Country Gentlemen - Fox on the Run

[ours01100]

Country gentlemen mon meilleur ami me la fait connaitre , il n'est plus ,mais je me rappelle de la joie que nous ressention en écoutent se groupe génial , merci Didier de tous ses bon moment .

[natetheguitarkid]

haha, i know why they disliked this, they thought it was the sweet (band) song. cant blame them, i would of loved to hear a cover of that song in bluegrass, lol.

[fireballva]

No matter who plays this song, the CG is the best!

[shanedaughtrey]

Best version hands down is tom t halls.

[pastorgeorgem]

this is the version i remember these are the sons of the original country gentleman

i believe!

[ghfdfhfdndxhcg]

Four people are Justin Bieber fans.

[cabbiemon]

nice rendition but can't hold a candle to Flatt & Scruggs version

[cowboytwang]

@cabbiemon Flatt & Scruggs never did a version of "Fox On The Run". In fact they split up just about the time this song was written and being performed by the British pop band "Manfred Mann".

[NinjaManJames]

i had a cd with ricky skaggs and a few biggies playing this song and it was fantastic

[DannyPhantomFan2]

They have talent and are good, but I just don't like bluegrass that much.

[charlesseal]

this is a great version but checkout the one by the Louisiana group `Les Amis`

[lordimakegriledchese]

i love this song!!

[BluegrassMastery]

Wow 3 dislike How can you dislike this you fucking Basterd !

[bazthehandyman]

Brill harmonies !!

[piteoswaldo]

For me, the best version of this awesome song is from the brazilian group Conjunto Bluegrass Porto Alegrense. Check it out!

[brazilgrass]

@piteoswaldo

That's just too kind of you, Oswaldo.

We thank you, altough we'll probably never reach this level of musicianship.

Like someone said; this is the real deal. We're just trying to imitate them.

[flytoheaven610]

These guys were an awesome talent, and really broke ground for their type of music in the early 70's. I remember seeing them in 1972 at a bluegrass festival in Ok. when I was a little girl. We played in a family band, and my Dad was , also, hooked on bluegrass. Seeing this video brings back so many memories. It's like I am 10 again. Thanks for the memories, guys! They are good ones.

[aaronlittlefield1]

My Father, who passed away in 99, was in a bluegrass/gospel band known as The Ramblers. They sang this song with their own style. Both are good in their own respect.

/watch?v=UBvg87H3GVA

[Jubal918]

In my extensive library, The Country Gentlemen are the only group who uses the phrase "Like a Fox" four times. All others use it only three... Am I wrong ????

[360deeman]

@Jubal918 because of four band members?

[madtiger111]

@Jubal918

You are correct.

[rats185]

this was my granpas favorite song man loved nothin more that tabbacco farmin and coon huntin he was just a good ole kentucky hilbilly rip billy davis i miss you papaw

[BradNC11175]

@rats185 Amen... God bless the papaws! 

[primateification1]

my kind of music

[Bandito419]

Is this Moon Mullins band?

[milesofsmiles2]

if i was in this crowd, i'd be up on my feet clappin my ass off after that performance, truly excellent!

[beautifulsarah100]

I was looking for the "Fox on the Run" by The Sweet. This scared the shit out of me at first, till I realized it was a different song. I thought it was going to be another one of those new versions like when Dave Lee Roth ruined "Jump" with his stupid-ass bluegrass version.

[tighrow]

Just to set things straihgt: this song was ,in fact, recorded by Rocker Manfred Mann, originally, in the 60s. Bill Emerson and Cliff Waldron worked-it-up bluegrass style around 1969-70 and recorded it on their first "New Shades of Grass" album, on Rebel records. Bill Emerson went to the Country Gentlemen shortly afterwards and they started doing (and became known for) the song. It is NOT an old mountain song. Still a good one.

[dingodingobingo]

@tighrow - You are exactly correct. Trust me everyone. I know.

[ambertjeblue]

Wow, that was great, I was really into folk and blue grass, countrystyle music when I was a teen. That really was sweet.. Thanks for the enjoyment. They really are great harmonies..

[lisaj62]

Thx hoggas for sharing this!!! Good harmony...and have you been known to you pick a tune or two?

[archieducker]

The childhood memories swarm like a warm glow when listening to these guys. Great rendition

[microflex22]

@Bascomblodge I agree, and through all their lineup changes, he's always been with Country Gentlemen. Wish DL would have stuck with them though.

[excursustoo]

Thank you so much for this. I love this song.

[OriginalRitz]

mike seeger. never been a greater lover of music.

[Basspost]

Fox on the Run was written by Tony Hazzard! Wiki his name for history. I often practice bass to the 2ndgeneration version on YouTube which is quite good with excellent banjo. I always avoid saying "best". That word always leads to argument.

[Amyedawn]

Brings back such fond memories of my dad and a couple others getting together on summer nights to play some Bluegrass

[notahemi]

Can this be classified as a "classic" since it was just in1969 that Manfreid Mann did it and an English bloke wrote it.?

In other words I'm older than this song. Am I a classic yet.? LOL

And it's wasn't even a blue grass song.

[macy1965]

@notahemi you retard, the song by sweet is a completely different song that by coincidence has the same title. Yes this song is a classic, it was being sung in the blue ridge mountains long before your a brother and sister conceived you.

[notahemi]

@macy1965

Huh, who said anything about "Sweet"?

Did I miss something?

You may not only a be "retard", but a poorly mannered one.

(If you and your cousin get a divorce, will you still be related?)

Children , children. Play nice now.

The internet is a wonderful tool for information. Learn to use it.

[HasGoodHair]

i heard this song once, played in the mountains by a group of loggers who lived there. it was at night, and the loggers had their instruments and played a few old, old songs. it was at night, around a campfire; this was one of the songs they played. but when those loggers played it, they played it with more of a minor key tonality than this version. that, combined with the atmosphere- in the mountains, at night, around a campfire- gave it a very mystical sound. great story, i know.

[MOODRED3]

This is really great - but posters, WHEN and WHERE was it recorded ?

Thanks again, anyway !!!

[Bascomblodge]

Charlie Waller one of the greatest voices ever in country music. What a great band here.

[ewill27]

Best version, zac brown band with a close second even though I love them both.

[MaidAmerican]

Great song! This was there best ever contribution to bluegrass music!

[rufusvanrugburn]

VERY COOL

[FlawShow]

Oh ignorant me! I thought this number was a pop song by Manfred Mann. I just spent the weekend jamming with a bunch of bluegrass musos and learnt a lot. Still a lot more to go, though!

[philredrow]

Saw the Gentleman a bunch back in the early seventies. Fox was always their sig song.

[blueridger28]

I live in the heart of bluegrass country in western N.C. The country gentalmen a listened to a lot here

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

I live in the foothills of central Virginia and Bluegrass is king here too. I used to sing the devil out of this song when I was a kid. Love that Asheville area you're in.

[clintock1981]

You gotta love old bands!! I'm from Alabama and there's alot of bluegrass played here.The Country Gentlemen are well known here.

[4theluvofpete]

Maybe the best "Fox on the Run" version EVER!

[Rcksaltnnails]

take out "maybe" and ya got a winner.

Hard to believe that less than two years prior to this, Manfred Man's Earth EandYeah, the Blinded By The Light group) introduced this song to the music world. lol

[SUPERPICKER100]

@4theluvofpete it is the best version ever

[loucourt1]

greatest band ever i had the privalige of knowing charlie my dad drove bus for him in his later years...

[GrnEyedAngel81]

Agree to some extent excatoree, having seen them in their prime, but I try to not discourage anyone carrying on the traditions of bluegrass.

Greatness comes with practice........unfortunately, there are a lot of really great bluegrass folks out there (particularly in the Central/Eastern VA area) who won't step up because of discouragement like yours. So they continue to float under the radar....encourage the interest instead of ranting against it.

[excavatoree]

Notice I didn't say they weren't as good - just that they didn't do it "better." I didn't mean to be discouraging - they are good.

I'm not a traditionalist. I heard Mountain Heart play a concert with Josh Schilling and his piano - it was awesome. I had to hear folks complain that it wasn't bluegrass.

I appreciate the old greats, and encourage new talent as well. I enjog bluegrass, bluesgrass, newgrass, funkgrass and even some rockgrass if anyone has ever done any.

[excavatoree]

Hmm, it lets me reply to my own comment.

Anyway, I forgot to add that I hesitate to ever say any group is better than any other. They may be different, or not as polished, or not as technically perfect, but everyone has something to offer.

Sorry for the digression in the comments to this fine video.

[simonne234]

good bluegrass but I've heard better

[dogsee1]

i would like to know who is better than CHARLIE WALLER ?? bite me!!

[simonne234]

didn't mean to hurt anyone......I love them also but there's a lot of good bluegrass out there

[PhillySouth]

Country Gents have the definitve version of the song (and Tom T. me no Halls, either)....or at least check out their version from classic early 80's "Sound Off" album on Rebel label.

[MilkizEpic]

**my bad I meant their playing wasnt bad though oopz

[MilkizEpic]

i listen to 2ndgeneration sing this and they slaughtered it...well the lyrics they couldnt carry a tune in a bucket. Their playing was bad though....but their singing......barffffffff

[tripletsdad05]

I am so glad that I ran across this video. Thank you very much for putting it up. The harmony is fantastic!!!

[usaruss]

My favorite bluegrass band. I remember seeing them once in Berryville, VA and several times in Camp Springs, NC, about 1976 to 1979.

[americanprideinnd]

Not a bad version but honestly no one does it better than the group called  2ndgeneration. SORRY but it is true

[EarlMalmsteen]

wow not only is that wrong... that's heresy. Even the guys in that band I'm certain would tell you this is way better. Their version is very good but they're basically imitating this one.

This is the original recipe--absolutely incredible. Same band as on the Live in Japan album if I'm not mistaken.

[excavatoree]

Yes - I played this video for my dad, and just after, he played me this song from his Live in Japan album. It's the same arrangement. It simply can't be done better.

[redbearin74]

@EarlMalmsteen

That is correct, The Country Gentlemen toured in Japan as well. 

[excavatoree]

Nice way to get hits on your friends' videos, but I disagree. 2nd Generation is good, but they don't do this song better than Charlie and the Country Gentlemen.

[mclenptp]

Yes, this is probably the best version of the classic song. I love their arrangement and rendition immensely. Thank you, Gentlemen.

[larryq84]

@mclenptp agreed. there r some good ones out there but this one is def the best

[Brynnium]

Forgot to say, most other versions are sung without the dialect that is used in this one. Without the dialect, it really isn't that good.

[Brynnium]

This is one of my favorite Bluegrass songs, especially the arrangement that is played in this video definitely beats every other version that I have ever heard.

[Brynnium]

Great song.

[fixergood]

Their version has always been my favorite by far, and this perfect rendition takes me right back to my childhood in VA. Thanks for sharing.

[dsadler21]

Charlie!!!!!!!!!!!

[PCPrabbit]

Monroe>Duffy. 'nuff said.

[kbsrh]

best version of this song I've ever heard

[kattsas]

Bill Emerson has always had some musical interest in songs outside the normal bluegrass play list, thus hearing the British group Manfred Mann's "Fox on the Run, Bill is the one who brought that song to bluegrass for everybody and it has become one of the most popular over the years. I like it.

[stupidredneck2]

this is just faboulis harmonys to die for

[capitainebrooks]

This is just a great song

[Rcksaltnnails]

Charlie Waller on guitar. Bill yates on Bass. Bill Emerson on banjo. Doyle Lawson on mandolin.

[nickdball3]

Charlie Waller had a great voice. I think he was an underrated singer in Bluegrass. My grandpa has met him several times and he said he was a heck of a guy.

[Senate5250]

This is the best version of this song I have ever heard. These guy's are the best.

[EricFlatpick]

Great rendition by the Masters! Thanks! To give you an idea how popular the CG have been, I first heard this song done pretty much as it is here by a Japanese band (same instrumentation, except fiddle for mandolin) in a bar called the Chuckwagon, in Fukuoka in 1973. Sure enough, they learned it from a CG record--which, thanks to their advice, I later bought.

[31russ31]

Are you serious?  Best band ever!!!! !

[fiddleplayer9]

is that doyle lawson on mandolin?

[guitarapp]

Sure is. I had to what to hear him sing that high part by himself to make sure but Im pretty sure it's him

[snerby141989]

Such harmony! Such talent! This could still exist today, just no acceptance. I guess if they stained the lyrics with profanity, alcohol, and whorish women, they could match the popularity of today's music. But then, those who know the song as it is now would want to hear it that way? Not me, "grassroots" is where it's at. That make sense? Maybe not, but this song, along with Tom Hall's rendition, is amazing.

[A1l2l2e2n4]

Well, it may interest you to know the Country Gentlemen are still around as a group (maybe not with the same personnel, though). They recently played a show in Fayetteville, Tennessee.

[snerby141989]

Thank you!

[Pinchysandcrab]

This is way beyond cool!

[usaruss]

This brings back memories. I saw them at festivals in Camp Springs, NC and Berryville, Va in the 70's. Their's is the best version of this song I ever heard.

[huoleifengbrian]

Great version of this song. Excellent harmony.

[bickybocky]

man, why isn't bluegrass more popular amongst people my age?? bluegrass musicians are freakin crazy!

[sidensvans54]

Fabulous stuff!!

[srvfan454]

One of the greatest songs ever, I love it

[DLQfan4ever]

I love the Country Gentlemen. Charlie was amazing!!!

I really loved the edition with Doyle Lawson. Awesome stuff!

[keniscool21252]

great video

[JeKoolJ]

Just the best there is

[dingodingobingo]

Bill Emerson on the 5-string! Bill's got a new band... Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band.

[musicianforjesus]

The song that turned me on to the County Gentlemen. I met Charlie Waller several times and also his son Randy and his daughter Mina. Also his widow. Now Doyle Lawson fronts my favorite bluegrass band

[adkufvasoryas]

quicksilver?

[usaruss]

I 1st saw them in Berryville, VA, 1977. They played this song. Their's has always been my favorite version. Saw them another time or 2 in Camp Springs, NC the next few years. I use to have 2 of their LP's, from Rebel Records in Mt. Ranier, MD. I loaned out 1 and never saw it again.

[AmazingOne84]

My fave band of all time. Well the Country Gentlemen all together. Not neccessarily just this band.

[wvfisherguy]

Man, just watch the way they worked the mics when they played. Constantly moving!

[regularbanjo]

I would say this was around 1972-1974. Classic.

[wvfisherguy]

Excellent!

[sheilap08]

I wish I knew when this was made...I think it's late 70's. Bill Emerson, Doyle Lawson. I sure do miss Charlie!

Perhaps people could say where and when a video they post was made??

[Rcksaltnnails]

I still cry when I think of Charlie Waller. The Country Gentlemen ARE the reason I listened to bluegrass. "He was a Friend of Mine" and "Waiting for the Boys"... when I heard that LP the first time with those tunes, WOW!

[UnclePutin]

A classic!!!!

[bnc2u]

bring tears to the eyes great tune ty ty and ty

[2ndgeneration]

So great to see all these Country Gentlemen videos on YouTube now. It's about time!