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Larry Sparks is an American bluegrass guitarist and singer/songwriter, born on September 15, 1947, in Lebanon, Ohio. Raised in a musical family, he began his career performing with his sister Bernice. At seventeen, he joined the Stanley Brothers as a guitarist, and by nineteen, he became Ralph Stanley’s lead singer following the death of Carter Stanley. Three years later, he formed his own band, the Lonesome Ramblers. Sparks had previously recorded a single with Larry Sparks and the Sandy Mountain Boys on Jack Lynch’s Jalyn label and made his first record appearance with Erwin Keith and the Slade Mountain Boys on Dayton’s Top Tennessee label. After establishing the Lonesome Ramblers, he released his debut album, "Ramblin’ Guitar," on the Pine Tree label in Hamilton, featuring both vocals and instrumentals. He went on to record two more LPs for Pine Tree and four for Cincinnati-based King Bluegrass, followed by albums for labels such as Old Homestead, Starday, County, Lesco (his own label), June Apple, Acoustic Revival, and a series of LPs and CDs on Rebel. Sparks was honored as the IBMA Vocalist of the Year in 2004 and 2005. His CD "40," which celebrated his forty years in bluegrass, received accolades as both the Album of the Year and the Recorded Event of the Year by the IBMA in 2005. In 2014,

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