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Ralph Stanley (album)
''Ralph Stanley'' is an album by American country singer Ralph Stanley, released in 2002. It was produced by Bob Neuwirth, Larry Ehrlich and T Bone Burnett. Track listing #" Lift Him Up, That's All" – 4:41 #"False Hearted Lover's Blues" – 4:52 #"Henry Lee" – 4:43 #"Girl from the Greenbriar Shore" – 3:59 #"Twelve Gates to the City" – 1:57 #"Little Mathie Grove" – 4:30 #"Look on and Cry" – 3:38 #"I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers" – 1:31 #"Calling You" – 3:25 #"The Death of John Henry" – 3:59 #"Great High Mountain" – 3:42 Personnel *Ralph Stanley – vocals *Stuart Duncan – banjo, violin *Dennis Crouch – bass * Norman Blake – guitar, lap steel guitar, mandocello * Mike Compton – mandolin *Evelyn Cox – harmony vocals *Suzanne Cox – harmony vocals Chart performance References Ralph Stanley albums 2002 albums Albums produced by T Bone Burnett Albums produced by Bob Neuwirth Columbia Records albums {{2000s-country-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016) was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. Stanley began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of The Stanley Brothers, and most often as the leader of his band, The Clinch Mountain Boys. He was also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley. He was part of the first generation of bluegrass musicians and was inducted into both the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor and the Grand Ole Opry. Biography Stanley was born, grew up, and lived in rural Southwest Virginia—"in a little town called McClure at a place called Big Spraddle, just up the holler" from where he moved in 1936 and lived ever since in Dickenson County."Old-Time Man" interview by Don Harrison June 2008 ''Virginia Living'', p. 55. The son of Lee and Lucy Stanley, Ralph did not grow up around a lot of music in his home. As he says, his "daddy didn't play an instrument, but so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
