The Stanley Tradition: Tribute to a Bluegrass Legacy is an ensemble tribute album released on Doobie Shea DS-CS-1001, featuring Dan Tyminski on guitar and vocals, Barry Bales on bass, Don Rigsby on mandolin and tenor, Ronnie Bowman on guitar and baritone, Aubrey Haynie on fiddle, Tim Austin, and Craig Smith. The cast draws largely from the generation of Kentucky and Virginia-rooted artists who came of age under the direct influence of the Stanley Brothers, and their collective reverence for the material is evident in every performance. Tyminski's voice carries the high tenor passages with remarkable clarity, Rigsby contributes mandolin and vocal authority, and Haynie's fiddle captures the modal seriousness that distinguishes Stanley Brothers material from lighter bluegrass fare. The album stands as a sincere and musically distinguished act of stylistic homage.
Tracklist
- 1 Bootleg John alt version 3:24
- 2 I'm better off now that you are gone 2:41
- 3 This Weary Heart You Stole Away Source Recording 2:32
- 4 Home in the mountains 3:12
- 5 Loving you too well 2:37
- 6 Gonna Paint the Town alt version 1:49
- 7 Medicine Spring 2:46
- 8 Is it over now 4:11
- 9 Sharecropper’s Son alt version 2:52
- 10 Your selfish heart 2:19
- 11 The only way to say goodbye 3:11