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Short life of trouble : songs of Grayson and Whitter / Ralph Stanley.

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Stanley, Ralph.
Contributor:
Cooke, Jack.
Grayson, G. B. (Gilliam Banmon), 1887-1930.
Price, James.
Rigsby, John.
Shelton, James.
Sparkman, Steve.
Stanley, Ralph.
Whitter, Henry, 1892-1941.
Series:
Music online: American song.
Music online: American song
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bluegrass music--1991-2000.
Bluegrass music.
Country music--1991-2000.
Country music.
Folk songs, English--United States.
Folk songs, English.
United States.
United States--Sound recordings.
Local Subjects:
United States--Sound recordings.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Other Title:
Songs of Grayson and Whitter
Place of Publication:
Roanoke, VA : Rebel Records, 1996.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Train 45 (2:26)
Rose Conley (2:40)
Joking Henry (1:53)
Nobody's darling (3:07)
I've always been a rambler (2:46)
Short life of trouble (2:21)
Nine pound hammer (2:28)
Handsome Molly (2:03)
Shout Lula (1:47)
He's coming to us dead (2:09)
A dark road is a hard road to travel (3:02)
On the banks of old Tennessee (2:09).
Participant:
Ralph Stanley, vocals, banjo ; with Ralph Stanley II, rhythm guitar ; John Rigsby, mandolin ; James Price, fiddle ; James Shelton, guitar ; Jack Cooke, bass ; Steve Sparkman, banjo.
Notes:
Bluegrass songs from the repertoire of G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter.
Previously published as compact disc.
Program and biographical notes by Charles Wolfe ([5] p.: port.) inserted in container.
Recorded at Maggard Sound Studio, Big Stone Gap, VA.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (American song). Available via World Wide Web.
Other Format:
REB-CD-1735
3251117352
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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