Flatt & Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown

[cdude100]

i have a sudden urge to go to the blue ridge parkway and then when i get back make some moonshine

[sawayakasawatea]

やっぱいいねぇヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ

[Ty360co]

I'm a metal-head and I'm ok with this.

[BoyCountry94]

hell yes love it

[1stovetop]

Damn I like that song

[AuntieMz]

this Is True Country Music To bad the radio stations lost the GREAT MUSIC!

[Nitrokitty]

Thumbs up if you're a brony from TV Tropes.

[darthteej1]

TV Tropes has brought this song to the bronies attention. Brace yourself country music fans, Your top comments will be gone within a week.

[russellb60]

not a slide guitar...it's a Dobro...

[dbordelon6549]

this was back the wind was all that blew .slide guitar is something you cannot do while grabbing at your crotch .guess this means that haters didnt make them famous.

[hjb103055]

This is real country music. Not the stuff they play today.

[OnionMovies]

@hjb103055 Actually, it's bluegrass

[Addiskrilla]

2 haters are wearin blue yankee coats

[rocmaven]

where do you get these great videos! Wonderful. i am going to see ricky skaggs kentucky thunder at watseka theatre watseka illinois on aug 26

[MegaMefoo]

I am as I always will be in love with this stuff!!

[iheartespresso]

if this gives me goosebumps, does that make me a hillbilly?

[jubilaz]

That is a bad ass method of playing the slide guitar.

[MrFrontrowkid]

This was the theme song to "Bonnie and Clyde" Everytime I hear it, I remember the chase scenes where Bonnie and Clyde are driving through corn fields with the "law" after them. In fact, that is how the song became famous to audiences who were unfamiliar with Flatt and Scruggs or blue grass music.

[MrJaika1]

still GREAT!

[bdkalltheway]

My father was Earl Scruggs 2nd cousin. He gave us a 45 recording of Foggy Mountain Breakdown, sure wish we still had that.

[clyderf]

Earl is the greatest, but for those interested in delving into the Bluegrass scene a bit there are other top traditional banjo players to hear. Names like Allen Shelton, JD Crowe, Bill Emerson, Jim Mills, early Don Stover, Tom Adams, Erick Ellis, Vic Jordon, and other aces come to mind. Steve Martin and Roy Clark are great showmen and by reputation very good people, but are definitely not in the stellar league as banjo players.

[clyderf]

Yes, this is Earl when he's cooking, and I'm glad this tune draws the crowds, but anything Earl did during the great years is on the ultimate almost super human level. However, it continues to boggle me that the general public is not aware of the fact that still available Flatt and Scruggs recordings 1948- 50's contain many tunes as brilliant, with more going on in them. It's too bad it takes a movie sound track to spread the word.

[tchrbaby]

Roy Clark is a damn fine banjoist as well

[StigJensen123]

Yeeeeeehaaaaa!!! Woooooowooo!

[JangoFett501]

I spam this on my mic when I'm dominating in a game. It's epic.

[jillgivler]

Every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man!

[sirhc141]

EXCEEEEEELENT, Earl was the best thing that happend to a bajno

[telecastor69]

¡Come on everybody! ¡Stop, listen and learn what music about is! ¡Listen to the masters here!

[countryoutlaw52]

Dobro all the way

[dlagrua]

Excellent playing by all. That Dobro player was particularlly impressive. One of the best that I ever heard.

[meganAnn4201]

very sharp dressed... man i love the classics

[MsJollycholly]

it seems that Mr. Scruggs has warp speed in his hands!

[kanesimms95]

that gives me shivers

[Neenockamockawok]

The standard by which all other bluegrass instrumentals were, are and forever will be measured by. And great to see Uncle Josh Graves playing that mean dobro

[nemo227]

Simply a down home "Classic". So easy to listen to but not so easy to play.

[venusofwillendorf111]

How sad, two people had a seizure when they went click on the "Like" button. :-(  I hope they are okay.

[IdolGirlRN]

this music reminds me of home (I'm originally from NC)-Foggy Mountain Breakdown never ceases to amaze me-it's truly beautiful music.

[itsbanffdavehere]

Thanks for the upload. These guys were one HOT unit! Check their other Opry performances on Youtube!

[cfazekas0441]

I listen to flat and scrugs and im 16

[cfazekas0441]

I love there muic and im 16

[silentsniperrr]

slide adds a nice touch

[mrtaterman]

the best banjoist to ever walk this earth!

its banjoist right? :P

[pegcage]

I wish somebody would post an old version of Earl playing Earl's Breakdown. What he did originally on that is just perfection.

[Walter5734]

Bring that Audio up !

[J0NAB0NA]

Haha Scruggs face and head movements seem like he's thinking "Yeah I f**cking own this banjo"

[TL250Rider]

Dobros Sound so Cool

[CITYOFLACOMBE]

Greatest music on earth:)

[thenickyb27]

NICE! THAT IS CALLED SKILL MY FRIENDS! i agree with BeadStallcup, this piece is timeless!

[bibelforschung]

Anyone know who's playing fiddle here?

[bluegrassgod]

@bibelforschung...... I think it's Paul Warren playing fiddle.

[jakazza]

Only one mic. . makes it easy on the mixing

[offthedop]

Beverly Hillbillies!!!!!



[mcul2112]

awesome. but about a half an hour too short.... ;)

thanks for posting!

[Earthdancer46234]

@mcul2112  I thought the same thing.

[MrSteve24fps]

Conjures up visions of "Bonnie & Clyde"(1967)

[vcp430]

@MartMart to do Earl's part, just hold your middle finger at the third fret of the second string, and pinch strings 2 and 1. Hope this helps.

[MartMart]

How the hell does he do that part at 0:16 I;ve only been learning the banjo for a couple of years and always wanted to learn this song. I play it quite well now and this version is one IM most familiar with as I have had it on mp3 for years. Im pretty good at picking things up by ear but I've never been able to work that bit out. Seems like the only way to do itt is to bar the second fret but he doesn't do that.

[bluegrassgod]

@MartMart .... If I'm looking at it right at 0:16 Earl is in the Eminor position which he has ring finger on the 1st string 2nd fret and the middle finger on the 4th sting 2nd fret. The roll he is doing starts with a hammer-on on the 4th string open to 2nd fret - 2nd string open - 3rd string open - 1st string 2nd fret - pull-off 3rd string from 2nd fret to open - open 2nd string - 4th string 2nd fret - 1st string 2nd fret then repete from (pull-off 3rd string) a couple more times... I think

[bluegrassgod]

@MartMart I can tab it out if you need...... walteralan@yahoo.com

[Elam25fyi]

"Classic Grass" at it's best !!!!  They all were some real pickers !!!

[Dungor1]

yeeeeaaaa!!!

[Dungor1]

THIS is what music is, could be heard nonstop do not get bored!

[nashvillegrl2384]

WLCT plays this song every day. Monday thru Saturday at 11:50 AM. It genuinely is a cattle call if I've ever heard one.

[wammybar4ever]

i live bout 40 min west of nashville in dickson and right now im watchin GAC and all there is is big lights and blonde girls with big hooters now if any of yall see this look up at the video ur watchin. what happened?!

[buzfan01]

Does anyone know the dobro pickers name? What great talent all of them! This never fails to inspire and lift the spirit!!

[fatboy78977]

@buzfan01 the dobro player name is josh graves

[Mousler100]

God invented the banjo for Earl and that's that....

[crazy24691]

i love this music i teach my children i educate them about music we listen to mo town operetta;s.signed very proud of my h.eritage

[crazy24691]

i love this music i teach my children i educate them about music we listen to mo town operetta;s.

[A10thunderbolt]

Earl Scruggs is to banjo what Jimi Hendrix is to guitar or John Entwistle is to bass.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

@A10thunderbolt Agreed!! I've been grooving to Flatt and Scruggs since the 60s when they played the theme to The Beverly Hillbillies!! ALWAYS brings a smile to my face to hear these two Master Musicians play.

[axwell21]

The Metallica of bluegrass

[000mud000]

@axwell21 if only it was played on electric guitar instead of banjo perhaps electric banjo

[woodbutcherjohn]

@000mud000 Deering "crossfire"!

[Superdustmite]

I think the accordion and harmonica should be thought of as bluegrass instruments

[MrJohanasBilderberg]

This music makes me proud to be a country boy,

YEEEEEEEEHAWWWW.

/me starts blowing on jug.

[srp960]

The BEST tune I've ever heard. Sure beats the hell out of the highly praised hip hop or (c)rap that they are spewing out on our youth. HMMMM....why is that?

[jimicheesecake]

video like this makes me proud to be a hillbilly (starts slappin knee)

[thatfingio]

This tune makes me feel so good

[gimsi]

This is wonderful! Earl Scruggs is a virtuoso. He hits my brain, but Josh Graves goes straight to the heart.

[Cornholiosbitch]

This tune was chosen as the background music for the car chase scene in "Bonnie and Clyde" with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. I agree....this tune is timeless and should be the Virginia State Anthem.

[Denise9482]

I grew up watching these old timers. Flatt ans Scruggs was one of my favorites. My family faithfully watched them. I always thought Earl Scruggs was such a mellow, humble guy. I really liked him alot!!! Denise 9482

[Partinized]

This was from a National Life Grand Ole Opry performance...band Members names are as follows: Lester Flatt...Guitar Earl Scruggs..Banjo Paul Warren..Fiddle Jake Tullock..Bass Josh Graves..Dobro Oney Wheeler..Harmonica Oney was not a fulltime member of the Foggy Mountain Boys, he actually worked for Roy Acuff. Curly Seckler played mandolin for the Foggy Mountain Boys but wasnt on this particular show....This show would have been around 1966-1967.

[pds3939]

Hell, they're all talented! Nobody knows the names of these guys! They're awesome!

[johnnyw12]

Earl is the greatest Banjo picker!!

[7300firefighter]

@johnnyw12 YES HE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dw45761]

Yee HAW! Love this!

[waddleduckie1]

This IS the original!! Yahoo!!

[taylormade2go]

Bad fuckin' Ass!!!!

[SacraViaMusic]

he says thats bullshit josh

[Sheboggie1]

@SacraViaMusic  At least he smiled when he said it.

[videogmr1988]

Yessir, gotta love it. I have my Lester Flatt knife at home safe and sound. My grandfather's cousin!

[FamilyBornToShine]

Best bluegrass song ever! My brother and I are trying to learn it :)

[dawoool]

I always enjoyed when they guest starred as themselves on the Beverly Hillbillies. The story was they grew up with Jed in the hills and learned to play so they could serenade Pearl.

[cgerath]

thanks for posting this- these guys used to play with my grandpa before they got famous. Brings back some great memories for me :)

[olehoundog1]

Can anyone understand what Earl says to Josh at around 0:50 ?

[01artist]

It sounded like he said "Go get em"

[BanjoBoyMatteo]

Just a note: While Earl indeed goes to E minor, Lester plays E major. I know this might sound strange, and some will say it's off-key, but he really does that (very intriguing chord progression).

It's not really visible in this footage, but if you listen closely to the 1949 recording you will notice that.

[bluespower]

excellent !

regards

bp

[BigRedMcCool]

Just perfect, absolutely perfect.

[BeadStallcup]

These men sure know how to wear a nice looking western hat. Sharp dressed, they are!

[BeadStallcup]

This piece of music is timeless. If people still listen to the banjo a thousand years from now, they'll still be talking about Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Earl Scruggs!

[jrdill1929]

@BeadStallcup Yes they will.

[videogmr1988]

Lester Flatt is my Grandfather's cousin

[Pickinbuddy]

Is Paul Flatt still around?

He used to be a Church Of God minister way back in the 70's.

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

What is anyone's fave Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mtn. Boys instrumental?

[ways1234]

Great passion, talent and Music............

[airborneassasin]

he was / is so nonchalant about his playing, like it's the easiest thing in the world to do.

[DB10705]

HELL YEA!!!!!

[DarthKreeg]

Bluegrass is the only real country music left.

[banjoell]

yeah the only true style left

[NoRosesForMe]

awesome

[Archimedes616]

Anyone know the significance of the title of the piece? Sounds like it might be about a runaway train on a mountain railroad.

[warehambr]

@Archimedes616 Scruggs changed the C to an E minor on Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Breakdown and I guess since they were the Foggy Mountain Boys, changed it from Bluegrass Breakdown to Foggy Mountain Breakdown. I hope I got the chords right!

[Archimedes616]

Thanks!

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

@warehambr, I disagree about your idea of Foggy Mtn. Breakdown originating from Bluegrass Breakdown. They are similar, but I still think Earl came up with Foggy Mtn. Breakdown on his own. I could be wrong. What does everyone else think ?

[warehambr]

@CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL, This is what Wikipedia says: "It was written by Earl Scruggs and recorded in 1949 by Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, with Scruggs playing a Gibson Granada 5-string banjo. It is closely related to Bill Monroe's "Bluegrass Breakdown" which Earl helped to write. It featured the same opening double hammer on, but "Bluegrass Breakdown" goes to an F Major chord whereas Foggy Mountain Breakdown goes to the G Major chord's relative minor, an E Minor chord. "

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

@warehambr : Thx! That's interesting. You are a true Scruggs fan. Isn't this video incredible ? This song is timeless.

[warehambr]

I was a clog dancer and used to dance to that song. But I am a bigger fan of Bill Monroe and also like old time (Galax style) a lot.

[2ndfret]

This is the first time I have ever heard of Earl helping Bill write this Nowhere can I find any source to verify this. please let me now your source, Thanks

[2ndfret]

Disregard my last comment I should have read your comment through any way I have the original recording of this Earls name is not listed as co composer

[warehambr]

Aside from Wikipedia, that's what I heard at the fiddlers conventions when I started going in the 1970s.

[2ndfret]

I think Earl went from G to F on Bluegrass Breakdoen and went from G to E minor on FMB

[warehambr]

@2ndfret ,

I believe you are right.

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

Some use the term "country" too loosely. .......These guys are BLUEGRASS. By the way, thanks for this fantastic video.

[myunholyconfession1]

at 1:28 its someone playing a jaw harp

[aneub100]

no one is playing jaw harp at all.

[andyxfish]

outstanding

[friendofTN]

Love it!

I love acoustic music best, because you can hear the talent of each musician so clearly and the beauty of the instrument is not drowned out !

Thanks!!

One of the best instrumentals ever!

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

Yes ! Acoustic instruments sound a thousand times better than anything plugged in ! Especially for bluegrass where acoustic is the norm. and pays respect & homage to traditional bluegrass !

[dedudenamedjosh]

This is one of the best sounding instrumental pieces that I've ever heard! Too bad popular bands don't still sound like this!

[thefringthing]

The guy on the squareneck resonator guitar looked like he way really straining to point that thing at the mic.

[catchersmitt0]

This stuff was waaay overshadowed by Mainstream Pop and Rock in the 1960s, but these country guys are amazing musicians!

[docwondernuts]

Listening to this makes one want to down a fifth of Jim Beam and just go outside and raise nine different types of hell

[bassmangotdbluz]

Is this from The Mike Douglas Show?

[olehoundog1]

This is from "That Good Ole Nashville Music" TV show that was filmed in the Ryman Auditorium in 1965. Also on the same program they played "When the Saints Go Marching In" and "Memphis". This was before "Bonnie & Clyde" and was recorded on a album called "Town and Country" in 1965.

[rixter719]

that's some mighty fine pickin'!

[Arnescountry]

I don't know what show this came from.

It's on a DVD that I got from someone that probably got it from someone, and so on...

[annacronism]

Arnescountry, This is from The Flatt and Scruggs t.v. show, from back in the sixties. I used to watch it with my mom, dad, brothers, and sisters when I was a little girl. The main sponsor was Martha White Flour. Ahh...memories. Anna

[LycoValleyRRFan]

@Arnescountry I think it's called The Martha White Show.

[childsplaymusic]

Thanks for posting this - great version of one of the all-time hottest bluegrass tunes by the father of bluegrass banjo.

What is the source of this - I take it's from US TV, but what show did it come from?

[olehoundog1]

It came from a show called "That Good Ole Nashville Music" and was filmed at the Ryman Aud. On this same program they also played "Memphis" and "When the Saints Go Marching In."

[childsplaymusic]

Thanks for that info - not a program we ever got here in Australia, more's the pity. There must be some great old bluegrass floating around from these old shows - this is the real deal!