Ralph Stanley - I'll Not Be Afraid

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This is my song these days.

[3Hotdogs]

1. I drove through Clinch Mountain area yesterday.

Rank Strangers is my favorite.

Did you ever get into Ginny Hawker?

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2. Man, they're on my list, I'll some ginny up right now!

[3Hotdogs]

11. YouTube Ginny Hawker..

"My warfare will soon be over."

In the classic primitive Baptist style

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3. My father...

He was born and raised near Grundy Virginia...in Clintwood Virginia...

[blueinredohio]

4. My mother was born in Cranes Nest. My father in Darwin.

My mother said she knew Ralph and brother Carter. Small world.

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5. Oh yesss...

Same here...

My grandfather and grandmother...Ida Mae Powers/Buchanan married Henry Buchanan....They owned the General Store/ Dickenson County... and my dad as a young boy delivered the mail on horseback... The original singing Carter Family/ they with would stay at their house...a religious focus...

Dad knew Ralph too...Ralph apparently did local concerts there locally thru the 90's...

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6. When my uncle died (I forget the year)

but it was the same time Princess Diana was killed in the car crash Ralph Stanley was there playing music in the parking lot across from the funeral home.

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7. He was indeed a beloved soul

of Dickenson County....A local icon.

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8. Was that in Clintwood?

I haven't been there in over 15 years now....since my father passed away and his sister, Valdie Vanover...she lived up ontop of the hill in Clintwood.

[blueinredohio]

9. Coeburn.

[The Polack MSgt]

10. Gorgeous. Classic song from an all time picker

Thanks for the post

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12. Ralph Stanley is a national treasure.