Dr. Ralph gets help
The release features 13 songs, with most featuring a guest. Among them are Dierks Bentley, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant and Old Crow Medicine Show. Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale co-produced.
"I have always enjoyed performing with other musicians ever since my older brother Carter and I first started playing music together when we were kids," Stanley said. "I am excited to share these collaborations with such wonderful artists with our fans. So many of my fans are regular visitors to Cracker Barrel, so I'm happy to have my project available exclusively there so they can find the CD in one of their favorite locations."
The digital album will be available for purchase at select digital retailers.
Songs are:
1 "We Shall Rise" with Josh Turner
2"I Only Exist" with Dierks Bentley
3 "Sweethearts in Heaven" with Ricky Skaggs
4 "Rank Stranger" with Nathan Stanley
5 "I Am the Man, Thomas" with Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
6 "White Dove" with Lee Ann Womack
7 "Red Wicked Wine" with Elvis Costello
8 "Pig in a Pen" with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
9 "Two Coats" with Robert Plant
10 "Brand New Tennessee Waltz" with Del McCoury
11 "Short Life of Trouble" with Old Crow Medicine Show
12 "Hills of Home" - Ralph Stanley solo
13 "Man of Constant Sorrow" - Ralph Stanley solo
More news for Ralph Stanley
- 06/23/16: Bluegrass great Ralph Stanley dies
- 04/07/16: Stanley gets "Definitive"
- 10/01/15: Stanley cancels two shows
- 08/25/15: Stanley's Sorrow continues in '16
- 02/16/15: Dr. Ralph celebrates birthday
- 01/20/15: Stanley, Bingham lead releases
- 07/23/14: American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects Stanley
- 05/19/14: That's Dr. Stanley, again
CD reviews for Ralph Stanley
Dr. Ralph Stanley can't sit still; he tried to retire in 2013 and even went out on a farewell tour, but the three-time Grammy winner just wasn't ready to say farewell, yet. Making music for well over half a century, Stanley has been re-shaping music his entire career, riding firmly in the path of bluegrass tradition while helping shape that tradition with his iconic high lonesome sound. After his brother Carter's death in 1964, he refashioned the Clinch Mountain Boys, focusing on ...
On encountering a new album from an artist whose catalog already runs into triple digits over a career now in its seventh decade, it's easy to wonder how much more he's really got to say. But for Ralph Stanley, now 84 and more than 10 years removed from the renown he gained in the course of the O Brother phenomenon, there's still a deep well of music to be drawn from the lives and faith of his Appalachian forebears. "A Mother's Prayer" is far from his first ...
After more than 50 years of pickin' and singing, Dr. Ralph Stanley's legend continues to grow. Stanley is widely renowned for his clawhammer banjo picking, which he picked up as a child in the hills of Virginia. With brother Carter doing most of the singing, they formed a powerful presence in traditional music. It was not until the death of Carter, that Ralph's own vocal prowess began to emerge.
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