Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys - I'm Working On A Building 

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My uncle, Bill Box is playing guitar in this video. Very good song and some great fiddling!!

My favorite Bill Monroe moment happened on the night Reba McIntire came to the Opry for the first time (as a major label recording artist) in the mid 80's. Everyone was watching Reba on stage and Bill was inside the rail fence waiting to go on playing his mandolin. He looked over and noticed me standing there listening to him so he walked over and played for an audience of one; me. We chated while Reba and the act that followed her finished. Bill went on stage and did his number. Great moment.

Inspires you to work to work on the building. Amen!

Nothing can beat that High Lonesome sound. Bill Monroe's voice was superb, no one can recreate that voice.

Love this music, love from Scotland ,from Stuart Monroe, Hahaha, the land might change, the blood never doe's

Every one of them were fabulous musicians, but Bill on that old Lloyd Loar mandolin and Kenny B on fiddle… as good as it ever gets.

This is seriously the best I've heard. They could take down any contemporary Country artist of today, no problem.

The fiddle of Kenny Baker, paired with Monroe's mandolin, was sheer perfection to those of us fortunate enough to have seen these legends perform. Thanks for posting this terrific video!

Nothing against a good fiddle chop, but here Kenny Baker shows how a gifted and tasteful fiddler can add a lot to the whole tune with elegant harmonies and licks. Thanks for sharing.

Man there is nothing better than Kennys fiddle break on this... there is no doubt that he is the best fiddler ever!!

I love his falsetto!!! And Kenny Baker was the best bluegrass violinist of all time, His tone is unbelievable...!!!

Love the way they had that friendly banter in the beginning. Almost like he was capping on Bill Monroe a bit.

this is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it.

The finest fiddler that ever pulled a bow. Smooth and powerful. Travis

Jim Moratto - banjo, Bill Box - guitar, Kenny Baker - fiddle, Greg Kennedy - bass, Bill Monroe - mandolin

Kenny is tearing that fiddle up!!!-David.

i love hearing that old guy hold that starting note!!! avwersome.

Kenny Baker has perfect intonation on that fiddle.

Kenny Baker and Bobby Hicks fit Bill Monroe's style better than any others. Although, Jimmy Campbell played as close to Kenny Baker as you could get. Dana Cupp, Jimmy Campbell and I performed together in the late 70's and 80's in Michigan. If you closed your eyes and listened, you couldn't tell that Jimmy wasn't Kenny and Dana wasn't Sonny Osborn. If you listen to the stuff Bobby Hicks played in the 50's with Bill It was Incredible. Bobby's banjo picking was great also. Butch Mason.

One of my favourite musical performances of all time. Gets your blood pumping!

Is it just my imagination, or is that good old 4 part harmony a thing of the past in modern bluegrass? At the end...incredible. Goose bumps.

These guys had God around them when they played this.

This stuff has real Soul - the very medicine for when you are feeling low. Many thanks to Bill for bringing us this great genre in music.

What beautifuly uniquely spiritual music!! Thank you Bill and all of your musicians!!

WOW!! What a talented group, could listen to them all day, thanks for upload.

My GOSH, that singing!!!! Wow! :D

"that is a good one...", instant musical change... Awesome.

I cant count how many times I’ve heard this played both in and out of church

The best version I ever heard!!

I LIKE BLUEGRASS MUSIC

Good job 🇳🇬 Nigeria

I.m thinkin'.."these cats can PLAY!"

O Lord Jesus, work on my building as I wait to go up to heaven to get my reward.

AMAZING.. Tears drops.....

Nice video, good to see Bill Box and Jim Moratto along with the Bluegrass Boys, I was wandering if such clips existed.

I've heard this version, Marty Stuart and the Superlatives and John Fogerty's version but no one could ever compare to the pastor of a church my mama drug me to when I was a teenager. His name was Joe Turner and he would sing this while playing the symbals and honey you want to talk about the power of God fallin. It fell. These were the types of services where people were saved, healed and delivered!!!! Not many believe God still does these things but he does. He's the same God, yesterday, today and forever, he hasn't changed. He's a miracle working God. Just believe in him!!!!!

Awesome song. Awesome musicians.

As stated earlier in another comment, Bill Box playing guitar and Jim Moratto on banjo.

Love this song! 💜💜 All their songs remind me of Granny❤️

Heard a tribute to Bill Monroe as I drove toward Columbus, OH today to a family celebration -- it would have been his 100th b'day on September 13, 2011

God has given you folks an emblem of Heaven...

Kenny Baker on Fiddle... awesome 2:09

Bill is awsome.

Love this song

legendary

From Brasil..we love

We have one of the best festivals on the East Coast in Woodstown NJ every Labor Day weekend. About a half hour from Philly

Double Bass, Mandolin, Violin, Western guitar and Banjo.

I really like this song Terre mines meet whenever I was a little kid going to church

Wow! The first time I've ever heard those particular names.

Thanks Tony

Awesome.

One of the very best ever

This is badass!

@banjobluegrass Yes, Bill Box is my uncle, I'm glad that there is some footage of him playing with Monroe :)

Absolutely fantastic,

He was a good man

I give this a A+.

Workin' on it! 🤠

He's the first, and he always will be the best. He may have been matched, but he'll never be surpassed. Also: This was during his feud with Gibson. Look at the headstock on his mandolin.

A big part of my childhood...

Yeah!

Hallelujah building for my lord🙏🌹

Great quality clip. Thanks for posting.

Amen to that!

One of America's greatest treasures....

That is GREAT music

Unreal!

WELL DONE!

WOW!

GO THE BANJO!

Lots of Bg fiddle players are adding a 5th sting to their fiddles now. Bobby Hicks for 1. Bobby is an accomplished banjo player too. Played on some Monroe hits. Little side story about Kenny Baker. About 1971 a banjo player, life time pal o mine who is blind, and his parents arrived at Monroes Beanblossom Ind Bg festival. Monroe had Kenny digging post holes with a post hole digger. Best fiddle playing hands in Bg risking injury diggin holes. Go figger!!!

Great blue grass.

bill monroe and kenny baker are awsome

Woodstown, huh? Cool I'll have to check that out.

UncleDeuce. How bout Kenny's fiddle break? I understand he didn't start as a Bg fiddler. He played awesome 3 finger style guitar. Listen to his CD with Josh Graves.

Love bill monroe

love

@williebrown01 Yeah, I saw Ralph Stanley a few years ago in an old movie theater in the Philly suburbs. Plus they got the Philadelphia folk Music Festival every year in Schwenksville PA. Rhona Vincent I saw at Longwood Gardens a few years back.

WOW the first time i herd bluegrass was while in church lol

I'ld have 'em play this at my funeral but I'm afraid I just might get up and smile. Wouldn't want to scare the children.

ha ha look @ the foot of the violinist move! Good job Guys

theres bad country music in the world today 2017 ,last 25 years , because people havent heard Bill MONROE .

THE BUILDING IS OUR TEMPLE OUR BODY JESUS DWELLS IN OUR TEMPLE

Working on a building; a monarchy is built, styled, after the Kingdom.

thank you lord

This shit hittin 🔥👍

Nobody finer in Bluegrass fiddling than Kenny Baker.

Very nice. I like John Fogerty's version as well!

Perfect.

when i get to heaven's gates, if i'm required to sing a bill monroe song, i'll sing this one!

❤

[Chorus] I'm a working on building[x3] For my lord for my lord It's a holy ghost building[x3] For my lord for my lord [Verse 1] If I was a liar I tell you what I would do I would quit my lying and work on a building too [Chorus] [Verse 2] If I was drunkard I tell you what I would do I would quit my drinking and work on a building too I'm a working on building [Chorus] [Verse 3] If I was a preacher I tell you what I would do I would keep on preaching and work on a building too I'm a working on building [Chorus]

6 people like tearing down beautiful buildings.

Don't get know better GOD IS ALL

Holy shit, that's some falsetto.

2024 here

I never knew this but Kenny was a cousin of mine.

Such a high pitched voice from an old grandpa! :-) When took this place?? For me Elvis Presleys version is the best of this classic.