The Stanley Brothers

	The Stanley Brothers
	Ralph Stanley 2008
Bakgrund	Dickenson County, Virginia, USA
Genrer	Bluegrass, folk, country, gospel
År som aktiva	1946 – 1966
Skivbolag	Rich-R-Tone, Columbia Records, Mercury Records, King Records, Starday Records, Wango, Rimrock
Artistsamarbeten	Reno & Smiley, Pete Seeger, Flatt & Scruggs, Mac Wiseman, Keith Whitley, Bob Dylan
Tidigare medlemmar
	Carter Stanley; Ralph Stanley
	Utmärkelser International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame (1992)

The Stanley Brothers var en amerikansk bluegrassduo som bestod av bröderna Carter och Ralph Stanley.^[1] Carter spelade gitarr och sjöng huvudstämman medan Ralph spelade banjo och sjöng med en stark hög tenorröst.

Gruppen upplöstes i och med Carters död 1966. The Stanley Brothers valdes in i International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame 1992.

Diskografi (urval)

Album

1958 – Country Pickin' and Singin'
1959 – The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys
1959 – Mountain Song Favorites
1959 – Hymns and Sacred Songs
1959 – Everybody's Country Favorites
1960 – For the Good People
1960 – Sacred Songs from the Hills
1961 – The Stanleys in Person
1961 – Long Journey Home
1961 – Old Time Camp Meeting
1961 – Old Country Church
1961 – Live at Antioch College
1962 – Folk Song Festival
1962 – Award Winners
1962 – The Mountain Music Sound
1962 – Good Old Camp Meeting Songs
1963 – Country-Folk Music Spotlight King
1963 – World's Finest 5-String Banjo
1964 – Just Because
1964 – Hymns of the Cross
1965 – Songs of Mother and Home
1965 – Sing and Play Bluegrass Songs for You
1966 – Jacob's Vision
1966 – Bluegrass Gospel Favorites
1966 – A Beautiful Life
1968 – Over the Sunset Hill
1981 – Shadows of the Past
2004 – An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956

Singlar

The Stanley Brothers' singel "I Hear My Savior Calling".

1947 – "Mother No Longer Awaits Me at Home" / "The Girl Behind the Bar"
1948 – "Little Maggie" / "The Little Glass of Wine"
1948 – "The Rambler's Blues" / "Molly and Tenbrooks"
1949 – "The Jealous Lover" / "Our Darling's Gone"
1949 – "The White Dove" / "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet"
1949 – "Little Glass of Wine" / "Let Me Be Your Friend"
1949 – "The Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight)" / "It's Never Too Late"
1949 – "A Vision of Mother" / "Have You Someone (In Heaven Awaiting)"
1950 – "The Old Home" / "The Fields Have Turned Brown"
1950 – "Death is Only a Dream" / "I Can Tell You the Time"
1950 – "I Love No One But You" / "Too Late to Cry"
1950 – "We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven" / "The Drunkard's Hell"
1950 – "Hey! Hey! Hey!" / "Pretty Polly"
1951 – "The Lonesome River" / "I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow"
1952 – "Sweetest Love" / "The Wandering Boy"
1952 – "Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake" / "Are You Waiting Just for Me?"
1952 – "Little Glass of Wine" / "Little Birdie"
1953 – "This Weary Heart You Stole Away" / "I'm Lonesome Without You"
1953 – "Say Won't You Be Mine" / "Our Last Goodbye"
1954 – "I Long To See The Old Folks" / "A Voice From On High"
1954 – "Memories Of Mother" / "Could You Love Me One More Time"
1954 – "Poison Lies" / "Dickson County Breakdown"
1954 – "Blue Moon of Kentucky" / "I Just Got Wise"
1954 – "Calling From Heaven" / "Harbor Of Love"
1955 – "Hard Times" / "I Worship You"
1955 – "So Blue" / "You'd Better Get Right"
1955 – "Lonesome And Blue" / "Orange Blossom Special"
1955 – "I Hear My Savior Calling" / "Just A Little Talk With Jesus"
1956 – "Nobody's Love Is Like Mine" / "Big Tilda"
1956 – "Baby Girl" / "Say You'll Take Me Back"
1957 – "I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way" / "The Flood"
1957 – "Fling Ding" / "Loving You Too Well"
1958 – "She's More To Be Pitied" / "Train 45"
1958 – "Midnight Ramble" / "Love Me Darling Just Tonight"
1959 – "Keep a Memory" / "Mastertone March"
1959 – "How Can We Thank Him" / "That Home Far Away"
1959 – "The Memory of Your Smile" / "Suwanee River Hoedown"
1959 – "The White Dove" / "Mother's Footsteps Guide Me On"

Referenser

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. ”The Stanley Brothers Biography”. Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-stanley-brothers-p692/biography. Läst 10 mars 2011.

Externa länkar

Wikimedia Commons har media som rör The Stanley Brothers.
Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center
The Stanley Brothers - diskografi

[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. ”The Stanley Brothers Biography”. Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-stanley-brothers-p692/biography. Läst 10 mars 2011.

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