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RALPH STANLEY - THE MEMORY OF YOUR SMILE (REB-1606), 1982

Musicians
Ralph Stanley: Banjo, Vocals
Charlie Sizemore: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Jack Cooke: Bass, Vocals
Junior Blankenship: Lead Guitar
Curly Ray Cline: Fiddle

Production Credits
Produced by Ralph Stanley
Recorded at Maggard Sound Studio, Big Stone Gap, VA
Engineered by Alan Maggard
Recorded: December 1981
Remastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO

From the late 1970s through most of the 1980s, Ralph Stanley maintained a stable group of pickers that included lead singer Charlie Sizemore, lead guitarist Junior Blankenship, fiddler Curly Ray Cline, and bass player Jack Cooke. Working together for such a long time, the group achieved a cohesive synergy that made trips to the recording studio a delight – for musicians and fans alike. The Memory of Your Smile is dotted with highlights, including the oft-performed “I’ve Got a Mule to Ride,” complete with Ralph’s trademark old-time banjo stylings. Charlie Sizemore contributed one of his own compositions, “Melody of Love,” while West Coast songwriter Walden Dahl (writer of the Alison Krauss track “So Long So Wrong”) penned what became a perennial Stanley favorite, “City Lights.”