- Bill Gatton Chevy Show
- Carter Stanley Interview - 1966
- Jim Kent's film 'Ralph Stanley's Bluegrass Festival'
- New WCYB Recording
- Pound Va. 1972 - Video
- Replica Rebel T-Shirt
- R.I.P. Ralph
- Roy Lee Centers Last Show
- Song & Memory Books
- Stanley Brothers - WCYB Acetate
- Stanley Standard - Carter Stanley Memorial Issue
- Suwannee River Jamboree
- Up In The Cloud - 1957-62
Bill Wicker with Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys - It's Never Too Late
(No label C-3080) 1988?
Average Album Rating: 4.5
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This is one of two cassettes Ralph recorded with Bill Wicker, who was born in Mallie, Ky in 1948 but later moved to Edgerton, Ohio. I'm not exactly sure of the date, but John Arms who knew Bill at the time thinks it's a pretty close guess. There was also a second all Gospel cassette, Sacred Songs From The Past released a couple of years later.
This cassette was recorded at Maggard Studios in Big Stone Gap, Va. and contains some pretty good renditions of ten Stanley Brothers/Ralph Stanley numbers, with Bill Wicker on lead vocals (and presumably guitar).
Some of the track titles are a bit garbled on the artwork... I'll Have A New Love is You Know I'll Be Lonesome; Blotter, Eraser And Strings is String, Eraser And Blotter and Best Girl This Poor Boy Ever Had should be Highway Of Regret.
Bill was apparently offered a job as a CMB by Ralph at a festival in Tecumseh, Mi. but declined, as he had a steady job at an Indiana foundry. He later became a minister.
The cassette line up below is now more or less confirmed... but I'm not sure whether Ernie Thacker is on mandolin - or if Bill Wicker played mandolin? If anyone can help fill in the gaps please get in touch via the Contact page.
It's pretty amazing that recordings like this exist... Thanks to John Arms and Steve Wisener for the updates.
- Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
- Bill Wicker: guitar, vocals
- Sammy Adkins: guitar, vocals
- Junior Blankenship: lead guitar
- Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
- Jack Cooke: bass
- Ernie Thacker: mandolin
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Title: |
Time: |
Date: |
Original Release: |
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| A-1 |
It's Never Too Late (To Start Over) |
03:02 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| C. Stanley |
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| A-2 |
You Know I'll Be Lonesome |
02:46 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| R. Stanley |
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| A-3 |
String, Eraser And Blotter |
02:42 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| Shorty Long / John A. Speca |
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| A-4 |
All I Ever Loved Is You |
03:15 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| Dorothy Mae Skaggs |
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| A-5 |
Rock Bottom |
03:11 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| Gene Duty / R. Stanley |
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| B-1 |
If That's The Way You Feel |
02:37 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| Peggy Stanley / R. Stanley |
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| B-2 |
Highway Of Regret |
02:43 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| Donald 'Chubby' Anthony |
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| B-3 |
You're Going Away |
02:31 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| Lee Allen |
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| B-4 |
I'm Only Human |
02:19 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| Jimmy Wells |
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| B-5 |
That Lonesome Old Song |
04:24 |
c1988 |
It's Never Too Late |
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| Gene Duty / R. Stanley |
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