Old Ebenezer Scrooge - Bill Monroe LIVE 

Just read in the 2000 book "Can't You Hear Me Calling" that he had been watching the Christmas Story (about Scrooge) and wrote it.

Perhaps from the main character in Charles Dickens’ novel, “A Christmas Carol”.

@@ButchRobinsBanjo I wonder why he named it after Scrooge, though. Maybe he just liked the sound haha.

In Tom Ewing's book he explicitly links the title with the Dickens character, and also links the different parts of the tune with the three ghosts that appear to Scrooge during the book. How that fits with "Old Ebenezer Scrooge" being a four-part tune I'm not sure ...

@@JFBluegrass Maybe the three ghosts are the root, minor third and minor seventh. The tune has a modal feel. We never hear the sixth and maybe either F or F# both work. But we hammer the I, bIII, bVII and never find out. I really don’t know anything about music, I’m just making this up 😂. I just like to pick this tune and hear Bill pick it too!

This is so cool. It’s like a cell phone video and he’s so relaxed