“That was Carter Stanley, the forgotten Stanley Brother, the one who died young without ever getting a decent payday, much less an armful of Grammys. In bluegrass circles, his star has never dimmed, and for good reason. Without Carter, there would have been no Stanley Brothers, perhaps the most revered brother act in country music history. Carter was the founding member and the driving force, while kid brother Ralph, at least in the early years, mostly tagged along for the ride.” – The Washington Post (about the forgotten Stanley brother)

Mother’s at rest in a lonesome old graveyard

On a hill far away, I stand

Grass covered over, it seems so neglected

When spring season comes, the flowers will bloom

– Memories of Mother (Carter Stanley)

The Rank Stranger:

From Wikipedia:

Birth name	Carter Glen Stanley
Born	August 27, 1925 Big Spraddle Creek, Virginia,U.S.A.
Died	December 1, 1966 (aged 41) Bristol, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Genres	Bluegrass, Old-time
Occupations	Guitarist, singer, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1946–1966
Labels	Rich-R-Tone, Columbia, Mercury,Starday, King
Associated acts	The Stanley Brothers, Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe

Carter Glen Stanley (August 27, 1925 – December 1, 1966) was a bluegrass music lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitar player. He formed the Stanley Brothers band together with his brother Ralph. The Stanley Brothers are generally acknowledged as the first band after Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys to play in the bluegrass genre. According to some historians, their recording of “Molly and Tenbrooks” (aka “The Racehorse Song”) marked the beginning of bluegrass as a genre.

Weeping Willow:

Album of the day:

Complete Columbia Recordings (1996)

 

Other December 01:

• Samuel “Magic Sam” Gene Maghett (February 14, 1937 – December 1, 1969) was an American Chicago blues musician. Maghett was born in Grenada, Mississippi, United States, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of nineteen, he was signed by Cobra Records and became well known as a bluesman after his first record, “All Your Love” in 1957. He was known for his distinctive tremolo-guitar playing.
• Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian, actor,social critic, writer, and MC.Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of his era: Jerry Seinfeld called Pryor “The Picasso of our profession”; Bob Newhart has called Pryor “the seminal comedian of the last 50 years.” This legacy can be attributed, in part, to the unusual degree of intimacy Pryor brought to bear on his comedy. As Bill Cosby reportedly once said, “Richard Pryor drew the line between comedy and tragedy as thin as one could possibly paint it.”
• Gilbert O’Sullivan (born 1 December 1946) is an Irish-Englishsinger-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits “Alone Again (Naturally)”, “Clair” and “Get Down”. The music magazineRecord Mirror voted him the No. 1 UK male singer of 1972.

-Egil & Hallgeir