(Rebel REB-CD-1806) 2005
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:
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.
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A-1 |
Georgia Peaches |
Will You Miss Me |
03:55 |
2004 |
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Carl Jackson / Alan Laney |
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A-2 |
Sharon White-Skaggs & Cheryl White |
City Folks Call Us Poor |
03:22 |
2004 |
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Marshal Warwick |
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A-3 |
Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski |
John Deere Tractor |
03:37 |
2004 |
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Lawrence Hammond |
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A-4 |
Vince Gill |
Blues Stay Away From Me |
03:17 |
2004 |
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Alton Delmore / Rabon Delmore / Henry Glover / Wayne Raney |
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A-5 |
Rhonda Vincent |
1-800-DO-U-Care |
02:30 |
2004 |
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Marshal Warwick |
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A-6 |
The Isaacs |
Where The Sweet Water Flows |
03:46 |
2004 |
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Bernice Sparks / Larry Sparks |
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A-7 |
Carl Jackson & Larry Cordle |
Tennessee 1949 |
03:35 |
2004 |
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Leroy Drumm / Pete Goble |
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A-8 |
The Marshall Family |
I Need Jesus |
02:42 |
2004 |
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P.D. |
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A-9 |
Ralph Stanley & Ricky Skaggs |
Sharecropper's Son |
02:57 |
2004 |
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C. Stanley / R. Stanley |
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A-10 |
Rebecca Lynn Howard |
Love Please Stay |
03:10 |
2004 |
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Melvin Goins / R. Stanley |
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A-11 |
Paul Williams |
Listening To The Wind |
03:17 |
2004 |
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Paul Humphrey / Jeff Orr |
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A-12 |
Tom T. Hall |
I Want You To Meet My Friend |
03:50 |
2004 |
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Tom T. Hall / Dixie Hall |
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A-13 |
Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Kenny Smith & Tim Stafford |
Carter's Blues |
02:42 |
2004 |
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A.P. Carter |
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A-14 |
Don Rigsby & Chris Jones |
It's Too Late To Walk The Floor |
02:02 |
2004 |
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Ozzie Thorpe |
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A-15 |
Russell Moore & Ronnie Bowman |
Brand New Broken Heart |
02:53 |
2004 |
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H. Smith / Larry Sparks |
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A-16 |
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New Highway |
03:35 |
2004 |
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Homer Jackson |
[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.