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Ralph Stanley

While he preferred the word “hill music” to “bluegrass,” Ralph Stanley ranked second and then Expenses Monroe in his importance towards the genre. A pioneering clawhammer banjoist and riveting vocalist, Stanley shot to prominence along with his sibling Carter as well as the Clinch Hill Boys within the ’40s and …

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