Troy "Renfro" Proffitt

Cross-picking guitar stylist and one-time member of Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys. Born July 14, 1950 in Richlands, Virginia. Died July 25, 2019 in Ashland, Kentucky. According to Proffitt, Dr. Stanley gave him the name ‘Renfro’ when they were travelling through Renfro Valley, Kentucky, one time. In the mid-1980s he played/recorded with the Keen Brothers. In more recent years Proffitt was a member of the Big Sandy Bluegrass Boys.