Stagecoach:
California's Country Music Festival
Empire
Polo Club • Indio, CA • April 27 - 29, 2012 |
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They
performed on Saturday at 4:05 p.m.
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Ralph
Stanley (born February 25, 1927), also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley,
is an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing
and banjo playing.
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After
initially considering a course in "veterinary," he decided
to throw in with his older guitar-playing brother, Carter, and
form the Clinch Mountain Boys, in 1946.
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Larry Sparks, Roy Lee Centers, and Charlie Sizemore were among
those with whom he played in the revived band.
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Stanley's work was featured in the 2000 film O Brother,
Where Art Thou?, in which he sings the Appalachian dirge "O
Death."
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Fans
watching Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys
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