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For Immediate ReleaseOctober 10, 2005 Virginia Gov. Warner Honors Dr. Ralph Stanley At National Folk Festival With a proclamation honoring his life and work.Nashville, TN - On Sunday, October 9,Virginia’s Lt. Governor Tim Kaine presented a proclamation on Governor Mark Warner’s behalf to Dr. Ralph Stanley, a native Virginian, in honor of his life and work as a pioneering traditional country music artist. The presentation was made at the National Folk Festival in Richmond, an annual three-day traditional arts event with approximately 100,000 people attending. “Dr. Stanley has been a friend, a supporter, and an incredible ambassador for Virginia, specifically for our Appalachian region. This may not compare to a Grammy award or the museum named in his honor, but I hope this proclamation will reiterate Virginia’s pride and appreciation for a legendary musician who has helped shape the musical landscape of our Commonwealth and our country,” said Governor Warner. Dr. Stanley was born in and still makes his home in Dickenson County in Southwest Virginia. He is a traditional country music pioneer who has released or performed on more than 200 albums and has won three Grammy Awards. On October 15, 2004, Governor Warner joined Dr. Stanley and other state and local leaders to officially open the Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center in Clintwood, Virginia. The museum is an anchor on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. ### Contact: Norma Morris 615 952-9250 October 21, 2004 - New CD, The Stanley Brothers, Live at New River Ranch is available from the fan club. Order your copy today! This CD makes a nice companion to the release a couple years back of a 1961 show at the same venue, "Riding that New River Train." If you missed that one (or if you've got it and crave more of the Stanley Brothers sound), you'll definately have to add this one to your collection. Live at the New River Ranch is available only at the record table at Ralph's shows and through the Ralph Stanley Fan Club. For Immediate Release: September 9, 2004 Museum Honoring Music Legend Ralph Stanley Set to Open October 16 -World class, interactive museum will transport visitors to the origins of traditional country and bluegrass music via Ralph Stanley’s legendary career and authentic style of music- January 26, 2003 - Hills of Home Bluegrass Festival has been updated. The Press Office Press Information September 18, 2001 Ralph Stanley Has Sept. 25 Date With Clinch Mountain Sweethearts
Still generating praise for his performances on the multiplatinum soundtrack album, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Ralph Stanley debuts a new collection for Rebel Records on Sept. 25, Clinch Mountain Sweethearts. The album features the Grand Ole Opry star and Bluegrass Hall of Honor member in duets with 15 of the top women vocalists in country, folk and bluegrass music. The songs and Stanley’s duet partners are "Ridin’ That Midnight Train" and "Trust Each Other," with Iris DeMent; "Will You Miss Me," Pam Tillis; "Little Willie," Patty Mitchell; "Oh, Death," Gillian Welch; "Loving You Too Well," Dolly Parton; "The Memory Of Your Smile," Maria Muldaur; "Are You Tired Of Me, Darling," Sara Evans; "Weeping Willow," Joan Baez; "I’ll Never Grow Tired Of You," Kristi Stanley; "Rank Stranger," Gail Davies; "Angel Band," Chely Wright; "You Win Again," Melba Montgomery; "I’m Ready To Go," Jeannie Seely; "Farther Along," Lucinda Williams; and "I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers," Valerie Smith. Stanley’s producer on Clinch Mountain Sweethearts is Bil VornDick, who also produced the bluegrass patriarch’s prize-winning Clinch Mountain Country (Rebel Records). In April, Stanley earned a standing ovation at Carnegie Hall where he performed with other musicians from the O Brother soundtrack. This year, major articles on Stanley and his Appalachian-steeped music have appeared in the New York Times, Spin, Rolling Stone, Oxford America, and most recently in The New Yorker, an extensive profile on Stanley by novelist and Newsweek music critic David Gates. ## Contact for Publicity: Norma Morris, 615 269-3670, publicity@thepressoffice.net Contact for Booking: James Shelton 423 357-1623 JamesAlanShelton@aol.com August 30, 2001 - Ralph Stanley will make his debut on CBS’s Late Night With David Letterman...
Contact: Norma Morris The Press Office
(615-269-3670) For Immediate Release August 30, 2001 publicity@thepressoffice.net Ralph Stanley will make his debut on CBS’s Late Night With David Letterman Monday, Sept. 3, at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT (10:30 p.m. CT). Stanley’s performance will cap a season of stellar achievements that include a June appearance at Carnegie Hall with the cast of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack album; the continuing tenure of the O Brother soundtrack at No. 1 slot Billboard’s top country albums chart; a major profile in the Aug. 20/27 issue of The New Yorker magazine; and the September 25 release of Clinch Mountain Sweethearts, a collection of duets on Rebel Records between Stanley and Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch, Iris DeMent, Lucinda Williams, Sara Evans, Chely Wright and others. ## July 16, 2001 - Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys Song & Memory Book Volume 3 is available by online order . July 3, 2001 - The Oxford American magazine publishes annual double issue on Southern music, which includes a CD with a track from Ralph Stanley and Bob Dylan. |
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