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June 24, 2016 (June 24, 2016)

RIP Ralph Stanley

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The pride of Big Spraddle Creek, Virginia, or somewhere close to it, Ralph Stanley was performing at age eleven and still going strong at age 89. “His voice sounds like […]

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March 3, 2015 (March 2, 2015)

The Stanley Brothers on the record

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Gary B. Reid’s introduction to the Stanley Brothers was a used record he picked up for 33 cents in 1973. That modest investment launched Reid on an odyssey that would […]

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