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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Ralph Stanley - Live At The Smithsonian Institution Vol. 1

(King KSCD-5144) 2001


Live At The Smithsonian Institution

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This is a reissue of part of a recording taken from Ralph's concert at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, on Sunday 10th March 1974.

For more information see our notes on the original release: Live At The Smithsonian Institution (Atteiriam API-CD 1662) 1992.

One thing noteworthy about the reissue of this, and the accompanying Vol. 2 CD is the cover. This features a photomontage of the band lifted from the Atteiriam release, combined with a replacement picture of Jack Cooke (who's cropped on the original), and then superimposed in front of the Smithsonian.

As both King releases fit comfortably onto one CD, it's pretty obvious that they were just after maximising revenue by dividing the show into two discs - a shame!

The CD tray artwork also has a quote from Ricky Lee, which gets the date of Roy Lee Centers murder wrong (it should be 2nd May, not 2nd April 1974).

In 2006 Gary B. Reid oversaw a much better reissue of the both this and Vol. 2 on one disc, with decent liner notes and some pictures from the concert by by Carl Fleischhauer. See the original Atteiriam entry for more details.

  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Roy Lee Centers: guitar, vocals
  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • Ricky Lee: lead guitar

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Orange Blossom Special
05:06
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

Ernie T. Rouse
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-2
Lonesome Old Song
05:03
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

Gene Duty / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-3
Bill Cheatham
02:20
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

P.D.
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-4
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
02:36
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

C. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-5
Katy Daly
02:32
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

Eamon O'Shea arr Paul Mullins
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-6
Maple On The Hill
03:07
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

Gussie L. Davis
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-7
Tennessee Stud
03:20
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

Jimmy Driftwood
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-8
White Dove
03:51
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

C. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-9
Rank Stranger
03:07
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

Albert E. Brumley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-10
If I Lose / Kitten And The Cat
04:27
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-11
Dark Hollow
02:11
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

Bill Browning
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-12
Hemlock And Primroses
02:56
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

Landon Messer / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-13
Ridin' That Midnight Train
02:01
10 Mar 1974
Live At The Smithsonian...

R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 

NB: Liner notes don't specify instruments/vocal parts for individual tracks.

Other artwork / related images:
CD Tray

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Ralph II ralph2.com

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