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Playing with the Nashville Bluegrass Band, he did a little banjo picking of
his own on "Girl From the Greenbriar Shore," but it was a truly frightening
rendition of "O Death" that held the crowd spellbound. His voice cut through the
clear night air; severe, despairing, beautiful and immortal all at once.
He played claw & hammer style here in Michigan during Pretty Polly. However, what I disagree with in Mr.Heim's column is the adjectives "truly frightening" used in conjunction with "O Death". What was described as Ralph's voice during the song is true, but the *way* he did it was Beautiful. Absolutely Beautiful. He took the spotlight off of himself and the musicians and he *Made us "Feel". We listened deeply beyond the music and I saw beyond the blue silloutte of a Mountain Man. I closed my eyes and I could see my Gramma' and smell honeysuckle, right inside Fox Theater. That's not frightening, that is Beautiful.
R.S.
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