Born August 16, 1992 Nathan Stanley is the oldest grandson of Ralph Stanley. He quickly picked up the spoons at six years old, playing on stage with the Clinch Mountain Boys. Adding cute childish antics on stage Nathan was a crowd favorite during shows. He began learning banjo shortly after but his true love is the mandolin. Nathan plays a Gibson F-5 and a Stanleytone mandolin.

Nathan loves to collect classic country CDs from Charley Pride to the Stanley Brothers. His big influences are Dolly Parton, Jimmy Martin and the Stanley Brothers. He is more partial to the older style of traditional country and mountain music. He tends to stray away from the more "polished" modern sound of bluegrass.

Nathan recently performed "Sandy Ridge" one of his original compositions, on the Grand Ole Opry, with the Clinch Mountain Boys. The tune is an upbeat instrumental. Nathan has several more up his sleeve. When not on the stage playing music you can find him at the record table. Nathan sells pictures of Ralph along with assorted CDs, tapes and an ocassional 8-Track.

Nathan now plays full0time with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys.