(Programme Audio Records 070777) 1978
This live album was recorded 7th - 10th July 1977 at the '2nd Annual Lost Acres Bluegrass Festival', near Glenwood, In. about a month after the KET 'Bluegrass Bluegrass' TV show.
Ralph and the CMB's contribute three tracks, and there's also a version of Carter Stanley's Lonesome River (listed as 'River At Midnight') by The Hillsiders and a version of Bootleg John by Kentucky Gentlemen. The latter has a neat banjo break by Ralph King, and a verbal reference to the Stanley Brothers' Darling Nellie Gray.
Aside from the CMB tracks, there is some decent traditional 'grass on offer, with a couple of rare tracks by Lawrence Lane and The Kentucky Grass (be sure to check out their two fine albums - 'Washington's Files' (Rome RSP 1124) 1974, and '1776-1976' (Rome RLP-4134) 1976).
Another fine trad. bluegrass band, The Sloas Brothers play Poor White Folks, which Bill Monroe had got from one of the grandfathers of bluegrass, Arnold Shultz.[1] Originally, it was titled, White Folks, Ain't Treating Me Right. Bill recorded it as an instrumental in 1971 on his 'Uncle Pen' album, but in the Homespun Bill Monroe mandolin instruction DVD[2] Bill also sings a fragment of the song.
John Rigsby, who learned fiddle from John Sloas, later recorded Poor White Folks with Ralph II on their 'Clinch Mountain Echoes' CD.
The 'Lost Acres' festival was promoted by Norman and Carl Hammons. Carl was a school friend of Carter and Ralph, who contributed to David W. Johnson's 'Lonesome Melodies: The Lives And Music Of The Stanley Brothers' book.[3]
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Side One: |
(20:12) |
1 |
Orange Blossom Special - Moore Brothers |
Ervin Rouse |
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2 |
Take Me Back To Kentucky - Lawrence Lane & The Kentucky Grass |
Lawrence C. Lane |
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3 |
Big Cross-Tie - Kentucky Gentlemen |
Marvin Charles Davis |
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4 |
Programme Audio Ad - Cliff Halleron |
N/A |
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5 |
Fox On The Run - Bluegrass Saturday Night |
Anthony Hazzard |
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6 |
Light At The River - Carl Story |
Carl Story / Franklin D. Brewster |
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7 |
Poor White Folks - Sloas Brothers |
Bill Monroe |
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8 |
Dark Hollow - Ray Crook & New Grass Partners |
P.D. |
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9 |
Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem - Ralph Stanley |
Robert F. Boyce |
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Side Two: |
(19:13) |
1 |
Rocky Island - Ralph Stanley |
P.D. |
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2 |
If We're Not Back In Love By Monday - Russell Brothers |
Glenn Wilson Martin / James F. Throckmorton (?) |
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3 |
The Lonesome River - Hillsiders |
C. Stanley |
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4 |
Bootleg John - Kentucky Gentlemen |
Marvin Charles Davis |
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5 |
My Walkin' Shoes (Don't Fit Me Anymore) - Moore Brothers |
Jimmy Martin / Paul Williams |
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6 |
Blackjack County Chain - Lawrence Lane & The Kentucky Grass |
Hollis Rudolph De Laughter |
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7 |
Travelin' The Highway Home - Ralph Stanley |
Frankie Bailes / Walter Bailes |