut at Maggard Sound in Big Stone Gap, Va, in 2005. Featuring backing by the Clinch Mountain Boys, it is mostly instrumental, with Ralph singing and playing on Nine Pound Hammer and Nathan singing lead on Dream Of A Miner's Child and Somebody Loves You Darlin'.

Nathan's vocals sound surprisingly mature, and while his mandolin work is quite basic, it's still pretty good for a twelve year old!

The title cut Sandy Ridge was co-written by Nathan and James Alan Shelton, before a concert in Berkeley, California, and was performed as a showcase number by Nathan at the time.^[1]

Nathan also wrote Papaw's Mule and Drew's Tune.

• Nathan Stanley: mandolin, vocal (a)
• Dewey Brown: fiddle
• Jack Cooke: bass
• James Alan Shelton: lead guitar
• Steve Sparkman: banjo
• Ralph Stanley: clawhammer banjo, lead vocal(b)

(a) lead vocal on tracks 6 and 10.
(b) on track (3) only.

^{[1] eg the tape of Ralph and the Clinch Mountain Boys from the 'Hardly Strictly Bluegrass' festival in Golden Acre Park, San Francisco 2nd October 2005.}