Curly Ray Cline - It's Bread And Water For...
(Rebel SLP 1566) 1977
Average Album Rating: 3
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This is, perhaps, one of Curly Ray's more accessible albums, and certainly it has some inventive artwork by Fred Huffman.[1]
Recorded on 11th November 1976, it kicks off with Pikeville Jail, a track which was Curly often sang on stage with Ralph. Other vocal numbers include House Of David Blues, from the repertoire of Athur Smith, and Brown's Ferry Blues which could have been picked up from The Delmore Brothers.
The remaining cuts are all fiddle instrumentals.
- Curly Ray Cline: fiddle, vocals
- Jack Cooke: bass
- Troy 'Renfro' Profitt: lead guitar
- Ralph Stanley: banjo
- Keith Whitley: guitar
| Track: |
Title: |
|---|---|
| Side One: |
(13:24) |
| 1 |
Pikeville Jail |
| Curly Ray Cline (?) |
|
| 2 |
Blackberry Blossom |
| P.D. (?) |
|
| 3 |
Turkey In The Straw |
| P.D. (?) |
|
| 4 |
Uncle Ward's Hornpipe |
| Curly Ray Cline (?) |
|
| 5 |
House Of David Blues |
| Arnold W. Ryan (?) |
|
| 6 |
Just A Closer Walk With Thee |
| P.D. (?) |
|
| Side Two: |
(13:31) |
| 1 |
Brown's Ferry Blues |
| Alton Delmore / Rabon Delmore (?) |
|
| 2 |
Katie Hill |
| P.D. (?) |
|
| 3 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star |
| P.D. (?) |
|
| 4 |
Waltz For Dad |
| Curly Ray Cline (?) |
|
| 5 |
Tennesee Wagoner |
| Curly Ray Cline (?) |
|
| 6 |
When The Saints Go Marching In |
| R.E. Winsett |
[1] Fred Huffman also did the artwork for Curly's 'Who's Gonna Mow My Grass' LP. I think he's also the same guy that designed the commemorative Blue Grass Boys belt buckles, which Doug Hutchens arranged for Bill Monroe in 1987. (See Bob Black's book 'Come Hither To Go Yonder' (p. 136))