Trey Hensley Teaches Bluegrass Flatpicking Through Tony Rice & Maybelle Carter

[@YSMiracle]

No doubt he has incredible technique, but what amazes me more is his singing. What a voice he has!

[@MrMusicfan678]

It's like if Merle Haggard and Tony Rice had a baby

[@CorbCorbin]

@@MrMusicfan678 They called him Haggard Rice.

[@andorrasrevenge1683]

Was just thinking that

[@alexandergriggs9934]

He has a great voice

[@EzyoMusic]

When he started singing Church Street it caught me completely off-guard, incredible. His singing reminds me a little bit of Josh Williams.

[@andyszpekman5205]

I got to chat with Trey at some length after a show while the main act was performing, and he couldn't have been more gracious patiently answering all my stupid questions. His skill level is obviously otherworldly, but he also comports himself in a very humble, approachable way. He has it all going on.

[@fhhubbard]

I completely agree! I met him at the Devon Amphitheater in Decatur, Illinois and he was very connective and gracious. ABSOLUTE MASTER CLASS!

[@chrisdevine3511]

Had the same experience at a Colorado guitar festival (where he was the headliner). Really cool and real dude.

[@8CountAudio]

This dude and Molly Tuttle are just dominating bluegrass right now. So inspiring!

[@user-qz3hb9kk5u]

Don't forget billy strings

[@CB-68-westcreations]

@@user-qz3hb9kk5u Billy is one of the best guitarists I've ever seen, but TREY is an awesome guitarist and an amazing vocalist. And it's rare to find that combination.

[@thedrearybrain]

Making it look easy and difficult at the same time. Next level skill right there

[@nylonsteel]

Trey is a power house guitarist and singer .Incredible chops and lines

[@alexhage4935]

I have always been a huge Jimi Hendrix fan. I dedicated to learn so much of his music and style. When I found Tony Rice, it opened a whole new world for me and I love it.

[@dogmosatchmo]

My guitar teacher when I was a teen, told me if I wanted to learn how to play like Jimmy, I need to unlearn everything, including how to tune the guitar properly. 😂

[@BrandonAdkinsOnGuitar]

Jimi was a fan of my grandfather, Clarence White's guitar playing. He told Clarence this one night at Whiskey a Go Go in LA.

[@MotoStoriesandmore]

He played a solo show last night for maybe 100 people in the tiny little G.A.R. hall here in Ohio between Nitty Gritty Dirt Band gigs and OMG, Trey solo was amazing. Picking, singing.. all top, top notch. And I got to meet one of my guitar hero's last night! THANKS TREY! You destroyed that room!

[@jerrylives2278]

Saw him with Rob Ickes and I couldn't seem to pick my jaw off the floor. Wow, such an amazing performer on top of the vocals and picking. Bluegrass is alive and well!

[@ermancroney3805]

I"m 71 and the explanation about Mrs. Carter is right on. That is what I heard early in the 50s and adopted that running rhythm for my own accompaniment. Adding in the other styles as you go make for a full arsenal to fill in for any song. :-) Thanks!!

[@paulhendrix11]

Jesus.. Super clean playing and beautilful voice. Never heard of him before but that man needs some more recognition.

[@monsterzero1965]

Using the Lords name in vain classy

[@garettj5257]

@@monsterzero1965 cry harder

[@kvnboudreaux]

Trey deserves national recognition

[@nilsx3020]

Amazing technique. All coming out of the loose wrist. Really inspiring! I’m gonna go grab my D-28 now.

[@bpbassmanable]

Got to see Trey when he came here to Knoxville. Absolutely superb! Really nice guy too, he took time to talk with me and my wife and get a Pic in. One of the best guitar pickers you'll ever see!

[@Allan-p1g]

Love Trey. Down to earth awesome musician

[@harryschultz6951]

He’s so freaking good

[@firecrackerheart]

amazing. i had no idea trey had the voice of an angel too!

[@enicholsonnc]

No doubt. I want to hear him sing more!

[@jnholland006]

TREY HENSLEY is the man!! So underrated! Billy Strings can’t tote TH’s guitar case! Seen Trey in ATL with Rob Ickes and Tony Emmanuel few years ago… definitely a top performance of my life!

[@Stonedwelder87]

I sure would love to see Bill & Trey jam ! Maybe one day !

[@tkreitler]

Billy and Trey are both amazing- as is Molly Tuttle. They each different ways of playing for sure, but I don't think we need to crown one as the king over the others. Let's just be thankful that they are there for us to experience.

[@7Karl1Hungus0]

Billy who? I kid! I love me some Billy Strings, but good god, Trey is in a league of his own.

[@markelovett]

Very nice! Singing sounds like a cross between Randy Travis and the Hag.

[@stevepick9527]

DAMN! Just great grinnin’ and pickin’ !

[@virginiatrailcameravideos]

So jealous of talent like Trey's. His picking and voice are awesome. Also watching Wyatt Ellis up and coming on mandolin. Just great talent coming up. Wish I could play but I suck. These guys are great.

[@tonym7051]

Hell yea one of my favorite players rn

[@h.sinclair]

yeah well Tony mentions McCoy Tyner, and yeah it's Coltrane like isn't it when Tony makes lines comin on down. What a gift from heaven. ❤

[@gregkiely4839]

Magic from Trey😊

[@MarkColeman-s1v]

Thanks for playing and explaining all that.

[@lennylehnertz]

Tony Rice was a KILLER. Great playing. Would kill to play like you at 50 bpms.

[@chrisdevine3511]

InCREDible guitarist!

[@hleehall]

Awesome. And thank you for reintroducing me/us to Tony Rice.

[@timothybrown820]

Dang, you've come closer to Tony than anyone I ever heard. Fantastic work. He's a legend, and you've filled those shoes pretty well.

[@billjackson3919]

Nope, he's got the notes but he doesn't have Tony's tonality, which most don't.

[@jamesreed7358]

Just LOVE IT, so natural and pure !

[@finnmacdiarmid3250]

Maybell is where it’s at! Glad to see this video!

[@cw9041]

My god…the amount of accurate hammer on’s and pull offs!

[@CarlSanford76]

I watched Roy Clark do this song live when I was a kid. He said an alternate name for the song is "Look Out Below". He then played Orange Blossom Special on a fiddle so fast that smoke was rolling off the bow! Literal smoke.🤯

[@CB-68-westcreations]

He's got a sound similar to what I first heard in Keith Whitley. And he's one awesome guitar player .

[@VogrinVerkauf]

This guy is the bomb

[@GLeD101]

Funny he doesn’t mention Norman Blake at all considering he wrote Church Street Blues and I think that arrangement of Under the Double Eagle is based on the Blake one.

[@brianvetrano6817]

Love me some Tony rice music

[@xJamesEarlsx]

Thank you for this.

[@crecenciosanchez8795]

Man! I really with i could have those chops

[@h.sinclair]

SICK !! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@RamblinManMoto]

I visited Charlie's grave just recently and put a video on my page. He lived about 45 minutes or so from me here in Virginia.

[@johnbackman4475]

Damn. That is good stuff!

[@robmiller3464]

Nicely done, truly enjoy your videos. What model is that guitar and why is it black? Thanks again Trey and please do more.

[@alan4sure]

Martin.....

[@beautifuldegen]

dope guitar mate

[@BobWadeGuitar]

That Martin sounds amazing - what is it?

[@williamhurrelbrink3324]

Great stuff

[@DK-sn2ih]

Under the Double Eagle, is a German marching tune, and was not played in the US during WW II, and for a while afterwards.

[@kw9172]

True, to be nitpick, it´s an Austrian/hungarian tune because the "double eagle" (anb eagle with two heads) is the heraldic symbol of the Austrian Hungarian Monarchy, hence the weird name:)

[@TheMatchsellers]

@@kw9172 true! it's Austrian

[@riverbottomband]

I park my pinky finger just like him snd everyone tells me not to...now by golly im gonna show them this!! Ive got a Willie Nelson hole started only back between the bridge and puck guard.

[@markhall7951]

Awesome, but don't forget Norman. Church St. Blues is his song.

[@sjowens2413]

Master

[@holzhausholz8215]

Maybe Trey can tell us what model Martin that is?

[@guitarwill]

Damn had no idea his voice was that badass

[@ddrbin]

Incredible playing and singing! I have a technique question. I can see you resting on your right pinky, but when you’re really picking fast, do you lightly rest your palm/heal on the bridge too? Thanks!

[@strawman8111]

Nice pickin and guitar sound; what model is it? Thx

[@DrMurdercock]

life long devoted to learning metal guitar. Recently went back to my roots and started listening to country and blue grass cause I want to learn it. Quickly find out mastering metal really does not help at all with this style. Realize I'm basically "new" all over, only difference Is I can actually play the guitar, just not this style. Spend the next 10 years mastering this so I can flatpick like John 5, Roy Clark and Billy Effin' Strings. I'm gonna master flat picking. For myself.

[@eddyburg101]

Awesome guitar playing. I'm trying to figure out who is on his shirt

[@TreyAHensley]

Taj Mahal

[@MrDannyclark88]

Anyone know which Martin this is? The Black Smoke 000-17 is the one I got but if I'd seen this one, I'd have waited.

[@kylecravens6501]

Apparently it was a limited run from CME/Reverb. Looks and sounds stellar!

[@REBrandenburg]

Looks like it might be a 0000, or M style with a 16” lower bout.

[@kylecravens6501]

@@REBrandenburg I think you're right about that! Those are highly under-rated. Whatever it is, they should make more. Very cool build!

[@spaceman_jeff]

I think you're right,​@REBrandenburg . I've got an M36 (love it) and it looks like this. The body is thinner than the 000 styles, but wider. Never seen a black one like this though. Super sweet.

[@xJamesEarlsx]

fARK... WOW

[@cliftonjarvis8010]

What about a man named J D Jarvis a Kentucky Gospel bluegrass,player,ever heard of him?

[@Blues40]

Phenomenal guitar player .You don’t have to have a dreadnaught to pick bluegrass. Nice to see someone thinking outside the box and doing his own thing.

[@alan4sure]

Dreadnought is preferred because the volume and projection is needed for soloing to be heard over other instruments.

[@LSpruill44]

Strings and Hensley tour 25’

[@Spuzzmacher]

Holy frijoles my good fella. What happens when you put a red hot telecaster with a cranked fuzz pedal in your hands?!?

[@rwilliamson5150]

Jerry Garcia, circa 1969

[@JohnTimothy-m8x]

Dadgum it purdee clean , cajuns. Digin. This. Yea

[@ChrisHodge]

What guitar is that?

[@ChrisHodge]

000 Martin, looks like Mahogany

[@The_YouTube_Critic]

Wow, great guitar player. Then suddenly I start hearing Randy Travis come out. Sheesh!

[@rameshrai7948]

Seems like Easily played But how it is difficult to play what he has done

[@gam1471]

Slow him down usung the 'cogwheel' icon at the bottom of the picture and have a go at working something out.

[@raymondsanchez808]

Man! Can beat the brakes off of metal players

[@adamaaron7184]

I'm good friends with Jimmy Martin's son.

[@dged492]

Somebody forgot about Doc Watson!

[@dged492]

And George Shuffler with cross-picking..

[@nicknickson3650]

maybe would have been a good idea to film from the other side so we could see his picking

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

It seems like that would fill out a "flatpicking lesson," doesn't it? lol

[@UAL320]

Just goes to show you don’t need a dreadnought to play BG !!

[@jasonhacker7270]

The b4 tony actually sounds like the song.....post tony just random notes

[@eddyburg101]

Tony's is more complicated and harder to play

[@ReidAWarren]

I trusted him until he used that Kyser capo…..

[@Thebanjoberk]

There aint nothing wrong with a Kyser lol

[@ReidAWarren]

@@Thebanjoberk I’m well aware. I took guitar lessons from Trey and we joked about them a couple times.

[@TreyAHensley]

😂

[@G_Demolished]

People really lose their minds when he breaks out the Taylor for bluegrass. 😱

[@Lmg897]

His playing is incredible but that guitar sounds terrible. Bad tone and way too much buzz

[@ChefMichaelTurner]

Norman Blake wrote Church Street Blues. Not Tony Rice.

[@TreyAHensley]

I never said Tony wrote “Church Street Blues”…it was just a demonstration of Tony’s playing style on his (pretty famous) cover of the tune.

[@randalclarke5487]

WHAT IS THIS GUITAR?????????

[@marshallwalden]

Black diamond string guitar … jk

[@marshallwalden]

Looks like a Martin from here

[@inatightspot]

Church Street Blues was written by Norman Blake.

[@talon1623]

Is that a carbon fibre guitar?