Preachin', Prayin', Singin'--Flatt and Scruggs

[wretchasketch]

I've been listening to this cut of Lester and Earl for over 30 years and never heard it this clear and detailed. What a treat. Must be a remastered version. What is the source? Thanks for posting!

[biblefixit]

Just be sure to read the whole King James Bible, and not just listen to music and go to church houses.

[wretchasketch]

@biblefixit Readest thou all the begats?

[EGrdneck]

20 yrs old and this is my favorite type of music, just something about the harmony in the voices, the harmony in the instruments, the message of the words.....

[allisguy1]

my gosh, really .where did music like this go? i guess everything kinda fades with time but what talent! bluegrass will never die!

[Loverboy721]

I have a CD by the same title "Preachin, Prayin and Singin." Your the first song on the CD. You guys are awesome!! Keep up the good work for the Lord!!

[IndianaJesusfreak]

When I reached my teenage years I got caught up in the drugs and rock & rool scene. When I was 44 years old the Good Shepherd came for his lost sheep. Now I can be found preaching, praying, singing...

[BalsaBill]

Earl played guitar instead of banjo on the "sacred" songs. The banjo was considered too frivolous of an instrument to play in Gospel music back then. So Earl would usually switch to guitar on these songs in the earlier days.

[headredbone]

takes me back to them ol' tent revivals in southwest louisaiana. many times they would go on for three weeks or more. late 40's and into early 60's.

[bigmrclean]

YEDIR

[vcp430]

Earl's guitar playing always reminded me of Mother Maybelle, considering Earl said," She was my hero." But nothing can compare to his banjo playing.

[walkinghorsetwh]

have loved this song for years on end!

[taylord109]

Absolutely loved Flatt & Scruggs ever since I was 16 and now I'm 19 a still do.

[acubassman]

Now days, it seems like no one will even let you play a little music in the public square.

[Pickinbuddy]

Songs like this made an everlasting impression on me over 45 years ago...

[insman1976]

Makes me think of the good ole days... We need some of that again.

[EliteUBH]

@insman1976

Those days are loooooong gone. We'll never be there again, just look at the world it is today.. I wish we could go back to the good days too.

[RidgeRunnerJC]

This, IMO is one of the better examples of Ear'ls guitar playing. Listen to some of the bass runs he makes behind the vocals in some of the verses, combined with the finger picking on the higher strings. And combined with the fast tempo of the song. Truly impressive. This, along with God Loves his Children are probably the best examples of his guitar work with fast tempo gospel songs.

[bsinbreed]

you are very right, his guitar playing was often over looked because of his stellar banjo playing, but this is my favorite stuff that they did. i absolutley love this band. i could listen to them sing all day, and often do.

[pegcage]

All you people who do not know that Earl Scruggs also played a great guitar, you can find him doing so right here on youtube. Usually on the gospel songs. But also on Flatt and Scruggs' rendition of Jimmy Brown the Newsboy, and others.

[hawkeye4771]

you sure can feel it coursing thru your veins!! love it!!!

[pegcage]

Earl Scruggs great guitar playing.

[BreathDoctor]

Sorry, Earl played the Banjo. Lester played the Flat-Top.

[pegcage]

Sorry, BreathDoctor, but this is Earl on the guitar. Trust me. He played a killer guitar. Lester was only a rhythm guitarist.

[rockinredneck57]

Check out the video of F & S doing "You are my Flower" with Maybelle Cater. It shows Earl playing guitar. Lester strums while Earl plays lead fingerpicking style.

[bsinbreed]

no actually earl played the guitar alot. earl was not only a pioneer on the banjo, but on the guitar as well. you can hear his playing truely showcased on the songs of the famous carter family album. he plays guitar on that album more than he does banjo. he was a huge influence on guys like doc watson and the other great pickers of the ol flattop

[docsavage98]

Earl's neighbor was Maybelle Carter who helped influence his guitar playing

[gidfiddle]

@pegcage does anybody have the lyrics to this song i might have 80% of them but some i just dont understand

[wretchasketch]

@gidfiddle try bluegrass lyric search