Born in Stratton, VA, in 1927, Ralph Stanley and his older brother Carter formed the Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys. In 1946 Ralph and Carter were being broadcast from radio station WCYB in Bristol, VA. The music, which was inspired by their Virginia mountain home, was encouraged by their mother, who taught Ralph the claw-hammer style of banjo picking that he and Carter became ...more
- RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MT BOYS
- Dec 12,2009
07:30pm - Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
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- Dim Lights, Thick Smoke 1948
- Banjo
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- Dim Lights, Thick Smoke 1949
- Banjo
- Various Artists
- Dim Lights, Thick Smoke 1949
- Tenor (Vocal)
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- Dim Lights, Thick Smoke 1950
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