Bluegrassroots

6th October 2008 Charles J. Brown
04:04 pm

Ralph Stanley, the bluegrass legend, has cut an ad for Barack Obama. Click on the link to listen. If, for some reason you’re not familiar with Ralph Stanley, you should be. First something old:

Now, something more recent, which you may recognize from the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack:

Sorry, Atrios, but this beats Bruce by a longshot. Everyone expected the Boss to endorse Obama. But Ralph Stanley? He’s older than John McCain. And judging by the post, smarter too.

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1 On October 6th, 2008, Midwest McGarry said:
Thanks for the little taste of Ralph Stanley. Good radio commercial.

Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe are gone. But have we heard who Earl Scruggs is endorsing?