Earl Scruggs & Joan Baez 1972 - Musical Magic That Will Give You The Shivers
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- It was a beautiful afternoon in Portola Valley, California, at the home of Joan Baez. Bluegrass County Music Legend Earl Scruggs and his two sons Randy Scruggs and Gary Sir Scruggs, were traveling the country seeking out musicians who they admired. Earl had a vision that bluegrass and banjo and mountain and country music could all come together with his incredible banjo style. He reached out to musicians like Joan Baez, The Byrds, Bob Dylan and others, for get-togethers where they could make music and see what would come from it.
This scene with Joan Baez and Earl and Randy Scruggs with Gary in the background is just fantastic and I felt so fortunate to be there to record it. Although I was the director and the cameraman & I set up the camera & the soundman set up a single Neumann microphone. We said we were ready and we started rolling.
Remember that this was a time when Joan's husband David was in prison for protesting the draft during the Vietnam War. They just birthed a son who is seen in this scene. To answer some commentators, it was not alcohol that she gave him in that glass but water.
As you can imagine, being that I am an 82-year-old documentary filmmaker with so many films to my credit, I have recorded a lot of musicians in my day. Country. Bluegrass. Mountain music. Old Time music,. Classical. Folk. Opera. Rock 'n roll.
This moment between Earl and Joan Baez backed up by Earl's brilliant guitar picking son Randy is in a class by itself. At this time, Earl was a search for what to do next. He was tired of playing tunes like what he and Lester Flat did for Beverly Hillbillies (the TV series).
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Really worth viewing. Here is the entire film not just a clip -
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Thanks David! This is what what filmmaking is.
Thanks for your work David, Interesting that you're a Maineiac, My Father Gib Taylor (1929-2005), grew up in Deer Isle, Maine, and after going to Harvard for 2 years, being in a traveling tent show in the chitlin circuit, sailing through the Panama Canal, Being in the Army in Germany, as an artist during the Korean War, He finally moved to NYC, as a painter, he studied at The Art Students League. He was there in the 1950's, during the advent of Abstract Expressionism. My Parents met acting (1958) in what would become filmmaker Ken Jacobs' Magnum Opus "Star Spangled To Death" which was finally released in 2005. Sorry for the rave, i just got excited! Id love to talk sometime.
Regards, Lex Taylor
David. You’ve made my day. I really wanted to watch the entire film. Btw, I knew, and recorded with Helen, and Anita Carter (Mother Maybelle’s daughters). I’ve always had a great appreciation for the foundations of all music. My brother, and I grew up playing guitar to the Byrds many albums. I hope Roger was just having a bad day. We’ve had very limited experience with him personally. Marty Stuart has had a lot of experience performing with him. Roger has seemed to us like a very kind, and gracious guy. I’m sorry you had a difficult experience. On the other hand, your film with Baez revealed a much more accessible, and welcoming personality than I expected. My friend Norbert Putnam produced “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and the album it’s featured on. I’m anxious to hear his take on working with Baez. Appreciate you!!!
This is an absolutely incredible film. Incredible.
Much appreciated.
I loved Joans imitation of Bob. And, when she was doing her high vocal thing, it sounded like a violin, pure and perfect. Wow, what a treasure you have in this film. I admire Earl so much for wanting to reach out to other artist's with different styles. That says a lot about him. Thank you David Hoffman
that bob dylan imitation was special and touching.
Her range was always so incredible.
She does him better than he does("that's what she said")
Randy your disrespectful comment You love Joan's imitation of Bob.. is deeply offensive unfounded and unwarranted!! Joan and Bob Sounds Different Plays Different Style's Differently! Bob's Not In The Picture. Joan "imitates No One"! Not Then Not Now Not Ever!!
@@StacyNels42U Randy hit it on the head. Exactly correct. And he wasn't being disrespectful so chill, Stacy.
I hope that people who surf onto this video will truly understand what a historical moment this was. Thank you for capturing it, David.
I absolutely do...17 at the time and growing a deep love of music and 70s culture that included all these great creators.
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I agree with you, very historical video.
David capture it for the world to see!
For those of us not familiar, could someone please explain why this was so historically significant? The Earl and Joan’s styles blend so well, it’s difficult to imagine them separate.
Probably because they never sing together like that in that situation. It's historical. They're not in the arena
When Joan had her baby and was doing her Dylan voice, I couldn’t help but grin. What a beautiful woman - top to bottom, through and through.
I have nearly all of her records. She’s such a pure soul.
I loved that Dylan voice she did!
☆~W O W~☆ YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, JOAN BAEZ IS EXTREMELY APPROACHABLE! I Was😅Fortunate, To Meet,talk with her..& Give Ms Baez a copy lol of 9 of my original songs🤣I WAS S0 NIAVE! But I have 🤣 a Photo, of that 'after-show💫🌟💗
Yes, Joan is my very favorite singer songwriter EVER!!! I have her albums and guitar books. She is a beautiful, talented soul. She makes the world a better place!!!
“Top to bottom through and through”. It is was a different time and we were privileged to have lived in it.
A trip back in time. What a treasure! So much natural talent. Earl Scruggs giving his boys the opportunity to jam with the best. Joans voice, of course, is sublime. A beautifully filmed piece of musical history.
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Loved the "old" Joan❣️ her voice had a sweet, easy tone, innocence and still that surprise that people really liked her❣️
Joan Baez can soothe the savage beast. I'm glad I stumbled onto this. Good timing.
Nectar. When artists were not manufactured but were talented.
There were manufactured acts back then too, but maybe not as many, and there are talented people playing today as well.
@@larrydickman1094 One problem today is that talents are often hidden behind shitty productions.
We're the minority to know what good music is. Most people listen to music with their eyes. Not because it's a good tune, because 'it's cool!'
Sad times in the music industry.
It was said that RANDY SCRUGGS was a bit of a genius when producing other artists and rather true or not he did have an amazing talent he got from his dad the great EARL SCRUGGS, Both have passed own and so have some other greats from my hometown of NASHVILLE with the loss of GEORGE JONES, LESTER FLATT, BILL MONROE, WAYLON, BUCK OWENS, MR.MONROE and LESTER FLATT were bluegrass while the others were country mixed with a little rock and a touch of the blues, it has left a void in Nashville cause now it's all about the glimmer and glamour and the music has taken the backseat and that's a damn pity.
Exactly
Earl Scruggs - southern gentleman - musical groundbreaker - American legend.
Earl Scruggs showed himself to be a man of courage and depth. He was willing to break with the rigid traditions of country and bluegrass in more ways than one. When he set out on his own, he was already on the Mount Rushmore of bluegrass. He wanted to make music with his sons Randy and Gary, and with other musicians of their generation. Joan Baez, of course, was and is in a class by herself. This film is a treasure.
Skruggs and company travel in a beefy American station wagon! Joan’s family dog sleeps through this incredible concert and her diaper only baby doing what babies do. David, I say this with complete sincerity. Your collection of films are an important part of American history! They belong in the Smithsonian! Absolute treasures!
Not the Smithsonian...but the people..this collection belongs to us..
@@debbiebarrow817
As does the Smithsonian.
Yes. The Library of Congress, Smithsonian or whatever. Please preserve these films.
I lived right down the road from Joan Baez and David. The quiet, the aroma, the wildlife so very close by of the far countryside is so riveting that even now, more than 50 years later, I still live in country rural. Next door until just now, there was a community, a near commune. Now that too is gone. The few glimpses into Joan's life, the hot tub, the privacy and nature, were intoxicating, and stoned on mushrooms or grass brought life right up close. All around her were hippies. Just over the hill, towards the ocean, the remnants of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters. Innocense, glowing innocense. David was student body president at Stanford. I was finishing grad school at Stanford. The Silicon Valley rich moved up the hill. They pushed aside the innocense with big houses and landscaping, insults to the special world Joan and I lived in at that time.
Absolutely historic! Thank you for saving this for future generations. Joan Baez is the queen of folk. This is what it's like to witness people who eat, sleep and breathe music. They are the pantheon of folk music.
100%agree with you. Have you ever listened to the Australian group "The Seekers"? Although a slightly different genre, crossover folk, country, 60s pop, Judith Durham's voice is similar to Joan Baez, Crystal clear. I believe that many of today's "singers"(?) have been educated "lazily" in the pronunciation of the English language which leads to slurring & even an inability to string together a conversation without a dozen umms, errs, you knows, uh hahs & oh yeahs.
To sound that good just singing in a room shows you what an incredible voice she has. It's clear as a bell.
The way that they're all so effortlessly working their talents (It was particularly wonderful to me how Joan was just holding her baby lovingly while singing like THAT without even thinking about it!) is amazing. They're all so in awe of each other they don't realiz how amazing they are themselves.
Was thinking the same. At one point she had her head down, looking at her baby, and her voice didn't change a bit :)
It's impressive how someone can sing like that so effortlessly. Joan opens her mouth to sing, and it's instant magic.
Someone on another video said about the voice of Joan Baez,
, "A voice of a Goddess, like from another world."
Her magic is coming straight from the Angles.
She is and always was amazing, and I love her now as much as in the 1960s. I'm 80 now and thanks to youtube I can see her every day!
What a blessing is the technology that brings such beautiful music and special performers to us!
I met Joan 30+ years ago in a bakery in Woodside. She was so real and kind and not pretentious it was cool to say the least. She was picking up a birthday cake in the shape of a horse for that baby in this video. He was turning 18. As she past the assistant manager she commented on the beautiful cake. He wasn’t the sharpest crayon in the box and didn’t realize who she was. He said, “oh, that cake is for Ms. Joan Baez” She could have revealed her identity an embarrassed him but she chose to keep it under her hat. I’ve been a fan of the person that she is ever since.
HANS BRAUN maybe she appreciated that people could see her as Ms. Joan Baez and not suck up to her because they knew she was Joan Baez? Nice story
Booger Balls Goof ball!
California in 1972 I was in Laguna Canyon and you can call it nostalgia if you want, but it was so much better than today. I remember the first Sawdust Festival with my mom and sister. The folk music from that time is indelibly in my spirit.
Earl Scruggs was such a class act. And that version of If I Were a Carpenter gives me chills every time. Just gorgeous. I’m so grateful for this.
The song does that for me also. It is such a Great Song.
Earl’s banjo solo on four letter word reduces me to tears every time. You can feel the chemistry between them especially given her story about meeting Earls wife.
All Banjo players today want to play the style which Earl Scruggs created on the Banjo. That says alot right there since the Banjo was invented something like 2,000 years ago by the Chinese.
First time, I heard a voice that made me both chilled and folk-singer paralyzed. Its never failed, this one's a keeper!
@james5353 - Joan Baez meets Mrs. Earl Scruggs who says to Joan, "Ya thi-a-nk so, do ye?" Love it. Love it. 🤗
Her son tours with her on occasion as part of her band, how beautiful is that!
As I I lie in bed seeking some good feelings to carry into the dream realm, this video soothes and never fails to bring a deep smile to my face. Such love being exchanged is a welcome and powerful example of the beauty of being a human. When people of the future wonder what the 1970’s were like, I hope they use this as the touchstone of the goodness we enjoyed. It was a tumultuous time and yet so sweet. Thank you, David.
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Well said.
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I ain't got that button, but a deep thanks to you and to the neverending beauty of Joan's voice and the person she is.
Well dont remember much from the seventies🤣👌🦋 but this beautiful song and singer,, bring back feelings ,, absolute jewel in the archives..life is full treasures that never fade 🎵♥️🌀and some more that you havent found yet 🎵🙏♥️🦋
This was beautiful 💜 I love Joan's Bob Dylan impersonation.
She was certainly having fun with it!
It was a moment that thankfully was being recorded.
Nailed it!
What a fun moment
Randy loved it, too! 14:00
Man oh man, Randy was something else, what gorgeous guitar playing!!
That he was Matt. And a terrific human being as well.
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@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker So you get alerts for activity on your channel, Johnny on the spot? I think better than shorts, we have a conversation about your library with our subs/members. If we all watch our favs, that will help, right?
Rock on, Mr Hoffman!
I am 60 years old and my dad loved Joan Baez so much. I went to bed to her music for the first 8 years of my life and I still tear up thinking about her beautiful voice. Thanks for this glimpse into her life and playing with Earl Scruggs.
Knock me dead! This is truly one great moment in American music. I saw the earl Scruggs revue at a small club in Vancouver about this time, one of the best night's entertainment ever. Never knew about this visit with Joan Baez until now. Absolutely wonderful. Thank you David Hoffman.
damn. it's hard to believe how powerful her voice is...
She is also a great guitar player.
Greatest voice ever !!
Yes, indeed
Love the dog on the rug right there in the middle of all this talent.
You know your playing well when the dog lays there and enjoys it.
I noticed that too, being a dog lover. It made the jam so cozy and heart warming
I'd be the dog. If I could be, that's what I would be.....:-)
The dog. chilled.
It is funny how Bob Dylan’s songs were constantly a go to for Baez or The Byrds. He was certainly the force that made folk music relevant across generations and genres. He inspired so many and yet he really was never bound to one camp, one genre. It is amazing that Scruggs too was willing to reach across to other styles and performers to build a bridge between generations. Scruggs was a gentleman and artist in the best ways possible. His approach was gentle and knowing, humble and wise, with his talent so incredibly profound.
Yes -- the fact that Jimi Hendrix and The Byrds could take Dylan songs in two entirely different directions shows how great Dylan is.
Simply beautiful, I'm in the Autumn of my life and I love it more now that I was young.
Joan’s voice was a natural gift. She never had to work at it or even take singing lessons.
Yes, Joan is naturally gifted with a great instrument. But, also she has had vocal coaching starting in her 30's.
Earl was a maestro. So smooth. Hardly looking like he was working.
those weren't tears, i got memories in my eyes! Blessed Be !! this is the music that is equal to some awesome Motown,,second that emotion anyone?
When Joan does her cheeky Dylan impersonation....man o man, that's musical history, so perfect and funny and a respectful nod to the man himself, I love it. I'd seen that clip previously but had no idea it that it was your recording David. Congratulations my friend that was magic. And when they play If i were a Carpenter Joan seemed touched that Earl offered a chance to musically acknowledge her partner in prison. It has to be said, Joan Baez is an extraordinary person.
If you know about Mr. Scruggs, you know he always appreciated the younger folks and next generations. He truly loved them. This is precious.
Wow. I've always loved this but only now finding out that it was made by none other than David Hoffman, Filmmaker himself. Salute to, Sir
Thank you Red Bandit.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
I about cried when I heard Gary and Joan do “If I were a carpenter” just lovely. Thank you for capturing these moments.
Thank you David for immortalizing and documenting the most amazing decade (the 1960s) I've ever seen. And for making your films available on CZcams for others who lived through that period and for those who came later, but who appreciate the richness of this period through the music, such as we have not seen since.
Joan wrote a highly readable memoir. I think the title is And a Voice to Sing. She's a great storyteller.
Outstanding historical document. Baez' voice is always recording quality. And Scruggs' mastery is blinding.
One of Dylan's best songs, beautifully sung by the great Joan Baez playing with the best: Earl Scruggs!
I remember hearing some Nashville musicians (on CZcams) talking about how they fell over themselves to play in anything that Allison Kraus sang in. She has one of those piercingly beautiful voices. Joan Baez also. What a privilege for the Scruggs gang to be with her. Earl was so great and I hadn't heard Randy's guitar before RIP. Thanks for the vid, sir
I was 23 in 1972.....what a lot of memories. We were trying to change the world....at least we stood up for our beliefs in those days. It also produced great music
What a treat. Love is just a four letter word. "Sofa" watching Joan Baez perform with Earl sitting on her sofa. The Dylan imitation is hilarious.
She has always been grear
She is a great lady
Thank you, David, seriously
Joan's Dylan voice here was spot on! Always been in love with Joan. Her music and extraordinary voice as well!
All this unbelievable talent in one room. ❤️
Joan was so taken by the craftsmanship of that cake that she gave her New Year’s Eve concert tickets to the Greatful Dead concert to the baker as a gift. They were damn near priceless. A kind and generous person for sure
now that's real music with body and soul
What an absolute treasure of a video. Thank you for sharing it. I grew up playing many of Joan's songs on my guitar. Diamonds and Rust, will ALWAYS remain my favorite.
This film is an American Treasure! God Bless em all and thank you
Such a "fly on the wall" moment...just beautiful. Had to laugh at Joan's impression of Bob; she seemed to get a kick out of it. ;)
I saw the Earl Scruggs Review in Casper Wyoming about 1971 after I got back from Vietnam, Randy’s guitar picking about blew me away,of course nothing needs saying about Earl, they were incredible.
1972, the year I graduated from High School and went away to college. Earl and Randy! Joan Baez! I owned every one of her records and learned to sing in the pure clear way she had. This clip had me crying like a baby. Thank you🙏🏼
I graduated that year too! I had her double record album of her doing all Dylan songs.
I was a teenager in the 70s and had no awareness of Earl Scruggs' progressive views. He clearly wasn't shy about it. I wish I knew then what I know now.
This literally and finally made me a fan of Joan. I've never really cared for her stuff.
That all changed, thanks to what David captured.
David Hoffman, you make life better for everyone.
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My God.. I was a very young man in those days. I KNEW i was witnessing some beautiful, and fleeting. I felt it again watching this. Thank you.
HER TALENT IS TRULY AMAZING. VOCALS SO FANTASTIC, WHILE HOLDING A SMALL BABY, AND GIVING HIM WATER,
These masters are singing the soundtrack of you life. God bless!
Only one word to describe this, magicmusic.
What a marvelous gift to have stumbled upon this gem. Thank you, thank you David Hoffman. I will wear out my keyboard revisiting this. In 1960 a school buddy and I came upon a couple teenage no names singing from the back of an old pickup truck parked on the grass of the Boston Gardens (Boston Common). It was mid-day. The few spectators agreed with us that the girl was spectacular and the guy was strange, but good. None of us had a clue it was Bob Dylan and Joan B. It was a matter of months later when they hit the airwaves. Needless to say I've been a lifelong fan of both. This video penetrates my old soul.
I penetrates my old soul as well. Thank you.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
Wow! What a story!
@@robertewalt7789 I remember it like it was yesterday Robert. My buddy and I were on the way to early orientation in preparation for starting freshman year at Boston College. We were quite intrigued by the two "vagabonds" entertaining themselves and us singing some Hank Williams and Burl Ives type songs. It still makes me smile to think back on it.
The Dad’s pride, Joan’s appreciation of the young man’s music .. old world magic.
I have have always loved the amazing Joan Baez !!!!!!! Incredible !!!!!!
Such a beautiful lady as well ! Gorgeous !!!!
I`ve only seen Joan Baez briefly on stage accompanying other greats , so I never was able to see how humble she is. A jam session with talents like this is a real keepsake.
Yes, that was beautiful and sweet. I feel like I saw a short clip of Joan Baez and Earl playing together in a PBS show in 1970 or 1971 but it was so long ago I can't remember whether it was about Ms Baez or Earl Scruggs. I had the opportunity to not only see the Earl Scruggs review in concert, but even to meet Earl one time, and I agree that he was simply a kind and decent man (and one of the great musicians).
This is so beautiful I can barely stand it, chokes me up gives me chills
I am literally transported to another dimension when they play Love is Just a Four Letter Word ❤
I’ll never forget my mom trying to teach herself guitar chords and one of the first songbooks she bought was Joan Baez’s American songbook all traditional folk songs
That dog, just lyin there, has NO IDEA the history he's sleeping through! ;-)
I'm jealous of that dog.
Yeah he did
The extraordinary music of apex bluegrass picker Earl Scruggs and his sons surrounding the great folksinger and musician, Joan Baez. So much more than music to my ears. Hats off to David Hoffman.
This film is a national treasure. What talent. What happened to the musical talent in our country?
This musical story is magical. Moments like this is a treasure. I most certainly got the shivers more than once. Love is Just a Four Letter Word Blew me away .I cried and smiled with joy and heartache through the entire song. Thank You David for this precious magical musical memory.
Love is Just A Four Letter Word brought tears. My first exposure to her and to this music was her album of Dylan songs.
Today is November 11 2019. I haven't had this feeling toward music since August 9th 1995. Thank you David Hoffman. I love the
What a handsome boy and what a nice group of fantastic musicians! That’s the USA I would like. Many Greetings from Linz-Austria 🇦🇹Europe where Joan Baez played years Lago in a street cafe after a great concert. 😎👍🌹🍀🇦🇹🐺
I was born in 1961 in the lower east side, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan contributed greatly to my early development of musical awareness and vernacular, along with the Baroque music and classical Spanish Guitar from my parents. I will admit to having a crush on Joan, as a child, I don't know if i ever saw her in person, but i know that I used to toddle around Tompkins Square Park...so, who knows.
I love how Joan is giving her son water and still singing without missing a beat.
She loves the music more than performs it.
Pure poetry. Words can't express the depth of this simple get together
Earl and Joan both were American Music Legends.
How beautiful. Baez with her baby and Scruggs - there are no words to describe such passion and talent - it's so heartwarming. Wouldn't it be nice if today - families sat down in the evening to sing and enjoy music? Steve Jobs was so fond of Joan Baez - it is no wonder - as many throughout the world - we can't get enough of her talent. She's an ongoing record. Great role Model for women and men.
This is truly a musical masterpiece. Raw unedited talent.
A,em
The interaction between joan and the scruggs fam is so sweet and earnest. You really get a sense for how these folks were as people and the music they’re making sounds fantastic despite little rehearsal. Instant chemistry. Love it!
David filmed it as tho they drove up the mountain, sat down, made history.
Was there some rehearsal I wonder?
As they play, all such naturals they'd pick up quick. Had they played each others tunes b4?
I'm 59 and missed out on these people to some extent. This was very enlightening and took me back to a simpler time in some/many respects. I plan to dig deeper. I've played drums I n and off since 6th grade. Messed with keyboard and picked up a guitar a few times. Now, once again I'm inspired to pick it up again. Thank you.
Living with music as they do is a gift
JOAN BAEZ is the BEST FEMALE FOLK SINGER OF ALL TIME. 🌈🌞👍😎🎼🎵🎶🎤🎸❤👍😎🆗️
Kate Wolf tho!
Karen Dalton.
I would have to agree to that! She was able to sing just everything, in any language, with passion and incredible raw talent! Do you know her rendition of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileras n. 5?
This is extraordinary footage. Historical indeed. TY for posting this.
Joan Baez reveals in each and every ballad that she interprets, her authenticity and originality as a human being and as an artist. --- she never gives less than a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PERFORMANCE. ---- 💕 -----❤️ Evelyn O'Connor
One of the few american sounds we listened at home. Some times, an older brother woke us up with the Joan Baez's and Bob Dylan's songs. My childhood returns when I hear them. Thank you, Sr!
WOW - only now I know where all those bits and pieces I found on the internet spring from... it's your work, sir David Hoffman!. Thank you for leaving us with these beautiful little pearls!
Randy did a Great Solo in Love Is Just A Four Letter Word.
Love Joan, one of these Greatest Voices of the past and the now! Singing and mothering her child.
Saw Earl and his sons Randy and Gary in a small club in Vancouver, Canada in the seventies. Great show!!! Liked when Earl and Randy played one guitar together. Never seen that before or since!!! Thanx for the post!!! 🇨🇦 Oh ya, the club was called the "Egress". Cheers!!!
Next thing ya Tom I'm on the prairie in Alberta you lucky duck to see that. We get to see this !
Speaking of Canada, I wonder what a duet with Joan and the great Stan Rogers would have sounded like? Now there's a video I'd pay good money to see.
What a lucky baby to be raised in that type of musical environment.
Having lived through this era in real time, I now have a deep appreciation that I didn't have before for the brilliance of talent, which, tragically, will likely never appear again. I can't even listen to any contemporary " music " without gagging, and I'm very thankful I'm not a millennial.
Look beneath the commercial sludge on the surface and you'll find there's still a lot of musical talent in the world. Not that it stops me from enjoying what came before my time, like this. It's beautiful.
@@TouchedProductions Yup, I was referring to the MSM saturation that the masses listen to - whereas prior to the 80's the best WAS MSM
@@1schwererziehbar1 how can one sound like a millennial? Lol
And that brilliance shall shine on ever so brightly! Check out Molly Tuttle, Fleet Foxes, thousands of bands featured on KEXP CZcams channel, or any of the artist that performed in the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society these couple years. The list goes on, they're around you betcha! We just need to dig deeper for them!
I’m thankful to be at the tail end of being considered a millennial, because I grew up with great music of the past and present at my fingertips, as have many contemporary musicians who otherwise may not have been exposed or influenced by certain artists and genres.
David, you always get it SPOT ON, RIGHT!!! I, too, had the pleasure of knowing Earl for the SAINT that he was,, A lot of people don't realize how absolutely INSTRUMENTAL Earl was in getting folks together for the first "Will the Circle be Unbroken" Album by he Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1972. Absolute music history by one of the greatest musicians of all times!!!! (It was also great to see Louise Scruggs who played such a fabulous role in promoting the careers of Earl and the boys! As always thanks for all that you do!
Thank you the bluegrass brings up all sorts of joyful memories and sadness too.
My family tells a story about visiting our bootlegging cousins in Asheville in the 30s & 40's. I am told one of the Scruggs was married to my great great aunt, a truly beautiful and well loved member of our family.( She had been married about 9 times). She would greet my (now 98 year old) cousin, squeezing him to her bosom with joy and often take him and his brother to the movies. The boys would often help unload bonded whiskey at the Park Grove Inn. When things got hot the cousins would hide out in Greenville S.C. with our family.
Priceless. Music crosses all boundaries. David, thank you, and congratulations for experiencing this magic.
What a humanistically intimate view of performers. This is the heart and hearth of the way country music used to be performed locally.
The tiny lick Earl's son plays at 11:40 between Joan's lines is very short and perfect. Imagine all that acoustic horsepower yet Joan's voice stays on top!
Yes, a perfect little lift in the songline. In fact his whole solo on this is just lovely and appropriate. 😁
This made me smile so wide it hurt my face! Joan's Bob impersonation always kills me.
Joan was incredibly beautiful with a marvelous voice. And the Scruggs boys were so pleased to play with her as she was to sing and play with them. Simply an amazing film.