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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Clinch Mountain Echo

Larry Efaw & The Bluegrass Mountaineers - Clinch Mountain Tradition

(MRCCD1002) 2007


Clinch Mountain Tradition

Average Album Rating: 2.5
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Featuring CMB's Junior Blankenship, Steve Sparkman and John Rigsby this is instrumentally quite a treat. Danny Lee Davis' tenor vocals are also eerily like Ralph's and the good Dr. himself makes an appearance on If That's The Way You Feel. Sadly, Larry Efaw's vocals are not quite in the same class.

The album was recorded at Maggard Sound, in Big Stone Gap, Va in July 2007 and was released on CD-R. You can still get copies from the band's website.

Larry Efaw had also previously recorded a Gospel cassette with Ralph, I Worship You, in 1988.

Stanley Efaw has also played mandolin in Ralph II's band.

  • Junior Blankenship: lead guitar
  • Danny Lee Davis: tenor vocals
  • Edward 'Beanpole' Efaw: bass vocal(**)
  • Larry Efaw: guitar, lead vocal
  • Stanley Efaw: mandolin(***)
  • John Rigsby: fiddle
  • Steve Sparkman: banjo
  • Ralph Stanley: tenor vocal(*)
  • Stacy Wilcox: bass, baritone vocal

(*) On track 6 only.
(**) Lead vocal on track 7.
(***) Baritone vocal on track 13.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Ridin' That Midnight Train
02:19
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

R. Stanley
A-2
I Just Got Wise
02:20
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

C. Stanley
A-3
She's More To Be Pitied
02:01
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

Ruby Rakes
A-4
String, Eraser And Blotter
02:13
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

Shorty Long / John A. Speca
A-5
We Shall Rise
02:33
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

J.E. Thomas
A-6
If That's The Way You Feel
02:25
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

R. Stanley / Peggy Stanley
A-7
The Wandering Boy
02:47
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

R.S. Hanna
A-8
Suwannee River Hoedown
02:36
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

Ruby Rakes
A-9
Temptation Is Greater
02:18
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

Edward Efaw
A-10
What About You
03:09
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

Johnnie Wright / Jack Anglin
A-11
Take A Walk
02:02
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

David G. Marshall / R. Stanley
A-12
Carolina Mountain Home
02:19
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

Len Wright / Estel Lee Scarborough
A-13
Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures
02:55
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

H.W. VanHoose
A-14
Daybreak In Dixie
02:12
Jul 2007
Clinch Mountain Tradition

Bill Napier
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover CD Tray Booklet Booklet

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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