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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.


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Ralph Stanley - Live From Bean Blossom 1972 Vol. 2

(No Label No #) 2015


Live From Bean Blossom 1972

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This is one of three CD's from the 1972 Bean Blossom festival which were available from the (now defunct) "beanblossomstore" website.

Tracks 1-8 are from Ralph's Saturday late afternoon/early evening performance and Tracks 9-16 are from the late Saturday evening performance 17th Jun 1972.

Approx 10xCDs worth of MP3s have circulated from the Bean Blossom 1972 festival[1] including additional CMB material not on the CD and the quality isn't noticeably any better than the MP3's.. but it's still a nice to have item.

Tracks 17-22 are from a joint session with Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys, recorded at the Carlton Haney's 7th Annual Labor Day Weekend Blue Grass Festival at Blue Grass Park, Camp Springs, Reidsville North Carolina between 2nd - 5th Sept 1971. At the festival Carlton had the idea of putting two bands on stage at once, with Ralph making appearances with Jimmy Martin and Mac Wiseman. The set with Jimmy Martin included the regular CMB line-up minus Roy Lee Centers, plus Jimmy Martin, Alan Munde, Gloria Belle and Ray Martin from the Sunny Mountain Boys. A more complete & better quality recording of it can also be found on Fred Robbins site.

With a running time of over 74 mins, the CD may not play in all players - it works fine in my PC, but doesn't play on my relatively new hi-fi.

PS: There's a couple of print errors on the CD Tray - What A Singing There Will Be should be When I Get Home and there's a version of Katy Daley at the end of Track 20 which isn't listed.

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

Personnel shown for tracks 1-16 only.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Intro / Riding The Midnight Train
03:15
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

R. Stanley
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-2
Pretty Little Indian
02:37
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

P.D.
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-3
All I Ever Loved Was You
03:32
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

Dorothy Skaggs
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Tn Vcl - Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-4
Let Me Rest At The End Of My Journey
02:44
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

R. Stanley / C. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Ld Vcl - Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-5
Will You Miss Me
04:26
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

A.P. Carter
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Bs Vcl - Ld Gtr Mnd Bt Vcl - Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-6
Little Maggie
04:11
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

P.D.
  Ld Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-7
Cry From The Cross
03:33
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

Johnnie Masters
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Fid Bt Vcl - Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-8
Katy Daley
04:08
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

Eamon O'Shea arr Paul Mullins
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-9
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
02:55
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

C. Stanley
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-10
Man Of Constant Sorrow
02:40
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

R.D. Burnett
  Ld Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-11
Clinch Mountain Backstep
03:14
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

Ruby Rakes
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-12
The Angels Are Singing In Heaven Tonight
04:33
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

C. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Tn Vcl - Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-13
When I Get Home
03:37
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

Roscoe S. Reed
  Ld Vcl Bt Vcl Bs Vcl Tn Vcl      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
 
 
 
A-14
Take Your Shoes Off Moses
03:28
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

J.D. Jarvis
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-15
Little Birdie
03:22
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

P.D.
  Ld Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-16
Stone Walls And Steel Bars
02:13
17 Jun 1972
Bean Blossom

Ray Pennington / Roy E. Marcum
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-17
Farm And Fun Time
01:34
2-5 Sep 1971
Camp Springs

C. Stanley / R. Stanley
A-18
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Intro
00:42
2-5 Sep 1971
Camp Springs

N/A
A-19
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
03:37
2-5 Sep 1971
Camp Springs

P.D.
A-20
Doin' My Time / Katy Daley
07:59
2-5 Sep 1971
Camp Springs

Jimmie Skinner - Eamon O'Shea arr Paul Mullins
A-21
White Dove
03:39
2-5 Sep 1971
Camp Springs

C. Stanley
A-22
Hills Of Roane County
03:30
2-5 Sep 1971
Camp Springs

Willis Maberry

NB: CD doesn't give any info on musicians/instruments/vocal parts.

Other artwork / related images:
CD Tray Festival Advert (BU June 1972)

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