Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers

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Lonesome Melodies  American Made Music Series Advisory Board David Evans, General Editor Barry Jean Ancelet Edward A. Berlin Joyce J. Bolden Rob Bowman Susan C. Cook Curtis Ellison William Ferris John Edward Hasse Kip Lornell Bill Malone Eddie S. Meadows Manuel H. Peña Wayne D. Shirley Robert Walser American Made Music Series University Press of Mississippi  Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us Designed by Peter D. Halverson Cover photograph by John Cohen The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. “The White Dove” by Carter Stanley Copyright © 1949 by Peer International Corporation Used by Permission “The Lonesome River” by Carter Stanley Copyright © 1953 by Peer International Corporation Used by Permission “The Fields Have Turned Brown” by Carter Stanley Copyright © 1953 by Peer International Corporation Used by Permission Copyright © 2013 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2013© Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, David W. (David William), 1946– Lonesome melodies : the lives and music of the Stanley Brothers / David W. Johnson. p. cm. — (American made music series) Includes bibliographical references, index, and discography. ISBN 978-1-61703-646-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-647-7 (ebook) 1. Stanley Brothers. 2. Bluegrass musicians—United States— Biography. I. Title. ML421.S73J66 2013 781.642092’2—dc23 2012029580 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available To Mike Seeger  This page intentionally left blank ...