Carl Story

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Carl Story (May 29, 1916^[1] – March 31, 1995)^[2] was an American bluegrass musician, and leader of his band the Rambling Mountaineers. He was dubbed "The Father of Bluegrass Gospel Music" by the governor of Oklahoma.

Biography

Story was born in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States,^[1] into a musically inclined family. His father played the fiddle and his mother played the guitar and Story learned to master both fiddle, guitar and clawhammer banjo. In the early 1930s, after winning a fiddle contest, he joined J. E. Clark and the Lonesome Mountaineers performing at WLVA in Lynchburg, Virginia. In 1934, he formed the Rambling Mountaineers together with banjo player Johnny Whisnant and guitarists Dudley Watson and Ed McMahan. Within a year they played over radio station WHKY in Hickory, North Carolina. It later led to performances at WSPA in Spartanburg, South Carolina and WWNC in Asheville, North Carolina. They recorded for ARC in 1939 and Okeh Records in 1940; however, these recordings were never issued. Story played with Bill Monroe in 1942 as a fiddler - replacing Howdy Forrester who had been drafted - but eventually Story was also drafted in October 1943.^[1]

After his discharge from the

Story died on March 31, 1995, aged 78.[2]

References

Bibliography

• Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide to Country: The Definitive Guide to Country Music, 2003,
  ISBN 978-0879307608
• W. K. McNeil, Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, 2005,
  ISBN 978-0415941792
• Kurt Wolff, Orla Duane, Country Music: The Rough Guide, 2000,
  ISBN 978-1858285344