The Mandolin of Bill Monroe

[@tacratt6091]

Bill never seemed very patient about how he did things on the mandolin, he definitely was a style of his own and got the best tone from a mandolin I’ve ever heard. A true musical genius!

[@ksr9t]

Never be another Bill Monroe. My uncle who was an accomplished fiddle player was a avid Monroe fan. He got me started with bluegrass before II started going to school. He'd come to visit with bluegrass records and his fiddle.

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

That was a religious experience. Listening to John Hartford talking to Bill Monroe. Damn.

[@samhyde6395]

That wood tone is beautiful.

[@scottfleming6166]

I bought both of these VHS tapes when the first came out, 1992 I think it was. I studied them for hours.

[@stephenhenion8304]

Bill Monroe gets cross examined by John Hartford... pretty cool!!!

[@matthewbutler6420]

John Hartford and bill monroe in the same video!

[@capjoartist1200]

A Genius and a legend

[@XJonAye]

What a legend

[@diamondblue5327]

Does anyone know what year this was filmed? Margaret VanDyke

[@billhillyer334]

Nice think I'm gonna get one

[@traviseastland1380]

That's tabbaco! Rebel yell

[@charlesrast4235]

How he do that?

[@keidebbie3075]

whats the name of that first song Mr Monroe plays here?

[@evanyoung1775]

The first song is dusty Miller

[@9hewittd]

1:21

[@randyjones7818]

Dont.tell him how to play..23.gib.loar is pretty loud enough..rj...he always play his notes clean rj

[@spinblackcircles]

Monroe definitely does not always play his notes clean but it’s part of his style. I saw someone say he plays the mando ‘sassy’ which I think is a perfect way to describe it. He wasn’t about speed or hitting every note but he’s still recognized as one of the best to ever play a mandolin, like Jimi Hendrix with guitar.

[@walterthegoat9070]

If Bill Monroe was the first person I heard play the mandolin. I probably wouldn't have ever started playing. By today's standard he plays rushed and sloppy.

[@bobthabuilda1525]

He's old as hell here. In his youth he was much better.

[@beshkodiak]

I am almost 70 now. I KNOW my playing at 30 was much smoother. Still going to play, until they pry my mandolin from my cold dead hands

[@dukeofearlbanjo]

If it wasn't for Bill Monroe, likely none of the mandolinists you know would be playing mandolin!

[@merlynschutterle7242]

Can't say I like mandolin that well. The mandolin would be the first instrument to go if I had a group.

[@ThornT3ch]

Yeah you aint havin no group

[@Abc-qs8ir]

Merlyn Schutterle You should listen to a mandolin banjo, I heard one play live in Irish music sessions and it was stunning! :)

[@generallee450]

Sounds more like if You were in a Group, You'd be the First One to Go.

[@michaelhancock2230]

How do you not like the mandolin?

[@traviseastland1380]

Yank