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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The Stanley Brothers - Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / How You've Tortured My Mind

(King 6005) Sep 1965


Rollin' On Rubber Wheels

Both sides of this 7" are taken from the Stanley's The Remarkable Stanley Brothers Play And Sing Bluegrass Songs For You LP, which had been released about ten months earlier, in Nov. 1964.

Carter's uptempo Rollin' On Rubber Wheels is one of them 'truck driver' type deals... presumably it didn't gain much traction at the time. How You've Tortured My Mind is co-credited to Peggy Stanley (Ralph's second wife) and Carter. It is probably the better side, featuring some neat harmonica by Earl Taylor. Both songs do however have an annoying snare drum in the background.

Both sides of the single can be found on The King Years, 1961-1965 4xCD box set.

PS: If anyone has better label images of either the white promo or blue stock copy of this 7", please get in touch via the Contact page - Thanks!

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 183-184 and 213.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Rollin' On Rubber Wheels
02:55
16 Jul 1964
Remarkable Stanley Bros...

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs Ld Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Earl Taylor
Chick Stripling
George Shuffler
 
B-1
How You've Tortured My Mind
02:21
17 Jul 1964
Remarkable Stanley Bros...

Peggy Stanley / C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Earl Taylor
Chick Stripling
George Shuffler
 
Other artwork / related images:
How You've Tortured My Mind

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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