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 - Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

(Hills Of Home)

(Rebel SLP 1544) 1975


Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

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This Gospel album was recorded on the 25-26th March 1975 at Roy Homer's basement studio, just prior to Curly Ray's Why Me Ralph? LP.

Somehow, it hasn't been reissued on CD... which is a shame.

Hills Of Home had previously been recorded on Ralph's third and final King LP Hills Of Home. He'd asked Wandall 'Wendy' Smith to write the track in 1967, shortly after Carter died, but didn't record it until 1969.[1] The version, here is bit more perfunctory, with the instruments lower in the mix... and at a slower tempo.

Five of the twelve cuts are co-credited with David Marshall, of The Marshall Family. From 1974 they were regular performers at the 'Hills Of Home' festival in McClure, and sibling Dan Marshall took over the lead guitar spot from Ricky Lee towards the end of 1975.

The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor had previously been recorded by George Jones.

Keith Whitley is credited with two of the songs, Looking For The Stone (co-credited with Ralph) and Zion's Hill (which is actually an old hymnal written by James A. Crutchfield).

You Better Sit Down And Pray, Children Go Where I Send Thee, They Won't Believe, Turn Back are performed (largely) a cappella.

Purple Robe had previously been recorded by The Stanley Brothers.

The sleeve shows the band at the 'Hills Of Home' cemetary at Smith Ridge. Ralph's mother had died 12 May 1973[2] and this was the first CMB album recorded since she died. It seems likely that Thank You Mom was included as a tribute.

"Mother I am sorry for the times I hurt your feelings
Mummy, what I'm trying to say is the words they don't come easy
I know you prayed for this old boy, when no-one else was praying
So thank you Mom, and praise you God, what else can I say.

The album was also released in Japan (Seven Seas GXF-6004).

  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, lead & tenor vocal
  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
  • Jack Cooke: bass, baritone & tenor vocal
  • Ricky Lee: lead guitar, bass vocal
  • Keith Whitley: guitar, lead & baritone vocal

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Hills Of Home
01:58
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

Wendy Smith / R. Stanley
  Recitation Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Tn Vcl - Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-2
My Lord's Gonna Bless Me
02:04
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

David G. Marshall / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-3
You Better Sit Down And Pray
03:19
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

David G. Marshall / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-4
Looking For The Stone
02:36
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

Keith Whitley / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-5
Children Go Where I Send Thee
02:22
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

P.D. arr C. Love
  Ld Vcl Bt Vcl Tn Vcl        
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Jack Cooke
 
 
 
 
A-6
Baptism Of Jesse Taylor
02:21
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

Dallas Frazier / Sanger D. Shafer
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-1
They Won't Believe
01:16
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

David G. Marshall / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-2
Zion's Hill
02:52
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

James A. Crutchfield
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-3
Turn Back
03:04
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

P.D. arr R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-4
Thank You Mom
01:53
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

David G. Marshall / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-5
Take A Walk
01:59
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

David G. Marshall / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-6
Purple Robe
03:28
25/26 Mar 1975
Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain

P.D. arr R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Lee
Jack Cooke
 
 

NB: Individual vocal parts note identified.

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

[1] For further details see the Hills Of Home entry.
[2] See: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=1960112&GRid=19977719&
Roy Lee Centers and Curly Ray Cline were pallbearers at her funeral.

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

Ralph II ralph2.com


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