Ralph Stanley, veteran of the first generation of bluegrass musicians, died last Thursday at the age of 89. Amazingly, in the midst of all the referendum brouhaha, his death got a mention on the BBC news (on radio at least). Stanley was performing well into his 80s, his career having been given a new lease of life when his version of the Appalachian dirge
O Death was featured in the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers'
Oh Brother Where Art Thou? It even won a Grammy.
Here he is, in good voice, looking forward to the life to come. RIP Dr Ralph.
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