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When I Wake Up to Sleep No More

Source Recording: Ralph Stanley and Friends (1998)

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Song Details

Songwriter

Marion W. Easterling

First Release

The Coffey Family (1960)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Contemporary Bluegrass Gospel

Themes

Faith/Praise Death and Mourning

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Ralph Stanley and Friends

Album

Clinch Mountain Country cover

Clinch Mountain Country (1998)

Key A Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 93 BPM Length 2:25

Musicians

Ralph Stanley — Lead Vocals
James Allen Shelton — Guitar
John Rigsby — Mandolin
Steve Sparkman — Banjo
James Price — Fiddle
Jack Cooke — Bass
David Marshall — Backup Vocals
Judy Marshall — Backup Vocals
Ralph Stanley II — Guitar

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