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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(Columbia 20770)


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Jarrod Church - Clinch Mountain Banjo

A Tribute To The Master - Dr. Ralph Stanley

(Jyroscope JWC-1982) 2006


Clinch Mountain Banjo

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This album, featuring James Alan Shelton and Dewey Brown, was recorded at two sessions, on 4th and 18th March 2006 at Castle Recording, Castelwood, Va.

Jarrod, while perhaps not quite in the same league as Steve Sparkman, is nonetheless an excellent 'Stanley style' banjo picker, and for aficionados of Ralph's style, this CD-R is pretty delightful.

According to the liner notes, Jarrod is from Birchleaf in Dickenson County, Va. He had previously filled in on occasion with Ralph, even performing at the Grand Old Opry, and in 2010 was briefly a full-time CMB inbetween Steve Sparkman and Mitchell Van Dyke.

The album features a dozen of Ralph's banjo instrumentals, played on a left-handed 50th anniversary Stanleytone banjo,[1] plus a medley of Ralph's breaks from Wild Bill Jones/Little Maggie and Pretty Polly (The Doctor's Medley)

In more recent years Jarrod has played with Sammy Adkins & The Sandy Hook Mountain Boys, the Scott County Boys (with former CMB Kenneth Davis), and c2024 with Nathan Stanley.

  • Jarrod Church: banjo
  • Dewey Brown: fiddle
  • Al Domingue: bass
  • James Alan Shelton: guitar

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Big Tilda
02:09
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

R. Stanley
A-2
Clinch Mountain Backstep
02:30
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

Ruby Rakes
A-3
Shamrock
02:48
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

R. Stanley
A-4
Red River Valley / Groundhog
02:41
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

P.D.
A-5
Shout Little Lulie
01:55
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

P.D.
A-6
Dickenson County Breakdown
01:47
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

R. Stanley
A-7
Rang Tang
02:45
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

R. Stanley / George Shuffler
A-8
Coosy
01:56
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

R. Stanley
A-9
Cluck Old Hen
02:41
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

P.D.
A-10
Hard Times
02:49
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

R. Stanley
A-11
Lisa's Joy
01:54
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

R. Stanley
A-12
Old Time Pickin'
01:56
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

R. Stanley
A-13
The Doctor's Medley
02:01
04/18 Mar 2006
Clinch Mountain Banjo

P.D.
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover CD Tray CD Booklet CD Booklet
At the Opry 23rd April 2005 On stage with Ralph

[1] There are thought to be only 2 left handed Stanleytones. Gary Bates (aka Stanleytone) has a 40th anniversary one and Jarrod's 50th anniversary is the other. https://www.banjohangout.org/photo/50547

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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(Columbia 20770)


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