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

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(Hay Holler HH-CD-1346)


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The Stanley Brothers - God's Highway / I Feel Like Going Home

(King 6059) Oct 1966


God's Highway

This 7" was taken from the Stanley's A Collection Of Original Gospel And Sacred Songs LP, which had been released earlier in the 1966.

Both sides are co-credited to Carter and Ralph, although neither is particularly inspiring. God's Highway is probably the better of the two, with George Shuffler's cross-picked guitar embellishing the otherwise stripped down instrumentation, and reasonably appealing vocal by Ralph on the chorus and Carter on the verses. I Feel Like Going Home is more uptempo and sounds more like a traditional gospel song with it's repetitive chorus refrain of 'I Feel Like Going Home'.

Until the '80s, neither track was reissued and aside from this 45 was only available A Collection Of Original Gospel And Sacred Songs LP.

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

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 191-193 and 218.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
God's Highway
01:45
08 Sep 1965
A Collection Of Orig. Gospel & Sacred Songs

C. Stanley / R. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chick Stripling
George Shuffler
 
 
 
B-1
I Feel Like Going Home
02:36
08 Sep 1965
A Collection Of Orig. Gospel & Sacred Songs

C. Stanley / R. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chick Stripling
George Shuffler
 
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
I Feel Like Going Home Generic Bag

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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