About time that we get to hear this! Thanks, B.B. - R.C.

❤❤❤

Yeah! Harley is one of the few banjo players who has not changed his playing during the years!❤

This is what I’m talkin’ ‘bout

Vivian was sure at the top of her game, too.

....-Vern and Ray,...my heroes !

GLORY!

Great group sounds just fine and joyful. Hurray

RIP David

RIP David

RIP David

Thanks so much for that -- loved it. To bad I never had a chance to see your band -- I did see Harley Bray once when he was in that band Red Cravens and the Bray Brothers and 516 Main Street. And it seems to he moved to Columbus Ohio too but I never met him when I was there.

So good - thanks so much for posting that gem! Used to exchange emails with the Williams back in the 1990s. Never got the chance to meet them. Are the still with us on this old earth? Those were the days. Are you playing Phil's Loar?

Alan O'Bryant on banjo! One of the best and you know who's playing banjo; a stylist within a style!

They are bad ass I tell you . Can still remember them as a child. At the Damascus carnival ground in Maryland.Dudly had a wonderful voice

51 views? This is gorgeous. There should be 51,000 views.

I love this version!!!! Is that crosspick alternated? Or 2 down 1 up??

Yes, per @skotg406, Harley passed on. I was at the memorial and we played some tunes for him, told stories (there were lots to tell :)), and generally gave him a good send-off. He's a legend in these parts!

Sorry Folks, Here with the sad news. Harley Passed Sept 21, 2024. After suffering with some health issue over the last few years. His Memorial was Saturday 3/9/24 in Everett Wa. Beautiful time, with some great pickers hanging out and picking, and swapping stories. His grandson brought his banjo, the mandolin Harley's father had made when Harley was a kid, and also the mandolin Harley made himself.

Pearly Blue is: Barry Brower, guitar & vocals; Jen Dunton-Brower, bass & vocals; Rich Jones, banjo & vocals; Pete Martin, mandolin & vocals; Mike Schway, fiddle & vocals.

Great song! After hearing the Country Gentlemen cover this song in the 60s or 70s, I discovered the version put out in 1936 by The Blue Sky Boys. Cliff & Laurel did a real nice job presenting it too.

In the state of West Virginia among the peaceful rolling hills There I met a mountain maid with eyes of blue Golden hair so soft and curly and her lips were like the dew She was the queen of West Virginia and her name was Linda Lou Linda Lou my Linda Lou can’t you hear me calling you Calling like a lonesome dove my Linda Lou When the moon is in the blue and the stars are shining too Can’t you hear my lonely heart calling for you Linda Lou I recall the night I met her how I held her hand in mine I recall the night we kissed and bid adieu Many miles may separate us if I should cross the ocean blue My heart is still in West Virginia with my darling Linda Lou

Great traditional bluegrass act! Time is filled with swift transition Naught of earth unmoved can stand Build you hopes on things eternal Hold to God’s unchanging hand Hold to God’s unchanging hand Hold to God’s unchanging hand Build your hopes on things eternal Hold to God’s unchanging hand Trust in Him who will not leave you What so ever years may bring If by earthly friends forsaken Still, more closely to Him cling When your journey is completed When the valley you pass through Fair and bright the home in glory Your enraptured soul will view

Great song (written by Wayne P. Walker & George Cherry) ... and recorded by Lefty Frizzell!

Nicely done! I’ve held you close ten thousand times You promised to be mine You broke my heart ten thousand ways When you kissed me your last time I’m worried troubled I can’t sleep This story I must tell The worst mistake I ever made Was loving you too well Another man took you from me He stole your heart away I’ve often prayed to God above You’d wander back some day

Precious! I'd like to find some video of John & Sue's band called "Good 'n Country" in the 70s with David Bersch, Bill Dunnip, George Relles & others.

This is a Butch Baldassari tune called Stallin'. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qandaX6enbJ4Zqssi=kJoPXbscKGrVzGot

This is a master class in Bluegrass music. Too bad many groups today aren't aware of original Bluegrass.

Wow. Great.

0:11

Real bluegrass.

What a treasure. I can’t find any video of Maddox Brothers and Rose in their heyday. That would be a sight.

200 bpm Del Yeah!!!

❤ from Vern's granddaughter

They knocked that out of the park.

So great -- wish I had not been 1500 miles away that day!

Fun. Thanks for sharing.

One of the prettiest little tunes in the country

Are the you, the Williams, and some that group still performing anywhere? And is that a tenor banjo?

Great job guys keep singing for the Lord

...-true, true, bluegrass,...listen-up -all you pickers out there !

Just wonderful! - brought back memories of when Rose performed in London (UK) round about 1990. She was superb, and the audience loved her. I was honoured to be asked to play banjo in the (bluegrass) band which backed her, and it was a terrific experience: due to time constraints, we had only a half-hour to rehearse for a two-hour show, but we all knew her bluegrass album and quite a lot of her other songs. After three numbers she started taking requests, which could have been an ordeal by fire, but she was perfect: in the rehearsal she had shown us her hand-signals for chord changes, and she conducted the band right through each number, without dropping her concentration on her fans for a second. She had worked with many pick-up bands, and was completely at home on-stage. An unforgettable experience ... Very many thanks for putting this on youtube

good music,,,

Great music,

Still never get tired of this music,

awesome +++

Here again to say I'm still listening and I miss you.

Barry, do you have any video of Good 'n' Country, the band with the Averills that preceded Kentucky Rose?

I believe I was at this show. It was a life changing show. Laurie Lewis was also there and was absolutely amazing. I have come to really love Vern’s music since then. He was the natural heir to Bill Monroe. The vocals of his bands just floor me.

Love is the Answer!