(Crosscut CR-1126) 2001
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...
Track: |
Title: |
Time: |
Date: |
Original Release: |
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A-1 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
02:40 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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Sammy Adkins |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-2 |
You Left Me This Morning |
02:37 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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Roy Lee Centers |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-3 |
Dreaming Of A Little Cabin |
03:26 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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Albert E. Brumley |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-4 |
I'll Never Grow Tired Of You |
02:09 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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C. Stanley |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-5 |
The Sweetest Gift (A Mother's Smile) |
02:06 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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James B. Coats |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-6 |
Louisville Breakdown |
01:45 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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Bill Monroe |
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Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-7 |
Ashes Of Love |
02:09 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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Jack Anglin / Johnnie Robert Wright |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-8 |
Another Night |
03:40 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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Jack Adkins |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-9 |
(Say) Won't You Be Mine |
02:19 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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C. Stanley |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-10 |
A Little At A Time |
02:09 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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M.H. 'Red' Malone / R. Stanley |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-11 |
Somewhere Between |
03:00 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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Merle Haggard |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-12 |
Darling Nellie Gray |
02:10 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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Benny Hanby |
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Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
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A-13 |
Simply Wild Over Me |
02:17 |
c2001 |
Tribute To Keith Whitley |
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Bill Meade / Bill Singleton |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Ld Gtr | Bs | Bjo | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy Adkins |
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt |
James Lowe |
Darrell Winkleman |
James Price |
[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.