Ralph Stanley at Pound, VA 1972 Part 1 

Some monster vocal talents in that line up. Keith, Roy Lee and Jack are on another level as leads. Ricky can basically do anything in music including very capable singing. And Ralph is arguably the greatest old timey mountain tenor ever.

My grand daddy actually saw this performance. He was a Pound native and told me about seeing these guys back in the day.

The lead singer in Ralph's band was Roy Lee Centers. He was one of the greatest voices in Bluegrass Music.

Oh man I really enjoyed this video! 😊 Great Mountain Style Blue Grass being played here. Thanks so much for sharing! 👍🏻

Thanks for sharing! I'm a huge Keith Whitley fan and I've lived in Pound all my life. From what I can tell I think they are on the sidewalk between what is now the iga and the dollar general

This is priceless to any true fan of the old time mountain and bluegrass music. Great band, the young Keith Whitley is especially outstanding.

Oh man there’s so many of my favorite Stanley songs in this footage talk about a great show I would’ve paid 200 dollars for a show like this especially with the talent on that stage at that time.

A national treasure. His voice and style of picking just can't be replaced. I was sad to hear of his passing. Tom J.

Wonderful video. This brings it all back with a tear as well as all are gone now except Ricky. I saw the group that summer and made me a life long Stanley Brothers enthusiast and especially for Keith Whitley. Priceless footage of him holding the D-45 up and cross picking on the A P Carter classic with Roy Lee. Just as I remembered, one of the best CMB group ever. Everyone got to shine with Ralph.

Ralph Stanley and all the Clinch Mountain Boys in their prime. Thank you for making this available. Such great musicianship.

There's a lot of choreography involved in getting the right person in front of the microphone at the right time, but they never seem to miss a beat. I love Ralph's "Little Maggie."

Classic Curly Ray Cline , Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, Roy Lee Centers Pickin!! My all time favorite

What amazing footage. Thank you for posting it!

Ralph really had a God given talent!

At his peak, it was said around Coburn that "Roy Lee sounded more like Carter than Carter sounded like Carter."

You’ll never know how much this means to me to see this. Thanks a bunch!!

Thanks so much for posting this! This was such a classic lineup! A real treasure!

Ralph, Curly Ray, Jack, Roy Lee, Keith and Ricky. What a great band. Thank you so much for posting this. I can't imagine anyone giving this a "thumbs down" vote. It's fantastic being able to see these guys performing.

Thanks for sharing this. Great to see the footage of Roy Lee Centers. Ralph had a number of great lead singers but in my opinion, Roy lee was the closest thing to Carter that ever stood beside him.

I had no idea Keith Whitley could play guitar like that. As a guitar player I know that right there was some impressive flatpicking!