Ralph Stanley

It turns out that Keith Whitley was mistaken when he sang back in 1978, My Home Ain't In The Hall of Fame. Today, the Country Music Hall of Fame announced that Keith will be inducted in this year's class, along with

As we head into the Halloween weekend, with all the little ones preparing to scare us out of our boots with their spooky costumes, we've put together a very special video for your entertainment and edification. We have contacted a legitimate

A brand new CD from Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1982 was released last weekend at the Coal Miner Appreciation Festival in McClure, VA at the Hills of Home. This show was from my personal, private collection

Ralph Stanley, Jack Cooke, and Roy Lee Centers in Japan (1971) - photo © Tsutomu Otsuka Fred Robbins has added another valuable collection of historic photographs to his online archive. This latest is a series of images from the 1971 visit to

Lester Woodie passed away on March 23, 2018, at Lynchburg General Hospital Lynchburg, Virginia. He was 86 years old and had been ailing with Alzheimer’s disease for several years.  Lester Gene Woodie was born September 20, 1931, in western North Carolina,

In late January, my wife and I made our way to Jackson, Kentucky. I wanted to get to the bottom of what really happened the morning of May 2, 1974, and dispel what I knew were mistruths in a 2003

‘Renfro’ Proffitt, cross-picking guitar stylist and one-time member of Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys, passed away at the Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Kentucky, on Thursday, July 25, 2019. He was aged 69.  Troy Leen ‘Renfro’ Proffitt, born on July

As a young man cutting his teeth on everything "Stanley", I spent my youth at every Ralph Stanley show I could attend, trying to find every slice of information about Ralph and Carter. In the late '80s, thanks to Larry

This one particular chilly November weekend found my wife Missy and I heading to the Cincinnati/Covington Kentucky region. We were on our way to Bob and Rita Small's beautiful home in Taylor Mill for some promo work for our festival,

Ralph Stanley II takes the first look at the Ralph Stanley exhibit - photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images Last Thursday, July 12, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville celebrated the opening of their new Ralph Stanley exhibit,