Cline, Charlie

CHARLIE CLINE

  • From Baisden, West Virginia.
  • Late 1940’s, he joined the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers with brothers Curly Ray and Ezra.
  • 1952-55, was a member of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys, playing fiddle and guitar.
  • 1956, worked with the Stanley Brothers, playing lead guitar.
  • 1960, worked with the Osborne Brothers.
  • 1970, rejoined the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers.
  • 1980, joined Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys.
  • He became an ordained minister and evangelist in Alabama.
  • 1986, worked with the Warrior River Boys in Alabama.
  • Died in 2004 in Alabama.