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'''Charles Cline''' (June 6, 1931 in [[Baisden, Mingo County, West Virginia]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlie-cline-mn0000207504|title=Charlie Cline {{!}} Biography & History|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sv.findagrave.com/memorial/16808984/charles-cline | title=Charles Cline (1931-2004) - Find a Grave Memorial }}</ref> - November 19, 2004),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title= Social Security Death Index|work= Rootsweb|publisher= [[Ancestry.com]]|access-date=August 14, 2010}}</ref> was an American [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] fiddler and multi-instrumentalist, known for being the sideman of several legendary bluegrass groups from the 1950s and well into the 1980s. |
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== Biography == |
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Cline learned to play the fiddle properly from [[Fiddlin' Arthur Smith]], who lived in his parents house around the year 1940.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Bluegrass music|last=Rosenberg|first=Neil V.|date=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Oxford Music Online|doi = 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03309}}</ref> In the late 1940s, Cline became a member of the [[Lonesome Pine Fiddlers]], a radio band formed in 1937 based in [[Bluefield, West Virginia]]. The band consisted of his brothers, [[Curly Ray Cline]] and Ned Cline, his cousin [[Ezra Cline]], and Larry Richardson. |
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Banjo player Richardson had been offered a job with [[Bill Monroe]]'s Bluegrass Boys in the early 1950s, and was instrumental in bringing Charlie Cline into the group. Cline recorded 32 songs with the Bluegrass Boys between 1952 and 1955. In the following years, he continued to perform with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, [[The Stanley Brothers]], The [[Osborne Brothers]] and [[Jimmy Martin]]'s Sunny Mountain Boys. In 1986, he appeared with the Warrior River Boys. He died in 2004 at Shadescrest Healthcare Center in [[Jasper, Alabama]]. |
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== Cline's Time with Monroe & Later Career == |
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Cline's Banjo player, Larry Richardson, had been offered a job with [[Bill Monroe]]'s Bluegrass Boys in the early 1950s, and was instrumental in bringing Charlie Cline into the group. Cline recorded 32 songs with the [[Bluegrass Boys]] between 1952 and 1955,<ref>{{cite book |title= Bill Monroe: Bluegrass 1950-58 |last2= Wolfe|first2= Charles K.|last1= Rosenberg |first1= Neil V.|year= 1989|publisher= [[Bear Family Records]] GmbH |location= Holste-Oldendorf, Germany|isbn= 978-3-924787-13-4}}</ref> playing every instrument but the mandolin.<ref name=":0" /> Monroe brought Charlie Cline to the Stanley Brothers recording session, where they recorded their duet version of Blue Moon of Kentucky. Charlie Cline played the guitar on the recording in the style that Clyde Moody once played. It was the first time that lead guitar was used on the Stanley Brothers recordings - which would soon become an essential part of their sound. Charlie Cline was also a part of the famous back-stage jam with Monroe that led Carlton Haney to develop his passion for bluegrass music.<ref name=":1" /> In the following years, he continued to perform with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, [[The Stanley Brothers]], The [[Osborne Brothers]] and [[Jimmy Martin]]'s [[Sunny Mountain Boys]]. In 1986, he appeared with the [[David Davis (bluegrass)|Warrior River Boys]]. Cline died in 2004 at Shadescrest Healthcare Center in [[Jasper, Alabama]]. Cline was one of the many fiddlers who was given the opportunity to play on Bristol's famous WCYB radio station, which played a large role in bluegrass music in the late 40's through the 60's.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The bluegrass reader|last=Goldsmith, Thomas, 1952- Hrsg.|isbn=0-252-07365-7|oclc=723753443|year = 2006|publisher=University of Illinois Press }}</ref> |
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*''Neil V.Rosenberg, Charles K.Wolfe, "Bluegrass, Bill Monroe", Bear Family Records Publ., (1989) |
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Latest revision as of 01:47, 11 June 2024
Charles Cline (June 6, 1931 in Baisden, Mingo County, West Virginia[1][2] - November 19, 2004),[3] was an American bluegrass fiddler and multi-instrumentalist, known for being the sideman of several legendary bluegrass groups from the 1950s and well into the 1980s.
Biography
[edit]Cline learned to play the fiddle properly from Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, who lived in his parents house around the year 1940.[4] In the late 1940s, Cline became a member of the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, a radio band formed in 1937 based in Bluefield, West Virginia. The band consisted of his brothers, Curly Ray Cline and Ned Cline, his cousin Ezra Cline, and Larry Richardson.
Cline's Time with Monroe & Later Career
[edit]Cline's Banjo player, Larry Richardson, had been offered a job with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in the early 1950s, and was instrumental in bringing Charlie Cline into the group. Cline recorded 32 songs with the Bluegrass Boys between 1952 and 1955,[5] playing every instrument but the mandolin.[1] Monroe brought Charlie Cline to the Stanley Brothers recording session, where they recorded their duet version of Blue Moon of Kentucky. Charlie Cline played the guitar on the recording in the style that Clyde Moody once played. It was the first time that lead guitar was used on the Stanley Brothers recordings - which would soon become an essential part of their sound. Charlie Cline was also a part of the famous back-stage jam with Monroe that led Carlton Haney to develop his passion for bluegrass music.[4] In the following years, he continued to perform with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, The Stanley Brothers, The Osborne Brothers and Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys. In 1986, he appeared with the Warrior River Boys. Cline died in 2004 at Shadescrest Healthcare Center in Jasper, Alabama. Cline was one of the many fiddlers who was given the opportunity to play on Bristol's famous WCYB radio station, which played a large role in bluegrass music in the late 40's through the 60's.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Charlie Cline | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Charles Cline (1931-2004) - Find a Grave Memorial".
- ^ "Social Security Death Index". Rootsweb. Ancestry.com. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
- ^ a b Rosenberg, Neil V. (2001). Bluegrass music. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03309.
- ^ Rosenberg, Neil V.; Wolfe, Charles K. (1989). Bill Monroe: Bluegrass 1950-58. Holste-Oldendorf, Germany: Bear Family Records GmbH. ISBN 978-3-924787-13-4.
- ^ Goldsmith, Thomas, 1952- Hrsg. (2006). The bluegrass reader. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-07365-7. OCLC 723753443.
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