ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Ralph and Carter Stanley began performing as the Stanley Brothers in 1946.
The group was considered among the best in early bluegrass. And their appearances on radio and television included visits with Don Reno and Red Smiley on WDBJ7.
“One thing I remember about it,” Ralph Stanley told us in 1998. “It was really early in the morning. And I could never sing that early.”…