Carl Story was an American bluegrass musician, and leader of his band the Rambling Mountaineers.
10 Facts About Carl Story
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Carl Story was dubbed "The Father of Bluegrass Gospel Music" by the governor of Oklahoma.
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Carl Story's father played the fiddle and his mother played the guitar and Story learned to master both fiddle, guitar and clawhammer banjo.
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Carl Story played with Bill Monroe in 1942 as a fiddler - replacing Howdy Forrester who had been drafted - but eventually Carl Story was drafted in October 1943.
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At the recording sessions of 1947, Carl Story temporarily labelled his band the Melody Four Quartet.
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Carl Story's Mountaineers appeared on radio stations WAYS in Charlotte, North Carolina, WEAS in Decatur, Georgia, and WLOS in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Carl Story had a new recording contract on Columbia Records in 1953.
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In 1960, Carl Story began working as a deejay for WFLW in Monticello, Kentucky.
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Carl Story signed another recording contract with CMH Records in the mid-1970s.
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Carl Story settled down in Greer, South Carolina, working as a deejay over WCKI in Greer.