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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(Freeland Recording Co. FRC-CD639)


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Curly Ray Cline - Chicken Reel

The Lonesome Pine Fiddle Sound Of

(Rebel SLP 1498) 1971


Chicken Reel

Average Album Rating: 4
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Recorded 14th Jan 1971, five or six days after the band had helped to record the Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs - Tribute To The Stanley Brothers LP.

Only two of the tracks feature vocals: Walkin' In My Sleep and Blue-Eyed Verdie. The latter is a variation on Black Eyed Suzy.

Of the instrumental tunes, the trad Irish Washerwoman sticks out as a nice change of pace and I'll Fly Away has a small banjo break by Ralph, which is unusual for Curly's albums where Ralph mostly plays back-up.

Raggedy Ann presumably derives it's name from the children's fiction character created by Johnny Gruelle.[1]

The cover for the album was taken at a neighbour of Roy Homer's home/studio.[2]

  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle, vocals
  • Roy Lee Centers: guitar
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, tambourine

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Chicken Reel
02:03
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

Curly Ray Cline
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
A-2
Soldier's Joy
02:19
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

P.D.
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
A-3
Walkin' In My Sleep
02:07
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

Curly Ray Cline
  Bjo Gtr Ld Vcl - Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
A-4
Yodelin' Waltz
02:16
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

Curly Ray Cline
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
A-5
Dixon County Blues
02:14
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

Arthur Leroy Smith
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
A-6
Old Rugged Cross
02:13
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

George Bennard
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
B-1
Irish Washerwoman
01:49
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

P.D.
  Tamb Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
B-2
Raggedy Ann
02:51
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

Curly Ray Cline
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
B-3
Blue-Eyed Verdie
02:15
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

Curly Ray Cline
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
B-4
Leather Britches
02:15
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

P.D.
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
B-5
Carroll County Blues
02:07
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

Willie T. Narmour / Shell W. Smith
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 
B-6
I'll Fly Away
02:20
14 Jan 1971
Chicken Reel

Albert E. Brumley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Bs      
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Jack Cooke
&mnsp;
 
 

NB: LP liner notes don't specify musicians, so personnel is speculative. John Wright's 'Traveling The High Way Home' book also credits Ralph with playing tambourine on some tracks.

Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side One Side Two

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggedy_Ann
[2] Ralph Stanley/Eddie Dean's "Man Of Constant Sorrow" book (p.347)

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

Ralph II ralph2.com


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