YES!!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING The Osborne Brothers - Rocky Top REACTION

YES!!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING The Osborne Brothers - Rocky Top REACTION
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[@garygoodman4342]

If you're gonna do Bluegrass, you have to do the Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe. I recommend Blue Moon of Kentucky, which was also one of Elvis Presley's 1st hits. Or if you want instrumental Bluegrass do Flatts and Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown which was the theme song to Bonnie and Clyde

[@willdwyer6782]

Flatt & Scruggs recorded The Ballad of Jed Clampett, the theme for The Beverly Hillbillies TV show.

[@paulamelnyk986]

Jay and Amber probably don't know that Bonnie and Clyde was a movie about a couple who were gangsters in the 1930's.

[@chrisunger3186]

Yes, bill monroe

[@andrewbittle6854]

Yep, I'd recommend the Dillards. I also think y'all would get a kick out of Heyseed Dixie

[@jamieshue6145]

Yup Bill Monroe and Scruggs and Flatts!

[@davidreed1096]

Bill Monroe, Ricky Scaggs, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. All great artists.

[@TheMrBlackCrow]

can't forget the stanley brothers too.

[@TomG626]

And Billy Strings

[@Calamity_Jack]

Earl Scruggs doing "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" is the original bluegrass classic!

[@robertcherman]

BLUEGRASS Uncle Pen - Bill Monroe ©1950 Dust in a Baggie · Billy Strings ©2016 Little Brown Hand · Jim Eanes ©1957 Tennessee · Jimmy Martin ©1962 Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms · Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys ©1952 Rocky Top · Osborne Brothers ©1967 Boll Weevil · Punch Brothers ©2015 Looking For The Stone · Ralph Stanley ©1975 Hallelujah We Shall Rise · The Sauceman Brothers ©1976 I've Never Been So Lonesome · Ted Lundy and The Southern Mountain Boys ©1972 Dooley · The Dillards ©1963 The Wrong Road · The Hall Brothers ©1938 You Broke Your Promise · The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers ©1952 Mountain Dew · The Stanley Brothers ©1960 Jesse James · Toby Stroud and The Blue Mountain Boys ©1954

[@Chris-yi3mo]

Any Bluegrass list has to include Ralph Stanley

[@paulavance5096]

You can't go to a University of Tennessee football game without hearing this song played by our awesome Pride of the Southland Marching band! Go big orange!!🧡🏈

[@jwoo1800]

unfortunately there were a couple years there where you actually could. Glad they seem to be back to form.

[@GetSoberWithMe]

Even if u dont go there everyone knows Rocky Top if they've ever watched college football

[@yoda6697]

ROLL TIDE ROLL

[@edwardcrutchfield6243]

Go Big Orange!! 🍊🍊🍊

[@ClassicRollPlayer]

GBO!🟠

[@SkankyYank]

Bill Monroe is the father of bluegrass, but Ralph Stanley (Stanley Brothers) is the VOICE. He developed his incredible unique vocal phrasing growing up listening to his dad sing old gospel hymns a cappella. He tells the story of having the choice of a pig or a “banjer” for one of his early birthday’s. The rest is history. “A Man of Constant Sorrow” and the eerie & chilling “Oh, Death” are prime examples of his legendary singing.

[@alleykeosheyan4779]

Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw would be worth checking out too!

[@jobe6792]

Absolutely!

[@kevinhooper3003]

Yes! As a native Tennessean I am busting with pride listening to this. Rocky Top is one of Tennessee’s official state songs. As a reference, Rocky Top is referring to the beautiful, gorgeous Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee.

[@kevinvanderwende6298]

Did you mentally (or audibly) say “WOO!” during the chorus? Go Big Orange!

[@pete3397]

@@kevinvanderwende6298 Go Vols!

[@lindamosley922]

Don't forget us Blue Ridge Mountain folks here on the TN, NC end 💙

[@johnlackey1244]

Specifically one of the three peaks of Thunderhead Mtn in Great Smoky Mtns above Cade’s Cove. The AT crosses it as it traverses the park.

[@tomcat8316]

@@lindamosley922 OUCH ! Don't forget abut usins what live on the ALABAMA END OF LOOKOUT MTN. ( fORT Payne TO BE EXACT you know the home of the group Alabama ? maybe you hve heard of em ? )

[@JC-es5un]

If you didn’t know, this is the official state song of Tennessee. You guys should hear Dolly sing this. 🙂

[@cbramblejr]

Written by two Kentucky boys

[@mibesto8039]

You’ll definitely hear this at a Tennessee Volunteers football game!!! 😁😁😁😁🤟🏼♥️♥️

[@delfordchaffin5617]

Tune in next Thursday night as TN beats Purdue in the Music City Bowl... guaranteed to hear this a lot. 🧡

[@kenpumphrey8384]

@@mibesto8039 Not these days. UT is too sorry to score. LOL!!!! Sic 'em DAWGS!

[@SirOtter1]

@@mibesto8039 Class of '84 here - nothing like watching a football game with 100,000 of your closest friends!

[@judybunch5394]

This song is the fight song for the Tennessee Volunteers football team. I've loved this song since I was a little girl and I LOVE the VOLUNTEERS when they adopted this song I was sooooooo happy. Glad you enjoyed it

[@bobbyholley8578]

thanks for playing my favorite song. This is the fight song of the University of Tennessee. Its probably played at least 12 to 15 times at each game. It's amazing listening to 100,000 fans singing this song as the band is playing this song. My wife and i go to every home game for the last 28 years. Peyton Manning played there and Reggie white also. I'm sure Rob knows these 2 great former NFL players. Bill Monroe was known as the king of Bluegress and that's who you need to react to. I watch you every day, thanks for what you're doing.

[@GetSoberWithMe]

Yea if anyone watches college football i guarantee they know this song...ima huge Vols fan myself

[@josephgleason6801]

10 or 12 times? I sat next to the U..of Tennessee band at a game at Notre Dame and that band played the refrain to Rocky Top every time rbe Vols got a first down. Seemed like way more than 10 or 12 times to me. 😉

[@becky_927]

Go #TennesseeVols Go!!! #VFL

[@Inboden69]

ya i cant believe sports fans like these two seem to claim wouldnt know this song. Im not even close to a Tenn fan but when they sing it its amazing.

[@Gigi_Unapologetic]

Definitely give Allison Krauss a shot! In her early days with Union Station, she was heavy into bluegrass and played the fiddle. She progressed more into popular music into the 90s. Also, she has the voice of an Angel.

[@isg01010]

Her song “Paper Airplane”is one of my favorites

[@willdwyer6782]

Allison and Robert Plant did some good work together. Her cover with Union Station of When You Say Nothing at All is a beautiful vocal performance.

[@rkw436]

I can't hear her Catfish John enough times.

[@skywarrior00]

Union Station is one of those groups where every single musician is world class and have their own solo careers but still come together for tours and studio time. Alison is still heavy into Bluegrass and very much a current star in that genre, along with her Union Station bandmates. That said, yes, she has had much more success in crossing genres than the rest of the guys. Of course, Dan Tyminski was the singing voice of George Cloony in "O Brother Where Art Thou", Ron Block is one of the smoothest mellow guitar players around, and Jerry Douglas is absolute king on the dobro. It's a great ensemble and well worth a listen, especially if you can watch a live concert recording. Bluegrass tends to be very acoustic and doesn't have that "wall of sound" effect that can cover many errors by the artists. Union Station just doesn't make errors.

[@SirOtter1]

I saw her open for Garth Brooks at Murphy Center in Murfreesboro back in the 90s. I thought then and still do that he should have opened for her.

[@edselman58]

I use to play in a bluegrass band years ago.Whenever we played at a bluegrass festival,there were 3 numbers people would often request to hear.One was...."Rocky Top"...one was a banjo number.."Foggy Mt. Breakdown"..and the other a fiddle tune...Orange Blossom Special.These are fast hard driving numbers to play that Bluegrassers love to hear and also to "flatfoot" to.A lot of what makes a great bluegrass band is not just the tight musicianship but also the harmonizing of the vocals.

[@MsDemeanorsMusings]

If you ever make it to South Central Kansas, you should check out the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival In Winfield. One of the best around. (But NEVER eat any food that comes out of the Pecan Grove camp ground! They use special recipes, LOL)

[@tarheelkev9293]

Check put Ricky Scaggs video Country Boy

[@wolfpat]

Do you ever go to Galax, VA?

[@edselman58]

Have not been in long time.Would like to go to their annual fiddlers convention.

[@wolveswithoutteeth]

I was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Been away from home for many years, but every time I hear Rocky Top I feel proud of Tennessee and a tear comes to my eyes. Smokey Mountain Rain by Ronnie Milsap is another famous Tennessee song.

[@videofaves]

Rocky Top is the unofficial fight song of the University of Tennessee. About 10 years ago a small town in Tennessee changed its name to Rocky Top. Outstanding song! Bluegrass music is a genre that has a huge range. I would recommend listening to the Del McCoury band doing “Get down on your knees and pray “. Their are great live versions of this on KZbin. Think you both will love it!

[@jenniezamek2849]

ROCKY TOP is the University of Tennessee's fight song. For several years it's been voted the #1 college fight song in the country.

[@mandyg5444]

That’s what I was going to comment and was surprised that they hadn’t heard it before. Not saying they’re being fake at all... just a little shocked that they’ve never heard it? I can watch a college game and hear just about every version of that song there is.

[@markoehler2752]

Many bluegrass musicians are brother acts. The Stanley’s most notably, but Bill Monroe (the “father of bluegrass”) began his career as a duo with his brother as well. Check out Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Dailey & Vincent, Rhonda Vincent, and Patty Loveless is a must!

[@MsDemeanorsMusings]

Ricky Skaggs did Country Bluegrass just about better than anyone!

[@scotttretten8020]

The Three Pickers album With Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs and Erarl Scruggs is top notch

[@12floz67]

As a metal head guitarist I’ve always been impressed with bluegrass music and players. The tempo is fast right along with their playing. I’ve always liked this tune, thanks for putting in your channel.🤘🍻

[@GetSoberWithMe]

And a banjo is so hard to play... much respect...when i hear that fiddle and banjo my soul warms up...love it

[@PreacherDan]

Tit might sound uncivilized and a bit hokey but bluegrass music (played right) is one of the most difficult genres to get involved in because the level of talent one must have to play it is much higher than that of nearly any other genre other than possibly jazz.

[@ralf-peterberg1083]

@@PreacherDanYou’re absolutely right. And it’s the genre where you get the least amount of money for every note you have to play 😢 sooo sad ….

[@Kelsie154]

I grew up on both bluegrass and metal, and to me, the genres are VERY similar from a technicality standpoint despite being very different in sound. Bluegrass is to country as metal is to rock. And bluegrass is basically acoustic metal 😂

[@cmnslcf]

“Rocky Top,” like “Tennessee Waltz” is a state song that has enjoyed wide popularity outside Tennessee. This bluegrass standard was written in only ten minutes 1967 by the husband/wife songwriting team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant as a diversion from another writing assignment.

[@francisseidel8014]

Flatt and Scruggs are probably the most famous of the genre from the early years. Whenever I hear bluegrass, I always think of how The Beverly Hillbillies brought that music to people who would have never heard it otherwise.

[@daveowens9849]

I'm with ya on that one! I just recommended them and the theme to the Beverly Hillbillies!

[@thomasmacdiarmid8251]

@@daveowens9849 To be followed with Weird Al's version

[@bettypogue7021]

If you have ever watch a Tennessee Vols footgame you have heard the band play Rocky Top everytime they score.

[@angieacapella1847]

Being a football guy, Jay, I’m surprised you didn’t know this was University of Tennessee’s school song. Nothin’ like 100,000 fans singing “Rocky Top” at the same time at Neyland Stadium! GO BIG ORANGE!

[@bluegrassreb]

I used to work Gatlingburg, Tn and had a call to the actual hotel and then THE room that Felice and Boudleaux Bryant wrote this banger. Was cool standing in a musically historic spot. Hats off to East Tennessee.

[@sharrontaylor5448]

Love Bluegrass. My favorite Bill Monroe Uncle Pen, and Flat and Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Orange Blossom Special . Flat and Scruggs do the Beverly Hillbilly show theme song and Petticoat Junction and Salty Dog Blues, Ralph Stanley. Love the tenor. Mandolin is a main instrument with the banjo and guitar. Also, a amazing banjo musician is Steve Martin, the comedian. Most of the bluegrass players do dress in very nice suits

[@sekmand]

Look up videos of the home crowd singing this at Univ. of Tennessee football games...it is incredible.

[@davidsanders5788]

Go big orange

[@cbramblejr]

Rocky Top you ought to see, my unforked family tree. Good Ole Rocky Top, don't know my ABC"s

[@sparkie88]

Go VOLS!

[@erinhansen2110]

It's all the fans have left since UT hasn't had ToP 10 national relevance in 2 decades. :)

[@kenashburn5473]

@@cbramblejr There's always one...

[@gravytrain416]

I was lucky enough to see the Osbourne Brothers back in 2004 or 2005 with my fiance. Saw them in a small-town theatre in Mount Airy, NC. My soon-to-be bride remembered Rocky Top when she was a kid, so I took her to see them in person. The small venue was awesome. They interacted with the crowd, and made it feel so personal. Wonderful show. They had a new fiddle player at the time, a really young boy, and someone in the crowd yelled up, "let's hear that boy play the Orange Blossom Special!" That's an instrumental, and the kid laid into it. Did a fine job, too. Driving a truck, I used to haul steel out of Dayton, Ohio down to South Carolina, and coming down Interstate 75, there's an exit for Rockytop, TN. So it's a real place. I always wished I was in a car instead of a semi, so I could get off and do some exploring. Y'all should check out "Ruby". That was another one of their hits. Keep up the good work. Y'all put out so much stuff, I'll never live long enough to see it all, lol! Love y'all.

[@tobywallace578]

Melody, beat and musicianship tell the tail no mater the type of music. Talent shows through always

[@TexasRivermedic]

I’d like to suggest: Ralph Stanley - Man of Constant Sorrow, Rank Stranger, Pretty Polly, Oh Death, The Roses Will Blossom Ricky Skaggs - In Heaven We’ll Never Grow Old, Shouting On the Hills of Glory John Hartford - The Way Is Narrow Appalachian Road Show - Tribulations Flat & Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Foggy Mountain Breakdown Dolly Parton & Bill Monroe - Mule Skinner (live) Female Friday Blue Grass: Patty Loveless You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive Alison Krauss - On Heavens Bright Shore

[@delicatefleur]

Oh death for sure. It'll give you chills

[@off-kiltervapors4634]

Yes! You can't help but smile when that high lonesome bluegrass vocal kicks in. Bill Monroe is a bluegrass star you should totally check out.

[@user-su2oi5pb7b]

The first time I heard the Osborne Brothers changed my life. They completely floored me, I'd never heard anything so good and I still haven't. I managed to make it to over 70 something shows and they'll forever be my favorite

[@mjabqmanwk]

"Bluegrass" is a direct descendant of the fiddle, guitar and mandolin music that was brought over from the aulde sod by Irish and Scottish immigrants many, many decades ago. The essentially African-American instrument, the banjo, was added as the years went by. Some of the most beautiful songs are ballads with ancient lyrics. I think you two would have fun researching some of this music!

[@dday9257]

Name a couple black banjo players I can check out.

[@mjabqmanwk]

@@dday9257 Cedric Watson, John Snipes, Dink Roberts, John Tyree. See also kzbin.info/www/bejne/epyqhKGpbJKSm5I and kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXnbkJumrZKka6M

[@homealonebuild3090]

Other than reading comments, have you ever actually seen them research anything?

[@mjabqmanwk]

@@homealonebuild3090 No, not really ...but then I would have no way of knowing.

[@gpxo11]

don't forget the dillards from the andy Griffith show-singing as the Darlings-songs Dooley, Buckin Mules and There Is A Time are winners.

[@briangulley6027]

After this song you have to listen the 1949 version of Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, it's the ultimate blue grass song.

[@sharrontaylor5448]

Absolutely love Flat and Scruggs. And I agree with you about the Foggy Mountain Breakdown. Then Bill Monroe. Uncle Pen is great. I do not like Ricky Skaggs version. It is not a good second in my opinion. That is just my thoughts on it.

[@briangulley6027]

@@sharrontaylor5448 I'm sure you know this but other might not, but Lester and Earl were in Monroe's band at one time.

[@sharrontaylor5448]

@@briangulley6027 you know I may have known that. But I am not going to say I did lol. Memory is faulty. However, I did meet a nephew of Earl Scruggs in 2014. He attended my church in a different state congregation we met at a church gathering of multiple congregations. He and his wife were there and he was our song leader for choir. He has since passed away.

[@axltyler]

Rocky Top is one of the greatest songs ever written.

[@owlbuquerqueturkey]

Jerry Garcia (of the Grateful Dead) had a couple bluegrass side projects. One group was called Old & In the Way, check out their song "Old & In the Way" (yes, "Old & In the Way by Old" & In the Way"). He also did a project with David Grisman and Tony Rice called "The Pizza Tapes". Their version of "Shady Grove" is just phenomenal!!

[@donaldriddle230]

The instrument you're asking about is a Mandolin. The vocal style is called High Lonesome. Bobby Osborne, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley. Del McCrory, are just a few artists famous in bluegrass. Rocky Top is by the way the School song for The Tennessee Volunteers!

[@renafox4481]

Also one of Tennessee's state songs

[@snafubar5491]

WarDayummEagle!!!

[@jennifermorris6848]

Alison Kraus for female Friday and blue grass. Check “Every time you say goodbye” for blue grass or “When you say nothing at all” for country or “Down to the River to Pray”

[@shannonharris898]

Imagine sitting in the midst of 100k people singing this song at Neyland Stadium after a huge win, like last year when TN beat Alabama!

[@evelynhoard2845]

Fight song for the University of Tennessee! (My home) I've heard this all my life. A town here recently changed it's name to Rocky Top..so it does exist now!

[@normanhutcheson812]

“Not ALL country people are bumpkin!” You tell ‘em, Amber! 😂 😂 😂. For another great bluegrass song, try “Orange Blossom Special”, by Rhonda Vincent and The Rage. They are amazing! They use 5 fiddles/violins for the sounds of the train! And no, Jay, they are NOT dressed in bib overalls and barefoot, spitting tobacco into a coffee can! Lmao!

[@flomurdock]

And not just NOT bumpkins. Many bluegrass musicians are virtuoso players. I don't know a lot about him, but you should check out J.D. Crowe, he just died today. Jim and Jesse, another brother group. Diesel On My Tail. Del McCoury is worth checking out, too.

[@scubaspookryu]

I'm with you Norman! It sounds more like Jordan was describing a hillbilly jug band! Rhonda Vincent, "The Hardest Working Woman in Bluegrass". She has an AMAZING solo voice, but I almost like hearing her sing harmony because she knows exactly what to give based on the singer(s) she's harmonizing with and the mood of the song. Let's not forget that she's pretty accomplished on several instruments. And her band, The Rage, is made up of musicians that are each world class in their own right. She tried country music and was phenomenal, but she decided to go back to what she loved most, bluegrass. They have so many great songs to choose from.

[@kimberlystark3944]

My sister-in-law was a national champion fiddle player. She played Orange Blossom Special, with my husband accompanying her on banjo, at Bush's inauguration. 🥰

[@blackprix]

When I hear this song I think of the University of Tennessee, I’ve been to their football games as a visitor from the other team and good all rocky top never stops being played! 100,000 football fans singing it all together is amazing and as a visiting fan from the opposing team… It can wrangle you

[@glenbmc3734]

Very true. Having lived in Knoxville for a couple of years, this song is like their national anthem.

[@jeffstarkey7726]

Big Orange fan born and raised. Love me some Rocky Top!

[@Skiddaloo]

Billy Strings--New Grass Revival---Tony Rice--Bluegrass Album Band--Old & In The Way--Hot Rize--Del McCoury Band

[@johnandrews3151]

Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel/Dueling Banjos - 1972 Vinyl 'Deliverance' Motion Picture Soundtrack. This is the single release from the motion picture starring Burt Reynolds. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Singles Chart and was a massive #1 hit on the Country Chart to boot! One of the biggest selling bluegrass instrumental hits ever.

[@stevedavis5704]

If you want Country/bluegrass sound on a banjo look up Roy Clark on the banjo. He was a master of guitar and banjo and always fun to listen to. Also since he moved to Tulsa in 74 there is a strong connection to Oklahoma. A more modern group is Southern Raised Bluegrass. My favorite of theirs so far is Orange Blossom Special which is a classic song. Lastly for a female banjo player I like Mean Mary and my favorite song is Iron Horse.

[@dorindacunningham9452]

He was pickin' and a grinin'! 😆

[@matthawkins8880]

Roy and Buck Trent do an awesome version of dueling banjos.

[@tmatt0001]

Here is a GREAT Bluegrass song. 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown' It is an instrumental. Every player in the video is very famous in the Bluegrass genre. All are considered among the best at their instruments. Make sure to read the description of the video to see all the players. Even Leon Russell appears in the video, as does comedian Steve Martin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4Kse6iraLNoe7s

[@randyhodges8782]

Yes!

[@TonyM1961]

Steve Martin is actually a very talented musician who plays more than just banjo, but he was famous for having one on stage during his stand-up comedy, especially in his early performances

[@brucefarrar7359]

You cannot question their musicality.

[@lonnyjohnson2061]

You should check Molly Tuttle. She is the first woman to win the blue grass instrumentalist of the year award. When she gets going you can't see her fingers.

[@kenlangston3451]

It isn’t bluegrass but very few reactors have done Okie From Muskogee by Merle Haggard. It is such a fantastic song. I think you guys would really enjoy it.

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

That's like his worst song. Even Merle didn't like it because nobody understood it was a joke.

[@gkiferonhs]

For bluegrass you gotta hear, Flat & Scruggs doing Foggy Mountain Breakdown

[@hamfox6523]

Darrel Scott, “ you’ll never leave Harlan alive” one of the best songwriters you will find. This song gets right into your very soul.

[@jesselewis5699]

Oh my, she’s such a doll. You don’t know how lucky you are son to have a woman like her.

[@Mr05Chuck]

Dan Fogelberg is some one you should react to. He was not blue grass per-say but but out a great blue grass album in 1985. It is called High Country Snow. Great Bluegrass album.

[@sarahmartin2968]

I used to clog dance to this song as a kid growing up in Lawton, Oklahoma. So thank you for giving me a small glimpse of my childhood back!!❤❤

[@SWVA2TX]

One of the greatest bluegrass performances I've ever seen is Ralph Stanley and Patty Loveless doing Pretty Polly. Her singing will blow you away.

[@JustTired659]

My father was born and raised in the Eastern Mountains of Tennessee. He moved to Maryland, where I was born but as a kid my dad would take us to Bluegrass Festivals and I would see The Osborne Brothers and many others in person. The musicians would walk around and talk with the folks that were there to see them. One of my favorite songs from them was Tennessee Hound Dog.

[@isg01010]

Bobby Osbourne (lead vocals and mandolin ) is 90 and still performing. His brother Sonny on banjo recently passed away.

[@delicatefleur]

I just came on to say this. We have a banjo business and I do the inlay for Sonny's banjos.

[@EcclesiasticusRex]

Bluegrass is a form of Country-Western, so you might find a lot of crossover between artists. But, look for Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” and then a group called The Dillards who were featured on The Andy Griffith Show often in the 1960s. Of course, just about all the music on the television program “Hee Haw” that ran for something near 30 years. Here are some Bluegrass legends who ended up on Hee Haw that you should definitely hear: Grandpa Jones, “Mountain Dew,” and David “Stringbean” Akeman, “Lil’ Liza Jane.” Great choices today! Cheers.

[@kenqb5450]

You forgot the theme from the TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies" and Flatt and Scruggs appeared on "The Andy Griffith Show" .

[@EcclesiasticusRex]

@@kenqb5450 True. But I didn't forget. I don't want to write pages and pages in a response. But if you search for Flatt and Scruggs, you won't be able to avoid "The Ballad of Jed Clampett." Roy Clark also appeared on The Beverly Hillbillies and much of his work is also Bluegrass in nature.

[@mikemaricle9941]

Yep, the Darlins.

[@DrDanQ]

WRONG!!!! There is NO SUCH THING as "Country-Western" music!!! Only people who are totally unfamiliar with Country music call it that. There is Country music....there is Western Swing....but there is NO 'Country-Western" music!

[@EcclesiasticusRex]

@@DrDanQ If I recall correctly, before around 1950ish, the term "Country" music didn't exist. It was called "Folk" or "Traditional." But music with those designations were automatically "public domain," and could be recorded by just about anyone without penalty. From what I have read, the term "Country-Western" was coined so artists of those genres could receive royalties and avoid having their music stolen. I'm sorry that you don't like those designations. Merry Christmas.

[@mcmlxv9827]

When I was a small child, a few guys would get together in my uncles living room playing bluegrass. We're talking in the deep mountains of Tennessee. My mom loved this. She's buried on a mountain there. Although I've lived elsewhere my entire life, that's where I'll be buried too.

[@pete3397]

Also, when you talk about bluegrass always being upbeat, there's a whole set of bluegrass known as "murder ballads". Check out "Caleb Meyer" by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.

[@alleycat9422]

I'm from Knoxville Tennessee and this is played all the time and especially during the UT vols games

[@utcnc7mm]

"PRIDE OF THE SOUTHLAND" does a phenomenal job playing it!

[@Verlopil]

The great Earl Scruggs and crew with Foggy Mountain Breakdown is probably the most well-known bluegrass song to folks outside of the genre, unless you count Dueling Banjos. There's a great video of him and a bunch of famous country players all playing the song later in his life. It's a lot of fun.

[@travisbicklesmohawk7069]

My old boss was a Grammy nominated bluegrass player. Whenever the big name boys came through northern Colorado, let's just say the jam sessions at the farm were incredible.

[@tammymontgomery7195]

My dad's favorite group...THANK YOU

[@thundernels]

In bluegrass, the stud singer of the group is often the high tenor harmony singer, not necessarily the lead singer. People like Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury even someone like Ricky Skaggs. That high lonesome sound is very indicative of bluegrass. For a more modern take, you might try early Alison Krauss or Nickel Creek.

[@JonHolida2]

Old Crow Medicine Show is another good modern group

[@teddtarr]

Lester Flatt ( of Flatt & Scruggs) is another good example of that high-pitched, nasal toned vocal style.

[@ginalolajupiter2942]

Well, I just time traveled. This was my dad's jam! (he would have been 88 this year). For a more modern spin on the banjo might I suggest Bela Fleck or Mumford and Sons. The banjo has its roots in Ireland and Scotland and those are my people, lol. I watch a lot of music reactors and I never, in a million years, thought that I would hear the Osborne Brothers. What a weird surprise. Happy holidays to you and your lovely family.

[@delicatefleur]

Interesting about the banjo having its roots in Ireland and Scotland. I would have thought Africa. But maybe I'm wrong

[@walterbennett8032]

Actually the banjo is the only true American instrument. Invented in North America in the 1800s.

[@rifleattheplayground]

Im from the hometown of the Osborne Brothers and they have a festival in hyden ky every year with lots of bluegrass musicians. Always a good time.

[@melaniemcdade-id4up]

Played at every wedding receptionI've been to. Later in the evening when all are in the mood to crazy dance.

[@gunsmoke7193]

Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys - Uncle Pen. Bill Monroe is considered the father of bluegrass.

[@jayrussell4833]

Love watching you guys but you just won my heart even more I’m a grad of Tennessee and this brings back sooooooo many memories of football games!!! You can’t go anywhere in Tennessee that you don’t hear this song

[@hollypinkley7936]

Rhiannon Giddens is probably the best NEW bluegrass singing banjo picker out there - just watch her 2015 Austin City Limits singing "Ruby" - it will BLOW YOU AWAY!!!! she opened the Concert for Ken Burns docu "Country Music" you will be blown away - she is probably the only black bluegrass singer out there these days!! Her Poor Wayfaring Stranger is great!!!!! Thes best out there!!!!

[@joesmith8725]

Good ole hill billy country bluegrass music! lol Bumpkin music! Jay is right with the descriptions, lol. Music straight from the Appalacian Mountains of Tenn, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, etc (although has Irish roots from settlers, Celtic music).. They play this song at Tennessee Volunteers football, basketball, baseball games.

[@suzC7]

This just took me back to being a kid in the late 70s and going to Silver Dollar City each summer. They had bluegrass groups in the main gazebo and this was my favorite song to hear from the performers. My kids (10 and 12) get a kick out of it and the other songs on my "Childhood Memories" playlist.

[@bigdaddymopar68]

Another GREAT song is " Knoxville Girl " by the Louvin Brothers that tells a tragic story. Allison Krauss has one called " Jacobs Dream " that tells another sad tragic and TRUE story.

[@CherylStephens-ww8pv]

My parents used to sing “Knoxville Girl” when I was a little girl. Quite a lullaby!

[@scottwilson3741]

The Tennessee state song. The line about getting their corn from a jar is referencing the corn mash used 2 make moonshine

[@thundershadow]

You guys have never disappointed. Thanks for sharing your reaction.

[@carollittle1059]

Ya'll need to listen to Ricky Skaggs version, he plays mandolin.

[@geralddzara637]

You must hear the LIVE version of You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive by Patti Loveless.

[@sallyphillips9175]

I'm very late seeing this, but I was surprised y'all didn't immediately connect this song to the University of Tennessee. It's their fight song. Also, Sonny Osborne died a few years ago, and Bobby passed away June 27, 2023. My dad was a banjo player in a bluegrass band in the late 70s and early 80s called Backporch Bluegrass Express. All of his close friends were in the band. All band members had RVs, and in 1980 we all went to a bluegrass festival called Redgate in Knoxville, TN. The Osborne Brothers were there, and I instantly became a fan after seeing their show. I went backstage (you could do that then) and hung out with them a while. Really nice folks! After that, I'd try to see them and chat at every festival we went to that they were playing at. They came to know us on sight!

[@harleypiper]

I'm a 61 yr old white man and I watch you both with expectations and I am all smiles while listening to this tune. The lead singer just past I believe it was in 2020. I am a huge bluegrass fan . Did I hear right that she grew up listening to bluegrass? Amazing dear.

[@ginasarmina4728]

I love this song, so upbeat! So enjoying the smiles on your faces!

[@wlg1223]

I love this. Bobby is playing the mandolin. One of my very favorite songs of any genre

[@theblacksheep5226]

Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs 1949. You'll be absolutely amazed at the jam on this.

[@denveryoder9358]

If this doesn't make you smile there's something wrong with you! Some of the finest musicians in the world play bluegrass music.

[@paulboudreau3754]

There's a young cat that's an amazing guitarist that is taking old time music from different genres like this and just making them his own. Check out Billy Strings, Dust in a Baggy. There's different versions of it out there, including one from a house party backroom back before anyone knew who he was. Check it out.

[@bettypogue7021]

That is the University of Tennessee song they play at football games. They call Knoxville Rocky Top

[@bobbiecrawford3245]

You two crack me up. Amber you love banjos and horns more than anybody I’ve ever seen! You’re so funny

[@kennieharris327]

I was born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and I live here still. This is the music in my blood.

[@groovydjs]

On the other end of the bluegrass spectrum, please do NEW GRASS REVIVAL "Can't Stop Now".

[@samzilla1281]

And for bluegrass jazz fusion follow Bela Fleck to The Flecktones.

[@willdwyer6782]

"New grass" isn't new. The Louvin Brothers were using electric guitars on bluegrass records in the '50s.

[@mikemaricle9941]

Grateful Grass, bluegrass renditions of Grateful Dead songs.

[@Rogn1]

I was coming on to suggest this. They have many awards, one of the best of all time.

[@sbigford]

AGREED! The best period!

[@isg01010]

Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby did an incredible bluegrass version Hornsby’s “The Way It Is”

[@MamawT65]

Great choice! We love this song in Tennessee!

[@Aldebaron-fp3ef]

Yeah, I went to UT Knoxville and the band plays this song at every game and fans sing the chorus. So even when we’re not winning we have a great time.

[@KayeWhye]

Bluegrass is the roots of country music. I consider it the "heavy metal" of country. Remember Kieth Whitley? He sang for J. D. Crowe And The New South before going solo and switching to country. It is so good watching you two expand your knowledge of and taste for all these different kinds of music. I grew up exposed to almost all of it, and I am so grateful for that. Others have mentioned Allison Krause, who covered Kieth Whitley's "When You Say Nothing At All." As much as I love a good cover, I think that one is my favorite. Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs (Beverly Hillbillies theme song), The Seldom Scene, Suzie Boggus, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Spectrum (featuring Jimmy Goodreau on mandolin, AND Bela Fleck *all time favorite banjo player) So many other great bluegrass bands, so so many!

[@FatBottomedGirl]

This was the first song I learned to play on the piano. Must have been about 6 or 7 years old living in Michigan and called my Grandma in Florida so I could play it for her over the phone. Thanks for the wonderful memory! 💜🎹

[@richardbishop8666]

this is of my favorite reactions of all the time. As a guy who lives in the smokey mountains I could stop laughing. loved it

[@77ukfan]

Bobby the one with the high voice playing the mandolin is a brother to the big guy playing the banjo, Sonny (Who recently passed away). The Osborne Brothers are from Hyden, KY just a few short miles from Hazard, KY and still live there, well now Bobby does. They are members of the Grand Ole Opry, Inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall Of Honor and were the CMA's Vocal Group of the year in 1971. Bobby and his cousin Dean Osborne (Who married my cousin) now teach Bluegrass music at a music school that is part of the Hazard Community College system. Here are just a few names you might be familiar with that started out in Bluegrass, Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley who first met at a Bluegrass competition about 4 miles from my house in a little place called Ezel, KY, I find it a little strange they didn't know each other until then, because they lived in adjoining counties and I live in a county that adjoins both of those counties. Ricky and Keith both played and sang with Ralph Stanley for a while. I remember seeing them when Keith was still with Ralph at Natural Bridge State Park MANY years ago. Back then you could actually meet and greet the guys in the band on a personal level. Since I could practically reach out and touch the stage I met them fairly quickly, one thing I found out is that even though they were big name entertainers they were first and foremost people (With a TON more talent) with the same feelings, values and opinions that you share. It was kind of amazing to find out that they knew some of the same people you knew and shopped at some of the same places you did and so on, even though you didn't know them it was like you had a connection with them. Little did we know that Ricky and Keith would both become megastars, with Ricky winning FOURTEEN Grammy awards (So far). Here are a few more names of people that have played Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, Patty Loveless, Andy Griffith, Steve Martin, Charlie Daniels, Marty Stuart and Vince Gill to name a few. My mom actually worked with Bobby back in the 1950's at NCR (National Cash Register) before Bobby and Sonny hit the big time. Anytime you want to hear GOOD Bluegrass music just come on down to Eastern Kentucky they are usually somebody somewhere playing Bluegrass, especially during the festivals season. If you really want to see Bobby's ceiling on the high notes, check out the song "Ruby, are you mad at your man" by the Osborne Brothers, Bobby blows the roof off on that song. If you do decide to watch "Ruby, are you mad at your man" the video of the one with them in the brown jackets and the two guys in the yellow shirts playing the guitars in my opinion is the best video, it has over 1 million views.

[@rblume1968]

Steve 'n' Seagulls is a current bluegrass group that covers mostly classic rock songs and reconstructs them to a bluegrass style. "Gimme all you're lovin" The ZZ Top cover is my favorite they do but any are good to me. Some of the bluegrass purist may not like it or think its real blue grass, I'm not sure but it sounds good to me. Also I'm surprised Rob hadn't heard Rocky Top being a big sports fan. You cant see much of a Tennessee football game without hearing their band playing it or the fans singing it. It's like an anthem for them.

[@roserollins9800]

AC DC Thunderstuck is another awesome song that they do

[@michelem2167]

Check out "The Cleverlys"

[@michaelcamp5513]

Please please please check out The Osborn Brothers “Ruby”. Find the live version from an outdoor festival in the 60’s. The length of time Bobby holds his notes is amazing. It’s one of those songs where you need to hold onto your hat. “Ruby” was written in 1938 by world renowned female banjo virtuoso Cousin Emmie. Also The Stanley Brothers “Mountain Dew”, The Dillard’s “Dooley”.

[@jamesscott2704]

Billy Strings, Billy Strings, Billy Strings… best flat picker playing bluegrass today.

[@MrScottsearles]

Amber has got some cool parents by the way she talks about them.

[@arthurkitchen8896]

I’m homeless, sleeping in my car, and you two at least make me smile. Merry Christmas!

[@gretacarrick5934]

May you have a blessed new year!

[@lauriesandt5371]

Praying your situation improves.

[@crazexskater]

Praying for you man...

[@SuperVonKiller]

Prayers for ya Brother, in Yeshua's Name!

[@lindamosley922]

Rocky Top is the official song of the University of Tennessee. You also need to check out Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive", or "The Lucky One" {my favorite) by Allison Krauss. And, yes, all these people wear shoes.

[@utcnc7mm]

"You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" would be a good one for Female Friday, that is an awesome song, good selection.

[@sandracox4341]

Please, please, please do Patty Loveless "you'll never leave Harlan alive" on Female Friday!

[@cassiestewart2603]

Woo Hoo I was born in Tennessee and graduated from Univ. of Tennessee Class 0f '2022, (GO VOLS) Nothing like being a Rocky Top Gal!!!

[@SkankyYank]

Female Friday suggestion: “I’m with Her” … I'm with Her are an American band consisting of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan. Their live performance of “Hear Jerusalem Moan” is a great display of their talents backed up by the incredible Billy Strings.