Artist: Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #39 May-June 2002
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys – Live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
In which Ralph Stanley gets to take advantage of his surprise late-in-life emergence as pop superstar to do what he’s always most wanted to in the first place: present himself to new fans in his natural context as leader, member and sometime lead singer of this band. There have, of course, been many live recordings [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #39 May-June 2002
Jim Lauderdale – The Hummingbirds / Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys – Lost in the Lonesome Pines
Jim Lauderdale already had The Hummingbirds in the can last year when, at the last minute, he decided to go back to the studio and record an entirely new album. The result was The Other Sessions, a superb collection of tear-in-your-beer country songs. While The Hummingbirds lacks that disc’s focus, it’s no less satisfying. Contemporary [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #36 Nov-Dec 2001
Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys – Turf Club/House of Mercy Church (St. Paul, MN)
During a stirring rendition of “O Death”, Ralph Stanley’s weathered voice filled St. Paul’s cozy Turf Club and seemed to seep deep into the bodies of the 400 people who were lucky enough to snag a spot inside the small music venue. You couldn’t hear the ring of the cash register, no beer orders were [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #34 July-Aug 2001
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys – Cry From the Cross
Ralph Stanley’s time, it appears, has finally come. At 74, he’s in the center of the critical praise heaped on old-time and bluegrass music’s first platinum-selling CD, the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, his beyond-bluegrass stardom certified by articles appearing everywhere from Country Weekly to Spin. The attention has resulted in, among other things, [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #32 March-April 2001
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys – Man of Constant Sorrow
Ralph Stanley has surrounded himself with some of the most talented young voices in bluegrass since the death of his brother Carter in 1966. Though they’re all great vocalists themselves, it’s Ralph’s voice that consistently comes through, planting itself deeply inside and holding on. This new compilation, featuring some of his best singing partners, highlights [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #9 May-June 1997
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys – 1971-1973
The three years covered by this collection were among the most productive and intensely focused of Ralph Stanley’s career. In 1971 alone, his band produced four records for Rebel, and in May of that year, Stanley initiated an annual festival at his home in McClure, Virginia. With exception of fiddler Curley Ray Cline, his lineup [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #8 March-April 1997
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys – Short Life of Trouble: Songs of Grayson and Whitter
G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter had a brief but incredibly influential career. Hailing from southwest Virginia, they were a fiddle and guitar duo who played music that was native to their mountain surroundings. Their recording career lasted only from 1927 to 1929. Included among the 40 sides they committed to disc is “Train 45”, which [...]
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