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Clinch Mountain Country

~ Ralph Stanley
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Product details

  • Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Rebel
  • ASIN: B000005YVB
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 110,803 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. How Mountain Girls Can Love
2. Shouting On The Hills Of Glory
3. Pretty Polly
4. Window Up Above
5. I Just Got Wise
6. If That's The Way You Feel
7. Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
8. Memories Of Mother
9. Lonesome River
10. Old Love Letters
See all 18 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Pig In A Pen
2. I Only Exist
3. Lonesome Night
4. Pretty Little Miss In The Garden
5. Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn
6. Stone Walls And Steel Bars
7. Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem
8. Let Me Love You One More Time
9. White Dove
10. Will You Ever Miss Me At All
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Product Description

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Few country artists, among them Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, and the Louvin Brothers, have amassed such an impressive body of work as Ralph Stanley. On this simply amazing two-CD set, Stanley mines his musical legacy by inviting current country and bluegrass artists to record with his band in the studio, and a veritable who's-who jump at the opportunity. Dwight Yoakam, Laurie Lewis, Jim Lauderdale, Gillian Welch, BR5-49, Bob Dylan, and sundry others join the legendary claw-hammer banjo picker and rip through the Stanley Brothers songbook, prompting country troubadour Hal Ketchum to say, "Singing with Ralph Stanley is like painting with Picasso." --Tod Nelson

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Ralph Stanley and producer Bil VornDick assembled a small galaxy of musical stars to make CLINCH MOUNTAIN COUNTRY one of the biggest all-star bluegrass recording sessions ever. The list of performers reads as a Who's Who that stretches thegamut of American pop music, including George Jones, Bob Dylan, Marty Stuart, Vince Gill, Dwight Yoakam, BR5-49, Gillian Welch and others.
This two-disc collection of bluegrassstandards is lovingly performed by artists who have clearlybeen influenced--even defined--by Ralph Stanley's legacy. (Many consider Stanley to be the heart of soul of bluegrass music.) There are plenty of stellar performances on CLINCH MOUNTAIN COUNTRY. Patty Loveless turns in an excellent versionof the chilling, traditional murder ballad, "Pretty Polly",while Porter Wagoner offers a splendid rendition of "The White Dove", a Carter Stanley song that Wagoner first sang as a child. But perhaps the most memorable tracks on this excellent document of a bluegrass legend are "Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine" and "My Deceitful Heart", where Stanley and his son, Ralph Stanley II, share vocals.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mountain music for everybody to enjoy, 22 Aug 2002
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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Ralph's career spans over half a century, yet this album and it's sequel (Clinch mountain sweethearts, which I've also reviewed) may prove to be his most important legacy.

There are four main reasons for the success of this project.

1. Ralph is in remarkably good voice throughout - how many singers of his age could you say that about?.

2. His musicians are in top form, providing a bluegrass backing leaning towards traditional country.

3. Traditional country and bluegrass were not fashionable at the time, so this album was a total contrast to, and a refreshing change from, mainstream country. I love mainstream country too, but I also like the traditional music.

4. Because the music was unfashionable, nobody expected this to be a big seller, so all the guests were there to enjoy themselves, and it shows in the music.

The choice of songs is excellent, although I'm not sure why they chose to include Christmas songs (Beautiful star of Bethlehem with Connie Smith and Bright morning star with Kathy Mattea) - I love Christmas music, but I prefer it to be on separate CD's. Still, that's a minor point.

Your favorite tracks are likely to depend on who are your favorite guests. Bluegrass is well represented (of course), while there are several mainstream country singers, past and present. Porter and George's careers are almost as long as Ralph's, while Vince, Patty and Dwight were all at the peak of their careers when this was recorded.

The biggest surprise is Bob Dylan. He doesn't usually take part in such projects, but he fits in well. No doubt his inclusion helps to attract some people to this album who would otherwise ignore it.

Those who live in the mountains may relate directly to this music, but for those of us who live in cities, this is as good a piece of escapism as we're going to find, now that so much country music has gone uptown.

Enjoy this - and Clinch mountain sweethearts too !!!!

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is Traditional Country at its best, 15 May 2000
If you want to get away from the guitar sound that traditional country is noted for and go back even futher than that then Clinch Mountain Coutry is it- like going home to Home Home On The Range!

I am not overkeen on the slide guitar sound and it is well and truly missing here.

If youre talking about banjos fiddles, acoustic guitars and nasal vocals and living in the good ole west when it was legendry then get ready to lap up this CD.

For me Shouting On The Fields Of Glory left me wanting to do just that.

How Mountain Girls Can Love could take you back to the days when you would meet in the good ol dancin' hall - romance the night away and hope that the girl of your dreams might take an interest.... !

Then it home to Pa!

Oh for the days of Little House On THe Prarie!

Another Night with Joe Diffies vocals are of worthy note.

Fantastic stuff

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