Clinch Mountain Bluegrass

The Stanley Brothers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000EHD
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #512,928 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction/Oscar Brand

2. Orange Blossom Special

3. How Mountain Girls Can Love

4. Model T (Comedy Routine)

5. I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow

6. Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet

7. Choo Choo Coming

8. All Aboard For Baltimore (Comedy Routine)

9. White Dove

10. Hard Times

11. Jordan

12. Rank Strangers

13. Little Birdie

14. Shout Little Luly

15. Clinch Mountain Backstep

16. Hard Times

17. Little Maggie

18. How Mountain Girls Can Love

19. I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow

20. Little Glass Of Wine

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Evolution of a classic band, June 9, 2001

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A bookish fellow (Juneau, AK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clinch Mountain Bluegrass (Audio CD)

This was the first Stanley Bros. record I bought. It's not their best, but it's a good introduction. It's loose, some songs are repeated, the comedy is endearingly awful, and there's a lot of banter between songs. However, this would have been sixties folk audiences' introduction to the band as well, and one gets a good flavor of their stage presence. Note the contrast between the two performances; the 1959 one has lots of hortfelt gospel tunes and flourishes, but by 1964 they've streamlined their sound and cut out the comedy -- a better performance, but it's missing something genuine that the earlier one had. By the way, Ralph's banjo is absolutely scorching, his solos on this record beat the bloomers off the studio versions.