California with Bill Monroe - Goldrush

[Drstarbone]

monroe is digging crary's break and thinking, "wow I really started something here with this bluegrass thing

[bobbyearl60]

mandolin players will soon rule the world!

[bobbyearl60]

mandolin players will soon rule the world!

[bobbyearl60]

mandolin players will soon rule the world!

[GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

Sweet Fiddles!!

[MeatIsbetter]

@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr BANJOS ARE BETTER!!!!!! haha the fiddles are a nice touch in the pure awesomeness of the banjo.

[GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

@MeatIsbetter (shhh... I agree, but didn't want to say anything... you know how 'sensitive' the fiddlers get ;)

Thanks!

(for the record.. it's really the Bass that carries the show!)

[MeatIsbetter]

@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr :) If the French Horn were in there it would so own... Just wondering, do you play anything else besides bass?

[GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

@MeatIsbetter I started on guitar age 11, and still flatpick - learned from the Oleee Timers.. old plank floors, Franklin wood stoves and music all night long - great way to grow up. I was about 12 years, and one day someone brought in the biggest instrument I'd ever seen - and when it filled up the room with low notes I was Hooked! Been doing bluegrass, swing and gypsy ever since! And you... Banjer only?

[MeatIsbetter]

@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr I play Piano, French Horn, (if you count it) Jew's Harp, and I'm learning to play the Banjo.

[TheThurmond]

two great fiddle players

[buchananstreet]

clear as the waters of the allegheny mountains

[ngzcaz]

For all us would be mandolin players... notice his right hand moving, nothing else. No elbows, shoulders, etc..

[16BrookeAnne]

Wow! That's wonderful!It's really cool how those fiddlers keep their timing together!

[diptanshu]

bill is the greatest....

[AlyoshaK]

I love the way Mr. Monroe lifts the mandolin in the B part. What a great tune, and thanks for posting.

[phriendlyphool]

are their any albums of all these guys together...minus Bill I guess since he was a guest

[phriendlyphool]

how has no one mentioned Dan Crary on guitar

[phriendlyphool]

wish mark would play more bluegrass nowdays

[mandohat]

gorgeous--I forgot that song had a melody

[PCPrabbit]

tony's version from church street blues is pretty killer too

[jmarshall5833]

Awesome. Byron aand Mark with Bill on mando and Jerry on dobro. As a multi-instrumentalist it don't get no better.

[judyleasugar97]

That's what heaven is like.

[californialove760]

You got that right! Thanks for reconizing pure mucical greatness! A++++

[TruegrassBoy]

Look at Monroes hands. Ancient but still playin' it right. I hope I get to heaven just so I can pick with old Bill.

[MikeBunting]

Jerry Douglas on dobro

[redheadedraincrow]

Guys, this as good as it gets!

[russell56443]

Damn that was Great!!!!!!!

[TruegrassBoy]

Bill Monroe was the greatest bluegrass musician ever and his idea of what the music should be was awesome. No wonder he succeeded to such a super degree! Bill - America thanks you!

[11hebrew]

This brings back such awesome memories of The Father of Bluegrass, a group of great musicians and a great tune. Thanks for sharing.

[02x9]

I'd be so damn nervous if I had to play along side of the legendary father of bluegrass himself.

[acefiddle]

The"guy" is Byron Berline, one of our grand national fiddle champions. And the other fiddler is Mark O'conner, also one of our grand national champs! It doesnt get any better than this!!!

[Pilotridge]

Also a former Bluegrass Boy.

[OSCAR82AA]

The guy says here is a man that has been in bluegrass along time. He started it. BIG MON = THE FATHER OF BLUEGRASS

[DerUntergangRush]

the dobro player sucked everything up almost

[Erkele]

Superb. Seven stars!

[UncleCaptainMidnight]

Mark O'Connor? I thought it was Tex Logan !!!

[ktbriggs]

Bill needed a band like this! He's in his element with these great players.

[Grazzcat]

In Answer to chilcootgirl's question as to who the dobro player is on this video.Look very closely and you will see a young Jerry Douglas.I hope this answers your question.

[chilcootgirl]

Fiddles are Byron Berline & Mark O'Connor, banjo is John Hickman, Dan Crary on guitar. I can't ID the dobro player right offhand.

[HillbillyJ]

Why was Bill's break edited?

[BluegrassLibrary]

The show came to an end.

[HillbillyJ]

With Bill still picking a mando solo???

[klezmando]

I think he played an extra

"A" part and the band followed him.