Ralph Stanley - Wikipedia
Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016) was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of The Stanley Brothers, and most often as the leader of his band, The Clinch Mountain Boys.
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Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys - YouTube
Jul 23, 2012 · Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys - Official Video for “Rank Strangers to Me (Live)", available now!Buy the full length DVD/CD ‘Gospel Bluegrass Homec...
Ralph Stanley | Bluegrass Legend, Country Music Pioneer
Ralph Stanley (born February 25, 1927, Stratton, Virginia, U.S.—died June 23, 2016, Sandy Ridge, Virginia) was an American banjo player and singer who was a pioneer in post-World War II bluegrass and a leading figure in the early 21st-century revival of interest in that music genre.
Ralph Stanley - Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum
Jun 23, 2016 · Ralph began playing banjo in a two-finger style reminiscent of Wade Mainer. He heard the emerging three-finger style from Snuffy and Hoke Jenkins, and adapted a distinctive variant in 1948, while both the Stanley Brothers and Flatt and Scruggs were appearing on …
Ralph Stanley Biography | Country Music | Ken Burns - PBS
Ralph Edmond Stanley was born into a musical family in rural Southwest Virginia. They listened to the Carter Family on the radio and sang hymns in the minor-key style of the...
The Man - Ralph Stanley Museum
ralph stanley, The Man Legendary American bluegrass artist, Dr. Ralph Edmund Stanley, was internationally known for his unique, innovative style of singing and banjo playing. He was born and raised right here in Virginia, and to his last day Ralph Stanley called Dickenson County his …
Ralph Stanley, man of constant sorrow and bluegrass legend, …
Jun 24, 2016 · Bluegrass hall of famer Ralph Stanley died Thursday night after a long bout with skin cancer, his grandson confirmed in a Facebook post. He was 89.
Bluegrass Great Ralph Stanley Dead at 89 - Rolling Stone
Jun 24, 2016 · Ralph Stanley, a pioneer of bluegrass and Appalachian music, died today, June 23rd, following a battle with skin cancer. He was 89. His grandson Nathan Stanley, who had been...
Ralph Stanley - Encyclopedia.com
May 17, 2018 · Ralph Stanley is one of the patriarchs of bluegrass, a banjo player, singer, and songwriter whose work harks back to the very genesis of the bluegrass style. Stanley made his name singing with his brother Carter and their group, the Clinch Mountain Boys, in the late 1940s.