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 - I'll Wear A White Robe

(Rebel SLP 1590) 1980


I'll Wear A White Robe

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Recorded on 9th March 1979 at Lowell Varney's Riverside Recording Studio in Crum, Va. This was the first of three successive Gospel LPs and hasn't been reissued on CD...

I'll Wear A White Robe, No Sorrow Can Reach Us There, Mountain Preacher's Child and Life's Other Side are perfomed a cappella with the latter song 'lined' by Ralph.

A version of Life's Other Side (un-lined) was also recorded by The Wilson Brothers on their 'My Ride Is Coming' (Old Homestead OHS 70026) LP in 1979. The Wilson Brothers, who were heavily influenced by The Stanley Brothers, were introduced to Ralph by J.D. Jarvis and they were regulars at Ralph's 'Hills Of Home' festival.

Fred Huffman, who did the artwork for this, Down Where The River Bends and both Curly Ray's Who's Gonna Mow My Grass? and It's Bread And Water For... LPs, later designed the commemorative Blue Grass Boy belt buckle design that Doug Hutchens made for Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys in 1987.[1]

  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Junior Blankenship: lead guitar, mandolin
  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • Charlie Sizemore: guitar, vocals

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
What Is It For A Saint To Die
02:00
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

P.D. arr R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr / Mdn Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Curly Ray Cline
Junior Blankenship
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-2
I'll Wear A White Robe
02:10
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

Luther G. Presley
  Ld Vcl Bt Vcl Tn Vcl Bs Vcl      
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Jack Cooke
Junior Blankenship
 
 
 
A-3
Just Over The Stars
02:53
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

P.D.
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr / Mdn Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Curly Ray Cline
Junior Blankenship
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-4
I'm In A New World
02:34
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

V.B. Ellis
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr / Mdn Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Curly Ray Cline
Junior Blankenship
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-5
Oh Lord, Remember Me
03:28
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr / Mdn Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Curly Ray Cline
Junior Blankenship
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-6
No Sorrow Can Reach Us There
03:06
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

P.D.
  Ld Vcl Bt Vcl Tn Vcl Bs Vcl      
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Jack Cooke
Junior Blankenship
 
 
 
B-1
Old Time Religion
02:30
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

P.D. arr R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr / Mdn Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Curly Ray Cline
Junior Blankenship
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-2
Life's Other Side
02:21
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

Russell Lee Wilson
  Ld Vcl Bt Vcl Tn Vcl Bs Vcl      
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Jack Cooke
Junior Blankenship
 
 
 
B-3
Who Rolled The Stone Away?
02:38
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

P.D. arr R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr / Mdn Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Curly Ray Cline
Junior Blankenship
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-4
Walking Up This Hill On Declaration Day
03:31
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

Ronnie Preston
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr / Mdn Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Curly Ray Cline
Junior Blankenship
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-5
Mountain Preacher's Child
02:00
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

James D. Vaughn
  Ld Vcl Bt Vcl Tn Vcl Bs Vcl      
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Jack Cooke
Junior Blankenship
 
 
 
B-6
Oak Grove Church
02:00
09 Mar 1979
I'll Wear A White Robe

Don Reno
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr / Mdn Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Charlie Sizemore
Curly Ray Cline
Junior Blankenship
Jack Cooke
 
 

NB: Liner notes don't specify instruments/vocal parts for individual tracks.

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

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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