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Buzzbomb - Posted - 06/30/2013: 10:32:06
I just picked up a cassette of Lester Pate & Ralph Stanley - Keep My Love With You. Ralph is on clawhammer on a couple of tunes, but otherwise Lester is on the banjo, backed by the Clinch Mountain Boys.
From a google search, I've found that Lester was made an honorary Clinch Mountain Boy in 2000/1 & quite active in his home town of Boones Mill, VA being recognised by the state for his contribution to music (lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp6...ul+HJ21ER and highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12655523.html).
Does anybody know which Clinch Mountain Boys line-up this is & what the other is that recording he made with Ralph? (I can't find anything on ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/BGdiscography/). The Keep My Love With You tape was issued by Lester himself & I'd guess is late '80s or early '90s.
Any info would be much appreciated!
Buzzbomb - Posted - 07/28/2013: 06:53:44
Just in case anyone stumbles onto this thread sometime in the future...
The "Keep My Love With You" (C-5759) tape got mentioned in the Nov 1992 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, and was reviewed the following April.
The earlier cassette, which similarly features Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys was called "Daddy's Rose" (C-3840) was reviewed in BU in February 1991 & judging by the track list / review is mostly versions of Stanley standards, but with Lester Pate on banjo. A County Sales newsletter from around this time, mentions that there is an manufacturing fault on the cassette...
So I'm guessing both tapes probably feature the Curly Ray, Jack Cooke, Jr Blankenship and Eddie Thacker line-up.
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