Oak Street Cinema Saturday, September 21, 3:30pm Herb E. Smith, 2000, 82 min. “It comes from the mountains, like the dogs a-barking, hoot owls hollering, and it’s just a sound that’s totally different from any other sound,” declares Melvin Goins, commenting on Ralph Stanley’s evocative voice in this new documentary. The Stanley Sound is true old-time, mountain-style bluegrass music, though it is now known best through the phenomenon of the music to “O Brother Where Art Thou”. This film tells Ralph’s long and winding story, from backwoods dancehalls in Virginia all the way up to the celebration for his 50th year in bluegrass. Through interviews with Ralph, fellow musicians and those who know Ralph best, an important figure in traditional American music is finally brought to public light. “Rank Stranger,” “White Dove,” “Pretty Polly,” “Man of Constant Sorrow” and over twenty other songs help tell the story, while Ralph performs live with Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, Junior Brown, Larry Sparks, George Shuffler, Ricky Skaggs, and members of the Clinch Mountain Boys.