Johnson Mountain Boys (Part II of II)

[@jeffgann2818]

1 of my all time #HighLonesome Groups...🎙🎼🎶🎵🎙👈👊😎

[@davidbishop2913]

That banjo sounds bright and crispy and snotty at the same time wow perfect note separation good sustain that's that archtop AKA raised head talking

[@dionst.michael1482]

YOUR'RE bright and crispy dave! 😂

[@hornofgabriel3981]

My left ear enjoyed this

[@dionst.michael1482]

Tell your right one to go fk itself! 😂

[@pauldulaney35]

One of the very best live bluegrass performances I ever heard! What a blessing for these recordings to be preserved for all to enjoy.

[@RedRoosterParty]

Now in the Bluegrass Hall of Fame 2020.

[@dionst.michael1482]

Amen ❤

[@normhardy]

Very tight band. I love that they pay respect to the traditions, including matching suits. Del McCoury did the same.

[@genehamiltonakabosquebill3833]

I grew up in Texas on a mix of traditional country an what bluegrass was on the Opry. In the 70s/80s I wasn’t as aware of this group or the NewGrass of JD Crow an the New South. Internet helped spread the popularity of bluegrass and opened up a new musical world for me that I was missing. I love many of the new bluegrass bands/ artists but am glad I am able to “play catch-up “ on this group and others as far as seeing them in action when they were happening. Couldn’t go to festivals much because of distance, time an $ - but it sure makes for good entertainment now in my retirement years😊

[@RedAkumaSan]

Thanks for your comment, Gene. I wish more high quality videos existed of bluegrass groups from this timeframe. This one was obtained from the archives of the Library of Congress.

[@bobmc3197]

Best bluegrass band of our time. Just like a train,; drive, great high lonesome vocals and raw!!

[@freddiszilagi5445]

Just outstanding

[@AlexColberg]

The only rock stars of REAL Bluegrass music.

[@babyblu76]

I love these guys too.im all the time finding great bands after they have stopped working. The computer has brought out so many we would never knew about without it.

[@RedAkumaSan]

Thank you, Sue. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@highlonesomebluegrass8286]

The Johnson mountain boys picked that hot fire

[@betsyvoss49]

My favorite bluegrass group - and Dudley sounds exactly the same in 2017!

[@archtopp1]

This is the real deal. Bluegrass at its finest.

[@dionst.michael1482]

What was the clincher for ya, Columbo? Lol!

[@jimmieedwards8774]

Just the best bluegrass group ever, Eddie Stubbs. The best fiddle player ever in my mind, why did they have to quit?

[@billlowe6883]

Par excellence. Another assemblage of fine musicians that were in their own league. 6 stars out of a possible 5. 👍

[@NCTarheel62]

These guys were the best Bluegrass band to come out in the late 70s and early 80s. I discovered them about 1982-83 and I still all their vinyl albums along with their CDs.

[@RedAkumaSan]

+Chris Leatherman So true, Chris! I've got many of their LPs and especially like "Walls of Time" and "Favorites," as well as their double album called "At the Old School House" of their last show in 1988.

[@momofsara]

Saw this band in Denton, NC in the '80s ......sharp looking and wonderful bluegrass sound..

[@lindseywalker6925]

Del McCoury has been been quoted as to say that: "This is the best bluegrass band of all time." ( Yes he did )

[@marshallcurrie8391]

I agree ! !

[@apostasiaelegcho5612]

Lol

[@JacobgraceAnna1005]

I agree

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

Wow. Is that in print? Interesting DMB/JMB fact, both Ronnie and David started on the same day, same festival on mandolin in each band. 1981 I believe.

[@chappy4944]

Beautiful, very tight, smartly dressed and classy indeed.

[@benperea8483]

Just plain awesome!!!!👍👍👍👍👍

[@jenineabarbanel5708]

I just want to listen to this a million times.

[@johnschilling3652]

YESS INDEEDY I AM WITH YOU!👍👍👍👍👍🎼🎼🎼😊🌹✌💞

[@waynestaats9072]

Those boys have some fire in them!

[@style5tie]

The finest Bluegrass band to ever gather around a microphone.

[@chuckbenwitt789]

I agree.. the BEST

[@bazthehandyman]

Yep

[@keithclark486]

Seldom Scene

[@apostasiaelegcho5612]

Lol

[@gilbert6023]

@@keithclark486 yes. You are right

[@Robin18us]

Great lead singer, great harmony, nice picking all around. Can't ask for more

[@JEANSDEMARCO]

Attended a bluegrass festival in Riverside Park in NJ around late seventies, and they gave a great show! Bought one of their tapes!!

[@doowoppapa]

I have to agree they are a fine bluegrass group and I have listened to a lot of fine bluegrass in 55years but I wouldn't t say they are the finest If we could only get back to this happy and enjoyable nonpolitical music I believe the whole country would be in a better state

[@gregclark5344]

You wrote this comment 4yrs ago, my god how things have changed for the worse.

[@johnschilling3652]

As soon as the music begins smiles cant stop!😊👍👍👍👍🎼🎼

[@banjocantrell838]

Just imagine how great this group would sound with the modern sound equipment of today . Let that thought roll over the mind for a second . Eddie Srubb and all were as great as it gets

[@waltermckay6487]

Would be AWESOME to see them do a reunion show!

[@jandeband]

JUST AWESOME

[@PCBcarlson]

Saw them all over Northern Virginia, but most notably on the courthouse steps in Leesburg one summer evening. Kids running around, people sitting on blankets, fireflies, a wonderful night.

[@kishintuchis4133]

for my money this was the finest of the jmb lineups by far

[@iragitlin7549]

According to the National Archives, this was recorded in 1985, AFTER the African tour. Richard Underwood had a vague recollection that the video may have been made to be shown in Spain, for reasons he couldn't remember.

[@RedAkumaSan]

Thanks for the additional research and updated info, Ira. Nice talking with you recently about the video and the book that you are working on. I'm glad you were able to connect with an archivist at NARA. Best wishes, Joe Ross

[@harrylysinger628]

Great Bluegrass band one of the best, saw them at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA

[@johnburrett6593]

Man.! This is the real deal!!

[@sonjawells4265]

So very good. I would love to see them again. What joy that would be.

[@clayatchison9055]

I just love them.

[@billstetler6769]

Great sound

[@robertbeasley5595]

These guys are awesome!! Eddie stubs Killin it!!

[@denslowburhans9260]

I was a believer in the JMB after hearing them perform (for the first time) in Dudley's home during a Christmas party many years ago.

[@waynelockwood5277]

This "Bluegrass Band" sound's really Good Big Time ,Thank You "RedAkumaSan" for sharing this Awesome Bluegrass big time , this brighten's Monday up a lot lol.

[@RedAkumaSan]

So glad you enjoyed it and that it brightened your day!

[@mountainrealtordave9387]

Simply the best Bluegrass band ever assembled. All of the current Bluegrass greats will mention the JMB as one of their favorites.

[@apostasiaelegcho5612]

Haha.

[@mosquitombp]

....and now i listen to this everyday

[@TheGhost5600]

Great to see Eddie Stubbs on the fiddle..

[@doowoppapa]

I still listen to them and many others on utube and on cds in my suv,great music,takes me away from all the crap happening at this time.I hope you re enjoying these old groups

[@kent9311]

i always liked the jmb. they stayed true to the traditional bgm sound which i love. the seldom scene, the country gentleman, the johnson mt boys, del mccoury and all the great groups that played this venue sure blessed the folks around the DC area with some mighty fine bluegrass music. jerry grey (a fantastic, knowledge, wonderful DJ) played a lot of their music during drive time on wamu npr radio. those were good years, i knew it then, i know it now and i'm thankful. it makes me sad to think of the ones who have pass on but their legacy lives on and i never tire of their music. thanks to all and to you RedAkumaSan for this posting. kt

[@RedAkumaSan]

Ken T, thank you for your nice comment.

[@johnschilling3652]

SUCH FINE FELLOWS AND BLEND TOGETHER EVERYTHING SO PURELY!✌👍👍👍🎼

[@johnschilling3652]

​@@RedAkumaSantruly appreciate you sharing all this magic!🎼🎼🎼🎼👍😊🙏

[@Kan-o-tex]

Reminds me why I fell in love with bluegrass music in the first place; thank you for posting these videos.

[@RedAkumaSan]

As Bill Monroe once said, ""Bluegrass is heartfelt music." Besides its emotion, I also fell in love with its energy and drive. Glad you enjoyed the videos.

[@Kan-o-tex]

@@RedAkumaSan I surely have been enjoying them. I never got to see the JMB live, to my sorrow. A friend of mine saw them back east not too long before they hung it up and he was in awe. Thank you again for sharing these with fellow music lovers.

[@MarkSmith-jr8rz]

no doubt dudley connell sings bluegrass the way it should be sung

[@saxtonrg]

saw the "boys" summer of 1984 at Earl's drive-in, Chaffee NY. What a show!

[@davebishop921]

I'm gonna get that banjo part i love it never heard that lick

[@sammomoose]

Great stuff. Dudley is about my favorite bluegrass singer.

[@dionst.michael1482]

Who asked ya? Just jokin'. Nah but seriously...? 😂

[@sammomoose]

@@dionst.michael1482 Connell is just a great singer. That's all.

[@dionst.michael1482]

@@sammomoose I’m a fan of his as well! Been listening to him/them for almost 40 yrs.

[@johnw9100]

Have greatly enjoyed the JMB since the 1980's as well. There is a certain "pluck" and "drive" to great bluegrass bands' playing and delivery (Country Gentlemen, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Stanley Bros, etc.) that sets it apart and gets you "involved"! Love to listen along while I am jogging or working on computer.

[@RedAkumaSan]

You've got that right, for sure!

[@AlleHamstra]

Man !! This is better then good !!!!!!

[@RedAkumaSan]

+Alle Hamstra You betcha!

[@jamesdaniels4573]

Great job boys.

[@handiman5]

Great Bluegrass! Thanks for sharing the video!

[@mullerk2]

Beautiful to experience this. Thank you for posting.

[@dionst.michael1482]

How beautiful?

[@michaelelliott3209]

And Eddie Stubbs parlayed his musical expertise into a gig with WSM. Yee Haw!

[@originalformulamusic]

This is fantastic. Love these guys. Thanks for sharing this.

[@RedAkumaSan]

+originalformulamusic Glad you enjoyed it.

[@barrydoss9451]

Great talent all around, solid bluegrass at it's best!!!!!

[@yoshiobermeyer2867]

Great stuff!!! Lotta B

[@billlowe6883]

Thanks for posting this. 👍

[@salvadorbarrera4377]

I love bluegrass music

[@dionst.michael1482]

No you dont

[@derickwinterbottom9631]

I Wanna pick like Richard Underwood , Please Lord .

[@FirstLast-ml7yf]

Wickedly good.

[@coachrv30]

Great sound, guys! This is terrific!

[@keithclark486]

Never knew Eddie could tear a fiddle up like that , Don't see why he wasn't featured on the Marty Stewart show playing as a regular ???

[@RedAkumaSan]

Eddie was a real busy guy! He moved to Nashville in 1995 where he fiddled with Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells. He also became a DJ and Grand Ole Opry announcer on WSM-AM. He won the CMA award for Broadcast Personality of the Year in 2002 ... and also won that award twice from the IBMA (1996, 2002).

[@chuckbenwitt789]

The BEST ever

[@bcmccathran]

LOVE the JMB!

[@dionst.michael1482]

No you dont

[@Bascomblodge]

I see 17 didn't like this. That shows even the martians are watching it. Great harmony at 5:37with :Richard and Dudley.

[@gilfaver362]

Terrific.

[@lindseywalker6925]

Richard and Dudley do more than sing together or harmonize. They 'create a sound.' I saw this group live 12 or 15 times. A shame that they didn't persevere.

[@iragitlin7549]

One of the three best duet blends I ever heard: Bill Monroe and Jimmy Martin, Tim O'Brien and Nick Forster, and Dudley Connell and Richard Underwood.

[@admstick]

The whole band is incredible and music isn’t about ‘who’s best’, but holy shit the fiddle player!!!!

[@kw9172]

Thanks very much for the upload. David McLaughlin is one of my absolute heroes. Great being able to see him play!

[@RedAkumaSan]

Appreciate your feedback, KW. Thanks.

[@dianeovercash6739]

That fiddle, Holy Cow.

[@wandaleiphart6275]

Eddie Stubbs. Best fiddle player ever. Especially playing the orange blossom special

[@秀隆海野]

リチャード　アンダーウッドさん最高です。後任のトム　アダムスさんも良かったですが、私にとってジョンソンのバンジョーはやはりこのリチャードさんです。彼の名前はこの後ボブ　ペイズリーのバンドで少なくとも1枚のCDで確認出来ますがその後が分かりません。あれだけ素晴らしいプレイをされていた方だけに気になります。

[@RedAkumaSan]

@秀隆海野 Thanks a lot for your comment. Richard Underwood left the Johnson Mountain Boys to pursue a 9-to-5 job. He composed a few instrumentals: Newton Grove, Five Speed, and Johnson Mountain Chimes. Bluegrass Today writer Richard Thompson reported more about Underwood in 2013. bluegrasstoday.com/on-this-day-15-richard-underwood/ "While with the Johnson Mountain Boys, Underwood helped out on the recording of Hazel Dickens’ A Few Old Memories and By The Sweat of My Brow; Del McCoury’s High Lonesome and Blue; The McCoury Brothers’ LP (Del McCoury and Jerry McCoury); Delia Bell and Bill Grant’s Dreaming and Gloria Belle’s The Love of the Mountains. In recent years Underwood has worked with several bands including Bob Paisley’s Southern Grass, the Lynn Morris Band, the Seth Sawyer Band, the Scott Brannon Band, Seneca Rocks, the Silver Spring, Maryland-based Zion Mountain Boys, and the Reunion Band, based in Boston. He plays a Gibson arch-top banjo that used to belong to Donnie Bryant."

[@williamcooke7528]

Sounds great

[@dasspunk]

Awesome

[@robertflagg2461]

This right here is Bluegrass one of the only ways to explain it if you want to know what bluegrass is listen to jmb !

[@mandoist]

This particular aggregation formed the definitive sound of the JMB.

[@Ron-jd4th]

The JMB had their own T.V. show?? Wow!! As much as I followed them at most all of their local Carnival and Festival Shows around the Frederick, MD. area, and jammed with Eddie Stubbs @ Boe's Strings Music Store; and was even Richard and Jackie Underwood's "Frederick Post" Paper Boy for a while - you'd think I'd have known if they'd had their own T.V. Show!! But I swear, I never knew of this until now!!! This is a GREAT SURPRISE!!! :-)

[@RedAkumaSan]

This was a special prepared for the U.S. Information Agency. It's in the public domain, and I obtained it from the Natl. Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. Enjoy!

[@gebersol2246]

Aways a thrill to hear JMB heard them last in Lancaster Pa. they came out of retirement for one last tour. There is a mixed group out of Nashville currently doing the old stuff quite well making some folks say they're the modern day JMB.

[@johnschilling3652]

This is bluegrass heaven on stage!🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼👍👍😊💟

[@lesles6152]

saw them in 81 or 82 when I was a kid at Susquehanna campground in Cecil co md.

[@davycrokett3862]

Love them

[@dionst.michael1482]

How much tho. It doesn't count if you don't say

[@michaeljames87]

5 Speed... wow!

[@RenoScruggs]

Listen to Tom Adams play it with them

[@duanethompson2360]

Richard, great harmonies. I’m very impressed with your performance. I’m so happy I’ve got to pick with you!

[@jandeband]

awesome

[@williamarnold7693]

this is tough to fallow ,, great songs by great group

[@rubenking9086]

beauthful song of ernest tube u doing a lovely job friend I love this song t hanks kept up the beauthfull blue grass thank u ruben king nl Canada

[@peterapazidis7561]

Most of these guys are born in Maryland but I never see people wearing cowboy hats or listening to bluegrass. These guys look and sound like they are from some southern state. I am in the wrong part of Maryland apparently.

[@exerciserelax8719]

I would never guess they were from Maryland (and I know a few people from there)! If they're putting on the accents, they're darn good actors! Definitely sounds authentic Southern/Appalachian.

[@dgrossiter8610]

Nice to know this was used to represent the best of American culture overseas. But there is an error in the description -- this is not Tom Adams on banjo, he came later, this is Richard Underwood.

[@RedAkumaSan]

Description has been corrected.

[@peterkane8786]

.....Great tight sound though I’m only hearing the left channel.....thanks for post.

[@emmachamness1748]

Eddy looks so young

[@philnewton3096]

I saw them st edale in the 80s

[@philnewton3096]

I m always puzzled (as a classical fiddler )by the extended 4 bar phrases ( by one bar) & how the ensemble coordinated this together without reading .does this fit with dance music ?

[@RedAkumaSan]

@philnewton3096 many of them play by ear ... and either learned the tune in a folkloric tradition playing with others ... or just listen to the leader (the accordionist) and follow along with them.

[@jarchhhh]

Oh, this is good! The JMB's in their prime. -Jim

[@RedAkumaSan]

+jarchitect Mighty mighty fine music!

[@bovinebabysitters]

18:08 how smooth...

[@heymrwood]

Young pickers should be forced to watch this.

[@RedAkumaSan]

+duckfoot75 Absolutely!

[@lindseywalker6925]

Molly Tuttle 1st in line...........

[@keithclark486]

@@lindseywalker6925 The idiot Billy strings

[@alan4sure]

@@lindseywalker6925 Molly Tuttle grew up hearing them and mentions it in her intro to her excellent rendition of "Let the whole world talk" here on yt. Btw, JMB guitar player can't come close to Molly's picking.

[@donaldlewis4742]

They experience the song. They don't execute it.

[@juanandresm2012]

OMG, where is the Part One?

[@RedAkumaSan]

Juan - here's the link to Part I - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZSVpKuph5umqbc

[@davebishop921]

I love a Snoty banjo

[@bouffant-girl]

Steady Eddy stubbs on the fiddle 🎻