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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Clinch Mountain Echo

James Alan Shelton - Clinch Mountain Guitar

(Freeland Recording Co. FRC-CD-650) 1996


James Alan Shelton - Clinch Mountain Guitar

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This CD contains a set of instrumentals by James and the Clinch Mountain Boys, which was recorded "in a marathon 14 hour session just prior to the band's April '95 tour of the West Coast". At the time of the session, James had been in the CMB's just over a year, and James Price had yet to join the band - he was still playing with The Goins Brothers, and took over from Art Stamper on fiddle later in the year.

The album largely consists of re-workings of tunes and standards from the Stanley back-catalogue, with obviously an emphasis on the lead guitar, but with Steve Sparkman and James Price providing a few breaks to give the album some variety. Ralph Stanley also guests, playing clawhammer on one track - Old Time Pickin', and Ralph II takes the 2nd break on John Henry.

Particularly noteworthy are Twilight Swamp, which Charlie Moore & Bill Napier had originally cut on their 'Folk n' Hill' LP (King 828) in 1963; The Old Gospel Ship which had been recorded by The Carter Family; and a splendid rendition of Ralph's banjo instrumental Coosy.

  • James Alan Shelton: lead guitar, mandolin
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • James Price: fiddle
  • Steve Sparkman: banjo
  • Ralph II Stanley: guitar (a)
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo (b)

NB: (a) Ralph II also plays 2nd lead on John Henry. (b) Ralph Stanley guests playing clawhammer on Old Time Pickin'.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Red Wing
02:30
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

P.D.
  Ld Gtr Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-2
Twilight Swamp
02:10
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

Bill Napier / Charlie Moore
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-3
John Henry
01:38
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

P.D.
  Ld Gtr / Mnd 2nd Ld Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-4
Uncloudy Day
02:20
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

Rev. J.K. Algood / J.F. Kinsey
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-5
Cluck Old Hen
02:26
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

P.D.
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-6
Wildwood Flower
01:41
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

A.P. Carter
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-7
Little Rosewood Casket
01:43
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

P.D.
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-8
Sourwood Mountain
02:26
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

P.D.
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-9
Weeping Willow
02:02
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

P.D.
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-10
Coosy
01:53
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

R. Stanley
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-11
The Old Gospel Ship
02:01
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

Alphus LeFevre
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-12
Worried Man Blues
01:38
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

A.P. Carter
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Steve Sparkman
James Cooke
James Price
   
A-13
Old Time Pickin'
01:45
?? Apr 1995
Clinch Mountain Guitar

R. Stanley
  Ld Gtr / Mnd Gtr Bjo Bs Fid    
  James Alan Shelton
Ralph Stanley II
Ralph Stanley
James Cooke
James Price
   
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For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

Ralph II ralph2.com


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