[Magdalen] R.I.P. Ralph Stanley

[Grace Cangialosi]

On "Fresh Air" today they played his version of "Man of Constant Sorrows," as well as a recording from 1955 with his brother Carter, the other half of the Stanley Brothers. Stanley also demonstrated the technique of "lining out" a hymn, which is still practiced by the Old Regular Baptists, among others. He used "Amazing Grace" as his example.

> On Jun 24, 2016, at 12:34 PM, Jim Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
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> O Death is a 'lowering song', sung as a loved one's body is lowered into the grave in hope that the death being recognized will be an appeasement to death and that no one else will die that year.
> 
> Jim Handsfield
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Jun 24, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Never have seen it, but maybe this would be a good time to do so. When
>> there's time again to watch things of my own choice.
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>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Anyone who saw, or heard the soundtrack of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
>>> would have heard Ralph. His song "O Death" was a major feature in it and
>>> much talked about, and gave his career a huge, if very late, boost.
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>> -- 
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
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