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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The Stanley Brothers - Live At Antioch College 1960

(Vintage Collector's Club ZK-002) c198?


Live At Antioch College 1960

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This is a live bootleg with material from the Stanley Brothers 14th May 1960 show at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Oh. It was the first time the Stanley's had played at a college and it followed on from an appearance at Antioch by The Osborne Brothers in March. Jeremy Foster and Alice Gerrard were key to persuading the college to book the Stanleys[1] and judging by the crowd's applause the show was a great success.

The sound quality isn't up to the standard of the 'Stanley Series', but the album is still definitely worth hearing as Ralph and Carter are on fine form, and the backing from Ralph Mayo, Curley Lambert and Lindy Clear is equally as good.

Two tracks from the concert have also been compiled, with Shake My Mother's Hand For Me on The Legendary Stanley Brothers Recorded Live, Vol. 1 and Bound To Ride on Vol. 2. Both tracks are better quality than this bootleg. There is also an 'nth' generation MP3 copy of the concert available at Fred Robbins' website. This is worse quality, but retains more of the dialogue and has several additional tracks including Lindy Clear's comedy routines. It also presumably is the correct song order too. The LP does however contain one track - Home Sweet Home which isn't on the longer tape, and has the full version of Bound To Ride which is cut on the tape.

For more info see this Track List Comparison.

The show was recorded by Jeremy Foster and also by Mike Seeger.

Thanks to Chris Wing for the loan of the LP.

 

For more detailed breakdown and background to the show, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 107 and 146-147.

  • Carter Stanley: guitar, vocal
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocal
  • Lindy Clear: bass
  • Curley Lambert: mandolin
  • Ralph Mayo: fiddle

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Source:
A-1
How Mountain Girls Can Love
02:29
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Ruby Rakes
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
A-2
Sunny Side Of The Mountain
02:32
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Harry C. McAuliffe / Bobby Gregory
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
A-3
Cripple Creek / Cumberland Gap
02:25
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
A-4
A Voice From On High
02:45
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Bill Monroe / Bessie Maudlin
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
A-5
White Dove
03:11
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

C. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
A-6
Uncle Pen
02:19
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Bill Monroe
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
A-7
Cluck Ol' Hen
01:24
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
A-8
John Henry
02:30
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
A-9
Mountain Dew
04:40
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Scotty Wiseman
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
B-1
Bound To Ride
02:31
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Arthur Leroy Smith
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
B-2
Little Birdie
01:58
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
B-3
Shake My Mother's Hand For Me
02:58
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Thomas A. Dorsey
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
B-4
Are You Afraid To Die
02:40
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Ira Louvin / Charlie Louvin / Eddie Hill
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
B-5
Pig In A Pen
01:54
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

P.D. or Arthur Smith?
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
B-6
Home Sweet Home
01:47
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Bishop / Payne
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
B-7
Don't Go Out Tonight
03:21
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

G.B. Grayson
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
B-8
Orange Blossom Special
03:04
14 May 1960
Antioch Collegem, Yellow Springs, Oh.

Ervin T. Rouse
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side One Side Two

[1] Neil V. Rosenberg's book 'Bluegrass - A History' (p. 158)

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