I had to pick John Hartford up from the airport once and make sure he got to a grand opening that he was performing at in 1985 and then later get him back to the airport...had a great talk with him both trips and found him to be absolutely brilliant...flash forward to 1991 and I take my then girlfriend to see him and Pat Paulsen and we had VIP tickets to meet them afterwards...as I go to shake his hand, he looks at me, says my name and gives me a big hug like we're brothers...I'm blown away. Flash forward again to Merlefest '98 and I'm there with my folks...I walk up to John and before I can even say hi, he grabs me and yells "Captain Chris!!"... Mississippi, Arizona and North Carolina and all that time, John Hartford remembered my name and our shared passion for riverboats and old timey music. He was a true legend...
Imagine... Scruggs, Acuff, Clark, Berline, Hartford and Stewart all on the same stage together! Only Stewart and Blake remain. Marty's still got that hair... AND the girl of his dreams!
Some of those fellas had real potential to be something special. The old guy on fiddle, the black-haired kid on mandolin, and even the guy on banjo might have made a capable addition to some band. I guess they'll forever be unknown.
Marty Stuart is awesome ~ young man on mandolin! All those fiddlers! Earl Scruggs was awesome as always on banjo The guitarist flies over that fretboard! Thanks for posting this video!
Nice rendition of Soldier's Joy. Some good hoedown music by some of the best ever! Roy may not have been much of a dobro player, but he knew how to put a band together.
Perfect example of the Song Plays the Band... everyone knows it ahead of time, so they just show up and play . Maybe they did it once ahead of the show!! Thanks much🎶🎵🌍
Big thanks for upload/sharing : I discover "live" so many nice artists from which I purchase all LP's 70's & 80's. "Cherry on the cake" (from french expression : "cerise sur le gâteau") : this all artists are reunited one the same stage for this tune. God bless you all. Friendly to you.
How amazing was Hee Haw? Yucking it up, being silly and hillbilly and oh, then assembling some of the most legendary country artists in history just to jam.
Say what you will about Hee-Haw's corn-pone humor, the musical talent on the show was some of the greatest in the world. Check it out: Norman Blake, John Hartford, Earl, Roy, & Marty Stewart.
I thought that was John Hartford on the fiddle but didn't know he was a fiddle player. Always thought he was just a banjo picker. The more you know........
Looked like Ricky Skaggs talking to Grandpa at the end, so that would put more like 1982-83. Ricky was still in Emmylou Harris' Hot Band in the late 70s. Plus Marty is clean-shaven. There's a clip in 1979 of Marty playing with Doc & Merle Watson and T. Michael Coleman
I did some checking and this is the last episode(#26) of season 5 that aired on the 21st of September 1974.Marty was 14 years old and playing for Lester Flatt.Marty bought that Gibson mandolin when he started with Lester and paid $650 for it.Later in 1980 he joined Johnny Cash's band and one night Cash asked if he could play it onstage and that's when he carved the big JRC into the front of it.
Hey Guys, I'm not trying to argue but I have a list of every Hee Haw episode. This one aired on January 29 1983, starring Ricky Skaggs, Sonny James and John Hartford with the Real Hillbilly Band. I hope yall have a good day.
I remember watching this show with my parents all the time and it was this absurd mockery of country culture and music. Strange that people didn't seem to view it that way at the time though even though as a child I saw it as completely absurd. Amazing that they got such great guests to come on and be made to look like hillbilly fools. I hated that show.
There is an interview on YT where Roy Clark mentioned all Nashville peers requested to be guest on Hee Haw. In fact, from 1969-1994, guess that included them all. mos60
I hated it too, but my Dad always had it on every Saturday night. And every now and then they'd slip in some actual musicians amongst the cringey stuff and it was worth watching. I didn't mind the girls, either!
@@whipsnade13 Your dad probably made you watch it Because he knew you had ants in your pants and sticky fingers too , Probably trying to keep you outta the cookie jar.
I had to pick John Hartford up from the airport once and make sure he got to a grand opening that he was performing at in 1985 and then later get him back to the airport...had a great talk with him both trips and found him to be absolutely brilliant...flash forward to 1991 and I take my then girlfriend to see him and Pat Paulsen and we had VIP tickets to meet them afterwards...as I go to shake his hand, he looks at me, says my name and gives me a big hug like we're brothers...I'm blown away.
Flash forward again to Merlefest '98 and I'm there with my folks...I walk up to John and before I can even say hi, he grabs me and yells "Captain Chris!!"...
Mississippi, Arizona and North Carolina and all that time, John Hartford remembered my name and our shared passion for riverboats and old timey music.
He was a true legend...
Awesome story!! Thanks for sharing that :)
Holy cow! Enough talent on that stage to put 10 seasons of "America's Got Talent" to shame!
Imagine... Scruggs, Acuff, Clark, Berline, Hartford and Stewart all on the same stage together! Only Stewart and Blake remain. Marty's still got that hair... AND the girl of his dreams!
Some of those fellas had real potential to be something special. The old guy on fiddle, the black-haired kid on mandolin, and even the guy on banjo might have made a capable addition to some band. I guess they'll forever be unknown.
Haha
I remember being forced to watch Hee Haw as a kid. I didn't nearly know how much I should have embraced it as I do today
Same here, Dennis. Now all of these guys are my heroes.
We didn't realize how good they were until we got older and tried it ourselves. LOL
That was standard Sunday in the 70s!! Did you have to watch Lawrence Welk too? Now that was torture!
Lol yeah! Was thinking the exact same thing, of course, we had one TV and was always Dads choice for evening entertainment.
A spot on one of those hay bales says more about your stature in the business than any Kennedy Center Presidential Award.
the tune is soldier's joy. I love the way earl plays that on the banjo.
This is worth watching just to see Roy Clark play the dobro, which I have never seen before.
Those VHS tape issues somehow seemed appropriately placed during Roy Clark's solos. Haha great performance!
It was transferred to DVD by Buck Owens.
00:00 to 1:50 best part of the video. What talent. Nothing like this show today. Thank God for these old videos. 👍🖒
Marty Stuart is awesome ~ young man on mandolin!
All those fiddlers! Earl Scruggs was awesome as always on banjo
The guitarist flies over that fretboard! Thanks for posting this video!
no shit that was Marty Stuart? Wow, it's all making sense now!
Part of American musical history right there folks.
Earl Scruggs was my hero!!!!!
IMO one of the best instrument tunes in 25 years of the show. All such awesome musicians. Roy amazing . mos60
1:00-1:13. Thirteen seconds of perfection.
Amen!
Marty's been rockin' that hairdo for decades now!!
I think he was actually born with it. Came out lookin' like that. =)
Quite an all-star band!
Best country TV show ever produced. mos60
Brilliant video! I love old music, especially when you get to see the video of them all playing live instruments too! Thank you so much for sharing!
Probably the best band assembled on Hee Haw. Awesome players each one. mos60
Nice rendition of Soldier's Joy. Some good hoedown music by some of the best ever! Roy may not have been much of a dobro player, but he knew how to put a band together.
Boy, you got that right. Great group of musicians. None better. mos60
Norman Blake was great guitar solo but too short. great guitar player. All super stars. mos60
Perfect example of the Song Plays the Band... everyone knows it ahead of time, so they just show up and play . Maybe they did it once ahead of the show!! Thanks much🎶🎵🌍
Roy called Earl 'The Father of The Five' and that just about sums it up alright....great show thanks for sharing...
So many legends its overwhelming!
Some legendary talent on that stage!
Big thanks for upload/sharing : I discover "live" so many nice artists from which I purchase all LP's 70's & 80's. "Cherry on the cake" (from french expression : "cerise sur le gâteau") : this all artists are reunited one the same stage for this tune. God bless you all. Friendly to you.
And each one became a superstar in their own right. Great group of pickers. mos60
Norman Blake tearing it up.
My man!
He sounded good here.
Roy Clark!! The Superpicker!! Hot licks so monstrous!!! It scrambled the television signal!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeee... aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Wow, what a line up!
I just love these. Thanks.
WOW so much talent in one tiny place
How amazing was Hee Haw? Yucking it up, being silly and hillbilly and oh, then assembling some of the most legendary country artists in history just to jam.
ROY ACUFF MAY HAVE BEEN COUNTRY , BUT ALL THE OTHERS , BUT ROY CLARK , WHO IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CATEGORIZE , ARE BLUEGRASSERS
We need more of this entertainment today.
Roy sounding real avant garde
0:43 i didnt know a dobro could do that
Obviously a bunch of brilliant musicians ry-cheer.🎻🎸
@1:28 "John Hartford with the happy feet"... John Hartford!
wow hard to believe most of them are gone,great picking
Norman Blake is incredible!
Thank you, Phil.
I love how Norman refused to wear the denim farmer pants!
LEGENDS!!!
there are more famous folks in this video, a really special gathering of masters.
Say what you will about Hee-Haw's corn-pone humor, the musical talent on the show was some of the greatest in the world. Check it out: Norman Blake, John Hartford, Earl, Roy, & Marty Stewart.
I thought that was John Hartford on the fiddle but didn't know he was a fiddle player. Always thought he was just a banjo picker. The more you know........
To my knowledge, with the recent death of the great Byron Berline, the only two people alive from this stage are Norman Blake and Marty Stuart.
🎻🎸🪕
Marty Stuart was so cute then. He's still one good looking man today.
That prewar 12 fret D-28 Norman's sounds great
A lot of the greats have passed.😢
Yes you're right,but I saw Marty last night in Charlotte NC,But there one left, Marty brings them all back to the stage!!! check him out
That psychedelic dobro playin tho..
Terrific.
Ol’ Marty was the hillbilly version of John Stamos back in his prime!!! 😀😀😀
Scruggs was in a league of his own and WAY better than the others. It's a shame that he only got a few seconds of playing in this video.
best of the best,
Marty Stuart's mullet is powerful
Those were the days!
01:13 Intonation isn't Roy Acuff's long suit.
Yeah a little off and sounded like he bowed a string he wouldn't supposed to. But still good, better than I could do with a violin.
that's true with a lot of fiddlers
When I was a kid I didn't watch Hee-Haw because I thought that it was hokey. Little did I realize that I was missing a feast of musicianship.
Marty Stuart still rocking that same mullet 45 years later...lolz
I've Picked with Norman Blake He's from where I live.
That's quite a line up!
Even in his older years Roy Acuff could still make his fiddle sing... Hard to keep up with him too. If you notice the young man to his left.
That is Randy Scruggs, Earl's son.
@@Maginel73 uh, no. That's John Hartford.Among other things, he wrote Gentle on my Mind.
@@TheAzmountaineer I stand corrected. But he sure does look like Randy.
Nice...🤗
It's too bad Roy Clark's solo got damaged. He's one of the best guitarists ever. (And he could fiddle some, too)
***HOWDY Y"ALL***
Wow a really young Marty Stuart !!! What year was this?
Probably late 70's.
Looked like Ricky Skaggs talking to Grandpa at the end, so that would put more like 1982-83. Ricky was still in Emmylou Harris' Hot Band in the late 70s. Plus Marty is clean-shaven. There's a clip in 1979 of Marty playing with Doc & Merle Watson and T. Michael Coleman
I did some checking and this is the last episode(#26) of season 5 that aired on the 21st of September 1974.Marty was 14 years old and playing for Lester Flatt.Marty bought that Gibson mandolin when he started with Lester and paid $650 for it.Later in 1980 he joined Johnny Cash's band and one night Cash asked if he could play it onstage and that's when he carved the big JRC into the front of it.
Thanks for the info it is always really neat to get the background stories.
Hey Guys, I'm not trying to argue but I have a list of every Hee Haw episode. This one aired on January 29 1983, starring Ricky Skaggs, Sonny James and John Hartford with the Real Hillbilly Band. I hope yall have a good day.
I remember watching this show with my parents all the time and it was this absurd mockery of country culture and music. Strange that people didn't seem to view it that way at the time though even though as a child I saw it as completely absurd. Amazing that they got such great guests to come on and be made to look like hillbilly fools. I hated that show.
There is an interview on YT where Roy Clark mentioned all Nashville peers requested to be guest on Hee Haw. In fact, from 1969-1994, guess that included them all. mos60
I hated it too, but my Dad always had it on every Saturday night. And every now and then they'd slip in some actual musicians amongst the cringey stuff and it was worth watching. I didn't mind the girls, either!
@@whipsnade13
Your dad probably made you watch it
Because he knew you had ants in your pants and sticky fingers too ,
Probably trying to keep you outta the cookie jar.
Too many legends in one band... there's gotta be a law against this!
Democrats will soon introduce
legislation against it.
He still is mine.
What I want to know is who the guitar player is? He plays a mean lick there at the end!!! I really think Bobby outshine Roy on this one.
Norman Blake.
We know all the musicians except the stand-up (bull) bass. anyone know who that was?mos60
Pretty sure that is Roy Huskey Jr.
Guess you're right. He died early it seems. Great bass player. Man, Hee Haw just awesome with all the great talent. mos60
Billy Linneman on bass - longtime bass player on the Grand Ole Opry.
Okay thanks. great bass guy surely. mos60
Thanks for answer of mosrite60's question. Best wishes to you all from France
I believe Marty is the only one still living? WOW.
Norman Blake and Byron Berline are still with us. But still, as you said... WOW.
@@hoteljason Great to hear. Marty is so talented.
I could try to but why?
LOL
I will appreciate the many talented performers here and let the lie be for the moment.
:)
Depends on what the definition of is is
Nothing personal but why a thumbs down? Just asking
Geeze is that a very young Sam Bush in the back with a Mando?
Marty Stuart
Marty Stewart
The beginnings of auto tune
How do you define a half lie?
Quality is very poor
Why are half the men wearing ladies wigs?
YT Will Delete This. Time/ Due To Time/Life
What the hell was the tall guy on fiddle doing ??
He looks like he is confused AF.
Hartford? He was probably stoned.
another utube liar
No talent Roy Clark: SHUT UP!!!!!
Roy Clark had plenty of talent ! he could play dobro and fiddle and banjo and guitar !! But i bet your better in your dreams!!
Never watched Hee Haw for more that two minutes....still not appealing.
Hard to let Roy Acuff play over a genius like Byron Berline.