(Programme Audio Records 070777) 1978
This live album was recorded 7th - 10th July 1977 at the '2nd Annual Lost Acres Bluegrass Festival', near Glenwood, In. about a month after the KET 'Bluegrass Bluegrass' TV show.
Ralph and the CMB's contribute three tracks, and there's also a version of Carter Stanley's Lonesome River (listed as 'River At Midnight') by The Hillsiders and a version of Bootleg John by Kentucky Gentlemen. The latter has a neat banjo break by Ralph King, and a verbal reference to the Stanley Brothers' Darling Nellie Gray.
Aside from the CMB tracks, there is some decent traditional 'grass on offer, with a couple of rare tracks by Lawrence Lane and The Kentucky Grass (be sure to check out their two fine albums - 'Washington's Files' (Rome RSP 1124) 1974, and '1776-1976' (Rome RLP-4134) 1976).
Another fine trad. bluegrass band, The Sloas Brothers play Poor White Folks, which Bill Monroe had got from one of the grandfathers of bluegrass, Arnold Shultz.[1] Originally, it was titled, White Folks, Ain't Treating Me Right. Bill recorded it as an instrumental in 1971 on his 'Uncle Pen' album, but in the Homespun Bill Monroe mandolin instruction DVD[2] Bill also sings a fragment of the song.
John Rigsby, who learned fiddle from John Sloas, later recorded Poor White Folks with Ralph II on their 'Clinch Mountain Echoes' CD.
The 'Lost Acres' festival was promoted by Norman and Carl Hammons. Carl was a school friend of Carter and Ralph, who contributed to David W. Johnson's 'Lonesome Melodies: The Lives And Music Of The Stanley Brothers' book.[3]
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A-1 |
Moore Brothers |
Orange Blossom Special |
02:52 |
07-09 Jul 1977 |
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Ervin Rouse |
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A-2 |
Lawrence Lane & The Kentucky Grass |
Take Me Back To Kentucky |
02:18 |
08-09 Jul 1977 |
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Lawrence C. Lane |
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A-3 |
Kentucky Gentlemen |
Big Cross-Tie |
02:26 |
09-10 Jul 1977 |
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Marvin Charles Davis |
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A-4 |
Cliff Halleron |
Programme Audio Ad |
00:57 |
07-10 Jul 1977 |
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N/A |
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A-5 |
Bluegrass Saturday Night |
Fox On The Run |
02:22 |
07-08 Jul 1977 |
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Anthony Hazzard |
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A-6 |
Carl Story |
Light At The River |
01:57 |
09-10 Jul 1977 |
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Carl Story / Franklin D. Brewster |
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A-7 |
Sloas Brothers |
Poor White Folks |
02:01 |
08-09 Jul 1977 |
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Bill Monroe |
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A-8 |
Ray Crook & New Grass Partners |
Dark Hollow |
01:41 |
09-10 Jul 1977 |
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P.D. |
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A-9 |
Ralph Stanley |
Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem |
03:38 |
09-10 Jul 1977 |
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Robert F. Boyce |
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B-1 |
Ralph Stanley |
Rocky Island |
02:13 |
09-10 Jul 1977 |
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P.D. |
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B-2 |
Russell Brothers |
If We're Not Back In Love By Monday |
02:55 |
09-10 Jul 1977 |
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Glenn Wilson Martin / James F. Throckmorton (?) |
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B-3 |
Hillsiders |
The Lonesome River |
03:43 |
08-09 Jul 1977 |
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C. Stanley |
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B-4 |
Kentucky Gentlemen |
Bootleg John |
02:53 |
09-10 Jul 1977 |
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Marvin Charles Davis |
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B-5 |
Moore Brothers |
My Walkin' Shoes (Don't Fit Me Anymore) |
02:21 |
07-09 Jul 1977 |
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Jimmy Martin / Paul Williams |
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B-6 |
Lawrence Lane & The Kentucky Grass |
Blackjack County Chain |
02:43 |
08-09 Jul 1977 |
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Hollis Rudolph De Laughter |
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B-7 |
Ralph Stanley |
Travelin' The Highway Home |
02:25 |
09-10 Jul 1977 |
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Frankie Bailes / Walter Bailes |
[1] Neil V. Rosenberg and Charles K. Wolfe's book 'The Music Of Bill Monroe' (p.164)
[2] 'The Mandolin Of Bill Monroe - DVD One' (Homespun DVD-MON-MN21) 2004.
[3] In an audience recording of Ralph at the 1st Annual Lost Acres festival, Ralph talks about having being friends with the festival organisers Carl & Norma Hammons since childhood. You can hear this set on youtube: https://youtu.be/gd4ZMlCgRL4