Author Archives: jamesalanshelton

Hand-Tooled leather straps by James Alan Shelton are now available online. Just look at the top of this page and click on “Shelton Instrument Straps” from the menu. You will find pictures and information on how to order straps for … Continue reading →

California singer-songwriter-guitarist Todd Novak has just released a new CD entitled “Raspberry Moonshine” with instrumental and vocal backing by the Clinch Mountain Boys and a special cameo appearance by Dr. Ralph himself. “Raspberry Moonshine” is the meeting and mixture of … Continue reading →

James Alan Shelton will be taking part in the 2011 IBMA Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on September 29, 2011. He will be giving the induction speech for his longtime friend and guitar mentor, George Shuffler. This year Shuffler … Continue reading →

Guitarist James Alan Shelton and fiddler Dewey Brown were at Tom T. and Dixie Hall’s studio in Franklin, TN on August 4-5, 2011 to help 13 year old bluegrass singing prodigy Isaac Moore lay down tracks his first CD project. Actually, Isaac is … Continue reading →

Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys will be appearing at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio on April 1 at 8:00 pm. And then it’s on to Prestonsburg, Kentucky on April 2 for a show at the Mountain Arts … Continue reading →

Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys have cancelled their appearance at the Grand Ole Opry on January 21 & 22 due to the fact that Ralph is still recovering from surgery. Doctor Stanley had a pacemaker installed on January 9 and … Continue reading →

The Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys show scheduled for January 15 at the Fairview Ruritan in Galax, Virginia has been cancelled. The reason is that Dr. Ralph Stanley underwent surgery on January 9 to have a pacemaker installed. The surgery … Continue reading →

Mitchell Van Dyke of Grundy, VA is the new banjo player for Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys. He joins the band following the departure of 16 year veteran Steve Sparkman, who left the band in November to pursue a … Continue reading →

In a recent review of T Bone Burnett’s “Speaking Clock Revue” show at the Beacon Theater in New York City, Wall Street Journal writer Jim Fusilli wrote that “…. perhaps the night’s best performance on guitar was turned in by James … Continue reading →

Just days after returning from shows at Berkeley California’s Freight & Salvage and the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys will once again head to the west coast this week. The band … Continue reading →