Sorry, I posted about Fisher’s hornpipe in the other video but it’s here.

What style banjo were you playing at this time Butch?

Great stuff.

Sound like Bill Keith is playing Fisher’s Hornpipe in the key of G. That song is tabbed in the Melodic banjo book by Trischka. So was this Bill’s arrangement from the beginning? Also another person is credited in the above mentioned book. Great arrangement

Cat loves it. So do I.

Very good.

Just wow

Bill Monroe the Mandolin Wizard... Great voice to... Can see the music hit your souls...

Great version Butch

I used to love to hear Bill play this tune, he had a backward slide on the top 4 strings that made you feel like you were standing in from of a vaccum cleaner and it taking your breath away. Some mandolin pickers try to play this, but none have captured that 'void of air' that Bill was able to create. WIsh there were more examples of this tune.

Thank you Cara for captureing this....

Sounds reminiscent of The 8 January.

Yep. From what I’ve heard of Sonny’s playing very good and filling in and passing chords.

Good job. Very clean.

❤️🎶❤️

song of my memories．

Thanks for posting such a great piece of bluegrass history, Butch!

Hi Butch, Thanks for posting this great piece of history! John

Beautiful ❤

One can see the very shiny chrome on that 12. Know the FON?

who's michael clem & what'd he do? never heard of him. i liked new grass revival & still do but didn't really follow 'you'all back then. 50 yr's ago. wow! we're old. 🤣🤣🤣

this is hot butch!

Been to the Cellar Door many times may have seen you there

How I miss the old days in eastern Kentucky my maw maw and papaw aunts uncles the old home place running the hollers good memories ❤❤

Hey butch, what kind of banjo strings do you use? I’ve always wondered that

Hard to beat ole Bill with high part classic right here

Kenny Baker = Badass!

Love the tune and the tuning Butch! Thanks for sharing.

Wow! Timeless and electrifying!

Oh so beautiful

Holy shit. WHAT A BAND

God bless Bill Monroe

Touching the heart.

Thanks Buch enjoy every time I hear it! David Myers

Thanks Mr. Butch!

Mighty fine. Those were the days...

WHAT a band. Bill Monroe, Don Lineberger, Gene Lowinger, Peter Rowan, and James Monroe. R. I. P. BILL MONROE Don🪕 Lineberger

YEAH BOYS YOU ARE THE BEST LISTENING TO YOU COMFORTS ME BECAUSE I AM ILL BUT I WILL BE OK JUST LET IT BE SOME OF YOU ARE DEAD BY NOW R.I.P. YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON IT IS NICE TO LISTEN TO YOU ON SUCH GRAY AUTUMN DAY

wow. wonderful!

Any day with new Courtney Johnson recordings is a good day. Thank you for posting, Mr. Robins.

excellent！

全編に響くドラムのビートがご機嫌ですね。ニューグラスの歴史的名演です。！

Is it possible to tell whether Fred played this on 4-string or 5-string? This recording sounds flatpicked to me, and sounds like it was done on steel strings (although admittedly FVE could get a steel string sound out of gut as well). If so, the similarity between this recording and 3-finger versions like Bill Keith's are probably due to the fact that both started with the same melody and reproduced it using the techniques of their instrument. Fred was accomplished in both 3-finger on the five string and the flatpicked tenor banjo, so he could easily have played it on both. It's on his "5 String Bano" album recorded in the 1950s, so that's evidence that he did play it fingerstyle at that point , at least. Thanks, Butch, for making this recording available.

It's great to have access on Facebook to this 1966 set from Carlton Haney's Fincastle, VA festival as recorded by Butch's dad Calvin Robbins. RON PETRONKO's black-and-white photo of Clyde Moody (with John Palmer on bass) is actually from Fincastle 1965 when Ron used b&w film - - Ron's 1966 Fincastle photos were all colour shots!☺

Frank Wakefield was a character!

Unreal performance and lineup!!

Listening in the UK, the great Bill Monroe.

Thanks for the memories. Bobby was my brother in law at the time. I think I attended the CMAs with my sister.

Title: "Blue Grass Special" (Bill's way).

Fantastic tune, Butch..I love it.