Ralph Stanley
USA
Born: 25 February 1927
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Country, International, Folk
Styles: Bluegrass, Traditional Country, Contemporary Bluegrass, Contemporary Country, Bluegrass-Gospel, Country Gospel, Traditional Bluegrass, Truck Driving Country, Honky Tonk, Appalachian, Traditional Folk
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Born in Stratton, Virginia in 1927, Ralph Stanley and his older brother Carter formed the Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys. In 1946 Ralph and Carter were being broadcast from radio station WCYB in Bristol, Virginia. The music, which was inspired by their Virginia mountain home, was encouraged by their mother, who taught Ralph the clawhammer style of banjo picking. They recorded for such companies as the small Rich-R-Tone label and later Columbia, a relationship that lasted from 1949 until 1952. These classic sessions defined the St...
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- Jim Lauderdale (13)
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