Ralph Stanley obituary: bluegrass's humble mountain king

The bluegrass pioneer has died at 89, after inspiring Bob Dylan, mentoring a generation of musicians and making a comeback in O Brother, Where Art Thou?Ralph Stanley, the last of the first-generation of bluegrass bandleaders, died on Tuesday of skin cancer. He was 89.His life represented just how far bluegrass had traveled, from its formidable days in the 1940s of the mountain region of the upland south to today, where core elements of the music are heard everywhere. Throughout his seven decades...

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