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    • Nov 7, 2001
    The T Bone Burnett-produced "O Brother, Where Are Thou?" wins Album of the Year during the 35th Country Music Association awards from Nashville on CBS
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Five Stanley Brothers titles make the list: "Rank Stranger," "Little Maggie," "Angel Band," "Mountain Dew" and "How Far To Little Rock"
    Aug 25, 2005
    "Man Of Constant Sorrow: The Story Of The Stanley Brothers," a two-act musical production, opens at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia
    Oct 10, 2007
    The T Bone Burnett-produced "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is certified by the RIAA for 8 million shipments. The soundtrack includes Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Norman Blake, John Hartford, The Peasall Sisters, The Stanley Brothers and The Soggy Bottom Boys
    Jun 9, 2009
    George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, along with The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" and The Stanley Brothers' "Rank Stranger"
    Nov 16, 2009
    NPR cites Brad Paisley's "5th Gear," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss' "Raising Sand" and the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack among the 50 Most Important Recordings of the Decade
    Jun 23, 2016
    Ralph Stanley dies at his home in Sandy Ridge, Virginia, after battling skin cancer. As a member of The Stanley Brothers, he had a hand in such bluegrass classics as "Rank Stranger," "Angel Band" and "How Far To Little Rock." As a solo act, he earned a Grammy for "O Death," from the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
    Oct 24, 2018
    Dierks Bentley leads a Tribute to Ralph & Carter Stanley at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. Also on the bill are The Travellin' McCourys, The Gibson Brothers, Dan Auerbach, Sierra Hull, Ralph Stanley II and Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
    Sep 17, 2019
    Bluegrass gets a workout during episode three of the PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns." Four Bill Monroe titles are used, along with Flatt & Scruggs' "Bluegrass Breakdown" and a pair of cuts by The Stanley Brothers: "Molly And Tenbrook" and "Little Glass Of Wine"
    Jan 14, 2020
    Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson's single "Pancho And Lefty" is named a 2020 addition to the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight," The Stanley Brothers' "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow," The Chuck Wagon Gang's "I'll Fly Away" and Blind Alfred Reed's "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live"
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