@@WorldBluegrassDay we have some vhs tapes from dad's group "The Fletcher Brothers" with him and his 3 brothers. They picked at quite a few festival's in north Alabama and Georgia in the 70s 80s and a few times in the 90s.
My kid bought me a Flat & Scruggs cassette for my birthday so that was my introduction to bluegrass music. Then when I discovered Billy Strings I was won over to what a beautiful music bluegrass is.
What a fine video on the old music ... Bluegrass! Ralph Stanley, Lester Flatts, Earl Scrugs, Bill Monroe and a baby faced Marty Stuart. Surely enjoyed this ...
Thank ya for sharing Wonderful music of the mountains My 1st time a hearing bluegrass was when I was about 6 yrs.old through my Family,started listening around home down in the bottoms of E.Peoria Il. This music can put ya here there and everywhere 👍👍👍✌️❤️
Howdy from vine grove just south of hog wallow. Thanks for posting this, come checkout our bluegrass festival touted as largest in the world and if it aint the largest its darn sure the friendliest.
It’s Charlie Sizemore, eastern Kentucky lawyer. Check out the song (I Wanna Be in) Alison’s Band…for a more recent version of Charlie. And a great, fun song!
Note, it’s fair to say that the singers who followed Carter were all, to one degree or other, aiming to sound like Carter, including Keith Whitley, Charlie Sizemore, etc.
I never realized till now, that Jinmmy picked with his index finger pad, not the side like all good pickers seem to choose ,, wow !! Still got a great sound , and rhythm galore !!
No. He and Ricky Scaggs played with Ralph at the same time and there's no Ricky Scaggs on this clip. I think that's Roy Lee Centers but I'm not 100% sure but it sounds like Roy Lee.
Some if not most of them have passed away. The youngest one, the mandolin player, is MARTY STUART, who has been a famous country/bluegrass/gospel singer player for decades now. He's still going strong, especially with his band "the Fabulous Superlatives". Those cats are amazing. Check em out, they can be seen & heard all over youtube.
@@paulquinn3056 Hmmm....Then I'm not sure when this was filmed. With some of these old documentaries it's hard to get information. Wait till you see some of the ones we have scheduled to be released.
Like movies or TV productions, it was probably filmed over a period of time, with a release date later on. Hair styles & vehicles in some scenes are from early 70s so...
How old are you, eight? Because a quarter back then was like 5 dollars today. And did it ever occur to you that perhaps he was HUNDREDS OF MILES from home? .....or even 50 miles. Both of my grandparents on my father's side picked cotton together as newly-weds in north Alabama. He was 17 and Irish, she was 15 and half Cherokee. They picked cotton from sun-up till sundown for 50 cents...........that's 25 cents each. Is your brain starting to click now?
I watched this and not one mention of the Father of Buegrass Bill Monroe. Bill Monroe created Bluegrass. There wouldn't be Bluegrass with out him. Bluegrass is the roots of American music.
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That's my dad Glenn fletcher on banjo around the 5 minute mark. He's still alive and pickin' that same Ode banjo!
That is too awesome. Have any other videos on film or VHS you’d like to share?
Where did your dad get that Ode? It's very much like the one I had that I swapped to Vester Parker in Berea, KY back in 1962...
Hey cuz. plenty of pickin Fletchers
@@BanjoChief dad bought it at a pawn shop in Newnan Georgia in the 70's. It still has a good tone after all these years.
@@WorldBluegrassDay we have some vhs tapes from dad's group "The Fletcher Brothers" with him and his 3 brothers. They picked at quite a few festival's in north Alabama and Georgia in the 70s 80s and a few times in the 90s.
My kid bought me a Flat & Scruggs cassette for my birthday so that was my introduction to bluegrass music. Then when I discovered Billy Strings I was won over to what a beautiful music bluegrass is.
What a fine video on the old music ... Bluegrass! Ralph Stanley, Lester Flatts, Earl Scrugs, Bill Monroe and a baby faced Marty Stuart. Surely enjoyed this ...
I’m so glad Arnold Shultz played shared an taught this music long ago ! The true Godfather of Blue Grass.
Listening from East Tennessee! Thank you for posting this gem.
Thank ya for sharing Wonderful music of the mountains My 1st time a hearing bluegrass was when I was about 6 yrs.old through my Family,started listening around home down in the bottoms of E.Peoria Il. This music can put ya here there and everywhere 👍👍👍✌️❤️
Happy Sunday in Longmont Colorado!
Wonderful.
My cousin was a guy named J.D. Jarvis from Kentucky He was in to the Gospel Bluegrass,My Family always spoke favorably of Him
I listen to him all the time, he was a very special guy. One of the greats imo.
Mighty fine.
This an awesome video!
This is a cool little documentary! Enjoyed it.
Happy Lord's Day in MT
Great show, I've had a Bluegrass Band for over 20+ years. Glad I ran across it. I'll be sharing it for sure...🎶
Like that fellow said they are all addicted 😮 witch is a great thing 👍
That's the stuff....the raw stuff!
I enjoyed the trip back in time.
Greetings from Milford Pennsylvania
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Howdy from vine grove just south of hog wallow. Thanks for posting this, come checkout our bluegrass festival touted as largest in the world and if it aint the largest its darn sure the friendliest.
I'm surprised Monroe's name is not mentioned in this documentary anywhere!!!! (Lester did say "Bill" at one point)
Does anyone know of anymore recordings of that first fiddler, Luther Graves?
A young Marty Stuart at 44:52.
He said Gatlinburg and Maryville when he's talking bout all the places he's played(for those who ain't from here)
Guitar player is charlie sizemore
What's the opening tune on fiddle? 0:20
Dont scratch ma fiddle up, nor bust it...and while ya at it...ya know how to tune it?!
Sho do paw! EFCG😂
They don't make them like Lester Flatt anymore!
I sure miss Charlie Sizemore.
Does anyone know who that is playing rhythm guitar and singing melody with Ralph Stanley?
That would be the great Keith Whitley
According to credits it would be Charlie Sizemore which is possible. But sounds a lot like Keith
It’s Charlie Sizemore, eastern Kentucky lawyer. Check out the song (I Wanna Be in) Alison’s Band…for a more recent version of Charlie. And a great, fun song!
Note, it’s fair to say that the singers who followed Carter were all, to one degree or other, aiming to sound like Carter, including Keith Whitley, Charlie Sizemore, etc.
You are right. Everyone did in someway attempt to sound like Carter. Just my opinion, but no one came as close as Roy Lee
Jimmy Martin is the best !
I never realized till now, that Jinmmy picked with his index finger pad, not the side
like all good pickers seem to choose ,,
wow !!
Still got a great sound , and rhythm galore !!
What does he have attached to the fiddle?
Looked like the pickup off of an electric guitar to me.
What year is this documentary?
Ok, 1979 in the credits. Man, must have been done just before Lester left us.
Is that a young Keith Whitley with Ralph Stanley? I know he was with him for a time
No. He and Ricky Scaggs played with Ralph at the same time and there's no Ricky Scaggs on this clip. I think that's Roy Lee Centers but I'm not 100% sure but it sounds like Roy Lee.
Wonder whatever happened to all these musicians.
Passed on
Some if not most of them have passed away. The youngest one, the mandolin player, is MARTY STUART, who has been a famous country/bluegrass/gospel singer player for decades now. He's still going strong, especially with his band "the Fabulous Superlatives". Those cats are amazing. Check em out, they can be seen & heard all over youtube.
What year is this? 72?
I believe it was filmed in 1980-1981…
@@WorldBluegrassDay it couldn't be as late as that, because Lester Flatt is being interviewed in it and he sadly passed away in May 1979
@@paulquinn3056 Hmmm....Then I'm not sure when this was filmed. With some of these old documentaries it's hard to get information. Wait till you see some of the ones we have scheduled to be released.
Like movies or TV productions, it was probably filmed over a period of time, with a release date later on. Hair styles & vehicles in some scenes are from early 70s so...
So Ralph had to get paid to get gas to drive home when it probably cost a quarter a gallon🥱
Well, quarters don't grow on trees... he still had to get paid to buy the gas. Lol not too smart, are ya.
How old are you, eight? Because a quarter back then was like 5 dollars today. And did it ever occur to you that perhaps he was HUNDREDS OF MILES from home? .....or even 50 miles. Both of my grandparents on my father's side picked cotton together as newly-weds in north Alabama. He was 17 and Irish, she was 15 and half Cherokee. They picked cotton from sun-up till sundown for 50 cents...........that's 25 cents each. Is your brain starting to click now?
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If They Are Selling Out FAST & Have Sooooo Many Why are They 50% Off ???🤔
Selling out fast because they're 50% off.
They needed the money !
I watched this and not one mention of the Father of Buegrass Bill Monroe. Bill Monroe created Bluegrass. There wouldn't be Bluegrass with out him. Bluegrass is the roots of American music.