Bill Monroe - Muleskinner Blues The Mall, Wash., DC 1-18-93

[dowagiac57]

Wow... I play music with the bass player. We just played tonight. He is all the time telling us stories about this trip!!! 

[juicyhotmess]

hardly anyone i know has ever heard of bill, because im 26 haha, but i met him at a bluegrass show when i was about 5 years old ( my parents were in a bluegrass group ) and mr bill sat and talked to me, i have a picture of us! doesnt mean much to my friends, but music is a special part of my life and it still means alot to me!!

[BLUEMOONGRASS]

i grew up on mr Bill's music..I remember our Christmas song there in the east Tennessee mountains was CHRISTMAS TIME A COMMING... seems he had so many great songs and the pickin you could put in there was amazing.

[poolpoolification]

bad ass

[TheDIERIOT]

If the stanley brothers and bill monroe sang one song together it would had been a big hit

[rocmaven]

ricky skaggs is coming to the watseka theatre watseka illinois on aug 26

[williams43078]

one of the all time best !!

[kukaburr]

Nobody I mean nobody can do that as good as Bill.I've been trying for 45 years and can't come close,My idol.

[KINGSLIDEGUITAR]

I played with Bill Monroe on Good Morning America in the 80's, if anyone has a video of the show please contact me,,

thanks

[loafochangeo]

I can't tell you the number of times I would see Bill Monroe at the Ryman Auditorium, and he would get done playing the show there, and head to the Station Inn, cause he wasn't done playing yet...I would always go to the Station after the Ryman, cause I knew he would more than likely be there...

[shelibeane]

How I loved this number when Bill performed it...my friend Robert Bowlin does a fine job on the fiddle. No one will ever be able to compare to The Father of Bluegrass...He created a musical genre, nurtured it his entire life and left that most marvelous legacy for us to enjoy...Thanks for sharing this wonderful video!

[TruegrassBoy]

God bless you Bill!

[prem73]

Some how I like Dolly Parton's version of his song.

[riverlover1]

this guy is for real in everyway!!

[bobbiepetton]

sirduff1033. LMAO. Like you I hope I can go to the Kan by myself at 82. Mr Monroe is extra special.

[BCK]

Mule 'skynyrd' blues

[bigbabysweets2]

wow, aint that some shit !!!!!!!!!

[impala327]

I got to see Bill and the Bluegrass Boys at Poor David's Pub in '90 in Dallas. The Dixis Chicks opened up, in full gingham! When he started to play, he seem to get younger as the night went on! I was 15ft from him.

[oldbluegrasskurt]

it cant get much better than that !!

[TruegrassBoy]

Nice job Bill!

[pegcage]

Ha! Bill Monroe was the father of bluegrass. Hank Williams NOT the father of country music. There were several. Jimmie Rodgers was certainly one. He popularized it certainly. Hank came along in the late 40s, long after country music and Grand Ole Opry began.

[IAmTheWoodenDoors]

That being said, Hank Williams is amazing.

[seventy4strat]

Your right, but Hank is known as the father of Honky Tonk, not country in general.

[werjuke138]

yes , you are right , there was county music before hank williams Sr, just like there was holy men before jesus!

[cpinc40]

RIP, Bill ... Wish I could have seen you perform

[osbournelover01]

what u are watching is priceless

[67Catalina08]

all you guys are fools. But bill monroe is the father of bluegrass not country. just his roots.

[JahsLuv]

check my version :D

[MarineLlanoTX]

Bill Monroe was truly the "Father of Country Music" and a great artist & legend! :)

[SatinCowboy]

Bill Monroe is unquestionably one of the best and most influential country/bluegrass musicians of all time....but Hank Williams was the "Father of Country Music"

[pineconesaltlick]

Jimmie Rodgers

[laslos3]

I disagree. Jimmy Rogers was born, became a star, and died before Hank Williams was knee high to a grasshopper. I'm pretty sure Hank would agree...don't get me wrong Hank Williams did add a whole new flavor and is a legend in the music, but like I said Rogers had been in country and alot bigger well before Williams.

[ecf210]

Let's get our fathers right, people:

Jimmie Rodgers=country

Bill Monroe=bluegrass

Bill was just a teenager when Jimmie and The Carter Family were making the first country recordings and Hank Williams was 4.

[ffairlane57]

One of theose 'wow' moments.

[AnimeRawkZ123]

why cant i see the video

anyone want to chat xp

[svaleklint123]

lolololololololol

[QYSORrambleON]

MAN THATS GOOD STUFF!!!!!

[csason]

My Daddy paid 50 cents to see Bill Monroe in Valdosta Georgia.. 60 years ago.

[steverothsteinmo]

Go Valdosta!  Cats!

[8421128]

Super Spectacular!

[Otacon144]

Bill Monroe; never another like the Daddy of Bluegrass.

God rest him. :)

[vanadiumV]

yes bill Monroe is a legend

God rest him

from morocco with love

[fvilledutchman]

Of my many trips to Mr. Bill's Beanblossom Festival, one in particular stands out. Bill steps up to the mic and says...."Folks, I feel the power and  the speed"....and proceeds to tear into "Rawhide".

[sirduff1033]

Just remember, Bill was about 82 years old when he performed this show! I hope I can still feed myself at that age, let alone have the energy that he did. I had the privilege of going to one of his shows in WV in '93. He blew me away. He did the same thing at that show with "Rawhide" that he did here (where he asks the audience "are you ready?") Then he flat out burns it up until the end of the song. It's things like this that make him my favorite artist of all time.

[cnedwick]

Right on the money sirduff. For my money, Bill that short list of greatest artists in history - for all generations and genres. He was the consummate artist, showman and hard working professional 'till his final days. There will NEVER be another one like him. We owe so much to him.

[waldowashere]

That's Robert Bowlin... Great fiddler and flatpicker! Now in Illinois touring with Wil Maring

[MUSESQ]

The Great White ( Clarence White ) haired Father of Bluegrass

Music. Long shall he wave !!

[chirfu]

Clarence white???

[carteru93]

Matteo

Do you just want this clip downloaded or the whole show? Because I can get the clip for you if you want it.

[banjobilly32]

Nice fiddle work on this one who is it?? He's got most of Kenny Baker's licks for sure!