Playlist - 6/26/2016 - Ralph Stanley

Hi Folks. 

This show was one of the most difficult to do in the eleven years I've been on the air.  My greatest inspiration in bluegrass music and especially the old mountain style of music, Dr. Ralph Stanley, died at his home in southwest Virginia Thursday evening, June 23rd.  His funeral was held at the site of the Hills of Home Festival near McClure, Virginia, Tuesday evening June 28.

Jim and Ralph  c1993

A great many articles, remembrances, obituaries, and videos about Ralph and The Stanley Brothers covered the press and the internet for days after Ralph's passing.  I decided to let the music do the talking on this special Bluegrass Cafe, and every song I played had Ralph Stanley as a participant.  I have never done anything like that on the show before, and it resulted in 62 songs in three hours celebrating the life and music of Ralph Stanley.

I'll make one comment:  When I was a kid North Carolina in the 1960s, I recall becoming aware of Ralph Stanley from radio broadcasts that my dad would have on in the mornings. My impression of Ralph was that he was a giant among men.   I didn't meet Ralph in person until many years later, and I was shocked at his relatively short stature -- nothing like I had imagined.  In spite of that, he will always be a giant in my mind.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Disk / Label

• Ralph Stanley / Coozy / Poor Rambler / King
• The Stanley Brothers / The Girl Behind the Bar / Earliest Recordings (Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s) / Revenant
• The Stanley Brothers / Mother No Longer Awaits Me at Home / Earliest Recordings (Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s) / Revenant
• The Stanley Brothers / The White Dove / 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers / Hey! Hey! Hey! / 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers / The Lonesome River / 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers / Pretty Polly / 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers / Let Me Be Your Friend / 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers / Molly and Tenbrook / Earliest Recordings (Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s) / Revenant
• The Stanley Brothers / The Little Glass of Wine / Earliest Recordings (Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s) / Revenant
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / (Say) Won't You Be Mine / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Dickson County Breakdown / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / I Worship You / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Hard Times / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / So Blue / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Tragic Love / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Daybreak in Dixie / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / I'd Rather Be Forgotten / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / No School Bus in Heaven / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Meet Me Tonight / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Nobody's Business / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Stanley Brothers / Holiday Pickin' / The Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 / King
• The Stanley Brothers / Gonna Paint the Town / The Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 / King
• The Stanley Brothers / Love Me, Darling Just Tonight / The Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 / King
• The Stanley Brothers / She's More to Be Pitied / The Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 / King
• The Stanley Brothers / How Mountain Girls Can Love / The Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 / King
• The Stanley Brothers / Clinch Mountain Backstep / The Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 / King
• Stanley Brothers / East Virginia Blues / Old-Time Songs / Stanleytone
• Stanley Brothers / Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Old-Time Songs / Stanleytone
• The Stanley Brothers / How Far to Little Rock / The Early Starday King Years 1958-1961 / King
• The Stanley Brothers / He Went To Sleep And The Hogs Ate Him / Radio Series Volume Two / Wango
• The Stanley Brothers / Little Maggie / Radio Series Volume One / Wango
• Ralph Stanley / Hemlocks and Primroses / Poor Rambler / King
• Ralph Stanley / Sharecropper's Son / Poor Rambler / King
• Ralph Stanley / Hills of Home / Poor Ramber / King
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / Cry From The Cross / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / Old-Time Pickin' / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bound To Ride / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / Katy Daly / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / Cluck Old Hen / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Ralph Stanley with Roy Lee Centers,Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley / Pig In A Pen / Classic Stanley / CR Freeland
• Ralph Stanley with Roy Lee Centers,Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley / Nobodys Love Is Like Mine / Classic Stanley / CR Freeland
• Ralph Stanley with Roy Lee Centers,Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley / Black Mountain Rag / Classic Stanley / CR Freeland
• Ralph Stanley with Roy Lee Centers,Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley / Kitten and the Cat / Classic Stanley / CR Freeland
• Ralph Stanley & Friends / Little Willie / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel
• Mark Newton (feat. Ralph Stanley,Tony Rice,Jerry Douglas) / Sugar Coated Love / Living a Dream / Rebel 
• Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley / I Feel Like Singing Today / I Feel Like Singing Today / Rebel
• Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Don't Weep For Me / Side By Side / Rebel
• The Bluegrass Mountaineers / It's Alright If That's The Way You Feel / Clinch Mountain Tradition / Maggard
• Ralph Stanley / Oh Death / O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack / Lost Highway
• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Village Church Yard / Almost Home / Rebel
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Angel Band / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / Over In The Gloryland / Clinch Mountain Gospel / Rebel
• Ralph Stanley / I'll Put On a Crown / I'll Answer The Call / Rebel
• Jeanie Stanley / Jesus Is Precious / Baby Girl / CMH
• Ralph Stanley with Roy Lee Centers,Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley / Take Your Shoes off Moses / Classic Gospel / CR Freeland
• Ralph Stanley / Going up Home to Live in Green Pastures / Poor Rambler / King
• Dr. Ralph Stanley / Purple Robe / The Definitive Collection / Dr Ralph Stanley Music
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / I'm Gonna Sing / Back To The Cross / Freeland
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / Waitin' For The Master To Come / Back To The Cross / Freeland
• Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys / No Burdens Pass Through / Back To The Cross / Freeland