Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys Tickets

What a great and diversified show. Loved every minute of it!!!

The venue is gorgeous and acoustics were great! To be anywhere at age 84 is great, but to be able to sing that pure, with a tenor voice for the ages is phenomenal. To have your 18 year old grandson performing with you must be great also. The band is a great talent in each individual's right and the sound was superb!

I just recently got into bluegrass music and decided to go see the legend Ralph Stanley himself, in New York of all places. It was definitely a good time. The Clinch Mountain Boys played some great songs and Ralph sounded awesome as well. I'm so glad I was able to see him and able to meet him at the end of the show!

Ralph and the boys graced us with their always radiant show, and the audience let them know it.

The B.B. King Blues Club provided an intimate setting for an enjoyable but brief evening of traditional bluegrass. You should be aware that The B.B. King Blues Club has a $10 drink minimum per person per set, and that three lousy drinks cost me $61, but that is certainly not Ralph Stanley's fault. At 83, Mr. Stanley does not play the banjo much, but his voice is in great condition and cuts right through you. His band, featuring a fiddle, 5-string banjo, two guitars and a stand up bass are all capable pickers, but in my mind too much of the lead vocals are handed over to Mr. Stanley's grandson, Nathan Stanley, whose smooth CMT-friendly delivery is a little too polished for my taste. The show clocked in at just over an hour featuring all of the songs you'd expect from "The Man of Constant Sorrow," "Oh Death," (sung a capella a la O Brother Where Art Thou) "Orange Blossom Special," White Dove," and many other predictable bluegrass standards.