Spotify Release Info
Track: Blue Virginia Blues
Artist: Larry Sparks
Album: Silver Reflections
Artist Bio
Name: Larry Sparks
Spotify Genres: bluegrass, christian country, southern gospel, newgrass
Followers: 16,410
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Biography
American bluegrass guitarist and singer/songwriter, born September 15, 1947 in Lebanon, Ohio. Brother of musician and writer [a2559114]. Father of [a2631510]. Raised in a musical family, and his earliest appearances were with his sister Bernice. At the age of seventeen, he got the opportunity to play guitar for the Stanley Brothers, and at nineteen he became Ralph Stanley’s lead singer, after Carter Stanley’s death. Three years later, he formed his own band, the Lonesome Ramblers. He had recorded a single earlier on Jack Lynch’s Jalyn label as Larry Sparks and the Sandy Mountain Boys. Before that, he had his first appearance on record with Erwin Keith and the Slade Mountain Boys on Dayton’s Top Tennessee label. After forming the Lonesome Ramblers, he cut his debut album on the Pine Tree label in Hamilton, entitled Ramblin’ Guitar with half vocals and half instrumentals. Cut two more LPs for Pine Tree and four for Cincinnati-based King Bluegrass. After that, he recorded for Old Homestead, Starday, County, Lesco (his own label), June Apple, Acoustic Revival, and a long string of LPs and CDs on Rebel. Larry was selected as the IBMA Vocalist of the Year in both 2004 and 2005, and his CD 40, celebrating his forty years in bluegrass, was selected as both the Album of the Year and the Recorded Event of the Year by the IBMA in 2005. In 2014, he released a CD celebrating fifty years in bluegrass music. In 2015, he was elected to the IBMA Bluegrass Hall of Fame.
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Check this outPopular Tracks on Spotify
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1.The Old Coal MineThe Last Suit You Wear
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2.Blue Virginia BluesSilver Reflections
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3.Love Of The MountainsJohn Deere Tractor
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4.Thank You, LordThe Rock I Stand On
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5.Tennessee 1949Silver Reflections
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6.I've Just Seen The Rock Of AgesThe Old Church Yard
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7.Smoky Mountain MemoriesClassic Bluegrass
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8.I Just Want To Thank You LordI Just Want To Thank You Lord
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9.John Deere TractorJohn Deere Tractor
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10.I'd Like To Be A TrainSilver Reflections
Discogs Release Info
Release: Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys* Featuring Bill Monroe, Reno-Harrell*, Jimmy Martin, Larry Sparks, Country Gentlemen*, Goins Bros*, Outdoor Plumbing Company*, Raymond Fairchild, Sullivan Family*, Marshall Family*, Leslie Keith - Live! At McClure, Virginia
Year: 1976
Genres: Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Bluegrass