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- Date Released: January 1, 1991
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Bluegrass
- Label: Rebel Records
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This disc collects 20 recordings made in the early '70s by the legendary Ralph Stanley with his Clinch Mountain Boys, who included, at various times, Ricky Skaggs, Roy Lee Centers, and even the late John Duffey. The fierce, elemental purity of Stanley's sound is captured beautifully on these sessions, many of which feature him playing clawhammer banjo in the style he learned from his mother. But though his banjo playing is very good, it's Stanley's singing that has always set him apart from the rest of the bluegrass pack: His piercing mountain tenor voice and his sanctified delivery almost sound like something from another world. When he sings "Pretty Polly," "Riding the Midnight Train," or especially, the hair-raising "Man of Constant Sorrow," the effect is visceral and spiritual at the same time. Listening to him blow out the microphone with Duffey and Centers on "The Lonesome River" is almost literally a religious experience. This is mountain music at its finest.
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| 01. |  |
Shout Little Lulie |
2:00 |
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| 02. | |
Little Birdie |
2:18 |
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| 03. | |
Maple on the Hill |
1:59 |
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| 04. | |
What About You |
3:03 |
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| 05. | |
Lonesome River |
2:53 |
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| 06. | |
I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers |
2:28 |
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| 07. | |
God Gave You to Me |
2:47 |
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| 08. | |
Gold Watch and Chain |
1:58 |
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| 09. | |
Rocky Island |
1:53 |
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| 10. | |
Old Time Pickin' |
1:47 |
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| 11. | |
Riding The Midnight Train |
1:54 |
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| 12. | |
I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow |
2:51 |
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| 13. | |
Will You Miss Me |
2:58 |
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| 14. | |
Katy Daley |
2:09 |
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| 15. | |
Bound to Ride |
1:46 |
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| 16. | |
Pretty Polly |
3:35 |
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| 17. | |
Going to Georgia |
2:26 |
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| 18. | |
Hemlocks and Primroses |
2:57 |
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| 19. | |
Orphan Girl |
2:58 |
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| 20. | |
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine |
1:49 |
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20 Total Tracks, 48:29 Total Length
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Credits
- Ricky Skaggs - Fiddle // Ricky Skaggs - Fiddle // Ricky Skaggs - Fiddle // Ricky Skaggs - Fiddle // Ricky Skaggs - Mandolin // Ricky Skaggs - Mandolin // Ricky Skaggs - Mandolin // Ricky Skaggs - Mandolin // Ricky Skaggs - Vocals // Ricky Skaggs - Vocals // Ricky Skaggs - Vocals // Ricky Skaggs - Vocals // Ralph Stanley - Banjo // Ralph Stanley - Vocals // Ralph Stanley - Main Performer // Keith Whitley - Guitar // Keith Whitley - Vocals // Johnnie Wright - Liner Notes // Curley Ray Cline - Fiddle // Jack Cooke - Bass // Jack Cooke - Vocals // David Glasser - Mastering // Danny Marshall - Guitar // John Duffey - Mandolin // John Duffey - Vocals // Roy Lee Centers - Guitar (Rhythm) // Roy Lee Centers - Vocals // Richard Boyd - Photography // Gary B. Reid - Production Coordination // Fred Carlson - Package Design // Ricky Lee - Guitar
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