I enjoy a lot of different music, but I have to say that the finest Bluegrass musicians are truly beyond belief. Everyone's heard of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, etc, etc, but the likes of Tony Rice & many, many, others are a match for anyone from any genre of music. I was introduced to BG via David Grisman & Jerry Garcia, but that's not quite the same as hearing Dan Tyminski & Co. performing "Carry Me Across The Mountain" for the very first time! Ricky Skaggs & KY Thunder have always blown me away as well. "Sally Jo" was the first song I ever heard along with "Wheel Hoss". Just a treat to watch these people sing & play. Wish I could move back to Kentucky. Thank you for the great upload!

I had this on tape from airing from just under 20 years ago. This was my first exposure to Nickel Creek. They blew me way then, much like Billy Strings is today.

Man, I love Patty.. She is so Beautiful and can sing so good..

WOW, WHAT TALENT ON THAT STAGE!!! I LOVED IT!!! 😄

Thank you so much for sharing with us!!! I love bluegrass music! I was raised on it! My Mom took me to my first outdoor bluegrass festival (if you could call it that) at the Redgate Farm in Maynardville, Tennessee. It was fabulous!!! I love Ralph Stanley, the Osbourne Brothers, and J.D. Crowe!!!! Thank you again for sharing!!!!

Wow. That's it. Just, "wow." These men and women put out Bluegrass music that must be experienced to be believed. I am new to Bluegrass and I am enjoying the wholesome melodies that, looking at some comments here, I agree are a profound expression of what it means to be living in America. Each song tells a story that I find unique, fun and culturally relevant. The talent and professionalism on display here is impressive, to say the least. Not long ago, I happened to see a few videos of the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys on the David Letterman Show, Willow Osborne performing on Country Tonite at Pigeon Forge and then I happened to stumble upon JD Crowe and the New South. Watching the performance here tops the cake...I am hooked on Bluegrass.

I love how Vince switches instruments like 3 times in the show. I know a ton of musicians on this stage could do this, but to actually do it at this level takes a lot of gall and a lot of confidence. Signs of a great musician.

i wasn't gonna bother with a comment, just enjoying the concert but when ol' Ralph did "Death"... Wow!... Haunting. The old bugger still had some soul to give.

Thanks to my brothers and sisters in the volunteer state GOD BLESS

If you were lucky enough to be at that taping/concert, you were at the best show of your life!

Bill Monroe's longtime fiddler Kenny Baker once described Bluegrass as hillbillies playing improvised jazz. This is great stuff.

Brilliant, Bluegrass all stars, man it must have been a fun night, at the Ryman, way cool.

It really doesn't get any better than this.

Wow, the drummer ever barely chases, great bluegrass stuff, Thank Y´all !

Thile’s break on the transition section of “Rawhide” is beyond unreal.

Bless God that’s some real grass right there I just don’t get no better

Love my Bluegrass, 88 years and holding!

I grew up on bluegrass music, I am now 83, love to dance to this kind of music.

What a breath of fresh air musically these guys are, proves it pays to keep looking, there is a lot of good music out there just waiting to be discovered.

Best bluegrass show ever recorded period!

i remember being a little kid at this concert and travis tritt and patty lovelace pulled me on stage to meet them and after that i snuck backstage and literally ran into bruce hornsby and all i could say was wow you're tall and he took me to everyone's room to meet them meanwhile security and my parents were lookin for me ha best concert ever thanks for the memories

Great music and great music stars..This music, "BLUEGRASS" will never die !!!! From a fan in Canada..Wear those masks and please social distancing...

Epic listen from Ireland 🇮🇪 🙌 ❤☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘🍀☘🍀🍀

As a friend of mine is wont to say..."Bluegrass will take you to the land of the happy feet"!

God Bless. US love love this kind of music Bluegrass will never die from Eric can

Only music ever that first seconds your feet start a moving...

Del Mcoury.! Just keeps singing like always.!

Love all the Music, Bluegrass

Man I love to hear Steve Sparkman play!!!

I love this music

Terrific video. Sure are a lot of terrific bluegrass players there! Harry Stinson is the drummer in the show (longtime percussionist with Marty Stuart).

Fab music from class musicians,thank you.cheers

2002 19 years still great 😃 in 2021

Pure American Music.

Doc Watson is Vegeta when it comes to Flatpicking. Doc Watson is Vegeta and Earl Scruggs is Goku.

This is sooooo very amazing..... thank you too much for letting me listen. Blessings to you all.

As many years as I've listened to the Clinch Mountain Boys, I never realized until now that he wasn't a Scruggs style picker!

This is the best I've ever seen

I would SING ..”PRETTY PATTY”. Good looking lady and wow can she sing..oh boy!! 44:57

Holy unto the Lord unbelievable Harmony's

There are times when you could hear a pin drop.... and then they erupt in applause. That's when you got 'um..

I remember when this first came on. I think I still have a vhs tape of it somewhere. Lol

"Get On Your Knees and Pray"... and I'm a buddhist ! what a presentation Oh my God and you guy's are sooooo fast

Bad ass bluegrass show.

Patty Loveless was/is awesome!

Would have loved to have been there 😘

Fantastic cover

I made a VHS of this from when it first aired, almost wore that tape out.

Great performance, good luck to you all

Dang.... Del gets up there in the clouds with some of those notes..

Nice intro! :)

You know you have done made it,... like. , MADE it when you are standing up there at the Ryman with these guys! Mmmnnn Hmmmm Yes indeedy.

Travis Tritt's eyes just POP! 👀 🤣🤣🤣

God tony rice would surely be missed

This is awesome 👍

Awesome thanks 😊

bloody great.

Performed at the Ryman in 2002,

I'm a beginner banjo picker and I love this

Awesome!

Lot of talent on that stage. It's a wonder it don't catch on fire..

What it must have been like to play with all the 1st Gen Bluegrass Innovators.....

I understand, I went to that old school in Hyden Ky where the Fabulous Osborne Brothers got a good old mountain boot in the butt and put two of the most perfect instruments together, their great voices

Goodness gracious it's good

Awesome Sauce!

Blessings ❤ !

Too bad Jim & Jesse and the Osborne Bros weren't included in on this.

I rate yoll a 10 out of 10

This little light of mine

Sarah, you were so young. No matter.

Talk about stretching strings, WOW

Mighty good

Is this like, “Robots sing Bluegrass at the Ryman?”

Amy Grant looked puzzled in the front row on the "Vinny McCurry" comment, wow!!! 04:49

Take out the piano and the drum kit and yes....it's Bluegrass.

2002 should be the year I guess.

Ho-down Humpday sent me here!

Bluegrass is like Dragon Ball Z, its got a lot of power and drive like Goku doing the Kamehameha Wave. Earl Scruggs is the Goku of Bluegrass Banjo, Earl Scruggs when playing Foggy Mountain Breakdown is like Goku going Super Saiyan.

Everybody warning for a long time ❤😅

strange distorted noise on this recording. music awesome.

I love Bluegrass music, 8:55pm

Ralph always said I don't play bluegrass I play mountain music. 2 singers instead of three and a few other differences

Who is the guitar player that is playing the telecaster?

Larry like it

Why didn't it just start with the music ? ? I went to another video. The opening of this one sounded like halftime at the Super Bowl.

Yeah buddy.

Love bluegrass.. found myself fast forwarding past Del McCrory... his vocals make my skin crawl... onto the sweet vocals of Alison Krauss. And the super band Skaggs put together.

Anyone notice the maestro John Jorgenson?

the speed is nuts ........

Oh yeah

Is Chris Thiele playing Bill Monroe's mandolin? It looks like it with the broken headstock.

Okay, I gotta say it: 1. Thanks for uploading this. 2. Having said that, there is something *severely* wrong with the audio. I'm guessing that either the original source-material source material was "digital native", or that you digitized it off of VHS tape (most common analog format). 3. At any rate, you bypassed any DRM (if digital) or "copy protection" (if analog) built into the source material by *playing it back*, and *recording the playback*. 4. Problem with that is: the resultant audio ended up sounding somewhere between "phase shifted" and/or very short duration reverb" - most likely because whatever recording program you used inadvertently recorded *two* audio sources, at fractional delay from one another. Not so much a "complaint", as a technical observation, for future reference.

Mac McAnally with Bruce Hornsby only mention is n he credits.

Ryman Auditorium！！！！

Big fat man yes 👍

who is the lady singing with Ricky Scaggs and Patty Lovelace when they're singing Daniel prayed?

" hillbiliies playing improvised jazz" great --- on the spot, and so very funny. Spoken by a great bluegrass fiddler.

Everybody has hair.

I love this. The sound quality could be better. They sound like they're playing in the open air, not The Ryman.

hello to all and good luck 😍😍😍I love you guys😍😍😍