Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

06 Dec 1936 - Jack Cooke. Born 'Vernon Crawford Cooke' in Dorchester, Wise, Virginia.

07 Dec 1955 - Sammy Adkins.

07 Dec 1931 - Bobby Osborne. Hyden, Kentucky.

16 Dec 1923 - Jay Hughes. St. Paul, Virginia.

17 Dec 1935 - Bill Napier. Born 'Billy Edward Napier' in Wise, Virginia.

20 Dec 1935 - Chubby Anthony. Born 'Donald Lee Anthony' in Lincolnton, North Carolina.

25 Dec 1919 - Curly Seckler. Born 'John Ray Sechler' in China Grove, North Carolina.

30 Dec 1933 - Melvin Goins. Born 'Melvin Glen Goins' in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia.

30 Dec 1943 - Claude 'Buddy' Moore. Born Claude Moore in Pike, Kentucky.

31 Dec 1934 - Ralph 'Joe' Meadows. Born 'Ralph Joe Meadows' in Basin, Wyoming County, West Virginia.


In Memoriam:

01 Dec 1966 - Carter Stanley. Bristol, Virginia.

01 Dec 2009 - Ralph 'Hank' Smith. West Liberty, Kentucky.

02 Dec 2009 - Jack Cooke. Norton, Virginia.

15 Dec 1990 - Henry Dockery. South Carolina.

27 Dec 2013 - Al Elliott. Kingsport, Tennessee.

27 Dec 2017 - Curly Seckler. Nashville, Tennessee.

28 Dec 1977 - Leslie Keith. Tucson, Pima, Arizona.


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Ralph II ralph2.com

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(Rebel SLP 1566) 1977


It's Bread And Water For...

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This is, perhaps, one of Curly Ray's more accessible albums, and certainly it has some inventive artwork by Fred Huffman.[1]

Recorded on 11th November 1976, it kicks off with Pikeville Jail, a track which was Curly often sang on stage with Ralph. Other vocal numbers include House Of David Blues, from the repertoire of Athur Smith, and Brown's Ferry Blues which could have been picked up from The Delmore Brothers.

The remaining cuts are all fiddle instrumentals.

  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle, vocals
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • Troy 'Renfro' Profitt: lead guitar
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo
  • Keith Whitley: guitar

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Pikeville Jail
02:40
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Curly Ray Cline (?)
  Ld Vcl / Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
A-2
Blackberry Blossom
01:58
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
A-3
Turkey In The Straw
02:06
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
A-4
Uncle Ward's Hornpipe
02:46
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Curly Ray Cline (?)
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
A-5
House Of David Blues
01:40
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Arnold W. Ryan (?)
  Ld Vcl / Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
A-6
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
02:15
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
B-1
Brown's Ferry Blues
02:45
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Alton Delmore / Rabon Delmore
  Ld Vcl / Fid Bjo Tn Vcl / Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
B-2
Katie Hill
01:50
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
B-3
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
02:10
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D. (?)
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
B-4
Waltz For Dad
03:02
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Curly Ray Cline (?)
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
B-5
Tennesee Wagoner
01:54
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
B-6
When The Saints Go Marching In
01:50
11 Nov 1976
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

R.E. Winsett
  Fid Bjo Gtr Ld Gtr Bs    
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Keith Whitley
Troy 'Renfro' Profitt
Jack Cooke
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side One Side Two

[1] Fred Huffman was the 'house' artist for Rebel at the time and also did the artwork for Curly's Who's Gonna Mow My Grass LP. He also designed the commemorative Blue Grass Boys belt buckles, which Doug Hutchens arranged for Bill Monroe in 1987. (See Bob Black's book 'Come Hither To Go Yonder' (p. 136))

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