Bluegrass great Ralph Stanely was no stranger to Tucson. He played regular shows here from the late 1990s through 2014, his last show here at Fox Tucson Theatre with his Clinch Mountain Boys. He was ...

Nathan Stanley greets family and friends prior to the memorial service for his grandfather Ralph Stanley on Tuesday in McClure, Virginia. Ralph Stanley died on June 23 of skin cancer. The poster in ...

The Stanley Brothers, formed in 1946, were one of the most popular early bluegrass acts. After Stanley's brother, Carter, died in 1966, Ralph (1927-2016) continued to make music with his band, the ...

The politicians were in the next room, introducing each other and building up to their introduction of Ralph Stanley. Stanley was with his grandson, Nathan, tuning up and explaining why he'd come to ...