Ralph Stanley Pairs with Cracker Barrel for Duets Album

Three-time Grammy winner and International Bluegrass Hall of Honor inductee Dr. Ralph Stanley has announced an exclusive Cracker Barrel release, Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man of Constant Sorrow.

Produced by duet partners Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale, the album features additional duets with Dierks Bentley, Elvis Costello, Del McCoury, Old Crow Medicine Show, Robert Plant, Ricky Skaggs, Nathan Stanley, Josh Turner, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, and Lee Ann Womack. Stanley also performs two solo songs (full listing below).

The 13-track collection will be available for $11.99 on Jan. 19 at the Old Country Store, online at crackerbarrel.com and select digital retailers.

Track Listing for Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man of Constant Sorrow:

1)   “We Shall Rise” with Josh Turner
2)   “I Only Exist” with Dierks Bentley
3)   “Sweethearts in Heaven” with Ricky Skaggs
4)   “Rank Stranger” with Nathan Stanley
5)   “I Am the Man, Thomas” with Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
6)   “White Dove” with Lee Ann Womack
7)   “Red Wicked Wine” with Elvis Costello
8)   “Pig in a Pen” with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
9)   “Two Coats” with Robert Plant
10) “Brand New Tennessee Waltz” with Del McCoury
11) “Short Life of Trouble” with Old Crow Medicine Show
12) “Hills of Home”
13) “Man of Constant Sorrow”