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| Dr. Ralph Stanley in Farthing |
Stephanie Marshall
Entertainment Beat |
Special to | The Appalachian |
Appalachian Homecoming “Magic
in the Mountains” will continue tomorrow evening starting at
8 p.m. with a concert in Farthing Auditorium featuring Dr. Ralph
Stanley and His Clinch Mountain Boys, sponsored by Appalachian Popular
Programming Society (A.P.P.S).
“We wanted to present a homecoming show
and have been calling places since May,” said Joey Bullock,
chairperson of the Concert Council within A.P.P.S. “Dr. Ralph
Stanley heard we were calling around and gave us a date that they
were free; the show just fell into our laps.”
The sit-down show will consist of two 45-minute sets with a 25-minute
intermission, ending just before 10 p.m.
Born and now residing in Dickenson County, Va.,
Stanley returns home when he is not on tour to relax and spend time
with his wife, Jimmi and their three kids, Lisa, Tonya and Ralph
II. He has been playing old-time and bluegrass music for 55 years,
having learned how to play from his mother.
The difference between old-time and bluegrass
music is the instruments used. |
He started the
band with his brother, the late Carter Stanley.
Ralph Stanley has picked up members of His Clinch Mountain Boys
throughout the years. They live throughout the mountains of Kentucky,
Tennessee and Virginia.
The band keeps a busy schedule with their workweek starting either
Wednesday or Thursday and continuing through Sunday.
The band has not only toured all over the United States but has
had the privilege of visiting many countries, including several
tours in Japan
Recently, Stanley has won many awards as a bluegrass musician, including
2002 Grammy Award for Country Male Vocalist, Performance of the
Year, 2001 Album of the Year and Best Compilation Soundtrack Album
for “O Brother Where Art Thou?”
Tickets are being sold in the Farthing box office for $8 through
Friday afternoon and for $10 at the door. A.P.P.S. hopes low-ticket
prices will enable this show to not only draw students but the community
as well.
“Come out and see the legend, Dr. Ralph Stanley,” Bullock
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