Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

06 Dec 1936 - Jack Cooke. Born 'Vernon Crawford Cooke' in Dorchester, Wise, Virginia.

07 Dec 1955 - Sammy Adkins.

07 Dec 1931 - Bobby Osborne. Hyden, Kentucky.

16 Dec 1923 - Jay Hughes. St. Paul, Virginia.

17 Dec 1935 - Bill Napier. Born 'Billy Edward Napier' in Wise, Virginia.

20 Dec 1935 - Chubby Anthony. Born 'Donald Lee Anthony' in Lincolnton, North Carolina.

25 Dec 1919 - Curly Seckler. Born 'John Ray Sechler' in China Grove, North Carolina.

30 Dec 1933 - Melvin Goins. Born 'Melvin Glen Goins' in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia.

30 Dec 1943 - Claude 'Buddy' Moore. Born Claude Moore in Pike, Kentucky.

31 Dec 1934 - Ralph 'Joe' Meadows. Born 'Ralph Joe Meadows' in Basin, Wyoming County, West Virginia.


In Memoriam:

01 Dec 1966 - Carter Stanley. Bristol, Virginia.

01 Dec 2009 - Ralph 'Hank' Smith. West Liberty, Kentucky.

02 Dec 2009 - Jack Cooke. Norton, Virginia.

15 Dec 1990 - Henry Dockery. South Carolina.

27 Dec 2013 - Al Elliott. Kingsport, Tennessee.

27 Dec 2017 - Curly Seckler. Nashville, Tennessee.

28 Dec 1977 - Leslie Keith. Tucson, Pima, Arizona.


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

Ralph II ralph2.com

Spotlight on:-

Under The Covers
(Reprise Records 9362-46690-2)


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Clinch Mountain Echo

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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(Gusto/King KG 0334-2)


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