Thankyou God for this special music. It makes Americans proud.

@JohnDoe-cv8iw

6 ай бұрын

you don't deserve this music you anti American lady!! i see your profile and your support for the current regime and open boarders!! ppl like you are destroying this country!! i never voted in my life but this year mine will cancel yours!

The purity of their sound remains unrivaled to this day.

My God, Flatt and Scruggs!!! Nobody will ever touch them musically.

That Paul Warren sure can saw that thing.

The tone Earl gets from his flathead Mastertone is just fantastic

That flathead tone, nearly blew my speakers... or was that me just turning it up too loud. Simply amazing

@dannyc1174

3 жыл бұрын

Man, yer tellin' me!!

@jackvalentine566

2 жыл бұрын

If it gets better than that I ain’t heard it

Four Volunteers and two Tarheels…what a band!

LESTER AND EARL ARE ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST BLUEGRASS DUO EVER

@ryanbird5478

9 ай бұрын

I love them don't get me wrong but Reno & Smiley are tops too.

@mikebarnett1007

5 ай бұрын

Don’t forget the Stanley Brothers!

The most entertaining group and still leads the way to what good music can do to the world…☮️🎶🔛🌎

Growing up I remember watching Lester and Earl and the gang on TV with my dad. Dad loved their show I remember he would say Lester could sing so smooth with little to no effort.

Earl's tone and ideas are perfect!

@dannyc1174

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - well stated: Tone and ideas! And Earl had both!

@chadh6899

2 жыл бұрын

@@dannyc1174 That right hand was just solid as it gets. I agree his tone and ideas were the best.

@apsdh340

Жыл бұрын

True pioneer!

Very little has ever been made better than this.

Earl phenomenal on that banjo!

Now down the road just a mile or two Lives a little girl named Pearly Blue About so high and her hair is brown The prettiest thing boys in this town Now anytime you want to know Where I'm going, down the road Get my girl on the line You'll find me there most any old time Now everyday and Sunday too I go to see my Pearly Blue Before you hear that rooster crow You'll see me headed down the road Now old man Flatt he owned the farm From the hog lot to the barn From the barn to the rail He made his living by carrying the mail Now every time I get the blues I walk the soles right off my shoes I don't know why I love her so That gal of mine lives down the road

Lyrics Now down the road just a mile or two Lives a little girl named Pearly Blue About so high and her hair is brown The Prettiest thing boys in this town Now anytime you want to know Where I'm going, down the road Get my girl on the line You'll find me there most any old time Now everyday and Sunday too I go to see my Pearly Blue Before you hear that rooster crow You'll see me headed down the road Now old man Flatt he owned the farm From the hog lot to the barn From the barn to the rail He made his living by carrying the mail Now every time I get the blues I walk the soles right off my shoes I don't know why I love her so That gal of mine lives down the road

Uncle Josh Graves on bass. So good.

And remember to always use Martha White Flour for the best biscuits in town.

Classic bluegrass 😊

Two of the BEST! Saw them years ago in VA.

Hahaha, Happy Trails!!! Have a great, fun trip❤

Simple mastery of the art.

Lester best country bluegrass singer ever

Lester Flatt best singer to ever live, maybe the most unique voice I’ve ever heard

@shanenewport1988

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@beastinthesky6774

Жыл бұрын

He was really good. Tony Rice was another favorite of mine.

@henryhall9623

Жыл бұрын

Red Smiley was another good one.

@ivansandmark5429

Жыл бұрын

Keith Whitley?

@Datanditto

Жыл бұрын

Ira Louvin?

His timing was perfect. There's not a flaw in his playing.

@redwolf7929

11 ай бұрын

The punchy bass from the master tone is unrivalled

I wish i could live back then id fit in like a fiddle nowdays people think im too oldschool

Now that’s how the fiddle is played!

thx youtube for this

Great early clip from '56. I've never seen this before; Martha White TV show? If so, this is earlier than the ones which Sanachie released on those multiple DVDs. Man, Paul Warren looking real young here....and...that's Buck "Uncle Josh" Graves playing bass behind Earl. Josh had been a bass player for Mac Wiseman and Wilma Lee/Stoney Cooper before joining Flatt & Scruggs. He switched to his famous dobro spot not long after this. Curley Sechler laying down the solid rhythm on the mandolin behind Lester and then Charles "Little Darlin'" or "Kentucky Slim" Elza behind Curley - is he playing anything? Earl's flat head Gibson Mastertone, with a calf skin head, BTW, is rock solid and pronounced. Anyway, great clip - thanks for posting. This is a great version with Earl mixing it up with some different licks than he used on the Mercury recording.

@vinylrob6305

Жыл бұрын

Actually Buck Graves played Dobro as well with Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. His Dobro playing is well showcased on their Columbia recordings from 1951 to 1953.

@dannyc1174

Жыл бұрын

@@vinylrob6305 You are absolutely right, my friend - thanks for bringing it up and to everyone's attention.

@michaelryan7179

Жыл бұрын

I never knew that Earl used a skin head...what amazing tone...

@dannyc1174

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelryan7179 Yes - played a skin head until sometime in the late 50's or early 60's when mylar heads were developed. At least I believe I''m correct on that. I've read that Earl had to either tighten or loosen the head to get it right for almost every gig since it was effected by weather/temperature. Well, he certainly knew what he was doing in that department! And as I commented previously, this is a great clip with that Gibson Mastertone Granada banjo, with bowtie-inlay replacement neck, sounding stellar. Note the "box" on the banjo peghead covering Earl's "cheater key" tuners - wanted to keep that invention secret!

@michaelryan7179

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyc1174 Amazingly enough, his best playing was on those skin heads. he seemed to lose his tone...some where in the 60s..

Love this group

Best version yet

That was so smooth! What a great band!

Great Song!

Awesome Awesome Awesome ☘️☘️☘️

Fabulous!

The best there is

Wow thank you

Toe- tapping music write for hard working individuals !

Grew up on this music! Love all genres but my roots are with bluegrass and country! Had a very poor childhood except for fact my parents were musicians! We had so many people at our little four room house (w no indoor plumbing)! However those times were special

Absolutely no corners cut with Earl's genius. Listen as he goes up the neck at 0:47 - every note clear as a bell.

Best

My father played this song all the time

The first Martha White TV show.

Nice.....🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

Look Uncle Josh playing bass !!!

How did anyone find and upload these. Are they on dvd or vhs?

And a young Paul Warren sawing!

Thank you ADHD for leading me here.

God damn this gives me goosebumps.

Are you sure this is from 1956? Scruggs had the bowtie fingerboard from about 1949 to about March 1951. I could be wrong.

@bluegrassman3040

2 жыл бұрын

It looks earlier than 56, but maybe I’m wrong.

@bluegrassman3040

2 жыл бұрын

I read that Uncle Josh joined the group in 55, so the date could be close. Paul Warren looks like he is in his early twenties, but he actually was in his mid to late 30s in this video.

@edmondcamp2878

2 жыл бұрын

Yea Flatt and Scruggs didn’t start doing the Martha White radio show until 1953 and the Martha White tv show until 1955.

@DavisDykes

Жыл бұрын

This is either recorded in 55 or 56 like Edmond said. That’s when they started doing Tv shows for Martha white. They had hired them in like 53 I believe to play some radio shows. But Earl’s Granada neck was broken, and sent it to Gibson to repair, and they didn’t have any more necks for Granada’s. So they ended up replacing it with a bow tie neck. Which explains the Bow tie neck, and the Granada head stock.

Some quick chord changes on verses

Good God Earl was a master...

Is that Curly Sechler?

@wheelhossdude

2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@evelynovercash1147

2 жыл бұрын

@@wheelhossdude thank you. He is from my home town. He passed away a short time ago, he was in his late nineties.

@briscoedarling3237

2 жыл бұрын

Lester said Curly wouldn’t dare walk a mile without taking his car……

who is the mandolin player and did he ever play in Stanley Brother's band?

@MrPhantooz

Жыл бұрын

Curly Seckler

Who is the fiddler?

@MrPhantooz

9 ай бұрын

Paul Warren

Who's the guy in the back?

@MrPhantooz

2 жыл бұрын

Uncle Josh on bass. Curly Seckler on mandolin

Looks like Flatt is playing an 18.

Curly didn't age for 50 years

.but. Mom I am 84 PLol . ?

Bluegrass rap.

No One can out Banjo a Hillbilly...

Lester wasn't the best looking guy in the world.

@alaandre004

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t matter in the end I reckon

As good as it gets.