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Portraits from our Past:
FAMOUS MUSICIANS
Southwest Virginia Music
THE STANLEY BROTHERS
 (Music: 1940's
- 1960's)
Ralph and Carter Stanley
were born in Dickenson
County, Virginia, and began performing as the Stanley Brothers
and the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1946. After two months on WNVA
in Norton, the band moved to WCYB's "Farm and Fun Time"
program in Bristol. The group started recording with Rich-R-Tone
in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1947. The Stanley Brother's recorded
for Mercury in 1953 and then, in 1958, switched to Starday and
King. They moved to Live Oak, Florida and played on the Sewanee
River Jamboree, a live weekly radio show. They then secured sponsorship
from Jim Walter Homes for a 30-minute syndicated television show
and a radio show called the "Jim Walter Jamboree."
The Stanley Brothers' mountain sound was popular in the folk
revival of the 60's with the group appearing at events like the
Chicago Folk Festival. In 1966, the group was the first bluegrass
group to perform before the European audiences, touring eight
European countries as the "Festival of American Folk and
Country Music." Their original recording of "Angel
Band" was featured on "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?"
soundtrack.
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