I love watching the old performances. They play such intricate music, singing too, live no less without the facial contortions and constipated grimaces of performers now. I can't stand watching them while poker faced Scruggs plays the 5 string is a wonder to watch.
Flatt scruggs were the realest people I think I've ever known thay were so good or should I say that they were great loved thair music so much and I still do and I'm 68 years old and never get enough of them just saying
Amazing all the fantastic talents I am observing. I am 68 years old and I love the way they perform but especially the tunes. Wish they could continue to record. Miss all of them.
Jake Tullock- Bass, Tenor. Josh Graves- Dobro and Bass, Had A Instrumental Voice. Lester Flatt- Guitar, Tenor, Baritone. Earl Scruggs- Banjo and Guitar, Baritone. Paul Warren- Fiddle, Bass. Curly Seckler- Mandolin and Guitar, Tenor Frank (Hylo) Brown- Guitar, Baritone and Assisted Tenor Sometimes.
Don't think you can call Lester Flatt a tenor singer. He could sing tenor and an exceptional bariitone. For that matter could carry any part he choosed to. A voice that transends time and defies labels.
I saw these guys in New Haven,Ct in the early 60s,I was about 6 ,it was sold out we were in the rafters but it was good,and I'm glad I was there,with my Dad and his lead guitar player,Dan Bushey
What a great miracle: me getting to hear these guys after all this time -- I never had any idea they were such awesome musicians...Thank you from my heart!
I love to watch them every chance I get. My favorite times is when they are on The Beverly Hillbillies. Why can't they make T.V. shows like that now? Hee Haw too.
Alright! That’s enough outta you Jake! Too much much! Love these guys thanks to my Dear Mother who got me to Garner Bluegrass Festival to actually see Merle and Doc, but I missed Lester, and what a cut up he was and still is!
Someone once said that Earl had it made because every song he ever recorded was the definitive version of that song because HE was the one playing it. Any questions?
I grew up listening to this fantastic music and I have never heard them He or a She play any better! than this! I only wish I could play like this.. There is no need to say more CASE CLOSED
At 10:18, they Launch into a deceptively fast version of the song that set the bar, and established the benchmark for this tune for all future bands. You cannot do better than this. You can only hope to come close to it. The average non-musician viewer has no comprehension of how difficult it is instrumentally to play this fast first of all, then secondly, at this breakneck speed to maintain the tempo from the first note to the last note without ever wavering so much as a millisecond, and finally, to keep everyone plucking or bowing their respective strings in absolute EXACT synchrony (called being “tight” in band parlance) right till the final note. Most bands will definitely be at the top end of their performance capability performing this song at this rate, and these legends aren’t even breaking a sweat. In fact, they make it appear so effortless that the actual speed of the song gets lost in its Lester Flatt’s vocal smoothness and you might have to look twice to recognize what titanic musicianship you are witnessing.
Yup, tv cameras of mid sixties did a weird mono chromatic reflection in black and white...You can see same during JFK, Johnson era...Color tv cameras came in shortly after, 1965.....Easy to date stuff!
I'm sorry, part 1 was deleted by you tube on account of alleged copyright infringement. There are other videos on this channel that have also been deleted recently, and may be more to come, unfortunately.
Its a show sponsored by laundry detergent or flour or something. Back when people ate real food and clean their laundry the right way which was the white way (BLEACH!!!!!)
