(Doobie Shea DS-CD-1001) 1996
For my money this is the best 'Stanley' tribute album yet to surface (or at least the best of those I've heard). It includes two original songs and nine from the Stanley Brothers / Ralph Stanley back catalogue, and features a stellar list of performers from the contemporary bluegrass genre.
Tim Austin, Don Rigsby, Ronnie Bowman and Dan Tyminski provide the majority of the vocals, but CMB's alumni Charlie Sizemore & Ernie Thacker also sing lead on a couple of cuts and James Alan Shelton plays on a couple too. Honorary CMB James King also appears, as does Scottie Sparks and Bluegrass Cardinal David Parmley. The backing instrumentation is equally as impressive, with Tim Austin, Barry Bales, Aubrey Haynie and Craig Smith...
The material is handled sensitively throughout, capturing much of the 'stanley' feel, but without attempting to make a carbon copy or stray too far from the CMB blueprint.
On the final track, The Only Way To Save Goodbye, Ernie Thacker, Scottie Sparks, Ronnie Bowman, Charlie Sizemore, Don Rigsby and Dan Tyminski share lead vocals on the verses, whilst Ronnie B. sings lead on the choruses.
Apparently this CD got a well deserved Grammy nomination, and it's obviously a labour of love for all involved.
PS: As an aside, Ernie Thacker was out of the music business when he got the call asking him to sing from the Lonesome River Band's Tim Austin. So it acted as an impetus to get his Route 23 band together, and start performing professionally again.[1]
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Title: |
Time: |
Lead Vocal: |
Tenor Vocal: |
Baritone Vocal: |
Guitar: |
Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Mandolin: |
Bass: |
Lead Guitar: |
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1 |
Bootleg John |
02:56 |
Don Rigsby |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
Wyatt Rice |
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Marvin Charles Davis |
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2 |
I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone |
02:41 |
Scottie Sparks | Don Rigsby |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
James Alan Shelton |
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C. Stanley / R. Stanley |
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3 |
This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up Sweetheart) |
02:33 |
Dan Tyminski |
Don Rigsby | Ronnie Bowman |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
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C. Stanley |
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4 |
Home In The Mountains |
03:12 |
Charlie Sizemore |
Dan Tyminski | Ronnie Bowman |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
James Alan Shelton |
Rick Stanley |
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5 |
Loving You Too Well |
02:37 |
David Parmley |
Don Rigsby | Jim Haley |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
James Alan Shelton |
C. Stanley |
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6 |
Gonna Paint The Town |
01:43 |
James King |
Don Rigsby | Keith Tew |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Raymond Legere |
Barry Bales |
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R. Stanley |
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7 |
Medicine Springs |
02:47 |
Don Rigsby |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
Dan Tyminski |
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Bill Grant / R. Stanley |
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8 |
Is It Over Now |
04:11 |
Ronnie Bowman |
Dan Tyminski | Dan Tyminski | Wyatt Rice |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
James Alan Shelton |
William Bowman / Don Rigsby |
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9 |
Sharecropper's Son |
02:45 |
Ernie Thacker |
Dan Tyminski | Keith Tew |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
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C. Stanley / R. Stanley |
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10 |
Your Selfish Heart |
02:19 |
Scottie Sparks |
Scottie Sparks | Shawn Lane |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
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Ruby Rakes / Al Elliot |
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11 |
The Only Way To Say Goodbye |
03:11 |
ET, SS, RB, CS, DR, DT |
Don Rigsby | John 'Buckwheat' Green |
Tim Austin |
Craig Smith |
Aubrey Haynie |
Dan Tyminski |
Barry Bales |
Dan Tyminski |
Tim Austin / William Bowman / Don Rigsby |