Flatt & Scruggs playing: Randy Lynn Rag
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This is my favorite bluegrass band of all time. This is rare footage of a USO show (for the military) some time in the 60's. This video shows Hylo Brown playing bass w/ the rest of the standard F &S line up: Paul Warren on fiddle, Earl and Lester on banjo and guitar respectively, Curly Seckler on mandolin, and Josh Graves on dobro. Here you can also see Earl sporting his '34 Granada w/it's Bow-Tie finger board which he had for a short time in the 60's.
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| I use a Skruggs/ ... ( 6 months ago by johnwalterm) |
| I use a Skruggs/Kieth tuner on my telecaster for drop tuning. |
| I mean no ... ( 5 months ago by pegcage) |
| I mean no disrespect to Bill Monroe at all. Love him. But Earl Scruggs brought the unique 3 finger style to the 5 string that added so much to Bluegrass, that you have to call him an innovator in American music. Bill would never really give him the spotlight he so deserved. Also Bill would not speak to Lester and Earl for years after they left him. Bill was the father, but L and E took Bluegrass to a new level! |
| I think this was ... ( 5 months ago by pfcbeetlebailey2) |
| I think this was filmed before they started removing cocaine from Coca Cola --- And the dobroist had a big swallow of it before he went on stage!! |
| ... ( 5 months ago by squadronace) |
| eeeeehhhaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! |
| YEEEEEEUUUUUUU!!!! ( 5 months ago by ray8up) |
| YEEEEEEUUUUUUU!!!! |
| I am from ky but i ... ( 4 months ago by crannogdiver) |
| I am from ky but i live in england. there is no school like old school god blees 'em all r |
| Paul Warren, the ... ( 4 months ago by thorneswift) |
| Paul Warren, the God of the Breakdown! I wore a record out learning his version of Sally Goodin. I remember records, do you? |
| I don't believe ... ( 4 months ago by blguitars) |
| I don't believe Earl has ever played a bowtie inlaid banjo, it's always his trusty old Granada! While Bill Monroe was indeed the father of bluegrass F&S took it to a whole new level. |
| Yeah he has dude. ... ( 4 months ago by erroredisk) |
| Yeah he has dude. His Granada had a bow-tie finger board at one time. His neck has been changed at least once. |
| You play fiddle? ( 4 months ago by erroredisk) |
| You play fiddle? |
| Earl didn't waste ... ( 3 months ago by 442462) |
| Earl didn't waste any time, did he? Just started right in picking with no banter. |
| does anyone know of ... ( 3 months ago by flatpikinguitar) |
| does anyone know of a video where you can see lester cut loose on the guitar |
| Jim's biggest thing ... ( 3 months ago by erroredisk) |
| Jim's biggest thing that makes him sound better than Earl to some people is that he has his own sycopation and his own way to accent his notes. This and his top-noch tone. But you can't say Jim Mills can out pick Earl. Without Earl Jim woundn't have anything to play. They are both great and they are both different so you really can't say that Jim can out pick Earl. |
| I have to comment ... ( 3 months ago by pattywolford) |
| I have to comment here...Growing up in coal mining region of WV in the '50's, this was one of the programs my dad watched on the black and white TV (we, the first to have such a TV!). My dad was a gifted musician himself, and I could never appreciate his admiration for Bluegrass till later in life. Thanks for posting this rare video! |
| To flatpikinguitar: ... ( 3 months ago by pegcage) |
| To flatpikinguitar: I cannot recall Lester ever "cutting loose" on the guitar. But Earl does some real fancy guitar picking on songs like "I'm On My Way to Canaan Land." Lester was not a solo instrumentalist. His contribution was his voice. |
| You just pwned that ... ( 3 months ago by FarmerPerala) |
| You just pwned that guy hardcore....2 weeks ago. Could you tell me about some other cool Bluegrass that I could listen to? Flatt and Scruggs is all I had, but then I left the CD in a rental car. |
| Stanley couldn't ... ( 3 months ago by Kronedaddy) |
| Stanley couldn't carry Earl's banjo. I'll give it to the Stanley Bros. for great music and ballads, but Ralph wasn't a 10th the banjo player Earl was, couldn't keep his picks from clacking on the bridge he played so close to it. As for the best, neither was Don Reno, good player but never up to the standards of the MAN. Earl was, and still is the best. Even in a world of Bela Flecks and Scott Vestals, they'll tell you who's the King! Scruggs Rules. |
| Thanks for posting ... ( 3 months ago by Kronedaddy) |
| Thanks for posting this. litobrancha has no idea what he's talking about. Stanley's playing was stilted and unimaginative. Don't get me wrong, I love Ralph, played shows with him, but had an awful tone from playing right on the bridge, as well as very little of anything but forward rolls. Anyway I loved Randy Lynn Rag, named after Earl's son. |
| For God's Sake - ... ( 3 months ago by colindominy) |
| For God's Sake - stop this shit about criticising good ole Earl !! He's simply the best 5-string picker there ever was - no contest. You ego-strung fools. Just accept it - there'll never be another Earl Scruggs. |
| there will never be ... ( 2 months ago by billieconner) |
| there will never be another one like earl scruggs may he live to be a hunderdyears old or more i love the man i hope to get to meet him one day god bless him billie conner |
| you are out of your ... ( 2 months ago by billieconner) |
| you are out of your ever loving mine when you think there is any one out there who can do what earl scruggs can do! |
| I love this song ( 2 months ago by MissRacoonCity1998) |
| I love this song |
| There will never be ... ( 1 month ago by AmazingOne84) |
| There will never be another Earl Scruggs just like there will never be another Bill Monroe. |
| this is what i'm ... ( 3 weeks ago by john77905) |
| this is what i'm talkin about. great video thanks for posting it. ralph stanley is a great musician, but flatt could flatt tear it up matter of preferance i suppose. thanks again for the vid. |
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