Legendary Oak Ridge Boys set to headline annual Blue Ridge Fest

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter

jevans@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — When Richard Sterban joined the Oak Ridge Boys in 1972, he had no idea the band would still be going strong 47 years later.

In fact, some people questioned the wisdom of his decision at first.

“I was in kind of a unique position in my life,” Sterban said. “I was with a group called J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet.”

That group was performing with the King himself.

“I was standing pretty much in the dark onstage but I was

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