A Special Tribute Concert honoring Dr. Ralph Stanley Live at the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN 10/19/2017 Downloading and reuse of this video is not authorized.
This is a perfect example of a great , great, example of one of the best singers ever. that either was poorly managed or not ever managed, His only down fall was being in bluegrass music, his voice should have been in Pop, or rock, country shunned him, cuz bluegrass singers very limited or none on country charts . Sad cuz he's the best singer now at 69-70 still sounding great , love you, Johnny C
F***ing Hell, what an incredible singer! I only just discovered him by way of a Rusty Young (Poco) RIP show .... but wow man, huge love for this voice, ....
John Cowan continues to have the amazing vocal. This is with Darin and Brooke Aldridge, not Doobie brothers. Oh, and of course, Miss Carley Arrowood. Very well done folks.
I have been listening to John since Winfield in 1974, and then for years and years at Telluride, and his voice is still so powerful. When he auditioned as a bass player for New Grass Revival in 74' Sam Bush said that just hearing him tune his bass they new that he was in, and then when he asked Sam if he could sing a tune, Sam said that he was the lead singer for NGR, but half way through the song, Sam said, "well I WAS the lead singer". Here is "Dark as a Dudgeon" with NGR. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VvRdUz96WCA.html
I started out hating this version, it's slow tempo and what seemed like Cowan's diva-like vocal pyrotechnics, but I warmed to it, especially, I admit, when he made the connection to diamond miners in South Africa. I first encountered the song through the Weavers, so I'm used to it as a protest song, and when Cowan made a nod in that direction, it started working for me, including both the tempo and his admittedly superb voice.
sam The man has said that john wanted to sing as well as play the bass and sam said well i'm the main singer here and then he heard big john sing and the rest is history
That would be from interview at Lonesome Pine Special with New Grass Revival. available on RU-vid. great show and many many others in Lonesome's catalogue