Ralph Stanley feat. Rick Skaggs & Keith Whitley - Village Church Yard (5:33)

RALPH STANLEY featuring Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley - VILLAGE CHURCH YARD(5:33)

Contact: Mark Freeman
(434) 973-5151
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Songwriter / Publisher: Traditional - P.D.

"Ralph Stanley is credited with introducing a cappella quartet gospel singing to bluegrass audiences when he included two “unaccompanied” numbers on his landmark 1971 album Cry From The Cross. These songs represented Stanley’s first direct use of the Primitive Baptist sounds that permeated his youth in the hills of Southwest Virginia. “Village Church Yard” appeared on Stanley’s very next gospel recording following Cry From The Cross – 1973’s The Old Country Church – and featured a teenaged Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs on harmony vocals." ~ Mark Freeman, Rebel Records

Musicians:
Ralph Stanley: Lead Vocal
Ricky Skaggs: Tenor Vocal
Jack Cooke: Baritone Vocal
Keith Whitley: Bass Vocal