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Born: February 25, 1927 in Stratton, VA
Years Active: 40 's, 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Country

Biography:
Born in Stratton, VA, 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, VA. The music, which was inspired by their Virginia mountain home, was encouraged by their mother, who taught Ralph the clawhammer style... Continue Bio >>

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Tickets:
12/12/2009 Birchmere Music Hall
01/22/2010 Narrows Center For The Arts
04/25/2010 Maier Foundation Performance Hall
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Discography:
2009 Can't You Hear the Mountains Calling
2007 Mountain Preacher's Child
2006 Distant Land to Roam: Songs of the Carter Family
2005 Shine On
2002 Ralph Stanley
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Filmography:
2005 American Experience: The Carter Family - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
1994 High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
The Banjo of Ralph Stanley: From Old-Time to Bluegrass
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Member Of: The Stanley Brothers More >> Similar Artists: Claire Lynch Longview The Forbes Family Jim & Jesse Ricky Skaggs More >>

Influenced By: Bill Monroe Wade Ward Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers Uncle Dave Macon Snuffy Jenkins More >> Followers: Cumberland Highlanders The Bluegrass Alliance Larry Sparks Keith Whitley Blueground Undergrass More >>

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