Pike County Breakdown

[greekflatpicker]

The camera man hated guitar players...

[TheTomTomRUN]

im from Pike co. PA

[sawman7051]

buckeyes want to steal bluegrass now huh no way

[jameskpolk]

Kenny Baker's fiddle playing is just beyond words.

[jameskpolk]

Kenny Baker is just beyond words.

[pookah53]

Rest in Peace, Kenny Baker June 26, 1926 - July 8, 2011. The fiddler's fiddler.

[1RamTough]

How does Kenny play that

[philipheubeck]

oh man, just imagine - sitting out on a porch under the light green trees with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys just doing their thing!

[MrBillyferrell]

iam from pike co to my grandpa was bill monroe i miss him so much love you grandpa i will

[MrBillyferrell]

iam from pike co to my grandpa was bill monroe i miss him so much love you grandpa

[WTU208]

2 people have rigor mortis.

[edschis]

Love it !!!!!

[fiddlinbaldmother]

I have to learn this tune for a gig in a couple of weeks and am very grateful to find Kenny Baker in there- his playing is so clear, spot on. Thanks for posting, you have saved my butt!

[Blatzattak]

pike county breakdown is about pike county ohio, predates bill monroe and bluegrass by a couple of decades. ask anyone at the paint valley jamboree, im sure they know who originally wrote it.

[TheNukeleer]

I actually created Pike Co. Ky. No joke.

[brendel69]

I was born in Pikeville Ky. I love it.

[1SeanPG]

You gonna do some prayin' for me, boy. And you better pray good.

[1SeanPG]

Squeal like a pig boy!

No only kiddin', I love Bluegrass!

[KaiserRooster]

Haha because they're hillbillies get it?!

It's JUST like that one movie!

oh wait... no... its not.

[devno9904]

sweet tune

[snowmanpolice]

I visited with Blake about this video yesterday. He said it was shot in 83. He said sadly this is the only evidence he could find of this video.

[thenormalyears]

haha i am actually from pike county

i love this song

[phileesarah]

HIPPIES LIKE !!!!!!!!

[2005fiddler]

Wow, A real enjoyment!!!

Thanks for posting

[tactteam00]

damn that banjo is smooth.

[EricFlatpick]

Kenny Baker is sooo smooth! Thanks for posting this.

[VIVAJORGE]

muy bueno!!

[bgrassguy17]

and you my friend, are stupid. if you don't like the music, why did you watch the video? and worse yet, post an arrogant comment? pure stupidity at its best...

great video! I never get tired of hearing the sound of bill monroe's mandolin! thanks for posting!

[Rjc0316]

yeah americans are pointless.. you know just the world's greatest power no big deal

[Ikebaga]

You are an idiot

[banjoboyjohn]

the banjo is actually of african origin.

[fuckerfromfermanagh]

yes but it was an american who put the 5th string on it making it totally unique from any other banjo, and an american came up with the 3 finger style of picking, making the 5 string banjo an american instrument

[ponykegroad]

well it was made in america by african slaves who wanted an instument that sounded like an instrument from Africa.

[TIDOWNOW]

Wow! That's a hot number! :-)

[slicedalone2]

Aw man.

[MissRacoonCity1998]

This song is so pretty

[RebelGibson]

Im from Pike Co. Ky....

[AngelsandDemonsband]

@RebelGibson im from letcher county

[hieronomy]

@RebelGibson

That UK football team never loses , just occaisionally runs out of time ..........an LSU fan !

[kp6173]

@RebelGibson  Awesome!

[koolk1997]

my grandma is from pike county ohio

[FalconSupreme]

Pike County Breakdown is one of the greatest tunes ever and with these here folks playin it so well, I could sit here and listen to it over and over. Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs are and will always remain my all time bluegrass heroes. Heck they're legends these founding fathers of bluegrass. Enjoy this wonderful legacy from these truly great men !

[Stuzzio]

don't forget Kenny Baker the fiddler for Bill who is also Kenny is also my uncle

[bluegrasschild]

what about chubi?

[Mandolin1944]

yup Mr. Bill Monroe does a wonderful job on this song because he wrote it! SMILE!

Along with about a thousand other original tunes.

It is a great mandolin tune as well as great banjo tune. Although all of Bill's songs were "written" on the mandolin some sound better on other instruments - like "Jerusalem Ridge" -- this is fiddle tune no doubt.

[HillbillyJ]

I spent quite a bit of time transcribing Earl Scruggs' arrangment of this song, which was the work of banjo genious. This is a great banjo song and it may have been one of Earl's most flawless recordings!

But I've never really heard this song much on the mandolin, and what an outstanding job Mr Monroe does here! I wonder what it would have sounded like in the days when Earl was with Mr Monroe.

[HillbillyJ]

Not to say Mr Williams isn't doing a good job on banjo, of course, its fantastic, I'd just rather hear Earl is all.

[carpools]

love to see bill

[Mandolin1944]

Thanks for posting this!!!

Amazing to see Bill Monroe sitting there with others discussing his song the Pike County Breakdown. What year was this recorded?

I wonder if this is where Aly Bain got the idea for the Trans-Atlantic sessions? Bain of course recently recived a national medal from Scotland for his great fiddle work. Like you say he is excellent esp. with Celtic music

[crtUK]

If you clock on the "more" link in the "About This Video" section at the top right hand side, you will see it's from a 1985 TV series, so was possibly recorded in 1984.

[floppier]

That was probably around 1990-91. That's Monroe's 1860-vintage cabin in the background. He had a beautiful little farm!

[Mandolin1944]

No I don't think was that late -- I can tell from how young Bill looks that this was filmed in the early 1980's. Keep in mind this tape was being played on a 1985 TV show so it could not have been shot in 1990.

[floppier]

Yikes...I overlooked the "1985." Thanks!

[banjobluegrass]

Nice video. Aly bain, the other fiddler should have taken a break, He's excellent.

[kjcon54]

You're both right (sort of). The modern form of the banjo was invented in the early Nineteenth Century in the USA. However its ancestors were very similar gourd instrumens invented in Africa.

For more information see Wikipedia

[t4kne]

Nope. It came from America. I can see the makers label.

[NOSMOJEFF]

Banjo came from Africa ..the picking developed

in America.

[rasjvon]

5 string developed here from its 4 string relative jeffy jeff

[NOSMOJEFF]

Yea