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10-14-2009, 04:12 PM #1Senior Member
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Dr. Ralph Stanley
This morning on the Diane Rehm Show the master of mountain music Dr. Ralph Stanley was on for the second hour. It is available for webcasting here. In addition there is an article on Dr. Ralph in the NY Times here . AFAIC there is no better five string banjo player than Ralph Stanley and I include Earl Scruggs in that comparison. YMMV.
YouTube - Dr. Ralph Stanley - The Clinch Mountain BackstepLast edited by JimmyHAD; 10-14-2009 at 06:20 PM.
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10-14-2009, 06:07 PM
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Fun!
This music reminds me of fishin' in crawdad holes
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I have about 4 CD's of his. Great old tyme music.
There is one song he has about going to the electric chair LOL. I wll see if I can find it.
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I once got to play on a mobile radio show sound stage with him and the rest of the Clinch Mountain Boys (the Curley Ray Cline days-it was in 1966 when I was 15). It was at the grand opening of the Mary Carter paint store in Bel Air, MD. Ralph Stanley was my chosen idol when I learned to play the 5 string banjo-he had more "soul" in his playing than anyone else. Pretty Polly, Salt Creek, Pig in a Pen, and so many more. Nobody played with the feeling he did, even though some had fancier picking techniques and "Scruggs Pegs" cheaters. Some of the records recorded at Johnnies Used Carl Lot in Baltimore were the best; the eerie harmonies being in part due to severe hangovers. (this was just before his brother Carter died of cirrhosis). Ralph Stanley presided over one of the finest chapters of Bluegrass history that ever was or will be.
