Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Dan Crary, Steve Kaufman and Jack Lawrence play "Ragtime Annie" and "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues." From the DVD "Doc's Guitar Jam." More info at stefan-grossma...
Beautiful! A museum piece. It’s so great that Billy Strings and a whole new fine set of young pickers are keeping this tradition alive! It’s also great that thanks to RU-vid, we can all stroll through the museum any time we choose and see our heroes, Live and Pickin’!
Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Dan Crary, Steve Kaufman and Jack Lawrence if Norman Blake was there picking as well I would have thought I died and gone to heaven and we were all just hanging around waiting for Clarence to show us around great pickers great post thanks Paul
Have been very fortunate in my life to have seen all these great pickers at one time or another w/e of "Deacon" Dan Crary. Doc and Jack multiple times (Jack was his accompaniment for many years) and even got to see and hear Doc's son Merle back in '73 who was also an excellent flat picker. I've been truly blessed.
There are 5 flattop pickers here, yet if you listen carefully, each has their own distinct style! Amazing.....This is the best guitar pickin on RU-vid.
Man this is just so good. The solos on Blue Ridge Mountain Blues are just incredible. I especially love how much respect Doc has for Tony Rice and how much he loves to hear him play. Good stuff.
Fantastic! Never dreamed that these 5 gentlemen picked together. No crowding, hogging the mic, nothing but incredible picking. Especially rewarding is listening to Doc when really pushed by his peers; he hits some licks on unfamiliar tunes that shows what a master of the instrument he really was. Nothing here bur superlative music from everyone.
It’s because there is no ego up on the stage. They aren’t trying to out do each other. They all respect each other’s talents and how they are all just there to play for the sheer joy of it. It’s a quality that you only see in the bluegrass/folk community. I use the word community instead of genre, because that’s what they are is a community of like minded people. This could be someone’s front porch and they wouldn’t care, it’d sound the same.
"I appreciate them good warm lights - turn em up a little hotter. That feels pretty good. It may blind Jack, and Tony, and Dan, and Steve, but it won't bother me a bit." -Doc
After watching this vid over and over I am really impressed by Steve Kaufman playing. he may be the lesser of the guitar giants, but he surely holds his own. with Doc and the gang. This is sure an awesome flatop pickin tune never before duplicated!
folks, week after week I keep coming back to this vid..it is so amazing of guitar pickin that I must pinch myself to ensure this is for real! anyone learning flat-top pickin must watch this vid over and over to see how it is done!
@@daveleslie4396 awards they never cared about when they were playing. Don’t get me wrong they deserved them, but it was never about ego when they were playing. Just joy and having a good time.
He’s definitely in good company upstairs, that’s for sure. I can’t imagine what it was like the first time he was able to see his sons face. I don’t even know the guy and that chokes me up. He spent his time down here playing and spreading the word of god. Now he just gets to play all day and night if he wants.
Brilliant. Flat top picking great player/artists and hes 100% correct in what he says bet you dont get this in modern music ? I wonder why ! Manufactured !!!!
