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Biography
Ralph Edmund Stanley was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of the Stanley Brothers, and most often as the leader of his band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. He was also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctor of Yale University · 2014
- National Medal of Arts · 2006
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Library of Congress Living Legend
