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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.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Ralph Stanley, MainArtist
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
Albumbeschreibung
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.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:03
- Main artists: Ralph Stanley
- Label: Rebel Records Llc
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Folk
2005 Rebel Records Llc 2005 Rebel Records Llc
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