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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The Stanley Brothers - Berkeley Ca

21st Sept. 1962

(No Label No #) c199?


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This show was never commercially released, but as it has previously been listed as 2xCD set on the internet with MP3 copies circulating, I think it's still worth mentioning here.

The 320k MP3's I have, indicate that it was a 2xCD set, although Rovin' Gambler and Carter's introduction of the instruments is missing. Both are however on Sugarmegs[1] at a poorer quality / lower bit-rate, but the accompaying text file indicates that Hard Times should also be present... (Anyone who has a complete 320k copy - please get in touch!)

Interestingly, Carter's introduction of the instruments includes references to Ralph's "Flathead" Gibson... According to Gary B. Reid's book The Music Of The Stanley Brothers (p.134) Ralph acquired his famed Gibson Granada "Archtop" shortly afterwards when they played in Sacramento.

On my MP3's the quality is fairly decent, definitely listenable, but not quite as good as the 'Stanley Series'. The show sounds more like a college or auditorium, judging by the song intro's and polite but enthusastic applause.

Also, I think some of the songs may be more or less unique to this recording. eg. I don't think Fast Express, Mastertone March or Dear Old Dixie have appeared on any of the other live recordings; and I certainly haven't heard Vernon Derrick's impersonations of Elvis etc! No More The Moon Shines On Lorena is also pretty rare, although it was performed at least once in Jan. 1965 at the University of Chicago's Folk Festival.[2]

This recording is said to date from 21st Sept 1962, following on from the Stanley's long running engagement at the Ash Grove in Hollywood (see Stanley Series Vol. 2 No. 4 and Vol. 3 No. 2). Again Gary B. Reid has confirmed that it was part of a three-week tour of the West Coast, and that although advertised as at the Little Theatre in Berkeley, at least two people who attended recall the location as Garfield Junior High School.[3]

  • Carter Stanley: guitar, vocal
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocal
  • Vernon Derrick: fiddle
  • Curley Lambert: mandolin

 

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Watermelon On The Vine
01:25
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-2
I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome
02:01
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Lesley Riddle
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-3
Cumberland Gap
01:38
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-4
Let Me Love You One More Time
02:51
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-5
Old Love Letters
02:45
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Johnny Bond
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-6
Fast Express
03:28
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Alton Delmore
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-7
Orange Blossom Special
05:27
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Ervin T. Rouse
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-8
Rovin' Gambler
04:09
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-9
Carter Introduces the Instruments
02:44
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

N/A
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-10
Daybreak In Dixie
02:04
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Bill Napier
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-11
The Wreck Of The Old '97
01:55
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

??
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-12
Six Month's Ain't Long
03:00
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Dick Burnett / Leonard Rutherford ?
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-13
Nine Pound Hammer
03:46
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-14
Rank Stranger
03:46
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Albert E. Brumley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-15
Cripple Creek (Theme)
01:32
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
 

B-1
Salty Dog Blues
02:09
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Wiley Morris / Zeke Morris
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-2
Hills Of Roane County
04:38
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Willis Maberry
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-3
Big Tilda
02:08
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-4
No More The Moon Shines On Lorena
03:05
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

A.P. Carter
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-5
White Dove
03:27
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

C. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-6
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
02:28
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Marvin E. Baumgardner
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-7
Mountain Dew
03:05
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Scotty Wiseman
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-8
Vernon Derrick doing impersonations
04:57
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

N/A
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-9
Little Maggie
03:48
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-10
True Life Blues
03:05
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Pete Pyle
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-11
Back Up And Push
01:25
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-12
Little Glass Of Wine
03:29
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

C. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-13
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow
03:39
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

R.D. Burnett
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-14
Mother's Not Dead
03:40
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Maynard Spencer / Lance Spencer
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-15
Old Daniel Prayed
03:15
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

G.T. Speer
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-16
Mastertone March
02:36
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Ruby Rakes
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-17
Dear Old Dixie
01:29
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

George Thomas Stoddard
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-18
Maple On The Hill
02:43
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Gussie L. Davis
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-19
Cripple Creek (Theme)
01:05
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-20
Lonesome Road Blues
02:24
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
B-21
This Wicked Path Of Sin
03:31
21 Sep 1962
Berkeley Ca.

Bill Monroe
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
 

[1] See http://tela.sugarmegs.org/alpha/s.html or http://ia600301.us.archive.org/7/items/StanleyBrothers1962-09-21BerkleyCA/StanleyBrothers1962-09-21BerkleyCA.mp3?cnt=0
[2] The Stanley's also performed No More The Moon Shines On Lorena on their second set in Jan. 1965 at the University of Chicago's Folk Festival. The quality wasn't deemed good enough to include on the Stanleytone 'Folk Festival' 2xCD, but it has subsequently resurfaced on youtube:- https://youtu.be/INcEWR-vZcQ
[3] Gary B. Reid's "A Life Of Sorrow - The Life And Times Of Carter Stanley" Facebook page - see post dated 21st Sept 2017: https://www.facebook.com/A-Life-of-Sorrow-the-Life-and-Times-of-Carter-Stanley-1419638438338667/

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