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Ralph Stanley dead at 89. (Original Post)
RandySF
Jun 2016
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johnp3907
(3,730 posts)1. Legend.
deminks
(11,014 posts)2. Thank you for posting.
ileus
(15,396 posts)3. RIP....your heavenly reward waits.
Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)4. Saw him in person a couple times.
I think his son worked with him.
RIP
BeyondGeography
(39,370 posts)5. Loved him
Irreplaceable.
RIP.
d_r
(6,907 posts)6. no one will be a stranger
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)7. He sent chills up my spine
at Bonnaroo 07.
RIP Ralph, I can hear you singing this now.
Just a snippet. I was way over to the right, and the crowd was nearly silent.
spanone
(135,831 posts)8. Oh, Death
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)9. A great loss
liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)10. Anyone remember this?
RIP
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)11. He was a giant in Bluegrass
RIP Ralph
ornotna
(10,800 posts)12. Was lucky to see him once
Great show and they met with the fans after the show, nice people. May he rest in peace.
kentuck
(111,089 posts)13. Ralph was the voice of bluegrass music...
Nobody could sing bluegrass like Ralph Stanley. He is one of my musical heroes. We will never see another like him.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)14. I REJECT 2016
WTF is up with this year?
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)15. Nobody could sing that close harmony like Ralph & Carter
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)16. This needs to be added here.
In spite of Brexit.
We lost another good one.
Edit: crosspost from a lovely poster in Video & Multimedia