Though he's still a young man, ERNIE THACKER has quite a record of accomplishment in bluegrass, including a six year stint with Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mt. Boys and appearances on both the Grammy-nominated The Stanley Tradition and its IBMA award winning successor, The Stanley Gospel Tradition.
Born and raised in Elyria Ohio, Thacker nevertheless has deep roots, including a family connection to Dickenson County, Virginia, where he moved as a teenager. By then he was already a serious mandolin player and singer, and it wasn't long before...
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