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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Sammy Adkins - Tribute To Keith Whitley

(Crosscut CR-1126) 2001


Tribute To Keith Whitley

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This is one of the 'easier to find' releases by Sammy Adkins, but it's still somewhat in the 'hen's teeth' category.

In addition to Sammy the album also features CMB James Price guesting on fiddle, and former CMB, Troy 'Renfro' Profitt on lead guitar.

A couple of the songs are credited to Sammy Adkins: the title cut - Tribute To Keith Whitley; and Simply Wild Over You. Both Sammy and Keith came from Sandy Hook, Ky. which has a small population (500 - 700), and Sammy was about two years younger than Keith. Sammy:- "We lived four miles apart. He lived in the city limits and I grew up about 4 miles out of town. We would just run around and play together."[1]

Simply Wild Over You is a bit odd, as there was a curious novelty youtube video of Ralph performing the song c1985/86 at his festival in Roxanna, but with Ralph playing Ralph II's guitar and Ralph II on 5-string[2]... At the beginning of the number Ralph credits it to 'Bill Meade and Bill Singleton' (or something to that effect). Sammy Adkins is also on stage, playing rhythm. (The song also bears a bit of a resemblance to Larry Richardson's Wild Over Me but at a much slower tempo and with different lyrics.)

Another noteworthy number, You Left Me This Morning was written by Roy Lee Centers, and had been recorded by Jack Lynch and The Lee Brothers.[3] It's a shame Ralph didn't get to cut a version, as it's prime Stanley material.

The two instrumentals, Bill Monroe's Louisville Breakdown, and the 'old antique' or 'evergreen' Darling Nellie Gray are a bit lacklustre, but otherwise the album is fairly decent. (It's also worth noting that this was the 3rd time James Price recorded Louisville Breakdown, having cut the tune with The Goins Brothers on Still Goin' Strong as Hay Holler Breakdown, and on his first solo album The Old Mountaineer.)

Oddly, the track list order printed on the artwork, bears no relation to the sequence of the songs on the actual disk...

  • Sammy Adkins: guitar, vocals
  • Troy 'Renfro' Profitt: lead guitar
  • James Lowe: bass
  • Darrell Winkleman: banjo
  • James Price: fiddle

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Tribute To Keith Whitley
02:40
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

Sammy Adkins
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-2
You Left Me This Morning
02:37
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

Roy Lee Centers
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-3
Dreaming Of A Little Cabin
03:26
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

Albert E. Brumley
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-4
I'll Never Grow Tired Of You
02:09
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-5
The Sweetest Gift (A Mother's Smile)
02:06
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

James B. Coats
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-6
Louisville Breakdown
01:45
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

Bill Monroe
  Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-7
Ashes Of Love
02:09
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

Jack Anglin / Johnnie Robert Wright
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-8
Another Night
03:40
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

Jack Adkins
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-9
(Say) Won't You Be Mine
02:19
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-10
A Little At A Time
02:09
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

M.H. 'Red' Malone / R. Stanley
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-11
Somewhere Between
03:00
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

Merle Haggard
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-12
Darling Nellie Gray
02:10
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

Benny Hanby
  Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
A-13
Simply Wild Over Me
02:17
c2001
Tribute To Keith Whitley

Bill Meade / Bill Singleton
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs Bjo Fid    
  Sammy Adkins
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
James Lowe
Darrell Winkleman
James Price
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover CD Booklet CD Booklet CD Tray

[1] Bluegrass Unlimited May 2015. 'Sammy Adkins and The Sandy Hook Mountain Boys - Keeping The Stanley Brothers Sound Alive In Eastern Kentucky' by Derek Halsey. (p. 48-49)
[2] The youtube video has sadly been removed.
[3] Little Birdie/You Left Me This Morning (Jalyn 45-201) 1967: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox0Mc78DQyI
The track can also be found on Roy Lee Centers - The Early Years Vol. 2.

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