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.


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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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V/A - Constant Sorrow - A Tribute To Ralph Stanley

(DiamonDisc DDCD00721) 2014


Constant Sorrow - A Tribute To Ralph Stanley

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This CD was put together by Nathan Stanley and features an assortment of country/bluegrass guest vocalists, with some backing provided by CMB members.

Slightly different versions of 7 of the 12 'guest artist/song choices' had been previously released on the A Special Tribute To Living Legend, Dr. Ralph Stanley CD-R in 2012. i.e. Dad's Old Rocky Field - The Lewis Tradition; Master's Bouquet - Ricky Skaggs; Pretty Polly - Vince Gill & Rebecca Lynn Howard; Oh Death - Gene Watson; Katy Daly - Ralph Stanley II; A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave - Nathan Stanley; and I Think I'll Just Go Away - Jeff Bates. The extent to which they differ between the two releases is variable...

That leaves Marty Raybon and Sonya Isaacs - Constant Sorrow, Jeff & Sheri Easter - Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures; Charlie McCoy - Little Maggie, Jimmy Fortune - A Room At The Top Of The Stairs, and Rhonda Vincent - The Darkest Hour.

As this CD got better distribution than the A Special Tribute To... it is much easier to find, but neither will appeal too much to Stanley purists, as much of it has overblown country type vocals that doesn't fit the 'Stanley' style too well, though there are the obvious exceptions like Ralph II's rendition of Katy Daly.

  • Junior Blankenship: lead guitar
  • Dewey Brown: fiddle
  • Jimmy Cameron: bass
  • Don Rigsby: mandolin
  • Ricky Skaggs: mandolin (*)
  • Ralph II Stanley: guitar
  • Mitchell VanDyke: banjo

NB: (*) on Masters Bouquet only.

 

Track:
Artist:
Title:
Time:
Date:
A-1
Ralph Stanley II
Katy Daly
02:53
c2012

Eamon O'Shea arr Paul Mullins
A-2
Jeff Bates
I Think I'll Just Go Away
02:45
c2012

C. Stanley
A-3
Marty Raybon and Sonya Isaacs
(I'm A Man Of) Constant Sorrow
03:24
c2012

R.D. Burnett
A-4
Jeff & Sheri Easter
Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures
03:24
c2012

Avril Gearheart / R. Stanley
A-5
The Lewis Tradition
Dad's Old Rocky Field
03:56
c2012

Earl Sykes
A-6
Vince Gill & Rebecca Lynn Howard
Pretty Polly
03:18
c2012

P.D.
A-7
Charlie McCoy
Little Maggie
03:18
c2012

P.D.
A-8
Jimmy Fortune
Room At The Top Of The Stairs
02:29
c2012

Randall Hylton
A-9
Gene Watson
Oh Death
03:19
c2012

P.D.
A-10
Nathan Stanley
A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave
03:30
c2012

Earl Sykes
A-11
Ricky Skaggs
(Gathering Flowers For The) Master's Bouquet
02:53
c2012

Marvin E. Baumgardner
A-12
Rhonda Vincent
The Darkest Hour (Is Just Before Dawn)
03:54
c2012

R. Stanley
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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