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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(King KSD 1069)


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Zach Wright - Colonel Zach Wright

(No Label 13020-17516) 2017


Zach Wright - Colonel Zach Wright

Average Album Rating: 4.33
(Total votes 3)

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This CD-R came out Feb. 2017, and marks the debut release for Zach Wright, who was just 15 when it was recorded. Zach is an excellent banjo player who has the 'Stanley Style' down to a 'T', and as a bonus he's backed on this album by former CMB's Sammy Adkins, John Rigsby and Danny Lee Davis. Bass duties are provided Zach's 12 year old sister, a talented singer in her own right, who is showcased singing lead on Dolly Parton's Pain Of Loving You, Loving You Too Well and a credible powerful vocal on Little Maggie.

Former CMB lead vocalist Sammy Adkins also sings lead on White Dove. Zach has been playing with Sammy Adkins' Sandy Hook Mountain Boys since 2016 & says of his boss: "Sammy Adkins, aka Big Pawpaw, has always been one of my favorite lead singers. I started playing banjo for Sammy when I was 14, and over the past year he has taught me so much about the Stanley Brothers and their iconic music..."

The highlights of the album, however, for me are the instrumentals: Big Tilda, Daybreak In Dixie and Hard Times, which Zach executes perfectly, ably assisted by John Rigsby on fiddle and banjo.

Some of the tracks with Zach on lead vocal are less successful, but then he's at the age when the male vocal chords are stretching, and the occasional 'dubious' note is unavoidable.

Look out for both Zach and Savannah Wright - they're both got the potential to produce some stellar music in the future!

This CD-R can be picked up at Sammy Adkins' gigs, via Michelle Wright on facebook or by emailing 'sammyadkins6@gmail.com'.

  • Zach Wright: banjo, vocal (a)
  • Sammy Adkins: lead guitar, harmony vocal (b)
  • Danny Davis: tenor vocal
  • John Rigsby: mandolin, fiddle, harmony vocal
  • Savanna Wright: bass, harmony / lead vocal

NB: (a) guitar on (3); (b) lead vocal on (10);

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Big Tilda
02:25
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

R. Stanley
  Bjo Ld Gtr Fid/Mnd Bs      
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright

   
A-2
Rabbit In A Log
02:09
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

Pete Kirby
  Ld Vcl / Bjo Hr Vcl / Ld Gtr Hr Vcl / Fid/Mnd Bs Hr Vcl    
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
Danny Davis
   
A-3
I'll Just Go Away
02:42
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Ld Gtr Hr Vcl / Fid/Mnd Bs Hr Vcl    
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
Danny Davis
   
A-4
Little Maggie
02:13
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

P.D.
  Bjo Ld Gtr Fid/Mnd Ld Vcl / Bs      
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
 
   
A-5
Rank Stranger
03:08
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

Albert E. Brumley
  Ld Vcl / Bjo Hr Vcl / Ld Gtr Hr Vcl / Fid/Mnd Bs Hr Vcl    
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
Danny Davis
   
A-6
Hard Times
03:07
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

R. Stanley
  Bjo Ld Gtr Fid/Mnd Bs      
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
 
   
A-7
How Mountain Girls Can Love
01:58
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

Ruby Rakes
  Ld Vcl / Bjo Hr Vcl / Ld Gtr Hr Vcl / Fid/Mnd Bs Hr Vcl    
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
Danny Davis
   
A-8
Loving You Too Well
02:41
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl / Bjo Hr Vcl / Ld Gtr Hr Vcl / Fid/Mnd Bs Hr Vcl    
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
Danny Davis
   
A-9
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
02:22
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

P.D.
  Ld Vcl / Bjo Hr Vcl / Ld Gtr Hr Vcl / Fid/Mnd Bs Hr Vcl    
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
Danny Davis
   
A-10
White Dove
03:08
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

C. Stanley
  Bjo Ld Vcl / Ld Gtr Hr Vcl / Fid/Mnd Bs Hr Vcl    
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
Danny Davis
   
A-11
Pain Of Loving You
02:52
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

Dolly Parton / Porter Wayne Wagoner
  Bjo Hr Vcl / Ld Gtr Hr Vcl / Fid/Mnd Ld Vcl / Bs Hr Vcl    
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
Danny Davis
   
A-12
Who Will Sing For Me
02:21
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

John Thomas Ely
  Ld Vcl / Bjo Hr Vcl / Ld Gtr Hr Vcl / Fid/Mnd Bs Hr Vcl    
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
Danny Davis
   
A-13
Daybreak In Dixie
02:21
2017
Colonel Zach Wright

Bill Napier
  Bjo Ld Gtr Fid/Mnd Bs      
  Zach Wright
Sammy Adkins
John Rigsby
Savanna Wright
 
   
Other artwork / related images:
CD Tray

For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

Ralph II ralph2.com

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