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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Various Artists - More Music From The Florida Folklife Collection

(Florida Department of State Division of Library and Information Services 3710107928) c2005


More Music From The Florida Folklife Collection

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This CD was produced to publicise the Florida State Archives, and includes a performance of Gonna Paint The Town by the Stanleys from a late 1958 'Suwannee River Jamboree' radio broadcast.

The album/track is also available as a free 320kbps MP3 download.

For more info, and details of the full 30min show (including download) see the Suwannee River Jamboree article.

  • Carter Stanley: guitar, vocals
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Albert 'Al' Elliot: bass
  • Paul 'Moon' Mullins: fiddle
  • Bill Napier: mandolin

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's session, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 93-94 and 140.

 

Track:
Artist:
Title:
Time:
Date:
A-1
Mary Smith McLain
Give A Poor Dog A Bone
02:16
28 May 1993

??
A-2
Williams Singers
Somewhere to Lay My Head
02:49
27 May 1988

??
A-3
Don Grooms
I Believe
03:26
1995

??
A-4
Thelma Boltin and Tom Walton
Butter Beans
02:37
24 May 1985

??
A-5
Ann Yao
Lotus
03:22
22 May 1992

??
A-6
Doc Watson and Merle Watson
Cuckoo Bird
02:53
30 Apr 1977

P.D.
A-7
Etta Baker
One Dime Blues
02:51
28 May 1994

??
A-8
Pham Duy
Vietnamese Folk Song
00:55
06 May 1966

??
A-9
The Beers Family
The Water is Wide
03:31
04 May 1963

??
A-10
Amy Cox with apprentice Bob Murphy
Kimballs' Rachael
02:16
24 May 1991

??
A-11
Stanley Brothers
Gonna Paint The Town
02:24
1958

R. Stanley
  Vcl / Gtr Vcl / Bjo Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Bill Napier
Paul 'Moon' Mullins
Albert 'Al' Elliot
 
 
A-12
Johnny Shines
Kind Hearted Woman
03:21
16 Apr 1977

??
A-13
Jeanie Fitchen
Cruel Mother
05:24
22 May 1992

??
A-14
Jim Bob Tinsley
Back in the Saddle Again
01:11
09 Mar 1984

Gene Autry / Ray Whitley
A-15
James Kelly
Wellington's Reel
05:14
22 May 1992

??
A-16
Jean Ritchie
Nottamun Town
03:01
1976

??
A-17
Richard Williams, Lillie Williams, & Ella Mae Wilson
I Prayed Until I Found the Lord
02:07
16 Mar 1980

??
A-18
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
Wayfaring Stranger
05:26
29 May 1993

P.D.
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Inner Cover Inner Cover

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