Art Stamper Dies
Bluegrass pioneer Art Stamper, 71, died January 23rd in Louisville, Ky., after a four-year battle with throat cancer.
In his career, the fiddler performed with the likes of the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys, the
He was a professional musician by age 16 and joined Ralph and Carter Stanley’s band in 1952, just in time to help define a new genre of music eventually called bluegrass.
In 2004, Stamper received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association.
He retired from music in 1956 to raise a family, and returned in 1978. His final recording, “Wake Up Darlin’ Corey,” was released late last year.
