Long Journey Home

by The Stanley Brothers

Overview

In the early 1960s, when the Stanley Brothers were between record labels, they spent a week playing at Johnny's Used Cars near Baltimore. Johnny Wilbanks loved bluegrass music and used it as a sales device, paying bands to play in his lot and sponsoring a radio show that broadcast from his office. He also ran the small Wango label, for which the Stanleys recorded four albums after their parking lot engagement. This is the second of those four. The material is classic Stanley Brothers: "Pretty Polly," "Rabbit in a Log," and the well-known title track. The other three albums in the series focus on gospel material, but this one is strictly secular and prominently features Ralph Stanley's flying-ice-chips banjo style and, even better, the pioneering cross-picking of guitarist George Shuffler on excellent performances of "Wildwood Flower" and "Will You Miss Me." But, as always, the most powerful moments are those that find Ralph Stanley's melismatic mountain tenor taking center stage, as on "Pretty Polly." A must for Stanley fans. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	08/24/1994
Label:	Rebel
UPC:	0032511011022
Rank:	132928

Tracks

1. Long Journey Home
2. Will You Miss Me?
3. I'll Be True to the One That I Love
4. No Letter in the Mail
5. Pretty Polly
6. Wildwood Flower
7. Two More Years (And I'll Be Free)
8. Ramshackle Shack on the Hill
9. East Virginia Blues
10. Pig in a Pen
11. Your Saddle Is Empty Old Pal
12. Nine Pound Hammer
13. Cluck Old Hen
14. Wild and Reckless Hobo
15. Rabbit in a Log
16. Mountain Pickin'

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Stanley Brothers   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ray Davies   Engineer,Producer
Judy Collins   Composer
Ralph Stanley   Composer
Gary Reid   Production Coordination
Gary B. Reid   Production Coordination
B.F. Shelton   Composer
David Freeman   Cover Photo,Liner Notes,Photography
Hank Thompson   Composer
Fred Carlson   Design,CD Package Design
Merle Travis   Composer
Bill Vernon   Liner Notes
Traditional   Composer
Carter Stanley   Composer