The Stanley Brothers
| The Stanley Brothers | |
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 Ralph Stanley during a 2006 appearance |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Bluegrass , hillbilly music |
| founding | 1945 |
| resolution | 1966 |
| Founding members | |
Carter Stanley |
Vocals , guitar |
Ralph Stanley |
Banjo , backing vocals |
The Stanley Brothers , consisting of Carter ( August 17, 1925 , † December 1, 1966 ) and Ralph Stanley ( February 25, 1927 , † June 23, 2016 ) were an American country duo. The brothers were among the most important representatives of bluegrass .
Life
Childhood and youth
Born in Dickenson County , Virginia , the Stanley Brothers grew up in a musical family with their father singing and their mother playing the banjo . Soon the family moved to the Clinch Mountains , where they ran a small farm. Carter and Ralph came into contact with country music at an early age, often listening to recordings by the Monroe Brothers as children and the weekly Grand Ole Opry , America's most successful radio show. When they were young, they first appeared publicly in their hometown. After graduating from high school, they were drafted into the army , where they fought in World War II .
Beginnings
After their discharge from the army in 1946, they founded the Clinch Mountain Boys. For a few months they directed their own program on the radio station WNVA in Norton , then in Bristol , Tennessee on WCYB. Here they first appeared officially as The Stanley Brothers .
Shortly afterwards, the brothers got a record deal with the small label Rich-R-Tones Records. Her first recordings were made in 1947, which were still in the hillbilly style. After traveling around the southern states and performing on various radio programs, they slowly began to develop their own style. With a mixture of fiddle pieces, hillbilly music and Bill Monroe's newly created bluegrass, they created their unmistakable bluegrass sound. In addition, many well-known musicians such as Pee Wee Lambert , Chubby Anthonie and Curly Lambert played in their band .
Career
In 1948 they moved to the great Columbia Records , where they stayed for three years. In 1951 Ralph Stanley suffered a serious car accident from which he recovered. During his recovery, Carter made recordings with the Bill Monroe. In 1953 the Stanley Brothers signed with Mercury Records . It was during this time that they had their greatest successes, some of their best-known titles being How Far to Little Rock , Ridin 'that Midnight Train and Man of Constant Sorrow , the latter being the theme for the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? .
In the early 1960s they moved to King Records . Meanwhile, they moved to Live Oak , Florida , where they ran the weekly radio show WNER Suwanee River Jamboree . They were also members of the KWKH Louisiana Hayride and the WBRM Carolina Barn Dance . But despite their many activities and appearances, the two brothers got into financial difficulties. Their sales continued to decline, and Carter Stanley became drunk from the continued failure. In 1966, the Stanley Brothers toured as part of the American Folk Blues Festival the concert agency Lippmann and Rau also by the Federal Republic of Germany .
After Carter Stanley's death
Carter Stanley died on December 1, 1966 at the age of 41. His daughter Jeannie dedicated her first album to her late father. Ralph Stanley continued to perform, his son is also a bluegrass musician. In 1992 the Stanley Brothers were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor . Since Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee awarded Ralph Stanley an honorary doctorate in 1976, he has been on the bluegrass scene "Dr. Ralph Stanley "called. In 2014 there was an honor from Yale University . Ralph Stanley died on June 23, 2016 at the age of 89.
Discography
| year | title | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich-R-Tones Records | |||
| 1947 | Molly and Tenbrooks / Rambler's Blues | ||
| 1947 | Girl Behind The Bar / Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home | ||
| 1948 | Little Glass Of Wine / Little Maggie | ||
| 1949 | Jealous Love / Our Darlings Gone | ||
| 1952 | Are You Waiting Just For Me / Little Girl and The Dreadful Snake | ||
| 1952 | Little Birdie / Little Glass of Wine | ||
| Columbia Records | |||
| 1949 | The White Dove / Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet | ||
| 1949 | Let Me Be Your Friend / Little Glass Of Wine | ||
| 1949 | It's Never Too Late / Angels Are Singing | ||
| 1950 | Vision Of Mother / Have You Someone | ||
| 1950 | Fields Have Turned Brown / The Old Home | ||
| 1950 | Too Late To Cry / I Love No One But You | ||
| 1950 | We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven / The Drunkard's Hell | ||
| 1950 | Hey Hey Hey / Pretty Polly | B-side published as Clinch Mountain Clan & Stanley Brothers | |
| 1951 | Man of Constant Sorrow / Lonesome River | ||
| 1952 | The Wandering Boy / Sweetest Love | ||
| 1954 | Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / ? | Columbia Hall of Fame Series publication | |
| Mercury Records | |||
| 1953 | I'm Lonesome Without You / This Weary Heart You Stole Away | ||
| 1953 | Our Last Goobye / Say Won't You Be Mine | ||
| 1954 | I Long To See The Old Folks / Voice From On High | ||
| 1954 | Could You Love Me (One More Time) / Memories Of Mother | ||
| 1954 | Dickson County Breakdown / Poison Lies | ||
| 1954 | Blue Moon of Kentucky / I Just Got Wise | ||
| 1954 | Calling From Heaven / Harbor Of Love | ||
| 1955 | Hard Times / I Worship You | ||
| 1955 | So Blue / You'd Better Get Right | ||
| 1955 | Lonesome And Blue / Orange Blossom Special | ||
| 1955 | I Hear My Savior Calling / Just A Little Talk With Jesus | ||
| 1956 | Big Tilda / Nobody's Love Is Like Mine | ||
| 1956 | Baby Girl / Say You'll Take Me Back | ||
| 1957 | The Flood / I'm Lost I'll Never Find The Way | ||
| 1957 | Cry From The Cross / Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side | ||
| 1957 | Fling Ding / Loving You Too Well | ||
| 1958 | I'd Rather Be Forgotten / If That's The Way You Feel | ||
| 1958 | I'll Grow Never Tired Of You / No School Bus In Heaven | ||
| 1958 | Gonna Paint The Town / That Happy Night | ||
| 1958 | Christmas Is Near / Holiday Pickin ' | ||
| 1959 | Maple On The Hill / Trust Each Other | ||
| 1959 | Another Night / Highway Of Regret | ||
| 1960 | Little At A Time / Ridin 'That Midnight Train | ||
| 1960 | Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / Rank Stranger | ||
| 1961 | God Gave You To Me / Little Maggie | ||
| 1961 | Don't Go Out Tonight / If I Lose | ||
| 1961 | Carolina Mountain Home / Few More Seasons | ||
| 1962 | Choo Choo Comin ' / Come All Ye Tenderhearted | ||
| King Records | |||
| 1958 | She's More To Be Pitied / Train 45 | ||
| 1958 | Midnight Ramble / Love Me Darling Just Tonight | ||
| 1959 | Keep A Memory / Mastertone March | ||
| 1959 | How Can We Thank Him / That Home Far Away | ||
| 1959 | The Memory Of You Smile / Swanee River Hoedown | ||
| 1959 | White Dove / Mother's Footstep Guide Me On | ||
| 1959 | Mountain Girls Can Love / A Man Of Constant Sorrow | ||
| 1959 | Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Shenandoah Waltz | ||
| 1960 | How Far To Little Rock? / Heaven Seems So Near | ||
| 1960 | When Jesus Beckons Me Home / Pass Me Not | ||
| 1960 | Mountain Dew / Old Rattler | ||
| 1960 | Sweeter Than Flowers / Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday | ||
| 1960 | Mother Left Me Her Bible / Over On Glory Land | ||
| 1960 | Daybreak In Dixie / Finger Poppin 'Time | ||
| 1960 | Old Love Letter / Little Benny | ||
| 1961 | The Angel Of Death / Jordan | ||
| 1961 | The Window Up Above / The Wild Side of Live | ||
| 1961 | Little Bessie / Village Church Yard | ||
| 1961 | I'll Take The Blame / I'd Worship You | ||
| 1961 | There Is A Trap / Fast Express | ||
| 1961 | Jacob's Vision / Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine | ||
| 1962 | Still Trying To Get To Little Rock / String, Eraser and Blooter | ||
| 1962 | I'm Only Human / Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Of Me | ||
| 1962 | My Deceitful Heart / Drunkard's Dream | ||
| 1962 | I Just Came From Your Wedding / Mama Don't Allow | ||
| 1963 | Who Will Sing For Me? / Drinking From The Fountain | ||
| 1963 | Old And Only In The Way / Six Months Ain't Long | ||
| 1963 | Memories Of Mother / Paul and Silas | ||
| 1963 | Lips That Lie / He Wants To Sleep - The Hogs Ate Him | ||
| 1963 | Stone Walls And Steel Bars / Lonesome Night | ||
| 1964 | Don't Cheat In Our Home Town / I See Through You | ||
| 1964 | A Crown He Wore / John Three Sixteen | ||
| 1964 | Train 45 / I Just Stood There | ||
| 1964 | How Bad I Do Feel / Bully Of The Town | ||
| 1964 | He's Passing His Way / Shoutin 'On The Hills Of Glory | ||
| 1964 | He's Passing His Way / Shoutin 'On The Hills Of Glory | Republication | |
| 1964 | Five String Drag / Shout Little Lucie | ||
| 1965 | How You've Tortured My Mind / Rollin 'On Rubber Wheels | ||
| 1966 | End Of The Road / Pray For The Boys | ||
| 1966 | Never Again / Prayer Of A Truck Driver's Son | ||
| 1966 | Soldier's Grave / Take Me Home | ||
| 1966 | God's Highway / I Feel Like Going Home | ||
| 1967 | Little birdie / whiskey | ||
| 1968 | Hills Of Roan County / I Don't Want You Ramblin 'Letters | ||
| 1969 | I'll Just Go Away / Midnight Ramble | ||
| 1973 | How Far To Little Rock / Little Maggie | ||
| 1977 | Love Me Darling Just Tonight / Next Sunday, Darling, Is My Birthday | ||
Individual evidence
- ^ Rüdiger Bloemeke: Live in Germany, Voodoo Verlag, Hamburg, 2008. ISBN 978-3-00-023781-2
- ^ Examiner.com, Yale awards bluegrass great Ralph Stanley second honorary doctorate , May 20, 2014
- ↑ http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Bluegrass-legend-Ralph-Stanley-dies-at-the-age-of-88-384205011.html
literature
- Ralph Stanley, Eddie Dean: Man of Constant Sorrow. Penguin Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-5924-0584-8 , autobiography, excerpt