Don Stover - Things In Life
  • Done Gone
  • Sunbonnet Mother
  • Ole Liza Jane
  • White Oak Breakdown
  • The Old Coon Dog
  • Lonesome Pine Breakdown
  • Valley of Peace
  • Black Diamond
  • Old Reuben No. 1
  • Rockwood Deer Chase
  • Long Chain Charlie And Moundsville
  • Birdie
  • Things In Life
  • Paddy On The Turnpike
  • Done Gone
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (02:32) [5.79 MB]
  • Sunbonnet Mother
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (04:06) [9.37 MB]
  • Ole Liza Jane
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (03:12) [7.31 MB]
  • White Oak Breakdown
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (02:20) [5.35 MB]
  • The Old Coon Dog
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (01:59) [4.53 MB]
  • Lonesome Pine Breakdown
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (02:11) [5.01 MB]
  • Valley of Peace
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (03:34) [8.16 MB]
  • Black Diamond
    Genre: Bluegrass
  • Old Reuben No. 1
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (03:05) [7.07 MB]
  • Rockwood Deer Chase
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (02:33) [5.85 MB]
  • Long Chain Charlie And Moundsville
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (02:53) [6.6 MB]
  • Birdie
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (03:57) [9.02 MB]
  • Things In Life
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (03:06) [7.11 MB]
  • Paddy On The Turnpike
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (02:40) [6.1 MB]
Biography
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Don Stover was one of bluegrass' best-loved musicians. A benefit concert featuring Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Laurie Lewis, Chesapeake, Bill Keith, and Jim Rooney at the Somerville Theater in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1994, raised more than nine thousand dollars for Stover to undergo a brain tumor operation. A video of the event was subsequently released by Homespun Tapes. Stover was instrumental in spreading bluegrass in the northeast as a member of the Lilly Brothers, the house band at Boston's Hillbilly Ranch from 1952 until 1970. Except for a short stint when he joined Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in 1957, Stover performed with the Lilly Brothers at the club six times a week, 50 weeks a year, as well as on a daily radio show broadcast by WCOP. A performance by Stover and the Lilly Brothers on July 4, 1967 was taped and released as Live at the Hillbilly Ranch in 1996. Although the group disbanded in 1970, Stover continued to influence a new generation of bluegrass players. In addition to forming a new band, the White Oak Mountain Boys, Stover recorded a solo album, Things in Life, featuring mandolinist David Grisman. Originally released in 1972, the album was reissued in 1995. Although he initially played banjo in the clawhammer style that he was taught by his mother, Stover altered his approach after hearing a Grand Ole Opry broadcast featuring Earl Scruggs playing in the more melodic, three-finger style with Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys. During the '40s, Stover balanced a full-time job as a coal miner with performances with the Coal River Valley Boys. In the mid-'70s, Stover relocated to Maryland. He succumbed to cancer on November 11, 1996 at the age of 68.
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  • Members:
    Dave Dillon,Joe Diviney,John Hall,Dan Marcus,Don Stover
  • Sounds Like:
    the Lilly Brothers, Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Laurie Lewis, Chesapeake, Bill Keith,Jim Rooney
  • Influences:
    Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys,Earl Scruggs
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    04/24/17
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