The bass player is my grandfathers dad Howard watts

@iragitlin7549

3 жыл бұрын

The bass player in this video is actually Bill's son, James Monroe. But Howard Watts was one of the greats! He was with Monroe from '46 to '48. Did you ever get to meet him?

@thecrazybluejosh

3 жыл бұрын

@@iragitlin7549 Sadly, no but his son (my Grandfather) still admires him to this day and tells us stories about him and Hank Williams all the time.

@trishblake1247

2 жыл бұрын

OMG the memories u must have! Oh goodness count your blessings for that bloodline!

@Mattesgalleon

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for that.

@ShushLorraine

Жыл бұрын

The foundation instrument. Cool to see your own in this old video. Nice. 👍🙂

Modern viewers should take note of the pure talent these fellers had. American music at its best

@miokidmememio

5 ай бұрын

modern viewers are singing gedagedigedagedago

@renegadedragoon6128

4 ай бұрын

💀💀💀​@@miokidmememio

This man is a national treasure! I’ve listened to mountain music all my life and I have say to nothing will ever be as pure and real as that music or the people that play and sing it.💯🇺🇸❤️

One of my Daddy's favorite songs. Just lost him on Father's Day this year. Rest in peace my Daddy. ❤

@mta4562

10 ай бұрын

my daddy's too. he's been gone 10 years. i miss you, daddy.

@emilyalexander8973

10 ай бұрын

@@mta4562 I'm so sorry for your loss

@miistyfaess682

5 ай бұрын

My grandma passed away too also it was my other grandma's sister, I miss u grandma❤

@I_am_jaded

4 ай бұрын

❤💜

@user-jg6ew2cy8t

4 ай бұрын

Sane😢 now I feel like crying 😭

Rock and roll ain’t the only kind of music that rocks. Bluegrass played like this does too.

One microphone !! They orchestrated it perfectly.

Who is still listening this song 2021 - 2022 ??💕 If you are listening to this song you are definitely a legend

@robertc2204

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@JeffCornnet

Жыл бұрын

I am still listening to the song

@TheFloridaPappy

5 ай бұрын

2024

@sr.pablitomemes

5 ай бұрын

Real

The virtuosity of Bluegrass players is unmatched in any style of music across the world

I'm a teenager and to me, there's absolutely no better music than bluegrass music, because it's real. Go bluegrass

@fostersflint9005

9 жыл бұрын

Jacob Wright Youngin' you couldn't be startin' off a better way! Makes ya wanna just get up and dance around. Great Choice as well to post.Go bluegrass, newgrass,,jamgrass,!

@mdhbigdog

6 жыл бұрын

Good for you Jacob Wright. I've been a teenager for 50-some years and I like bluegrass music too!

@CourtesyFart

5 жыл бұрын

YEAH BLUESGRASS! LMAO

@bradleyradford7398

5 жыл бұрын

Bluegrass is a art in a different class. Truly the best. Bill tried to get my grandpa from Ararat, Virginia to join his band and travel. He played the fiddle.

@darthsoros787

4 жыл бұрын

Jacob Wright I'm -231 years old and this is the best music ever

I grew up with a dad who played bluegrass on his Martin guitar. My childhood is filled with summertime memories of weekend music gatherings at our house, we would have 5 or 6 musicians and their families over for bbq, bluegrass, hand cranked homemade ice cream, and homemade wine. I accompanied my dad to bluegrass festivals all over Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. I had the privilege of witnessing some of the all time greatest blue grass guys ever. Bill Monroe, Bobby and Sonny Osborne, Jimmy Martin and Ralph Stanley just to name a few. When I hear good bluegrass, it takes me back to those childhood memories-it was good times when life was much simpler.

@JoeyMayo

14 сағат бұрын

What a blast that must have been. I envy you.

Bill Monroe and the bluegrass boys the king of the old country and forever remembered I think the two top people of old bluegrass and old country is Hank Williams and Bill Monroe the kings of the old country music ❤️❤️🎶🎶🎵

I'll never forget that mournful day when Uncle Pen was called away. Such a great song. Probably my favorite Bill Monroe song.

Any Bluegrass fan owes it to themselves to visit Bill's childhood home on Jerusalem Ridge, and the nearby Uncle Pen's cabin. A shrine to an American musical genius'

@davidludwig4078

2 жыл бұрын

Wow yes definitely

@carolynridlon3988

11 ай бұрын

I now live about 1 1/2 hrs away from those places - I'm going to the bluegrass Hall of Fame in Owensboro in October.

@jasonhacker7270

2 ай бұрын

On my way next month

Monroe's break at 1:08 is simply beautiful. In his second solo the fiddler hits one duff note and smiles.

@ChillyWillieOne

3 жыл бұрын

A lot was going on in that players head...He just got drafted F.Y.I ....RIP BYRON BERLINE...

@fordtruxdad5155

2 жыл бұрын

Gene Lowinger

@alancorlew9322

Жыл бұрын

The fiddler is Richard Green

@prycerobertson4695

Жыл бұрын

I believe the fiddler is Gene Lowinger.

@alhardin9478

6 ай бұрын

Out of tune, and gets on the bass strings to comp. No digital tuners 😅 Without them we all get a little off sometimes. It's one of the things that gives this music a kind of consonance, and disonance.

Bluegrass grabs you deep inside and doesn't let go. My dad played Bill Monroe, The Osborne Brothers, Flatt and Scrugs and (his favorite) Mac Wiseman from the time I was born. Dad was called away many years ago, but old bluegrass music makes it seem like he's sitting with me, just out of sight.

@kennydobbins9644

7 жыл бұрын

My favorite is the Stanley Brothers.

@FastestGrassAlive

7 жыл бұрын

Kenny Dobbins I definitely keep them in the rotation.

@johnyoung468

5 жыл бұрын

Kenny Dobbins MINE TOO !

@francesb6318

3 жыл бұрын

My dad, also, played those same guys’ songs on fiddle, mandolin, guitar; he was amazing and we miss him! Love bluegrass

Thank you for uploading this ... fills my soul

Monroe is the father of Bluegrass music! Amazing! Thanks for putting this video online...loved it!

God damn those harmonies!

Back in the late 80s I use to drive my grandpa to blue grass shows, my grandpas mandolin use to belong to to some old guy that all the bluegrass bands knew, so that mandolin was an automatic backstage pass. These guys did more drugs and partied harder than any rockstars. Great times.

@huliniswhoiam

Жыл бұрын

I don't know if I believe that lol I couldn't see Bill Monroe partying haha

I met Bill Monroe several times in the early 90's. Jerry Garcia is a hero of mine. Meeting one of Jerry's heros was special.

Love this Bill Monroe song. Probably my favorite one he ever did.

@davidludwig4078

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite as well

Pawpaw always tried to sound like Bill when he sang, he did it pretty good and he could really play his mandolin too. Love and miss you paw ❤

Uncle pen played the fiddle, Lord how it would ring, you could hear it talk, you could hear it sing!

@joshuabrooks4907

4 жыл бұрын

"Late in the evening, about sundown High on the hill and above the town When uncle pen played the fiddle, Lord how it rang You could hear it talk, You could hear it sing!"

@butters_147

4 жыл бұрын

Let'rrrrr goooo BOYS! 👍👏👏🎻

@ClassicTVMan1981X

3 жыл бұрын

So too did Birch Monroe, Bill's eldest bro.

I've been calling my uncle this this without knowing this song existed. sense a few months ago, now I listen to it every day. Great song

What a nice performance with only one mic!!!

@johnattina831

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you could really hear the sound of the auditorium because of it. Also, it is STILL traditional for many groups to use one mic, (jazz combos like this too). You step up for your "break" , then step back for the next player. Notice how they used they mic that way.

@callsignstatic6872

4 жыл бұрын

yeah pretty coo huh? all the instruments are strategically placed the Bass is off to the left and when that banjo comes in from behind they part the red seas .....................

@debbiekerr3989

4 жыл бұрын

They were all so well arranged that you could hear every instrument! They really knew how to share the stage!

I’m from Nashville, and this is it!

Love this! Fun mandolin break to play.....

I booked Bill in 1994 in northern Wisconsin....2 hours before the show he came to the beer tent and picked with my late brother Pete Nelson and others great moment in my life

this became gedagedigedagedago

@LEGOPOSERBMB

4 ай бұрын

IKR

@Monkevr812

4 ай бұрын

IKR?!

@LEGOPOSERBMB

4 ай бұрын

@@Monkevr812 it mean I KNOW RIGHT

Wonderful ole song, one of the classics that will always stand the test o time... Jenny Lind, NC, where my grandfathers farm is

This might be the best TV spot of all time

Bill Monroe bluegrass. Doesn't get any better.

Man, I love this.

Little did they know what the song would become

2023 jamming outta Missouri

Mr Monroe brought the bluegrass down from the mountains with em! He is my favorite

My dad used to play this all the time. Great song

Born and raised in Chicago, but this song, and many other bluegrass numbers, really moves my soul. Coincidentally, I was born the year this was recorded. I first heard this song on the live "Bean Blossom" double album. I bought it after reading a review in Rolling Stone magazine of all places. If you like old school bluegrass then you really should give it a listen.

Got to listen to this man at the Mole Lake bluegrass festival. Bluegrass and acid was a potent combo. I remember dancing his entire set, in 90 degree heat.

@jamestowar3013

2 жыл бұрын

Saw him at Mole Lake as well, turned me on to Bluegrass.

@gofres

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣 Sounds like you had one hell of a day!

@cheifbrownrabbit3986

2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine, hot damn

@bradthehighwayman9956

2 жыл бұрын

Idiot. Disliked for being a dumbass drughead. You should be in jail for that.

@williamwesse6114

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds pretty darn cool honestly

1966: the bluegrass boys 1994: cotton eye joe 2024: Gegagegidadida oh💀

22 years old, and loving this.

The Holy Grail of bluegrass

The bluegrass bug hit me at 27 years of age.... almost 50 and it still as fresh,

This is so Helpful to know how I should be standing when I Perform!

This is the soul of country.

One of the top country recordings ever made.

@1tag2

4 жыл бұрын

....except it's bluegrass.

@comfortablynumb7265

2 жыл бұрын

@@1tag2 lol. 🤪🤠😅👌👍

@davidludwig4078

2 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely yes

@robertc2204

Жыл бұрын

Bluegrass

@SoggySlopster

Жыл бұрын

Nah, you mean bluegrass

wonderful!

I have an story to tell about Bill Monroe. In the early-mid 60s I was learning to play the guitar and watched a lot of country tv shows on Saturday (Flat and Scruggs, Porter Wagoner, and my mom's cousins--The Wilburn Bros.). While I was not a bluegrass player, I always liked it and greatly admired the good pickers and singers---Bill Monroe and his group among those. Therefore, I was a little odd among my rock and roll peers and it was a time when rock and pop were King. One day in late January (probably in the mid 60s) posters went up in our little town of Hardy, Arkansas, that Bill Monroe would do a show at the local Theatre. I would chat with friends about it but no one seemed the least interested. I bugged my mom until she gave me the money to buy a ticket, because it was a pretty big thing to me---to be that close to Nashville stars. Well that Saturday afternoon came and at about --12:30-- I went down to the movie Theatre to get a good front row seat. Sure enough, it wasn't long until Bill and his band came in and went up on the stage to visit with the owner of the Theatre -- Mrs. Ruth Thompson. There I sat alone, a young eager kid on the front row. Well, time passed, and no other person showed up for the show. So, as you might guess, it was canceled and Bill went on the West Plains, Mo. (I believe) to do an evening show. I don't think people in Hardy really knew just great Bill Monroe was and what they missed! He told me thanks for coming. If you know some of his family, please pass this on.

@shantyirish7564

5 жыл бұрын

My boyfriend (mid-70's )worked at a music venue and got me into a lot of shows where I met many very talented men (F&S, Doc Watson...) and Bill Monroe. No one in my life has ever scared me as much as he did! Those eyes looked right through me and there wasn't a smile for miles. Love and respect him, but I still sleep with a night light!

@shantyirish7564

5 жыл бұрын

Ed...that's a nice story and you sound like a sweetheart. God bless you.

Thank You..gracia's

Geist&Klasse. Alter Klasse.

Peter Rowan before Seatrain , Old and In The Way, Muleskinner et.al.

I remember.

@JerryPark-np3lu

6 ай бұрын

Hi

@Earthling700

5 ай бұрын

Hello

This performance is outstanding because they are using ONE microphone. Each member knows when to step up and when to back away. Magnificent teamwork! The little guy playing fiddle could give Charlie Daniels a good run for his money. He could probably "whip" Johnny AND the devil!!! Imagine if he showed up after Johnny won... They'd both be like..."aww crap...didn't count on Bill Monroe's fiddle player showing up". He's gonna take BOTH fiddles!!

Uncle Pen was Uncle Bill's real uncle!

hi stranger, if you’re reading this. i just wanna tell you that you matter and you’re important ❤ i know you are tired,, but please never give up. okay? i believe you can do it :) and i’m proud of you!! even though i dont know you. always think positive and ignore the negativity that surrounds you. focus on positive side and the things that makes you happy. you are doing great hun. 😙 let’s keep going. we can get through this together. you are worth it. sending virtual hugs to everyone 🥰🤗have a good sleep tonight. tell your loved ones that you love them. sweet dreams my dear~ always smile 😊

@jessieburton8871

10 ай бұрын

I want to thank you for relaying the message for me really so thankful I needed to read this it made me think of my grandmother that just passed ❤😢thank you so much

@fallennightcore719

4 ай бұрын

Gedagedegedagedaigo

Wow! I never knew Ricky Skaggs version of Uncle pen was a cover!! Mind blown!

Great upload! Young Peter Rowan on guitar.

2022 still loving this.

No electrified acoustic instruments- every voice and instrument on one microphone

love this with all my heart and soul

Im 15 and like this stuff I cant listen to the new music I like Hank Sr all of them

@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer

3 жыл бұрын

Learn to play it instead

great video and audio for a 1965 recording!

Billy Strings brought me here. Wow. This music brings a smile to my face. Anyone have recommendations of some other bands/players in Bluegrass. I know Billy Strings, Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Lester and Earl, Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys. Thanks in advance. This got me playing guitar again after over a decade of being inactive, I love it.

@teestampers8948

3 жыл бұрын

Ralph Stanley, Larry Sparks, Jimmy Martin and Dave Evans to name a few

@paulcosta5806

3 жыл бұрын

@@teestampers8948 will check them out thanks.

@iragitlin7549

3 жыл бұрын

You owe it to yourself to check out the Johnson Mountain Boys. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaecvKaeoMrPh6Q.html

@Ken-uo7iw

3 ай бұрын

Billy Strings has brought more people to bluegrass then all the other acts combined.

@gregepperson1793

2 ай бұрын

brother, if you ain't heard Old and in the Way with Jerry Garcia on banjo, you haven't heard real bluegrass!! check it out... the band is; Old and In the Way....

This is classic I just love this chit :)

Ooh, that fiddle, boy! Purdy!

you could hear it talk, you could hear it sing ...

@raykeenan2145

7 жыл бұрын

yep.

@connorfiddle

7 жыл бұрын

ALberto Martinez Sho Nuff

@shantyirish7564

5 жыл бұрын

"sang" !

Used to wonder why I even liked bluegrass my brother replied "it's in your blood boy"

One mic, no computers, or gadgets

@Earthling700

5 ай бұрын

And a camera

Bill does all so great that he willlast for ever

just AMAZING !

Another great b&w clip with this Bluegrass Boy configuration: PETE ROWAN, gtr; GENE LOWINGER, fiddle; DON LINEBURGER (left-handed), banjo; JAMES MONROE, bass.

love itcant stand still listening to this

Thanks! very nice video. Of course I think a lot of Bills music! I appreciate your efforts.

Bill Monroe was the greatest musician off 'modern-times', some of his works such as Tallahasie even rivalled the Classical greats, even Elvis, Johnny Cash, Marc- Bolan, Queen etc couldn't touch him!

@davidludwig4078

2 жыл бұрын

That is so right and true thank u

That fiddler is as sharp as a tack

Very Good Music

Great song!

My little boy hears a fiddle or a banjo and immediately says, "hey, they're playing Daddy music!". He's right, I love the stuff. Go Bill, go!

@tonymoore2447

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sid?

@sidgriffin813

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonymoore2447 Hi, Tony.

@tonymoore2447

3 жыл бұрын

@@sidgriffin813 How you doing today Sid?

@sidgriffin813

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonymoore2447 I am fine.

@tonymoore2447

3 жыл бұрын

@@sidgriffin813 I guess you must be a big fan as me.... Haha 😃😃😃where are you from Sid?

THE REAL UNCLE PEN

Lady's and Gentleman this is the Father and the Master of Bluegrass at work

The world we live in, what can I say? The center of town is the courthouse. People gather and meet every Wednesday and Saturday at 6:00am. The Townfolkton farmers market has been canceled due to inappropriate customs and wares! Ohh, the Townfolkton Farmer's Market? Let's go, I've heard they're good.

Amen to that

That's the stuff!

MY EDUCATED GUESS AS TO THE BLUEGRASS BOYS ; PETER ROWAN - GUITAR , LEAD VOCAL ON CHORUS ; GENE LOWINGER -FIDDLE , BARITONE VOCAL ON CHORUS ; JAMES MONROE - BASS ; DON LINEBERGER - BANJO . MIDDLE '65 TO EARLY '66

"I'll never forget that mournful day When Uncle Pen was called away They hung up his fiddle, they hung up his bow They knew it was time for him to go" We are listening to this song here in our computers, while the man who sang these verses died 17 years ago... they have a deeper meaning now :p But of course, his mandolin keeps talking and singing like uncle pen's violin.

@meyu3898

10 жыл бұрын

bills mandolin will never stop talkin and singin.

@Senkino5o

10 жыл бұрын

I know huh? That always strikes me so, that from the grave these men sing the old time songs and the old time religion get's converts even when the converters are long gone to the Glory. Such a heckuva thing.

@treystewart9812

6 жыл бұрын

+Eli Jackson there music lives on !

@davidludwig4078

2 жыл бұрын

Amen😀

and this beautiful music done on one mic guys...one mic..thats it

If this one doesn't get your heart rate up, you might just be dead. :-)

Bill is 😎 awesome .

Nice ole left handed banjo

An American original and "The Father of Bluegrass". I got to meet the master. Bluegrass is the bacon of music!

Watch Bill’s face when the fiddler misses a note (he didn’t miss many)!

This music talks to my soul

@aidennewell4034

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Marilyn, How are you doing?

Gedagedig

I love the diversity. So much black African American representation g-d bless America

harmony is wicked tight.

I'm a Rosine Ky. native. My Dad was born in Uncle Pens' Cabin...My Grand'Ma's sister was married to Mr. Pen...I think that's pretty cool. We got good music here and good BBQ...I would not want to live any where else

hell yeah

Magical stuff

THE REAL DEAL

Now that’s entertainment I don’t care what anybody says.