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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Curly Ray Cline - Fishin' For Another Hit

(Rebel SLP 1531) 1974


Fishin' For Another Hit

Average Album Rating: 3.67
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Recorded on 21st December 1973, this was Roy Lee Centers last studio recording.

Like most of Curly Ray's solo albums, it's a mix of fiddle tunes and comedy numbers. Whilst there's nothing of the same calibre as Why Me Ralph? or Boar Hog the album has a couple of decent songs: the trad. Crawdad Song is livened up with some Country Gentlemen 'duck' like vocals courtesy of Ricky Lee and Dance All Night With Your Bottle In Your Hand is a catchy uptempo old trad. number.

Dance all night with a bottle in your hand
With a bottle in your hand
With a bottle in your hand
Dance all night with a bottle in your hand
Just before day, give the fiddler a dram.

It has to be said that Curly Ray's albums are something of an acquired taste. I find them charming.

Ralph had this to say about the cover:- "...what he done was, he found a dead catfish on the bank there, and he stuck that smelly old thing on the hook."[1]

  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle, vocals
  • Roy Lee Centers: guitar
  • Ed Ferris: bass
  • Ricky Lee: lead guitar
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Crawdad Song
02:18
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

P.D.
  Ld Vcl / Fid Bjo Gtr Tn Vcl / Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
A-2
Kansas City Railroad (Blues)
02:10
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

George Walburn
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
A-3
Peacock Rag
02:07
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

Arthur Leroy Smith
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
A-4
Lee Highway (Blues)
01:57
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

G.B. Grayson
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
A-5
I Wear The Banner
01:59
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

Curly Ray Cline
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
A-6
Peace In The Valley
02:00
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

Thomas A. Dorsey
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
B-1
Dance All Night With Your Bottle In Your Hand
02:33
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

P.D.
  Ld Vcl / Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
B-2
Whistlin' Rufus
02:05
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

Kerry Mills
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
B-3
Girl (I Love) Don't Pay Me Much Mind
02:05
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

Arthur Leroy Smith
  Ld Vcl / Fid Bt Vcl / Bjo Tn Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
B-4
Garfield March
02:37
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

John Philip Sousa
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
B-5
Trouble Among The Yearlings
02:03
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
B-6
Midnight Waltz
02:03
21 Dec 1973
Fishin' For Another Hit

Gus Kahn / Walter Donaldson
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Ricky Lee
Ed Ferris
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side One Side Two

[1] Ralph Stanley / Eddie Dean's book "Man Of Constant Sorrow" (p.346-347)

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