Friday, June 24, 2016

Ralph Stanley, R. I. P.

ABC News: Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter helped expand and popularize the genre that became known as bluegrass, died Thursday. He was 89.

3 comments:

Todd Mason said...

No fun, that. Though a long, productive, influential life.

Deb said...

I was just about to send you that link. The Coen brothers, whatever one might think of their movies, really exposed a whole new audience to Stanley (and other artists) with the soundtrack to "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Jerry House said...

Loved his music.