Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs - Ballad Of Jed Clampett(Theme From The Beverly Hillbillies)

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  • Beverly Hillbillies Theme
    Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs Ballad Of Jed Clampett live Perfomance
    Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs Ballad Of Jed Clampett lyrics
    Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed
    Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed
    Then one day he was shooting for some food
    And up through the ground come a bubbling crude
    (Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea)
    Well the first thing you know old Jed's a millionaire
    Kin folk said Jed move away from there
    Said California is the place you oughta be
    So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
    (Hills that is, swimming pools, movie stars)
    Well now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin
    They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping in
    You're all invited back again to this locality
    To have a heaping helping of their hospitality
    (Beverly Hillbillies, that's what they call 'em now
    Nice folks Y'all come back now, ya hear?)
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Komentáře • 112

  • @kickyMickey82
    @kickyMickey82 Před 11 měsíci +78

    I don’t know about everybody else, but I would love to have Jed Clampett and his family as neighbor. I know I get some good food and have a lot of fun

  • @jamesb.9155
    @jamesb.9155 Před 5 měsíci +32

    A Masterful performance. Nobody else could sing like that and nobody else played the banjo like Earl Scruggs,

  • @hbklogo
    @hbklogo Před 2 lety +30

    im 16 and my grandpa sang this to me my whole life im so happy to know what its from finally

    • @zangzang1268
      @zangzang1268 Před 9 měsíci +4

      If you like this stuff, find Bill Monroe and the Texas Playboys. This is Bluegrass son, Earl Scruggs invented this style of banjo picking.

  • @user-tw9oc2lu7h
    @user-tw9oc2lu7h Před 5 měsíci +11

    It was this tune that started my love for the banjo.

  • @CatherineBurk
    @CatherineBurk Před 5 měsíci +17

    I always loved when they were on the show and would sing.

  • @russyoung7388
    @russyoung7388 Před 2 měsíci +10

    These guys made the world a happier place

  • @CrissyScoz-jc9pf
    @CrissyScoz-jc9pf Před 2 měsíci +6

    Love my Beverly Hillbillies now 2024 and 1973 as a little kid

  • @jessiemorris5330
    @jessiemorris5330 Před 5 lety +35

    Love Lester and Earl !! Their music is great !!

  • @comefindme13gaming32
    @comefindme13gaming32 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Wish these where our times now

  • @kystars
    @kystars Před 8 měsíci +11

    Thanks to CZcams and all the people out there that have these Gems like this, the whole world can hear this wonderful music if they look for it or find it! Kentucky is the land of Bluegrass where I am from. The Bluegrass state is our moto. We do have actual bluegrass, which is a blueish green color in patches. I love bluegrass! These 2 gentlemen were the very best!

    • @DrBeckyEm
      @DrBeckyEm Před 4 měsíci

      Agree with you. I grew up on his even though I was born and lived in Alabama

  • @MannBrothersFilms
    @MannBrothersFilms Před 3 měsíci +6

    Fantastic

  • @jamesb.9155
    @jamesb.9155 Před 3 lety +50

    This video and other Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs songs ought to be having 70 million+ views! And listening to, and watching these master showman perform this lovely piece is really a thrill a minute!

    • @ndb_1982
      @ndb_1982 Před rokem

      Because this is posted by random Fred. No actual association to Flatt and Scruggs.

    • @JohnDoe-cv8iw
      @JohnDoe-cv8iw Před 6 měsíci

      ppl dont listen to this anymore!! they are more interested in rap music.. this is what diversity did! killed america @@ndb_1982

    • @exclamationpointman3852
      @exclamationpointman3852 Před 3 měsíci

      The sheer sound of this is what music should be about.
      I saw a link with Scruggs with Steve Martin on Letterman: I had to put some respect on bluegrass' name. It really spoke to me. May the art of real performers with real instruments
      Never go away.

  • @bbcala9719
    @bbcala9719 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Everyone who watched the show know this song and all the words. This song is timeless

  • @BeTheLightMedia2024
    @BeTheLightMedia2024 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Scanned from QR code while talking my photo in the truck from the show

  • @donfisherjr.2404
    @donfisherjr.2404 Před 21 dnem +2

    A true classic tune!

  • @virginiahenning922
    @virginiahenning922 Před rokem +7

    Classic elegant. Love Lester and Earl

  • @TommyBackwater41
    @TommyBackwater41 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Wow , have never seen this , amazing in a way

  • @moboutmen
    @moboutmen Před 10 měsíci +7

    And they added the Winston Cigarettes plug after the cast was introduced! "Winston tastes good, like a (twang twang) cigarette should!".

  • @cynthiareeves4262
    @cynthiareeves4262 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Good Country Cooking !😋😍

  • @mariemarquez2480
    @mariemarquez2480 Před rokem +7

    Best banjo 🪕 ever ❤❤

  • @60Cascade
    @60Cascade Před 6 lety +29

    What a gem! THANKS for posting.

  • @BeingRomans829ed
    @BeingRomans829ed Před 3 lety +14

    “Cowboy Sings”, you sure do bring us some wonderful treasures! Thank you very much!

    • @ndb_1982
      @ndb_1982 Před rokem

      Certainly. Stolen from others and posted here.

  • @matthewberg8031
    @matthewberg8031 Před 8 dny

    Masters of their Craft!

  • @zangzang1268
    @zangzang1268 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Earl Scruggs was a monster.

    • @scottdavis7180
      @scottdavis7180 Před 2 měsíci +1

      a humble, unassuming, soft spoken gentleman who appreciated his fans!!!

  • @secretsister2401
    @secretsister2401 Před 2 lety +5

    I remember this song well! Loved that show

  • @alexandermurdock9643
    @alexandermurdock9643 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Growing up in the south. I remember that accent he sings with!

  • @thisolddog2259
    @thisolddog2259 Před 3 lety +3

    How times have changed!

  • @ScottScarbrough-uk3te
    @ScottScarbrough-uk3te Před 9 měsíci +10

    I sure do miss the days of wholesome television.

    • @steveschmoe7290
      @steveschmoe7290 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Sen. McCarthy was right about the com mie take over of hollywood. He was mocked and ridiculed. Even today they won't admit it. Just another chapter in the take-over of the world by the ill uman atti.

  • @northrockboy
    @northrockboy Před 2 lety +3

    Real musicians.

  • @williamlinington9166
    @williamlinington9166 Před 6 lety +11

    Classic!

  • @sandybristow2236
    @sandybristow2236 Před 5 lety +3

    These old dudes wail on the banjo!!

  • @413eastcoast
    @413eastcoast Před 10 měsíci +1

    I'm 8 and I sing this song everyday I love this song my grandfather sang it to me everyday so ik it

    • @BryanClark-gk6ie
      @BryanClark-gk6ie Před 2 měsíci

      Well I'm 6 and my brother is 5 and we knowed how to sang this song along time ago cause Earl scrubs lives in Shelby cause that's where me and my brother lives in Shelby to.

  • @Prospero812
    @Prospero812 Před 12 dny +1

    Wouldn’t it be something to invite Jed Clampett and his family over for dinner sometime?!

  • @centerice
    @centerice Před 2 měsíci

    It just dawned on me, that as iconic as Earl's banjo playing is on this song, I think Lester's buttery smooth baritone is even MORE critical to the "signature" of this song. For example, you could have another banjo player stand in, and the song would be the same, as long as he played the same, or close, to the same notes that Earl played. However...You could NEVER have another person sing this song and have it sound the same. Anyone other than Lester Flatt, and it is a truly DIFFERENT SONG.

  • @rleon8339
    @rleon8339 Před 4 lety +18

    Earl Scruggs was the Buddy Rich of the banjo.. the best ever!

    • @bryantlane8646
      @bryantlane8646 Před rokem

      TRULY WAS THE VERY VERY BEST EVER PLAYED….AND SOOO HUMILITY!!

    • @jefftanner3803
      @jefftanner3803 Před 8 měsíci

      But Buddy Rich was a Drummer, not a Banjo Player.😅

    • @robertbrewer2190
      @robertbrewer2190 Před 5 měsíci

      Earl Scruggs invented the manner in which he played. No one ever sounded like his style before. Not Buddy Rich, great as he was.

    • @hock8379
      @hock8379 Před 5 měsíci

      @@jefftanner3803what a stupid comment

  • @markdorais2846
    @markdorais2846 Před 4 lety +2

    Love this 💛✨👍

  • @hardlines4
    @hardlines4 Před 4 lety +3

    Classic!!!

  • @SOLE2SOUL
    @SOLE2SOUL Před 9 měsíci +1

    Amazing that the instrumental sounds exactly like the tv theme recording. Too bad you can't hear the fiddle part so well.

  • @queencalloway5849
    @queencalloway5849 Před 2 lety

    Loved the show and all the cast. Ellie mae. Louisiana home girl.

  • @exclamationpointman3852
    @exclamationpointman3852 Před 3 měsíci

    Love the "much obliged" line lol definitely using it!

  • @marclayne9261
    @marclayne9261 Před 5 měsíci +2

    No one can out Banjo a Hillbilly...

  • @awillis244
    @awillis244 Před 5 lety

    Applaud👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @mikeskidmore6754
    @mikeskidmore6754 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Legendary Iconic ..

  • @richardomissouri551
    @richardomissouri551 Před 10 měsíci +2

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @davewilkirson2320
    @davewilkirson2320 Před 2 lety +1

    good times

  • @ProfesserLuigi
    @ProfesserLuigi Před 6 lety +31

    Who took Flatt's guitar away. He's playing with his hands like he's missing it real bad.

    • @fiddlingary
      @fiddlingary Před 6 lety +2

      He gave it to Josh so he could carry the rhythm and Lester could dance the “Kentucky Backstep.”

    • @glenngibson9201
      @glenngibson9201 Před 6 lety +6

      Prof. Luigi, as to Flatt not playing guitar, I remember reading that he had a heart attack in the 1960s (I don't recall the exact year). He, of course, was off the road for a while. So I'm thinking this not too long after his doctor released him to travel.
      If they did open his chest, even after convalescing, it could have been too sore to have a guitar pressed up against it, considering how busy they were.

    • @Shirley-hr8tx
      @Shirley-hr8tx Před 4 lety +1

      I think he’s practicing his yo-yo

    • @jeffreymliss
      @jeffreymliss Před 4 lety +1

      That's just wrong.

  • @daveduncan8004
    @daveduncan8004 Před rokem +3

    If you look at Josh Graves he’s playing Lester’s guitar there is no Dobro part in this song so look at Josh he’s playing Lester’s guitar thanks for being observant

  • @user-kw5hx7ji8h
    @user-kw5hx7ji8h Před 2 měsíci

    Fun times. Most people sre miserable today despite being wealthier than ever.

  • @bfeme
    @bfeme Před 2 měsíci +1

    To me the Opry died when Mr Acuff passed

  • @dodge96neon
    @dodge96neon Před 4 lety +3

    it would have been something if granny jed jethro and elly mae had walked out on the stage during this performance

  • @glenngibson9201
    @glenngibson9201 Před 6 lety +9

    As to Flatt not playing guitar, I remember reading that he had a heart attack in the 1960s (I don't recall the exact year). He, of course, was off the road for a while. So I'm thinking this not too long after his doctor released him to travel.
    If they did open his chest, even after convalescing, it could have been too sore to have a guitar pressed up against it, considering how busy they were.

  • @stevemasters8321
    @stevemasters8321 Před měsícem

    Dang, Earl actually smiling

  • @ivanmayer1353
    @ivanmayer1353 Před 2 lety +1

    Jed

  • @vhsorbeta95
    @vhsorbeta95 Před 2 měsíci

    Let's give credit to Jerry Scoggins who actually sung it for the TV series theme song.

  • @matthewb4c
    @matthewb4c Před 5 lety +4

    Sick lick at 1:15.

  • @SlyTyler97
    @SlyTyler97 Před 3 lety

    They wouldn’t let that be on live tv nowadays so sad

  • @user-op5ed1se4i
    @user-op5ed1se4i Před měsícem

    That's my cousin singing 😁

  • @FlamingoKicker
    @FlamingoKicker Před 2 lety +2

    I have always wondered why they used Jerry Scoggins to re-record the vocals to the theme song for the Beverly Hillbillies tv show over Flatt and Scruggs instrumentals?

    • @beingright
      @beingright Před rokem +1

      Thanks, I wondered who that was. Jerry has a deeper voice.

    • @beingright
      @beingright Před rokem +1

      Flatt is so good here

  • @SlyTyler97
    @SlyTyler97 Před 11 měsíci

    Y’all come now here 😎

  • @travisfriedland9346
    @travisfriedland9346 Před 7 měsíci

    Does anybody know when and where this was recorded thank you

  • @hakimbrowns9932
    @hakimbrowns9932 Před 4 lety +1

    So which came first the song or the sit com

    • @teastrainer3604
      @teastrainer3604 Před 3 lety +1

      Paul Henning created the show and wrote the song as its theme.

  • @danwat1234
    @danwat1234 Před 4 lety +2

    Did this song come first or the Beverly hillbillies TV show idea?

    • @mahdesian
      @mahdesian Před 3 lety +1

      The song was written by Paul Henning, sung by Jerry Scoggins with music by Flatt and Scruggs. (No idea why they didn't have Lester Flatt sing the song.) If you look at CZcams, the song isn't there in the first two seasons. The first two seasons had the song removed because the series was in public domain, but the song was not.

    • @SOLE2SOUL
      @SOLE2SOUL Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@mahdesianTheme song was restored for the DVD release of the first two seasons and also has the Winston cigarettes and Kellogg's cereal portions restored as well.

  • @smileyface8832
    @smileyface8832 Před 6 lety +2

    WOW.. So these are the guys who created that song, eh?
    *So this is a story about a man named Jed, poor old man barely kept his family fed-*

    • @beautifuldreamer3991
      @beautifuldreamer3991 Před 5 lety

      Earl Scruggs is the Mozart of the Banjo. He's the one who invented the driving sound you hear,the 3 finger style.

    • @chrismiccolupi2506
      @chrismiccolupi2506 Před 5 lety +1

      I must be weird because I wouldn’t mind having the Clampetts as neighbors. I even eat Granny’s cooking

    • @elvisslo
      @elvisslo Před 4 lety

      @@chrismiccolupi2506 Possum stew!

    • @chrismiccolupi2506
      @chrismiccolupi2506 Před 4 lety +1

      Ken Lua yep I eat it

    • @magikp6636
      @magikp6636 Před 2 lety

      "a poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed"

  • @MarkTurner-vs7uc
    @MarkTurner-vs7uc Před 2 měsíci

    That is a great band of great players. Amazing. Notice, no drummer. Not needed or wanted.

  • @MrAshort
    @MrAshort Před rokem +1

    Who is on mandolin ?

    • @brianlappin5403
      @brianlappin5403 Před rokem

      The late great Earl Taylor who, along w/ his Stoney
      Mt. Boys, were the 1st Bluegrass band to ever play Carnegie Hall…in 1959

  • @jaygatsby1
    @jaygatsby1 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Dayam Lester needs a guitar. Doesn’t know what to do with his hands.

  • @Asyouart
    @Asyouart Před 23 dny

    #kennedy2024

  • @Shirley-hr8tx
    @Shirley-hr8tx Před 4 lety +1

    I think Lester’s playing with a yo-yo there isn’t he?

  • @lnfil
    @lnfil Před 4 lety +1

    Boomers