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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(Birdree PMC 6004)


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Nathan Stanley - Sandy Ridge

(Maggard No #) 2005


Nathan Stanley - Sandy Ridge

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Nathan was just twelve when he recorded this solo debut at Maggard Sound in Big Stone Gap, Va, in 2005. Featuring backing by the Clinch Mountain Boys, it is mostly instrumental, with Ralph singing and playing on Nine Pound Hammer and Nathan singing lead on Dream Of A Miner's Child and Somebody Loves You Darlin'.

Nathan's vocals sound surprisingly mature, and while his mandolin work is quite basic, it's still pretty good for a twelve year old!

The title cut Sandy Ridge was co-written by Nathan and James Alan Shelton, and was performed as a showcase number by Nathan at the time.[1]

Nathan also wrote Papaw's Mule and Drew's Tune.

  • Nathan Stanley: mandolin, vocal (a)
  • Dewey Brown: fiddle
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • James Alan Shelton: lead guitar
  • Steve Sparkman: banjo
  • Ralph Stanley: clawhammer banjo, lead vocal (b)

(a) lead vocal on tracks 6 and 10.
(b) on track (3) only.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Sandy Ridge
01:56
2005
Sandy Ridge

Nathan Stanley / James A. Shelton
A-2
East Virginia Blues
01:57
2005
Sandy Ridge

P.D.
A-3
Nine Pound Hammer
02:27
2005
Sandy Ridge

P.D.
A-4
Old Time Pickin'
02:15
2005
Sandy Ridge

R. Stanley
A-5
I'll Fly Away
02:42
2005
Sandy Ridge

Albert E. Brumley
A-6
Dream Of A Miner's Child
02:56
2005
Sandy Ridge

Robert Donnelly / Will Geddes
A-7
Bile Them Cabbage Down
01:24
2005
Sandy Ridge

P.D.
A-8
Papaw's Mule
02:22
2005
Sandy Ridge

Nathan Stanley
A-9
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
01:37
2005
Sandy Ridge

A.P. Carter
A-10
Somebody Loves You Darlin'
02:47
2005
Sandy Ridge

Wiley Morris / Zeke Morris
A-11
Farther Along
01:57
2005
Sandy Ridge

W.B. Stevens
A-12
Drew's Tune
01:57
2005
Sandy Ridge

Nathan Stanley
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover CD Tray Signed Copy

[1] eg the tape of Ralph and the Clinch Mountain Boys from the 'Hardly Strictly Bluegrass' festival in Golden Acre Park, San Francisco 2nd October 2005.

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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