Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 May 1922 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Born 'Harold Oplis Stanley' in Fentress, Tennessee.

18 May 1938 - Henry Dockery. Walnut Marsh, North Carolina.

28 May 1956 - Ralph 'Hank' Smith. Born 'Ralph Dewayne Smith' in Elliott County, Kentucky.


In Memoriam:

02 May 1974 - Roy Lee Centers. Breathitt County, Kentucky.

03 May 2000 - Bill Napier. Johnson City, Tennessee.

09 May 1989 - Keith Whitley. Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

23 May 2022 - James Price. Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia.


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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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Ralph Stanley - Poison Love / Bill Cheatum

(King Bluegrass 730412) 1973


Poison Love

This 7" was taken from Ralph's The Stanley Sound Around The World album.

Poison Love had been a hit for Johnny & Jack in 1951 reaching No. 4 in the US Country charts.[1] You can also find them performing the song on youtube.

The flipside, Bill Cheatum, is very much a showcase piece for Ricky Lee, who also performed it on the Live At The Smithsonian Institution recording and on the 1996 Clinch Mountain Boys Reunion CD/DVD.

Both sides of the single can be found on the Rebel 1971 - 1973 4xCD box set.

  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Roy Lee Centers: guitar, vocals
  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • Ricky Lee: lead guitar

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Poison Love
02:20
18 Feb 1973
Stanley Sound Around The World

Elmer Laird
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-1
Bill Cheatum
02:11
18 Feb 1973
Stanley Sound Around The World

P.D.
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Bill Cheatum

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_%26_Jack

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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