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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Mel Besher - Glimpse Of Home

(Old Homestead OHS-70037) 1983


Mel Besher - Glimpse Of Home

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Charlie Cline played fiddle on this 80's Country album, which also featured Jimmy Martin, Josh Graves, and Charlie Cushman. For bluegrassers it's more of a curiosity given the stellar cast of sidemen, but is more for completists than anything else.

All of the material with exception of Freeborn Man is original, and the LP was also produced by Jimmy Martin.

Charlie Sizemore also cut a version of Mel's Sidewalk Ballerina on his 1988 album Gravel Road.

Anyone who's curious can find a MP3 rip of the album on the Bluegrass Spoken Here blogsite.

  • Mel Besher: guitar, vocals
  • Jimmy Martin: guitar
  • Josh Graves: dobro
  • Charlie Cline: fiddle
  • Terry Smith: bass
  • Charlie Cushman: banjo
  • Bob Minner: guitar
  • Burt Hoffman: drums

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Sidewalk Ballerina
02:02
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Melvin E. Besher
A-2
Red Dinner Bucket
03:41
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Melvin E. Besher
A-3
Whole Lot More Living
02:14
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Melvin E. Besher
A-4
Monday's For Wealth
03:28
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Melvin E. Besher
A-5
Mr. Soul
03:21
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Melvin E. Besher
B-1
Glimpse Of Home
03:50
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Melvin E. Besher
B-2
How It Used To Be
02:26
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Melvin E. Besher
B-3
Records On The Assembly Line
02:43
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Melvin E. Besher
B-4
The Shelf
03:33
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Melvin E. Besher
B-5
Freeborn Man
03:04
1985
Glimpse Of Home

Allison / Lindsey
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Cover

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

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