The Stanley Brothers（中文名稱：斯坦利兄弟）是一支來自美國的鄉村音樂風格的樂隊，由Carter和Ralph兩兄弟組成，組建於1946年。這是一支老牌樂隊，非常有影響力，從出道一直活躍到1960年。在這20年的時間裡，他們發行了多張專輯，非常受歡迎。
基本介紹
- 中文名：斯坦利兄弟
- 外文名：The Stanley Brothers
- 國籍：美國
- 出生地：美國
- 代表作品：Precious Memories
中文簡介,著名音樂,英文簡介,
中文簡介
斯坦利兄弟（卡特士丹利，1925年至1966年，和拉爾夫斯坦利，1927年出生）是一個美國蘭草二人最初是從迪肯森縣，維吉尼亞歡呼。家庭很快轉移到麥克盧爾，維吉尼亞州，在那裡他們的父母工作的一個小農場中緊抱山。音樂是他們生命中從字的一部分去，因為他們能夠聽夢露兄弟，更主要的登山，和其他藝術家的喜歡特色的大奧普里電台節目。
戰爭中斷的音樂生涯中的任何想法，但直到兩兄弟從他們能夠做出自己的印記的音樂服務返回 - 最終結束了在布里斯托，田納西州，在那裡他們將保持了十多年作為著名的“農家樂和時間”的廣播節目的中堅分子。他們的音樂最初隨後更主要的登山者青睞更舊時代的風格，與拉爾夫打在舊兩個手指風格班卓琴，穿插著舊時代播放，採取刺傷伯爵斯克魯格斯推廣新三指樣式之前。
他們形成了克林奇山男孩在1946年他們也許採取由比爾·夢露在1940年代中期，後來被稱為蘭草創建的新音樂風格的樂團。卡特彈吉他，唱了主角，而拉爾夫班卓琴演奏並演唱，具有強烈的高男高音的聲音。他們和聲的敬佩，而許多人認為卡特士丹利是在鄉村音樂史上最偉大的歌手之一。這對兄弟也寫了許多他們自己的歌曲和卡特有一個特殊的訣竅寫看似簡單的歌詞描繪強烈的情感。斯坦利的風格可以被描述為一個傳統的“山魂”的聲音，仍接近原始聲音風格讓他們從他們的父母和其他人靠近他們的維吉尼亞州西南部的家學。
早期的斯坦利兄弟錄豐富的R音（詹森城，田納西州）包括小便一點點蘭伯特在曼陀林。他們後來增加了創新的觸摸到他們的傳統音響與喬治洗牌誰經常使用吉他獨奏。
卡特進行簡要比爾夢露而拉爾夫從汽車事故在1951年收到的傷病中恢復由於藍草音樂長大，在20世紀50年代後期冷門，斯坦利兄弟搬到住橡樹，佛羅里達頭條每周薩旺尼河大露營電台節目。三個小時的演出也被聯合整個東南亞。否則，兄弟倆一起演出直到1966年（1961年作為二人）。卡特後的死亡拉爾夫恢復緊抱山男孩，仍在執行2006年在誰發揮在恢復緊抱山男孩的音樂家是瑞奇的，基思·惠特利，拉里火花，捲毛雷克萊因，傑克·庫克和拉爾夫斯坦利。拉爾夫的事業得到了很大的推動作用，他突出的作用在2000年的電影，“啊，兄弟，你在哪兒？”斯坦利兄弟被引導到榮譽的國際蘭草音樂堂在1992年非常成功的原聲錄音。
著名音樂
Precious Memories
This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart)
Our Last Goodbye
(Say) Won't You Be Mine
Poison Lies
I'm Lonesome Without You
Memories Of Mother
Dickson Country Breakdown
英文簡介
The Stanley Brothers (Carter Stanley, 1925-1966, and Ralph Stanley, born 1927) were an American bluegrass duo originally hailing from Dickenson County, Virginia. The family soon moved to McClure, Virginia, where their parents worked a small farm in the Clinch Mountains. Music was a part of their lives from the word go, as they were able to listen to the likes of The Monroe Brothers, Mainer’s Mountaineers, and other artists featured on the Grand Ole Opry radio program.
The War interrupted any thoughts of a musical career, and it was not until both brothers returned from the service that they were able to make their own mark in music — ultimately ending up on WCYB Bristol, Tennessee, where they would remain for over ten years as stalwarts of the famed “Farm and Fun Time” radio show. Their music initially followed a more old time style favored by Mainer’s Mountaineers, with Ralph playing the banjo in the old two-finger style, interspersed with old time clawhammer playing, before taking a stab at the new three-finger style popularised by Earl Scruggs.
They formed The Clinch Mountain Boys in 1946. They were perhaps the first band to adopt the new music style created by Bill Monroe in the mid-1940s that later became known as bluegrass. Carter played guitar and sang lead while Ralph played banjo and sang with a strong, high tenor voice. Their harmonies are much admired, and many consider Carter Stanley to be one of the greatest singers in the history of country music. The brothers also wrote many of their own songs and Carter had a particular knack for writing deceptively simple lyrics that portrayed strong emotion. The Stanley’s style can best be described as a traditional “mountain soul” sound that remained close to the Primitive Baptist vocal stylings they learned from their parents and others near their southwestern Virginia home.
The early Stanley Brothers recordings on Rich-R-Tone (of Johnson City, Tennessee) included Pee Wee Lambert on mandolin. They later added an innovative touch to their traditional sound with the guitar solos of George Shuffler who often used a crosspicking style.
Carter performed briefly with Bill Monroe while Ralph was recovering from injuries received in an automobile accident in 1951. As bluegrass music grew less popular in the late 1950s, the Stanley Brothers moved to Live Oak, Florida to headline the weekly Suwannee River Jamboree radio show on WNER. The three-hour show was also syndicated across the Southeast. Otherwise the brothers performed together until 1966 (from 1961 on as a duo). After Carter’s death Ralph revived the Clinch Mountain Boys and is still performing in 2006. Among the musicians who have played in the revived Clinch Mountain Boys are Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, Larry Sparks, Curly Ray Cline, Jack Cooke, and Ralph Stanley II. Ralph’s career received a big boost with his prominent role on the phenomenally successful soundtrack recording of the 2000 film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?.” The Stanley Brothers were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1992.
Among the Stanley Brothers’ best known recordings are:
* I’m A Man of Constant Sorrow (1950, Columbia)
* Rank Stranger
* Angel Band
* How Mountain Girls Can Love
* How Far to Little Rock? (novelty)
* Still trying to get to Little Rock (novelty)
* Ridin’ That Midnite Train
* Clinch Mountain Backstep
* She’s More To Be Pitied
* The Memory of Your Smile
* Love Me Darlin’ Just Tonight
Clinch Mountain Boys Members
* Carter Stanley (guitar)
* Ralph Stanley (banjo)
* Darrell “Pee Wee” Lambert (mandolin)
* Jim Williams (mandolin)
* Curly Lambert (mandolin)
* Leslie Keith (fiddle)
* Robert “Bobby” Sumner (fiddle)
* Les Woodie (fiddle)
* Ralph Mayo (fiddle, guitar)
* Chubby Anthony (fiddle)
* Art Stamper (fiddle)
* Joe Meadows (fiddle)
* Red Stanley (fiddle)
* Don Miller (fiddle)
* Vernon Derrick (fiddle)
* James “Jay” Hughes (bass)
* Ernie Newton (bass)
* Chick Stripling (bass)
* Mike Seeger (bass)
* Bill Napier (guitar, mandolin)
* George Shuffler (guitar, bass)
* Larry Sparks (guitar)
External links
* Ralph Stanley Discography
* Recording of “We Are Going to Paint the Town” from a 1958 Florida radio show (made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)
* Podcast (mp3) of one of the Stanley Brothers’ Suwannee River Jamboree raido show from 1958 (made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)
The War interrupted any thoughts of a musical career, and it was not until both brothers returned from the service that they were able to make their own mark in music — ultimately ending up on WCYB Bristol, Tennessee, where they would remain for over ten years as stalwarts of the famed “Farm and Fun Time” radio show. Their music initially followed a more old time style favored by Mainer’s Mountaineers, with Ralph playing the banjo in the old two-finger style, interspersed with old time clawhammer playing, before taking a stab at the new three-finger style popularised by Earl Scruggs.
They formed The Clinch Mountain Boys in 1946. They were perhaps the first band to adopt the new music style created by Bill Monroe in the mid-1940s that later became known as bluegrass. Carter played guitar and sang lead while Ralph played banjo and sang with a strong, high tenor voice. Their harmonies are much admired, and many consider Carter Stanley to be one of the greatest singers in the history of country music. The brothers also wrote many of their own songs and Carter had a particular knack for writing deceptively simple lyrics that portrayed strong emotion. The Stanley’s style can best be described as a traditional “mountain soul” sound that remained close to the Primitive Baptist vocal stylings they learned from their parents and others near their southwestern Virginia home.
The early Stanley Brothers recordings on Rich-R-Tone (of Johnson City, Tennessee) included Pee Wee Lambert on mandolin. They later added an innovative touch to their traditional sound with the guitar solos of George Shuffler who often used a crosspicking style.
Carter performed briefly with Bill Monroe while Ralph was recovering from injuries received in an automobile accident in 1951. As bluegrass music grew less popular in the late 1950s, the Stanley Brothers moved to Live Oak, Florida to headline the weekly Suwannee River Jamboree radio show on WNER. The three-hour show was also syndicated across the Southeast. Otherwise the brothers performed together until 1966 (from 1961 on as a duo). After Carter’s death Ralph revived the Clinch Mountain Boys and is still performing in 2006. Among the musicians who have played in the revived Clinch Mountain Boys are Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, Larry Sparks, Curly Ray Cline, Jack Cooke, and Ralph Stanley II. Ralph’s career received a big boost with his prominent role on the phenomenally successful soundtrack recording of the 2000 film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?.” The Stanley Brothers were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1992.
Among the Stanley Brothers’ best known recordings are:
* I’m A Man of Constant Sorrow (1950, Columbia)
* Rank Stranger
* Angel Band
* How Mountain Girls Can Love
* How Far to Little Rock? (novelty)
* Still trying to get to Little Rock (novelty)
* Ridin’ That Midnite Train
* Clinch Mountain Backstep
* She’s More To Be Pitied
* The Memory of Your Smile
* Love Me Darlin’ Just Tonight
Clinch Mountain Boys Members
* Carter Stanley (guitar)
* Ralph Stanley (banjo)
* Darrell “Pee Wee” Lambert (mandolin)
* Jim Williams (mandolin)
* Curly Lambert (mandolin)
* Leslie Keith (fiddle)
* Robert “Bobby” Sumner (fiddle)
* Les Woodie (fiddle)
* Ralph Mayo (fiddle, guitar)
* Chubby Anthony (fiddle)
* Art Stamper (fiddle)
* Joe Meadows (fiddle)
* Red Stanley (fiddle)
* Don Miller (fiddle)
* Vernon Derrick (fiddle)
* James “Jay” Hughes (bass)
* Ernie Newton (bass)
* Chick Stripling (bass)
* Mike Seeger (bass)
* Bill Napier (guitar, mandolin)
* George Shuffler (guitar, bass)
* Larry Sparks (guitar)
External links
* Ralph Stanley Discography
* Recording of “We Are Going to Paint the Town” from a 1958 Florida radio show (made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)
* Podcast (mp3) of one of the Stanley Brothers’ Suwannee River Jamboree raido show from 1958 (made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)
