Rick Stanley

Rick Stanley loved playing guitar while his father played fiddle. Rick wound up learning just about every fiddle song ever written, especially Bluegrass songs. When he was 15 he wrote his first song, “Home in the Mountains” which was recorded by his cousin Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. That 1976 recording featured a young Keith Whitley. The success of the song encouraged Rick to keep writing, which he continues to do with his wife Donna Ulisse. The couple formed the Little House Songwriting Workshop to assist other songwriters in developing their skills. In addition to playing Bluegrass, Rick formed his own Country Music band, which opened for many of his Outlaw Country heroes such as Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.