TRUE TO HIS COOL, ALL THE WAY TO THE END.

Another quick one as the moving deadline approaches. Tonight it's a no brainer. Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley died yesterday at the age of 89. I'm not sure if he was still performing, but I did see written somewhere that he decided in 2014 to put off retirement. His last recording was in 2015. So, yeah, Jagger and his ilk have a ways to go to catch up. 

Every genre has its OGs and Stanley was the last of the bluegrass OGs. You know as well as I do that any musician with a long career is going to have some stinkers, but I defy you to find a Ralph Stanley stinker. Not in seventy years of performing. Jeez, just listen to "O Death". A capella, no picking whatsoever, it'll give you the chills. Especially today.

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Listen:

Ralph Stanley - O Death mp3 at Simon Fraser University (?)
Ralph Stanley - Highway of Regret mp3 at Jack Tuttle
Ralph Stanley - This Little Light of Mine mp3 at Heavens Daily

The Stanley Brothers - It's Never Too Late Over mp3 at Time Goes By Tibbles! Represent!
Ralph Stanley with Bob Dylan - The Lonesome River mp3 at Ferrum College (?)