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.


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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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Sammy Adkins & Ralph Stanley - Sing Old Time Music - You're Still To Blame

(River Track Studios RTS-1296) c1987


You're Still To Blame (Cass)

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Details of this release have been pretty elusive... Originally released on cassette (miscredited on the cover to Sammy Adkin!), it has more recently been reissued on CD-R, as 'You're Still To Blame' by Sammy himself.

As with most of Ralph's side projects with CMB members, the album is a collection of re-recordings of old Stanley Brothers/Ralph Stanley material... and as Sammy only got to record two studio albums with Ralph, (I'll Answer The Call and Like Father, Like Son) having a third album, is a real treat.

PS: There are several youtube clips of Sammy Adkins and The Sandy Hook Mountain Boys... which are worth checking out. In particular, there is a splendid 2-set video from Jan. 1988:- https://youtu.be/NiQTpf9O9pU.

  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Sammy Adkins: guitar, vocals
  • Junior Blankenship: lead guitar
  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • Ernie Thacker: mandolin

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
You're Still To Blame
02:34
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

C. Stanley
A-2
(I Hear A) Choo-Choo Coming
02:08
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

Corbet 'Cuddles' Newsome
A-3
Keep A Memory
02:43
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

C. Stanley
A-4
Back Up And Push
02:03
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

P.D.
A-5
Loving You Too Well
02:00
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

C. Stanley
A-6
Shenandoah Waltz
02:38
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

Clyde Moody / Chubby Wise
B-1
Hey, Hey, Hey
02:42
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

C. Stanley
B-2
Pretty Little Indian
02:11
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

P.D.
B-3
Worried Man Blues
02:42
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

P.D.
B-4
Dream Of A Miner's Child
02:58
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

Robert Donnelly / Will Geddes
B-5
My Sinful Past
02:58
c1987
Sing Old Time Music...

C. Stanley
Other artwork / related images:
Cassette Inlay Cassette Picture
Front Cover (CD-R) Rear Cover (CD-R) CD Tray (CD-R)

[1] Gary B. Reid's book "The Music Of The Stanley Brothers" (p. 68)
[2] http://son-pressings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/blue-jay-102.html
[3] John Wright's book "Traveling The High Way Home" (p. 23).

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

Ralph II ralph2.com


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