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The Stanley Brothers

  • ETSU to commemorate Rich-R-Tone historical marker

    October 25, 2022 | by John Lawless

    The state of Tennessee has chosen November 4 for the dedication of a new historical marker in Johnson City commemorating the Rich-R-Tone Records company, which operated there for many years. Rich-R-Tone was the first record label to locate in east Tennessee,

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  • Stanley Brothers got their start 75 years ago this month

    November 1, 2021 | by Richard Thompson

    The Stanley Brothers, from Dickenson County, Virginia, formed their band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, in the month of November 1946. Carter played guitar and sang lead, while Ralph played banjo and sang with what was then a timorous high tenor

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  • Lester Woodie remembered

    April 13, 2020 | by Richard Thompson

    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,

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  • Stanley Brothers featured on commemorative SamJam bourbon bottle

    January 17, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Since last year, SamJam Bluegrass festival organizers Sam Karr and Rick Greene have helped promote the festival in a uniquely Kentucky way. They have teamed up with a craft distillery in the commonwealth to produce a special edition bourbon bottle,

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  • Stanley Brothers’ I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow receives Grammy honor

    January 16, 2020 | by Richard Thompson

    The Stanley Brothers’ 1951 Columbia release of the classic song, I’m A Man of Constant Sorrow, is among the 2020 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees. The Stanley Brothers, Carter (guitar) and Ralph (banjo), along with the Clinch Mountain Boys – Pee Wee

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  • On This Day #57… Stanley Brothers Gospel 

    November 22, 2019 | by Richard Thompson

    On November 22, 1964, the Stanley Brothers began a few days of recording in Baltimore for radio personality Ray Davis.  Over a three-day period the Stanley Brothers committed 22 Gospel songs to tape. They were released on two albums on the

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  • Stanley Brothers Tribute at the Country Music Hall of Fame

    October 26, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys at Stanley Brothers Tribute - photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys headlined an all-star tribute to the Stanley Brothers on Wednesday night at the Country Music Hall

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  • Tribute to Ralph & Carter Stanley scheduled at Country Music Hall of Fame

    September 12, 2018 | by John Lawless

    The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville has announced a special, all-star concert on October 24 as part of their ongoing exhibit honoring Ralph Stanley. Billed as A Tribute to Ralph & Carter Stanley, the show will feature

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  • Listermann brewing Stanley Brothers beer this month

    August 2, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Listermann Brewing Company in Cincinnati is launching a special tribute beer this weekend in honor of the upcoming 75th anniversary of King Records, a Cincinnati institution. The beer is a New England style IPA titled Hide Away/Train 45, for popular

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  • Rare Stanley Brothers disc one step closer to restoration

    July 31, 2018 | by John Curtis Goad

    Farm and Fun Time transcription disc arrives safely at the NDCC in Massachusetts The folks at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, VA, are one step closer to their goal of digitizing a rare Stanley Brothers recording. As of

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