I've been playing guitar for nearly 60 years and I still have not mastered Travis picking. And the most disheartening thing is while like this guy most players use all their fingers, Merle Travis did it using only his thumb and one finger.
Nice Intro! 4-tet of 4 VIolins plus all the company.
@chicojcf4 күн бұрын
Beautiful.
@chicojcf4 күн бұрын
This woman has played it before.
@aaronvillanueva16974 күн бұрын
Renfo version of lorretta lynn love these clips
@michealgilliland88304 күн бұрын
It appears that "Aunt Mandy" was Amanda Bowling Bailey (1883-1972) She was born to Jason Walker Bowling and Catherine Bowling. The Unamed 92 year old sister from the newspaper article appears to be Margaret Bowling Garrison (1873-1974)
@MickEdwardsAccordionVocal5 күн бұрын
Great Song my Friend and so well sung, Glad I seen it , Worthy of a Big thumbs up ,Well done, 🪗🪗🪗 Mick.
@Funkit8915 күн бұрын
I was 12 in 1965 people aren't good like that anymore. it's a shame.
@Funkit8915 күн бұрын
Nice performance. Loved it
@AaronVillanova-sx1bx5 күн бұрын
Renfo version of mother Maybelle Carter ❤
@donaldkrech81466 күн бұрын
Interesting that his guitar isn't plugged in.
@gam14714 күн бұрын
At 1:38 his guitar plucks a chord after his hand's left the guitar. I imagine that this clip's been mimed for a TV show. We used to see this sort of thing here in the UK in the 1960s on 'Top of the Pops'.
@Quimiqua4 күн бұрын
@donaldkrech8146 @gam1471 This performance is from a full length movie called 'John Lair's Renfro Valley Barn Dance'. The majority of the film presented a scripted version of the show that took place every Saturday night in Renfro Valley. They used a mix of live footage shot at an actual Saturday night barn dance show, mixed with footage shot when no audience was present. Some of the audio was live recorded and matches the performances - some was recorded at a different time and edited in to match (roughly). According to Pete Stamper in his book, the filmmakers went to great lengths to hide microphones, cords, speakers, etc. (with the exception of the part of the film which showed the Sunday morning radio show). Stamper's appearance was filmed at the Saturday night live show. He had a microphone under his shirt, and the cable for it ran under his clothes, out the bottom of his pant leg, and off the stage and out of sight. He recalled how odd he looked trying to walk out on stage with a wire running down his leg. Stamper's vocal on his song seems to sync up quite well with the video - but again, you see no cords on the guitars. Some performances seem obviously 'live' (like Pleaz Mobley singing 'Pretty Polly'), while some which appear live at first (like Al Ballinger & The Bluegrass Drifters doing 'Alabam') but are actually composites of two different performances. (Watch the banjo player's shirt!)
@gam14713 күн бұрын
@@Quimiqua Thanks for this detailed and fascinating piece of history - wonderful!😊
@vernoningles49196 күн бұрын
A few things just don't add up here !!!!
@user-hj6ti2is4v6 күн бұрын
Who is this old woman? Interesting!!
@krisswegemer11636 күн бұрын
Real music... Thank You!!!!
@woodygoodpicker557 күн бұрын
I have a doubt his guitar is not connected to believe that it is Chet Atkins who plays hiding behind a curtain 🎼🎶 🎸
@joshferguson97033 күн бұрын
Well he is finger the right positions on the neck and honestly Chet wasn’t the only player who played like this
@user-pv7cc4uz6x7 күн бұрын
As a former Renfro Valley entertainer I've heard many names mentioned over the years but I don't have any recollection of the name Aunt Mandy Bailey. Would love to have some information on her.
@Quimiqua6 күн бұрын
Thank you for the comment. There's a story in the Lexington paper from when the movie came out in 1966 that says she was "an 84-year-old five string 'banjer-picker' and singer who occasionally throws in a few dance steps authentic of the folk culture of the Appalachians". It mentions she was one of the "Feudin' Baileys", but the only place I've found that phrase anywhere at all is in the big newspaper ad that ran in different papers when the movie was released. I'm guessing the group she appeared with in the film (Old Joe Clark, Clarence Walls, Ralph Marcum) must have been called the Feudin' Baileys, but probably after the fact - maybe in attempt to capitalize on the perceived popularity of feuding hillbillies. There is nothing in the movie, or the credits, that mention the 'Feudin' Baileys. The article also mentions that the dress Aunt Mandy wears in the movie was made by her 92-year-old sister, who stayed up nearly all night finishing it so she could wear it for the filming the next day. That's about all I know at this point. I really like that 'Five Miles to Town' if you're the same guy. When did you play on the Barn Dance?
@user-pv7cc4uz6x6 күн бұрын
My brother and I played there from 1988 thru 1997
@user-pv7cc4uz6x6 күн бұрын
Thank you for the info. I've heard of the Feudin' Baileys
@aaronvillanueva16977 күн бұрын
The lady on the accordion and the other on guitar look like hellen and mother maybelle carter
@juttagro26479 күн бұрын
Klasse❤❤❤😊😊
@henrysmith54729 күн бұрын
Is that Grandpa Jones?
@Quimiqua9 күн бұрын
Not Grandpa Jones - that's Old Joe Clark! He was a featured performer on the Renfro Valley Barn Dance from the late 1940s onward. He also appeared on the Opry in the early '50s, and toured with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys around the same time.
@user-ug6ti3op3x8 күн бұрын
Imitator not Grandpa Jones . Title block - Clarence Walls - vocal, guitar Manuel D. 'Old Joe' Clark - banjo 'Little' Ralph Marcum - fiddle
@SCconservative20119 күн бұрын
That was really fun. It's amazing she can dance and play like that and still be able to sing so well without being out of breath
@steveparker-qx9sm9 күн бұрын
Miss my brother vester
@lindseywalker692511 күн бұрын
Where have all the good times gone?
@IMBrute-ir7gz11 күн бұрын
Uh, that one trick was... uh, rather suggestive, don't you think?
@Quimiqua11 күн бұрын
If anyone has any information about this performer, please share it in the comments! Thanks in advance. 🌞
@michealgilliland88304 күн бұрын
I'll also post this information in the main comment section, but I wanted to reply here first. It appears that "Aunt Mandy" was Amanda Bowling Bailey (1883-1972) She was born to Jason Walker Bowling and Catherine Bowling. The Unamed 92 year old sister from the newspaper article appears to be Margaret Bowling Garrison (1873-1974)
@Quimiqua4 күн бұрын
@@michealgilliland8830 Thanks very much for this! I had found Amanda Y./Amandy Bowling Bailey, but had not yet found her older siblings. Sure looks like the right person to me. 🌞
@lha395411 күн бұрын
Was this from a movie?
@bluegrassman304011 күн бұрын
No, it’s from Renfro Valley, KY.
@lha395411 күн бұрын
@@bluegrassman3040 from a live broadcast?
@bluegrassman304011 күн бұрын
@@lha3954 it was filmed at the Barn Dance there. I’m not sure if they aired those over the radio or not.
@Quimiqua11 күн бұрын
lha3954 It's from a feature length film made about the Renfro Valley Barn Dance in 1965. The full title of the movie is 'John Lair's Renfro Valley Barn Dance in Eastman Color'. There was a soundtrack LP released which contains audio of some of the performances featured in the film. @bluegrassman3040, you are correct - it is from Renfro Valley. But it is also from a movie. 🌞 Some of the performances were filmed during the regular Saturday night barn dance show (which would have aired on the radio), others were filmed at different times over a week (or so) in the summer of 1965.
@ronandmargwilliston33512 күн бұрын
God bless her
@stephanieparker943013 күн бұрын
My father in law on Banjo. Was a great man.
@Quimiqua11 күн бұрын
He appears in a number of the other Renfro Valley videos recently uploaded here, which you probably already know. 🌞
@grassshadow110 күн бұрын
I wouldn't fight him...he looks like he can handle himself
@PrismRisen13 күн бұрын
The most authentic classic there ever has been. Thanks for this video.
@lindseywalker692514 күн бұрын
Where have all the good times gone?
@lindseywalker692514 күн бұрын
Half banjo half dobro???
@GreenGordonPolitics16 күн бұрын
My KZread timeline is radicalizing me into a gosh darn hillbilly
@Quimiqua16 күн бұрын
Only the banjo will save the world!
@GreenGordonPolitics16 күн бұрын
@@Quimiqua Yes indeed, strokes have taken away holding a geetar pick, I'd love to learn but I can only thumb tunes, no finger picking, but near as I can tell I can play a vio.. FIDDLE... Ya a fiddle to fulfill my inner hillbilly urges 😉 Thanks for uploading I am really enjoying this squew my algorithm has taken me 👍
@joetaadaa7074Ай бұрын
Makes me want to dance. I just gotta dance
@joetaadaa7074Ай бұрын
Very nice. I felt every string as the bow ran over them. Nice work!
@narelle4868Ай бұрын
Wow. 9 years ago! Excellent Steve.
@Martin-es8mbАй бұрын
Kenny Loggins who wrote and performed this song in the original Footloose film and the remake and now the song live on stage in the musical Footloose.
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America at it's finest.
Interesting that he’s on the bridge position. Sounds pretty open. edit: great playing!
Tune those geetars!!!!
Beautiful cutaway guitar. Is it a Gibson?
Thank you whoever posted this.simple fun with talented people. Much diffirent now
Dang Buddy! Above violin's 7th position. . . segue.
That fiddle is certainly a cacklin'!
Mighty Fine Travis picking!
Wow!
I've been playing guitar for nearly 60 years and I still have not mastered Travis picking. And the most disheartening thing is while like this guy most players use all their fingers, Merle Travis did it using only his thumb and one finger.
Lead off Violinist, he's done that before.
Fantastic guitar playing, musical phrase ending 0:56
What people did before social media
Wow great bow control for a country fiddler!
Do not watch this tripping.
Few years ago
Nice Intro! 4-tet of 4 VIolins plus all the company.
Beautiful.
This woman has played it before.
Renfo version of lorretta lynn love these clips
It appears that "Aunt Mandy" was Amanda Bowling Bailey (1883-1972) She was born to Jason Walker Bowling and Catherine Bowling. The Unamed 92 year old sister from the newspaper article appears to be Margaret Bowling Garrison (1873-1974)
Great Song my Friend and so well sung, Glad I seen it , Worthy of a Big thumbs up ,Well done, 🪗🪗🪗 Mick.
I was 12 in 1965 people aren't good like that anymore. it's a shame.
Nice performance. Loved it
Renfo version of mother Maybelle Carter ❤
Interesting that his guitar isn't plugged in.
At 1:38 his guitar plucks a chord after his hand's left the guitar. I imagine that this clip's been mimed for a TV show. We used to see this sort of thing here in the UK in the 1960s on 'Top of the Pops'.
@donaldkrech8146 @gam1471 This performance is from a full length movie called 'John Lair's Renfro Valley Barn Dance'. The majority of the film presented a scripted version of the show that took place every Saturday night in Renfro Valley. They used a mix of live footage shot at an actual Saturday night barn dance show, mixed with footage shot when no audience was present. Some of the audio was live recorded and matches the performances - some was recorded at a different time and edited in to match (roughly). According to Pete Stamper in his book, the filmmakers went to great lengths to hide microphones, cords, speakers, etc. (with the exception of the part of the film which showed the Sunday morning radio show). Stamper's appearance was filmed at the Saturday night live show. He had a microphone under his shirt, and the cable for it ran under his clothes, out the bottom of his pant leg, and off the stage and out of sight. He recalled how odd he looked trying to walk out on stage with a wire running down his leg. Stamper's vocal on his song seems to sync up quite well with the video - but again, you see no cords on the guitars. Some performances seem obviously 'live' (like Pleaz Mobley singing 'Pretty Polly'), while some which appear live at first (like Al Ballinger & The Bluegrass Drifters doing 'Alabam') but are actually composites of two different performances. (Watch the banjo player's shirt!)
@@Quimiqua Thanks for this detailed and fascinating piece of history - wonderful!😊
A few things just don't add up here !!!!
Who is this old woman? Interesting!!
Real music... Thank You!!!!
I have a doubt his guitar is not connected to believe that it is Chet Atkins who plays hiding behind a curtain 🎼🎶 🎸
Well he is finger the right positions on the neck and honestly Chet wasn’t the only player who played like this
As a former Renfro Valley entertainer I've heard many names mentioned over the years but I don't have any recollection of the name Aunt Mandy Bailey. Would love to have some information on her.
Thank you for the comment. There's a story in the Lexington paper from when the movie came out in 1966 that says she was "an 84-year-old five string 'banjer-picker' and singer who occasionally throws in a few dance steps authentic of the folk culture of the Appalachians". It mentions she was one of the "Feudin' Baileys", but the only place I've found that phrase anywhere at all is in the big newspaper ad that ran in different papers when the movie was released. I'm guessing the group she appeared with in the film (Old Joe Clark, Clarence Walls, Ralph Marcum) must have been called the Feudin' Baileys, but probably after the fact - maybe in attempt to capitalize on the perceived popularity of feuding hillbillies. There is nothing in the movie, or the credits, that mention the 'Feudin' Baileys. The article also mentions that the dress Aunt Mandy wears in the movie was made by her 92-year-old sister, who stayed up nearly all night finishing it so she could wear it for the filming the next day. That's about all I know at this point. I really like that 'Five Miles to Town' if you're the same guy. When did you play on the Barn Dance?
My brother and I played there from 1988 thru 1997
Thank you for the info. I've heard of the Feudin' Baileys
The lady on the accordion and the other on guitar look like hellen and mother maybelle carter
Klasse❤❤❤😊😊
Is that Grandpa Jones?
Not Grandpa Jones - that's Old Joe Clark! He was a featured performer on the Renfro Valley Barn Dance from the late 1940s onward. He also appeared on the Opry in the early '50s, and toured with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys around the same time.
Imitator not Grandpa Jones . Title block - Clarence Walls - vocal, guitar Manuel D. 'Old Joe' Clark - banjo 'Little' Ralph Marcum - fiddle
That was really fun. It's amazing she can dance and play like that and still be able to sing so well without being out of breath
Miss my brother vester
Where have all the good times gone?
Uh, that one trick was... uh, rather suggestive, don't you think?
If anyone has any information about this performer, please share it in the comments! Thanks in advance. 🌞
I'll also post this information in the main comment section, but I wanted to reply here first. It appears that "Aunt Mandy" was Amanda Bowling Bailey (1883-1972) She was born to Jason Walker Bowling and Catherine Bowling. The Unamed 92 year old sister from the newspaper article appears to be Margaret Bowling Garrison (1873-1974)
@@michealgilliland8830 Thanks very much for this! I had found Amanda Y./Amandy Bowling Bailey, but had not yet found her older siblings. Sure looks like the right person to me. 🌞
Was this from a movie?
No, it’s from Renfro Valley, KY.
@@bluegrassman3040 from a live broadcast?
@@lha3954 it was filmed at the Barn Dance there. I’m not sure if they aired those over the radio or not.
lha3954 It's from a feature length film made about the Renfro Valley Barn Dance in 1965. The full title of the movie is 'John Lair's Renfro Valley Barn Dance in Eastman Color'. There was a soundtrack LP released which contains audio of some of the performances featured in the film. @bluegrassman3040, you are correct - it is from Renfro Valley. But it is also from a movie. 🌞 Some of the performances were filmed during the regular Saturday night barn dance show (which would have aired on the radio), others were filmed at different times over a week (or so) in the summer of 1965.
God bless her
My father in law on Banjo. Was a great man.
He appears in a number of the other Renfro Valley videos recently uploaded here, which you probably already know. 🌞
I wouldn't fight him...he looks like he can handle himself
The most authentic classic there ever has been. Thanks for this video.
Where have all the good times gone?
Half banjo half dobro???
My KZread timeline is radicalizing me into a gosh darn hillbilly
Only the banjo will save the world!
@@Quimiqua Yes indeed, strokes have taken away holding a geetar pick, I'd love to learn but I can only thumb tunes, no finger picking, but near as I can tell I can play a vio.. FIDDLE... Ya a fiddle to fulfill my inner hillbilly urges 😉 Thanks for uploading I am really enjoying this squew my algorithm has taken me 👍
Makes me want to dance. I just gotta dance
Very nice. I felt every string as the bow ran over them. Nice work!
Wow. 9 years ago! Excellent Steve.
Kenny Loggins who wrote and performed this song in the original Footloose film and the remake and now the song live on stage in the musical Footloose.