Home > Articles > The Tradition > Notes & Queries – March Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, ca. 1993. From left to right: Curly Ray Cline, Junior Blankenship, Ralph Stanley, Ernie Thacker, and Jack Cooke. Notes & Queries – MarchWritten by Gary ReidPosted on March 1, 2021The TraditionFacebook0Tweet0Email0Print0 NOTES “In the December 2020 issue, you answered a query about the song ‘Mountain Laurel.’&Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.