Cline, Curly Ray

CURLY RAY CLINE

  • From Pike County, Kentucky.
  • Best known as the long-time fiddler with Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys.
  • 1938, at age 15 formed the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers with brother Ned and cousin Ezra.
  • 1963-1993, worked with Stanley Brothers and then Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys until his retirement.
  • Nickname: The Old Kentucky Fox Hunter.
  • Died in 1997.