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James Price

Musician · 1964–2022 · Uneeda, West Virginia
Best known for Fiddle

James Price was a West Virginia fiddler whose old-time mountain tone defined Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys for nearly a decade and earned him a Grammy through the Lauderdale–Stanley project "Lost in the Lonesome Pines."

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  • From Uneeda, West Virginia; began his professional career with the Goins Brothers Band.
  • Member of Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1995–2003 — his most prominent tenure.
  • Fiddled on the Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley album "Lost in the Lonesome Pines," winner of the 2003 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album.
  • Released three solo fiddle albums: "The Old Mountaineer" (1994, Hay Holler), "Southern Flavor" (1998, Freeland), and "Fiddlin' the Old Time Way" (2003, Rebel).
  • Style described as old-time mountain fiddle with unusual clarity and precision; often compared to Curly Ray Cline.
  • Led two regional West Virginia bands after Stanley: James Price & Kentucky Reign (bluegrass) and James Price & Native Country (country).
  • Toured with Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers, Little Jimmy Dickens, and Johnny Paycheck.
  • Died at his West Virginia home in 2022 at age 57.

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