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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Larry Sparks - 40

(Rebel REB-CD-1806) 2005


40

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Commemorating Larry Spark's 40th year as a musician, this fine collection features guest performances on some of Larry's most well known songs, and several new ones too.

Ralph is featured on one track - a re-recording of Sharecropper's Son which Larry had performed with The Stanley Brothers[1] and recorded with Ralph on Brand New Country Songs. Personnel for the session, which took place at Maggard Sound Studios sometime in 2004 is:

  • Larry Sparks: guitar, lead vocal
  • Ralph Stanley: tenor vocal
  • Stuart Duncan: fiddle
  • Joe Isaacs: banjo
  • Kirk 'Jellyroll' Johnson: harmonica
  • Don Rigsby: mandolin
  • Ricky Skaggs: baritone vocal
  • Larry D. Sparks: bass

Also of interest from a Stanley-centric point of view is Melvin Goins' Love Please Stay, which was also first recorded on Brand New Country Songs; and It's Too Late To Walk The Floor by Ozzie Thorpe, who part funded Ralph's The Bluegrass Sound Of....

All the albums I've got by Larry Sparks have been well worth buying, and although I'm not generally a fan of the 'guest collaboration' albums, this is quite a fine effort and well worth picking up.

The album was produced by Don Rigsby, and comes with a 26-page booklet.

 

Track:
Guest Vocals:
Title:
Time:
Date:
A-1
Georgia Peaches
Will You Miss Me
03:55
2004

Carl Jackson / Alan Laney
A-2
Sharon White-Skaggs & Cheryl White
City Folks Call Us Poor
03:22
2004

Marshal Warwick
A-3
Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski
John Deere Tractor
03:37
2004

Lawrence Hammond
A-4
Vince Gill
Blues Stay Away From Me
03:17
2004

Alton Delmore / Rabon Delmore / Henry Glover / Wayne Raney
A-5
Rhonda Vincent
1-800-DO-U-Care
02:30
2004

Marshal Warwick
A-6
The Isaacs
Where The Sweet Water Flows
03:46
2004

Bernice Sparks / Larry Sparks
A-7
Carl Jackson & Larry Cordle
Tennessee 1949
03:35
2004

Leroy Drumm / Pete Goble
A-8
The Marshall Family
I Need Jesus
02:42
2004

P.D.
A-9
Ralph Stanley & Ricky Skaggs
Sharecropper's Son
02:57
2004

C. Stanley / R. Stanley
A-10
Rebecca Lynn Howard
Love Please Stay
03:10
2004

Melvin Goins / R. Stanley
A-11
Paul Williams
Listening To The Wind
03:17
2004

Paul Humphrey / Jeff Orr
A-12
Tom T. Hall
I Want You To Meet My Friend
03:50
2004

Tom T. Hall / Dixie Hall
A-13
Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Kenny Smith & Tim Stafford
Carter's Blues
02:42
2004

A.P. Carter
A-14
Don Rigsby & Chris Jones
It's Too Late To Walk The Floor
02:02
2004

Ozzie Thorpe
A-15
Russell Moore & Ronnie Bowman
Brand New Broken Heart
02:53
2004

H. Smith / Larry Sparks
A-16
 
New Highway
03:35
2004

Homer Jackson
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover CD Tray Booklet Picture

[1] You can hear a version of Sharecropper's Son by The Stanley Brothers with Larry Sparks on guitar, taken from the 1965 University Of Chicago Folk Festival on the 2xCD Folk Festival (Stanleytone STCD-5003) 2001.

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