Country Gentlemen - Bringing Mary Home

[@reivertomwilson4959]

This was recorded toward the end of decades of the best Bluegrass era. I don't ever see it being topped.

[@greg41]

My Dad died in March of 2012 , He was a great mandolin , and guitar player . My Dad use to play and sing this song to us children at our very young age . I still remember it like it was just yesterday , I am now 61 yrs old , my Dad was 79 yrs old when he passed on .

[@Sss-bv5il]

Awwww I so hear you. My Dad too could play anything and loved bluegrass. We used to play this song or listen to it and marveled at how sad it was. He died in 2016. I carry my love for this music on for him. Playing these tunes is like hanging out with him. John Duffy wrote and recorded a sequel to this song called, “I’ve come to take you home.” Look it up and listen to it. It’ll send chills down your spine. It’s so great. ❤️

[@glendaclem4807]

OH my gosh the same with my dad.

[@alleykattmullins945]

My dad sang all these songs...he passed in 2021 at 83 yrs old...he played guitar, mandolin, banjo, and anything musical put in his hands...he sang like an angel...i miss him so bad ...saddest thing is he never taught me to play..i learned on my own

[@drogba4evah672]

One of the creepiest songs ever song. Totally freaked me out as a little kid.

[@dontait5931]

i am 92 and love this song no matter who sing it

[@carsonphoenix8844]

Great traditional bluegrass ballad, never get tired of hearing it!

[@lulatodd2147]

Charlie Waller and John Duffy, two of the best voices in music.

[@bluegrasshack3810]

10/10/24: it’s Duffey and this is just plain magic!

[@Moonchalice]

It's a lovely story the way it's told. Here we have Charlie Waller, Jon Duffey, Eddie Adcock and Tom Gray. You can't get more excellent than that. Two of them are gone from the planet. What a great thing KZbin is to allow us to see this now.

[@jerryjenkins2995]

Very inspirational very good band always welcome I actually picked my guitar back

[@cstokes359]

Mac Wiseman’s version is the one I like.

[@Papoliteo]

One of the best Bluegrass ballads ever. Charley Waller and John Duffy together, Wow. Two Bluegrass legends and the bands to match. Thanks

[@peternye3393]

50 years ago today, Feb. 25, 1965, "Bringing Mary Home" was recorded by the Country Gentlemen in the Language Laboratory of Syracuse University. Gary Sanford recorded an entire LP for the Rebel label featuring Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock and Ed Ferris.

[@mom2829]

That high lonesome sound 1:02

[@BoHester502]

BEST GROUP EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tippimail1]

Wow!!!They were the best,IMHO.I got to see the Scene and the Gents both live.R.I.P. John & Charlie.

[@kenblaustein4992]

The Gents vocals truly amongst the best in Bluegrass.

[@crackerjohnnybravo42]

Brings back memories of when I was a little girl back in the late 60's early70's. My dad you to take our family to bluegrass festivals. I remember hearing this song alot......

[@darlenemiller9226]

Me too!! I loved it!!

[@rosalum]

When I was little my father and I would sing this for friends and relatives. It wasn't until I was older that I realized what the song meant. But still, to this day, when I hear the song it reminds me of my father.

[@waynesigmon5628]

Yeah it reminds me and my father in the 1970s listen to 8-track tape of the country gentlemen my father took me to see the country gentlemen I was probably eight or 10 years old it was called the Lake Norman Music Hall in Iredell County North Carolina and he used to listen to a lot of Jerry Clower I love those memories I wish my father was still here with me

[@vanessaspurgin659]

I’m reading about this song and how it came about. It’s a story I’ve heard for many many many years. It’s awesome that the “lady of white rock lake” has her own song. I’ll be calling her Mary now.

[@gmooney1149]

My dad played this song for me as a child(my favorite) on his guitar. Sweet, deep memories

[@glendaclem4807]

Me tooo😢

[@mrskennya]

Their bus even had Bringing Mary Home written on it! Wonderful group, great sound!

[@willieperkins1078]

The best of the best by the best

[@Mikadeaux]

Damn it. I miss Charlie! He taught me this song when I was little.

[@janicemay2211]

AWESOME SONG AND SINGING TOTHE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN.

[@ulrichfriehe3459]

Great tale of horror, sung by the one and only late John Duffey.

[@erniebrumage3464]

Oh, the wonderful memories that brings back...

[@shadowlegacy11]

my english teacher made us listen to this and i LOVE IT!

[@46r11]

Mac Wiseman did this one the best of all. Miss his music

[@brianflynn7598]

Still coming back to this one .

[@MrWilsonbw]

One of the few bands that occasionally stepped out of the "traditional" bluegrass mold but still kept it 100% authentic. We will never see a band like this again. I was lucky see them live in the late 60s.

[@Bascomblodge]

So sad that both Charlie and John are gone. Didn't they bring us some beautiful music and sounds though?

[@reapaulhamus9823]

LOVE them so much,don,t hear good music like this now,AMAZING!!!

[@stellingbanjos]

i had just started playing dobro with charlie and saw this reunion. i wish i could get a copy of the whole show

[@edwardharris3728]

Meet Doyle Lawson in Culpepper Va in 74' I was 12 yrs old. Sat on there Bus. Talked for hours. Fb. Friends to this day..

[@kari900]

i love this song its kinda sad though the first time i actually understood it i almost cried

[@PaulLangan]

Unbelievable , thanks so much for posting. The best of the best!

[@debraodonnell]

I've only just discovered this song it really makes me choke up❤

[@suzannewalton203]

Paranormal episode brought me here today. Goosebumps have I. A beautiful song though.

[@fredkoning]

Beautiful harmony, beautiful song!

[@banjoist123]

Best ghosty bluegrass song ever. The "ooh" harmony in the background always gives me goosebumps.

[@friedapickett2881]

great sound, brings back good memories. Thank you, Country Gentlemen, for fond memories.

[@DenesiaBarbecho]

I love this song..been so long since ive heard this.. My Mother Mary used to sing this back in the day.. what memories... thanks for upload

[@SteelguitarLane]

I don't think I've ever heard Bessie sing like that except in person. Best sounding bass in bluegrass

[@arielleemmens07]

My grandfather wrote this for them, I love you Pop pop.

[@davidrowinski2160]

Who was your grandfather?

[@konewone361]

I’m getting on in years but I’ve never heard this song until today. How in the heck did I miss it. 🙁

[@haileywhitlock8232]

my Nana use to sing ne to sleep with this song every night when I was a child and now that I'm older I understand better wich means it kinda freaks me out but still an awesome song❤

[@ehrinn2009]

This song is a true story!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jondoes8222]

If i had the nerve , I would love to pick one up and try to talk with them and let them know whats going on. They may be stuck in a repitive time warp and need help to go on...A residual type of haunting, a replay over and over....That would be worse than hell...

[@DanielCPurdy]

Seems like a very old traditional song; but, written by Duffey and another in 66. They were the first to record it, many others since.

[@FuyoFacboc]

Boy that make anyone cry

[@laurelwyatt6327]

Thank you so much for sharing. My parents took me so many times to the Meadowgreen Park in Clay City, KY to see Charlie and the Country Gentlemen. It was crazy that a group of this caliber and fame would drive to the middle of nowhere and play in a barn, and we loved it. Heard him sing this song in person probably 20 times. He was such a wonderful singer, and a sweet, genuine person- he always had time to take song requests from the tiniest person in the place. He is so missed- the remaining band members are all great pickers, but will never be the same without Charlie.

[@victoriajohnson6950]

My father in law. Does this perfect!

[@swingrfd]

How does he harmonize with himself?

[@johnkrim8377]

If this song brings tears to your eyes , you should hear John Duffy's answer to it many years later titled. ( I've come to take you home )😢

[@dramos5519]

Love this song, one of a kind!

[@jakebane861]

Just saw something about Lydia's Bridge on "Monsters & Mysteries in America," and this song was mentioned. It's a neat song. Reminds me a lot of "The Ride" by David Allan Coe

[@glendaclem4807]

Tears😢

[@dufus2273]

These guys are great. Mac Wiseman has a great version of this song also.

[@revron1934]

outstanding song and group......

[@joemysterymusic]

Great tune for Halloween, especially. What this was song is based on is an urban legend. A guy in a car picks up a girl standing by the side of the road, coming home from a dance. She's strange and somewhat distant, for sure. Pulling up to her home, he gets out of the car to let her out the back seat. Upon opening the door, she has vanished. As in the song, he goes up to the house and and old woman comes to the door. She reveals herself to be the mother of Lydia (Mary in song), a young girl who has died on the highway many years before.. Wow! Just the timeless tale of someone dying young in an accident and now a ghost tied to the scene by tragedy. The story is up on the internet as Lydia, the Phantom Hitchhiker, under North Carolina Ghost Stories and Legends. But actually, I have seen the story as a paranormal episode on TV modified in story line and location (in New York state).

[@newtoncooper4085]

Reminds me of the Shenandoah Valley, Halloween in Stuart's Draft, God's country.

[@Anywherestudios]

mmmmm never enough Country Gentleman!

[@perryposey5817]

Anywherestudios

[@jweaver9242]

No better bluegrass band than this one ever,!,!

[@540rollerman]

I liked this very much. Thank you.

[@zedlacredit]

I remember this song... and Myrna Lorrie's version is one I identify with the most.

[@conatpoint]

Amazing video Thank You very much for posting!

[@teressaadams9352]

This sounds a lot like what happened at Lydia's bridge in Jamestown NC!

[@cierakitty]

How odd, I just watched a story about this on tv covering this paranormal incident. One man decided to investigate the story. He went through all the deaths back then and found no one named Lydia, but he did find a Mary that died on that road that year

[@AndyMorrisArt]

Well the song is about the Lady of White Rock Lake so apparently Urban Legends know no boundaries, LOL

[@jedavisbooks]

this is the song written about Mary in Jamestown, NC......True Story

[@rickgreene5262]

my all time favorite

[@bettygs1]

Is that Eddie Adcock on the banjo? We would go to the Shamrock in falls Church to see them on Friday nights and the on sat nights go tot see them at the Shamrock in DC,,,John Duffy,Charlie Waller and Tom Gray,,,

[@jburleson123]

Yes, that's Adcock.

[@DraconicDreams81]

what its a very good fucking song

[@randyjones7818]

Awesome..big.john.duffey is so good...very good..rj.

[@navyperfume7663]

When I get on stage this is one I sing for sure.....am a newfie eh?

[@SteelguitarLane]

@igorozkarsky that wasn't "Leaving of Liverpool," but a very similar (probably descendant from "Leaving") song Charlie sang for decades, that he called "Fare Thee Well." Charlie recorded it on the "Classic Country Gents Reunion" CD

[@ours01100]

En homage a mon meilleur ami Didier , ton frère t'oubli pas , d'ou tu es j'espère que tu peux écouter .

[@Leo-vf3py]

Songs is on a true story

[@SamhainBe]

Still brings a tear to ole fat boy's eyes - beautiful!

[@jwprewett]

Mighty Fine

[@1drumgod55]

Charlie RULES .

[@donettavandyke1224]

My husbands favorite

[@KittenBrute]

Sparrow Hill Road brought me here...

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

this song has a bit of occult in it! I was first thinking it was like a catholic priests dream but then it's actually a scary story. pretty unique song. thanks for sharing.

[@clyderf]

Listening to such great material as this on this presentation is frustrating for me because the bass response is racked up so high that I can't hear any details. This is a common problem on U Tube, but I wish more posters would realize that not everyone is listening through lap tops with no additional speakers. I'll keep tuning in with thanks though because the music itself is wonderful and hard to find; hoping to work in my own tone controls eventually.

[@CentralVirginian1]

The original recordings of this festival had messed up audio. They originally came out on VCR, and the sound wasn't very good. The sound was great at the event, done by Eddie Adcock's sound company.

[@brendalargelancos1582]

I found it Ambo!!!!!! :)

[@ck2music712]

I guess EVERYONE thinks it happened close to them, lol... But I believe this song is based on the legend of "Resurrection Mary", the phantom hitchhiker of Archer Avenue, just outside Chicago, Illinois...

[@rickwilson6009]

Oh no

[@randyjones7818]

Great seldom scene song.

[@Life-of-Bluegrass_Music]

Song is about a true story in PA.

[@patriotridge]

Great band and fashion! lol

[@robbiemcbride6654]

can u find hey littel girl , can't find anywhere.

[@DanDeacon-ni5ww]

Hey if u hear d 1970

[@SteelguitarLane]

@clyde Bessie was pretty hot on the original VHS this got ripped from. Bessie is Tom Gray's bass, a carved-wood Karl Meisel (Most 'grassers like plywood, Tom likes the way Bessie sings, while the average plywood bass "barks." Not a bad thing either way, just a taste for different responses). I recall hearing it that way, I still have the VHS tape. (I admit to having a bias, I'm Tom Gray's son). Any fault lies in HedgeHoggas not downgrading the audio when s/he ripped it. But any downgrading would have made the Duffeypants less loud...

[@MrBuckshot44]

any more tapes laying around ? Charlie Waller , Tom Gray , Eddie Adcock ? , and John Duffey ........wow ! what I didn't realize back in the day was how good Eddie and Tom could sing , Charlie and John I knew had great voices . I've listened to the harmony here and the other two are no slouches . I heard Tom play a few months ago with Randy Waller on a couple of songs and realized how much I miss the Birchmere of about 30 years ago . D.C. was lucky to have some fantastic bluegrass . Thanks to whoever found this......Country Gentlemen again one more time .

[@apalachianparanormal]

This is a true story of a young girl named marry that died in a crash in the 1920's. Many people claimed to have picked this young girl up only to have her disappear . The. Story tells of people stoping at a house only to have a woman to answer the door. The woman Shows a photo only to the driver say " That's her " . The woman is the mother or Marry , tells the driver Marry died awe years ago . For many years people thought the girls name was Lydia . Research proved other wise , her name was Marry. @ JamesTown NC

[@susanwoolard6419]

Wow, I didn't know this was from a true story. I have heard this song for many years. It makes me have chills every time. Great song.

[@CrystalTwinStar]

My Dad played bluegrass and I have heard him song this one numerous times. This is the first time I heard it in many years and I got chills worse than ever before

[@Teresahorner]

This first time i hurd it. So sad

[@bobmasters9871]

Any chance your watching the same show I am on the travel channel?

[@waynesigmon5628]

I remember when I was a kid in the 70s my dad had his 8-track tape Country Gentleman I grew up listening to it God bless the country gentleman my daddy took me in the early seventies to see the country gentlemen at Lake Norman Music Hall and Iredell County North Carolina

[@coalbranch1]

What a funny pair of pants

[@darrellbyrd5181]

Bluegrass at it's best!

[@sav1028]

@FlyingTiger64 Yup, Tom Gray it is.

[@lovefred1100]

slim greffen and the country gentlemen

[@janessamarie86]

sad song

[@jondoes8222]

yes and she was doomed to wander that lonely road and hitchike over and over..If its true, its unfair and cruel to her...

[@richardswann5300]

Google Resurrection Mary. It's about her .

[@SteelguitarLane]

oatstao There's no "occult" in this. Chaw Mank and Ben Kingston wrote the lyrics after seeing a similar story on The Twilight Zone. The original melody was a little lackluster, but Duffey heard it, liked the lyrics, and gave it a new melody. I don't think a simple ghost story is really "occult". And it's not for harmonization, but just because they liked the timbre of the two different voices singing different voices. I think it was a stroke of genius alternating like that

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

well, fyi - Twilight Zone is about the 'hidden' dimensions - hence my occult application. Occult - hidden. Peace.

[@jonathanmosley9598]

Many Songs have wide origins from common everyday legends. Charlie Waller did acknowledge that the song came from the Twilight Zone

[@barfyspitz]

Where did this performance take place???? Woodstock, IL? Love the Zoombas.

[@CentralVirginian1]

Woodstock, VA, in the Shenandoah Valley

[@sonyajones8190]

this song is by red sovine should be credited

[@Ken-uo7iw]

Sovine recorded it,years after it was written.

[@melodyflame9928]

this happened once on Supernatural. technically twice.

[@WildwoodvalleyBoy]

...is Charlie playing a D-18 ?

[@bigmrclean]

@UnclePutin I Know right...He wouldn't be ol Duffy if he didn't wear em!

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

@Guitarizine it's what you call harmonizing.

[@jondoes8222]

There are real ghost hitchikers...There have been other stories....

[@sladelutz3228]

I heard from a guy that if you go back a second time,if you miss her the first time she'll will go baserk and scare you and when you drive away she'll shriek "come back,come back!" in a demon voice.

[@jondoes8222]

maybe she needs some kind of guidence....shes in a timewarp and it repeats and shes confused and does not know she passed many years ago....that would drive even a spirit crazy....

[@TracyShumate]

I love this music but my fat thieving sister stole every CD of Bluegrass I owned and she's not even a Bluegrass Fan