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.


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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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