I'll Answer the Call

by Ralph Stanley

Overview

By 1988, when this album was originally recorded and released, Ralph Stanley had reverted to a mandolin-less instrumental lineup much like the one he and his brother had used early in their career as a band -- a move originally designed to keep the group from sounding too much like a direct imitation of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. The material, too, harks back to the glory days of bluegrass-gospel music, and includes renditions of such staples as "Let the Church Roll On" and "In His Arms I'm Not Afraid" (which features some particularly spectacular tenor singing by Stanley). "Calling My Children Home" exemplifies the unaccompanied quartet singing that Stanley had done so much to popularize in the 1970s. But this album's emotional centerpiece is Stanley's solo vocal performance of the modal and vinegary "Daddy's Rose." All of that said, this is about an average Ralph Stanley album in terms of overall quality -- which means, of course, that it stands head and shoulders above most other bluegrass-gospel records. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	07/03/2001
Label:	Rebel
UPC:	0032511165725
Rank:	106909

Tracks

1. I'll Answer the Call
2. White Oak on the Hill
3. Let the Church Roll On
4. In His Arms I'm Not Afraid
5. Calling My Children Home
6. Everything's Alright
7. Praying
8. I'll Put on a Crown
9. I'd Like to Talk It Over With Him
10. We Shall Sleep
11. Daddy's Rose
12. Welcome In

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ralph Stanley   Primary Artist,Tenor (Vocal),Banjo,Vocals
Junior Blankenship   Guitar,Bass (Vocal)
Jack Cooke   Bass,Tenor (Vocal),Baritone (Vocal)
Curley Ray Cline   Fiddle

Technical Credits

Keith Durham   Engineer,Engineer
David Glasser   Mastering,Transfers
Hazel Houser   Composer
Richard Boyd   Photography
Mike Todd   Composer
Lora Lowry   Composer
Albert E. Brumley   Composer
Ralph Stanley   Producer,Composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Earl Sykes   Composer
Mark Freeman   Production Coordination
Emma Smith   Composer