Be Thou My Vision by The Purple Hulls

[DaveZeman]

Absolutely Loved it...

[guitmartiman]

Now there's some roots music for you! I love this song and your pickin'!

[freaknasty881]

How do I get the mandolin player to marry me??

[Kevinlouis]

@freaknasty881 I know right!



[TheChardonPolkaBand]

The Purple Hulls are one of the CPB's favorites!

[micah6vrs8]

If you are going to make a home made music video, this is an excellent example of how to do it right. You can tell by their positioning that they worked out the camera angles and there is probably tape on their rug as markers. No one leaves the small scope of the camera. This is a bright version with a Christmasy feel. Of scores of BTMV I've listened to for a recent project, we have a top ten winner here. Great job Purple Hulls!

[bobby7771117]

Wow! This band is awesome! Why don't we ever have bluegrass come to Long Island, N.Y.? I am definitely moving to the country nexy year, if it's possible!! BobbyK To the band, you must have put in hundreds and hundreds of hours of practice to get this good! May the Lord bless your work for Him! In Christ's Love, BobbyK

[VonDreadnought]

Yeah..!!

[kayak4evermore]

I have been enjoying this clip of my favorite hymn on mandolin/banjo. Then while in Nashville for National Guard conference, went to the Gran Ole Opry. What a suprise to meet you two girls staffing the souvenir table outside. Thanks for sharing your talent with us who are trying to be 1/2 as good as you are.

[thejesusfreak87]

That is nothing short of incredible. You guys have some serious talent, I'm a guitar player and watching you guys makes me want to pickup the Mandolin and just get after it! Thanks for the awesome music, you guys constantly encourage me to be a better musician!

[hoeboy6969]

man I bet its a kick at your house on the hollidays

[thedayofrave]

<3 you guys!

[TheMonta999]

how long have you three been playing?

[kjkfender1996]

Ben looks like they dragged ya out of the woods for this one jk :) Incredible Love it

[jpp4l]

excellent!!!!



[n9252m]

Ben I want to thank you for always having the girls in the front, They are so easy on the eyes.

[ghsr82]

i've watched this video like 30 times today. you guys are awesome banjoben!

[lucjyjazz]

As we used to say in the 60's WOW!!!!!!!

[Michaelrwright92]

Fantastic. I wouldn't have thought that song would sound so good in bluegrass style, but man does it ever. Thanks for sharing.

[fuctdude]

this gives me gosbumps you guys know what u are doing love and respect from norway

[twintertaiment]

I love it when music is timeless especially bluegrass.

[hisblood27]

Thank you so much for posting this gold on youtube.

[otavioalves101]

ooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww brasil aplaude esta música! 

[RDA1427]

Awesome, awesome,awesome.

[BigChaddyDaddy]

Ben, you and your friends never cease to amaze me! Thanks for sharing your talents in one of my favorite hymns of all time!!! God bless you brother and your friends- The Purple Hulls!!!

[coachdoc49]

Very nice and a little side step from what you expect from a bluegrass group.

[tabbyjoym11]

Wow, this is awesome! I love this hymn!

[BroPaul]

Excellent!

[mortsey]

Wow, this one couldn't have been easy to arrange for blue grass... Just the same good job, very interesting.

[wammybarsolo21]

do your sister live with you or are yall just close to each other in nashville?

[happywaiz]

haha brilliant!

[raremon76]

thanks for this from the Netherlands

[newagemisfit]

Where I come from this tune is called, ‘Lord of all Hopefulness’. I think it’s my most favourite melody and this is a great version.

[PamsPlaceMusicBarn]

I love this arrangement. I've watched this dozens of times and never get tired of it. Can't wait to catch Ida Red in concert some day!

[JDClampet347]

Boy, them there gals sure are pretty. Reckon I could get one of them to go out on a date with me? I got my own teefesses and everything! I am a wee bit over weight. Alright, I'm quite a bit over weight. But I give good sugar from the sugar bowl if you know what I mean. But, don't get yourself all excited just yet. I don't smootch on the first date. So don't even try! Besides, Momma will want to go with us on our first date. She alway likes to chaperone the first few dates.

[JDClampet347]

Boy, them there gals sure are pretty. Reckon I could get one of them to go out on a date with me? I got my own teefesses and everything! I am a wee bit over weight. Alright, I'm quite a bit over weight. But I give good sugar from the sugar bowl if you know what I mean. But, don't get yourself all excited just yet. I don't smootch on the first date. So don't even try!

[rcpecc]

Bravi, fatto davero bene! grazie tante.

[jubbbs]

i might be in love with the mandolin player!

[vico100]

Ladies, your very beautiful and you play lovely, but give the guy some camera space too.. ;)

[WalleyeRizza]

That was great! Well done!

[JensHappe]

......süß die zwei Schnecken, spielen etwas schüchtern aber gut :-)

[shadowmane20]

Added to favorites.  I love this rendition of that timeless hymn.

[lcbusa1300]

Just amazing... if there's music in heaven, it'll sound like this.

[lmarrufo]

Loveing it, glad I found you guys.

[Patriksundvik]

Ni är riktigt musikaliska! Alla kända bluegrass players verka heta någonting med "Family" :D

[salcarusomusicvideo]

WOW! You 'guys' are great ... love your style/playing !! GODspeed ya'll , Sal Caruso

[lilfairycupcake]

 Generally I don't care mush for instrumentals, I loose interest quickly. This is a good one.

[TheBibleBielever]

Ben they do a great job on this song can you possibly teach this song on banjo and mandolin

[coolmcgroove]

You guys are way cool. I want to spend Christams at your place!! My daughter just bought a mandolin and \i'm going to show her these videos.

God Bless you and yours.

Marco Chester \england

[hoeboy6969]

ok I'm sorry I don't know your names so Banjo picker I need your dads name and phone number so I can ask for your hand Baby you rock look me up I'm on here Hoeboy6969 lets just say I dabble a bit in the fine arts  Rory

[k9pcrepair]

I have to find a girl that can play blue grass...the only problem is... she would play better than me...but then again she can teach me...you girls will make someone very happy!!

[KatyLouClark]

@k9pcrepair Haha...that's the right perspective.....

-katy

[adcgfd1]

Hella Clean Kidz! I can't get enough of your stuff

[valleart]

Excellent job... you guys took a very sweet and solemn song and played it in your style with altering anything... no heavy rock in it or anything.. Great Job!!

[natanael149]

muito bom

[proverbs2221]

I'd really love a Guitar solo to this..wow.

[Substrate2]

Blwon away, one of my favorite hymns played in a unique way. Just amazing competence.

[skrevan19]

This really runs down my bones and takes me back to my roots!

[Avfran938]

OMG!..y'all two look very purtty!..hey what wrong with the guy from the back??

[TOPtenor1]

where are ya'll from? do you travel to other states?

[chumout]

awesome...

[edpar45]

where do you live, I would love to play with you all.

[CharlieHend]

I love this! You guys are just good. Thanks for your wonderful contribution to Bluegrass music!

[Robo118]

I wish if you could hear me clappin :D well done! Loved it! God bless

[darev2000]

Wow, some of the best I've ever heard.

[cdbigman]

love the twist in this!I'm Irish and that's the best version ive ever heard,you should sing it though.

[yohanzo]

wow o_o sweet bluegrass skills!!

*****

[cashmcmillen]

I would love to hear you guys do the lyrical version and sing to it. I'd buy it!

[franzhab]

Schön!

[BanjoBen1]

@franzhab Vielen Dank!

[jacobywilson]

Great job! Love the song and you all did a great job with it. keep it up!

[MacCoinneach]

This is why I love bluegrass! Pure, raw, and will always put a smile on your face and get those feet tappin'.

[AcousticHills]

I LOVE how that banjo sounds! That guitar intro was great, and all y'all together sound amazing! Please make a cd with these hymns on it!

[ColdFusionGames]

I play this song on the organ very often at my church. It's one of my favorite pieces to play. Great job on making it a beautiful banjo/guitar/mandolin song as well. :)

[patart]

Speechless that was so well done!

[flatpicker15]

Ben, if you know it, could you post a tutorial of this song on guitar. this song was played and sung at my father's funeral by a cousin and i would love to learn it myself! thanks

[mymomlovesthisvideo]

Great job Clarks!

[hallmark498]

Good stuff, you-all in texas?

[sadagen]

It is the performance that is at home fantastically.

It is all of you upper grade technician, too.

We enjoy the bluegrass band where we added the text of a song in translation to by Japanese.

I sing like you more happily and try so hard that I can play it.

[manoah16]

wow! i got goose pimples that i cud even easily count all the hair in my forearms! no words to say how gr8 it felt! God blesss :)

[Absolute258]

seriously! i just can't turn it up loud enough. ha ha

[Absolute258]

phenomenal! that was amazing! ha ha ha, this... oh man. it's awesome. i love it. truly great what you've done with this song. what a blessed family, eh? i was gonna ask if i could get the chord progressions from y'all? that'd be awesome, if you get to it that is. ;) it's all good if you dont, well, thanks for the post : from Madison, WI!!!

[scottstanton1]

very cool you are very talented

[Melodiusjonk]

This IS Chickenskin music. Was recently sitting with my iPhone on a beach in Vietnam playing this tune via WIFI. It´s so good that tears started to roll.

Keep on! Joacim

[Pipsvideos]

Thank you!

[wingsaseagles1]

Ben, do you have a video lesson on this song at a slower speed. I play a guitar and I would love to learn the instrumental.

[BanjoBen1]

I sure don't, bud! I don't have a guitar version to this, besides the backup that I'm doing. Did you want to learn a guitar solo to it or just the chords?

[wingsaseagles1]

Both, I have been playing guitar for 43 years since I was 5yo. I've seen this played in a classical style and bluegrass, I would just to learn a simple fingering style to play it in my church someday.

[BanjoBen1]

yeah, that would be cool :)

[wingsaseagles1]

Awsome! Great job!

[Abeuss]

you guys are great from good old GA.

[RiaKentucky]

y'all are great & this is coming from Kentucky!

[pullenjt]

Just looking around youtube and if it ain't o'l Penny and Katy....Ben I am very impressed with all the music that you and your sisters do....great song.

[Adkinsfamily3]

Absolutely wonderful family musicians . I have a family band as well and am very very impressed . Loved the Get in the boat song yall did as well . Keep putting it out there :) great music

[allseeingsniper]

Wow! This is my favorite hymn and I've never heard it done so beautifully! You should do Come Thou Fount too.

[kridgeway32]

Ben - I love your flatpicking lessons, but I am a mandolin player. Have your sister put some mando stuff on here. I love that not so typical rythem that she uses. 2 & 4 is good, but this stuff rocks. Lots of love from HIGHWAY 64 - awsome!!!

[HUGSsandi]

LOVE IT!!!!

[oneweone]

Wow , Fantastic!

from Japan

[wolfgang8u]

this is a very professional sounding song. you are all very talented musicians

[rokguitarstar]

So Awesome! I've been struggling with the banjo for a couple of years now, will you be my teacher....................!

[sarg156]

Great!

[phylis1929]

You guys myspace or facebook?

[MoondogUSA]

Hot chicks playing good bluegrass = AWESOME

[appaljake]

yes

[kelljm]

I love how Ben just sort of hangs out in the back, here...at least he realizes no one's looking at him anyway! :D

[LivingfortheFather]

I"m looking for a specific arrangement of this song, and while this isn't it, it's the only one I watched all the way thru. Unfortunately, I don't get my fill of folky bluegrass music here.

[LivingfortheFather]

woot

[aduarte90]

This makes me proud, to know there are others who mix folk and Christian, like I do on the bagpipes. God Bless, and keep it up!

[Troublemcclain2009]

nice loved it, i gotta say tho..ive looked around at pics of you on google and i seen one of you and earl scruggs :D I've also met him and Ralph stanley. Met ralph up at Poppy Mountain bluegrass festival in my county. I've been up there learning from the best to play banjo

[renardvolant]

Hello from France and bravo, bravo and...bravo!

[strumsongs]

sisters are smokin hot.. pickers too!

[username1814]

Hey can you show me how to kick off Rank Stranger the right way

[Dpkll5]

Post more,please!!!!

[Northazimuth]

Shhhhhaaazzaaammmm!!

[Lewsa2]

You guys are amazing!!!

5 stars & a new subscriber!

Best wishes, Tony ; )

[tabcpastor]

Do you have a CD out???? If not why not? I'd love to have one!! Great stuff!!

God bless!

[8StringPlucker]

Awesome video!!! There is so much talent in your family. You guys took a great tune and made it sound even better. Thanks for the post and God Bless!!! Jesse

[Criptografo]

two gorgeous women

well played!

[guitmartiman]

I love it! 5 *s!

[DEDECLEA]

Je vous invite à venir à PARIS

pour faire vibrer les gents

bon courrage

DEDE

[bcal02]

EarlyMate,

You got to take a look at some of Banjoben's videos. All three of them are great but he does some really cool stuff on his own too. Some of my favorites to watch now. Good instructional bluegrass.

[EarlyMate]

okay, i'm a rock musician with a degree in music, completed all the acadamia etc..started in the 60's with a classical guitar..influences being paul simon & peter yarrow/paul stookey then i gave electric it's course and switched to being a back-up singing bassist

and after being without an instrument for a couple of years, i've made my transition back to electric guitar via the mandolin

and this girl rocks! the 3 or them are shining stars as far as i can tell.

[bevirtuous]

AWESOME!!! luuuuuuvvv it!!!

- May God continue to use you for his glory!!

[will4fang]

i wish my family could make a bluegrass band

[MrRobust3]

Very nice! Do you have the tab for mando?

[ehresk02]

Awesome I love it!!!! I have been wanting to start a bluegrass band for so long!!!! THE JOHNSON FAMILY BAND is a very good Bluegrass band if you want to look them up on myspace!!!!

[Onehurtinunit]

nice job love ur version <3

- banjo playin nikki

[extramice]

These chicks are so goddamn hot! I love watching their vids. Super talented and crazy hot. F'ing amazing!

[hollywoodandbull]

hey girls its ur favorite cousin dru lol u guys are so amazing and i know god is going to bless u guys so much and know that with our talents we can do anything... even at cross roads lol love yall

[gordo250r]

merry chrismas!!!!! good job eveybody

[hwe0001]

when you all looked at the camera at the end it made me blush and look away... tee hee.

[ShaShaZane88]

y'all better g'on...she is pickin' the mess outta that mandolin

[itstony45]

wow, awesome. i just subscribed, but i dont think thats gonna be enough to get that good. maybe i should just move down there and learn from you directly.

[jjbb81]

Are you all single? LOL

[ChomFa]

That sent a chill down my spine! Brilliant - you are all incredibly gifted!

[jjbb81]

Love chicks and guitars....and banjos too! Where are you guys from?

[guitarplayer4real]

That was incredible!! 5 stars!

The gal on the mandolin has an amazing right hand.

[frankcastle100]

wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!! so beautiful !!

[bluedoughnuts]

Yahooo - thankyou!

[titaniumsalute04]

SO ready for a CD...come on with it Ben! God bless ya bud! Ya'll have an awesome gift.

[drummergawd]

wonderful!!

[thespianxxoprimer]

beautiful arrangement, no sour notes, perfect unity. amazing piece.

[bendinstrangs4]

i know this vision,an answered prayer,you remember those polaroid pictures,you had to wait for the picture to come into focus,and wave it to hurry up the process,hang in there,were all going to support you,thanks

[JesusIsKingofGlory]

I love this song, I have so many versions of it but this will be definitely added to the collection!

[mitoguitarman]

How did the launch go?

Come to Japan!!!

[Han3SC]

beautiful as well as both of you are.Hope to see and hear more of the group here of YOUTUBE

[come2poppa]

Sorry Ben.....lost my first job a while back due to the store closing. Oh well....glad to hear that it's comming together for you and the Sister's. Wish I was thirty years younger cause your sister Penny is so cute...hehehehe If my name could earn me the money we would all be set...it is Thomas Kincaid. But of course spelled different then the Christian artist who is famous.  Hope to get more from you all soon. Thanks

[come2poppa]

I wish I were rich enough to fund your professional start and help you cut a CD. You would go far. Please Please...what are you waiting for?

[BanjoBen1]

Well go get a second job!!! Haha! Thanks, bud, for the compliment. We actually just started a band and we're putting all the songs together right now.

[come2poppa]

Never heard this one before but it's beautiful and you make it beautiful. I wanna marry the gal playing Mandolin.....so cute and sweet....

[nutmegger1957]

tight all the way through.......tight ending..........great interpretive value.........ya done good, ya'll!!

[TumblingDice66]

Awesome - look forward to it!

[TumblingDice66]

You guys sound great and look hot. You ought to go professional if you haven't already.

[BanjoBen1]

Thanks so much! We're actually launching our own band this month!

[martinmaniad35]

one of my favorite hymns! well done!

[edmunk]

It's great music but I can harly pay attention because of the pretty girls LOL!

[mig15fan]

you´re right!! pretty girls, heavenly music! who can ask more!

thanks girls! you´re great, I´d like to have some cd from these girls

a big thankyou from south america

[radox501]

appreciate your videos banjoben from tim in Ireland. keep em comin.

[ilovemutemath]

it was also kind of awkward at the end

hahaha

[ilovemutemath]

That was so awesome!

tabs for banjo?

anyone?

bueller?

anyone?

God bless.

[lieberman33]

where do you capo? What are the chords?

[musicperformer9]

yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh­h

[keaton7732]

increible! genial, muy bueno!

[tblach04]

nice

[bigd522524]

Oh Yeah !:D

[9235092350]

Super! Thanks from east Texas...

[BanjoBen1]

Where in East Texas!?!?!

[9235092350]

Big city of Huntington. About eight miles south east of Lufkin.

[BanjoBen1]

Good deal...wish I was there right now! No place like East Texas! I'm from the woods in between Kilgore and Henderson, so I'm not too far away from you. Take it easy!

[doact238]

i live in Killeen texas yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyaaaaa

[cheezbo]

Wow! You guys are fantastic! Very enjoyable to listen to and pleasing to the eye, well, maybe not Ben, only kidding.

[BanjoBen1]

Hey...I'll agree with that :)

[DTD]

I WANT IT ON CD!

[onemississippi]

yaaaaaaaaaaa

[carlyalbee]

Inspiring. Well done.

[bendinstrangs4]

yall have got to make a [record]and make sure the wal-mart where i live sells them,thanks