Bound to Ride

by Ralph Stanley

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	08/25/1994
Label:	Rebel
UPC:	0032511111425
Rank:	153913

Tracks

1. Shout Little Lulie
2. Little Birdie
3. Maple on the Hill
4. What About You
5. The Lonesome River
6. I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers
7. God Gave You to Me
8. Gold Watch and Chain
9. Rocky Island
10. Old Time Pickin'
11. Riding The Midnight Train
12. I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
13. Will You Miss Me
14. Katy Daley
15. Bound to Ride
16. Pretty Polly
17. Going to Georgia
18. Hemlocks and Primroses
19. The Orphan Girl
20. Nobody's Love Is Like Mine

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ralph Stanley   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Ricky Skaggs   Guest Artist,Fiddle,Vocals,Mandolin
Keith Whitley   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Roy Lee Centers   Guest Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm)
John Duffey   Vocals,Mandolin
Ricky Lee   Guitar
Danny Marshall   Guitar
Curley Ray Cline   Fiddle
Jack Cooke   Vocals,Bass

Technical Credits

Carter Stanley   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Johnnie Wright   Composer,Liner Notes
Ralph Stanley   Composer
A.P. Carter   Composer
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith   Composer
Gary B. Reid   Production Coordination
David Glasser   Mastering
Fred Carlson   Package Design
Landon Messer   Composer
Richard Boyd   Photography
L. Allen   Composer
Jack Anglin   Composer