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.


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Ralph II ralph2.com

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V/A - Live At Lost Acres!

The 2nd Annual Lost Acres Bluegrass Festival

(Programme Audio Records 070777) 1978


Live At Lost Acres

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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]

  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • Troy 'Renfro' Profitt: lead guitar
  • Keith Whitley: guitar, vocals

 

Track:
Artist:
Title:
Time:
Date:
A-1
Moore Brothers
Orange Blossom Special
02:52
07-09 Jul 1977

Ervin Rouse
A-2
Lawrence Lane & The Kentucky Grass
Take Me Back To Kentucky
02:18
08-09 Jul 1977

Lawrence C. Lane
A-3
Kentucky Gentlemen
Big Cross-Tie
02:26
09-10 Jul 1977

Marvin Charles Davis
A-4
Cliff Halleron
Programme Audio Ad
00:57
07-10 Jul 1977

N/A
A-5
Bluegrass Saturday Night
Fox On The Run
02:22
07-08 Jul 1977

Anthony Hazzard
A-6
Carl Story
Light At The River
01:57
09-10 Jul 1977

Carl Story / Franklin D. Brewster
A-7
Sloas Brothers
Poor White Folks
02:01
08-09 Jul 1977

Bill Monroe
A-8
Ray Crook & New Grass Partners
Dark Hollow
01:41
09-10 Jul 1977

P.D.
A-9
Ralph Stanley
Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem
03:38
09-10 Jul 1977

Robert F. Boyce
B-1
Ralph Stanley
Rocky Island
02:13
09-10 Jul 1977

P.D.
B-2
Russell Brothers
If We're Not Back In Love By Monday
02:55
09-10 Jul 1977

Glenn Wilson Martin / James F. Throckmorton (?)
B-3
Hillsiders
The Lonesome River
03:43
08-09 Jul 1977

C. Stanley
B-4
Kentucky Gentlemen
Bootleg John
02:53
09-10 Jul 1977

Marvin Charles Davis
B-5
Moore Brothers
My Walkin' Shoes (Don't Fit Me Anymore)
02:21
07-09 Jul 1977

Jimmy Martin / Paul Williams
B-6
Lawrence Lane & The Kentucky Grass
Blackjack County Chain
02:43
08-09 Jul 1977

Hollis Rudolph De Laughter
B-7
Ralph Stanley
Travelin' The Highway Home
02:25
09-10 Jul 1977

Frankie Bailes / Walter Bailes
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side One Side Two Bluegrass Unlimited July 1977

[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

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