Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Mountain Folks - Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
2. Down Where the River Bends - Ralph Stanley, Dwight Yoakam
3. Old Man's Tears - Emmylou Harris, Judy Marshall, Ralph Stanley
4. All I Ever Loved Was You - Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley
5. Midnight Storm - Vince Gill, Ralph Stanley
6. All the Good Times Are Past and Gone - Jimmy Martin, Ralph Stanley
7. I Never Will Marry - Emmylou Harris, Judy Marshall, Ralph Stanley
8. Banks of the Ohio - Ralph Stanley, Charlie Waller
9. I Love No One But You - Charlie Sizemore, Ralph Stanley
10. Sea of Regret - Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley
11. Water Lily - Tom T. Hall, Judy Marshall, Ralph Stanley
12. I'll Never Grow Tired of You - Patty Loveless, Ralph Stanley
13. All the Love I Had Is Gone - Larry Sparks, Ralph Stanley
14. Wonderful World Outside - George Jones, Ralph Stanley
15. Letter from My Darling - Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley

Disc 2:

1. I'll Pass Over Thee - Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
2. Rank Stranger - Tom T. Hall, Ralph Stanley
3. Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side - Vince Gill, Ralph Stanley
4. I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning - Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley
5. Introduction Miner's Prayer - Curley Ray Cline, , Dwight Yoakam
6. Miner's Prayer - Ralph Stanley, Dwight Yoakam
7. Fields Have Turned Brown - Judy Marshall, Ralph Stanley, Charlie Waller
8. Great High Mountain - Emmylou Harris, Judy Marshall, Ralph Stanley
9. Heaven's Bright Shore - Alison Krauss, Judy Marshall, Ralph Stanley
10. Going up Home to Live in Green Pastures - Larry Sparks, Ralph Stanley
11. First Step to Heaven - Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley
12. Sailing Home - Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Ralph Stanley
13. Angel Band - Vince Gill, , George Jones, Ralph Stanley
14. Vision of Mother - Alison Krauss, Judy Marshall, Ralph Stanley
15. Old Cross Roads - Jimmy Martin, Ralph Stanley
16. Little Bessie - Charlie Sizemore, Ralph Stanley

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #148192 in Music
• Released on: 1994-02-04
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

From Amazon.com
Most people don't remember when bluegrass lived next to its brethren on country radio and on country charts. Ralph Stanley, of course, does remember. On this remarkable 1992 recording, he invites a myriad of guests from the whole of country music, not from just bluegrass, and the result is a collection that highlights the timeless connection between all of country music's styles: sincerity and reality conveyed through simple melodies and heartfelt singing. Disc 1 focuses on the secular, disc 2 the spiritual, and along the way, Stanley matches his raw tenor with everyone from bluegrassers (Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Charlie Waller, Larry Sparks, Ricky Skaggs, Alison Krauss) to honky-tonkers (George Jones, Dwight Yoakam) to storytellers (Tom T. Hall) to country divas (Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless). No matter who sits in, Stanley's wonderfully unrefined voice and fleet banjo hold fast. --Marc Greilsamer