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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V/A - Down From The Mountain

(Momentum Pictures MP-122D) 2000


V/A - Down From The Mountain

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Following on from the success of the Coen Brothers film 'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?' and in particular it's platinum selling soundtrack album, a live concert was organised as a benefit for the Country Music Hall Of Fame & Museum in Nashville, Tn. The show, which took place at the Ryman Auditorium on 24th May 2000, included several of the artists providing music for the movie, with Ralph performing O Death and leading all the show's musicians on Angel Band, the show's finale.

The 'Down From The Mountain' film by Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker captures this concert performance, with additional footage of the preparations / rehearsals and interviews with many of the musicians and T Bone Burnett. Ralph is also shown being interviewed on WSM Radio, having been recently inducted into the Opry just four months prior.[1]

The DVD will obviously please fans of the original film / soundtrack, though it's a bit weird that Man Of Constant Sorrow, the 'key' song from from the film, is excluded... The introduction does feature the Stanley Brother's Sept 1959 version (released on King 5269) but that is unfortunately sped up by 7%. I presume that the song was sung on the night, as Dan Tyminiski is also briefly included singing Man Of Constant Sorrow at rehearsal on the 'Special Features' 2-DVD version of 'Oh Brother',[2] but the abscence of the song from the actual concert is a bit disappointing.

Music from the show was also released on a 'Down from The Mountain' CD (Lost Highway 170 221-2), but this regretably omits all of Ralph's material, though there is a picture of him leading the Angel Band finale, and he's mentioned quite a few times in the liner notes...

The film also includes an excerpt of Dream Of A Miner's Child from The Legendary Stanley Brothers Recorded Live, Vol. 1 during an interview with Gillian Welch; while both 'Down From The Mountain' and 'Inside Look: Down From The Mountain' "making-of" include part of Clinch Mountain Backstep from the Pete Seeger Rainbow Quest TV show.

 

Track:
Artist:
Title:
Date:
DVD
(1:34:03)
A-1
The Stanley Brothers
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
15 Sep 1959

R.D. Burnett
A-2
The Stanley Brothers
Clinch Mountain Backstep
01 Oct 1958

Ruby Rakes
A-3
Various
Angel Band (Rehearsals)
c May 2000

Jefferson Hascall / William B. Bradbury
A-4
The Whites
Keep On The Sunny Side
c May 2000

A.P. Carter
A-5
The Stanley Brothers
Dream Of The Miner's Child
04 Mar 1962

Robert Donnelly / Will Geddes
A-6
Gillian Welch
Dear Someone
c May 2000

??
A-7
John Hartford
????
c May 2000

??
A-8
Fairfield Four
Lonesome Valley
c May 2000

P.D.
A-9
Alison Krauss
Wild Bill Jones
c May 2000

P.D.
A-10
Chris Thomas King
????
c May 2000

??
A-11
Emmylous Harris & Gillian Welch (& Alison Krauss)
Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby
c May 2000

P.D. ?
A-12
Sarah, Hannah & Lean Peasall
In The Highways
c May 2000

Maybelle Carter
A-13
Chris Thomas King with Colin Linden
Motherless Children
c May 2000

A.P. Carter
A-14
Chris Thomas King with Colin Linden
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
c May 2000

Skip James
A-15
Holly Hunter
Introduction
24 May 2000

N/A
A-16
Fairfield Four
Po' Lazarus
24 May 2000

P.D.
A-17
John Hartford
Big Rock Candy Mountain
24 May 2000

Harry Kirby McClintock
A-18
Alison Krauss
Wild Bill Jones
24 May 2000

P.D.
A-19
Alison Krauss
Blue And Lonesome
24 May 2000

Bill Monroe / Hank Williams
A-20
The Cox Family
I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)
24 May 2000

Pete V. Kuykendall
A-21
The Cox Family
Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown
24 May 2000

E.E. Hewitt
A-22
Gillian Welch
Dear Someone
24 May 2000

David Rawlings / Gillian Welch
A-23
Gillian Welch
I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll
24 May 2000

David Rawlings / Gillian Welch
A-24
The Whites
Sandy Land
24 May 2000

P.D. ?
A-25
Chris Thomas King with Colin Linden
John Law Burned Down The Liqor Sto'
24 May 2000

Chris Thomas King
A-26
Emmylou Harris
Green Pastures
24 May 2000

Avril Gearheart / R. Stanley
A-27
Ralph Stanley
O Death
24 May 2000

P.D.
A-28
All Musicians
Angel Band
24 May 2000

Jefferson Hascall / William B. Bradbury
A-29
Gillian Welch
I'll Fly Away
24 May 2000

Albert E. Brumley
Other artwork / related images:
DVD Jacket Angel Band rehearsals
Ralph being interviewed Holly Hunter and Ralph
Ralph singing O Death Ralph singing O Death
Angel Band - All musicians Angel Band - All musicians
Promo shoot from the Inside Look: Down From The Mountain 'O Brother' bonus features disc Ralph and T Bone Burnett from the Inside Look: Down From The Mountain 'O Brother' bonus features disc

[1] Ralph was inducted into the Opry 15th Jan 2000.
[2] In the 18:24 documentary extra 'Inside Look: Down From The Mountain', which was included on the 'Special Edition Widescreen' 2xDVD edition of 'Oh Brother' (Momentum Pictures MP014DS) 2000.

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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