Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 May 1922 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Born 'Harold Oplis Stanley' in Fentress, Tennessee.

18 May 1938 - Henry Dockery. Walnut Marsh, North Carolina.

28 May 1956 - Ralph 'Hank' Smith. Born 'Ralph Dewayne Smith' in Elliott County, Kentucky.


In Memoriam:

02 May 1974 - Roy Lee Centers. Breathitt County, Kentucky.

03 May 2000 - Bill Napier. Johnson City, Tennessee.

09 May 1989 - Keith Whitley. Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

23 May 2022 - James Price. Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia.


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Ralph II ralph2.com

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Clinch Mountain Echo

Ralph Stanley - (Claw Hammer) The Way My Mama Taught Me

(Stanley Tone RTS-1532) 1991


(Claw Hammer) The Way My Mama Taught Me

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This is a cassette Ralph released late 80s/early 90s. Eight of the ten tracks are instrumentals with Ralph and Curly taking turns to play the melody. Dixie Land and Little Birdie feature vocals by Ralph.

Blue Eyed Verdie is a re-working of 'Black Eyed Suzie', and had also been recorded in 1971 on Curly Ray's Chicken Reel LP.

The album was reissued on CD in 1997 with eight extra tracks as Songs My Mother Taught Me & More - "Clawhammer" Style Banjo.

  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
  • ??: guitar
  • Jack Cooke: bass

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Dixie Land
02:00
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

P.D. (?)
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
A-2
She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain
02:22
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

P.D. (?)
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
A-3
Uncloudy Day
02:15
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

P.D. (?)
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
A-4
Blue Eyed Verdie
01:43
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

Curly Ray Cline
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
A-5
Cripple Creek
01:56
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

P.D.
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
B-1
Shout Little Lulie
01:45
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

P.D.
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
B-2
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
02:25
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

A.P. Carter
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
B-3
John Henry
02:15
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

P.D.
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
B-4
Little Birdie
01:43
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

P.D.
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
B-5
Cindy
02:01
Unknown
Claw Hammer...

P.D.
  Bjo Fid Gtr Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Curly Ray Cline
??
Jack Cooke
 
 
 

NB: No personnel/instruments identified on the sleeve.

Other artwork / related images:

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Ralph II ralph2.com

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