Flatt and Scruggs with Maybelle Carter - You are my flower

[mandobanjoguitar]

great video! Is it just me, or does anyone else have a problem saving this to there favorites?

It says it was saved, but isn't there when I check the playlist.

[randman78]

the best flat picking i ever seen on a flat-top, very good earl

[banjoboy77a]

Exquisite guitar playing, esp. for a TV show...

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

This is beautiful. So is the dobro-player in the background :: the very handsome Josh Graves :: also the finest dobro player of all time. Always will be.

[wmoday]

This was one of the songs that Maybelle used a flat pick to play. Maybelle played 3 different styles on guitar (the Carter Scratch - thumb picking melody and one to 2 fingers plying rythm, her flat pick style as on "You are my Flowr", and up pick using her fore finger to pick upward on the higher strings while picking down with thumb as in "The Cannonball Blues". I think that Earl does so well because part of Maybelle's playing came from the fact she also played banjo.

[OldDogNewTrick]

Such a pure delight.

[PHJimY]

I once borrowed a D-28 from a friend so my wife could sing You Are My Flower at an open mic. After we finished he said,"I've had that guitar for thirty years and that's the first time the capo's ever been at the 7th fret."

Anyone know the story behind Earl's truss rod cover?

[poppyseller1]

Theres that riff of mother Maybelles that chet teaches in his song" Maybelle"

[sponyge]

The Flatt And Scruggs are my favorite bluegrass band.

[crystalmccutie]

I shot Tupac with that rifle.

[gnut1977]

real country music died in the 60's sorry to say.

[EbenezarGold]

@gnut1977 Nope, I saw Merle Haggard and the Strangers playing it a few weeks ago.

[karenkjtigger]

wow this song takes back to my childhood as my dad used to sing it to me when I was only 6 years old

[grim2112]

We been pickin this song and the crowds love it! Soooo coooool!

[pds3939]

Life comes at a price! The more it is lived, the more stories there are to be told! Appalachian musicians tell it honestly! I love 'em!

[hopingforredemption]

This is my favorite video on YouTube. Such a lovely, quirky, pure love song. As humble as Maybelle was I think that she was a little proud of this one and understandably so. She used that same guitar lick in Bear Creek Blues and a slower version appears in Coal Miner's Blues but I like it best here.

[peppersvnv]

THIS is country music! What in the world happened to genuine, honest, sincere music? Man, I miss it.

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

@peppersvnv I agree! This is traditional BLUEGRASS music at its best.

[DammitDrag]

@peppersvnv go here, there's music alive and being created on the river !!

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[EmotionalResQ]

The Queen of the autoharp (Maybelle) and the King of the banjo (Earl). An unbeatable combination.

[sisalrug]

It's a privilege to see musicians like this.

[EmotionalResQ]

At 2:40 when Earl looks at Maybelle and smiles it's a verification from Maybelle that he got it right.

The Carter's and the Scrugg's were neighbors, and Maybelle had a great influence on their guitar playing, especially Earl's and Randy's guitar playing.

[rockinredneck57]

@EmotionalResQ It's like getting verification from the master that you're doing it right. She looks as proud as she can be.

[DollyPorterfan]

I enjoyed this so much! Earl sure can play the guitar. I didn't know he coul play that good, I thought the only instrument he played was the banjo. I love this song, it is so beautiful and the way they played it is a lost art. Thank you so much for sharing, this one is at the top of my list for my favorites!

[flatpikinguitar]

look at earls capo at 2:20. that thing scares me. especialy when it is on a martin

[baasting]

I love when they look at eachother and laugh! 2:40

[newfiebygarge]

This is a real Diamond in the Rough.

[pegcage]

These old videos of Lester and Earl on Martha White's Grand Ole Opry Show can be purchased. There are about 6 of them. I have the first 3. I love them.

[LostChameleon]

Please let me know where & how. Send me a note please. I would very much like to have a copy of this. This is amazing. Top notch.

[flatpikinguitar]

what kind of guitar is earl playing. i know lester is playing his d28, but is earl playing a d18

[jimbovius]

Good question, I'm not sure that Earl is playing a Martin. Earl's guitar has a plate covering up the truss rod end, Lester's Martin has no truss rod, I don't know if Martin put truss rods in their guitar necks back then.

[flatpikinguitar]

they put the martin t-bar. but that wasnt realy a truss rod because it wasnt adjustible. actualy i just noticed a martin logo on the headstock. dont know where the truss rod cover came from

[beatapt5]

I don't know who did the work, but apparently Earl had an adjustable truss rod installed on his Martin (D18?) Martins of course, did have a truss rod, but the earlier ones weren't adjustable. Tough if you wanted to use a different guage of string. Even back then, Nashville had master guitar techs that could tear one down to glue and sawdust, and rebuild it.

[LostChameleon]

Thank you sooooo much. Please don't take it down. This is GREAT!

[siggersd]

Thanks for re posting this fantastic version.

[hopingforredemption]

Great song, great performance. I only wished Maybelle would have sang harmony like she did with Sara when the Carter Family cut this song.

[blu65gibson]

always loved this song,right to faves....blu65

[mrivamonte]

This video is so great. It is wonderful seeing these great players especially Mother Maybelle. I always want to learn this tune.