Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys with special guest Doc WatsonLive at the White House 1980

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  • Enjoy this performance of Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys with special guest Doc Watson, from his Homespun lesson The Mandolin of Bill Monroe. In this rare footage he plays at White House in 1980 with introductions by Jimmy Carter. The original footage is courtesy of Smithsonian Institute, Homespun's partner on this terrific lesson.
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    "Uncle Pen"-Introduction by President Jimmy Carter 00:00
    "Blue Moon of Kentucky" 02:27
    "Rawhide" 05:03
    “Rabbit in the Log” with Doc Watson 07:22
    “Patty on the Turnpike” with Doc Watson 09:50
    Credits 12:15
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Komentáře • 69

  • @ALRULZ1965
    @ALRULZ1965 Před rokem +12

    The fiddle player is phenomenal.

    • @mountaintyme2000
      @mountaintyme2000 Před rokem +7

      The fiddle player, Kenny Baker, was the longest tenured Bluegrass Boy. He was a force with which to be reckoned and is the gold standard for Bluegrass fiddling.

    • @nc4tn
      @nc4tn Před rokem +4

      Kenny’s style was somewhat different that some of the other blue grass fiddlers because of his early Western swing influence. I rate Kenny and Vassar Clements as the greatest in Bill’s band.

    • @RUNNOFT71
      @RUNNOFT71 Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@nc4tnI'm right there with ya on that. I love Kenny and Vassar. Vassar could really put the blues into his playing.

  • @dozensides
    @dozensides Před 2 lety +14

    I forgot about this one. This is a really good memory of the United States of America to me.

  • @stephenhenion8304
    @stephenhenion8304 Před 2 lety +8

    Bluegrass is Where its AT!!

  • @rickkilgore1147
    @rickkilgore1147 Před 2 měsíci +1

    @dozensides I realize its been 2yrs ago and you will probably not see this,but your comment was well said,it really is a good memmory of Our USA.

  • @NiallMor
    @NiallMor Před 2 lety +2

    Musical geniuses at work. We will never see their like again.

  • @Rob-fc1qf
    @Rob-fc1qf Před 2 lety +22

    This is so awesome on so many levels. Billy Strings introduced me to Doc Watson and Robert Earle Keen to Bill Monroe. This is a priceless treasure. Thanks for posting.

    • @mikebastiat
      @mikebastiat Před 2 lety +1

      Muh BiLly sTriNgS.

    • @nikpellinen2010
      @nikpellinen2010 Před 2 lety +9

      I've loved bluegrass all my life and I'm glad that Billy Strings is inspiring a whole new generation of pickers and listeners and introducing people to the greats like Doc and Bill. People who dunk on Billy Strings for not being trad bluegrass are ridiculous.

    • @sallyemma9669
      @sallyemma9669 Před 2 lety +1

      ​@@nikpellinen2010 Agreed, a rising tide lifts all boats. Billy's the biggest thing to happen to bluegrass since Oh Brother Where Art Thou

    • @dishusse
      @dishusse Před rokem

      @@sallyemma9669 Newgrass Revival was the biggest thing to happen to bluegrass since Bill Monroe. Much to Monroes chagrin. :-)

    • @sallyemma9669
      @sallyemma9669 Před rokem

      @@dishusse Old and In The Way???

  • @richardabernathy6242
    @richardabernathy6242 Před 2 lety +7

    Every flat picker goes back to doc

  • @Tonetwisters
    @Tonetwisters Před 2 lety +2

    That high lonesome voice ...

  • @mikeking6686
    @mikeking6686 Před 2 lety +2

    TENNESSEE STUD, BEST SONG EVER

  • @aBluegrassPicker
    @aBluegrassPicker Před 2 lety +1

    Outstanding!!!!

  • @MrBobbystyles
    @MrBobbystyles Před 2 lety

    I’d only heard this prior .. what a treat .
    Appreciate it 🙏🏼

  • @fatguywi
    @fatguywi Před 2 lety +5

    I love how 'The Suit' decides the bass player, Mark Hembree, needs a little more microphone. The President loves him some bass.

    • @BRLaue
      @BRLaue Před 2 lety +7

      Taking your life in your hands messing with Bill’s stage set-up.

    • @mikebastiat
      @mikebastiat Před 2 lety

      Screw a "president."

  • @dougewing1571
    @dougewing1571 Před 2 lety +2

    Wildman Bill Monroe

  • @Debunis
    @Debunis Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for sharing this video with us. Amazing quality

  • @capefearcapt4679
    @capefearcapt4679 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow, truly amazing! Thank you sharing this fantastic performance.

  • @debracole6587
    @debracole6587 Před 2 lety

    My Dad loved listening to them. And only listened Bluegrass and Country and Western.

  • @alphabetsoup7995
    @alphabetsoup7995 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The imstrumental at the end is "Watson Blues"

  • @estahl2216
    @estahl2216 Před rokem

    Doc 💙

  • @IBACb
    @IBACb Před 2 lety +34

    I enjoyed seeing president Carter introduce these great American musicians to the Whitehouse. He was the last truly decent man to hold that high office.

    • @MrZiggy-pm9rz
      @MrZiggy-pm9rz Před 2 lety +3

      Carter was NOT the last decent man to sit in the white house..... Ronald Reagan was.

    • @jeremybumbalough82
      @jeremybumbalough82 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@MrZiggy-pm9rzReagan was horrible!

    • @rharoldkane4447
      @rharoldkane4447 Před 5 měsíci

      Hahahahaha. Who played banjo for Obama's campaign? What Democrat was a Klansman?
      Give your head a shake.

    • @rickkilgore1147
      @rickkilgore1147 Před 2 měsíci

      @jeremybubalough82,Ur CRAZY REAGAN was THE LAST TRUE AND REAL PRESIDENT.Carter was an idiot and still is,He doesn't and didn't support Israel ,when he left office we couldn't buy a home cause interest rates were so high,and he was what got us humiliated in Iran,with our helicopters crashing in the desert.No sir he was and still would be an idiot,he would support Biden another idiot
      .Long live Reagan and now TRUMP.

  • @elishaj3601
    @elishaj3601 Před 11 měsíci

  • @dozensides
    @dozensides Před 2 lety +7

    Kenny Baker

    • @bennyblanko3
      @bennyblanko3 Před 2 lety

      He started off "Unkle Pen" a little fast ... but Bill and the band just rolled with it and it was great.

    • @bennyblanko3
      @bennyblanko3 Před 2 lety +3

      His fiddle sounds so good under the mike!

  • @musiclifelove
    @musiclifelove Před rokem +2

    Plays better than 99% of all guitarists that have ever walked the earth, all without using one of the biggest things we all take for granted

    • @nc4tn
      @nc4tn Před rokem

      Wayne Lewis is one of the most underrated of all Blue Grass Boy guitarists.

    • @stevenlafrance5869
      @stevenlafrance5869 Před 3 měsíci

      Calm down fanboy

  • @timhopper8449
    @timhopper8449 Před rokem

    This band is pretty tight. :)

  • @user-mx7hm5fk5k
    @user-mx7hm5fk5k Před 11 měsíci

    Basket word bioudblueglass 😊

  • @ziptwang09
    @ziptwang09 Před 2 lety +1

    Its called "Paddy on the Turnpike"

  • @user-bj2sn2ff5i
    @user-bj2sn2ff5i Před 3 měsíci

    James Earl Carter was the real deal

  • @talon1623
    @talon1623 Před 2 lety +1

    Monroe playing with a finger rest. Not sure I've ever seen that before.

    • @daltonsmith304
      @daltonsmith304 Před 2 lety +1

      His f5 that he normally played was having work done to it at this time. It was only temporary haha

  • @thomassteele4938
    @thomassteele4938 Před rokem +1

    Kenny baker

  • @alphabetsoup7995
    @alphabetsoup7995 Před 11 měsíci

    It's "Paddy" on the Turnpike...Like an Irishman.
    But Patty would be fun 😂

  • @brasspick
    @brasspick Před 2 lety

    What was the Mandolin song after the show ended?

  • @PanyingPilot
    @PanyingPilot Před 2 lety +1

    Stupid monetized ads right in the middle of the songs, grrr!

  • @Jockeylotforfun
    @Jockeylotforfun Před 11 měsíci

    The harmonizing guitarist sounds like a younger Dell Mccoury does anyone know if that's him?

    • @larrywillard844
      @larrywillard844 Před 4 měsíci +1

      credits at end say guitar is Wayne Lewis

    • @Jockeylotforfun
      @Jockeylotforfun Před 4 měsíci

      @@larrywillard844 Thanks very much, and have a great weekend!

  • @nc4tn
    @nc4tn Před rokem +2

    May God Bless President Carter and Roslyn. Can any of you see Trump giving accolades to Bill Monroe? Just think about it.

  • @RagtimeAnnie
    @RagtimeAnnie Před rokem +1

    "The greatest guitar player in the United States" largely relegated to playing back-up for Bill Monroe ... smh

  • @mikebastiat
    @mikebastiat Před 2 lety +3

    Playing for the evil state is quite contradictory to the Holy Spirit that lives in bluegrass.

    • @rabokarabekian409
      @rabokarabekian409 Před 2 lety +1

      Oh fer sure, the blues and scots-irish music have no sinful content of any kind.
      Songs about lonely despair, murder, alcoholism, adultery, and robbery are all just to illustrate how much the eternal, almighty God is upset about thse human foibles.

    • @mikebastiat
      @mikebastiat Před 2 lety +2

      @@rabokarabekian409 There is no contradiction in recognizing that we're sinners and objecting to the idolatry behind statism. Indeed, it is the first step to recovery. To see Bill Monroe revere a politician at the head of the evil is disheartening. It seems at this point it will take an act of God for anyone to wake up from their slumber. The plunderous state is venerated by everyone from Average Joe to gospel musicians.

  • @nc4tn
    @nc4tn Před rokem +2

    Can anybody see a Trump at a Bill Monroe concert? I don’t think so. ‘Nuff said.

    • @jrlove1815
      @jrlove1815 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Bless your heart. TDS is awful, isn't it?

  • @rickkilgore1147
    @rickkilgore1147 Před 2 měsíci

    @nc4m Carter may have liked great music,but as aPresident only one worse than Biden.

  • @rickkilgore1147
    @rickkilgore1147 Před 2 měsíci

    I like Bill Monroe,however our country needs a PRESIDENT WITH BACKBONE,carter,clinton,obama and now bidet sure had and have no Backbone. GICE US TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT!.