Grand Ole Opry Show - The Foggy Mountain Boys 5

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Paul Warren, John Ray Seckler, Josh Graves, Jake Tullock, Frank Brown.

[@frankbailes7925]

will be able to hear this type of music again when Jesus takes Us in heaven

[@soundwise]

🤣

[@rekkas1996]

how can anyone not love Earl Scruggs on banjo, the man is a true legend.

[@ReginaldDaubert]

LLP LLP P

[@buck546]

I used to watch this show with my Dad when I was a boy he was a big fan of Lester and Earl and the Foggy Mountain Boys. Dad is in Heaven now and I hope he is sitting there singing along with these guys like he used to. I love and miss you Dad.

[@zuioprt]

earl made me play the banjo like two month ago. barely touching a guitar anymore... got a deering goodtime2 now. no regrets.. thanks, earl!

[@directorphase]

Hell yeah! I hope you're still picking that banjo 🪕! I started playing around the same time as you too!

[@taimidiscala27]

Super listening to these guys playing music I was brought up with ! I'm 83 yrs. old !!!!

[@markfreeman-uv7si]

83 years young.

[@Viper-lv8if]

Still kickin?

[@dabneyoffermein595]

glad you're still with us !!!! Keep listening. By the way , I've got a great video I will link for you to enjoy from one the blue-grass's best Ralph Stanley HERE YOU GO!!!!!!! --->>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3-kqat-Zb2Cr7s (WHAT A PERFORMANCE, Keith Whitley is in the band believe it or not !!!!)

[@thebountyhunter2783]

Bless you, I was too still love to hear them.

[@skydog1703]

I love that the musicians look so happy as they play!

[@jamesjordan6836]

This music will be good 1000 years from now.

[@davesiler4064]

Earl was a gentleman's gentleman at all times. Most people don't realize the role that Earl & Louise Scruggs and their sons played in the magnificent Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Album, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," in 1972. There will never be, nor could there be, another Earl Scruggs!!! Thank you, Mr. Scruggs!!!!

[@jbrown1971]

They are 1000s of musicians twice as good as him he wasn't that great

[@davesiler4064]

@@jbrown1971 BET HE WAS A HELL OF A LOT BETTER THAN YOU!!!

[@johnman84]

@@davesiler4064 he's probably talking about Bieber or lizzo. Haha

[@richardstreetman998]

1000’s copied him. What does that tell you?

[@robinhood480]

Fun fact : Most folks don’t realise that Earl played banjo while having half of his fingers on one hand. The other half (5) of his fingers were on his other hand.

[@carolyngoudreau2361]

I listened to flat and scruggs from the time i can remember i am 73 and proud of it

[@dennisraymond7996]

You're absolutely right... Good evening Carolyn how are you doing over there hope you're having a wonderful day it's a wonderful day that the lord has made.

[@jamesthebond4904]

Blue grass is one of the most uniquely American musical forms that perfectly captures the land and people from where it originated. What a gift to all Americans and people everywhere. Hope you never forget it and the history it represents.

[@annetteparker9989]

you Can Say That Again, they will never be such upstanding Personalities that this band consisted of !

[@sophiegrisom]

A mix of cultures. The banjo descended from an African instrument used by slaves. The 5th string was added by a Virginian which gave its distinctive droning, somewhat like a dulcimer (only 1 string played). It was melded into Scotch-Irish culture of the Appalachians, combined with clogging which came from Irish dance. The Dobra (resonator guitar) is played like Hawaiin guitar and bottle-neck (slide weight along strings). It became the pedal-steel in country music. Traditionally Bluegrass is all acoustic and clean-sounding, with each instrument playing lead for a time, as each player steps up to a single microphone (artifact of early radio stations).

[@jamesthebond4904]

@@sophiegrisom Thanks so much for the informative reply. I just learned something new.

[@Jake_Banks]

We are many people here in Sweden with Bluegrass on our favorite list of music. These old guys are greatly big among us musicians. If people ask how I learned to play so fast I say Earl is to blame. :)

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

It doesn't get better than this. Paul Warren is to the fiddle what Earl Scruggs is to the banjo. Both are out of this universe.

[@urgdaddy]

I'm 72 and when a little listened to them on my grandparents radio in Houston, Texas....on Father's side and in Tampa, Fl. on my mother's side. Both grandfolks solid Southern. This music is in my bones.

[@robertabbott8816]

If you can't see the genius in Earl and his pals I feel sorry for you...these guys on a par with anyone whoever played music ...love from the UK

[@jacquelinemclean2305]

Hi i am from London England and i find this some of the best music ever made, THEY WERE ALL BRLLIANT SHOULD MAKE USA PROUD

[@rickarthur3711]

Classic sound of Americian historical music. The real thing.

[@halpearson1514]

I got to shake hands with Earl Scruggs, in 1980 will carry that moment to my grave.

[@brianallossery7518]

I shook hands with Billy Graham in Calgary around the year 1980- he had the firmest handshake I have ever shaked....

[@robidzinsk9468]

@@brianallossery7518 he is my hero what was he like

[@jackvalentine566]

Hal Pearson what did he say to you? Thank you for sharing

[@patearl4036]

u lucky dog

[@tonyjenkins2554]

I grew up listening to Southern bluegrass, old time gospel, and Appalachian hillbilly.My mother owned all sorts of albums of Broadway shows and movie soundtracks. I just love music of all types. In 1974, I was privileged to meet and speak with Mr. Guy Lombardo, along with his brother Carmen, and most of their traveling orchestra. It was a memory I'll cherish forever.

[@mikeelek9713]

This music is so pure. It's not overproduced, and it was performed live. If something went wrong, you just kept playing. No amps or anything. Just a couple of studio mics and acoustic instruments.

[@dawnhubert5595]

Unbelievable fiddle birds sounds, fascinating, legendary banjo,slide,bass,and guitar melodies, timeless.

[@fasteddie8782]

I have listened to these guys for like a month straight never gets old.wow

[@wiidlbeetle3857]

It definitely doesn’t get old!

[@skeggjoldgunnr3167]

The music has been in my blood my entire life. My kin were poor West Virginia coal miners. Simple God-fearing mountain folk. Still got untold number of 'em throughout them mountains. Related to the Hatfields, McCoys and Robert E Lee. I do know about some stompin. My great grandmother had a knee slappin' board doll that danced. Everytime I hear a banjo - I'm waiting for the fiddle!

[@wesleyhill4922]

The commercials make it even better for our memories of that "Old Time Music"!

[@evelyncarter6040]

I grew up with this music, my Father played so we watched this show every Saturday. Earl Scruggs was a genius!

[@metube2824]

What talent,what joy,what a great time they give to us today looking back at the more simple times.Even the commercials are great!

[@robertmorey4104]

Love Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs music. Pure Americana. Great banjo pickin!

[@jackkorponay7713]

I grew up in New York City and was never exposed to this kind of music. It truly tugs at my heart. It's so sad to know that these people have past on and have taken this wonderful music with them. I feel like I missed something special.

[@sejrec56]

I’m a musician, guitarist singer and even an award winning songwriter, and I love this music and would just love to play banjo like these legends!

[@jdvcreative]

Don't get me wrong the music is great. But what I find most fascinating about this film is how they make it look so effortless. Amazing talent!!!

[@donwalters8877]

My grandmother Loved this music. When I was young I never appreciated it. Now I'm old, I love it. Takes me back to my shitkicker roots. Lol

[@charlesmckown2213]

Good old blue grass thanks

[@737tinman]

Bacon drippings and buttermilk cornbread..The best tasting cornbread that ever was.

[@marciehester273]

Earl and Maybelle are American icons, musically few have done as much to change the way we "look at things" thru the magic music is. I love them both very much.

[@markanderson0022]

Hello Marcie Nice comment how are you doing ?

[@Fatoldaussiebloke]

This is what real country music is all about

[@samueldavidrucker7514]

This is soul nurturing. I'm continually amazed at the outstanding talent of every member of the Foggy Mountain Boys. But the whole was greater than the sum of the parts...like other great bands...

[@georgewashing9731]

Just went to the Grand Ole Opry House and surprised to see all those excellent performers and most of them are seniors. I appreciate their talent and I am grateful that they are not forgotten!!!

[@econhelp583]

Wow! 10:10! Love how the fiddle can be made to sound just like a bird. Brilliant!

[@timvala7577]

What I truly love is percussion instruments were never allowed with Bluegrass! Plenty enough with what they had. Pure music absolutely!!

[@richardfisk3525]

I was raised on this, 68 in a couple weeks. Bob Wills, Hank,Sr., Earnest Tubb and all of them. Luckily there are a few newer performers that sort of channel these guys. Miss this like crazy.

[@gsallison1]

So now it is 2022, four years after your post and we both share 72 years!! Congrats.

[@hennihabeck8502]

03/2022.Lester and Earl...IT Just can t get any better than the Foggy Mountain Boys.

[@garyallen7868]

Saturday was the day we'd watch.

[@TonyWud]

Tremendous performance by Paul Warren.

[@gruu]

Absolutely delightful, what a room full of genuine people from genuine places and just pure country talent! Thanks for putting this up, cheers from Sweden!

[@annetteparker9989]

Thanks for saying the same thingy I believe too ! They can't be beat for being a first class Band

[@bertsmith5569]

I love how they share a mic and amazingly their instruments all come through with a good level. No autotune or prerecorded garbage here just shear talent.

[@miztahfrawg]

Hang on I'm trying to cut the wool off a sheep have you seen my sheers

[@bluegrasscountryradio8806]

hi

[@widell78]

Never heard autotune in bluegrass. Also, this is prerecorded, but not garbage.

[@johnr8820]

@@widell78this isn’t prerecorded….they are clearly playing live if you’re a musician you’d know that.

[@regsilverside9089]

Good old boys. Very talented musicians.

[@chrisivanchev]

Earl really liked his instruments, am I right? RIP Earl... we love you and your work!

[@jamesholt3614]

One of my favorites...."LITTLE CABIN ON THE HILL"

[@OnTheAir]

Saw these gentlemen perform in Ohio in the sixties. Great sound! Sat 3rd row on folding chairs in very small venue.

[@darrelltalbott4830]

Thanks y’all and sweet memories, thanks. Coolbeans

[@najdaraj9420]

Magical!

[@montanax2172]

That tune at the very very beginning while he is talking about the hot rise is amazing

[@mlwsf]

Who else loves it when Earl switches to guitar for a number? Doin some Carter scratch.

[@fasteddie8782]

Yeah I love the licks on the guitar he does at the beginning of the songs that they infect the soul

[@juliebrown8101]

I love the good ole country music. Its soothing to my soul even gospel

[@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

I Grew up with all of these Old guys, and now they are all but gone. Just Mr. Ralph (Ralph Stanley) and a few others are all of the original Bluegrass Mafia from the 60s left. Man i feel old nowadays.

[@Saxy64]

What is amazing to me, is unassuming Earl was the creator of that picking style, and all the major banjo licks any banjo player plays today HE DEVELOPED. HE was a genius, a prodigy if you will.

[@Lonewolf78100]

He deserves a movie just like Johnny Cash.....No doubt...He and Don Reno were true Banjo Troubadours...The thing about Earls style was every single note he picked could be heard in perfect clarity where some other banjo pickers are speeding up and slowing down and not giving you the complete sound...Earl mastered that and to me that made him the greatest

[@kennethwood3984]

And he was such a down to earth, humble nice guy.

[@steverapposelli4478]

I watch these guys over and over again! Nobody really compares to them!

[@elvisslo]

The quality of these videos is fantastic! Thank you Mike for posting them!

[@Mizc33]

Guess this is the real life "soggy bottom boys", good to know! Wonderful piece of art this.

[@ronlackey2689]

I would have been SO gathered around the radio (or the newfangled TV if the hardware store had one in the window) listening if I were around in that era.

[@banjerstring1304]

Uncle Josh Graves on dobro, Chubby Wise on fiddle, Frank Brown/guitar&vocal,Earl Scruggs/banjo,Lester Flatt/guitar&lead vocal.

[@nealpomea2836]

banjer string Paul Warren on fiddle?

[@msta124]

+Neal Pomea Paul Warren.

[@jarrodgeorge325]

My Dad has one of Uncle Joshs' slides.

[@BestCosmologist]

Hot damn that's some great music!

[@lauralamb2465]

I enjoy watching these advertisement from this era

[@markanderson0022]

Hello Laura

[@mikebordeaux8218]

It makes me sad to think this is a America we will never see again.

[@doniellestenson5231]

mike Bordeaux we will see this America again. xxoo

[@tylersalyer5138]

me too mike

[@karenharps6006]

mike Bordeaux yes you are so right, Mike! its sad to see how much things have changed not only in music, but everything over the past 50 years! i grew up watching the Grand ole Opry, Lawrence Welk among others. things will never be like that again!

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

Don't be sad because it's gone.....be thankful that it happened and you were there, my brother.

[@miztahfrawg]

idk, doesn't that seem narrow minded? There's a lot of really good music in any style and any genre and there's a lot of talented artists working on neat new stuff every day. Human ambition and art demands novelty, human culture is always attracted to the new thing. that's how the whole darn human comedy keeps perpetuating itself over the sands of time until we... Aw look at me, I'm rambling again. Catch you later on down the trail, pardner. Go listen to some Beastie Boys, I didn't like rap either until I met them.

[@luckyfamilyman]

2:18 fwd incredible bird sounds amazing This whole durn thing is as good as it gets... Tapped ma foot thru the whole durn thing ... Dem boys can play!!!

[@evrena5210]

that fiddle player is so happy in the first number

[@garryfrost6293]

Wow!!! Pure raw talent back in the day!!! Thank you Mike'S for sharing!!!

[@justpassnthru]

I feel so much better after watching this!

[@jerrym1183]

I agree with last comment, my grandpappy had his roots in Kentucky and it's me too. God Bless America....

[@placeboing]

Thank you for sharing this

[@anameofsomesort959]

Well this is certainly a shock!

[@R.Lennartz]

Nice to see you here, love your remixes dude, looking forward to your next upload

[@bluegrasscountryradio8806]

hi

[@alanoffer]

I needed that this morning ,,,brilliant

[@potanda]

Good old southern boys

[@liliannakifflin6343]

When I hear fans brag about country music, I would love to tell them, ' yes country music exists, it's like a flower, but it would be nowhere without it's Bluegrass roots!'

[@ohoto3896]

I'm sad to say it took me this long to appreciate Dave Johnston, better late than never. All of his songs are homage to this sort of pioneering.

[@1snibbo]

Couldn't stop smiling.

[@markanderson0022]

Hello Heather nice comment how are you doing 👋👋👋

[@travisbrady3593]

Masters of their craft

[@katharineellis3809]

I'm basking in their glow

[@RICHARDITIO]

Every one of those guys were masters of their instruments.

[@honeyLXIX]

Love this, it's awesome to see the history in it and of course the music is perfect.

[@anitahillis9735]

Baby you gotta quit that noise! Love it!!! Josh & Jake crack me up. 🤣🤣🤣

[@markanderson0022]

Hello Anita Nice comment how are you doing 👋👋👋👋

[@wiidlbeetle3857]

I love this stuff!

[@Avocado7765]

Commercials back then were a lot better, I want to buy Martha white cake mix more than anything that I’ve seen on television over my life.

[@tomleary9761]

"Woodpecker!" - Paul Warren

[@carmellahaight6856]

I love how they all gather around the same mic.

[@olddirtbikerider]

Nothing like bluegrass. Nothing like Flat & Scruggs. Nothing like America!!! Semper Fi...

[@josechrist3948]

this is why I love America!

[@baronsaturday3738]

Cookin'. 👍🍳 Pan fried fill ya up down home traditional grooves. From the land down under. 🇦🇺

[@greendrake8864]

Paul Warren was a fine fiddle player. His idol was Fiddlin’ Arthur’s Smith.

[@daveberner3480]

doesn"t get any better

[@thomasgranatelli328]

Earl scrubs set example for all future banjo players Lester Flatt was a good hurted down to earth guy just being a entertainer Making a leaving Just like today country boys.

[@nostalgiaof98]

It's not just the music, it's the equipment. The vintage film and recording that adds to the aesthetic. I don't think I'd enjoy FMB near as much if they were a group from 2022 with HD recording and audio.

[@neonlittledog]

Thanks,to Goober an the pea's kept ,the Image for us as local celebrities ... many thanks for the years of entertainment ... growing up in the big -D.

[@jaybobigperm4433]

Now if that ain't good, I don't know what is

[@jimdubya5425]

Paul Warren’s fiddle break on “Flint Hill Special” is EXACTLY like the album. He obviously arranged his break for the tune. And it is perfect.

[@bigtipsandtricks]

The way he uses the tuning as a note . mindblowing

[@JanetHamby-gy8um]

Just love old school

[@mr00ks]

This is when AMERICA WAS GREAT!!!

[@mikebordeaux8218]

Bacon drippin's and buttermilk.

[@steveakers5043]

The Best

[@luiseduardoalcantara8332]

Llorando por las Carolinas.

[@socialxcancer]

Love it!. Just great!

[@subatomic10]

Earl Eugene Scruggs was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played - Wikipedia

[@victorgano1]

Long long life to Country and Bluegrass!!!

[@dustinmeadows5234]

I wish i lived back then.

[@matthewcaterson7957]

True history.

[@foggymountainmusic3468]

Jake Tullock- Bass, Tenor. Josh Graves- Dobro and Bass, Had A Instrumental Voice. Lester Flatt- Guitar, Tenor. Earl Scruggs- Banjo and Guitar, Baritone. Paul Warren- Fiddle, Bass. Curly Seckler- Mandolin and Guitar, Tenor Frank (Hylo) Brown- Guitar, Baritone and Assisted Tenor Sometimes.