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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The Stanley Brothers - The White Dove / Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet

(Columbia 54008) Apr 1954


The White Dove

This is a 7" reissue from 1954 of the classic Columbia 20577 release in Apr 1949. See that entry for more details.

Both sides of the single can be found on The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers CD.

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's session, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 23-25 and 36.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
The White Dove
03:12
01 Mar 1949
Columbia 20577

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Robert 'Bobby' Sumner
James 'Jay' hughes
   
B-1
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
02:48
01 Mar 1949
Columbia 20577

M.E. Baumgardner
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Robert 'Bobby' Sumner
James 'Jay' hughes
   
Other artwork / related images:
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet Generic 45 bag

[1] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=columbia+20577+billboard&source=bl&ots=XwFjHhRyAn&sig=DdhfdrQWiGDsOMAjsX8ZYlBMQhE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj33beL9dnUAhWCOsAKHd8tDOoQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=columbia%2020577%20billboard&f=false
[2] You can hear the interview on youtube: https://youtu.be/YikIUZandsA. I've also attempted to clean some of the noise and you can download an MP3 of the result here (it's saved as a 67Mb zip file).
[3] Ralph Stanley and Eddie Dean's book "Man Of Constant Sorrow" (p.137-139)

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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