Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Boys - Go Home

[rocketvon]

This shall be my Funeral Song. Yes, this will do!

[daves543]

Earl on the guitar ....listen to Jimmy Brown the newsboy. That's Earl on the guitar. Sure is good to hear Lester sing. I'll always remember his voice as the real bluegrass lead .... with the help of great harmony.

[gethsemane123]

Beautiful song. Thanks for uploading.

[340duhcota]

earl was not the only banjo player to play guitar..very well..don reno also was a great guitar picker

[Runethorr]

will they come for me while playing this song

[lipglasslovely74]

this song reminds me of my Dad God Bless your soul we all miss you Rocky1

[vcp430]

Just for you guys who are curious as to who all the boys are, I'll list them here, for some of y'all that don't know 'em too good.

Lester Flatt ~ Guitar, Vocals

Earl Scruggs ~ Guitar, Banjo, Vocals

Curly Seckler ~ Mandolin, Vocals

English P. "Jake" Tullock ~ Bass, Vocals

Paul Warren ~ Fiddle, Vocals

Burkett or "Buck" "Uncle Josh" Graves ~ Dobro, Vocals

[mikesmith8836]

This was simply beautiful. Thank you for posting this. :)

[nealstar1969]

Music was so much better back then.



[MrOldarkie]

If I remember correctly, Onie Wheeler wrote and sang this song. It used to be on here and may still be. It was back when Onie was with Roy Acuff and his band the Smokey Mountain Boys.

[vicky75888]

beautiful music!

[99butcher99]

He played it sort of 3 finger style same as his banjo

[madolinryan]

what a great song done by one of the best bluegrass bands

[rockyrmt]

A simple message in this song , yet it says so much and still reaches out to someone out there who may need to hear this... reminds me of that other gospel standard ( i have Ricky Scaggs' version) Gone Home.. Both beautifully done. ..

[99butcher99]

@rockyrmt 

Great song. great singing. I loved singing bluegrass gospels. However, i would argue with you on whether anyone needs to hear this for anything other than the great music.

[epmer31]

Uncle Josh does some mighty tasty licks

[15230]

Jesus saved me like that!

[sponyge]

I own Best of the Flatt & Scruggs TV Show - Vol. 5 on dvd. I bought it at Fye in The Flatt And Scruggs cd section.

[mikesmith8836]

These guys are great! God bless Earl Scruggs and God keep Lester Flatt and those who went home.

[dwarf2]

this is a quality sound my folks listened to this and now i listen great video!

[buchananstreet]

them dudes sure knew how to tell a story well sung

[buchananstreet]

supreme

[mrkkerekes]

it doesn't get any better than this. those were the days for sure.

peace from new york,

mark

[nickjonasiscool1]

ok i know this is guna sound crazy... but here it goes... im related to Lester Flatts... hes like my great great great gteat grandpa or something like that... and no im not kidding its completely positivly true, i swear!

[mrvlcool]

hi iam with the hillbillie express when i was 8 years old i learned to play the banjo by listening to the beverly hillbillies im 53 now these guys had a lot of influence on my musical career. See our videos on you tube under hillbillie express i still cant play like earl but i sure do like trying

[Amberol]

Lol DrPretorious... yes, they should ...  great tune...

[ovaltine52]

Shoot! I meant to say that was Lester gettin' with it at 1:35.

I dig the scoop he puts on the word "pray". ;-)

[ovaltine52]

1:35 Man, Earl was gettin' with it.  ;-)

[kentucky2100]

Valerie's Songs

[dobroman08]

Great job on their great old song from the 50's

[colindominy]

Yet another beautiful song from what is arguably the very-best-assembled, most-collectively-talented bluegrass band in the entire history of this genre of music. I'm so glad to find out from the comments below (thanks, CCDG) that Vols 9 & 10 of their wonderful TV series are now available. I've got Vols 1 to 8 .. & I thought that was all that was available. So what a pleasant surprise !!

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

@colindominy Thank you....Volumes 9 & 10 are marvelous! Nice to know others who thoroughly enjoy these great shows as much as I do... You are right--Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mtn. Boys had it ALL!

[sponyge]

Please post the Crawdad song.

[DrPretorias]

They should play this in every Pub across the world at time out.

[BeadStallcup]

Amen, brother!

[DrPretorias]

Go home.

Go Home.

An kneel by your bedside and pray.

God will answer your prayers today.

Pass the moonshine dude?

[headredbone]

@DrPretorias then you would have a bunch of crying drunks on your hand!

[DrPretorias]

@headredbone

I'd probably be one of them. I need to curb my drinking, am still suffering from my last session, I was walking home peacefully when without warning I was viciously attacked by a lamppost.

[headredbone]

@headredbone the lamp post? i hope you were on foot and not in your auto. that is funny and again it is not.

[rockyrmt]

@DrPretorias

Amen.

[isthisnametook]

Good old Lester

Beautiful song

[jballard52]

@CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL ur comment is lame and draggy

[sponyge]

I can play garound speed and many other Earl Scrugg's songs on the banjo!

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

Ground Speed is awesome. Keep pickin'.

[15230]

Jesus Name above all Names this song is so beautiful

[harley121]

Truely a Golden Oldie,,,,,,,,

[Neverdie242]

Lester Flatt passed away 30 years ago on May 11, 1979.

[pegcage]

Earl on the guitar. People right here on youtube argue with me when I comment on his great guitar picking. They tell me he played the banjo. (As if I didn't know that!) Here is proof he plays the guitar too. These are the old Martha White Shows which you can purchase on DVD.

[Fuckallofyoumfs]

He was a better than average guitar picker. When he picked up the guitar, the rest of them usually put theirs down!

[SteveGaines]

That is the guitar that draws a lot of arguments..check out the pick guard..and look at the base of the headstock..you can tell it's a D-18,,but it looks like it has a Gibson pick guard..

[olehoundog1]

Did you ever get a chance to find out about this guitar from someone who knows Earl?

[SteveGaines]

@pegcage That was Earl that played guitar on "YOU ARE MY FLOWER"...

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

You are a true bluegrass fan ! Yes, the Flatt & Scruggs T.V. Show d.v.d.s ARE great ! I have all 8 & hope there's more to come.

[olehoundog1]

@CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL You probably know that Volumes 9&10 are now avialbale.

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

@olehoundog1 :: Yes and thank you ! I'm getting Vol.s 9 & 10 in a few days--I can't wait. I didn't look at the song list so they'll be a surprise ! ! Are you excited to see 9 & 10 ? These new shows will probably catch our T.V.s on fire ! Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mtn. Boys play the hottest bluegrass around.

[olehoundog1]

@CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL Got mine today-won't spoil it for you, but I believe they saved the best for last if that is possible.

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

@olehoundog1 Yes I say that everytime--"they saved the best for last !".  Several great barn-burners and lots of Uncle Josh.

[CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

@olehoundog1

[Rcksaltnnails]

@pegcage

Id much rather hear Earl pick a guitar than a banjo, he was awesome. Most of the gospel songs that didn't have a banjo in it, Earl played the lead guitar.

If you want to see Earl really pick it, look on here for "On My Way To Canaan's Land". Earl has a good do at it on that one.

[TruegrassBoy]

@pegcage No, you're wrong. That is definitely a banjo in Earl's hands!

[srvfan454]

@pegcage I think Earl can play dang near anything that has strings!

[lilmisscarriage]

@pegcage ; Couldn`t the ole fella play anything one might hand him ; My dad could do that ; most that age could ; if they had a smiggin of talent ; it was awesome ! ever see Dolly ; and the three sisters the blonde the beauty and the wild lil sister ; Mandrel Sisters finally came to me ; Now amoung the three sisters ; i`m not sure any instrument in the world was safe ; I think the same was true here !

[bigmrclean]

@pegcage Earl was indeed quite the guitar player....Played fiddle too. He was quite the musician!

[rancherodave]

What a timeless classic. 100 thumbs up.

[BeerRunner99]

how come they all wore there hats tipped sideways?

[nasty5oh]

the phrase Original Gangster comes to mind.

[simonne234]

I think they thought with the kind of music and as good as they were they could wear their hats anyway they wanted...are they the best.....we're so lucky that we have that kind of music to listen to....nice to see that you and everyone else are still listing to this wonderful music

[sponyge]

I love this show.

[imkingdad]

TY.

[VoiceOfReasonQQ]

completely awesome

[astronaut7scum]

That looks like Scruggs on the guitar

[docsavage98]

If you don't have goose bumps on that one...you ain't alive. If you have any more of the sacred songs (as Lester always called it) please post...I grew up on the show and it brings back very good memories

[mtnroads]

This was flip side (side B)of the 45 released with Foggy Mountain Breakdown - 1960's

[docsavage98]

Lester and Earl + Gospel....enough said

[colindominy]

Another priceless CLASSIC clip from the famous Martha White Grand Ole Opry TV Series featuring Lester, Earl & the GM Boys. I especially like the 4 & 5 part harmonies which are a stand-out feature in this gospel number by the group. They were really working superbly well together on this one, all right ! It's also good to see old Curly Seckler there in the line-up (he later left the line-up). Thanks for this wonderful clip, banjostead !!