Ralph Stanley - Hills Of Home with the Clinch Mountain Boys

Originally issued in 1969, Hills of Home is a tribute to Carter Stanley. 'Let me rest on a peaceful mountain,' sing the Clinch Mountain Boys as Carter's more well-known brother Ralph Stanley delivers a eulogy to his late brother and bandmate in the title track.

Elsewhere the band gives My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane and Let's Go to the Fair lighthearted workouts, while Dark Hollow offers stark and beautiful images of leaving trains and broken hearts. The lonesome harmonies of Dug-Gunn Shame and The Kitten and the Cat are well executed, but the band performs with such ease that it's easy to underestimate the skill and complexity of the performances being given, both musically and vocally.

The original 'Man of Constant Sorrow' truly shines when lending his quaking voice to the most forlorn numbers, such as I Only Exist, with it's weighty refrain, 'I'm not living/I only exist/How much longer can I go on like this?' ~ Karen E. Graves, All Music Guide

• Hills Of Home
• Darling Brown Eyes
• My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane
• Coosy
• Midnight Storm
• Let's Go To The Fair
• Dark Hollow
• Dug-Gunn Shame
• Kitten And The Cat, The
• California
• I Only Exist
• Medicine Springs