I wish I could have met Bill Monroe. Now we have other greats like Peter Rowan. I am happy to see that these t.v clips are here to learn from, preserved for younger generations like myself to learn from. Thanks for posting.
for some reason i had a hankerin' to hear this song today, it had been playing in my head for a couple of hours before i looked for it. thank you for uploading it :)
This is the very first record I got after my brother gave me the wind up Victrola in 1945. My dad got the Bill Monroe record at a dime store in Conway, S. C.
Damn does this bring back memories!!! this was one of my favorites of his back in the early 60's and truthfully I don't think I've heard it more than once or twice sine then. Thank you so much.
I can understand why you think that. He talks in the song of meeting his wife, the now she's up in heaven and with the Angel band is present tense, they are old and he waits to join her again. Such simple romantism!
The late, great Master of Bluegrass. God rest his soul. Bill was such an amazing man. It's also nice to see Kenny Baker playing fiddle on here as well. ~Craig
I wound up here via a mystery novel by C.J. Box called "In Plain Sight." A villain in that book uses a pseudonym to slink around killing people and animals. What pseudonym? Bill Monroe. So I got curious. The hero (a Wyoming game warden) is a fan of the real Bill Monroe and has a tape in his car with the song, "Footprints in the Snow." My taste runs more towards folk music and some pop, especially the Beatles.
I wish I could have met Bill Monroe. Now we have other greats like Peter Rowan. I am happy to see that these t.v clips are here to learn from, preserved for younger generations like myself to learn from. Thanks for posting.
for some reason i had a hankerin' to hear this song today, it had been playing in my head for a couple of hours before i looked for it. thank you for uploading it :)
I used to think this music was before my time,but now I realize how timeless it is.
This is the very first record I got after my brother gave me the wind up Victrola in 1945. My dad got the Bill Monroe record at a dime store in Conway, S. C.
I'm 65 years old and this was the first song i can remember.I still love it..
Such 'simplicity' but SO profound. RIP Bill Monroe. NEVER to be forgotten.
God! You can just feel the POWER in Bill's voice - even at this advanced age!!!
great tune!bill monroe's music will never die.
Damn does this bring back memories!!! this was one of my favorites of his back in the early 60's and truthfully I don't think I've heard it more than once or twice sine then. Thank you so much.
Go Bill ! This is where it all started and has always been a wonderful thing. Thanks for posting!
great old song by one of the best bluegrass singers.
Billy Roberts, I'm also 65, and I remember this one, and Uncle Pen
I was a real good freind of Robert chubby Wise. andI will sorely miss him.
I can understand why you think that. He talks in the song of meeting his wife, the now she's up in heaven and with the Angel band is present tense, they are old and he waits to join her again.
Such simple romantism!
Oh yes, there is no doubt!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's the best kind!
The late, great Master of Bluegrass. God rest his soul. Bill was such an amazing man. It's also nice to see Kenny Baker playing fiddle on here as well.
~Craig
FUNNY THATS WHAT THE BOYS AT THE COOPERS CAFE SANG THAT MORN AND SHE DID KICK ME THAT DAY BLESSED BOYS L.M.T KALAMAZOO MI
This is 180º opposite of everything today in country and bluegrass music, guess which I prefer.
Wish I could find the version by Johnny Duncan and the blue grass boys.
Gotta love Kenny's soloing on the chorus at 1:48
Baker!!!!!
Invented bluegrass, what more can u say
I wound up here via a mystery novel by C.J. Box called "In Plain Sight." A villain in that book uses a pseudonym to slink around killing people and animals. What pseudonym? Bill Monroe. So I got curious. The hero (a Wyoming game warden) is a fan of the real Bill Monroe and has a tape in his car with the song, "Footprints in the Snow." My taste runs more towards folk music and some pop, especially the Beatles.
That's an old timer. Different than any living generation basically
Same basic melody as 'Wabash Cannonball' ... another iconic real country song from long ago sung by Roy Acuff.
@whpw This is a very perceptive comment.