Foggy Mountain Special

[@petervdveenmuis]

Ricky Skaggs, a true master on the mandolin, back then and now. Amazing.

[@JasonNation72]

On Christmas Eve, I interviewed that little kid who's now the great Ricky Skaggs. He's hands down the nicest guy you'll ever talk to. It was a nice present for me and great material for my Sunday country show.

[@CapAnson12345]

It's a miracle anything from these early tv shows was saved.. They used to tape over everything pre-1970.

[@opryman65]

Excellent video of Ricky Skaggs as a child on the Flatt and Scruggs Show

[@jgmagoo1]

I just saw Ricky Skaggs TODAY (Sept. 4, 2011) at a concert in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Still goin' strong, and sounded GREAT! He mentioned in his show that he performed on stage with Flatt & Skruggs at age 7.

[@traildust32]

Gotta love Ricky Skaggs, that is pure God given talent. Thanks for shareing this video.

[@gliderp]

Lester Flatt was a class act. Letting the young lad play his heart out and Lester just took the back seat. There ought to be more men like Lester.

[@randyandwho]

And how lucky we are to have the opportunity to see both Earl and Ricky play for free in Golden Gate Park a mere 46 years after this recording! I ran from one stage to the other to be sure I didn't miss a note of either performance at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass last month.

[@BeingRomans829ed]

It's videos like this one that make KZbin worthwhile. How else could one get the opportunity to see this?

[@black84camaro]

Good song, awesome music. Thanks for posting.

[@laughing4younce]

Wow... I am in awe! Just getting to know his music now as I am learning to play the banjo... and I am amazed... no wonder. Isn't he something! Very cool!!!

[@hogdog53]

Great Video. Thanks for sharing that. I really enjoy Lestr and Earl.... Seeing Ricky is a bonus.

[@colindominy]

This is precious, priceless footage .. dated January 1962. A Once-In-A Generation Moment here, re young man Ricky in action with the GREAT F & S & The Fabulous Foggy Mtn Boys. Fans can get hold of this clip for themselves in perpetuity .. it's on Episode 2 of 2 in Volume 3 of Shenachie's fabulous 10-Volume DVD Collection of the best of the Flatt & Scruggs Marta White TV Shows, taken variously from the 1950s & 60s.

[@surprisevisitor2000]

Insanely perfect that this was captured on video for all to see. Crazy cool.

[@Vistadeck]

Wow Ricky Skaggs said this was here at his concert last night in Calgary, Alberta ---- Awesome !!! So glad he told us about it :)

[@KyndestKid]

Now this is what you call a gem!!

[@alagogo]

this is television history. WOW!!!

[@lisodo1]

A true god given talent that he has used very well.

[@steveontiveros5425]

A country gentleman then at such a young age and always will be . Love his music .

[@raventurquoise7]

It's hard to believe how good he could play already at only 7 yrs. old! So talented.

[@cyeoql]

Wow.... what a talent! Didn't know he started so young... he's one of my favorites

[@Satchmoeddie]

Lester Flatt supposedly found this kid, and I remember seeing Ricky in color I think on Grand Ole Opry at age 8 or 9 standing on his tip toes trying to reach the mic. He and Flatt were very close, but Lester died in 1977 if I am not mistaken. Ricky still puts out some great music, but everyone is a lot older now, and alas some have gone away, but its a treat to still hear them play. Thanks to whomever found this and posted it.

[@jeffkahl]

man could he pick even then! awesome!

[@ShirlAnnD]

WOW What a talent, truely a GOD given talent. I have ALWAYS loved Ricky Skaggs. He came to my hometown once, but I was too shy to speak to him. But, not now!! ha-ha! Thanks for this video.

[@scandawarrior]

Wow! thanx for the upload. I never knew that Ricky could play back then.

[@tenorbanjoguy]

Amazing that he already had so many of the attributes that make up a "star" a 7 years old! Good voice control, stage presence and a loose right hand! He could certainly "pick!"

[@banjotony]

That's awesome. If Ricky Scaggs was that good at 7, it's no wonder he's so fabulous a picker now.

[@juliahouse5212]

I saw Ricky Skaggs last summer at the Old Opry building. Everything comes full circle.

[@salmercker]

I knew my great uncle was good but dang didnt know he could play that good at 7 years old. I think it is great uncle. My mother's mother's sister's kid lol

[@LoneStarTweety]

A legend in his own time. Amazing

[@jbash1970]

Pretty damn cool 7-years old and being backed by one of the greatest blugrass groups ever. Awesome!

[@rockinredneck57]

Wow! Mad skills at 7! I knew Ricky was good early on, but didn't realize he was that good that early!

[@haroldsummers4070]

Great,googly,moogly.

[@madkatz5083]

Talk about a start! Ricky wound up with the right type of guys!

[@Grifiki]

Pick a little. Picka while. This Kid has Style.

[@dovermoreno]

Wow! What talent !! My son Anthony is 7 years old and if he can go to the bathroom without fracturing a rib.....well, that's a good day for him (lol) Thanks for posting!

[@deaconblue9038]

WOW!!...just... WOW!! I am impressed and what a lucky little boy he was!! Scruggs and Flatt !! How many artists can say they played with these guys as a little kid??!

[@jennifursun3303]

+deaconblue9038 well Marty Stuart comes close

[@danielmorris3687]

+deaconblue9038 Not only did he play with Flatt and Scruggs at 7yrs but when he was 6yrs old he played with Mr Bill Monroe. And to top it off he played one with Ralph and Carter Stanley before he turned 10!! As he says in interviews and his autobiography, he was blessed as a child. To play with the 3 most influential bands in the early history of the genre is amazing.

[@fineartist7710]

The late Bill Monroe is the Father of Bluegrass, but Ricky Skaggs is its ambassador today. I am reading your book right now Ricky, titled "Kentucky Traveler" and love the story you tell about also playing with Bill Monroe. The audience called for you "to play one", you were just seven years of age, in a high auditorium concert back in the early sixties.

[@anitadavideduo]

GREAT! And wonderful document!!!

[@golyg]

I love Ricky Scaggs

[@sbetts1234]

Ricky played the original across the road from my Uncle Chuck Gartin's (RIP) and he is my father's (RIP) Brother In Law Glare Mullins (Aunt Stella (RIP) nephew. I was born in Louisa KY ans damned proud of it. Like everyone else went to Ohio or some of us to Memphis. enjoyed the Video Ricky. Your Cousin Johnny is here with me. We are officially home sick after hearing this. Maybe we will all get together (hopefully in Louisa soon. Thinking of you .. Susan Gartin (Howard's Daughter)

[@robertglass5308]

This only PROVES there are some talents you are BORN with!

[@srybishop]

Wow. Great big thanks for these!

[@conedx]

how amazing is ricky skaggs omg

[@johnbrimacombe1805]

Totally AMAZING!!!!

[@thedollsisters]

Thanx so much - great video!

[@smb08]

that was fantastic!!

[@colindominy]

You can actually purchase a 6 volume DVD set of this historic long-lost footage of the Flatt & Scruggs Grand Ole Opry Show - sponsored by MARTHA WHITE of course - from Shenachie Records. GO FOR IT ! Worth every cent !!

[@colindominy]

@ottawarattlers : this clip is contained in Episode 2 of 2, Volume 3 of 10, in Shenachie's fabulous 10-Volume DVD set of the best of the Flatt & Scruggs Martha White TV Shows from the 1950s & 60s. Just visit the Shenachie website ... these DVDs are worth every penny ...

[@cameronrich3627]

Nowadays not a lot of people play such cool instruments like mandolin and banjo its such a shame !

[@CBinID]

4 finger chords at that tender age. I'm tossing my mandolin out.

[@Argon96]

yes,that is ricky scaggs..he did this on the martha white flour show...and played uncle pen with bill monroe on the opry at age 7

[@arkgunslinger]

cool thanks for posting it!

[@saraterrordragon]

so talented so cute

[@AWTD]

Man, that's amazing! And he's not even a mongoloid!

[@dadhiltonmps]

thanks for letting me know about Ricky Scaggs. Excellent "cat"

[@chisaoboy]

That's a freakin' riot... thanks for the laugh!

[@VA24541]

That is quite a story, 100% fiction, but still quite a story. The Flatt & Scruggs Show was on television for many years.

[@ccoraxfan]

Here's a good example of why it's good for people to start young on music! Now where are all the people who post disparaging comments on every unknown kid playing well on an instrument on KZbin? Aren't you all going to complain about how little Ricky's parents must have forced him to practice and how he couldn't have had a normal childhood? Come on, let's hear from you! ;)

[@seanlm21]

hes the best 7 yr. old ive seen

[@xOLDxCOWBOYx]

hope i can do that when i grow up

[@brianevans6328]

29 people, as of October 27, 2015 don't appreciate good music

[@cameronwalshguitar]

+Brian Evans yus its still 29!

[@tenniseme]

too cute!!!

[@GeneHilbert]

At 7-year old playing with Flatt and Scruggs - Damn...... !

[@XxWINxX94]

Gotta love how ole' Lester says "Special"

[@themaddogkiller]

Yessir, it surely is

[@adammilburn8855]

Ricky you little freak goddamn I wish I could have played like you at 7 years of age!

[@RobertELee01]

Dang! Somebody give that kid a raise!

[@jocwalk]

Another clue that Bill Monroe wasn't there was the presence of the dobro (played by "Uncle Josh" Graves.) Monroe was very vocal about how the dobro had no place in bluegrass music (which was pretty selective since the mandolin had only come into popularity shortly before Monroe was born.) Skaggs did play on stage with Monroe when he was six using Monroe's Gibson F-5 mandolin but that was at a Bill Monroe concert so you were partially right.

[@kadeberrier3799]

Would you happen to have Cash doing Folsom Prison Blues on the Martha White show, 1968?

[@kiddbrothers]

Cool video!

[@CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

@Mr8704 ...I think it was January 1962.

[@tactteam00]

aaah heeee heee heeeee... thatsaaa good one

[@GDguitarplayer]

wow very impressive!

[@jstrunck]

WoW!

[@sonoflavadome]

Awesome. makes ya proud to be American

[@MrLatafiole]

un grand gamin promèteur

[@mrgears]

I wish all the kids wasting their time trying to be proficient on Guitar Hero would see this. It'd be an inspiration to learn the real deal.

[@Mr8704]

thanks

[@CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL]

Awesome! ...Y'all need to watch "Jake and Josh. Have a Feast Here Tonight" on KZbin. It is a hot one, with funny lyrics and great singing.

[@tazburgh]

I was eating paste at that age. He's good. But that paste... yum yum! lol

[@lentilofhope]

@aaronecolyer It's a mandolin.

[@SPIRITAIR1]

GO RICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Hholeo8]

all i gotta say is.......WOW

[@jeffcollom7945]

Confident young man and he can pick probably a virtuoso I’d say

[@andrewmyers1447]

good job

[@harveylegs]

I could be wrong, but Flatt and Scruggs didn't usually have a mandolin player. It's assumed they left it out intentionally to differentiate their sound from Bill Monroes.

[@jocwalk]

I'm aware that's Ricky Skaggs. Further, I can assure you that Bill Monroe wasn't around. This is a clip from the Martha White Show that featured Flatt & Scruggs. Lester Flatt had already had his major falling out with Monroe by this time. Also, that is NOT Monroe's mandolin. Monroe was famous for playing a Gibson F-5 (Lloyd Loar era) mandolin. Skaggs is playing at A model which I have never seen nor heard of Monroe ever playing on stage.

[@tangerine1490]

very cool! he looks much the same, LOL! this reminds me of a video of a 14 year old jimmy page in b&w - legends in the making.

[@ekulrialb]

Is there a musical term for the quick strum technique at 0:53?

[@banjovi1953]

He was dead serious about it too! He meant business even back then. 5*****

[@paradisekid3]

Amen Ricky!!! Play it ol' son! lol

[@airbusA5000]

no that is ricky skaggs, They performed in the little town, out somewhere, and ricky and his parents went to the school where they were playing and bill monroe pulled him up on stage and began pickin with earl scruggs and lester flatt, the reason that bill monroe isnt around is becaus he gave his mandolin to ricky, and he walked out of the screen since he didnt play nothin durin that song

[@woodknocker64]

hmm...sleepy man banjo boys....what a talented group

[@PhatBoyFresh]

2:05 - 2:10 good jam

[@dingadang]

Holy CRAP!?!?!?!?!

[@legopicker]

That's about how old I was when I started... but I wasn't half that good then!

[@Jm01394]

No problem

[@chrisbowman69]

who is the pick

[@sadams12345678]

And to think now fifty years later we have not one very talented kid playing bluegrass, we have three. I think most people on here know who I'm talking about.

[@Gilstrap2009]

Golden stuff! Little Ricky Skraggs! I gotta say big Ricky would look a helluva lot better if he went back to little Ricky's hairstyle. What is that all about?