Earl Scruggs And Friends - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (REACTION) First Time Hearing It

[@gypsygirl3255]

I think this is a great cover, it features Steve Martin on second banjo, Albert Lee, Vince Gill, and Randy Scruggs on guitars, Marty Stuart on mandolin, Jerry Douglas on dobro, Leon Russell on organ, Gary Scruggs on harmonica, and Paul Shaffer on piano.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for taking the time to share the names of the artists. Much appreciated.

[@jodyparkercraven]

Harry Stinson drummer for Marty Stuart on drums

[@jodyparkercraven]

I believe it’s Glenn Duncan on fiddle, if not it’s Stuart Duncan can’t remember which

[@MarkhamShawPyle]

@@SaeedReacts., it is just possible that you half-recognize Vince Gill as having been a part of the soft-rock/country group Pure Prairie League and, I should think, rather more possible that you vaguely recognize Jerry Douglas as the co-host, with Aly Bain, of the BBC's / RTE's Transatlantic Sessions. (And for those wondering what the hell a dobro is, that's the trade name of the steel resonator / slide guitar invented by the Dopjera Brothers to stand up to the Big Band sound of jazz and swing from the '20s through the '40s.)

[@JimiBurleigh]

​@@gypsygirl3255 It's hilarious to see Shaffer bouncing around like a maniac contrasted with Leon just chillin'. Makes me smile every time I see it.

[@rayj1011]

Earl Scruggs used to play with the duo of Flat (Lester) and Scruggs. They first recorded the theme "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" of the TV show "Beverly Hillbillies."

[@Carolyn-u2i]

Earl Scruggs is an innovator of a new stile of banjo picking. He was born and raised about 5 miles from where I live. Very famous North Carolina son. Vince Gill is playing the electric guitar and Leon Russell is os the keyboard. Thanks for the great reaction!

[@jeffreyburley4033]

It is my first time seeing this video. Thank you so much for presenting it. This music is simply fun. You smile when you hear it, your foot taps keeping the beat. And all these popular musicians doing their thing just makes it that much happier to watch. Great stuff.

[@brooos]

A bluegrass standard and classic written by Earl Scruggs, one of the fathers of bluegrass.

[@dmn23]

That is a truly fearsome group of players, every one of those guys is a monster.

[@LoisChisholm]

The grey beard playing the organ was the late, great Leon Russell. ❤ Steve Martin's banjo playing goes way back. I remember him doing stand-up in the late 60s with a fake arrow thru his head and a banjo. He would play little banjo riffs between jokes. What a Wild and Crazy guy! 😂

[@merryklascius584]

@@LoisChisholm Leon was too cool!! He is missed!

[@shelleyparsons5735]

He was the opening act for a concert I went to back in the day (don't actually remember what band it was), but I remember Steve with the arrow & the banjo. He was hilarious.

[@gypsygirl3255]

@@shelleyparsons5735 I saw him open for Alice Cooper

[@sbigford]

Steve Martin actually has a grammy for his bluegrass pickin'.

[@mojomusica.0169]

The Earl Scruggs banjo was made by Gibson. They haven't made banjos since 2010 when the factory was destroyed by a flood on the Cumberland River. A Scruggs banjo is about $5000 if you want one.

[@loisrogers9042]

Super group 🎉

[@PatrickMarcotte-z5e]

The amount of talent on stage here is off the charts! Yes Steve can pick the #$%& out of a banjo!!!

[@stuBdoc]

Bluegrass is a strictly American musical invention, characterized by technically complex acoustic instrumental solos. Bluegrass refers to a type of grass that's common in Kentucky. This style of banjo picking was invented by Earl Scruggs, the old man leading this group. This song is his composition, and was made famous as the theme song of the movie Bonnie & Clyde in 1968. There were other styles before him. Bluegrass arose from Appalachian folk music in the 1940's with several groups, and has had a real revival lately, with new stars like Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle. All bluegrass players have to be phenomenal instrumentalists to make it in that world.

[@dscotthoward7467]

Eric Clapton has named Albert Lee(on red electric here) his favorite guitar player! High praise indeed.

[@KathrynLiz1]

Earl Scruggs is the master of finger pickin' banjo... no one does it better...

[@blwarren63]

Lots of living legends in that room.

[@williamvitullo6749]

One of the tunes we played on our “walkmans” when we skied it really got you moving

[@rachelbrachman1510]

All fabulous musicians...and a great song presentation. I met Earl Scruggs at the fiddlers convention in Galax VA in the 70s

[@guaporeturns9472]

At 1:50 is Steve Martin.. comedian , actor , and every thing else. That guy is awesome

[@OriginalLictre]

Steve Martin doesn't just play the banjo, he organizes and (if I remember correctly) actually FUNDS banjo competitions.

[@alexbonner2128]

Yeah, I was surprised by Steve Martin the first time I saw this video when it came out. Then a few years back I was traveling in a plane and plugged in my headphones and they were playing his new bluegrass album he had just released. Good stuff.

[@jaddison1112]

This bluegrass music "Foggy Moutain Breakdown" was very famously featured in the 1967 blockbuster movie "Bonnie and Clyde" Starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as real life Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and their crime gang. The movie is based on true stories about the couple's bank robbing crime spree in middle America in the 1930s Depression years. This music was played as backup for their daring police chases. In the movie they were made folk heroes, but the end the law caught up with them and used machine guns to shoot them and their car to pieces to end their crime spree. That car still exists. This video has chase scenes with Foggy Mountain Breakdown in it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYq7dJ2GnNCnh68 Ending:

[@gypsygirl3255]

You could check out Steve Martin's band, Steep Mountain Rangers

[@CindyNavarro]

You did a reaction recently of Vince Gill & Carrie Underwood singing "Amazing Grace." He's also well known for "Go Rest High on That Mountain." Great musician!

[@kowindsurf1590]

foggy mt. breakdown was music in the movie Bonnie and Clyde

[@glennshirley5317]

Chase scene from the movie " Bonnie and Clyde"

[@RalphSpoiledsport]

I know this from Bonnie and Clyde. Later I learned much more about bluegrass. Fantastic video, Saeed.

[@chuckstrunk236]

Harry Stinson is the drummer.

[@gregkoch6129]

If you go back to the old Saturday Night Live you'll find Steve Martin with his banjo

[@noblshtplz]

Although knowing you are a movie buff, if you haven't seen the film Deliverance, Dueling Banjos is a great picking piece as well. Thanks for this...

[@kathleenfarraher9894]

This is frig n awesome

[@guaporeturns9472]

Check Roy Clark Malagueña on the Odd Couple

[@miconis123]

Only Murders In The Building is a great show

[@slacker6124]

When you have a chance you should check out Steve Martin - Pretty Little One, great song

[@gypsygirl3255]

I only wish Ricky Skaggs was on this.