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Ralph Stanley is dead
« on: June 23, 2016, 10:29:11 PM »
Just heard about it on Facebook.

Confirmed elsewhere online.

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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2016, 11:13:24 PM »
O-o-oh, death.

A legend, he was. Saw him once.
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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2016, 01:14:17 AM »
Bummer.
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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2016, 05:25:59 PM »
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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2016, 07:21:13 PM »
saw it last night while monitoring Brexit.

Very, very bummed.
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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2016, 08:33:00 PM »
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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2016, 11:47:38 PM »
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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2016, 11:49:21 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 24, 2016, 11:47:38 PM
Ahh, your song choice is even more appropriate than mine. [kicks rocks]


Another of his songs I like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur7cXcU5Nlk




Besides, O Death is the one everyone knows. I like to mix it up a bit and he's got a lot more in his repertoire.

Angel Band is one of my favorite tunes of all time, but it was a toss up between that and I've Seen The Rock Of Ages (which is another favorite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY6aLPQtDGU&index=6&list=PLl8obDI49TRvSt2Y6yiinCGlAcs1i_uBr )
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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2016, 12:18:59 AM »
I would have said O Death was much more obscure. I'd never heard it until it was in O Brother.

Different perspectives, I guess.
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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2016, 07:43:40 AM »
Quote from: fistful on June 25, 2016, 12:18:59 AM
I would have said O Death was much more obscure. I'd never heard it until it was in O Brother.

Different perspectives, I guess.

I had never heard of it before O Brother either, but since that time, it's the one piece everyone associates with Dr Stanley.

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Re: Ralph Stanley is dead
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2016, 11:24:26 AM »
A Ralph Stanley bio from the '90s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnM9bn3eUcI
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