Ralph Stanley with Gillian Welch: Oh Death - from Clinch Mountain Sweethearts, 2001
After O Brother Where Art Thou put old-time music back on the agenda in 2000, lots of recordings w. Dr. Ralph and younger keepers of the tradition started appearing…
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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
