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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 - Stanley Series, Vol. 3 No. 3

(Copper Creek CCCD-3-3) 1990


Stanley Series, Vol. 3 No. 3

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This edition of the Stanley Series features over an hour of music from the 4th May 1958 show at the Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa. Band members included Bill Napier on mandolin and Ralph Mayo on fiddle, with Jack Cooke holding down the bass/comedy slot.

Two sets are featured, and the sound quality is excellent, although quite a bit of dialogue is cut, and some of the tracks start/end quite abruptly. This is a bit irksome at times, for instance, the conclusion to Jack Cooke's comedy routine is cut and it's not one that appears elsewhere (I think)... also the last track, Can You Forgive (which the Stanleys's hadn't yet recorded), is unfortunately incomplete.

Some of the dialogue that is on the tape, however, is quite illuminating. Carter, for example, credits Bill Napier as songwriter of Daybreak In Dixie (whereas it was later credited to Carter, Ralph or both Stanleys). Also Bill Monroe's Tennessee Blues is pretty much identical to Ralph's Midnight Ramble (aka Ambush On The Highway)... a track the Stanleys' would record later in 1958, credited to Ruby Rakes.

At the time of the show, the Stanley's were near the end of their time with Mercury, and the song selection includes eleven of their classic tunes they cut for that label, along with Little Birdie from their Rich-R-Tone era.

The other tracks include an early version of Hills Of Roane County; Bill Monroe's Rawhide and Country Waltz; the Louvin Brothers Cash On The Barrelhead; fiddle tunes - Cacklin Hen, Lee Highway; sacred songs - He Will Set Your Fields On Fire and Mother's Not Dead; Fraulein, and Carter's tune Going To The Races which he gave to The Country Gentlemen to record in 1957.

The show was recorded by Bill Offenbacher, who also provided much of the tapes for the Shadows Of The Past album, which also utilises one of the introductions from this Sunset Park set.

  • Carter Stanley: guitar, vocal
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocal
  • Jack Cooke: bass (a)
  • Ralph Mayo: fiddle
  • Bill Napier: mandolin (b)

NB: (a) Jack Cooke sings lead on Cash On The Barrelhead.
(b) Bill Napier sings lead on Country Waltz and Fraulein.

 

For more detailed breakdown and background to the show, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 52-55, 69-70 and 83-85.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Source:
A-1
Dickenson County Breakdown
00:27
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-2
Cacklin Hen
01:32
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-3
Country Waltz
02:35
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Bill Monroe / Claude V. Breland
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-4
I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
03:20
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

C. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-5
I'll Never Grow Tired Of You
02:20
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

C. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-6
Hard Times
02:08
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-7
No School Bus In Heaven
02:53
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Jack Adkins / Buddy Dee
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-8
Orange Blossom Special
03:04
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Ervin T Rouse
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-9
Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus
02:38
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Hazel Houser / Chester Smith
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-10
I Just Got Wise
02:22
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

C. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-11
Cash On The Barrelhead
02:52
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Charlie Louvin / Ira Louvin
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-12
Hills Of Roane County
04:37
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Willis Maberry
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-13
Rawhide
02:36
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Bill Monroe
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-14
Little Birdie
01:30
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-15
Dickenson County Breakdown
00:16
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-16
Dickenson County Breakdown
00:14
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-17
Lee Highway Blues
02:25
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

G.B. Grayson
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-18
Fraulein
02:19
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Lawton Williams
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-19
I'd Rather Be Forgotten
02:34
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

E.P. Williams
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-20
Going To The Races
01:50
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

C. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-21
A Life Of Sorrow
02:40
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

C. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-22
Fling Ding
01:55
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-23
He'll Set Your Fields On Fire
02:43
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Clyde Moody / Chubby Wise
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-24
Daybreak In Dixie
02:22
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Bill Napier
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-25
Mother's Not Dead
04:10
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Maynard Spencer / Lance Spencer
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-26
Tennessee Blues
02:21
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Bill Monroe
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-27
Can You Forgive
01:46
04 May 1958
Sunset Park, West Grove, Pa.

Roy Hall
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Jack Cooke
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover CD Tray

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