Bill Monroe is at the top of the heap when it comes to bluegrass .Reno & Smiley stand next to Bill. This is just my opinion and I listen to my likings. I have boxed sets of Flatt&Scruggs Stanleys Martin and they seem to stay in their boxes. I always have a Monroe or Reno&Smiley ready to pop into the cd player
@mike54101527 Yes, he was! "Uncle Pen" was one of Bill Monroe's first hits, written in honor of his mother's brother, "Uncle" Pendleton ("Pen") Vandiver, who raised Bill when both his parents died. Pen was a fiddle player who took young Bill to many of his gigs. Bill, who had been raised playing mandolin with his brothers while young, learned to accompany his Uncle Pen. When Pen died, Bill wrote this hit about him.
If you listen closely to Monroe's mandolin playing he's adding some insane rhythm figures, like the B section of the intro or right before the vocal break in the first chorus.
I heard a story that he played at the Opry early on and the rhythm section was coming in so hot they told him to tone it down because the crowd was getting to rowdy lol.
many thanks for sharing this wonderful video of Bill Monroe I have live in the very best era of wonderful the real country and blue grass entertainers . God Bless
it seems that as society,politics,entertainment all have degraded into a rotten cortpse,as has music...the originators of the past whether it be uncle dave macon,buddy rich,robert johnson ect all the way thru the 70s THESE ARTISTS SHINE SO MUCH BRIGHTER THAN THE ABSOLUTE WASTE SPEWING FORTH FROM CORPORATE OUTLETS NATION WIDE...so when all else spirals into a whirlwind of chaos turn on a device of your choice and crank the real artists who made the music and never sold coke products to do so.
@SHADOWMAN296 I agree it should be in the smithsonian right beside the star bangled banner. But I think it is in Nashville at the country musice hall of fame. Pay the outrages admission fee and you can go look at it.
@md65000 After thinking about it, yeah I can totally see where your coming from, but I think they just share the same kind of format. Then again, Led Zeppelin had a bunch of songs directly inspired by American music that came from American folk/blues tunes like gallows pole and travelling riverside blues to name a few.
Never did like bill monroe. I respect him for what he did for bluegrass though. Never did like flatt and scruggs either. GO JIMMY MARTIN and LARRY SPARKS. DR RALPH STANLEY IS THE GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!!! No one can beat that man
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Man that Martin sounds amazing. That run he's doing on that guitar makes this song...I've never heard it done better than he's doing it! Man what a cannon of a guitar!
Get Down! Original mountain music. I love it. Sounds better than some of the so called country junk( and I am being nice here) on what is so called radio.
Kewl true story i once saw Herman Alvy play Pendolin Vandiver Fiddle aka Uncle penn Wow what a great day that was RALPH STANLEY was there number 2 Ricky scaggs was there the whites a day i wont forget
Just to think this Appalican string music was perserved for centuries( evolving to bluegrass/country) from t he colonial days &then along comes the father of Blue grass..Bill Monroe and how he brought it all out ..Amaizing talent. what's out there today? a comercialized digital arrangement? nice tribute to his uncle here
If I had to guess I'd say either Rudy Lyle or maybe, Bill Keith... I think that's a young Del McCoury on guitar in that one too... Could be wrong about all that.
@BruceKap440 Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Bobby gave me lessons for two weeks in 1969 or 70 when he was playing in Las Vegas as part of the Judy Lynn Review. I think that's him in this video.
@westoftexas He was a great entertainer, musician, and all around gentlement. I could listen to his music forever. They just don't have entertainers like Bill Monroe or Flatt and Scruggs anymore.
@westoftexas Oh what a special moment in my life it was at Gettysburg bluegrass fest in '86 to have able to have shaken his hand and eaten a piece of his 75th birthday cake backstage! What a great man he was and National Treasure he'll forever be!
country isnt like this anymore because no one lives that lifestyle of the backwoods and country gatherings...its all at Tim McGraws million dollar mansions
Recent post in latest B.U. (Blugrass Unlimited mag) is that the bass player is William "Buddy" Killen, who was an Opry staff bassist. Source of this info was from none other than the late Charlie Cline, one of the great Bluegrass Boys during the 50's. So I'll go with that, even though I have seen photos of Killen and the bass player in the vid just doesn't quite look like him.
Anyway, turn off yer TV and corporate country radio and dig this REAL DEAL. Hicks was and is still awesome. Stuart was "Mr. Utility" - played all instruments w/ Monroe. Noah Crase recently passed away - a great banjo man. Q: anyone got an idea what that large disc is on the headstock of Stuart's Martin - a big button or something?
Like virtually everyone else who has replied, I agree - this is an awesome video of Monroe & his boys in the 50's. The line-up here is: Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, guitar; "The Great" Noah Crase, banjo and not sure on the bass man. Latest B.U. mag has folks writing in saying it's Doug Morris (played w/ Stanleys) or Ernie Newton (Opry staff bass man) or Buddy Killen (also Opry) - I'd go with Newton or Morris. Great to see relatives of some of these players writing in here.
Sorry I can 't confirm who it is, but I can confirm it isn't Ernie Newton! If you want to see Ernie in action with Monroe see the"Roanoke " clip here on YouTube.
The Father of the Mandolin,..Just some Ol dancin music,..Makes Ya want to dance,.well unless yer Dead,...Wait,Iv seen it make some dead Ass People Get up and Dance Too,..He was The Master,...he brought joy to so many of Us!!,..His Spirit will Life On!,..
I just turned my television off in total disgust at the garbage on there, and came to youtube to get some real entertainment listening and watching the old-time and all-time greats!
I knew an old man whose name was Pen. I won't mention his name because he made moonshine in northwest Florida. I know this for a fact since I helped him with his still a couple of times.....this was 25 years ago, incidentally.
Why can't music be like this? It all had meaning back then , but No , we can't have it now. Nowadays all we got is that Disney channel bullshit and those perverted rap and hiphop singers.
@DitmarMadSrings Quite a few earlier posts have ID him as Bobby Hicks. All around, this lineup of BG Boys is hard to beat. Bill did this number thousands of times, I can't imagine a better version.
The rumours say Elvis recorded this song as well - at least he should have done it live. It all makes sense but no proof have survived yet. Never heard the song before. Thanks for posting.
its not country, its bluegrass, and it is jazz from the white perspective, so I love it.. i play it now after five years of parker ayler and trane, saunders zorn and coleman... ornette that is.. love it.. bluegrass hasnt stopped evolving by any means, if fact, it is the most interesting music i have found when one considers how it is being applied modernly
I was fortunate to have seen Bill perform at the University of Calgary (Alberta) in December of 1978. The great Kenny Baker was on fiddle, and his son James on guitar. Can't recall who was on bass or banjo. Poor guys almost froze to death traveling through the mountains from Vancouver in B.C. The heater broke down on their bus and they had to drive through a snowstorm. They pretty cold when they got in, but like the true professionals that they were, they put on an excellent show.
The first time I ever saw Bill sitting while playing. Doesn't hurt his picking any. This is a fabulous version of the song, Joe Stuart really nails those guitar runs. More vintage Bluegrass please!
ricky skaggs is a great bluegrass singer but he needs to learn respect for his elders that duet he done with bill monroe looked more like he was trying to rubb it in his face , i think thats disrespectful
man i wish music was still like this now adays now we have all that wanna be country bullshit with no true meaning......therell never be another bill monroe!!
Today country music is filled with copycats, wannabes and outright frauds, and how ridiculous most of them look. Whatever happened to being yourself, instead of trying to copycat some great musician who's been dead for years or even decades? It is a national disgrace.
@Hd28cw Maybe not to your liking, Still good enough to be inducted into the Coiuntry, Rock and Roll and Bluegrass Halls of Fame. Check it out, the only musician to be so honoured.
I would like for anyone that would like to share insights on a question I have about Mr. Monroe.
I recall him saying on several occasions that he never drank, as it also states in his biography. Yet, I have talked with a couple of people who saw him in person years back, who swore that he was drunk on stage. Any comments?
Oh man, what a question! Bill Monroe was 'drunk' on stage from playing the best bluegrass music he and his band could deliver. He was 'high' on his fans and his music. And the man was a gifted genius and gentleman to all. Read Tom Ewing's "The Bill Monroe Reader" and Bob Black's "Come Hither to Go Yonder". Bill did share a glass of wine with me once after a show in Portland, OR, back in the 80s. He even picked up the tab. Bill did not want his boys to drink beer, but whiskey..........
Bill Monroe is at the top of the heap when it comes to bluegrass .Reno & Smiley stand next to Bill. This is just my opinion and I listen to my likings. I have boxed sets of Flatt&Scruggs Stanleys Martin and they seem to stay in their boxes. I always have a Monroe or Reno&Smiley ready to pop into the cd player
Jm01394 1 week ago
you cant beat good old bluegrass music . it is the greatest.
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CTYForg 1 month ago
These are some low down stink fart rotten tooth hillbillies, not like the wannabe country singers of today.
koletski21 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Bill Monroe
I love this music. It is even better Live!
balerick48 2 months ago
Is he really an Uncle?
mike54101527 2 months ago
@mike54101527 Yes, he was! "Uncle Pen" was one of Bill Monroe's first hits, written in honor of his mother's brother, "Uncle" Pendleton ("Pen") Vandiver, who raised Bill when both his parents died. Pen was a fiddle player who took young Bill to many of his gigs. Bill, who had been raised playing mandolin with his brothers while young, learned to accompany his Uncle Pen. When Pen died, Bill wrote this hit about him.
FLSHBK1 1 month ago
the cma should give him an award. just cause.
tomfbake 2 months ago
youtube :)
johnq2266 2 months ago
If you listen closely to Monroe's mandolin playing he's adding some insane rhythm figures, like the B section of the intro or right before the vocal break in the first chorus.
I heard a story that he played at the Opry early on and the rhythm section was coming in so hot they told him to tone it down because the crowd was getting to rowdy lol.
CamHawesMusic011 2 months ago
Oh mercy me! For this I'd go through the woods, cross three holler's and sit there listen be in bliss!
Ms2blackcats 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Bill Monroe
great song
shaneh1983 3 months ago
Hmm. I forget then I see or hear him again.....then I miss him all over again
okcmco 3 months ago
No substitute on earth for being genuine.
brelfan 3 months ago
many thanks for sharing this wonderful video of Bill Monroe I have live in the very best era of wonderful the real country and blue grass entertainers . God Bless
bassingal44 4 months ago
it seems that as society,politics,entertainment all have degraded into a rotten cortpse,as has music...the originators of the past whether it be uncle dave macon,buddy rich,robert johnson ect all the way thru the 70s THESE ARTISTS SHINE SO MUCH BRIGHTER THAN THE ABSOLUTE WASTE SPEWING FORTH FROM CORPORATE OUTLETS NATION WIDE...so when all else spirals into a whirlwind of chaos turn on a device of your choice and crank the real artists who made the music and never sold coke products to do so.
bluefukingreene 4 months ago 2
100 YEARS Bill Monroe . Thank you for your influence.
BoogieWoogieBanjo 4 months ago
Kick yer heels to that old Bluegrass! Still the best music in the known universe,
BillyRosinet 5 months ago
i hate that he had to die
crab4237 5 months ago
we heard this song in music class plz subscribe to my videos
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rocmaven 5 months ago
wonder where his old mandolin is today? smithsonian?
SHADOWMAN296 5 months ago
@SHADOWMAN296 I agree it should be in the smithsonian right beside the star bangled banner. But I think it is in Nashville at the country musice hall of fame. Pay the outrages admission fee and you can go look at it.
1039sflem 5 months ago
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CITYOFLACOMBE 6 months ago
what i would'nt give to have been there
angeansaiorm 6 months ago
Sooooo sick!
dabawla 6 months ago
I may be friggin' nuts but I think the Led Zepplin song Black Dog may have been inspired by this song. Does anyone else hear any resemblence?
md65000 7 months ago
@md65000 After thinking about it, yeah I can totally see where your coming from, but I think they just share the same kind of format. Then again, Led Zeppelin had a bunch of songs directly inspired by American music that came from American folk/blues tunes like gallows pole and travelling riverside blues to name a few.
jonywangwang18 6 months ago
@md65000 its safe to say that this song influenced generations of musicians, so it's completely possible.
mySLICKname 6 months ago
does anyone know of a video of the actual recording from the album, not live? i wanna download it
zyxgreg723xyz 7 months ago
Never did like bill monroe. I respect him for what he did for bluegrass though. Never did like flatt and scruggs either. GO JIMMY MARTIN and LARRY SPARKS. DR RALPH STANLEY IS THE GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!!! No one can beat that man
SuperPiggy77 7 months ago
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rocmaven 7 months ago
The be-bop jazz virtuosos got nothin on these guys.
johntechwriter 7 months ago
Brill, I see the Master in England in the early 70s My Brother Gerry Hale played fiddle on stage with the band. Good old Days, Bob Hale.
alanjameshale 8 months ago
badass!
3642130 8 months ago
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@Gunsmoke1942 old-timeless music will go on forever!
jah61187 8 months ago
I LOVE BILL MONROE BEST BLUEGRASS BAND EVER!!!! <3
wtfnunadl 8 months ago
Man that Martin sounds amazing. That run he's doing on that guitar makes this song...I've never heard it done better than he's doing it! Man what a cannon of a guitar!
bigmrclean 9 months ago
Excellent!
BillyRosinet 10 months ago
I think that's Noah Crase on the 5-string.
vcp430 10 months ago
is it posible to send back justin beiber and give us Bill back :)?
SixMoreMiles1 10 months ago 28
@SixMoreMiles1 one can only hope haha this is real music right here!
KNOXVILLEFLYER 3 months ago
@SixMoreMiles1 we tried it with biggie. didn't work with him probly wouldn't for poor bill either
musicfolife1 2 months ago
The man with the guiter looks like Bush, hahahaha
Neverregretperson 11 months ago 2
i would love to have a time machine i would go back and sit in the audience of this show..brilliant
angeansaiorm 11 months ago
phish version of this song = awesome
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jeudb757 11 months ago
MORE MANDOLIN!!!!
MrEdgeofchaos 11 months ago
Get Down! Original mountain music. I love it. Sounds better than some of the so called country junk( and I am being nice here) on what is so called radio.
brotherdoug63 11 months ago
love this
rhonaify 11 months ago
wow, what a gem, I'm speechless
psilokan 11 months ago
wow... what a gem... i'm speachless
psilokan 11 months ago
Can't quite understand why 11 people would dislike this.....
That's a good old a pickin' and a grinnin'!
japesahoy 11 months ago
The fiddler is HOT!!!
MrJehosefat 11 months ago
It wouldn't surprise me any if the ol boy on the guitar couldn't do a lot more than that G run...Spot on!....Man that Martin sounds good
bigmrclean 1 year ago
This was during the hight of segregation and the civil rights movement.
relimes 1 year ago
Thats Bobby Hicks sawin the fiddle..And he sawed it again with Ricky Skaggs in 1983 when Ricky had his biggest hit with Uncle Pen also.
donnyaldridge 1 year ago
Kewl true story i once saw Herman Alvy play Pendolin Vandiver Fiddle aka Uncle penn Wow what a great day that was RALPH STANLEY was there number 2 Ricky scaggs was there the whites a day i wont forget
nobanisnoob 1 year ago
Just to think this Appalican string music was perserved for centuries( evolving to bluegrass/country) from t he colonial days &then along comes the father of Blue grass..Bill Monroe and how he brought it all out ..Amaizing talent. what's out there today? a comercialized digital arrangement? nice tribute to his uncle here
rockyrmt 1 year ago
i ate breakfast with him a couple times in the early 90's i was young tho
MrVamp09 1 year ago
COULDNT BE MORE PROUD TO BE FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY
thej0ker09 1 year ago
Actually, according to my sources, that banjoist is probably Noah Crase...
endwarr 1 year ago
If I had to guess I'd say either Rudy Lyle or maybe, Bill Keith... I think that's a young Del McCoury on guitar in that one too... Could be wrong about all that.
endwarr 1 year ago
Who is the banjo picker in this video?
MrAckwood 1 year ago
great song!
TampaBayDuke 1 year ago
that is so cool!
rockyrmt 1 year ago
Ohhhhhhhhhhh yeah!!!!! Durn Shootin- this gooooood!
kaknockitoff 1 year ago
thats alright(classic)
snecadc10 1 year ago
Many of the Rock n Roll players trace their sound from ol Bill's mandolin licks. The man was a true genius.
caleb101089 1 year ago 2
@rskurow a young Bobby Hicks, fresh out of Greensboro, NC.
vcp430 1 year ago 2
@karakittle no im from madison, but i live on a road called owsley fork
owsleyforkmusic 1 year ago 2
THIS FUCKIN RULES!!!!!!!Pass the Makers Mark!
yarekhunt 1 year ago
THIS FUCKIN RULES!!!!!!!
yarekhunt 1 year ago
Who is the fiddler?
rskurow 1 year ago
@rskurow might be a young Bobby Hicks.
BruceKap440 1 year ago
@BruceKap440 Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Bobby gave me lessons for two weeks in 1969 or 70 when he was playing in Las Vegas as part of the Judy Lynn Review. I think that's him in this video.
rskurow 1 year ago
Bill Monroe is amazing, I can't get enough of his great music
bassbob42 1 year ago
Earl Scruggs having fun; killer diller!
peterpterodactyl 1 year ago
There may never be another bill monroe, but dr. ralph stanley comes close. Pure mountain music from the heart that just seems to grab hold of you.
ridgely410 1 year ago
god what a badass
Cavanpiper 1 year ago
Hot dam!
kentucky9000 1 year ago
That's Noah Crase playing the 5-string isn't it?
vcp430 1 year ago
Happy Birthday Bill Monroe!
pathfinder616 1 year ago 2
Happy Birthday Bill Monroe! The father of bluegrass would have been 99 today.
westoftexas 1 year ago 42
@westoftexas Isn't the father of bluegrass Jimmy Martin ?
Neverregretperson 1 year ago
@Neverregretperson no Jimmy Martin is actually considered the King of Bluegrass.
westoftexas 1 year ago
@Neverregretperson NO NO NO NO NO. BILL MONROE!!!!!!!!!!
thej0ker09 1 year ago 2
@westoftexas He was a great entertainer, musician, and all around gentlement. I could listen to his music forever. They just don't have entertainers like Bill Monroe or Flatt and Scruggs anymore.
antzzy1 1 year ago 2
@westoftexas Oh what a special moment in my life it was at Gettysburg bluegrass fest in '86 to have able to have shaken his hand and eaten a piece of his 75th birthday cake backstage! What a great man he was and National Treasure he'll forever be!
fortuenti 10 months ago
This is were its at folks
littleslice23 1 year ago
Heard this song on the jute box at Pop Staggs pool hall when I delivered papers 60 years ago.
tohoward33 1 year ago 2
Wow, i cant believe Kurt Cobain liked this guy's music.
TheMrAwesomeDx 1 year ago
@TheMrAwesomeDx Apparently, he had more taste than you. LOL!!
USureRConfused 1 year ago 3
Man I'd like to have that Martin guitar
bigmrclean 1 year ago
@bigmrclean That's Del McCoury playing that Martin and singing!
SteveGaines 1 year ago
@SteveGaines Actually Joe Stuart, see previous posts for band details.
RTRDick 1 year ago
country isnt like this anymore because no one lives that lifestyle of the backwoods and country gatherings...its all at Tim McGraws million dollar mansions
Cavanpiper 1 year ago
best song in the 1950s agree
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Mud0Thump 1 year ago
I just found out that Bill Monroe is my dad's second cousin on his mom's side.
gojacketa26 1 year ago
original rap
craighargisify 1 year ago
Recent post in latest B.U. (Blugrass Unlimited mag) is that the bass player is William "Buddy" Killen, who was an Opry staff bassist. Source of this info was from none other than the late Charlie Cline, one of the great Bluegrass Boys during the 50's. So I'll go with that, even though I have seen photos of Killen and the bass player in the vid just doesn't quite look like him.
starboydc 1 year ago
went to Bill's homeplace in Rosine Fri and saw a photo of Uncle Pen--kinda nice to see the man behind the tune
annattitude69 1 year ago
i rememer when my my pops use to say bill had talent,but i didnt know until i listened to it
39johnschell 1 year ago
Father of bluegrass!!!
AmazingOne84 1 year ago
beautiful ol timey
rockosMO 1 year ago
Anyway, turn off yer TV and corporate country radio and dig this REAL DEAL. Hicks was and is still awesome. Stuart was "Mr. Utility" - played all instruments w/ Monroe. Noah Crase recently passed away - a great banjo man. Q: anyone got an idea what that large disc is on the headstock of Stuart's Martin - a big button or something?
starboydc 1 year ago
Like virtually everyone else who has replied, I agree - this is an awesome video of Monroe & his boys in the 50's. The line-up here is: Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, guitar; "The Great" Noah Crase, banjo and not sure on the bass man. Latest B.U. mag has folks writing in saying it's Doug Morris (played w/ Stanleys) or Ernie Newton (Opry staff bass man) or Buddy Killen (also Opry) - I'd go with Newton or Morris. Great to see relatives of some of these players writing in here.
starboydc 1 year ago
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Sorry I can 't confirm who it is, but I can confirm it isn't Ernie Newton! If you want to see Ernie in action with Monroe see the"Roanoke " clip here on YouTube.
redfoley 1 year ago
my grandmother an some of my old school family members played with him at a bluegrass festival b4 he died. i play, but im no bill monroe...
sweetiesue56f 1 year ago
The Father of the Mandolin,..Just some Ol dancin music,..Makes Ya want to dance,.well unless yer Dead,...Wait,Iv seen it make some dead Ass People Get up and Dance Too,..He was The Master,...he brought joy to so many of Us!!,..His Spirit will Life On!,..
Lizard5571 1 year ago
Amazing!!!!!!!!!Thanks for the upload!!!!!!!!!!
keithmcgrath 1 year ago
great song
kensade 1 year ago
this is the best. why cant music be the same now
kensade 1 year ago
I just turned my television off in total disgust at the garbage on there, and came to youtube to get some real entertainment listening and watching the old-time and all-time greats!
pegcage 1 year ago
(c)rap ain't nothin compared to this, true music is this the older stuff is the best. comin from a 16 year old
TheRedneckdb 1 year ago
So great to be able to watch Bill Monroe on here!!! Thank you!
LakesideArt 1 year ago
It doesn't get any better than this!
gonetubing99 1 year ago
bill monroe is my great great great uncle
rockymonroe67 1 year ago
Thank God for Bill Monroe.I love this song.White Pride Forever...
whitemans14 1 year ago
I knew an old man whose name was Pen. I won't mention his name because he made moonshine in northwest Florida. I know this for a fact since I helped him with his still a couple of times.....this was 25 years ago, incidentally.
SpeedyNeutrino43 1 year ago
Why can't music be like this? It all had meaning back then , but No , we can't have it now. Nowadays all we got is that Disney channel bullshit and those perverted rap and hiphop singers.
gavocrazy 1 year ago
uncle pen touched me
Thechoadechannel 1 year ago
Like this
bren1231001 1 year ago
who is the fiddler on this?
DitmarMadSrings 1 year ago
@DitmarMadSrings Quite a few earlier posts have ID him as Bobby Hicks. All around, this lineup of BG Boys is hard to beat. Bill did this number thousands of times, I can't imagine a better version.
RTRDick 1 year ago
Fantastic!!!
albertcooper 1 year ago
The rumours say Elvis recorded this song as well - at least he should have done it live. It all makes sense but no proof have survived yet. Never heard the song before. Thanks for posting.
killerdillr 1 year ago
Gah...Greatness...just greatness
Icecreamsuicide 1 year ago
Scottish people listening to this are listening to their own folk music.
strangemenssana 1 year ago
its not country, its bluegrass, and it is jazz from the white perspective, so I love it.. i play it now after five years of parker ayler and trane, saunders zorn and coleman... ornette that is.. love it.. bluegrass hasnt stopped evolving by any means, if fact, it is the most interesting music i have found when one considers how it is being applied modernly
yoyo23man23 1 year ago
I never appreciated this kinda music as kid- I must be getting old cause I sure love it now!
mrmidnight747 1 year ago
Probably my favorite Bluegrass song of all time!
dignankumar 1 year ago
I like it how some guy wanders through the set at 1:13. Who's that on banjo?
TruegrassBoy 1 year ago
@TruegrassBoy See page 4. Noah Crase is playing a very hot banjo
RTRDick 1 year ago
Saw him Live at Interlochen Arts academy---
Fantastic!
Recumbentz 1 year ago
I was fortunate to have seen Bill perform at the University of Calgary (Alberta) in December of 1978. The great Kenny Baker was on fiddle, and his son James on guitar. Can't recall who was on bass or banjo. Poor guys almost froze to death traveling through the mountains from Vancouver in B.C. The heater broke down on their bus and they had to drive through a snowstorm. They pretty cold when they got in, but like the true professionals that they were, they put on an excellent show.
jstogryn 1 year ago 2
The first time I ever saw Bill sitting while playing. Doesn't hurt his picking any. This is a fabulous version of the song, Joe Stuart really nails those guitar runs. More vintage Bluegrass please!
RTRDick 1 year ago 3
whoooo weeeeee what a tune!!!!!!
Tiocfaidh ar la!!!!!
Free Palestine. Free Ireland!!! YEEEE haaaa±!
heavyhead888 1 year ago
Plus the bass itself, a light one with a sweeping scroll.
8907box 1 year ago
Isn't this a young Jake Tullock on bass?
His ring, way he puts his fingers out over the neck and thin face and dark brows suggest that it is young Cousin Jake.
Yr Thoughts?
8907box 1 year ago
GET THE ROPE !!!
gittahfiend 1 year ago
This song is so great. I love how it skips a 1/2 measure at the end of the chorus. I wish I was half that cool.
i2969k 1 year ago 2
is that bobby hicks on fiddle
Master100Mind 1 year ago
sure looks like it.
PCPrabbit 1 year ago
This is MY America!
rampcleaner 1 year ago 27
amen
stuwad1 1 year ago
@rampcleaner I'm Italian and...my music is alo this...
halsamdu 1 year ago
wow powerful thx 4 posting
buckbuck666 2 years ago
ricky skaggs is a great bluegrass singer but he needs to learn respect for his elders that duet he done with bill monroe looked more like he was trying to rubb it in his face , i think thats disrespectful
pr0t0c0n 2 years ago
i agree this is the stuff.
tbcyun 2 years ago
this was great.
:)
tbcyun 2 years ago
Fabulous mid 50s footage of Bill & the boys in action. Young Bobby Hicks is also a joy to see in action !!
colindominy 2 years ago
a Very young Bobby Hicks on fiddle.
catmantoo53 2 years ago
such a happy
soul
is bill monroe
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Uncle Penis? However, it's a wonderful track...
marcohammerdown 2 years ago
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hes horny as a weener thats for sure
HuxxNL 2 years ago
man i wish music was still like this now adays now we have all that wanna be country bullshit with no true meaning......therell never be another bill monroe!!
jaimev21 2 years ago 52
@jaimev21 um,bill Monroe played Bluegrass,big difference between Country and Bluegrass xD lolz
1998mac4ever 2 years ago
@jaimev21 youR"e comment is the most true and on my level of thinking
byan70 2 years ago
Never a truer statement was ever spoken!
Today country music is filled with copycats, wannabes and outright frauds, and how ridiculous most of them look. Whatever happened to being yourself, instead of trying to copycat some great musician who's been dead for years or even decades? It is a national disgrace.
BeadStallcup 2 years ago 3
@jaimev21 I hope not! A pioneer maybe, but he could"nt sing
Hd28cw 1 year ago
@Hd28cw Maybe not to your liking, Still good enough to be inducted into the Coiuntry, Rock and Roll and Bluegrass Halls of Fame. Check it out, the only musician to be so honoured.
RTRDick 1 year ago
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@jaimev21 I Hope Not, Pioneer maybe...But He Could'nt sing
Hd28cw 1 year ago
@jaimev21 Amen.
steeltunes 1 year ago
@jaimev21 Amen to that brother
4131955 1 year ago
@jaimev21 country is country, this is bluegrass.. and this is way better.. just sayin.. :)
HELLDOGGER 1 year ago
@jaimev21 Have you taken it up with your maker, after bein sure to obey all his hundreds of commandments?
howtoplanaparty 1 year ago
That's the best bluegrass ever! Best!
Never gonna be anyone can outplay these old boys. Mighty fine!
BeadStallcup 2 years ago
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sktaber2000 2 years ago
@sktaber2000 the man singing is my First Cousin Bill Monroe! that is so cool. :DD
1998mac4ever 2 years ago
this is about bill monroe's uncle penn
skyhawk470 2 years ago
Check the Bill Monroe Blue Grass Boys, it cross references his players by date, name and instruments. By that account everyone is wrong.
fscofi 2 years ago
aw man i luv this
laylaWilliams22 2 years ago
pretty sure that is a young Del McCoury on guitar
Rastafarian1882 2 years ago
The guitar player is Joe Stuart. Joe played for Bill off and on for several years and played other instruments in the band as well.
Pilotridge 2 years ago 4
I didn't see him good, but your right--Del worked for BM for about a year.
knowMusicMan 2 years ago
I would like for anyone that would like to share insights on a question I have about Mr. Monroe.
I recall him saying on several occasions that he never drank, as it also states in his biography. Yet, I have talked with a couple of people who saw him in person years back, who swore that he was drunk on stage. Any comments?
clinch64 2 years ago
Oh man, what a question! Bill Monroe was 'drunk' on stage from playing the best bluegrass music he and his band could deliver. He was 'high' on his fans and his music. And the man was a gifted genius and gentleman to all. Read Tom Ewing's "The Bill Monroe Reader" and Bob Black's "Come Hither to Go Yonder". Bill did share a glass of wine with me once after a show in Portland, OR, back in the 80s. He even picked up the tab. Bill did not want his boys to drink beer, but whiskey..........
bluemandos 2 years ago 5
American legends.
ffairlane57 2 years ago
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No truer words have been spoken, Studwad1.
penncage 2 years ago