Ralph Stanley Celebrates His 78th Birthday at Museum Fundraiser

On Friday, February 25th, friends, fans, and museum supporters joined Dr. Ralph Stanley at the Clintwood Community Center to commemorate his 78th birthday. The celebration was a benefit fundraiser for the Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center.
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Former Clinch Mountain Boy Celebrated with Loan of Fiddle

In remembrance of his birthday on January 10th, the children of Curley Ray Cline officially loaned their father’s fiddle to the Ralph Stanley Museum. The fiddle, which is estimated to be close to 50 years old, is the one he recorded and performed with while he was a Clinch Mountain Boy (1966-1993).
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