
Photo: circa 1970, L-R: Keith Whitley, Lucy Stanley, Ricky Skaggs.
Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys - Rollin' On The Rubber Wheels
Ralph II has a fine new album available on Stanley Family Records.
Featuring a choice selection of songs, the album successfully combines the rich legacy of the "Stanley" sound with Ralph II's own contemporary country-influences.
Click here for a full review.
If you're in the US CD's can be ordered from Ralph II's webstore / ralph2.com. (Outside of the US if you're address shows as invalid, use the contact email on ralph2.com to sort mailing costs/payment)
Digital copies can be found on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon (US), Amazon (UK). There's also a playlist on youtube.
On this day... |
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| Ralph Stanley II |
| 19 Mar - 19 May 2005 - Warrenton, VA (21 years ago) Ralph II had a show (with the CMBs) at Fauquier High School, Warrenton, Virginia. Also on the bill was Cliff Waldron. The event was a fund-raiser for the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company. Tickets cost $15 in advance, or $20 on the door. |
| Ralph Stanley |
| 25 Mar 1972 - Madison, WI (54 years ago) Ralph had a show at the Great Hall, Wisconsin Union, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. The show was organised by the U.W. Folk Art Society, the Daily Cardinal and the Union Social Committee. Tickets cost $1.50. |
| 25 Mar 1973 - Cambridge, MA (53 years ago) Ralph played a show at Rindge Technical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 25 - 26 Mar 1975 - Rebel recording session (51 years ago) This two-day session at Roy Homer's basement studio in Clinton, provided the material for the LP Let Me Rest On A Peaceful Mountain (Rebel SLP 1544) 1975. At the end of the recording on the 26th the band then cut Curly Ray Cline's LP Why Me Ralph? (Rebel SLP 1545) 1975. |
| 24 - 25 Mar 1978 - Austin, TX (48 years ago) Ralph had a two-night booking at Armadillo World Headquarters, 525½ Barton Springs Rd, Austin, Texas, along with II Generation. |
| 21 Feb - 21 May 1985 - Nashville, TN (41 years ago) Ralph played a show at the Station Inn, Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 25 Mar 1989 - Chapel Hill, NC (37 years ago) Ralph had a show at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro/Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A newspaper report of the show in "The Chapel Hill News" mentioned that due to an operation in January Ralph was warned not lift more than 5 pounds, so apart from the obligatory clawhammer version of Shout Little Lulie, another banjo player filled in. Jerry Lee Lewis (not the comedian) "…perfomed 'Coosy' so well that Stanley threatened to 'cut off one of his fingers' after he recovered". Jerry Lee Lewis is/was an accomplished Stanley-style picker who also played with Lee Allen and Sammy Adkins. It's believed that he filled in for Ralph for 3-4 months. |
| 25 Mar 1994 - Brownsville, KY (32 years ago) Ralph appeared at the "C.R. Wilson Bluegrass Show" at the Brownsville Community Center in Brownsville, Kentucky. Tickets cost $8 (children $3). |
| 24 - 25 Mar 1995 - St. Louis, MO (31 years ago) Ralph was listed as playing in St. Louis, Missouri. |
| 24 - 26 Mar 1995 - Naperville, IL (31 years ago) Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at the Northern Illinois Festival, at the Holiday Inn, Naperville, Illinois. The festival itself ran from 24-26 March and other acts included: Stevens Family, Reno Bros., Special Consensus, Blue Night, McGee Creek Connection, Randall Hylton, Big Cedar, and Running Fox. |
| 25 Mar 2000 - Dunnellon, FL (26 years ago) Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (25 Mar) at 'Withlacoochee River Bluegrass Jamboree' on the banks of the Withlacoochee River, Dunnellon, Florida. The festival itself ran from 24-26 March and other acts included: US Navy Bluegrass Band, IIIrd Tyme Out, Osborne Bros., Continental Divide, James King, Lewis Family, Tennessee Gentlemen, Restless Rebels, Gilbert Hancock & the Bits Of Grass, 97th Regimental String Band, and Marksmen. |
| 25 Mar 2001 - Arcadia, MD (25 years ago) Ralph had a show at Fire Hall, Arcadia, Maryland. Also appearing were James King, and Warrior River Boys. The event started at 1pm. |
| 25 Mar 2006 - Kent, OH (20 years ago) Ralph had a show at Kent Stage, Kent, Ohio. Tickets cost $25 - $30. |
| 23 - 25 Mar 2012 - River Falls, WI (14 years ago) Ralph was billed as appearing (on either the 23 or 25 Mar) at the "River Falls Roots and Bluegrass Music Festival", River Falls, Wisconsin. |
| Goins Brothers |
| 25 - 26 Mar 1977 - Rebel recording session (49 years ago) At this two day recording session at Track Studio, Silver Spring, Md. The Goins Brothers recorded their LP: Wandering Soul (Rebel SLP-1586) 1980. The band at the time also featured CMB Curley Lambert on mandolin. |
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