(Rebel REB-CD-7520) 2008
This 39:27 min compilation of Ralph's clawhammer songs includes nine previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1996, 2000 and 2001.
Inevitably there is some overlap in material with the Songs My Mother Taught Me & More collection, although the versions here are different recordings made for Rebel.
Of the new tracks, Battle Ax is a fine energetic instrumental.
Married Life Blues seems to have been an old song. It was recorded in 1940 by Byron Parker and His Mountaineers and later by Roscoe Holcomb, but there's also a field recording by Alan Lomax from 1937 and apparently it was also cut in 1935 by Billy Cox.[1] (James Alan Shelton also cut it in 2004 on his 'Half Moon Bay' CD.)
The remainder of the new tracks are old standards like Cripple Creek, Shady Grove, Old McDonald/Cindy, Black-Eyed Susie... Another fan favourite I've Got A Mule To Ride had previously been released on The Memory Of Your Smile but is re-recorded here with Ralph and Ralph II sharing vocals.
The CD comes with a 12-page booklet with some old photo's and liner notes by Eddie Dean, who at the time was working on Ralph's biography 'Man Of Constant Sorrow'.
Track: |
Title: |
Time: |
Date: |
Original Release: |
Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Guitar/Lead vocal: |
Guitar: |
Bass: |
Mandolin: |
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1 |
Rocky Island |
01:50 |
22 Mar 1973 |
A Man And His Music |
Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
Roy Lee Centers |
Ricky Lee |
Jack Cooke |
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P.D. |
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2 |
Shout Little Lulie |
01:57 |
22 Mar 1973 |
A Man And His Music |
Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
Roy Lee Centers |
Ricky Lee |
Jack Cooke |
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P.D. |
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3 |
Battle Ax |
03:13 |
16 Aug 1996 |
**Previously Unreleased** |
Ralph Stanley |
James Price |
Ralph II Stanley |
James Alan Shelton |
Jack Cooke |
John Rigsby |
P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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4 |
Pretty Girls, City Lights |
02:11 |
17 Dec 1981 |
The Memory Of Your Smile |
Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
Charlie Sizemore |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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Walden Dahl |
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5 |
Cripple Creek |
02:34 |
27 Apr 2000 |
**Previously Unreleased** |
Ralph Stanley |
James Price |
Ralph II Stanley |
James Alan Shelton |
Jack Cooke |
John Rigsby |
P.D. |
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6 |
I've Got A Mule To Ride |
01:54 |
27 Apr 2000 |
**Previously Unreleased** |
Ralph Stanley |
James Price |
Ralph II Stanley |
James Alan Shelton |
Jack Cooke |
John Rigsby |
Donnie Joe Mullins |
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7 |
Old McDonald/Cindy |
04:02 |
16 Aug 1996 |
**Previously Unreleased** |
Ralph Stanley |
James Price |
Ralph II Stanley |
James Alan Shelton |
Jack Cooke |
John Rigsby |
P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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8 |
Shady Grove |
01:44 |
27 Apr 2000 |
**Previously Unreleased** |
Ralph Stanley |
James Price |
Ralph II Stanley |
James Alan Shelton |
Jack Cooke |
John Rigsby |
P.D. |
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9 |
John Henry |
01:28 |
22 Mar 1973 |
A Man And His Music |
Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
Roy Lee Centers |
Ricky Lee |
Jack Cooke |
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P.D. |
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10 |
Little Birdie |
02:15 |
22 Mar 1973 |
A Man And His Music |
Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
Roy Lee Centers |
Ricky Lee |
Jack Cooke |
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P.D. |
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11 |
Cuttin' The Cornbread |
01:52 |
29 Mar 1978 |
Down Where The River Bends |
Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
Charlie Sizemore |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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12 |
Bound To Ride |
01:44 |
22 Mar 1973 |
A Man And His Music |
Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
Roy Lee Centers |
Ricky Lee |
Jack Cooke |
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Arthur Leroy Smith |
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13 |
Married Life Blues |
02:23 |
27 Apr 2000 |
**Previously Unreleased** |
Ralph Stanley |
James Price |
Ralph II Stanley |
James Alan Shelton |
Jack Cooke |
John Rigsby |
P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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14 |
Black-Eyed Susie |
01:48 |
17 Apr 2001 |
**Previously Unreleased** |
Ralph Stanley |
James Price |
Ralph II Stanley |
James Alan Shelton |
Jack Cooke |
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P.D. |
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15 |
Kentucky Shine |
01:44 |
16 Aug 1996 |
**Previously Unreleased** |
Ralph Stanley |
James Price |
Ralph II Stanley |
James Alan Shelton |
Jack Cooke |
John Rigsby |
P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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16 |
True Blue Bill |
01:54 |
02 Apr 1986 |
Lonesome And Blue |
Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
Charlie Sizemore |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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Gene Autry |
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17 |
Dixieland (My Old Home Town) |
02:10 |
17 Apr 2001 |
**Previously Unreleased** |
Ralph Stanley |
James Price |
Ralph II Stanley |
James Alan Shelton |
Jack Cooke |
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P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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18 |
Old Time Pickin' |
01:45 |
23 Feb 1971 |
Rebel F-310 |
Ralph Stanley |
Curly Ray Cline |
Roy Lee Centers |
Keith Whitley |
Jack Cooke |
Ricky Skaggs |
R. Stanley |