Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

01 Nov 1933 - Art Stamper. Born 'Arthur Stugill Stamper' in Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky.

03 Nov 1960 - James Alan Shelton. Born in Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee.

07 Nov 1933 - Vernon Derrick. Grant, Marshall, Alabama.

08 Nov 1944 - Roy Lee Centers. Born in Jackson, Kentucky.

23 Nov 1960 - Charlie Sizemore. Born 'Charles Ethan Sizemore' in Puncheon Creek in Magoffin County, Kentucky.


In Memoriam:

12 Nov 1988 - Bill Lowe. Marion, Smyth, Virginia.

19 Nov 2004 - Charlie Cline. Jasper, Walker County, Alabama.

19 Nov 1970 - Chick Stripling. Alexandria, Virginia.


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Josh McMurray - Pickin' Time

(Copper Creek CCCD-0207) 2002


Pickin' Time

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This banjo instrumental CD was recorded at Maggard Sound Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and features CMB's James Alan Shelton on four cuts and James Price on two.

James Shelton can be heard playing lead guitar on: Lady Of Spain, Shortenin' Bread, Cora Is Gone and Goodbye Eliza Jane.

James Price's fiddlin' is also featured on: Lady Of Spain and Shortenin' Bread.

Josh McMurray had previously worked with CMB Kenneth Davis prior to getting a job with Larry Sparks in 1998. He stayed with Larry until 2007 before becoming a Nashville sideman[1] and in 2011 played on Charlie Sizemore's final album Heartache Looking For A Home.

Josh is evidently an accomplished and tasteful Scrugg's style picker, and the majority of the tunes on the disc are associated in some way or other with Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs. Allen Shelton also appears to have been a strong influence on Josh's picking, with the liner notes for Lady Of Spain and Stoney Creek both referencing his work with Jim Eanes and Jim & Jessie.

Timber Tree is the only original compostion on the disc, and is quite a catchy number.

Overall, the album features fine pickin' thoughout, but it will probably mainly appeal to aficionados of Earl Scruggs style banjo.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Timber Tree
02:30
c2001
Pickin' Time

Josh McMurray
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
G.C. Matlock
Hunter Berry
Randall Hubbard
   
A-2
Lady Of Spain
02:37
c2001
Pickin' Time

Reaves - Evans
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
James Alan Shelton
James Price
Randall Hubbard
   
A-3
Randy Lynn Rag
02:02
c2001
Pickin' Time

Earl Scruggs
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
G.C. Matlock
Hunter Berry
Randall Hubbard
   
A-4
Sycamore Shoals
02:54
c2001
Pickin' Time

PD arr Will Keys
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
G.C. Matlock
Hunter Berry
Randall Hubbard
   
A-5
Shortenin' Bread
02:08
c2001
Pickin' Time

P.D.
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
James Alan Shelton
James Price
Randall Hubbard
   
A-6
Cora Is Gone
02:29
c2001
Pickin' Time

Odell McLeod
  Bjo / Gtr Mnd Ld Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
James Alan Shelton
Hunter Berry
Randall Hubbard
   
A-7
Black Mountain Blues
03:04
c2001
Pickin' Time

Leslie Keith
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
G.C. Matlock
Hunter Berry
Randall Hubbard
   
A-8
Suwannee River
02:49
c2001
Pickin' Time

Stephen Foster
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
G.C. Matlock (?)
Hunter Berry (?)
Randall Hubbard
   
A-9
Joy Bells
01:43
c2001
Pickin' Time

PD Arr Josh McMurray
  Bjo / Gtr Mnd Bs        
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
Randall Hubbard
 
 
   
A-10
Stoney Creek
02:35
c2001
Pickin' Time

P.D.
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
G.C. Matlock
Hunter Berry
Randall Hubbard
   
A-11
Cumberland Gap
02:07
c2001
Pickin' Time

P.D.
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
G.C. Matlock
Hunter Berry
Randall Hubbard
   
A-12
Goodbye Eliza Jane
02:29
c2001
Pickin' Time

P.D. arr Josh McMurray
  Bjo Mnd Gtr Fid Bs    
  Josh McMurray
Scott Napier
James Alan Shelton
Hunter Berry
Randall Hubbard
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Booklet Page CD Tray

[1] https://bluegrassbios.com/mcmurray-josh/

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