Travelin' is a 1992 Rebel Records album (REB 1700) by Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers, featuring Carl Berggren on mandolin, Barry Crabtree on banjo, two fiddlers, and Dee Sparks — Larry's son — on bass. The dual-fiddle complement pairs Art Stamper — a veteran of the Stanley Brothers' recordings known for his spare, mournful mountain style — with the young Shawn Lane, giving the album an unusually rich tonal texture in which Stamper's deep Appalachian roots ground Lane's more contemporary approach. A mid-career Rebel recording, Travelin' documents Sparks maintaining the hard traditional sound he established after leaving Ralph Stanley's band in the early 1970s to found the Lonesome Ramblers — a commitment to the Virginia mountain bluegrass aesthetic he has never abandoned.
Tracklist
- 1 Takin' A Slow Train 2:44
- 2 Wheeling 2:15
- 3 A Little Ways Down The Road 2:57
- 4 Chuck In The Bush 2:40
- 5 Goin' Up Home To Live In Green Pastures 2:33
- 6 You'll Forget 3:14
- 7 Do You Wonder Why? 2:59
- 8 Heart Trouble 3:10
- 9 Halfway To Tulsa 3:17
- 10 I’ve Just Seen the Rock of Ages Source Recording 2:55
- 11 Sally Ann alt version 3:01
- 12 Pan American 3:16
