Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys - Sing The Gospel Echoes Of The Stanley Brothers flac album

Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys ‎– Sing The Gospel Echoes Of The Stanley Brothers. Label: Jessup Records ‎– MB 129. Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo.

Soon after Whitley and Skaggs got out of school that Summer, they went into the studio with the band to record Ralph Stanley s first record for the Michigan-based Jessup label, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys Sing Michigan Bluegrass, which featured a bunch of songs Stanley had never done before. A mere five weeks later, the group went back into the studio to record their second and final Jessup album, Gospel Echoes of the Stanley Brothers, which delved into the Stanley Brothers deep and rich library of gospel songs.

The 1971 lineup of the Clinch Mountain Boys included veteran members Curly Ray Cline on fiddle and John Cooke (who'd returned from a stint with Bill Monroe) on bass, as well as several stellar new players.

The Stanley Brothers were an American bluegrass duo of singer-songwriters and musicians made up of brothers Carter Stanley (1925–1966) and Ralph Stanley (1927–2016). Ralph and Carter performed as The Stanley Brothers with their band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, from 1946 to 1966. Ralph kept the band name when he continued as a solo artist after Carter's death, from 1967 until his own death in 2016.

Skaggs and Whitley appeared on Stanley's two albums for Jessup, and The Complete Jessup Recordings Plus! reissues Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys Sing Michigan Bluegrass and Gospel Echoes of the Stanley Brothers in full, as well as Tribute to the Stanley Brothers, another small-label album Skaggs and Whitley recorded with Stanley and his group shortly before joining the Clinch Mountain. But Stanley always held his group to a high standard, and if these recordings are typical for the group in this era, they're also quite good - Stanley's vocals and banjo work have plenty of gravitas, and as he was already a 25-year music biz veteran at this point, he leads his group with a sure hand.

In 1971 the Clinch Mountain Boys recorded three albums. Boss Ralph Stanley appeared on two and two country/bluegrass upstarts got their careers underway. It was a different story when everyone reconvened for the album Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys Sing Michigan Bluegrass, a volume that was seen as a nod to displaced southerners working in Michigan’s then prosperous auto industry. It was Stanley’s first record for Jessup Records