
Photo: The Cline Brothers: Curly Ray Cline & Charlie Cline.
Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys - Rollin' On The Rubber Wheels
Ralph II has a fine new album available on Stanley Family Records.
Featuring a choice selection of songs, the album successfully combines the rich legacy of the "Stanley" sound with Ralph II's own contemporary country-influences.
Click here for a full review.
If you're in the US CD's can be ordered from Ralph II's webstore / ralph2.com. (Outside of the US if you're address shows as invalid, use the contact email on ralph2.com to sort mailing costs/payment)
Digital copies can be found on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon (US), Amazon (UK). There's also a playlist on youtube.
On this day... |
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| Ralph Stanley II |
| 19 Mar - 19 May 2005 - Warrenton, VA (21 years ago) Ralph II had a show (with the CMBs) at Fauquier High School, Warrenton, Virginia. Also on the bill was Cliff Waldron. The event was a fund-raiser for the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company. Tickets cost $15 in advance, or $20 on the door. |
| Ralph Stanley |
| 16 - 17 May 1969 - Los Angeles, CA (57 years ago) Ralph had a two night booking at the Hollywood Center Theatre, 1451 Las Palmas, Los Angleles, California. The shows were the third in a series of "Ash Grove Revival Concerts" and ran from 8:30pm to 2am, and were headlined by folk singer Hedy West. |
| 16 May 1970 - Fusconia, KY (56 years ago) Ralph had a show in Fusconia, Kentucky. |
| 15 - 16 May 1971 - Callaway, MD (55 years ago) Ralph and Curly Ray Cline were both billed as appearing at Otis Woody - Irving Knott's "3rd Annual Spring Bluegrass Music Festival" at Take It Easy Ranch, Callaway Maryland. Also listed were: Bill Emerson, Bob Goff, Cliff Waldron, Country Gentlemen, Del McCoury, Doyle Lawson, Gloria Bell, J.D. Crowe, J.E. Mainer, Jimmy Martin, Leon Morris, Lester Flatt, Mac Wiseman, Mike Seeger, Wiley & Zeke The Morris Brothers. |
| 16 - 18 May 1974 - Troy, NC (52 years ago) Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point between 16-18 May) at the '4th Annual Montgomery County Bluegrass Festival', one mile west of Troy, North Carolina on Highway 27 & 109. The festival itself ran from 15-19 May and other acts included: Osborne Bros. Charlie Moore, Jim & Jesse, James Monroe, Snuffy Jenkins, Pappy Sherril & Greasy Medlin, Herschel Sizemore & Country Grass, Jones Bros. & the Log Cabin Boys, Red Rector, Lincoln County Partners, Betty Fisher, Red White's Bluegrass Band, Smokey Ridge Boys, Blue Grass Kats, Sounds Of Grass, Clinton King & Virginia Mountain Boys, Bluegrass Tarheels, Homer Briarhopper, Glen Thompson, Hillbilly John, Jim Sizemore, Conrad Hinson Family, Happy Hollow String Band, and Blue Denim. |
| 16 May 1980 - Scioto Furnace, OH (46 years ago) Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (16 May) at the '5th Annual Bluegrass Festival' in Scioto Furnace, Ohio. The festival itself ran from 15-18 May and other acts included: Lewis Family, Osborne Bros., Country Gentlemen, the Mayor & Buford Show, Lonnie Glosson, Wilson Bros., Second Addition, Goins Bros., Copley Bros, and Outdoor Plumbing Co. |
| 15 - 16 May 1981 - Scioto Furnace, OH (45 years ago) Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday / Saturday (15-16 May) at R.W. Keens & Melvin Goins' '6th Annual Bluegrass Festival' in Scioto Furnace, Ohio. The festival itself ran from 14-17th May and other acts included: Osborne Bros., Lewis Family, Country Gentlemen, Boys From Indiana, Goins Bros., Copley Bros. & RW Skeens, Outdoor Plumbing Company, Bill Grant & Delia Bell, Southland Express, and Jimmy Lykins & Band. |
| 21 Feb - 21 May 1985 - Nashville, TN (41 years ago) Ralph played a show at the Station Inn, Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 16 May 1987 - Albany, GA (39 years ago) Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (16 May) at the '3rd Annual Georgia Bluegrass Festival' at the Exchange Club Fairgrounds, Albany, Georgia. The festival itself ran from 15-16 May and raised funds for the prevention of child abuse. Other acts included: Lewis Family, Raymond Fairchild, Curley Secker & Nashville Grass, Bluegrass Cardinals, Johnson Mountain Boys, Wendy Bagwell & Sunliters, Bill Harrell, New Coon Creek Girls, and Loggy Bottom. |
| 16 May 1997 - Berea, KY (29 years ago) Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (16 May) at the 'Red Mule Bluegrass Festival', Walnut Meadow Campground, Berea, Kentucky. The festival itself ran from 15-17 May and other acts included: Osborne Bros., JD Crowe, Continental Divide, Lou Reid & Carolina, James King, John Cosby & the Bluegrass Drifters, Southern Harvest, Sam Wilson, Eastbound, Gary Brewer, Bluetowne, Thunder & the Hosscats, Kerby Knob Boys, Carr & Hammond, Liberty Road, Homer Ledford & Cabin Creek, Bluelicks, Fire House Pickers, and Brush Creek Grass. |
| 16 May 1998 - Gettysburg, PA (28 years ago) Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (16 May) at the '37th Semi-Annual Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival' at Granite Hill Campground, Gettysburg, PA. They band were scheduled to appear at 1:30 and 6:35 pm. The festival itself ran from 14-17 May and other acts included: Alison Krauss, IIIrd Tyme Out, Del McCoury, Lonesome River Band, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Country Gentlemen, Warrior River Boys, Seldom Scene, Isaacs, Lewis Family, The Adairs, Forbes Family, Gary Ferguson, John kirk & Trish Miller, Charlie Sizemore, Scott Brannon, and Blue Daze. |
| 16 May 1999 - Cumberland, MD (27 years ago) Ralph was listed as appearing at 'Canal Fest' in Cumberland, Maryland. |
| 16 May 2008 - Knoxville, TN (18 years ago) Ralph had an 8pm show at the World Grotto, Knoxville, Tennessee. Afterwards at midnight the venue held a CD release party for local hip-hop/electronica outfit 4matiks. |
| 16 May 2009 - Maggie Valley, NC (17 years ago) Ralph played on Saturday (16 May) at the "Old New & Bluegrass Festival" at Maggie Valley Fairgrounds, Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Also on the show were: III Tyme Out, the Lonesome River Band, Buddy Greene, White Top Mountain Band, The Hominy Valley Boys, and Hagar's Mountain Boys. The festival was a benefit for Youth for Christ's Outdoor Mission Camp |
| 15 - 18 May 2014 - Gettysburg, PA (12 years ago) Ralph appeared (at some point) at "Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival", Granite Hill Camping Resort, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The festival itself ran from 15-18 May and other acts included: Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, and the Howlin' Bros. |
| 16 - 17 May 2014 - Nashville, IN (12 years ago) Ralph appeared (at some point) at the "Muddy Roots Spring Weekender", eXplore Brown County, Nashville, Indiana. The festival itself ran from 16-17 May and other acts included: The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Jayke Orvis & the Broken Band, The Tillers, The Pine Hill Haints, Black Jake & the Carnies, Carrie Nation & the Speakeasy, Calamity Cubes, James Hunicutt, Fifth On the Floor, Megan Jean & the Klay Family Band, Dad Horse Experience, O'Death, Strawfoot, Whistle Pigs, and Owen Mays. |
| 16 May 2015 - Bremen, GA (11 years ago) Ralph and Nathan had a show at the Mill Town Music Hall, Bremen, Georgia. Also on the bill was T. Graham Brown. Tickets cost $40 in advance (premium reserved $45). |
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