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Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection [10/7] (CD)

By: Ralph Stanley (Artist)

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Ralph Stanley Artist Snapshot:

While he preferred the term "mountain music" to "bluegrass," Ralph Stanley ranks second only to Bill Monroe in importance in the genre. A pioneering clawhammer banjoist and riveting singer, Stanley shot to prominence with his brother Carter and the Clinch Mountain Boys in the '40s and '50s. After Carter's death in 1966, Ralph soldiered on, riding waves of popularity in the '60s Folk Revival and the '70 bluegrass festival scene. In 2000, his acapella rendering of "O Death" became the musical centerpiece of the Coen Brothers' O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU film and earned Stanley his biggest sales. A devoutly religious man, he recorded many sacred albums throughout his career. The Stanley Brothers were inducted into the International Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 1992.

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DISC 1 for Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection [10/7] (CD) Album By Ralph Stanley (Artist)
1   Rocky Island
2   Shout Little Lulie
3   Battle Ax - (previously unreleased)
4   Pretty Girls, City Lights
5   Cripple Creek - (previously unreleased)
6   I've Got A Mule To Ride - (previously unreleased)
7   Medley: Old McDonald/Cindy - (previously unreleased)
8   Shady Grove - (previously unreleased)
9   John Henry
10   Little Birdie
11   Cuttin' The Cornbread
12   Bound To Ride
13   Married Life Blues - (previously unreleased)
14   Black-Eyed Susie - (previously unreleased)
15   Kentucky Shine - (previously unreleased)
16   True Blue Bill
17   Dixieland (My Old Home Town) - (previously unreleased)
18   Old Time Pickin'
 

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Dirty Linen (p.65) - "OLD-TIME PICKIN' showcases Stanley's influential picking on a variety of old-time songs and lightning-fast instrumentals."

Title Note

Personnel: Ralph Stanley (vocals, banjo); Roy Lee Centers, Ricky Lee (guitar); John Rigsby (mandolin); Curly Ray Cline, James Price (fiddle); Jack Cooke (bass instrument).

After the explosion of interest in Appalachian music in the 1990s and early 2000s--and particularly after his stirring version of "O Death" for the O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU soundtrack--Ralph Stanley cemented his status as one of the greatest Appalachian singers of the 20th century. True as that may be, this uptick in popularity overshadowed his mastery of the clawhammer banjo. While Earl Scruggs took the bluegrass world by storm in the '50s with his three-fingered arpeggios, Stanley stayed true to the old-time style and dug his heels even deeper when he went solo after his brother's 1966 death. OLD-TIME PICKIN' collects three decades (1971-2000) of performances that foreground Stanley's banjo ferocity and the delights of old-time bluegrass played decidedly non-progressively. The highlights are many--"Shout Little Lulie," and the title track, to name two--but hearing clich‚d numbers such as "Little Birdie" come alive in his hands is alone worth the sticker price. Various line-ups of the Clinch Mountain Boys--featuring such legends as Curly Ray Cline, John Rigsby, and Ricky Lee--accompany him throughout the 18 tracks.

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