Almost Home is a 2011 Rounder Records album (11661-0666-2) by Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers, nominated for IBMA Album of the Year and widely regarded as one of the high-water marks in Sparks's extensive catalog. The lineup features Ron Stewart on fiddle and banjo, Carl Berggren, and John McDonald in supporting roles. The twelve-track program mixes Sparks originals with carefully chosen standards, each delivered in the direct, unadorned traditional style that has defined his recordings for five decades. Sparks — who joined Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys in the late 1960s after Carter Stanley's death — has maintained the Stanley Brothers hard-bluegrass aesthetic through every musical era, and Almost Home documents that commitment with the authority of a master at his craft's center.
Tracklist
- 1 Almost Home 3:20
- 2 Blue Mountain Melody 3:35
- 3 Lines On The Highway 3:43
- 4 Momma's Apron Strings 2:40
- 5 Gunfighters Revenge 3:59
- 6 Back Road 4:06
- 7 There's More That Holds The Picture 3:34
- 8 Picture Me There 3:13
- 9 Send Me The Pillow You Dream On 3:04
- 10 Bring 'Em On Back 3:19
- 11 Momma 4:17
- 12 Somebody Touched Me alt version 3:17
