When you hear Ralph Stanley, you are hearing the real deal. Authentic and unapologetic American country and bluegrass music with no gimmicks, no studio trickery, no BS. A master. A legend. There will never be another like him.
Bro he stole this song and passed it as his own. This is an old time fiddle tune called young edward and so much older than bluegrass itself. Listen to dora mae wagers play it
I was technically born in VA, but my birth certificate was issued by TN. So I understand where this conversation is heading 😁 don't know anyone from Clinch Mountain, but I've never met an unkind soul in those blessed hills.
Ralph Stanley may not be the greatest bluegrass banjo picker, but his playing like nobody else's cuts the deepest into the soul of bluegrass. It is very special.
Excellent old-time footage! One of my all time favorite banjo pickers. Was sad to see him go, but he lived a full, rich life of Bluegrass. Thanks for sharing.
I'm an atheist through and through, but am in love with this music. God may or may not exist, but the soul indeed does and it's right here in bluegrass 💙
That was amazing. I wish they had played a little bit more of the footage - Carter makes a great brotherly joke right afterwards:” He made that up out of his own head. Had enough left over to build a fire.” That will never be another Stanley Brothers!
@@selmer862 Here's the full show--Pete Seeger's "Rainbow Quest", broadcast over public television (called "educational television back then) in the 1960s. th-cam.com/video/86i4-299Sw8/w-d-xo.html
@YooperBanjo imagine thinking a video recorded on analog technology would matter if it was uploaded to TH-cam or any other platform. The sound quality is limited from the original not TH-cam. Maybe study on how codes and bandwidth work for audio before assuming the host platform has anything to do with a sub par recording in the first place. This playback is as good as it could ever be, it actually sounds better now vs whatever speaker you could have reproduced it on at the time.
His banjo cuts and when you hear that banjo you know its Ralph. Greatness is when you can hear the sound and know who playing it. Thats Ralph Stanley. The sound. Banjo sounds like a machine gun.
I absolutely will :) I just wish someone would've warned me about how addictive banjo is, it's like twangy heroin for your ears, lol. Thanks again for the upload!
+Keri Ann you're right it sure is, I pick the banjo too, I also play the fiddle, mandolin and guitar, I grew up on Bluegrass music, it's the best there is.
I heard Ralph say in an interview that back in the day when all the other pickers were buying up Earl Scruggs albums and taking them home to learn how to play, he didn't do that. He wanted his own style.
Does anyone know why this tune has an extra beat in the B part? Is there a dance that goes with it, that needs 16 beats in the A part and 17 in the B part? Or is it just a slightly trollish bit of music writing to keep the band on their toes?
That extra half-measure in the B part is what puts the "backstep" in Clinch Mountain Backstep. The tradition of putting a "hold" in the B part goes back to old time fiddling. The old timers called it a "crooked tune".
I like classic rock and metal, but watching this makes me want to buy a banjo. I guess it helps that I was born not far from where Dr. Stanley was born. A man's got to have years of practice to play as well as Dr. Stanley.
I'm not a banjo player but most blues stuff is pretty easy to play by ear once you've got scales down. Mastering the picking technique, however, might require some extra work!
I wish I could get a tab for this. All of the videos and tablature for this particular version of the song do not seem to match up. All are close but none are the same
1966. Look up Pete Seeger and Stanley brothers and you’ll find the whole episode of the TV show. The really sad thing is that Carter had less than a year to live after this was filmed😔
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When you hear Ralph Stanley, you are hearing the real deal. Authentic and unapologetic American country and bluegrass music with no gimmicks, no studio trickery, no BS. A master. A legend. There will never be another like him.
Bro he stole this song and passed it as his own. This is an old time fiddle tune called young edward and so much older than bluegrass itself. Listen to dora mae wagers play it
Still love him tho
I have absolutely no idea how I suddenly stumbled into this neck of the internet but damn that was good
Indeed banjo pickin is timeless
Welcome
I'm from clinch mountain love this song proud it's my home!!!
where is clinch mountain?
@@dabneyoffermein595 Virginia, Tennessee
@@honeybear200 haha I wonder if it's just by the I-81 somewhere in them Appalachians.
@@adamcharney haha close brother.
I was technically born in VA, but my birth certificate was issued by TN. So I understand where this conversation is heading 😁 don't know anyone from Clinch Mountain, but I've never met an unkind soul in those blessed hills.
Ralph Stanley may not be the greatest bluegrass banjo picker, but his playing like nobody else's cuts the deepest into the soul of bluegrass. It is very special.
He IS one of the greatest bluegrass banjo pickers.
It's not only the musical talents, but also the personality of the picker that makes me consider a musical artist.
Soulful. Searching.
By far the best. Equally outstanding in his own 3 finger blue grass style and old time Clawhammer as well. Add to that his singing and he is the GOAT!
Excellent old-time footage! One of my all time favorite banjo pickers. Was sad to see him go, but he lived a full, rich life of Bluegrass. Thanks for sharing.
It's so cool that they do close-ups on the fretting and fingerpicking.
Ahead of it’s time
Ralph tearing it up back in his prime, and with a surprisingly good recording of it.
I'm an atheist through and through, but am in love with this music. God may or may not exist, but the soul indeed does and it's right here in bluegrass 💙
Sounds like you are an agnostic. Not an atheist.
An atheist would never say, "God may or may not exist..."
That is the language of an agnostic.
I am honored to have known Dr. Ralph, even though our styles are different, he always had a kind word to say about my recordings.
I watch this every day. No Joke
That was amazing. I wish they had played a little bit more of the footage - Carter makes a great brotherly joke right afterwards:” He made that up out of his own head. Had enough left over to build a fire.” That will never be another Stanley Brothers!
What show was this from? I'd love to find the whole thing.
@@selmer862 Here's the full show--Pete Seeger's "Rainbow Quest", broadcast over public television (called "educational television back then) in the 1960s.
th-cam.com/video/86i4-299Sw8/w-d-xo.html
@@iragitlin7549 I can't thank you enough. Really nice of you!
The complex undertone blends he gets on his Gibson are just incredible. You can hear them better with headphones!!
haha
Laughs in Pro studio monitors
Take it easy, asshole.
@@ABArsenal Imagine arguing about speaker sound quality when your audio feed is from a youtube video.
@YooperBanjo imagine thinking a video recorded on analog technology would matter if it was uploaded to TH-cam or any other platform. The sound quality is limited from the original not TH-cam. Maybe study on how codes and bandwidth work for audio before assuming the host platform has anything to do with a sub par recording in the first place. This playback is as good as it could ever be, it actually sounds better now vs whatever speaker you could have reproduced it on at the time.
What I'd give to hear my grandfather pick his banjo
I don't know how I can like green day, Ariana Grande, Korn, and Ralph Stanley all at once
Wu-tang, Megadeth, Pink Floyd, Klaus Schulze, The Stanleys... it's all music 🎶
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we are just very cultured music lovers
Dear obsolete tv station, please play him again. You can stand to pay him some more.
I have searched for this for a long time, thanks.
His banjo cuts and when you hear that banjo you know its Ralph. Greatness is when you can hear the sound and know who playing it. Thats Ralph Stanley. The sound. Banjo sounds like a machine gun.
The F**k! Slayer.
I hear Ralph made that tune up!
Pretty darn good pickin!!!!
God Bless him.
This song was written by Ralph Stanley many, many years ago .
This is my phone ringtone.... love this
So crazy I never seen him this young very often. Thank you! My fave
RIP Dr Stanley, they sure don't make them today like the old time Bluegrass greats did!
We have to give credit to the cameraman and whoever had the presence of mind to preserve this footage.
Boy, that’s a young Ralph!
Yep
Wow. What a talented man he was.
Love all the country playing best sound ever and a big thanks to all the guys and girls that take time so share there music skills god bless you all
His greatest song!
It's like watching an Irish session, only it's American. Love it.
This is the way I remember Ralph Stanley.
Wm Jones I remember him.
I dig the groove. Time to move back to Summit Mountain (over the ridge and around the bend from Clinch Mt!) and learn to play the banjo.
I love this so much! Thanks for sharing...
you're welcome Keri, keep on pickin and grinnin sugar.
I absolutely will :) I just wish someone would've warned me about how addictive banjo is, it's like twangy heroin for your ears, lol. Thanks again for the upload!
+Keri Ann you're right it sure is, I pick the banjo too, I also play the fiddle, mandolin and guitar, I grew up on Bluegrass music, it's the best there is.
I couldn't agree more!
Lmao. Yall ain't a kiddin.
LEGEND
A fantastic tune. The humor about pay, I found insulting like Bill Monroe saying about Earl ...He can play a little banjo.
There's a groove in this a mile wide.
You could say the same thing about some of the forest service roads where I live 😁
I found this while trying to find a banjo tab for "the whole world round". Got a long way to go.
hell yeah thanks for posting this one
the master has spoken....
Oh my goodness!!!!! ❤️
Classic. I hope these views double in another year.
103k as of 4-2-18 glad I found it! Praise the lord
I bet there is still a few banjo pickers on clinch Mtn.
Fantastic!!!!!!!!
At the feet of the master himself.
Nice 👌
Rest in peace brother. Fog in the mountains..
awesome!!
I just got a banjo… how the hell did he do that lord thats gonna take me AT LEAST 5 years to try to do that😮
Ralph Stanley is definitely at the Mount Rushmore of banjo pickers
What a find!
Low key funky as hell
RIP Dr Stanley
Pick that 5 stringer! Pretty fancy playing!
I heard Ralph say in an interview that back in the day when all the other pickers were buying up Earl Scruggs albums and taking them home to learn how to play, he didn't do that. He wanted his own style.
cool them strings off! Whooo.
Superb 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This song was written by Mr. Ralph Stanley.
I can see clinch mountain from my bedroom window here in Morristown
I’m a city boy but damn they can play
I grew up on this I live an breath bluegrass
Does anyone know why this tune has an extra beat in the B part? Is there a dance that goes with it, that needs 16 beats in the A part and 17 in the B part? Or is it just a slightly trollish bit of music writing to keep the band on their toes?
That extra half-measure in the B part is what puts the "backstep" in Clinch Mountain Backstep. The tradition of putting a "hold" in the B part goes back to old time fiddling. The old timers called it a "crooked tune".
Knowledge is amazing! I love learning
I loike blue grass and country
Lulu Collins I love it!
Yup
I like classic rock and metal, but watching this makes me want to buy a banjo. I guess it helps that I was born not far from where Dr. Stanley was born. A man's got to have years of practice to play as well as Dr. Stanley.
My Daddy played this by ear
I'm not a banjo player but most blues stuff is pretty easy to play by ear once you've got scales down.
Mastering the picking technique, however, might require some extra work!
Earl Scruggs made have made what the bajo is today, but Ralph perfected it.
Why he is sitting?
When is this music, I ever seen all stand on the podium.
❤️
That’s what I m a talkin bout
I can do the flat step dance very well especially with drug withdrawal cuz I have Jimmy legs
Who are the seven trolls who gave this the thumbs down?
Now there's 14 trolls
They just turned their phone upside down so they could like it again.
(1) Any questions? (2) Ultimate mic drop.
I wish I could get a tab for this. All of the videos and tablature for this particular version of the song do not seem to match up. All are close but none are the same
What kind of numbnuts would give this a thumbs down??
hey, did this cat every play foggy mountain breakdown? if so, could you link it up for me. thanks err'one
Anyone know what year this was recorded? Great video.
1966. Look up Pete Seeger and Stanley brothers and you’ll find the whole episode of the TV show. The really sad thing is that Carter had less than a year to live after this was filmed😔
@@johnhicksmusic You are correct !
Damn. If you play it back at .75 speed it sounds like a zeppelin or white stripes riff.
Good call
ive played it back at every speed so i could learn it. I noticed it sounded damn good at .75 though good call though
A Zeppelin cover/arrangement would have fit perfectly on LZ4 or Physical Graffiti.
slightly slower sounds great - you hear every note
Is that Pete Seeger with his back to the camera?🤔
I believe this was on Seeger's show, so probably.
7 people that have no idea about bluegrass music disliked this. I guess there's always shitty new country they can listen to.
Not a lot of love lost between them two brothers, was there? LOl
Ralph didn't do anything after Carter's death for many years.
Never knew Joe Pesci was that good on the banjer...
He's a funny guy
Frailing banjo
Stephen King brought me here
how?
But then again, I wouldn't know the difference between Brussels and Bruges.
Look at those gentlemen we should embrace that masculinty not this gangster kiddo bullshit.
Anyone else here know of a Logan Sackett from Clinch Mountain. That’s why I’m here.. Galloway