I saw Skaggs perform this with the Chattanooga Symphony. The violinists fought like mad to play this, like they were in a fight with yellowjackets,and Bobby Hicks stepped in and played it so smooth and fluid I still bow to him. A great efficiency of motion.
the guy playin the banjo went to school with my brother ....keith little...i also had his mother for a kinderguarten teacher ...his dad was my ads boss for 15 or 20 yrs ....georgetown ,ca......keith played at my brothers wedding
@bluegrasssingingman YOU HAVE ALOT OF OPINIONS FOR A MAN OF YOUR STATURE SMALL. I AM SURE RICKY, COULD CARE LESS WHAT AN ASSHOLE LIKE YOU THINKS AS HE SITS IN HIS THREE MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE. ENOUGH SAID.
@bluegrasssingingman FIRST OF ALL YOU SORRY EXCUSE FOR A MAN AGAIN WHEN YOU GET A RECORDING CONTRACT THEN AND ONLY THEN CAN YOU OPEN YOU STUPID MOUTH. TELL ME GOOBER, WHAT COLLEGE DID YOUR MUSIC DEGREE COME FROM? I CAN SEE BY YOUR USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T FINISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FINE DINING TO YOU WOULD BE ORDERING YOUR DINNER THROUGH A CLOWNS HEAD. YOUR NOT ONLY A REDNECK YOUR A STUPID, IGNORANT, ASSHOLE.
to uncahay, this is the speed of true bluegrass music, it was released in the 50's there is nothing commercial about it or the musicians playing it. A little more research before the comment rip bill.
@dadsgirl0423 We raised our 7 in a religious Jewish village here in Israel where being good to others is the norm.Right next door are a few Arab Muslimvillages of whom most likely do the same with a few differences.And yet there are large parts of Israeli schools where you will find the opposite.Its Western culture, its from spending time at the mall for fun,believing it an acheivement to steal. Each parent in the end resultneeds to knowthat their children come before themselves.
@RasMajnouni OBVIOUSLY YOU ALSO RAISED YOUR CHILDREN WITH IGNORANCE. I WAS BROUGHT UP IN A VERY STRICT CATHOLIC HOME WITHIN THE WESTERN CULTURE AND I SIR DO NOT STEAL NOR DOES ANY OF MY BROTHERS OR SISTERS. THAT WAS A VERY IGNORANT COMMENT AND VERY UNCALLED FOR. I AM SURE THERE ARE CHILDREN IN ISREAL WHO STEAL AND COMMIT CRIMES NOT ONLY IN THE WESTERN CULTURE.
@dadsgirl0423 You'd be right.But why do you think my children don't have vast exposure to the western culture,because we do.Isolation is very bad too.We have to serve in this physical world. I'll admit the last half of my comment was wrong and rash.You are right!
In 1975 I saw Bill Monroe in Louisville Ky. in a club called The Great Midwestern Bluegrass Hall. ( I was told later Bill did not approve of alcohol). Late in the evening the crowd was getting loud. and he actually waved his band off midsong and told us, "IF YOU CAN'T KEEP TIME, DON'T CLAP. YOU'RE THROWING THE BAND OFF!....Spanked by the father of bluegrass. You could have heard a pin drop.
@kent12456 LOL that is cool. Wish I could have seen him perform, Im a young girl who grew up on bill and faltt and scruggs and ricky and so on, i was born in 1980, but im bluegrass to my roots for sure.
Bobby Hicks played with the Bluegrass Boys in the 50's and here with Kentucky Thunder. Bluegrass' most important fiddler in my opinion. The guy played with everyone.
gret stuff,but I always get a bit sad as you can tell that Mr Monrow was well past his prime. I saw him live not to long before he left us and his skills had dimished so much from when I saw him in WV in 1974.
ricky skaggs is from my town. hes coming to a local festival this year and i cant wait. hes a legend and we usually just get what ever band will play for the money we raise... usually the kentucky head hunters. i cant wait for the first weekend of september. its a good old fashioned blue grass this year... yippee lol but yea ive loved this song since i discovered it when i was like 5...
In my opinion, Ricky Skaggs, is the best choice to carry on the tradition that Bill started. There are plenty of bluegrass singers and bands, but I believe Skaggs best embodies what Monroe started, and is best suited to carry it forward.
Ricky seems real annoyed by Bill. He corrects him, them doesn't seem to want to share the mic, and even moves Bill's hat out of his way! Kinda disrespectful, in my opinion.
@beardood Maybe he had forgotten to say hello to everyone? I've worked in show business and it's not easy to remember everything you're supposed to do in front of a live audience like that.
I still can't believe Ricky Skaggs spoke like that to Bill Monroe...He wrote the song, it's not your number 1, it's Mr. Monroe's. You even stole his fiddle player!!!
I think he corrected Bill because he was 6. By all acounts, Ricky was a stringed instrument prodigy. It's obvious by how well he plays many instruments. I saw Ricky in concert and there is nothing unprofessional about him. He is a sweetheart.
Bill Monroe is the greatest voice that ever stepped onto a stage. Ricky Skaggs is right behind him what a young man. You people forget who the REAL stars are in this video and it sure ISN'T Bobby Hicks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i've listened to Bill more times than i can count and i've just never cared for him much. I respect him for being the legendary musician that he was, i've just never cared for him.
El sr Ricky Skagss me encanta ahora tengo 38 años y le descubrí cuando yo tenia 17 años, hace años que no le escuchaba de nuevo y ahra buscando en youtube le reencuentro increible! ya que con 17 años le escuchaba a tods horas, un abrazo, Sr. Skaggs dne quiera que esté, un admirador desde Barcelona.
This is Kentucky at its best. I grew up listening to Bill Monroe and Ricky Skaggs.... Nothing better... as for the dancing... what Eastern Kentucky person doesn't know how to dance that jig... GO Bill GO! ...
I'm laughing my ass off reading some of the comments. I suggest for the people who cannot appreciate the tradition, talent and history represented at the Grand Ole Opry, you should immediately go back to some videos you can understand, like the Lemon Pipers or 1910 Fruitgum Company.
I love this video but it really ruins it when you read the comments and ignorant people are arguing about nonsense and using profanity especially taking the Lord's name in vain. That is uncalled for and sickening to me and anyone with any heart or good sense.
so great, it reminds me of my chilhood my uncles aunts and neighbors would all get together on friday evenings ,they all took turns, one would play a tune while someone else would step dance
Just because I like bluegrass doesn't mean I like Larry the Fucking Cable Guy. Doesn't make me a redneck. Just means I like the sound. Besides, I'd take Rocky Mountain grass over Appalachian stuff any day. I'm really not that much of a fan of southern accents.
First, this song is a "bear" to learn to sing . My tongue had to move so fast, I swear it must have caught up to itself and I saw it exitiing out my left ear. This is one hellacious tempo to get down while learning the words. Tough fight, Ma, but I won! As for these "damn yankees", I used to be one of you and am a "Redneck In Training". Left the Philly area almost 2 years ago and never regretted it. Can't beat the Knoxville area, Country's beautiful, and the prople are just wonderful. C'mon down
Ain't said I was a "Redneck", YET. Just goin' through trainin'. How ya expect a "transplant" like me ta get things down pat in just 2 yrs? But I love it down here and I promise to work real hard on my lessons and make even you proud of me.
Disregard the screenname, above. That's my Daughter that I didn't know was signed in and never looked. SEE! I'm workin' on my edumakashun as a C.R.N. (Certified Red Neck) I'll make it!
I normally wouldn't reply to such ignorant drivel, but here it is !
H E Y , M O T O R M O U T H !!!!!
What's this "AUSTIN stuff?!?!?!?! I think it's pretty clear that I live in Knoxville, TN! GET IT:"K N O X V I L L E , T N ". I don't know (or care) where you're from but you have a problem with your reading! In TN, we have a tremendously rated course @ U.T> - Yiou ought to taker advantage of it ! It's title id "REMEDIAL READING 101 FOR DUNCES".
lol, was I talking to you? I responded to blakob13. obviously. but, since you made this your business....
hahahahaha your aspiring to be a redneck?? That's like saying "well gee, I wish my IQ wasn't so high. I wish I could be socially and culturally backwards. I wish I could fit the role of ignorant ractist unintelligent backcountry hic." Nothing positive whatsoever about being a redneck. good day miss.
funny i bet you couldnt kill and cook your own food...maybe mcdonalds is to easy to fatten up ya ass....the racist redneck remark is funny...you are listening to blue grass on you tube LOL!! you are just a redneck in denial...i think that you are really "intellegent" calling other people racist and you are the only one on here making stupid degrading remarks..so you are also racist in denial... and that is like saying " well damn jim bob lets git on you tube and make fun of pround rednecks!!"
i am from north by god carolina....buddy come on down or up here depending on "whar you et!" you know i would reallty like to see you survive on the land all the book smarts in the world aint worth nuttin if you can't survive on the land..and eattin tha critters on it LOL!! you would throw up if you had to clean your on food. mommas boy stay of of this here redneck channel
The fuck would I want to survive on the land and cook my own animals for? You can live an empoverished blue collar life in a bubble from the rest of the world if that suits you. I'll take my book smarts and make myself all the money I want. i'll work just as long and hard as you, except i'll be making 5x as much. And I'll get to enjoy all the comforts of modern city life. If I want a break, i'll come down and stay on a ranch in North Carolina for a weekend.
(MAN I WAS WANTING TO KEEP THIS PG13) simple a tree hugging mutha fucker like you still breasts feeds from your mom...the only thing money can buy is material shit that you can really live without...just trying to impress ya friends is all you city fucks do....book smarts LOL in todays economy LOL!!! i bet you work in a dead in job working for your parents...city COMFORTS?? drinking processed sewage water no wonder you are on here you are mentally fucked...some one shit in your water
I really did find the whole water argument hilarious. Whereas my lake water is my , fluorine-enhanced, and filtered, well water is literally the runnof from the cow feces on your farm. literally just the unprocessed insecticide/pesticide seepage from the earth. lol.
The fellow playing the fiddle is Bobby Hicks. I believe he's the last of "The Boys in the Band" to "depart" just before the band was renamed "Kentucky Thunder". Ricky lost one of the finest group of side men in the business. I guess it was time to move on. Guys like Ray Flacke (Lead guitar), Jesse Chambers (5 string banjo), Lou Reed (Banjo and fiddle), Ray Grantham (Drums), Gary Smith (Piano). I give high marks to Kentucky Thunder, but the Boys made 'em look like they are runnin' in slow motion.
difference between Terry Crisp (the new guy) and Bruce is that bruce was a jerk. I know because he was a real snob towards Jesse Chambers (who happens to be my dad).
I don't remember putting it quite like that, but you're right. As an instrumentalist, wirh such ability to play just about any instrument, this lady is probably without peer. I have always liked to listen to Barbara and wish she would be featured playing solo more often. (Beautiful lady, too. Those eyes just make me melt)
the steel was BarBara's first instrement she got awards playing and as you point out multi instrumentalist.like roy clark simply the best all around guitar player I have ever scean better than,Eddy,malmstien or erich clapton(most overrated player ever) put together
@bluegrasssingingman I still say Roy Clark is one of the top guitar players of all time.Live I watched him do a classical tune broke two strings and maid up for it with alt. fingering like the guitar was still singing on six strings I have 15 years as back line and monitor engineer on national stages I took a bow with Buckwheat Zidaco and Coco Montoya worked with Blues Travelers 3 times(there engineer was an ass) Kansas 3 times,Journey,Molly Hatchet I could fill pages
trooper..I don't know if you intentionally did this but you combined some lineups.
Ricky's second lineup included George Grantham (drums, vocals), Ray Flacke (guitar, vocals) Bouton, Jesse Chambers (on bass..not banjo) Mickey Merritt (Piano, Vocals) Gary Smith (Piano (country boy album, Live In London album, tours in between) Lou Reid (Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals) Bobby Hicks (Fiddle, vocals)
i was told this AWESOME FIDDLE PLAYER is still alive. would there be a way to get an autograph while he is?
oldermusiclover 4 days ago
Bobby Hicks=Boss
donnyaldridge 3 weeks ago
He is my fucking grandpa
gunmanbryan243 3 months ago
@gunmanbryan243 OH REALLY I AM HIS DAUGHTER NOW TELL ME, HOW YOU'RE RELATED TO HIM?
dadsgirl0423 3 months ago
@dadsgirl0423 LITTLEBOY I AM HIS DAUGHTER. NOW GO RUN ALONG AND PLAY.
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@gunmanbryan243 wrote: "He is my fucking grandpa"
Really? I hope you didn't talk that way around him when he was alive.
kenp3L 3 months ago
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jgsdf8900 3 months ago
I saw Skaggs perform this with the Chattanooga Symphony. The violinists fought like mad to play this, like they were in a fight with yellowjackets,and Bobby Hicks stepped in and played it so smooth and fluid I still bow to him. A great efficiency of motion.
fiddler1861 4 months ago 2
Bill is a great man he's my grandfather
gunmanbryan243 4 months ago 3
@gunmanbryan243 YEAH RIGHT, AND I AM PRESIDENT
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Yes, I miss Bill Monroe too - but what a legacy and what an amazing musician!
bhentric 5 months ago
Yes, I miss Bill Monroe too - but what a legacy and what an amzing musician!
bhentric 5 months ago
I was there.
ddavis510 5 months ago
They are so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5073297a 5 months ago
I think it's safe to say Bobby Hicks does justice here. Amazing!
Master100Mind 5 months ago 2
Do a search for Foggy Mountain Special and you'll see Ricky as a 7 year old with Flatt and Scruggs.
Infinity161 7 months ago 2
please is there any one would could get the autograph of the Fiddle player(the older
one)
oldermusiclover 7 months ago
fathers being flatt and skruggs
leantalittle 7 months ago
I Miss Bill Monroe.......
goldendoomer 7 months ago
Wow, Bill Monroe... Nothin' to say...
sonofrattler 7 months ago 2
Click "like" if you remember TNN
jctill1982 8 months ago 39
@jctill1982 get rid of spike...bring back tnn
miller434 6 months ago 2
@jctill1982 yup i clicked liek on teh video with this acct, and my alternate accts too. for sure :D
yamahonkawazuki 2 months ago
@jctill1982 TNN = The Nashville Network.
jchambers2586 2 weeks ago
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Treasure Chest Tour coming to the Watseka theatre Watseka IL on Friday August 26, 2011
rocmaven 8 months ago
Please is there any chance of getting the autograph o f the fiddle player in this song. WOW!!
oldermusiclover 9 months ago
flat and scruggs are the kings of bluegrass!
MsKenzy21 9 months ago
Typical Ricky. How to overproduce a good song.
cyrus621 10 months ago
@cyrus621 lol no doubt
dadsgirl0423 10 months ago
Woah. Ricky Skaggs killed Bill Monroe. Mental TeLeprosy investigates.
MentalTeleprosy 10 months ago
Look at Bill go!
mountainmanga 11 months ago
the guy playin the banjo went to school with my brother ....keith little...i also had his mother for a kinderguarten teacher ...his dad was my ads boss for 15 or 20 yrs ....georgetown ,ca......keith played at my brothers wedding
hoss
jhossw1 11 months ago
Man, Bobby Hicks rules.
dobb673 11 months ago
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bluegrasssingingman 11 months ago
@bluegrasssingingman YOU HAVE ALOT OF OPINIONS FOR A MAN OF YOUR STATURE SMALL. I AM SURE RICKY, COULD CARE LESS WHAT AN ASSHOLE LIKE YOU THINKS AS HE SITS IN HIS THREE MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE. ENOUGH SAID.
dadsgirl0423 11 months ago
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bluegrasssingingman 11 months ago
@bluegrasssingingman AGAIN WHEN YOU GET A RECORDING DEAL THEN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT BLUEGRASS MUSIC IS. ENOUGH SAID.
dadsgirl0423 11 months ago
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bluegrasssingingman 11 months ago
@bluegrasssingingman FIRST OF ALL YOU SORRY EXCUSE FOR A MAN AGAIN WHEN YOU GET A RECORDING CONTRACT THEN AND ONLY THEN CAN YOU OPEN YOU STUPID MOUTH. TELL ME GOOBER, WHAT COLLEGE DID YOUR MUSIC DEGREE COME FROM? I CAN SEE BY YOUR USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T FINISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FINE DINING TO YOU WOULD BE ORDERING YOUR DINNER THROUGH A CLOWNS HEAD. YOUR NOT ONLY A REDNECK YOUR A STUPID, IGNORANT, ASSHOLE.
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bluegrasssingingman 11 months ago
@bluegrasssingingman OPINIONS ARE LIKE ASSHOLES (YOU) EVERYONE HAS ONE.
dadsgirl0423 11 months ago
love the respect young folk today need to take a lesson
chrisney62 11 months ago
GREAT!!
TheCINDYBATES 11 months ago
Great to see Ricky and Bill together.
Dannys998877 1 year ago
Love love love it! :D WOO HOO! :D
KickazzRedhead 1 year ago
damn fine
gopussy1 1 year ago
to uncahay, this is the speed of true bluegrass music, it was released in the 50's there is nothing commercial about it or the musicians playing it. A little more research before the comment rip bill.
hip3r43v3r 1 year ago
@hip3r43v3r it was more like the 20s, but really became to the front of music in the 40s/
bluegrasssingingman 11 months ago
More like "Ricky joins Bill"
HCsonicknx 1 year ago
Ricky was barely 6 and new so but in honor of his elder agreed.Unlike the arrogance of a "star", Ricky knows Who Created stars above and below!!
RasMajnouni 1 year ago
@RasMajnouni THESE IGNORANT THINGS OF TODAY WOULDN'T KNOW MANNERS IF IT FELL ON THEM. RICKY IS QUITE A YOUNG MAN.
dadsgirl0423 11 months ago
@dadsgirl0423 We raised our 7 in a religious Jewish village here in Israel where being good to others is the norm.Right next door are a few Arab Muslimvillages of whom most likely do the same with a few differences.And yet there are large parts of Israeli schools where you will find the opposite.Its Western culture, its from spending time at the mall for fun,believing it an acheivement to steal. Each parent in the end resultneeds to knowthat their children come before themselves.
RasMajnouni 11 months ago
@RasMajnouni OBVIOUSLY YOU ALSO RAISED YOUR CHILDREN WITH IGNORANCE. I WAS BROUGHT UP IN A VERY STRICT CATHOLIC HOME WITHIN THE WESTERN CULTURE AND I SIR DO NOT STEAL NOR DOES ANY OF MY BROTHERS OR SISTERS. THAT WAS A VERY IGNORANT COMMENT AND VERY UNCALLED FOR. I AM SURE THERE ARE CHILDREN IN ISREAL WHO STEAL AND COMMIT CRIMES NOT ONLY IN THE WESTERN CULTURE.
dadsgirl0423 11 months ago
@dadsgirl0423 You'd be right.But why do you think my children don't have vast exposure to the western culture,because we do.Isolation is very bad too.We have to serve in this physical world. I'll admit the last half of my comment was wrong and rash.You are right!
RasMajnouni 11 months ago
Classic! One of my all time faves!!!
scottaudio 1 year ago
Way too fast, way too Nashville.
uncahay 1 year ago
@uncahay oh come on.
BigBoiJC 1 year ago
Such a legend....*sigh*.....that did my heart a world of good!!
NonStopRocker 1 year ago
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The perfect ending to my day. Don't anybody say anything to me. I want this to be the last thing ringing in my ears
LoneStarTweety 1 year ago
The perfect ending to my day. Don't anybody say anything to me. I want this to be the last thing ringing in my ears
LoneStarTweety 1 year ago
This is F**king legendary!
yarekhunt 1 year ago
In 1975 I saw Bill Monroe in Louisville Ky. in a club called The Great Midwestern Bluegrass Hall. ( I was told later Bill did not approve of alcohol). Late in the evening the crowd was getting loud. and he actually waved his band off midsong and told us, "IF YOU CAN'T KEEP TIME, DON'T CLAP. YOU'RE THROWING THE BAND OFF!....Spanked by the father of bluegrass. You could have heard a pin drop.
kent12456 1 year ago 19
@kent12456 That's awesome!
caleb101089 1 year ago
@kent12456 LOL that is cool. Wish I could have seen him perform, Im a young girl who grew up on bill and faltt and scruggs and ricky and so on, i was born in 1980, but im bluegrass to my roots for sure.
cutie12980 1 year ago
great post
nasty5oh 1 year ago
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shadowstar131 1 year ago
1:15
shadowstar131 1 year ago
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shadowstar131 1 year ago
The first three rows are not the best places to sit! They cost too much to see peoples backsides! The photographers are blocking the entire show! I
CKYZZIE 1 year ago
I don't really like this versions. Its like Country Western music is trying to ruin Bluegrass.
pauliemazz 1 year ago
Bill Monroe and Ricky Scaggs!!!
Mud0Thump 1 year ago
Bill Monroe and Ricky Scaggs!!!
Mud0Thump 1 year ago
Bobby Hicks played with the Bluegrass Boys in the 50's and here with Kentucky Thunder. Bluegrass' most important fiddler in my opinion. The guy played with everyone.
allenjs 1 year ago 3
@allenjs yeah and he also had a horrible attitude too.
2handsforchrist 1 year ago
gret stuff,but I always get a bit sad as you can tell that Mr Monrow was well past his prime. I saw him live not to long before he left us and his skills had dimished so much from when I saw him in WV in 1974.
PineyBob 1 year ago
ricky skaggs is from my town. hes coming to a local festival this year and i cant wait. hes a legend and we usually just get what ever band will play for the money we raise... usually the kentucky head hunters. i cant wait for the first weekend of september. its a good old fashioned blue grass this year... yippee lol but yea ive loved this song since i discovered it when i was like 5...
mmrulez69 1 year ago
In my opinion, Ricky Skaggs, is the best choice to carry on the tradition that Bill started. There are plenty of bluegrass singers and bands, but I believe Skaggs best embodies what Monroe started, and is best suited to carry it forward.
bkglamb 1 year ago
Ricky seems real annoyed by Bill. He corrects him, them doesn't seem to want to share the mic, and even moves Bill's hat out of his way! Kinda disrespectful, in my opinion.
Chadbordeleau 1 year ago
the business!!!
billyconnearly 1 year ago
I love when he says "Oh howdy" like he's surprised to see a crowd.
beardood 1 year ago
@beardood Maybe he had forgotten to say hello to everyone? I've worked in show business and it's not easy to remember everything you're supposed to do in front of a live audience like that.
EdwardJellico 1 year ago
Ricky plays with Bill's hat at or around 2:55 or so!!
TheJaredwise 1 year ago
@TheJaredwise correction, its 2:49-2:51
TheJaredwise 1 year ago
Well he was barely 6,see "Ruby" by these 2 greats.Look under Ricky Skaggs
RasMajnouni 1 year ago
I still can't believe Ricky Skaggs spoke like that to Bill Monroe...He wrote the song, it's not your number 1, it's Mr. Monroe's. You even stole his fiddle player!!!
comojcl 1 year ago 2
some one posted to me who Hank Snows fiddle player was, lost it. Had naver
heard Bobby, BUT OH MY!!
oldermusiclover 1 year ago
If you know anyone that wants to know what original music was just let them see videos by these two... Question answered
cammohead74 1 year ago
Best part of the video is Bill Monroe and Bobby Hicks!
TruegrassBoy 1 year ago
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bigrottendogs 1 year ago
Between these two they could play anything that had strings!!! Back when music was music!!!!
deeredrake 1 year ago 2
I think he corrected Bill because he was 6. By all acounts, Ricky was a stringed instrument prodigy. It's obvious by how well he plays many instruments. I saw Ricky in concert and there is nothing unprofessional about him. He is a sweetheart.
babs98019 1 year ago
I think that was a joke about his age.
stepka3355 1 year ago
haha. he corrected Monroe. What balls...
friendlysamoan 1 year ago
Ricky Skaggs should not have tried to correct Mr Munroe on the stage, that's awfully unprofessional.
Great song though.
ColdFusionGames 1 year ago
Who is playing pedal steel here? Hot Licks
drphilman 1 year ago
@drphilman: He's from AT&T :P
ColdFusionGames 1 year ago
Terry Crisp
donnyaldridge 1 year ago
The father of the bluegrass and the son.. Two legends..
janetiz1 2 years ago 57
@janetiz1 DAMN RIGHT
dadsgirl0423 1 year ago
Ricky Skaggs needs to start talkin' less and playin' more
shears1after909 2 years ago
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YOU NEED TO SHUT YOUR IGNORANT MOUTH.
dadsgirl0423 1 year ago
i get chills every time i hear this!
emjatkins419 2 years ago 2
who is that fiddle player he is great
Master100Mind 2 years ago
I recon that's Bobby Hicks.
mud409 2 years ago
Bill was like... the best mandolin player of time
jewishcurrymastah 2 years ago 40
@jewishcurrymastah and then Chris Thile was born! All respect to Bill though...considering he's the father of bluegrass and always will be.
RyansMind 1 year ago
@RyansMind Chris Thile is a very good mandolin player, Most of the stuff he does is NEW GRASS.
bluegrasssingingman 11 months ago
@jewishcurrymastah HE'S GOOD BUT HE'S NO RICKY
dadsgirl0423 1 year ago
i am proud to be from the same as these two men...
bonscott01 2 years ago
Please does anyone know if Bobby is still
alive.
oldermusiclover 2 years ago
Yes he is! He lives in Marshall, NC.
Boysenberr 2 years ago
@oldermusiclover if im not mistaken yes he is
Master100Mind 2 years ago
Bill's mandolin looks like its Willie Nelson's guitar. Still sounds great even after the rebuild.
ngzcaz 2 years ago
Bill Monroe is the greatest voice that ever stepped onto a stage. Ricky Skaggs is right behind him what a young man. You people forget who the REAL stars are in this video and it sure ISN'T Bobby Hicks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dadsgirl0423 2 years ago 2
well...that could be a bit disputed because Hicks had that famous melody throughout the whole song.
BigBoiJC 2 years ago
You want to hear someone really play an instrument listen to Bill Monroe on the mandolin that's talent my friend.
dadsgirl0423 2 years ago
i've listened to Bill more times than i can count and i've just never cared for him much. I respect him for being the legendary musician that he was, i've just never cared for him.
BigBoiJC 2 years ago
BOBBY HICKS IS A MASTER!!!!
KurtBuschRules2 2 years ago
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oldermusiclover 2 years ago
This is Bobby Hicks.
mrfiddleman 2 years ago
Bobby Hicks
BigBoiJC 2 years ago
Bobby Hicks is a MACHINE
UncleCaptainMidnight 2 years ago
If these guys had been truck drivers they would never scrape a gear, perfection incorporated!!
brucew44guns 2 years ago 3
yOU CAN HEAR IT TALK YOU CAN HEAR IT SING!!!
lookingback65 2 years ago
Bill stole our hearts!
ebr2003 2 years ago
This has to be the BEST Bluegrass song ever!
tulagKY 2 years ago
El sr Ricky Skagss me encanta ahora tengo 38 años y le descubrí cuando yo tenia 17 años, hace años que no le escuchaba de nuevo y ahra buscando en youtube le reencuentro increible! ya que con 17 años le escuchaba a tods horas, un abrazo, Sr. Skaggs dne quiera que esté, un admirador desde Barcelona.
Marinausbcn 2 years ago
Dan I don't even kno u and I don't live in ohio
andrewskaggs654 2 years ago
Ricky skaggs is my cousin
andrewskaggs654 2 years ago
really? how awesome :)
What kind of person is it? i think he must be somebody who enjoys his life :)
lorehal 2 years ago
Andrew? This is your cousin Dan from Ohio.
Roadstar1600 2 years ago
American music at it's finest. I love the fiddling. Some nice bling on the players, lol.
vtaylor98019 2 years ago
This is Kentucky at its best. I grew up listening to Bill Monroe and Ricky Skaggs.... Nothing better... as for the dancing... what Eastern Kentucky person doesn't know how to dance that jig... GO Bill GO! ...
joyluck04 2 years ago 2
takes me back home every time.
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played WAY too fast
wiseoneetest 2 years ago
yeahhh!
eryykaahh 2 years ago
Who is the pedal steel player? Amazing...
scotty5389 2 years ago 2
Terry Crisp.
donnyaldridge 2 years ago
I'm laughing my ass off reading some of the comments. I suggest for the people who cannot appreciate the tradition, talent and history represented at the Grand Ole Opry, you should immediately go back to some videos you can understand, like the Lemon Pipers or 1910 Fruitgum Company.
websyndicate1 2 years ago
I love this video but it really ruins it when you read the comments and ignorant people are arguing about nonsense and using profanity especially taking the Lord's name in vain. That is uncalled for and sickening to me and anyone with any heart or good sense.
001Bigred 2 years ago 2
I love that dance bill does at 2:57
jnizny 2 years ago 7
so great, it reminds me of my chilhood my uncles aunts and neighbors would all get together on friday evenings ,they all took turns, one would play a tune while someone else would step dance
eastmander 2 years ago
well it is blue grass...
johndemp 2 years ago
Ricky is space master on the strings, and Bill Monroe is always on my mind. T for Texas!
bozara777 2 years ago
Just because I like bluegrass doesn't mean I like Larry the Fucking Cable Guy. Doesn't make me a redneck. Just means I like the sound. Besides, I'd take Rocky Mountain grass over Appalachian stuff any day. I'm really not that much of a fan of southern accents.
StealYerFace95 2 years ago
i might be a dum ass country boy but them fellers can pick
thelife81 2 years ago
First, this song is a "bear" to learn to sing . My tongue had to move so fast, I swear it must have caught up to itself and I saw it exitiing out my left ear. This is one hellacious tempo to get down while learning the words. Tough fight, Ma, but I won! As for these "damn yankees", I used to be one of you and am a "Redneck In Training". Left the Philly area almost 2 years ago and never regretted it. Can't beat the Knoxville area, Country's beautiful, and the prople are just wonderful. C'mon down
trooper553 2 years ago 3
boy i hate to tell ya but if you have to call yourself a redneck you aint no redneck
blakob13 2 years ago
Ain't said I was a "Redneck", YET. Just goin' through trainin'. How ya expect a "transplant" like me ta get things down pat in just 2 yrs? But I love it down here and I promise to work real hard on my lessons and make even you proud of me.
angeleyes1024 2 years ago
Disregard the screenname, above. That's my Daughter that I didn't know was signed in and never looked. SEE! I'm workin' on my edumakashun as a C.R.N. (Certified Red Neck) I'll make it!
trooper553 2 years ago
Besides Austin, there is nothing positive about your state.
StealYerFace95 2 years ago
I normally wouldn't reply to such ignorant drivel, but here it is !
H E Y , M O T O R M O U T H !!!!!
What's this "AUSTIN stuff?!?!?!?! I think it's pretty clear that I live in Knoxville, TN! GET IT:"K N O X V I L L E , T N ". I don't know (or care) where you're from but you have a problem with your reading! In TN, we have a tremendously rated course @ U.T> - Yiou ought to taker advantage of it ! It's title id "REMEDIAL READING 101 FOR DUNCES".
angeleyes1024 2 years ago
lol, was I talking to you? I responded to blakob13. obviously. but, since you made this your business....
hahahahaha your aspiring to be a redneck?? That's like saying "well gee, I wish my IQ wasn't so high. I wish I could be socially and culturally backwards. I wish I could fit the role of ignorant ractist unintelligent backcountry hic." Nothing positive whatsoever about being a redneck. good day miss.
StealYerFace95 2 years ago
funny i bet you couldnt kill and cook your own food...maybe mcdonalds is to easy to fatten up ya ass....the racist redneck remark is funny...you are listening to blue grass on you tube LOL!! you are just a redneck in denial...i think that you are really "intellegent" calling other people racist and you are the only one on here making stupid degrading remarks..so you are also racist in denial... and that is like saying " well damn jim bob lets git on you tube and make fun of pround rednecks!!"
medlinsrednose 2 years ago
i am from north by god carolina....buddy come on down or up here depending on "whar you et!" you know i would reallty like to see you survive on the land all the book smarts in the world aint worth nuttin if you can't survive on the land..and eattin tha critters on it LOL!! you would throw up if you had to clean your on food. mommas boy stay of of this here redneck channel
medlinsrednose 2 years ago
The fuck would I want to survive on the land and cook my own animals for? You can live an empoverished blue collar life in a bubble from the rest of the world if that suits you. I'll take my book smarts and make myself all the money I want. i'll work just as long and hard as you, except i'll be making 5x as much. And I'll get to enjoy all the comforts of modern city life. If I want a break, i'll come down and stay on a ranch in North Carolina for a weekend.
StealYerFace95 2 years ago
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(MAN I WAS WANTING TO KEEP THIS PG13) simple a tree hugging mutha fucker like you still breasts feeds from your mom...the only thing money can buy is material shit that you can really live without...just trying to impress ya friends is all you city fucks do....book smarts LOL in todays economy LOL!!! i bet you work in a dead in job working for your parents...city COMFORTS?? drinking processed sewage water no wonder you are on here you are mentally fucked...some one shit in your water
kevindraven 2 years ago
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A) material shit is the shit. why would I want anything less? Absolutely not to impress friends. Entirely for my own pleasure. Obviously.
B) REGARDLESS of the economy, book smarts will get you farther than manual labor.
C) Try processed lakewater. Compared to well water, which literally is UNprocessed sewage water, it's pretty goddamn delicious.
D) I don't love you cuz I don't know you. simple as that.
Go...inbreed...or whatever the fuck blue collar hics do in their spare time.
StealYerFace95 2 years ago
ya damn yankee i STILL LOVE YA
kevindraven 2 years ago
just to humor you....
I really did find the whole water argument hilarious. Whereas my lake water is my , fluorine-enhanced, and filtered, well water is literally the runnof from the cow feces on your farm. literally just the unprocessed insecticide/pesticide seepage from the earth. lol.
StealYerFace95 2 years ago
This video is one of the best Ive ever seen,Bill and Ricky playing and singing like Angel's from Heaven :0)
russell56443 2 years ago
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i think james lane is a prostitute
sbrotcke 2 years ago
I think your a moron
dadsgirl0423 2 years ago
i saw his concert uhh jan. 18, 2009 i think but it was really good..
aliyamarie123 3 years ago
Who was playing the jug??? Was it Denver Pyle????
emmtampa 3 years ago
The fellow playing the fiddle is Bobby Hicks. I believe he's the last of "The Boys in the Band" to "depart" just before the band was renamed "Kentucky Thunder". Ricky lost one of the finest group of side men in the business. I guess it was time to move on. Guys like Ray Flacke (Lead guitar), Jesse Chambers (5 string banjo), Lou Reed (Banjo and fiddle), Ray Grantham (Drums), Gary Smith (Piano). I give high marks to Kentucky Thunder, but the Boys made 'em look like they are runnin' in slow motion.
trooper553 3 years ago
I forgot Bruce Bouton who played the steel guitar. He was about the finest in the business. This new guy couldn't hold Bruce's picks.
trooper553 3 years ago
difference between Terry Crisp (the new guy) and Bruce is that bruce was a jerk. I know because he was a real snob towards Jesse Chambers (who happens to be my dad).
BigBoiJC 2 years ago
Barbara Mandrel wasen't a half assed picker. She could shred steel.
sirlonghair 2 years ago
sirlonghair,
I don't remember putting it quite like that, but you're right. As an instrumentalist, wirh such ability to play just about any instrument, this lady is probably without peer. I have always liked to listen to Barbara and wish she would be featured playing solo more often. (Beautiful lady, too. Those eyes just make me melt)
trooper553 2 years ago
the steel was BarBara's first instrement she got awards playing and as you point out multi instrumentalist.like roy clark simply the best all around guitar player I have ever scean better than,Eddy,malmstien or erich clapton(most overrated player ever) put together
sirlonghair 2 years ago
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bluegrasssingingman 11 months ago
@bluegrasssingingman I still say Roy Clark is one of the top guitar players of all time.Live I watched him do a classical tune broke two strings and maid up for it with alt. fingering like the guitar was still singing on six strings I have 15 years as back line and monitor engineer on national stages I took a bow with Buckwheat Zidaco and Coco Montoya worked with Blues Travelers 3 times(there engineer was an ass) Kansas 3 times,Journey,Molly Hatchet I could fill pages
sirlonghair 11 months ago
trooper..I don't know if you intentionally did this but you combined some lineups.
Ricky's second lineup included George Grantham (drums, vocals), Ray Flacke (guitar, vocals) Bouton, Jesse Chambers (on bass..not banjo) Mickey Merritt (Piano, Vocals) Gary Smith (Piano (country boy album, Live In London album, tours in between) Lou Reid (Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals) Bobby Hicks (Fiddle, vocals)
BigBoiJC 2 years ago
BBJ, You're right. Guess dining on "filet of sole" DOESN'T taste that good. Thenks - My bad.
trooper553 2 years ago
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bluegrasssingingman 11 months ago
@bluegrasssingingman you're basing that on what?
BigBoiJC 11 months ago
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