Ralph Stanley II

*Coeburn, VA

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS also member of Clinch mountain Boys
27 May 1983 [live] Ralph Stanley's 13th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival, near McClure, VA – Ralph Stanley and Ralph Stanley II and Clinch Mountain Boys
00001 I AIN'T LOST REB-1627
15 December 1989 Maggard Recording Studio, 220 Railroad Ave., Big Stone Gap, VA – Ralph Stanley and Ralph Stanley II (Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt], Ralph Stanley [vcl/banjo],  Sammy Adkins [gt], Ernie Thacker [mandolin], Jack Cooke [bass], Curly Ray Cline [fiddle]
001 WAY DOWN DEEP Copper Creek CCCD-0110
002 FOOTSTEPS SO NEAR Copper Creek CCCD-0110
003 TWO FLOWERS BLOOMING Copper Creek CCCD-0110
004 BREAKS OF THE CUMBERLAND Copper Creek CCCD-0110
005 HAUNTED HOUSE Copper Creek CCCD-0110
006 LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE Copper Creek CCCD-0110
007 LONG GONE Copper Creek CCCD-0110
008 DIRTY BACK COAL Copper Creek CCCD-0110
009 MY ROSE OF OLD KENTUCKY Copper Creek CCCD-0110
010 WILDWOOD FLOWER Copper Creek CCCD-0110
011 SWEET MEMORY Copper Creek CCCD-0110
012 LITTLE JIMMY Copper Creek CCCD-0110
28 March/April 1996 Maggard Recording Studio, 220 Railroad Ave., Big Stone Gap, VA - Ralph Stanley II and John Rigsby (Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt/banjo],  John Rigsby [vcl/ mandolin/ fiddle], Ralph Stanley [tnr vcl/banjo],  Jack Cooke [baritone/bass vcl],  James Alan Shelton [gt], Steve Sparkman [banjo], James Price [fiddle])
013 (SAY) WON'T YOU BE MINE Copper Creek CC-0151CD
014 WE'LL BE SWEETHEARTS IN HEAVEN Copper Creek CC-0151CD
015 MOTHER NO LONGER AWAITS ME AT HOME Copper Creek CC-0151CD
016 DAYBREAK IN DIXIE Copper Creek CC-0151CD
017 THE LONESOME RIVER Copper Creek CC-0151CD
018 LET ME BE YOUR FRIEND Copper Creek CC-0151CD
019 HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE Copper Creek CC-0151CD
020 MEDICINE SPRINGS Copper Creek CC-0151CD
021 THE ANGELS ARE SINGING IN HEAVEN TONIGHT Copper Creek CC-0151CD
022 MEMORIES OF MOTHER Copper Creek CC-0151CD
023 POOR WHITE FOLKS Copper Creek CC-0151CD
024 LITTLE GLASS OF WINE Copper Creek CC-0151CD
May/December 1997 Masterlink Studios, Nashville, TN – Ralph Stanley and Ralph Stanley II (Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt], Ralph Stanley [vcl/banjo],  John Rigsby [vcl/ mandolin/ fiddle],  Junior Blankenship [gt], Ernie Thacker [gt/mandolin], poss Dudley Connell [gt], Jack Cooke [bass], Curly Ray Cline/Art Stamper [fiddle] + Shelton Faezell [bck vcl])
025 THY BURDENS ARE GREATER THAN MINE REB-CD-5001
026 LONESOME BANJO MAN REB-CD-5001
027 MY DECEITFUL HEART REB-CD-5001
December 1997/April 1998 Maggard Recording Studio, 220 Railroad Ave., Big Stone Gap, VA - Ralph Stanley II (Ralph Stanley II [vcl], Joe Isaacs [vcl], John Rigsby [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Ralph Stanley [vcl], Jack Cooke [vcl], James Alan Shelton [gt], Steve Sparkman [banjo], James Price [fiddle])
028 HIGHWAY OF REGRET Rebel REB-CD-1750
029 MARY, MERRY CHRISTMAS Rebel REB-CD-1750
030 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Rebel REB-CD-1750
031 I HEAR A CHOO CHOO COMING Rebel REB-CD-1750
032 GOD GAVE YOU TO ME Rebel REB-CD-1750
033 LITTLE DARLIN' PAL OF MINE Rebel REB-CD-1750
034 KATIE DALEY Rebel REB-CD-1750
035 ANOTHER SONG, ANOTHER DRINK Rebel REB-CD-1750
036 I'LL JUST GO AWAY Rebel REB-CD-1750
037 LISTEN TO MY HAMMER RING Rebel REB-CD-1750
038 JESUS, SAVIOR, PILOT ME Rebel REB-CD-1750
039 STROLLING IN THE MOONLIGHT Rebel REB-CD-1750
Spring 1999 Maggard Recording Studio, 220 Railroad Ave., Big Stone Gap, VA - Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt] (James Price [vcl/fiddle/mandolin],Jack Cooke [vcl], James Alan Shelton [gt], Steve Sparkman [banjo]. Producer: Jim Lauderdale and The Clinch Mountain Boys)
040 I FEEL LIKE SINGING TODAY Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
041 YOU'LL FIND HER NAME WRITTEN THERE Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
042 MAPLE ON THE HILL Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
043 WHAT ABOUT YOU Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
044 FLY, LOVEBIRD FLY Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
045 JOY, JOY, JOY Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
046 LIKE HIM Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
047 I WISH TODAY COULD BE TOMORROW Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
048 ANOTHER SINNER'S PRAYER Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
049 HIGHWAY THROUGH MY HOME Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
050 THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
051 HARBOR OF LOVE Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
052 I WILL WAIT FOR YOU Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
053 WHO WILL SING FOR ME Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
054 WHO THOUGHT THE RAILROAD WOULDN'T LAST Rebel REB-CD-1755 Dualtone CD-1124
April/May 1999 Maggard Recording Studio, 220 Railroad Ave., Big Stone Gap, VA – Ralph Stanley II (Ralph Stanley II [vcl], Ralph John Rigsby [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Jack Cooke [vcl/bass], Russell Moore [vcl], James Allen Shelton [gt], Junior Blankenship [gt], James Price [fiddle]. Producer: Ralph Stanley II)
055 PRETTY GIRLS, CITY LIGHTS REB-CD-1760
056 HOME IN THE MOUNTAINS REB-CD-1760
057 ALL I EVER LOVED WAS YOU REB-CD-1760
058 THE ANGELS ARE SINGING REB-CD-1760
059 IT SURE GETS COLD THIS TIME OF YEAR REB-CD-1760
060 I'LL REMEMBER YOU IN MY DREAMS REB-CD-1760
061 THINK OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE REB-CD-1760
062 SEA OF REGRET REB-CD-1760
063 IT'S RAINING HERE THIS MORNING REB-CD-1760
064 I DON'T WANT YOUR RAMBLING LETTERS REB-CD-1760
065 PATHWAY OF DANGER REB-CD-1760
066 I'LL JUST CATCH A TRAIN AND RIDE REB-CD-1760
2001 Quad Studio, 1802 Grand Ave., Nashville, TN - Ralph Stanley II (Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt], John Rigsby [vcl/mandolin], Terry Eldredge [vcl], Ralph Stanley [vcl], James Alan Shelton [gt], Steve Sparkman [banjo] Jack Cooke [bass]. Producer: Ralph Stanley II, Bill Vornick)
067 STANLEY BLUES Rebel REB-CD-1775
068 WE'LL BE SWEETHEARTS IN HEAVEN Rebel REB-CD-1775
069 WHEN THEY FREE ME FROM THESE CHAINS Rebel REB-CD-1775
070 DADDY'S DINNER BUCKET Rebel REB-CD-1775
071 RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN Rebel REB-CD-1775
072 SHIP GONE ASTRAY Rebel REB-CD-1775
073 JEALOUSY Rebel REB-CD-1775
074 HOMEWARD BOUND Rebel REB-CD-1775
075 TAYLOR BROOKE Rebel REB-CD-1775
076 KEEP MY LOVE WITH YOU Rebel REB-CD-1775
077 TENNESSEE TRUCK DRIVING MAN Rebel REB-CD-1775
078 FOUR HORSEMEN Rebel REB-CD-1775
2004 Brickshy Audio, Leipers Fork, TN – Ralph Stanley II (Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt], John Rigsby [vcl/mandolin], RJ "Ron" Rigsby [vcl/banjo], R. J. "Ron" Rigsby [vcl/gt/banjo/ banjolele], Lona Heid [vcl], Kenny Smith [gt], Steve Sparkman [banjo], Josh Williams [mandolin], David Smith [bass instrument] + Ralph Stanley [vcl], James Alan Shelton [gt], Junior Blankenship [gt], Tim Crouch [fiddle]. Producer: Ron Rigsby)
079 AIN'T IT HARD Rebel REB-CD-1805
080 SINGLE GIRL Rebel REB-CD-1805
081 YOU WILL NEVER BE MINE Rebel REB-CD-1805
082 ARIZONA LINE Rebel REB-CD-1805
083 WELCOMING TOMB Rebel REB-CD-1805
084 MOUNTAIN DEW Rebel REB-CD-1805
085 DEVIL'S LITTLE ANGEL Rebel REB-CD-1805
086 I AM THE WAY I AM Rebel REB-CD-1805
087 PRETTY WOMAN Rebel REB-CD-1805
088 ARE YOU PROUD OF AMERICA Rebel REB-CD-1805
089 CARRYING ON Rebel REB-CD-1805
090 MAP OF GOD'S HIGHWAY Rebel REB-CD-1805
2008 Lonesome Day Studio, Booneville, KY / The Peaceway Temple, Nashville, TN - Ralph Stanley II, *with Jim Lauderdale (Ralph Stanley [vcl], Tim Crouch [gt/fiddle], Cody Kilby [gt], Randy Kohrs [resonator gt], Ron Stewart [banjo], Adam Steffey [mandolin]. Producer: Mike Latterell)

091 COLD SHOULDER Lonesome Day 13
092 GEORGIA Lonesome Day 13
093 THEY SAY I'LL NEVER GO HOME Lonesome Day 13
094 L.A. COUNTY* Lonesome Day 13
095 TRAIN SONGS Lonesome Day 13
096 MOMS ARE THE REASON WILD FLOWERS GROW Lonesome Day 13
097 CARTER Lonesome Day 13
098 HONKY TONK WAY Lonesome Day 13
099 IF THIS OLD GUITAR COULD TALK Lonesome Day 13
100 LORETTA Lonesome Day 13
101 LORD HELP ME FIND THE WAY Lonesome Day 13
early 2011 unknown – Ralph Stanley II (Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt],  John Rigsby [gt/mandolin/fiddle],  Duane Bowling [banjo], Curt Chapman [bass])
102 I THINK I HEAR A TRAIN SGRCD 2011-02 
103 BLACK DIAMONDS SGRCD 2011-02
104 BLUEFIELD SGRCD 2011-02 
105 WILDER THAN HER SGRCD 2011-02
106 BORN TO BE A DRIFTER SGRCD 2011-02 
107 GOD NEEDED MY MOTHER SGRCD 2011-02 
108 HOMELESS AND HUNGRY SGRCD 2011-02 
109 SMILE FOR ME SGRCD 2011-02
110 LOVIN' AIN'T BEEN EASY ON MY MIND SGRCD 2011-02 
111 VIRGINIA, I HEAR YOU CALLING ME SGRCD 2011-02 
112 YOU WORE OUT YOUR WELCOME MAT SGRCD 2011-02
113  MOTHER'S NOT DEAD, SHE'S ONLY SLEEPING SGRCD 2011-02   
2013 Appal Studio, Paintsville, KY – Ralph Stanley and Ralph Stanley II (Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt], Ralph Stanley [vcl/banjo], John Rigsby [mandolin/fiddle], Steve Sparkman [banjo], Randall Hibbitts [bass])
114 WILD BILL JONES Rebel REB-CD-1850

115 CAROLINA MOUNTAIN HOME Rebel REB-CD-1850

116 DIRTY BLACK COAL Rebel REB-CD-1850

117 WALKING WITH YOU IN MY DREAMS Rebel REB-CD-1850 

118 DON'T STEP OVER AN OLD LOVE Rebel REB-CD-1850

119 BATTLE AX Rebel REB-CD-1850 

120 ARE YOU WAITING JUST FOR ME Rebel REB-CD-1850 

121 WHITE AND PINK FLOWERS Rebel REB-CD-1850

122 LITTLE AT A TIME Rebel REB-CD-1850 

123 DARLING LITTLE JOE Rebel REB-CD-1850

124 DON'T WEEP FOR ME Rebel REB-CD-1850

125 SIX MONTHS AIN'T LONG Rebel REB-CD-1850

126 NOBODY ANSWERED ME Rebel REB-CD-1850 

127 I'VE STILL GOT 99 Rebel REB-CD-1850

2017 unknown - Ralph Stanley II And the Clinch Mountain Boys (Ralph Stanley II [vcl/rh gt], Alex Leach [vcl/banjo], John Rigsby [vcl/mandolin/ fiddle], Noah Brown [vcl/bass])

128 HENRY BROWN

129 ROAD GOING HOME

130 ON BOOT HILL

131 WAVE ON OLD GLORY

132 FORTUNE FAME FREEDOM

133 DON'T POINT YOUR FINGER

134 GOIN' 'ROUND THIS WORLD

135 LIFE TO GO

136 RAINING IN MY HEART

137 MARY MERRY CHRISTMAS

138 NO MORE THE MOON SHINES ON LORENA

139 CANNONBALL BLUES

Tracks above issued on album Ralph Stanley II And the Clinch Mountain Boys

2019 unknown - Ralph Stanley II And the Clinch Mountain Boys

140 JESUS ON THE MAINLINE  SFR 004  

141 BETWEEN FATHERS AND SONS  SFR 004  

142 MEET ME AND HEAVEN SOMEDAY  SFR 004

143 GLORY LAND  SFR 004  

144 LORD HELP ME FIND THE WAY  SFR 004  

145 JOHN CAUGHT A VISON  SFR 004  

146 NEW DAY IN HEAVEN  SFR 004  

147 BEAUTIFUL HILLS OF HOME  SFR 004  

148 OLD FAMILY GRAVEYARD  SFR 004  

149 I HOPE MY LORD WILL LET ME IN  SFR 004  

150 FROM FATHER TO SON  SFR 004  

151 I FEEL LIKE GOING HOME SFR 004

 

 

ALBUMS
Copper Creek CCCD-0110 Like Father, Like Son: Way Down Deep; Wolfe Country; Two Flowers Blooming; Breaks Of The Cumberland; Haunted House; Little Georgia Rose; Long Gone; Dirty Back Coal; My Rose Of Old Kentucky; Wildwood Flower; Sweet Memory; Little Jimmy – 91 w. Ralph Stanley
Copper Creek CC-0151CD Clinch Mountain Echoes: Songs in the Stanley Tradition: (Say) Won't You Be Mine; We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven; Mother No Longer Awaits Me at Home; Daybreak in Dixie; The Lonesome River; Let Me Be Your Friend; How Mountain Girls Can Love; Medicine Springs; The Angels Are Singing in Heaven Tonight; Memories of Mother; Poor White Folks; Little Glass of Wine – 12-11-96
Rebel REB-CD-1750 Listen To My Hammer Ring: Highway of Regret; Mary, Merry Christmas; Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain; I Hear a Choo Choo Coming; God Gave You to Me; Little Darlin' Pal of Mine; Katie Daley; Another Song, Another Drink; I'll Just Go Away; Listen to My Hammer Ring; Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me; Strolling in the Moonlight – 09-02-99
Rebel REB-CD-1755 I Feel Like Singing Today: I Feel Like Singing Today; You'll Find Her Name Written There; Maple On The Hill; Fly, Lovebird Fly; Joy, Joy, Joy; Like Him; I Wish Today Could Be Tomorrow; Another Sinner's Prayer; Highway Through My Home; What About You; This World Is Not My Home; Harbor Of Love; I Will Wait For You; Who Will Sing For Me; Who Thought The Railroad Wouldn't Last – 31-08-99 w. Ralph Stanley and Jim Lauderdale (reissued in 2002 on Dualtone 1124)
Rebel REB-CD-1760 Pretty Girls, City Lights: Pretty Girls, City Lights; Home In The Mountains; All I Ever Loved Was You; The Angels Are Singing; It Sure Gets Cold This Time Of Year; I'll Remember You In My Dreams; Think Of What You've Done; Sea Of Regret; It's Raining Here This Morning; I Don't Want Your Rambling Letters; Pathway Of Danger; I'll Just Catch A Train And Ride – 18-04-00
Rebel REB-CD-1775 Stanley Blues: Stanley Blues; We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven; When They Free Me from These Chains; Daddy's Dinner Bucket; Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town; Ship Gone Astray; Jealousy; Homeward Bound; Taylor Brooke; Keep My Love With You; Tennessee Truck Driving Man; Four Horsemen – 12-02-02
Rebel REB-CD-1805 Carrying On: Ain't It Hard; Single Girl; You Will Never Be Mine; Arizona Line; Welcoming Tomb; Mountain Dew; Devil's Little Angel; I Am the Way I Am; Pretty Woman; Are You Proud of America; Carrying On; Map of God's Highway – 29-06-04
Lonesome Day LDR 13 This One Is Two: Cold Shoulder; Georgia; They Say I'll Never Go Home; L.A. County; Train Songs; Moms Are the Reason Wild Flowers Grow; Carter; Honky Tonk Way; If This Old Guitar Could Talk; Loretta; Lord Help Me Find the Way – 26-08-08
Stanley Generation  SGRCD 2011-02 Born To Be A Drifter: I Think I Hear A Train;  Black Diamonds; Bluefield; Wilder Than Her; Born To Be A Drifter; God Needed My Mother; Homeless And Hungry; Smile For Me; Lovin' Ain't Been Easy On My Mind; Virginia, I Hear You Calling Me; You Wore Out Your Welcome Mat;. Mother's Not Dead, She's Only Sleeping  - 11

Rebel REB-CD-1850 Side By Side: Wild Bill Jones; Carolina Mountain Home; Dirty Black Coal; Walking With You in My Dreams; Don't Step Over An Old Love; Battle Ax; Are You Waiting Just for Me; White and Pink Flowers; Little At A Time; Darling Little Joe; Don't Weep for Me; Six Months Ain't Long; Nobody Answered Me; I've Still Got 99 – 18-02-14 w. Ralph Stanley

Stanley Family no # Ralph Stanley II And the Clinch Mountain Boys:  Henry Brown;  Road Going Home;  On Boot Hill;  Wave On Old Glory;  Fortune Fame Freedom;  Don't Point Your Finger;  Goin' 'Round This World;  Life To Go;  Raining In My Heart;  Mary Merry Christmas;  No More The Moon Shines On Lorena;  Cannonball Blues – 06-06-17

Stanley Family SFR 004 Lord Help Me Find The Way: Jesus On The Mainline; Between Fathers And Sons; Meet Me And Heaven Someday; Glory Land; Lord Help Me Find The Way; John Caught A Vison; New Day In Heaven; Beautiful HIlls Of Home; Old Family Graveyard; I Hope My Lord Will Let Me in; From Father To Son; I Feel Like Going Home – 12-07-19