Music 1940's - Present
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After Carter passed away, Ralph Stanley reformed
the Clinch Mountain Boys, continuing to play and record. His
tenor voice and driving banjo playing has made him a highly respected
bluegrass artist. Stanley can count Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley,
and Larry Sparks among his past Clinch Mountain Boys. Jack Cooke
of Norton, Virginia, has been with the band over 31 years. In
1976, Stanley was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music
and is often referred to as Dr. Ralph Stanley. He has received
several Grammy nominations and won his first Grammy at age 75
for his work on the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack.
He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry and was the first recipient
of the National Endowment for the Humanities "Traditional
American Music Award." He has won many bluegrass awards
and, in 2000, was the recipient of the Library of Congress's
"living Legend" medal. After Stanley's Carnegie Hall
performance, Rolling Stone Magazine called him a "master
performer without an expiration date." Stanley lives in
Dickenson County. |
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