(Iowa Public Television IPTV02A) 2000.
This is a compilation of live recordings taken from performances on Iowa Public Television's "Old-Time Country Music" series. From what I can gather, the show was a half hour stereo TV series recorded before a studio audience at IPTV in Johnston. It began in 1989 and included local, regional and national acoustic artists with a mix of country, folk and bluegrass.[1]
Ralph and the Clinch Mountain Boys appeared on the 25th Sept 1991 show and two tracks from it are featured on this CD:- Step It Up And Go and Clinch Mountain Backstep.
Step It Up And Go is one of Curly Ray Cline's novelty vocal numbers, which features Junior Blankenship's uptempo lead guitar and a banjo break by Ralph. Curly had previously recorded the song on his Smarter Than The Average Idiot LP in 1984, and it seems to have been derived from a 1932 jug band song Bottle Up And Go.[2] From a cursory scan of youtube, Curly's version seems to have been patterned more after Doc Watson's 1968 recording than anything else.
Several other Bluegrass acts are also included with two tracks a piece by: Josh Graves and Kenny Baker, Jim & Jesse and Mac Wiseman. Bill Grant & Delia Bell also have one track. One highlight of the CD is the Czech bluegrass band Druhá Tráva (Second Grass) whose singer Robert Krestan holds out the "hey" (little water boy) high note on Muleskinner Blues for about 25 seconds.
Many thanks to Todd Gracyk for sending this one to me!
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Roanoke - Stoney Lonesome and Peter Ostroushko |
Bill Monroe |
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2 |
Muleskinner Blues - Druhá Tráva |
Jimmie Rodgers / George Vaughn |
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3 |
Reuben's Train - Josh Graves and Kenny Baker |
P.D. arr Burkett 'Josh' Graves |
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Come Walk With Me - Bill Grant and Delia Bell |
Burkett 'Josh' Graves |
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Jambalaya - Peter Ostroushko and Stoney Lonesome |
Hank Williams |
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6 |
Kelly Lynn Waltz - Kenny Baker and Josh Graves |
Kenny Baker |
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7 |
Step It Up And Go - Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
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8 |
Wayfaring Stranger - Druhá Tráva |
P.D. |
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9 |
Clinch Mountain Backstep - Ralph Stanley |
Ruby Rakes |
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10 |
Coming Down From God - Jim & Jesse |
Molly Davis |
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11 |
Travelin' Lite - Don Edwards |
R.W. Hampton |
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12 |
Happy On The Mississippi Shore - Cathy Barton & Dave Para |
A. Delmore / R. Delmore |
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13 |
Love Letters In The Sand - Mac Wiseman |
J.F. Coots / N. Kenny / C. Kenny |
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14 |
New South Wales - The Makem Brothers |
P.D. |
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15 |
I'm Satisfied With You - Molly Mason and Jay Ungar |
Fred Rose |
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16 |
Paradise - Jim & Jesse |
John Prine |
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17 |
Minstrel Of The Range - Don Edwards |
Don Edwards |
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18 |
My Dixie Darling - Bob Bovee & Gail Heil |
A.P. Carter |
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19 |
Spanish Stars - The Makem Brothers |
Conor Makem |
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'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered - Mac Wiseman |
Mac Wiseman |