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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@ALRULZ1965 Жыл бұрын

The fiddle player is phenomenal.

@mountaintyme2000 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@rickkilgore1147 Ай бұрын

@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.

@dozensides 2 жыл бұрын

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

@stephenhenion8304 2 жыл бұрын

Bluegrass is Where its AT!!

@NiallMor 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Tonetwisters 2 жыл бұрын

That high lonesome voice ...

@richardabernathy6242 2 жыл бұрын

Every flat picker goes back to doc

@mikeking6686 2 жыл бұрын

TENNESSEE STUD, BEST SONG EVER

@dougewing1571 2 жыл бұрын

Wildman Bill Monroe

@fatguywi 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BRLaue 2 жыл бұрын

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

@mikebastiat 2 жыл бұрын

Screw a "president."

@Rob-fc1qf 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Muh BiLly sTriNgS.

@nikpellinen2010 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@dishusse Жыл бұрын

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

@sallyemma9669 Жыл бұрын

@@dishusse Old and In The Way???

@debracole6587 2 жыл бұрын

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

@capefearcapt4679 2 жыл бұрын

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

@alphabetsoup7995 11 ай бұрын

The imstrumental at the end is "Watson Blues"

@Debunis 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video with us. Amazing quality

@aBluegrassPicker 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding!!!!

@estahl2216 Жыл бұрын

Doc 💙

@MrBobbystyles 2 жыл бұрын

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

@dozensides 2 жыл бұрын

Kenny Baker

@bennyblanko3 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bennyblanko3 2 жыл бұрын

His fiddle sounds so good under the mike!

@elishaj3601 11 ай бұрын

❤

@user-mx7hm5fk5k 11 ай бұрын

Basket word bioudblueglass 😊

@timhopper8449 Жыл бұрын

This band is pretty tight. :)

@user-bj2sn2ff5i 2 ай бұрын

James Earl Carter was the real deal

@talon1623 2 жыл бұрын

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

@daltonsmith304 2 жыл бұрын

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

@PanyingPilot 2 жыл бұрын

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

@homespunperformances2393 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, the bots do that on their own!

@thomassteele4938 Жыл бұрын

Kenny baker

@ziptwang09 2 жыл бұрын

Its called "Paddy on the Turnpike"

@Jockeylotforfun 11 ай бұрын

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

@larrywillard844 3 ай бұрын

credits at end say guitar is Wayne Lewis

@Jockeylotforfun 3 ай бұрын

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

@alphabetsoup7995 11 ай бұрын

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

@musiclifelove Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@stevenlafrance5869 3 ай бұрын

Calm down fanboy

@brasspick 2 жыл бұрын

What was the Mandolin song after the show ended?

@homespunperformances2393 2 жыл бұрын

I believe it was "My Last Days on Earth."

@IBACb 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jeremybumbalough82 8 ай бұрын

@@MrZiggy-pm9rzReagan was horrible!

@rharoldkane4447 5 ай бұрын

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

@rickkilgore1147 Ай бұрын

@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.

@nc4tn Жыл бұрын

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

@mikebastiat 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rabokarabekian409 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@RagtimeAnnie Жыл бұрын

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

@nc4tn Жыл бұрын

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

@jrlove1815 10 ай бұрын

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

@rickkilgore1147 Ай бұрын

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

@rickkilgore1147 Ай бұрын

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!.