The Stanley Brothers - East Virginia Blues (live) - 1958

Recorded by Pete Kuykendall and Bill Offenbacher at New River Ranch in Rising Sun, MD on September 7, 1958. Issued on the anthology album “Stanley Brothers On Stage” (Seven Seas SR(M) 287-288, 1969). Reissued on the anthology album “The Legendary Stanley Brothers: Recorded Live: Vol. 2” (Rebel SLP 1495, 1970) and the album “Stanley Series: Volume 3, Number 4” (Copper Creek CCCD-5512, 1992). Features Carter Stanley, Ralph Stanley, Bill Napier, Pete Roberts (Pete Kuykendall) and Towser Murphy (Al Elliott). Song is traditional. Song first issued by Buell Kazee as “East Virginia” (Brunswick 154, 1927). Song issued by Ashley and Foster (Clarence Ashley and Gwin Foster) as “East Virginia Blues” (Vocalion 02576, 1934). Song issued by The Carter Family as “The East Virginia Blues” (Bluebird B-5650, 1934). Variations of song issued by B. F. Shelton as “Oh Molly Dear” (Victor V-40107, 1929) and by Clarence Ashley as “Dark Holler Blues” (Columbia 15489-D, 1930).