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Ralph Stanley
Person · male · United States · McClure · born 1927 · died 2016 · recording since 1967
American singer and banjo player (1927–2016)
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Also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley · Ralph Edmond Stanley · Ralph Edmund Stanley · Ralph Stanley & Friends · Ralph Stanley and Friends · 拉尔夫·史坦利
Timeline
68 events▣ Album 63✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1920s
1960s
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Debut release: Old Time Music
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1980s
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2000s
2010s
Biography
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Biography
Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016) 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.
He was part of the first generation of bluegrass musicians and was inducted into both the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor and the Grand Ole Opry. Stanley also often performed with Country music artists and performed the genre itself.
The Stanley Brothers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2026.
Biography
Stanley was born, grew up, and lived in rural Southwest Virginia—"in a little town called McClure at a place called Big Spraddle Creek, just up the holler" from where he moved in 1936. Before that he lived in another part of Dickenson County. The son of Lee and Lucy Smith Stanley, Ralph did not grow up around a lot of music in his home. As he said, his "daddy didn't play an instrument, but sometimes he would sing church music... I'd hear him sing songs like 'Man of Constant Sorrow
Man of Constant SorrowSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1We Shall Rise2:472I Only Exist3:313Sweethearts in Heaven2:574Rank Stranger3:215I Am the Man, Thomas2:236White Dove3:397Red Wicked Wine2:238Pig in a Pen1:599Two Coats3:0710Brand New Tennessee Waltz3:5611Short Life of Trouble3:0012Hills of Home2:1613Man of Constant Sorrow2:50,' 'Pretty Polly' and 'Omie Wise.'"
I got my first banjo when I was a teenager. I guess I was 15, 16 years old. My aunt had this old banjo, and Mother bought it for me ... paid $5 for it, which back then was probably like $5,000. [My parents] had a little store, and I remember my aunt took it out in groceries.
He learned to play the banjo, clawhammer style, from his mother:
She had 11 brothers and sisters, and all of them could play the five-string banjo. She played gatherings around the neighborhood, like bean stringin's. She tuned it up for me and played this tune, "Shout Little Luly," and I tried to play it like she did. But I think I developed my own style of the banjo.
He graduated from high school on May 2, 1945, and was inducted into the Army on May 16, serving for "little more than a year." When he got home he immediately began performing:
... my daddy and Carter picked me up from the (station), and Carter was playing with another group, Roy Sykes and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys, and they had a personal appearance that night. So I sung a song with Carter on the radio before I even got home.
Clinch Mountain Boys
After considering a course in "veterinary", he decided instead to join his older guitar-playing brother Carter Stanley (1925–1966) to form the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1946. Drawing heavily on the musical traditions of the area, which included the unique singing style of the Primitive Baptist Universalist church and the sweet down-home family harmonies of the Carter Family, the two Stanley brothers began playing on local radio stations. They first performed at Norton, Virginia's WNVA, but did not stay long there, moving on instead to Bristol, Virginia, and WCYB to start the show Farm and Fun Time, where they stayed "off and on for 12 years".
At first they covered "a lot of Bill Monroe music" (one of the first groups to pick up the new "bluegrass
BluegrassSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracksA1Keep My Love With YouA2Another Song, Another DrinkA3Hulla GullA4Let's Keep Old Glory WavingB1Take Me BackB2Rock BottomB3BuckwheatB4River Underground" format). They soon "found out that didn't pay off—we needed something of our own. So we started writing songs in 1947, 1948. I guess I wrote 20 or so banjo tunes, but Carter was a better writer than me." When Columbia Records signed them as The Stanley Brothers, Monroe left in protest joining Decca Records. Later, Carter went back to sing for the "Father of Bluegrass", Monroe.
Ralph Stanley gave his opinion on Bill Monroe's apparent change of heart: "He [Monroe] knew Carter would make him a good singer... Bill Monroe loved our music and loved our singing."
The Stanley Brothers joined King Records in the late 1950s, a record company which was so eclectic that it included James Brown at the time. In fact, James Brown and his band were in the studio when the Stanley Brothers recorded "Finger Poppin' Time". "James and his band were poppin' their fingers on that" according to Ralph. At King Records, they "went to a more 'Stanley style', the sound that people most know today."
Ralph and Carter performed as The Stanley Brothers with their band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, from 1946 to 1966. Ralph kept the band name when he continued as a solo act after Carter's death, from 1967 until his death in 2016.
Solo
After Carter died of complications of cirrhosis in 1966, after ailing for "a year or so", Ralph Stanley faced a hard decision on whether to continue performing on his own. "I was worried, I didn't know if I could do it by myself. But boy, I got letters, 3,000 of 'em, and phone calls... I went to Syd Nathan at King and asked him if he wanted me to go on, and he said, 'Hell yes! You might be better than both of them.'"
He decided to go it alone, eventually reviving The Clinch Mountain Boys. Larry Sparks, Roy Lee Centers, and Charlie Sizemore were among those with whom he played in the revived band. He encountered Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley arriving late to his own show, "They were about 16 or 17, and they were holding the crowd 'til we got there... They sounded just exactly like (the Stanley Brothers)." Seeing their potential, he hired them "to give 'em a chance", though that meant a seven-member band. Eventually, his son, Ralph Stanley II, took over as lead singer and rhythm guitarist for The Clinch Mountain Boys. His grandson Nathan Stanley became the last lead singer and band leader for The Clinch Mountain Boys.
Following Ralph Stanley Sr.'s death, Ralph Stanley II reformed the Clinch Mountain Boys as a trio, which continues to tour and record as of 2025. Nathan Stanley has since toured as a solo artist.
Political career
About 1970, Ralph Stanley ran for Clerk of Court and Commissioner of Revenue in Dickenson County and said:
What happened is, somebody traded me off—they used my popularity and money to elect somebody else. I was done dirty. And I'm so proud that I was done dirty, because if I had been elected ... I woulda had a job to do ... maybe woulda finally quit. So that's one time I was done dirty and I want to thank them for it now.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Stanley's work was featured in the very popular 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, in which he sings the Appalachian dirge "O Death". The soundtrack's producer was T-Bone Burnett. Stanley said the following about working with Burnett:
T-Bone Burnett had several auditions for that song. He wanted it in the Dock Boggs style. So I got my banjo and learned it the way he did it. You see, I had recorded "O Death" three times, done it with Carter. So I went down with my banjo to Nashville and I said, "T-Bone, let me sing it the way I want to sing it," and I laid my banjo down and sung it a cappella. After two or three verses, he stopped me and said, "That's it."
With that song, Stanley won a 2002 Grammy Award in the category of Best Male Country Vocal Performance. "That put the icing on the cake for me," he said. "It put me in a different category."
Later life
He was known in the world of bluegrass music by the popular title "Dr. Ralph Stanley", having been awarded an honorary doctorate in music from Lincoln Memorial University of Harrogate, Tennessee in 1976. Stanley was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1992 and in 2000; he became the first person to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in the third millennium.
He joined producers Randall Franks and Alan Autry for the In the Heat of the Night cast CD Christmas Time's A Comin', performing "Christmas Time's A Comin'" with the cast on the CD released on Sonlite and MGM/UA; it was one of the most popular Christmas releases of 1991 and 1992 with Southern retailers.
He was featured in the Josh Turner hit song "Me and God" released in 2006, the same year he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
On November 10, 2007, Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys performed at a rally for presidential candidate John Edwards in Des Moines, Iowa, just before the Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. Between renditions of "Man of Constant SorrowMan of Constant SorrowSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1We Shall Rise2:472I Only Exist3:313Sweethearts in Heaven2:574Rank Stranger3:215I Am the Man, Thomas2:236White Dove3:397Red Wicked Wine2:238Pig in a Pen1:599Two Coats3:0710Brand New Tennessee Waltz3:5611Short Life of Trouble3:0012Hills of Home2:1613Man of Constant Sorrow2:50" and "Orange Blossom Special", Stanley told the crowd that he had cast his first vote for Harry S. Truman in 1948 and would cast his next for John Edwards in 2008. In October 2008, he performed in a radio advertisement for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Country singer Dwight Yoakam said that Stanley is one of his "musical heroes".
In 2012, Stanley was featured on several tracks of the soundtrack for Nick Cave's film Lawless, with music by Cave and Warren Ellis. His solo track "White Light/White Heat" is prominent in several scenes of the movie.
Stanley maintained an active touring schedule; appearances in his later years included the 2012 Muddy Roots Music Festival in Cookeville, Tennessee and the 2013 FreshGrass Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts. In June 2013, he announced a farewell tour, scheduled to begin in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on October 18 and extending to December 2014. However, upon notification of being elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (awarded on October 11, 2014) a statement on his own website appeared saying that he would not be retiring.
Personal life and death
After two previous marriages ended in divorce, Stanley married his wife, Jimmie, in 1968; he had four children.
Stanley's autobiography, Man of Constant Sorrow which was coauthored with the music journalist Eddie Dean, was released by Gotham Books on October 15, 2009. On June 23, 2016, Stanley died from skin cancer at his home in Sandy Ridge in Dickenson County, Virginia; he was 89.
Musical style
Stanley created a unique style of banjo playing, sometimes called "Stanley style". It evolved from the Wade Mainer style two-finger technique and was later influenced by the Scruggs style, which is a three-finger technique. "Stanley style" is distinguished by incredibly fast "forward rolls", led by the index finger (instead of the thumb, as in Scruggs style), sometimes in the higher registers using a capo. In "Stanley style", the rolls of the banjo are continuous, while being picked fairly close to the bridge on the banjo, giving the tone of the instrument a very crisp, articulate snap to the strings as the player plays them.
Other contributions
Real: The Tom T. Hall Project (1998, Sire Records) – track 13: "The Water Lily" (feat. Ralph Stanley II)
Lifted: Songs of the Spirit (2002, Sony/Hear Music) – "Listen to the Shepherd"
Re:Generation Music Project soundtrack (2012) – "Wayfaring Stranger"
Honors, awards, distinctions
Stanley was widely known in the world of bluegrass music by the popular title, "Dr. Ralph Stanley," after being awarded an honorary Doctor of Music from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, in 1976.
He was a recipient of a 1984 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1992 and in 2000.
Between 1993 and 2015, Stanley was nominated for 15 Grammy Awards in various categories.
He became the first person to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in the third millennium.
His work was featured in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, in which he sings the Appalachian dirge "O Death". That song won him a 2002 Grammy Award in the category of Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
His 2002 collaborative recording with Jim Lauderdale titled Lost in the Lonesome Pines won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards.
The Virginia Press Association made him their Distinguished Virginian of the Year in 2004.
The Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center opened in Clintwood, Virginia in 2004.
He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2006, the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence.
The Virginia legislature designated him the Outstanding Virginian of 2008.
He was awarded the Key to the City of Garner, North Carolina on November 15, 2008.
He was named a Library of Congress Living Legend in April 2000.
He was inducted into the Virginia Musical Museum & Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
He received a second honorary Doctor of Music degree from Yale University on May 19, 2014.
He became an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on October 11, 2014.
From the January 2, 2015 death of Little Jimmy Dickens until his own death, Stanley was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
In 2024, Stanley was inducted into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame in the Historical category.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 21 | 82.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 100 | 97.9th |
| Studio albums | 63 | 99.5th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 68 | 99.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 49 | 90th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (100 release groups · 63 studio albums)
Albums · 63
1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:57
A1Knoxville Girl3:47A2John Henry2:16A3Poor Ellen Smith1:42A4East Virginia Blues2:52A5Long Journey Home2:54A6Going Round This World1:57B1Chicken Reel2:19B2Mississippi Sawyer2:00B3Bonnie and Clyde's Hop2:24B4Billy in the Low Ground2:12B5Cackling Hen2:08B6Going Down Town2:261968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:34
A1In Memory of Carter Stanley3:14A2Lonesome Road Blues1:58A3She Ran Away With Another Man2:05A4I Was Born a Rambler2:45A5Twenty One Years2:17A6Sally Goodin2:05B1We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven2:12B2Sweetest Love2:20B3Blue Eyed Ellen2:43B4Baby Girl2:12B5Your Saddle Is Empty Old Pal2:44B6Carter's Songs2:591968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Share Cropper’s SonA2Hemlock & PrimrosesA3That Beautiful WomanA4Poor RamblerA5LonesomeA6Lost TrainB1Row HoeB2Wonderful World OutsideB3Sweet Sally BrownB4Love Please StayB5I’m Better Off Now That You’re GoneB6You Could Never Be True1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Over the Sunset HillA2Going Up Home to Live in Green PasturesA3What Kind of ManA4I Want a Clear RecordA5Prepare Me o LordA6I Wanna Go HomeB1A Little Soldier for JesusB2Jesse James PrayedB3Snow Covered MoundB4I'll Be With Dad and MotherB5Thou Long Expected JesusB6Be Ready to Go1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 26:01
A1Hills of Home (A Tribute to Carter Stanley)1:54A2Darling Brown Eyes2:08A3My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane2:00A4Coosy1:55A5Midnight Storm2:25A6Let’s Go to the Fair1:47B1Dark Hollow1:45B2Dug‐Gunn Shame1:48B3The Kitten and the Cat1:57B4California2:22B5I Only Exist3:19B6Medicine Springs2:411970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:21
A1How Could I Come Back to You2:43A2Sweet Delilah3:50A3Broken Hearted Drifter2:55A4Dew Mountain Breakdown1:45A5You're the Reason I'm This Way1:45A6Way Out Yonder3:45B1It's Too Late Now (To Say You're Sorry)3:25B2Since I Met You2:42B3Late Last Night2:12B4Nobody Cares2:58B5Take Me Back Old Memories3:26B6I've Lived a Lot of My Time2:551971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Cry From the CrossA2You’re Drifting OnA3Will He Wait a Little LongerA4Bright Morning StarA5Death Is Only a DreamA6Come on Little ChildrenB1Take Your Shoes Off MosesB2Stairway to HeavenB3I Am the Man ThomasB4Step Out in the SunshineB5Sinner ManB6Two Coats1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:19
A1Are You Proud Of America2:35A2Rock Bottom2:47A3Another Song, Another Drink3:07A4Take Me Back1:57A5You’re Going Away2:22A6Hulla-Gull2:21B1Let’s Keep Old Glory Waving1:42B2River Underground3:23B3Ain’t It Hard1:50B4Daughter of Geronimo2:45B5BuckwheatB6Keep My Love With You2:30Something Old, Something New, Some of Katy's Mountain Dew
1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:39
A1Brand New Tennessee Waltz2:40A2Six More Miles2:45A3Cluck Old Hen2:45A4A Little Boy Called Joe3:04A5Going to Georgia2:24A6Gloryland2:40B1Shot-Gun Slade3:30B2Will You Miss Me?2:55B3Old Time Pickin'1:45B4Katy Daley2:06B5That Lonesome Old Song3:51B6Prettiest Bed of Flowers2:141971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
1AJohn Henry2APretty Little Indian3ALittle Birdie4ACripple Creek5AEast Virgina Blues6ALittle Glass of Wine1BSomebody Touched Me2BSally Goodin3BWorking on a Building4BRoll in My Sweet Babys Arms5BBound to Ride6BMississippi Sawyer1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Man of Constant SorrowA2Maple on the HillA3Flood of '57A4Pretty PollyA5Clinch Mountain BackstepA6Don't Ask Me WhyB1Little MaggieB2All the Love I Had Is GoneB3I Remember You Love in My DreamsB4All I Ever Loved Was YouB5Lisa's JoyB6God Gave You to Me1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Old Country ChurchA2Lord I've Been a WalkingA3I Hold a Clear TitleA4Standing by the RiverA510,000 AngelsA6Village Church YardB1Honey in the RockB2Give Me the Roses NowB3Green Pastures in the SkyB4These Men of GodB5Hide Me Rock of AgesB6When I Get HomeThe Stanley Sound Around The World
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:02
A1Bill Cheatum2:08A2On and On2:30A3What About You3:02A4Gonna Paint the Town1:50A5I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home3:14A6Who Will Sing for Me2:28B1Love Me Darling, Just Tonight2:17B2Poison Love2:19B3Ridin' That Midnight Train1:52B4Loving You Too Well1:51B5Nobody's Love Is Like Mine1:50B6Cumberland Gap1:411973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:32
A1I Want to Preach the Gospel1:56A2Gone Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:30A3Fields Have Turned Brown2:45A4Rank Stranger2:37A5Dark and Stormy Is the Desert2:42A6Angel Band1:49B1Brighter Mansion1:38B2I’m Going That Way3:24B3Who Is That1:52B4I Want to Make Heaven My Home1:36B5Great High Mountain3:13B6Rose Among the Thorns2:30Sing the Gospel Echoes of the Stanley Brothers
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:09
A1Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side3:07A2In Heaven We’ll Never Grow Old2:22A3Wings of Angels2:19A4The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn2:39A5Working On a Building2:46A6Master’s Bouquet2:15B1Leaning On Jesus2:08B2White Dove2:57B3Shouting on the Hills of Glory2:51B4A Few More Seasons to Come1:54B5Daniel Prayed2:16B6My Main Trial Is Yet to Come2:351974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 25:47
A1Shout Little Luly1:56A2Little Birdie2:15A3Hard Times2:10A4Gold Watch and Chain1:53A5Train 452:17A6You Know I'll Be Lonesome2:03B1John Henry1:26B2Old Time Pickin'1:30B3Bound to Ride1:45B4Rocky Island1:50B5The Orphan Girl2:52B6Lonesome River3:50Let Me Rest on a Peaceful Mountain (Hills of Home)
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:46
A1Hills of Home1:49A2My Lord's Gonna Bless Me3:02A3You Better Sit Down and Pray2:15A4Looking for the Stone2:49A5Children Go Where I Send Thee3:19A6Baptism of Jesse Taylor3:54B1They Won't Believe1:40B2Zion's Hill2:36B3Turn Back1:54B4Thank You Mom2:56B5Take a Walk3:24B6Purple Robe2:081976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:06
A1Old Home Place2:42A2Hemlocks and Primroses2:52A3My Deceitful Heart2:25A4Poor Rambler2:50A5If That’s the Way You Feel2:20A6Sharecropper’s Son2:52B1Bootleg John2:01B2Devil’s Little Angel2:39B3That Beautiful Woman3:25B4Fallen Tears2:15B5Home in the Mountains3:02B6Lonesome Without You2:431977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:23
A1Over in the Gloryland2:04A2Beautiful Star of Bethlehem3:51A3Oh, Death3:00A4There'll Be None on the Other Side2:26A5Mother's Not Dead3:22A6Jesus, Savior Pilot Me3:06B1Travelling the Highway Home2:04B2I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages3:10B3Amazing Grace3:30B4What a Price3:22B5Are You Afraid to Die2:46B6I Am Weary2:421978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 34:48
A1Down Where the River Bends3:00A2Put My Little Shoes Away2:50A3Footprints in the Snow2:48A4Henry Brown1:48A5Just Dreamin'2:34A6I'll Just Catch a Train and Ride1:50A7The Old Old House2:38B1The Power of Love1:54B2Dream of a Miner's Child2:55B3I Wanna Sing a Song for Carter1:59B4Cuttin' the Cornbread1:52B5The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake3:44B6Pretty Woman2:09B7Hometown2:471980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 25:20
A1Won't You Meet Me There1:59A2He Washed My Sins Away1:41A3New Home2:02A4Keep It White1:49A5Going Home With Jesus1:25A6I'll Be Ready to Go1:50B1I Can Try1:49B2He'll Carry You Through3:59B3That Old Cross3:08B4Blue Jeans and Old Faded Shirt2:14B5He's All I'll Ever Need1:58B6Waiting for That Mansion1:261980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:04
A1Wreck on the Highway2:34A2Troublesome Waters3:12A3God Who Never Fails1:56A4On Heaven’s Bright Shore3:26A5Dip Your Fingers in Some Water2:12A6Snow Covered Mound3:18B1Keys to the Kingdom1:51B2Will They Miss Me3:26B3Go Down Moses1:39B4Guide Me Through, Oh Great Jehova3:10B5Tarry With Me, Oh My Saviour5:38B6Harbor of Love2:421980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 25:30
A1I’m Going Down the Road2:10A2In the Pines3:44A3Stone Walls & Steel Bars2:04A4Rabbit in the Log2:45A5Footprints in the Snow2:02B1Roll on Buddy, Roll On2:19B2Darling Brown Eyes2:08B3God Gave You to Me2:03B4Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die2:50B5I Only Exist3:251980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:50
A1What Is It for a Saint to Die?1:54A2I’ll Wear a White Robe2:10A3Just Over the Stars2:41A4I’m in a New World2:28A5Oh Lord, Remember Me3:23A6No Sorrow Can Reach Us There3:02B1Old Time Religion2:20B2Life’s Other Side2:15B3Who Rolled This Stone Away2:34B4Walking Up This Hill on Declaration Day3:29B5Mountain Preacher’s Child1:56B6Oak Grove Church2:381981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:40
A1Lonesome Here Without You2:28A2Your Worries & Troubles Are Mine2:29A3Could You Love Me One More Time2:35A4Jealousy2:23A5How Could I Dream Such a Dream2:35A6Tennessee Truck Driving Man2:01B1The Letter I Never Mailed2:05B2No Schoolbus in Heaven2:38B3Dixieland2:00B4Jimmie Brown the Newsboy2:21B5Sitting on Top of the World2:18B6The Darkest Hour2:471982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:28
A1Highway of Regret2:25A2Melody of Love1:54A3I've Got a Mule to Ride1:48A4Who Will Call You Sweetheart2:31A5Bad Case of the Blues2:35A6Little Glass of Wine3:28B1City Lights2:09B2Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine2:48B3What I Wanted Most2:26B4The Drunken Driver3:12B5The Memory of Your Smile2:45B6Bury Me Beneath the Pines2:271983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:00
A1My Lord Will Send a Moses2:36A2Model Church3:12A3When I Bid You All Adieu2:17A4I'd Be Willing to Go All the Way2:34A5Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven2:16A6I'm Willing to Try2:09B1I'm a Child of the King2:08B2One Greater Than David Is Here1:57B3I Wonder If Mother Knows2:20B4The Family Who Prays2:46B5If I Could Crown You Mother2:50B6It Must Have Been Jesus1:551983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:55
A1Swinging a Nine Pound Hammer2:09A1I Ain't Lost0:15A3Mr. Stanley Sing On2:12A4Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms2:34A5We'll Hear the Stanley's Sing Again4:45A6Act Naturally2:00A7Don't Step Over an Old Love2:49B1Next Sunday Darling, Is My Birthday2:18B2Waiting for a Train2:38B3On Heaven's Bright Shore3:13B4I Don't Want Your Rambling Letters2:40B5Jam Session: Amazing Grace4:221984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1Keep My Love With YouA2The Darkest Hour Just Before DawnA3Let's Keep Old Glory WavingA4Working on a BuildingB1Take Me BackB2Are You Proud of AmericaB3BuckwheatB4Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side1985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:26
A1Oh Daniel Prayed2:23A2I Want a Clear Record3:34A3Sometimes I Sing3:22A4The Man in the Middle2:12A5Thy Will Be Done3:13A6Victory in Jesus2:20B1He Will Set Your Fields on Fire3:00B2The Little Old Church by the Road3:03B3Two Men A’Praying2:42B4Over There2:12B5I Can Tell You the Time2:07B6Jerusalem, My Happy Home5:181986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 24:18
A1Don't Go Out Tonight2:07A2Another Night2:43A3Our Last Goodbye2:39A4It's Never Too Late2:55A5Let Me Be Your Friend2:00B1Poison Lies1:56B2Loving You Too Well1:38B3Nobody's Love Is Like Mine1:41B4Baby Girl2:05B5Lonesome Without You2:29B6Trust Each Other2:051986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 26:54
A1Mountain Rosa Lee2:13A2Lonesome & Blue2:14A3True Blue Bill1:53A4Wicked Wine2:14A5Take Me Home With You Tonight in a Song2:06A6Room at the Top of the Stairs2:03B1Who's in Your Heart2:58B2Somebody Loves You Darling2:49B3Old Richmond Prison2:15B4Blue Moon of Kentucky1:58B5Hot Night in August2:09B6So Blue2:02Can’t You Hear the Mountains Calling
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:03
1Cotton-Eyed Joe1:502That Happy Night2:483Don't Wake Me Up1:584I Lived In Her World3:025When You Go Walking After Midnight2:006Say Won't You Be Mine2:257Sixteen Years2:288Dickenson County Breakdown1:469Can't You Hear the Mountains Calling2:4410In Despair2:1011This Weary Heart You Stole Away2:2412Little Willie2:281988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:46
A1I’ll Answer the Call1:49A2Calling My Children Home3:02A3Everything’s Alright2:15A4White Oak on the Hill2:49A5I’d Like to Talk It All Over With Him3:19A6In His Arms I’m Not Afraid3:54B1Let the Church Roll On1:40B2We Shall Sleep but Not Forever2:36B3I’ll Put on a Crown1:54B4Praying2:56B5Daddy’s Rose3:24B6Welcome In2:081988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
A1Gold Watch and ChainA2Love Me Darling Just TonightA3Don't Step Over an Old LoveA4Poison LoveA5Dear What About YouB1Don't Ask Me WhyB2I'll Just Go AwayB3How Mountain Girls Can LoveB4God Gave You to MeB5Daybreak in DixieB6Nobody's Love Is Like MineRalph Stanley & Raymond Fairchild
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:32
A1Raymond's Tribute to Ralph2:18A2I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers1:49A3She's More to Be Pitied2:51A4Pike County Breakdown2:02A5White House Blues1:20A6Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side3:47B1Ralph & Raymond1:09B2Summertime Is Past and Gone1:59B3Molly and Tenbrooks1:49B4Jacob's Vision2:06B5Cabin on the Hill2:07B6Mother No Longer Awaits Me at Home4:151990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:16
A1Don't Ask Me Why2:26A2I Think I'll Go Away2:42A3Buckwheat2:02A4Holdin' On2:40A5Sweetest Love2:36B1Weary Heart You Stole Away2:26B2Kitten and the Cat2:08B3Jealous1:56B4Paint the Town2:04B5Home in the Mountain3:161990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:46
1Pray for the Boys2:232Old Man Death2:393Looking Through a Spiritual Window2:314Wayfaring Stranger3:565City of Gold2:436Give Me Wings1:507God's Great Chariot2:038Searching for a Soldier's Grave2:409He Keeps Leading Me On1:3910Beautiful (Is the Land Where I'm Going)2:1511Snap a Finger, Jesus2:3912Look What I've Traded2:281991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 48:40
1Shout Little Lulie2:012Little Birdie2:183Maple on the Hill2:004What About You3:045The Lonesome River2:536I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers2:287God Gave You to Me2:478Gold Watch and Chain1:599Rocky Island1:5310Old Time Pickin'1:4811Riding the Midnight Train1:5512I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow2:5213Will You Miss Me2:5814Katy Daley2:0915Bound to Ride1:4716Pretty Polly3:3617Going to Georgia2:2718Hemlocks and Primroses2:5719The Orphan Girl2:5920Nobody's Love Is Like Mine1:49Saturday Night & Sunday Morning
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 31 tracks · 1:26:49
Disc 11Mountain Folks1:562Down Where the River Bends2:573Old Man’s Tears1:544All I Ever Loved Was You3:145Midnight Storm3:136All the Good Times Are Past and Gone2:387I Never Will Marry2:428Banks of the Ohio3:029I Love No One but You2:2610Sea of Regret3:2011The Water Lily2:2712I’ll Never Grow Tired of You2:2213All the Love I Had Is Gone2:5314Wonderful World Outside3:0015Letter From My Darling3:23Disc 21I’ll Pass Over Thee2:162Rank Stranger2:543Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side3:264I’ll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning3:225Introduction Miner’s Prayer0:296Miner’s Prayer3:117The Fields Have Turned Brown2:578Great High Mountain2:049Heaven’s Bright Shore3:4510Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:3711The First Step to Heaven3:3612Sailing Home2:0713Angel Band2:3514Vision of Mother2:4915The Old Cross Roads3:1216Little Bessie4:021992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 41:27
1Mountain Folks1:562Down Where the River Bends2:573Old Man’s Tears1:544All I Ever Loved Was You3:145Midnight Storm3:136All the Good Times Are Past and Gone2:387I Never Will Marry2:428Banks of the Ohio3:029I Love No One but You2:2610Sea of Regret3:2011The Water Lily2:2712I’ll Never Grow Tired of You2:2213All the Love I Had Is Gone2:5314Wonderful World Outside3:0015Letter From My Darling3:231992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 45:23
1I’ll Pass Over Thee2:162Rank Stranger2:543Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side3:264I’ll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning3:225Introduction Miner’s Prayer0:296Miner’s Prayer3:117The Fields Have Turned Brown2:578Great High Mountain2:049Heaven’s Bright Shore3:4510Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:3711The First Step to Heaven3:3612Sailing Home2:0713Angel Band2:3514Vision of Mother2:4915The Old Cross Roads3:1216Little Bessie4:031992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:58
1I'm Gonna Sing1:442Back to the Cross3:003Waitin' for the Master to Come2:104Give Me Jesus1:575Sinner Man2:346No Burdens Pass Through3:437Silent Warden3:048You'd Better Stop2:279When We Meet on That Evergreen Shore3:1710Gonna Be Movin'1:4911Over the Sunset Hill2:4012He Took Me In2:33Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:23
1I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time2:432Beautiful Star of Bethlehem3:493Christmas Praise4:164Jesus Christ Is Born3:095Christmas Time's a Comin'3:096Don't Make Us Cry on Christmas Day1:577The Christmas Spirit2:458Just a Moment Now to Pray2:159Bright Morning Star2:2210Christmas Is Near1:5711That's Christmas Time to Me2:011995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 34 tracks · 1:25:35
Disc 11Introduction by Bill Vernon0:172Pig in the Pen1:463Nobody’s Love Is Like Mine2:374Black Mountain Rag2:105Going Home to Live in Green Pastures2:546Mother No Longer Waits for Me at Home3:377Bright Morning Star2:548Clinch Mountain Backstep2:319Little Glass of Wine3:3510Blue Yodel #32:0611I Just Think I’ll Go Away2:3712Stone Walls and Steel Bars2:1113Oh Death2:1414You Better Sit Down and Pray3:2915Take Your Shoes Off Moses1:5916Who Will Sing for Me1:2617The Kitten and the Cat2:0818Love Me Darling Just Tonight2:21Disc 21Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms2:322Let's Go to the Fair1:473Shooting on the Hills of Glory2:334Ricky's Record Commercial0:585Cry From the Cross2:516Children Go Where I Send Thee2:257Memories of Mother3:378Pretty Little Indian2:089In Memory of Carter Stanley2:5710Little Maggie/Pretty Polly4:0411Why Me Ralph?3:5812Let Me Rest at the End of My Journey2:2213Rank Stranger3:1814Death Is Only a Dram (Dream)2:3215Step Out in the Sunshine1:3616Katy Daley3:05Short Life of Trouble: Songs of Grayson and Witter
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:14
1Train 452:292Rose Conley2:423Joking Henry1:554Nobody’s Darling3:095I've Always Been a Rambler2:486Short Life of Trouble2:237Nine Pound Hammer2:308Handsome Molly2:059Shout Lula1:5010He’s Coming to Us Dead2:1211A Dark Road Is a Hard Road to Travel3:0412On the Banks of the Old Tennessee2:071997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:37
1Jesus on the Mainline2:232He's My All and All3:213I Hope to Meet You in the Morning3:434This Old Troublesome World1:585Loving Grace of God3:176The Uncloudy Day2:397I'm Not Ashamed2:128We Are Drinking From the Fountain2:499Take Me Home2:3410While Eternal Ages Roll1:4311Two Coats3:5212I Firmly Promise You4:06Songs My Mother Taught Me & More
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 45:45
1Dixie Land2:032She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain2:243Uncloudy Day2:174Blue Eyed Verdie1:455Cripple Creek1:586Shout Little Luly1:477Will the Circle Be Unbroken2:268John Henry2:179Little Birdie1:4510Cindy2:0211Me and My Buddy2:0812Medley - I Got a Mule, Rocky Island & Shout Little Luly5:4013Little Birdie2:0914The Farmer's Girl2:5015Old Time Pickin'1:1716Rocky Island2:0117Blue Eyed Verdie2:2218Interview & Medley - Shout Little Luly, Little Birdie, Little Birdie, Little Maggie & Little Maggie6:341998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 36 tracks · 1:43:58
Disc 11How Mountain Girls Can Love2:162Shouting on the Hills of Glory3:113Pretty Polly4:064The Window Up Above2:385I Just Got Wise2:256If That's the Way You Feel2:277Nobody's Love Is Like Mine2:348Memories of Mother3:119The Lonesome River3:0510Old Love Letters3:1111She's More to Be Pitied2:5112When I Wake Up to Sleep No More2:2713Another Night3:3914Gold Watch and Chain2:2415Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine2:4516I'll Take the Blame2:1417How Can We Thank Him for What He Has Done2:4118I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages3:04Disc 21Pig in a Pen2:182I Only Exist3:303A Lonesome Night3:214Pretty Little Miss in the Garden2:545The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn2:296Stone Walls and Steel Bars2:007Beautiful Star of Bethlehem4:008Let Me Love You One More Time2:159The White Dove3:4810Will You Ever Miss Me at All3:2911Lonesome Banjo Man3:5712Are You Afraid to Die3:0213Way Down Deep2:1314If I Lose2:0915I'm Going That Way3:3816Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet2:3517My Deceitful Heart2:1618Bright Morning Star2:551999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 37:00
1I Feel Like Singing Today2:082You'll Find Her Name Written There3:053Maple on the Hill2:354Fly, Lovebird Fly2:225Joy, Joy, Joy2:236Like Him2:487I Wish Today Could Be Tomorrow2:018Another Sinner's Prayer2:169Highway Through My Home2:0710What About You3:0711This World Is Not My Home2:0012Harbor of Love2:3613I Will Wait for You3:0814Who Will Sing for Me2:2515Who Thought the Railroad Wouldn't Last1:592000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 38:43
1Dad's Old Rocky Field3:432Are You Ready2:473Gone Away With a Friend2:384Daddy's Wildwood Flower3:475While the Ages Roll On4:116Old Job2:377The Day Is Past and Gone4:258Man From Galilee2:449One Drop of Water2:5410Because He Loved Me4:1311Waiting for Me1:5112A Robin Built a Nest on Daddy's Grave2:532001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 48:08
1Riding That Midnight Train2:392Will You Miss Me4:033Little Willie2:474Oh Death2:535Loving You Too Well2:336The Memory of Your Smile3:207Are You Tired of Me Darling2:188Weeping Willow3:109I'll Never Grow Tired of You2:3510Rank Stranger2:5311Trust Each Other2:3412Angel Band3:5313You Win Again3:0814I'm Ready to Go2:2415Farther Along4:2516I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers2:332001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:39
1Way Down Deep2:172Footsteps So Near4:003Two Flowers Blooming2:264Breaks of the Cumberland3:145Haunted House2:236My Little Georgia Rose2:387Long Gone2:308Dirty Black Coal4:359My Rose of Old Kentucky2:2910Wildwood Flower2:1811Sweet Memory4:0612Little Jimmy2:432002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 40:27
1Deep Well of Sadness3:492The Apples Are Just Turning Ripe2:363Lost in the Lonesome Pines3:474Zacchaeus3:255Quit That2:596I Think Somebody Better Come Back Home2:107Redbird2:178Forever Ain't No Trouble Now3:549She Would Not Tell Her More2:5510I Should Have Listened to Good Advice2:2311Oh Soul!3:0412She's Looking at Me2:4713Boat of Love2:3014Listen to the Shepherd1:512002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:56
1Lift Him Up, That's All4:412False Hearted Lover's Blues4:523Henry Lee4:434Girl From the Greenbriar Shore3:595Twelve Gates to the City1:586Little Mathie Grove4:307Look On and Cry3:378I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers1:319Calling You3:2510The Death of John Henry3:5911Great High Mountain3:4112Free Multimedia2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 36:51
1I've Always Been a Rambler2:462Bootleg John2:023Who Will Call You Sweetheart2:344Go and Leave Me If You Wish To1:465Great High Mountain3:196Sharecropper's Son2:527Clinch Mountain Backstep2:198I'm Lonesome Without You2:429Turn Back, Turn Back3:0610I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers2:2611Wild Geese Cry Again2:3712I've Got a Mule to Ride1:5013Amazing Grace3:2914Home in the Mountains3:032004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 35:58
1Bright Morning Stars2:332Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:353The Fields Have Turned Brown2:514Who Will Sing for Me2:315Village Church Yard5:366Stairway to Heaven2:377I Am the Man, Thomas2:018Step Out in the Sunshine1:419Rank Stranger2:4210Great High Mountain3:2111Who Is That?1:5812Two Coats Before Me2:4413Death Is Only a Dream2:482005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 39:32
1King of All Kings2:272The Roses Will Bloom2:393The Old Church Yard2:524This Little Light of Mine2:465My Main Trial Is Yet to Come2:536Sing Songs About Jesus2:187Palms of Victory2:388On a High, High Mountain2:219The Lowest Valley3:0110Swing Low, Sweet Chariot2:1711I’ll Fly Away2:2412Shine On2:5013Why Should We Start and Fear to Die5:2314Let Your Light Shine Out2:43A Distant Land to Roam: Songs of the Carter Family
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 46:44
1God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign3:092Little Moses3:543Worried Man Blues4:034Longing for Home3:285Motherless Children3:306Storms Are on the Ocean3:437Keep on the Firing Line3:108Engine 1434:079I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes3:5410Poor Orphan Child4:3211On a Hill Lone and Grey3:0512Waves on the Sea2:5313Distant Land to Roam3:16Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 39:28
1Rocky Island1:532Shout Little Lulie2:003Battle Ax3:164Pretty Girls, City Lights2:145Cripple Creek2:376I've Got A Mule To Ride1:587Old McDonald / Cindy4:068Shady Grove1:499John Henry1:3210Little Birdie2:1811Cuttin' The Cornbread1:5612Bound To Ride1:4813Married Life Blues2:2714Black-Eyed Susie1:5115Kentucky Shine1:4716True Blue Bill1:5817Dixieland (My Old Home Town)2:1318Old Time Pickin'1:452011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 40:22
1That Home Far Away2:262It’s Time to Wake Up2:343Come All Ye Tenderhearted2:434Let Him Into Your Heart2:125A Mother’s Prayer4:186Prince of Peace2:277Are You Washed in the Blood2:428Lift Him Up, That’s All3:099He Suffered for My Reward2:2910Let It Go3:2811That Wonderful Place2:1912I’ll Not Be Afraid4:0413John the Revelator2:3814What Kind of Man2:532014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 39:33
1Wild Bill Jones2:152Carolina Mountain Home2:323Dirty Black Coal4:404Walking With You in My Dreams2:175Don't Step Over an Old Love2:546Battle Ax2:247Are You Waiting Just for Me2:488White & Pink Flowers3:149A Little at a Time2:3410Darling Little Joe2:3111Don't Weep for Me2:1812Six Months Ain't Long2:4913Nobody Answered Me2:5114I've Still Got 993:262015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 38:09
1We Shall Rise2:472I Only Exist3:313Sweethearts in Heaven2:574Rank Stranger3:215I Am the Man, Thomas2:236White Dove3:397Red Wicked Wine2:238Pig in a Pen1:599Two Coats3:0710Brand New Tennessee Waltz3:5611Short Life of Trouble3:0012Hills of Home2:1613Man of Constant Sorrow2:50
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Brand New Tennessee Waltz / Old-Time Pickin'Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 4:25ABrand New Tennessee Waltz2:40 BOld-Time Pickin'1:45 | March 1971 | ||
| 1971 | Katy Daley / Will You Miss Me?Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:01AKaty Daley2:06 BWill You Miss Me?2:55 | August 1971 |
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Live! At McClureSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracksDisc 1 A1I Hear a Choo-Choo Coming A2I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home A3Stone Walls & Steel Bars A4Cotton Eyed Joe A5Eatin' Out of Your Hand A6Record Commercial A7Mama Don't Allow B1Blue Ridge Cabin Home B2Green Pastures in the Sky B3East Virginia Blues B4John Dig a Hole B5Pike County Breakdown B6Nine Pound Hammer Disc 2C1Nobody's Love Is Like Mine C2The White Dove C3I'll Just Go Away C4Satisfied C5When the Saints Go Marching In C6Whoa Mule B1Matterhorn B2Legend of the Rebel Soldier B3Something That the World Didn't Give Me B4Pass Me Not B5Little Black Train B6Can't You Hear Me Calling | Live | 1976 | |
| 1983 | 20 Bluegrass MemoriesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracksA1Keep My Love With You A2Another Song, Another Drink A3Hulla-Gull A4Take Me Back A5You're Going Away A6Rock Bottom A7River Underground A8Buckwheat A9Ain't It Hard A10Daughter of Geronimo B1Are You Proud of America B2Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side B3In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old B4Working on a Building B5Master's Bouquet B6Let's Keep Old Glory Waving B7Leaning on Jesus B8White Dove B9A Few More Seasons to Come B10Daniel Prayed | Compilation | 1983 | |
| 1984 | Bluegrass SpecialSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracksA1Another Song, Another Drink A2You’re Going Away A3Master’s Bouquet A4Daughter of Geronimo B1River Underground B2Ain't It Hard B3Hula Gull B4Rock Bottom | Compilation | 1984 | |
| 1986 | BluegrassSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracksA1Keep My Love With You A2Another Song, Another Drink A3Hulla Gull A4Let's Keep Old Glory Waving B1Take Me Back B2Rock Bottom B3Buckwheat B4River Underground | Compilation | 1986 | |
| 1986 | Live in JapanSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 29 tracks · 1:22:06Disc 1 A1How Mountain Girls Can Love2:32 A2Leather Britches1:51 A3Sitting on Top of the World3:10 A4Love Me Darling Just Tonight2:31 A5Clinch Mountain Backstep2:15 A6Uncle Pen2:37 A7Memories of Mother2:42 B1Little Maggie2:52 B2Listen to the Mockin' Bird2:53 B3Ridin' That Midnight Train2:25 B4Baby Girl2:20 B5Sourwood Mountain3:43 B6I Saw the Light2:45 Disc 2C1Orange Blossom Special4:03 C2Blue Moon of Kentucky1:58 C3Long Journey Home2:32 C4Pretty Polly3:55 C5Daybreak in Tokyo3:33 C6All the Good Times Are Past and Gone2:20 C7How Far to Little Rock2:35 C8Mountain Dew4:46 D1Rank Stranger2:55 D2Walkin' in My Sleep4:18 D3Man of Constant Sorrow2:57 D4I Hear a Choo Choo Coming2:19 D5Old Country Church1:47 D6Hard Times2:35 D7White Dove3:27 D8Old Time Pickin'1:30 | Live | 1986 | |
| 1990 | Classic BluegrassSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 51:371Love Me Darling Just Tonight2:21 2Could You Love Me One More Time2:41 3Flood of '573:02 4The Fields Have Turned Brown2:52 5A Little Boy Called Joe3:07 6Loving You Too Well1:56 7Train 452:24 8Poor Rambler2:56 9Old Richmond Prison2:20 10No School Bus in Heaven2:44 11John Henry1:33 12Little Maggie2:49 13Your Worries and Troubles Are Mine2:38 14Rank Stranger2:43 15Lonesome and Blue2:19 16Poison Love2:23 17Little Glass of Wine3:35 18On and On2:34 19I'm Lonesome Without You2:50 20Gonna Paint the Town1:50 | Compilation | 1990 | |
| 1992 | Almost HomeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 36:131God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds2:01 2Old Ship of Zion2:14 3Almost Home4:38 4Thy Will Be Done3:17 5It's Heaven on Earth to Walk With the Lord1:57 6Vilage Church Yard5:36 7I'll Live in Glory1:35 8I've Got to Cross That Lonely River1:47 9The Day Is Past and Gone3:44 10They Shall Walk With Me in White1:54 11Life's Other Side2:18 12Jerusalem, My Happy Home5:12 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1995 | 50th Anniversary CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:02:201Little Birdie2:18 2Hemlocks and Primroses2:56 3Old Richmond Prison2:18 4Hard Times2:16 5Children Go Where I Send Thee2:26 6Green Pastures in the Sky2:29 7Flood of '573:01 8I'll Just Catch a Train and Ride1:50 9Room at the Top of the Stairs2:06 10Clinch Mountain Backstep2:22 11I'll Wear a White Robe2:13 12Snap a Finger Jesus2:42 13Hills of Home2:03 14Bootleg John2:05 15I've Got a Mule to Ride1:53 16Old-Time Pickin'1:47 17Gloryland2:44 18Daniel Prayed2:24 19Beautiful Star of Bethlehem3:53 20Man of Constant Sorrow2:52 21The Memory of Your Smile2:49 22Gold Watch and Chain1:59 23I Just Saw the Rock of Ages3:12 24Traveling the Highway Home2:07 25Little Glass of Wine3:35 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | 1971-1973 SamplerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 42:381I Am the Man, Thomas1:56 2Brand New Tennessee Waltz2:40 3Cry From the Cross2:48 4East Virginia Blues2:35 5Little Glass of Wine3:50 6Will You Miss Me?2:55 7Katy Daly2:07 8Man of Constant Sorrow2:49 9Clinch Mountain Backstep2:19 10All the Love I Had Is Gone2:22 11On and On2:29 12Loving You Too Well1:51 13Gonna Paint the Town1:49 14Ridin' That Midnight Train1:51 15Old-Time Pickin'1:39 16Little Birdie2:15 17Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:32 18Angel Band1:51 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | A Gospel GatheringSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 38:051Step Off on That Beautiful Shore2:50 2Satan's Chains2:57 3Purple Robe2:37 4Jonah and the Whale3:07 5Another Mile2:32 6We'd Always Ask Mama to Pray2:37 7We Shall Meet3:01 8Cast the First Stone4:14 9Keep Walking2:55 10Have You Someone3:56 11Restore Thy Brother3:49 12Jacob's Visions2:55 13Blank Track0:31 14Blank Track0:04 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | 1971-1973Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 11 July 1995 | |
| 2001 | Live at the SmithsonianSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 42:341Orange Blossom Special4:52 2Lonesome Old Song5:04 3Bill Cheatham2:20 4Nobody’s Love Like Mine2:36 5Katy Daley2:32 6Maple on the Hill3:08 7Tennessee Stud3:21 8White Dove3:52 9Rank Strangers to Me3:07 10If I Lose / Kitten and the Cat4:28 11Dark Hollow2:18 12Hemlock and Primroses2:57 13Ridin’ That Midnight Train1:59 | Live | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Man of Constant SorrowSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 33:561Man of Constant Sorrow2:53 2Goin' Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:35 3Rocky Island1:54 4Old Richmond Prison2:18 5Oh Death3:00 6Hard Times2:16 7Angel Band1:54 8Little Birdy2:18 9I Am Weary2:42 10Dream of a Miner's Child2:56 11Calling My Children Home3:06 12Poor Rambler2:52 13I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages3:12 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Live at the Smithsonian, Volume Two: The 2nd ShowSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 28:261Lonesome Road Blues2:07 2I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow3:45 3Flem Jones3:41 4Show Little Lulie1:46 5Gloryland4:10 6Cacklin' Hen2:24 7Footprints in the Snow2:44 8Hills of Home (Tribute to Carter)1:50 9Going Up Home (To Live in Green Pastures)2:30 10I Only Exist3:29 | Live | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Echoes of the Stanley BrothersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:00:151Are You Proud Of America2:42 2Rock Bottom2:51 3Another Song, Another Drink3:11 4Take Me Back2:00 5You’re Going Away2:26 6Hulla Gull2:22 7Let’s Keep Old Glory Waving1:45 8River Underground3:33 9Ain’t It Hard1:53 10Daughter of Geronimo2:53 11Buckwheat1:49 12Keep My Love With You2:32 13Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side3:07 14In Heaven We’ll Never Grow Old2:22 15Wings of Angels2:19 16The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn2:39 17Working on a Building2:46 18Gathering Flowers for the Master’s Bouquet2:20 19Leaning on the Everlasting Arm2:12 20White Dove2:57 21Shouting on the Hills of Glory2:51 22A Few More Seasons Yet to Come1:54 23Daniel Prayed2:16 24My Main Trial Is Yet to Come2:35 | Compilation | 13 March 2001 | |
| 2002 | Live at McCabe's Guitar ShopSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 49:351Intro0:21 2Orange Blossom Special3:39 3Ralph Introduces James Alan Shelton0:34 4Sunny Side of the Mountain2:09 5Ralph Introduces Jack Cooke0:41 6Sittin' on Top of the World2:33 7Ralph Introduces Steve Sparkman0:26 8Clinch Mountain Backstep2:18 9Ralph Introduces Ralph II1:04 10Jesus Savior, Pilot Me2:48 11Pretty Girls, City Lights2:32 12Ralph Introduces James Price0:48 13Cacklin' Hen1:48 14Ralph II Introduces His Father1:35 15Man of Constant Sorrow2:49 16Daddy's Wildwood Flower4:16 17Intro to Oh Death0:27 18Oh Death2:16 19I'll Wear a White Robe2:35 20Daybreak in Dixie2:16 21Will You Miss Me4:20 22Rocky Island3:22 23Rank Strangers to Me3:58 | Live | 12 February 2002 | |
| 2002 | The Very Best of Ralph StanleySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 43:281Ridin' That Midnight Train1:56 2The Fields Have Turned Brown2:51 3Little Maggie2:46 4Will You Miss Me?2:57 5Hard Times2:16 6I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages3:12 7Little Birdie2:18 8Man Of Constant Sorrow2:52 9Dad's Old Rocky Field3:44 10Clinch Mountain Backstep2:21 11Rank Stranger2:42 12Pretty Polly3:36 13Oh, Death3:00 14Katie Daley2:10 15The Lonesome River2:54 16Angel Band1:53 | Compilation | 12 November 2002 | |
| 2003 | Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain BoysSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 25:151Take Me Back2:00 2In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old2:23 3Another Song, Another Drink3:11 4River Underground3:33 5The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn2:39 6Keep My Love With You2:31 7Rock Bottom2:51 8A Few More Seasons to Come1:52 9Buckwheat1:49 10You're Going Away2:26 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2003 | Best of the BestSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 30:531I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow2:49 2Oh Death2:59 3Shout Little Lulie1:52 4I Only Exist3:20 5Medicine Springs2:43 6Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:33 7Hills of Home1:56 8Little Maggie2:46 9Clinch Mountain Backstep2:19 10Little Bridie1:59 11Hemlocks and Primroses3:02 12Little Willie2:35 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2003 | Bluegrass LegendSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 51:38Disc 1 1Lonesome River2:38 2Glass of Wine2:48 3I Long to See the Old Folks3:04 4Loving You Too Well2:01 5It's Never Too Late2:57 6Mother No Longer Awaits Me at Home2:59 7I Love No One but You2:24 8Too Late to Cry2:14 9Our Last Goodbye2:42 10We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven2:36 Disc 21Take Me Back2:00 2In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old2:23 3Another Song, Another Drink3:11 4River Underground3:33 5The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn2:39 6Keep My Love With You2:31 7Rock Bottom2:51 8A Few More Seasons to Come1:52 9Buckwheat1:49 10You're Going Away2:26 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2003 | Ralph Stanley and FriendsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 25:531Lonesome River2:35 2Glass of Wine2:45 3I Long to See the Old Folks3:01 4Loving You Too Well1:58 5It's Never Too Late2:54 6Mother No Longer Awaits Me at Home2:56 7I Love No One but You2:21 8Too Late to Cry2:11 9Our Last Goodbye2:39 10We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven2:33 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2003 | Poor RamblerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 48 tracks · 2:00:15Disc 1 1Sharecropper’s Son2:32 2Hemlock and Primroses3:01 3That Beautiful Woman2:49 4Poor Rambler3:04 5Lonesome2:16 6Lost Train2:12 7Row Hoe2:49 8Wonderful World Outside2:19 9Sweet Sally Brown2:20 10Love Please Stay3:17 11I’m Better Off Now That You’re Gone2:36 12You Could Never Be True3:04 13Roll on Buddy2:24 14I’m Coming Back but I Don’t Know When2:37 15I’m Going Down the Road2:13 16Rabbit in the Log2:49 17In the Pines3:47 Disc 21Over the Sunset Hill2:47 2Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:33 3What Kind of Man2:18 4I Want a Clear Record2:54 5Prepare Me o Lord2:44 6I Wanna Go Home2:08 7A Little Soldier for Jesus2:24 8Jesse James Prayed1:58 9Snow Covered Mound2:51 10I’ll Be With Dad and Mother2:37 11Thou Long Expected Jesus2:09 12Be Ready to Go2:22 13Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side3:11 14The Old Crossroad2:34 Disc 31Hills of Home1:58 2Darling Brown Eyes2:11 3My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane2:01 4Coosy1:59 5Midnight Storm2:28 6Let's Go to the Fair1:49 7Dark Hollow1:46 8Dug-Gunn Shame1:51 9Kitten and the Cat1:59 10California2:28 11I Only Exist3:21 12Medicine Springs2:43 13Footprints in the Snow2:08 14Sunny Side of the Mountain2:16 15God Gave You to Me2:06 16Stone Walls and Steel Bars2:07 17I Only Exist3:25 | Compilation | 17 June 2003 | |
| 2003 | Best of the Best: Ralph StanleySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 30:541I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow2:49 2Oh Death2:59 3Shout Little Lulie1:52 4I Only Exist3:20 5Medicine Springs2:43 6Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:33 7Hills of Home1:56 8Little Maggie2:46 9Clinch Mountain Backstep2:19 10Little Bridie1:59 11Hemlocks and Primroses3:02 12Little Willie2:36 | Compilation | 11 November 2003 | |
| 2005 | Live at Watermelon Park, Berryville, Virginia 1969Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 49:351Poor Rambler2:55 2Man of Constant Sorrow2:59 3Long Journey Home2:55 4Little Maggie2:18 5Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures3:40 6Black Mountain Blues3:18 7Roanoke0:35 8Riding the Midnight Train2:25 9Lost Train Blues2:35 10Standing Room Only3:43 11Pretty Polly3:25 12Think of What You’ve Done2:28 13Hills of Roane County4:25 14Stone Walls and Steel Bars2:38 15Shouting on the Hills2:29 16Orange Blossom Special2:58 17Little Bessie3:49 | Live | 2005 | |
| 2007 | Mountain Preacher’s ChildSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 36:121The Keys to the Kingdom1:50 2Troublesome Waters3:10 3Walking Up This Hill on Decoration Day3:33 4Mountain Preacher's Child1:59 5The Man in the Middle2:15 6Just Over the Stars2:44 7I'll Wear a White Robe2:12 8The God That Never Fails1:59 9The Little Old Church by the Road3:41 10Snow Covered Mound3:21 11Oak Grove Church2:42 12I'm in a New World2:30 13Go Down Moses1:37 14Looking for the Stone2:39 | Compilation | 4 March 2007 | |
| 2012 | Old Songs & Ballads Volume TwoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 23:551Little Birdie2:17 2I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers2:28 3Handsome Molly2:05 4Cluck Old Hen2:49 5Man of Constant Sorrow2:51 6Nine Pound Hammer2:30 7East Virginia Blues2:37 8Henry Brown1:50 9Rose Conley2:42 10Old Time Pickin'1:46 | Compilation | 2012 | |
| 2012 | Old Songs & BalladsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 27:071Little Maggie2:45 2Dad's Old Rocky Field3:42 3Train 452:21 4Short Life of Trouble2:23 5Gold Watch and Chain1:58 6Pretty Little Indian2:36 7Hemlocks and Primroses2:56 8Rocky Island1:53 9The Orphan Girl2:59 10Pretty Polly3:34 | Compilation | 2012 | |
| 2014 | My Life & Legacy: Very Best ofSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 48:581Little Maggie2:46 2Man of Constant Sorrow2:51 3Bootleg John2:05 4Clinch Mountain Backstep2:22 5Little Birdie2:17 6Dream of a Miner's Child2:56 7I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages3:11 8Little Glass of Wine3:54 9Train 452:20 10Pretty Polly3:35 11Rocky Island1:51 12Hemlocks and Primroses2:55 13John Henry3:08 14Oh, Death2:59 15Old Time Pickin'1:45 16Katy Daley2:08 17Amazing Grace3:32 18Single Girl, Married Girl2:23 | Compilation | 2014 | |
| 2016 | The Complete Jessup Recordings Plus!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 34 tracks · 10:56Disc 1 1We’ll Be Sweethearts in Heaven 2Mother No Longer Awaits Me at Home 3Our Last Goodbye 4Lonesome River 5I Love No One but You 6It’s Never Too Late 7Loving You Too Well 8Too Late to Cry 9Little Glass of Wine 10I Long to See the Old Folks 11Are You Proud of America2:35 12Rock Bottom 13Another Song, Another Drink 14Take Me Back 15You’re Going Away 16Hulla-Gull Disc 21Let’s Keep Old Glory Waving1:38 2River Underground 3Ain’t It Hard 4Daughter of Geronimo 5Buckwheat1:42 6Keep My Love With You 7Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side 8In Heaven We’ll Never Grow Old 9Wings of Angels 10The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn 11Working on a Building 12Master’s Bouquet 13Leaning on Jesus2:09 14White Dove2:52 15Shouting on the Hills of Glory 16A Few More Seasons to Come 17Daniel Prayed 18My Main Trial Is Yet to Come | Compilation | 2016 | |
| 2017 | Live at the Bottom Line (June 12th, 2002)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 55:461O Death2:21 2Band Introductions1:18 3Girl From the Greenbriar Shore3:38 4False-Hearted5:12 5Henry Lee4:38 6I'll Remember You Love, in My Prayers1:59 7Lift Him Up5:16 8Wild Bill Jones2:27 9Hemlocks & Primroses3:27 10Look on and Cry3:55 11Calling You3:57 12Pretty Polly4:12 13Great High Mountain4:44 14Man of Constant Sorrow4:25 15Amazing Grace4:17 | Live | 24 February 2017 | |
| 2018 | Live In Seattle - 1969Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 30 tracksDisc 1 1Pig in a Pen 2Lost Train 3Don't Step Over an Old Love 4Little Maggie 5Long Journey Home 6Black Mountain Blues 7Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures 8What Kind of Man 9I Only Exist 10My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane 11Clinch Mountain Backstep 12Songbook Sales Pitch Disc 21How Mountain Girls Can Love 2Hemlock and Primroses 3Little Birdie 4Daybreak in Dixie 5Rank Stranger 6Gonna Paint the Town 7Hard Times 8Angel Band 9Big Tilda 10Stone Walls and Steel Bars 11Orange Blossom Special 12How Far to Little Rock 13Pretty Polly / Wild Bill Jones 14I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow 15Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms 16Roanoke 17Closing Remarks 18Think of What You've Done | Live | 2018 | |
| 2019 | Poor Rambler – Vol. 3 of 3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 38:381Hills of Home (A Tribute to Carter Stanley)1:58 2Darling Brown Eyes2:11 3My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane2:02 4Coosy1:59 5Midnight Storm2:28 6Let’s Go to the Fair1:49 7Dark Hollow1:47 8Dug‐Gunn Shame1:51 9The Kitten and the Cat1:59 10California2:28 11I Only Exist3:21 12Medicine Springs2:43 13Footprints in the Snow2:08 14Sunny Side of the Mountain2:16 15God Gave You to Me2:06 16Stone Walls and Steel Bars2:07 17I Only Exist (alternate)3:25 | Compilation | 29 March 2019 | |
| 2019 | Poor Rambler – Vol. 1 of 3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 46:111Sharecropper’s Son2:32 2Hemlocks and Primroses3:02 3That Beautiful Woman2:49 4Poor Rambler3:04 5Lonesome2:17 6Lost Train2:12 7Row Hoe2:49 8Wonderful World Outside2:19 9Sweet Sally Brown2:20 10Love Please Stay3:17 11I’m Better Off Now That You’re Gone2:36 12You Could Never Be True3:04 13Roll on Buddy2:24 14I’m Coming Back but I Don’t Know When2:37 15I’m Going Down the Road2:13 16Rabbit in the Log2:49 17In the Pines3:47 | Compilation | 29 March 2019 | |
| 2019 | Poor Rambler – Vol. 2 of 3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 35:301Over the Sunset Hill2:47 2Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures2:33 3What Kind of Man2:18 4I Want a Clear Record2:54 5Prepare Me O Lord2:44 6I Wanna Go Home2:08 7A Little Soldier for Jesus2:24 8Jesse James Prayed1:58 9Snow Covered Mound2:51 10I’ll Be With Dad and Mother2:37 11Thou Long Expected Jesus2:09 12Be Ready to Go2:22 13Let Me Walk, Lord, by Your Side3:11 14Old Cross Roads2:34 | Compilation | 29 March 2019 | |
| 2019 | Way Out WestSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 57:151Are You Waiting Just for Me2:56 2Another Night3:44 3Cacklin’ Hen3:43 4John Henry3:02 5If That’s the Way You Feel3:52 6Rocky Island3:28 7Pikeville Jail3:27 8Beautiful Star of Bethlehem2:33 9Gloryland3:34 10Children Go Where I Send Thee2:42 11Orange Blossom Special2:35 12I Hear a Choo Choo Coming1:43 13Lost Train Blues2:57 14Let Me Love You One More Time2:21 15Little Maggie / Pretty Polly3:17 16I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow3:35 17Rank Strangers3:06 18Festival Pitch1:47 19Pretty Little Indian2:53 | Live | 23 May 2019 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ralph Stanley head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 21 | 82.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 100 | 97.9th |
| Studio albums | 63 | 99.5th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 68 | 99.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 49 | 90th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | National Medal of Arts | won | |
| 2006 | National Medal of Arts | won | |
| 2014 | honorary doctor of Yale University | won | |
| 2014 | honorary doctor of Yale University | won | |
| — | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | won | |
| — | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | won | |
| — | Library of Congress Living Legend | won | |
| — | Library of Congress Living Legend | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stanley Brothers(band) | — | present | |
| The Stanley Brothers(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph_Stanley_plays_banjo_April_20%2C_2008.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/845adb53-9281-41ff-a911-c0af49f3c943discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/845adb53-9281-41ff-a911-c0af49f3c943core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3302436genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3302436seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stanleybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stanley
Why this artist is in the database
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Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Rob Crawford · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3302436 · MusicBrainz: 845adb53-9281-41ff-a911-c0af49f3c943
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