Lester Flatt & Nashville Grass - Feudin' Banjos

[sultansauce]

Wow that was metal!

[TheThurmond]

a very young Marty Stuart

[rocmaven]

ricky skaggs is playing watseka illinois on aug 26

[eosdelb]

@snoop0851 I like his show on RFD tv.

[CBear47]

Well that sure is some Hillbilly Rock... :D

[eosdelb]

Marty Stewart was 14 years old once?

[islandfunhouse]

I love the look the banjo player gave the sidemen at 8 seconds,...they were dragging the rhythm. What masters, on the mandolin, banjo, and fiddle! Great!

[jkbosh]

what happened to country music? why doesn't it sound like this anymore?

[horsemad1670]

Help required, please. I remember listening to a recording of Earl Scruggs and Lester Platt singing ' I still miss someone' on an album in about 1968. I have searched on YouTube and can find no reference to it, but I know what I heard back then was NOT a Johnny Cash 'original' recording of it . Any help out there ? Thank you for any light shed on this.

[olehoundog1]

@horsemad1670 The song was recorded by F&S on 12/15/1964 and was on an album "The Versatile F&S". Lester would always mention J Cash when they did it live. I don't know if Cash recorded it before them or not. Was written by Cash and J.R. Cash, Jr. It can be found in Bear Family Box Set "1964-1969, plus."

[olehoundog1]

@olehoundog1  This comment is in regards to "I Still Miss someone" that horsemad1670 asked about.

[theicedman]

i believe the playing showcased here was a catalyst to the shred guitar boom in the 1980's

[diniebear]

What a fine example of Americana. Thanks!

[itsbanffdavehere]

Great violin break. This guy is total class! I don't think he gets enough plaudits!

[tonysrope]

Yes it is Haskel Mc cormick playing banjo , i have known him for many years and live in the same town as he does and have took lessons from him several years ago , he is a very talented banjo picker rated as one of the best and this video was when he was about twenty so thats how old this video is , his picking is unlike anyone elses ,if you have ever heard any of his other tunes that he and his brothers done , the mc mormick brothers ,

[colindominy]

OMG .. I wish that I had been gifted with long, slender pickin fingers like Marty has. Alas .. not to be .. I've got stubby stumps for fingers .. no finesse .. good only for drum-clubbing + other-percussion. That young "Stringbean" looking character plays a  mighty-fine 5-string, too. This is a fab clip .. brings back great memories of the 1970s. Terrific to see our good old friend Paul Warren in action here with his old pal Lester .. both of em still going strong ...

[bighick2006]

paul warren was born may 17, 1918 and died jan.12.1978. thanks boblackey, i was wondering how he died. thanks for the reply.

[Dwightinho56]

Goosebumps.

Exceptional talent at that young age. Marty must have grown up "on the road" so to speak. Thank you for posting this. Really something else opposed to today's so called superstars.

[boblackey1]

@Dwightinho56 I think that is Haskell McCormick on the banjo. He is a good solid banjo player, but nothing speical or unique. Like most of the players I hear in the popular bands today, alot of Scruggs licks, some Reno and Doug Dillard sprinkled in and a thin tone and they all sound alike and it gets SO BORING. Scruggs had something different going on that was all his own and so did Reno and Keith and Dillard. Guess Fleck is the only one to come up with something new but I don't like his style.

[boblackey1]

@Dwightinho56 Give me the old Earl Scruggs anyday. Some great old black and white footage of Earl playing back in the 50's and 60's here on YouTube. Notice his tone and style is really different (and better) that what you hear here and with most banjo players. Same with Don Reno. J. D. Crow is about the closest to the real Scruggs style but I would still rather hear old Scruggs. I'm not even that crazy about Earl himself on things done in recent years but Earl is in his 70's and 80's on those.

[gha714]

was Marty Stuart really that young?

[evrons1]

Amazing players.!

[TheGmdriver]

What did paul warren die of?? I know he died in january of 1978

[boblackey1]

@TheGmdriver heart attack. He is in his 50's. A fine man and musician.

[herminestover]

this is the Liebestod of country music

[TruegrassBoy]

Look at the 70's hair on those boys!

[andyf2280]

entire audience, just one thumb between 'em

[kyflatpkr]

That's Haskell McCormick on the five

[Master100Mind]

whos that onm banjo is that earl scruggs

[olehoundog1]

The first real bluegrass version (that Lester does here) was by Carl story with Willie Brewster on mandolin and Franklin (Bud) Brewster on 5-string banjo. I think around 1957 and was called "Mocking Banjo" and of course patterned after the original Arthur Smith/Don Reno version.

[Master100Mind]

@olehoundog1 but if i remeber correctl arthur smith wrote it with it beind fueding bajos and the dillards made it dueling bajos

[olehoundog1]

@Master100Mind I have the record of Carl Story's version , several years before the Dillard's came on the scene. You are probably refering to the Dillard's version on Andy Griffith Show which was in early sixties and was also very good. Thanks for the comment.

[Master100Mind]

@olehoundog1 yea thats is wat im talking about thanks for correcting me

[diniebear]

@olehoundog1

Thank you for sharing the bit of history about "Mocking Banjo". I pulled it up and listened to that version, and it was spectacular.

[olehoundog1]

@diniebear Thank you for the nice comment. The version on You Tube of Carl Story was recorded in the early 60's on the Spar label - it is very good, but I wish you could hear the one from 1957. I have it on an album called "Collector's Classics LP15" that I got from County Sales many years ago. I think it was kind of a bootleg album-has no address etc. on it. Has a very old picture on the cover of Carl with those wide riding pants like Bill Monroe wore in the early days.

[olehoundog1]

@olehoundog1  Correction - should be SPUR label instead of Spar-there was a Spar record label that Josh and Jake made a few records for.

[Rev1981]

@olehoundog1 To many people forget Carl Story's influence in modern bluegrass and especially bluegrass gospel.

[olehoundog1]

@Rev1981 AMEN! Friend. When (if ever) have you

heard an all gospel bluegrass group give Carl Story any credit while on stage at a festival?

[jerichomyles]

Absolutley freakin brilliant (no marks for spelling),,,lol

[ActonMADan]

(1) Lester can be seen at the far right with the guitar at the start of the video (2) Eric Weissberg played the banjo on Dueling Banjos in Deliverance (3) It was based on an earlier tune called "Feuding Banjos" that was a 4-string playing against a 5-string.

[henley65]

Great music, excellently performed. But how can a National guitar a (Portugese?)mandolin and a fiddle be "duelling banjos"?

[jessupar]

because the song they are playing is known as "Dueling banjos" from the movie deliverance, which was played on a banjo, and an acoustic guitar.

[Krait99]

You are correct that "Dueling banjos" was a song (Earl Scrugs) played in that movie but I think it's been around much much longer.

[jessupar]

my main point is, however, that it doesnt have to be 2 banjos playing against eachother.

[Krait99]

Ahh,

Totally agree. I've seen this done with pianos, banjos, two guitars, mandolins and even a harp.

[jessupar]

i dont even want to think about trying to play dualing banjos on a harmonica LOL. (or did you mean a literal harp? that'd be even more dificult)

[smokeynewton]

The version in the movie 'Deliverence' was played by Eric Weissberg, not Earl Scruggs.

[henley65]

Thanks, but I have known that for over 30 years. My comment was made somewhat "tongue in cheek", as there was no banjo used by these particular performers. Do you ever wish that you hadn`t bothered in the first place?

[jessupar]

"as there was no banjo used by these particular performers"

uhhh... what? yes there is someone playing the banjo. did you watch the video? o.0

[pudd750]

wow the beatles haircuts on Marty and the oher guy- 99 % of the audience wont be growing their hair like that anytime soon- but they liked the song anyway-now -is that Lester with the long hair??? awesome vid

[nasty5oh]

lester with long hair ? dumbass.

[TheTomyossarian]

Something about this music makes me feel right at home...

[timbucktree]

Marty Stuart on Mandolin.

[dictionar1]

ol' fiddler needs a shot of jim. LOL

[orckiller91]

looks like tha fiddle player is working up a sweat lol

[basfiddler]

The late GREAT Mr. Paul Warren!!!!!!!!!!

[freeculture]

Now THIS is the real stuff, not that dueling banjos spin-off from Deliverance.

[spiggitybap]

siiiiiiiick

[Snoweecat]

^_^ Hot Damn that's some fast playing!!!

So well done

[banjodag]

Sure as hell beats all that Rap crap the kids listen to nowadays. Lester was the greatest bar none. There used to be a vid of lester doing "The bluebird sings for me"

but taken off now ,Fantastic though.

Banjodag UK.

[dudemantwo]

this song always reminds me of Ned Beatty being dropped in the woods...

[claus93Sethsen]

Haha ! :D

[synesthesia67]

yeah!!!

[fiddleplayer9]

Paul Warren was a beast on fiddle...

[RiverRenegade]

That was very good.Thanks for sharing.

[XxMafiaSoljaxX]

nice.

[TorontoEd7]

Wow, i sure love Marty!  How in the world you folks find these old videos!!

[armedius]

you look like a hawwg booooiiii

[MMORPGdude01]

Hot damn.

[aliwhitwell]

One of the best versions Ive heard! Thanks.

[jacksecret]

Lookit Marty pickin' dat der thang!!!!

[pugpresley]

marty is a little fart

[banjodag]

It is so much better without Earl, Sacrilege I know but true. There used to be a wonderful vid of my favourite lester song " the bluebird sings for me " on youtube, why was it taken off I wonder

[brandonmuir]

We can't forget Paul Warren on the fiddle now...

[cornforkpicker334]

marty stuart is a great picker man!

[2ndfret]

Haskell Macormick picking the fire out of that banjo.