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'''Carter Glen Stanley''' (August 27, 1925 – December 1, 1966) was a [[bluegrass music]] lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitar player. He formed "The [[Stanley Brothers]] and The Clinch Mountain Boys" band together with his younger brother [[Ralph Stanley]]. |
'''Carter Glen Stanley''' (August 27, 1925 – December 1, 1966) was a [[bluegrass music]] lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitar player. He formed "The [[Stanley Brothers]] and The Clinch Mountain Boys" band together with his younger brother [[Ralph Stanley]]. |
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In 1992 Carter Stanley was posthumously inducted into the [[International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor]]. |
In 1992 Carter Stanley was posthumously inducted into the [[International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor]]. |
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In 2013 a biography was released ''Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers'' by David W. Johnson. |
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Carter Stanley | |
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| Birth name | Carter Glen Stanley |
| Born | August 27, 1925 Big Spraddle Creek, Virginia, U.S.A. |
| Died | December 1, 1966 (aged 41) Bristol, Tennessee, U.S.A. |
| Genres | Bluegrass, Old-time |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, singer, songwriter |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1946–1966 |
| Labels | Rich-R-Tone, Columbia, Mercury, Starday, King |
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Carter Glen Stanley (August 27, 1925 – December 1, 1966) was a bluegrass music lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitar player. He formed "The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys" band together with his younger brother Ralph Stanley.
Biography
Stanley was born in Big Spraddle Creek in Dickenson County, Virginia. The son of Lucy and Lee Stanley, Carter grew up in rural southwestern Virginia. In 1946 he and his brother Ralph formed the Stanley Brothers, one of the most respected and influential bands in the new genre of bluegrass music. Carter played guitar and sang lead while Ralph played banjo and sang with a strong, high tenor voice. Their harmonies are much admired, and many consider Carter Stanley to be one of the greatest natural singers in the history of country music. Carter also composed more than a hundred songs, and many of them remain standards in the bluegrass genre. He had a particular knack for deceptively simple lyrics that portrayed strong emotion. His most famous compositions include "White Dove" and "The Fields Have Turned Brown." His arrangement of "Man of Constant Sorrow" was popularized in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Some of his songs were published under the pseudonym "Ruby Rakes".[1])
The brothers broke up in 1951 and Carter Stanley briefly played guitar with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys. In 1953, he and Ralph reunited. After that time, the Stanley Brothers stayed together as a brother act until October 21, 1966, when Carter began hemorrhaging during a performance at a school auditorium in Hazel Green, Kentucky and had to leave the stage. He died six weeks later on December 1, 1966. A heavy drinker, Carter was dead from cirrhosis of the liver at age 41. He was buried in accordance with his request on Smith Ridge, near Coeburn, Virginia.[2]
In 1992 Carter Stanley was posthumously inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.
Publication
In 2013 a biography was released Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers by David W. Johnson.
References
- ^ "Ruby Rakes - Real Name: Carter Glen Stanley". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ Wright, John (1995). Traveling the High Way Home. University of Illinois Press. p. 5.
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- American bluegrass guitarists
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- People from Dickenson County, Virginia
- Singers from Virginia
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- Songwriters from Virginia
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