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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Ralph Stanley & Friends - Man Of Constant Sorrow

(Cracker Barrel RRE-CD161) 2014


Man Of Constant Sorrow

Average Album Rating: 3.75
(Total votes 4)

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Another of those 'guest' albums, featuring mainly individual vocalists singing songs from the Stanley repertoire, with the CMB's providing most of the back-up.

The sessions took place in November 2014[1] at Jim Lauderdale's house, with additonal help from Ronnie McCoury - mandolin; T Bone Burnett - guitar; Paul Kowert - bass & Ralph II Stanley - guitar.

On some tracks Ralph's involvement is mainly confined to singing back-up, but there are exceptions. Ralph sings lead on the chorus to Rank Stranger and shares lead duties with producers Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale on I Am The Man, Thomas.

A couple of the tracks have quite imaginatve arrangements - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings version of Pig In A Pen features Rawlings on clawhammer banjo, and Two Coats with Ralph and Robert Plant sharing lead vocals is atmospheric with droning fiddle backup.

To close the album Ralph sings a ragged but heartfelt rendition of the Hills Of Home tribute to Carter, and his signature song Man Of Constant Sorrow.

The CD was sold through the 'Cracker Barrel' restaurant chain/website.

Ralph would have been 87 when this album was recorded, and although his voice was no longer in it's prime, I'm glad be got to record this one, and glad too that he's obviously had such good supportive family/friends.

  • Ralph Stanley: vocals
  • Junior Blankenship: lead guitar
  • Dewey Brown: fiddle
  • Randall Hibbits: bass
  • Mitchell Van Dyke: banjo
  • Nathan Stanley: guitar

 

Track:
Vocals:
Title:
Time:
Date:
A-1
Ralph Stanley w/ Josh Turner
We Shall Rise
02:46
Nov 2014

J.E. Thomas
A-2
Ralph Stanley w/ Dierks Bentley
I Only Exist
03:31
Nov 2014

Joyce Morris / Jimmie Stanley
A-3
Ralph Stanley w/ Ricky Skaggs
Sweethearts In Heaven
02:56
Nov 2014

C. Stanley
A-4
Ralph Stanley w/ Nathan Stanley
Rank Stranger
03:21
Nov 2014

Albert E. Brumley
A-5
Ralph Stanley w/ Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
I Am The Man Thomas
02:22
Nov 2014

Larry Sparks / R. Stanley
A-6
Ralph Stanley w/ Lee Ann Womack with Aubrie Sellers
White Dove
03:39
Nov 2014

C. Stanley
A-7
Ralph Stanley w/ Elvis Costello
Red Wicked Wine
02:22
Nov 2014

John Brenton Preston
A-8
Ralph Stanley w/ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Pig In A Pen
01:58
Nov 2014

P.D. or Arthur Smith?
A-9
Ralph Stanley w/ Robert Plant
Two Coats
03:07
Nov 2014

R. Stanley
A-10
Ralph Stanley w/ Del McCoury
Brand New Tennessee Waltz
03:55
Nov 2014

Jesse James Winchester
A-11
Ralph Stanley w/ Old Crow Medicine Show
Short Life Of Trouble
02:59
Nov 2014

G.B. Grayson
A-12
Ralph Stanley
Hills Of Home
02:16
Nov 2014

Wendy Smith / R. Stanley
A-13
Ralph Stanley
Man Of Constant Sorrow
02:49
Nov 2014

R.D. Burnett
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Booklet Picture Booklet Picture

[1] http://bluegrasstoday.com/ralph-stanley-cd-from-cracker-barrel-january-19/

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Ralph II ralph2.com

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