Members of the 1979 Seldom Scene: John Duffey (Mandolin), Ben Eldridge (Banjo), Mike Auldridge (Dobro), Phil Rosenthal (Guitar), & Tom Gray (Bass)
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@philrosenthal15 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories. Playing in this band was so easy, such solid rhythm, great playing, and singing with John Duffey - that required all you had to offer. He could hold a note longer than anyone I ever sang with. Hope more of this surfaces. Phil R.
@keithclark21365 жыл бұрын
Phil Rosenthal S/S STILL THE BEST YOUR VOCALS PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE THAT HAS YET TO BE CUT.
@annieemccord56684 жыл бұрын
Phil Rosenthal you added so much to this group. Your singing and your songs not to mention your playing!
@scottorado4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Phil!
@tankmac55844 жыл бұрын
Phil - Bluegrass legend !
@peterjackson46234 жыл бұрын
The Scene was the best when Phil was singing and playing lead. John Starling was a bit before I was turned on to them. I enjoyed my weekly time at the Birchmere watching them perform. Just totally great musicians all the way around
@jenniferj52532 ай бұрын
My uncle was Mike Auldridge, and I had the joy of hearing some of the greats cover this song at MerleFest this past weekend with Jerry Douglas playing dobro, Peter Rowan, T. Michael Coleman, Sam Bush, among others. Amazing musicians.
@SBrown-ov9lz24 күн бұрын
Wow, I met your uncle Mike at Birckshire, also back stage at the Birchmere with my friend Joe Val, New England Bluegrass Boys . I was in contact with Mike about his Chesapeake endeavor before he passed! Ben I learned has passed recently too! Rosenthal, is he still with us?
@derekmcswain41903 ай бұрын
Rip Ben Eldridge. My favorite banjo player! Live at the Cellar door showed that they were the tightest bluegrass band ever! What a show🪕
@wiscgaloot Жыл бұрын
This is the bluegrass that I fell in love with 40+ years ago! Love Seldom Scene.
@Janices899 жыл бұрын
Inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame yesterday!
@medshow33 ай бұрын
I miss The Birchmere circa '77 ! Those of you who know, know
@buckzx12r13 жыл бұрын
The Seldom Scene-also one of the greatest EVER!"Live At The Cellar Door" was an awesome CD.
@Rigoletta53 Жыл бұрын
My salad days in DC
@joyceevans628611 жыл бұрын
Probably the BEST live progressive bluegrass live performance ever.
@SQAE11 жыл бұрын
RIP MIKE AULDRIDGE - I believe he is the best Dobro player who ever lived, founding member of my favorite Bluegrass band, The Seldom Scene, and a personal friend. He leaves a hole that music may not be able to fill.
@aalbi2781 Жыл бұрын
His instrumental version of Tennessee Stud circa 1971 is phenomenal. First heard it in college. Haunts me to this day in a very good way.
@bassmangotdbluz9 ай бұрын
Check out Emmett Franz with The Petersens. Watch out, Jerry Douglas!
@carriewho1311 жыл бұрын
i dont understand how everyone is sitting down i cant stop movin love this music drink a handful of beers and start jiggin even got 19 20 yr old brother and his freind and my 11 yr old boy just bustin out with a jig this music will never die
@fordsrestorations970 Жыл бұрын
I've lived live in concert 14 years and I disappeared from the heavy metal punk rock background , to start training in art restoration and fine antiques . Saturday evenings WYSO Yellow Springs Ohio College radio would play 6 hours of the best bluegrass music. I got introduced to Seldom-Scene and it changed my life till this day 45 years later.
@watermelonbeast16 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that I get a chance to see this again. I about fell over when they played this at the Opry in 1979. I think John knew this was his first and last shot at the Opry establishment and he stuck it in their eye with his most acid grass song in their repertoire. However, he was able to showcase the musical prowess of the band. Duffy was one of the most hilarious front man ever. Sorely missed.
@johnhunter371410 ай бұрын
The Best there ever was. I had the privilege of meeting Mike at a Festival in Stuart, Va. in 1978. I was trying to learn Dobro and Eventually took 8 lessons from Him. I still have the tapes. Yes I'm old. I still noodle around on my 51 Year old OMI. Mike and Josh were the best Dobro players ever. I cannot separate them because of their different styles.
@toyman818 ай бұрын
In the 1970's this Band, The Seldom Scene was probably the Top band to want to see. I seen them 3 times.
@flailingerman16 жыл бұрын
Duffy was the BEST tenor vocalist in bluegrass. Still miss him!
@williamford99167 жыл бұрын
Talent unmatched in Bluegrass this version of the Scene was legendary.
@mhriciso12 жыл бұрын
This band was THE bluegrass band when I was gigging with my dad's band. Played a LOT of their stuff. This is part of my childhood!
@davidhunter5799 жыл бұрын
John Duffy and Ben Eldridge are the only two people that can shred the mandolin and banjo like they do! I've always loved their music and enjoyed their shows. Great musicians they are. I miss J.D.s' tenor singing and his playing as I'm sure alot of us Seldom Scene fans will.
@69Curtdog2 жыл бұрын
Tim O`Brien plays as good.
@patriciastewart22392 жыл бұрын
Best version of Rider
@rebelyell1938 Жыл бұрын
I went to High School with both John Duffy and Mike Aldrich in Bethesda Chevy Chase H.S. in Maryland Best of the best ! Miss them !
@CagedTweetie13 жыл бұрын
Tom Gray is one of the best that ever stepped up beside a bass fiddle!
@davidgzesh531210 жыл бұрын
Used to see this band regularly around DC, Va., WV, like 35 years ago. Consistently good shows, some outdoor performances were really terrific. Glad to find this on the internets.
@mikemetague79733 жыл бұрын
YEAH!!! ...And sometimes SCENE in PA, DE, & MD.
@HouseOfThe8Strings15 жыл бұрын
Man, that mando break was wild. I dont think anyone pushed the limits more than John. Most other mandolin pickers of this time period played pretty simple stuff, but John was like some rock and roll guitar player or something! John Duffey will live forever!
@chirpsoul12 жыл бұрын
Love...love...love. So many memories of sunny festivals.
@davidselite73715 жыл бұрын
Mr. Duffy has one of the most uniuque voices. I love this band, grew up listening to there records on my dad's old record player, im 26 by the way. And yes I play guitar (bluegrass style)
@vantagestudios14 жыл бұрын
@philrosenthal Dude, you have a fantastic voice! Enjoyed all the playing too. Well done.
@scottmoyer13577 жыл бұрын
Used Michael Auldridge(Dobro) on a Kawasaki Motor Bike commercial in 1973 in Washington DC. Emmy Lou Harris sang lead on it with Fayssoux Starling singing background harmonies.He was a great player and a true gentleman as well as a fine commercial artist... RIP.
@billm.8196 жыл бұрын
Great memory, thanks.
@DogsInAPile8311 жыл бұрын
Jerry Garcia is looking down, smiling, nodding his head in approval and thinking to himself..... "Holy shit man......those guys can flat out play!!!"
@midnightcruiser77622 жыл бұрын
They probably know Jerry
@markusantonio4866 Жыл бұрын
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@carpools15 жыл бұрын
never get tired of these guys and this song
@Dlrealife12 жыл бұрын
The Seldom Scene... in my opinion, the VERY BEST bluegrass band in the world during their time. They went beyond everyone and everybody. AND btw, John Duffy (the mandolin player) was a friend of mine
@Be3tBe3t13 жыл бұрын
I saw the Seldom Scene at the Birchmere in the eighties. It was my indoctrination into bluegrass, and I will thank the lord forever for that. Go,Scene, and RIP for a great life in the hereafter for John Duffey, who was so sweet and made friends with my dad before he went. I mean, my dad was just a fan, and John reached out to him and made him a friend, and that is awesome.
@ERICSTEFANELLI13 жыл бұрын
Whaow ! I've just seen these great band in Toulouse Bluegrass Festival FRANCE, in 1982, it was an unforgetable TIME, A GREAT CONCERT.Peace to the soul of John Duffey.
@markkeaney84495 ай бұрын
I skipped my college exams and rode from craftsbury common Vt to a Gettysburg pa bluegrass festival to see them play this song. In 1984. Good times! Ben Eldridge was my neighbor. Shout out to Page and Ben jr. Golf course square was the best.
@GenXstacker3 жыл бұрын
Suh-weet! Been listening to these guys since I was a teen back in the 80s. They don't make it like this anymore. These guys were the greatest.
@twirlyboggs8 жыл бұрын
havent grabbed my guitar in 2 days, keep fighting in my head but now im back on.....thank you Mr. Auldridge
@walkinghills6 жыл бұрын
My favorite bluegrass group and my favorite song by them.
@chirpsoul11 жыл бұрын
Thank you to the families of these wonderful musicians..you share your legacy of having loved them and their passion and expression of their souls for all to experience freely. They will all be missed, never forgotten and their gifts will be shared generously in kind.
@trudybengivenni403810 ай бұрын
It took me some time to appreciate Bluegrass music -- but The Seldom Scene sealed the deal for me with this song! I first heard it in 1979 as a passenger in a 1947 Dodge truck that was bumping and grinding its gears through potholes on an unpaved road that led to my destiny. But it's only through hindsight that a person realizes that ...
@947575984943094389 жыл бұрын
What a group of musicians!. And what a mando brake by Mr. Duffey!
@commontater97856 жыл бұрын
C. McKiney: Pardon me, but why do you spell it 'brake': is that ignorant or on purpose? Makes it sound like the mandolin is applying a 'brake' to the music, which would be the opposite of a bluegrass 'break'.
@butchjohns51092 жыл бұрын
Gets better every time I watch it! The light ain’t too good, but the talent; EMINCELY REWARDING👏👏👏🤙👌🇺🇸
@mikeconner572511 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest bands ever in bluegrass music. Ck out the creases in Mike's jeans, he still wears them that way, always the gentleman. Gotta love Larry the Legend!
@markusantonio4866 Жыл бұрын
My father wore his jeans that way with the creases in the front.
@handiman54 жыл бұрын
I'm grateful for these bluegrass pioneers! If it weren't for these guys, I would not be enjoying bluegrass music today! Thanks for positing this video!
@helendebord9349 Жыл бұрын
Wow..reading these comments. Timeless. ♥️♥️
@jamessams41333 жыл бұрын
Wow, Just listening to Mr. Eldridge play his solo in this track us breathtaking.
@seymourvoidproductions80844 жыл бұрын
Call me bias because Mike Auldridge was my uncle but these guys were all amazing, thankfully my Uncle Tommy Auldridge is still alive and well and playing the Hell out of his pedal steel guitar! If you get a chance, you should give him a listen.
@wjj48324 жыл бұрын
Seymour Void Productions I met your uncle Mike at a festival in Lebanon, VA in the late 70s. Great guy and best dobro player ever. I love Panhandle Country.
@randyelliott91525 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to see this steller band several times over the years.At the Strawberry Spring Music Festival,they headlined,the coolest thing about the outdoor folk and bluegrass festivals was seeing band members sitting around a camp fire after the days events and just jamming with people that wanted to sit in with them.I don't play,but I could see the joy on the faces of weekend pickers sittin in and jamming with these guys.
@butchjohns51092 жыл бұрын
One o’ the greatest groups ever🤙👏👏👏🇺🇸
@bassmangotdbluz9 ай бұрын
Having grown up around DC, I was fortunate enough to have seen these guys many times, most of them at The Birchmere or The Cellar Door. The most memorable being at Wolftrap Farm Park in Vienna, VA, around 1980ish. They opened for John Prine with Steve Goodman. It was one of the most wonderful musical nights of my life, to date, as a spectator.
@kmcfar8 жыл бұрын
At festivals back in the early 80's ...when this song was played.... the crowd went wild!
@dannyirvine42628 жыл бұрын
the crowd went wild because they were so glad the band quit playing :D
@pttibg7 жыл бұрын
If you're going to use ear curling language, you could @ least use it properly. Do you even know what that means?
@commontater97856 жыл бұрын
Patti Fletcher: He knows what it means, and he knows how to use it . Some people are dicks and some are cunts.
@twocandycains5 жыл бұрын
Wow! You don't know anything!! What a goofball...you are!!
@pattilemonhouse79116 ай бұрын
Jumping Jiminy, that's some of the finest playing and showmanship I've ever seen, and I've been a folkie most of my 68 years. I was introduced to this tune by Grateful Dead, but this verson blows them out of the water. "Eat your heart out Bill Monroe"? Yep, and eat your heart out Jerry Garcia, Mama's got a new crush. Or should I say 5 new crushes.
@stephenhenion83042 жыл бұрын
Got to meet and jam on guitar with Phil Rosenthal bout 10 years ago. Great video here!!🎵🎶🎵
@murphy203414 жыл бұрын
you were all great ! the new Scene cant come close to this. Mike, I will love the dobro forever.
@deetee2705 жыл бұрын
One my all time favorites.I've seen them several times
@joyceshealy71913 жыл бұрын
Gets better each time dont it! lol.im go flip to New grass Revival
@twocandycains11 жыл бұрын
They were an awesome band!! John Duffey on mandolin was a cherri pie!
@tonylee913710 жыл бұрын
great to see them great to hear them only had a tape cassette to hear them once upon a time and boy do I love bluegrass. thank you bluegrass library tony lee [ Australia ]
@mikerankin59732 жыл бұрын
I love these guys this is my favorite song
@bushandbanjo11 жыл бұрын
Man Ben Eldridge can pull tone!! He is one of the best in my book
@sunnymtnboy2 жыл бұрын
sounds pretty thin to me
@TeddyCavachon5 ай бұрын
All of them had day jobs, why they named the band "The Seldom Scene". I worked with Tom Gray at National Geographic and in addition to regularly going to the Red Foxx Inn and Birchmere to hear the band play Tom introduced me to canoeing in the rivers and streams around Washington, DC.
@ThinMenAussieGroup11 жыл бұрын
listened to live in the cellar , for umpteen years , great to see the boys performing here I thank you dearly . tony lee Australia.
@billm.8196 жыл бұрын
awesome album..... it changed lives.
@MrKillavolt11 жыл бұрын
Thursday nights at the Cellar Door was a highlight of the '70's in Alexandria, VA.
@wjj48324 жыл бұрын
Shawn Strauss my first plane ride ever was specifically to see the Seldom Scene play live at the Birchmere on a Thursday night.
@BeinTheCloud11 жыл бұрын
Average age of the audience: 92 years old. This is an awesome band playing an awesome song.
@waynehawks46792 жыл бұрын
Great music..i seen them back in the 70.s at gettsburg penn..and granite hill penn..what good time.s that was..what i can remember anyway..lol..
@Cobia7515 жыл бұрын
This is hot! Vintage bluegrass, & smokin' solo on the Dobro by Auldridge. This one gives me goosebumps. Incredible!
@karentrevor9 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable bass Tom is awesome!!!
@amandabenbow31509 жыл бұрын
No wonder I GOT HOOKED ON THAT "acid grass" BACK IN THE SEVENTIES! What good memories! Got to see them many times in and around NC. Me and my mom were groupies!!!!! LOL...AWESOME
@daviddunham84695 жыл бұрын
Bet that was HOT You n Mom as groupies....... MMM... MMM.... MMM
@cpbuckaroo10 жыл бұрын
No, really, this is THE BEST EVER version of RIDER
@bluemeanee578 жыл бұрын
+Craig Collord Judy Roderick....awwwww yessss
@aidantruner55276 жыл бұрын
Grateful Dead has the best
@ArmyofAngels445 жыл бұрын
Nope. Grateful Dead for sure.
@thedemonfromhell57805 жыл бұрын
@@aidantruner5527 no.. just no
@Mikeca3 жыл бұрын
Craig Collord It is a good version but I think the live at the cellar door version is the best in my opinion.
@MrDickie193912 жыл бұрын
One of the best song ever recorded by The Seldom Scene. I was lucky enough to see them in performance several times at Granite Hill Campground west of Gettysburg, PA.
@slvpd2 жыл бұрын
I live these old folk tunes.
@rbfour513 жыл бұрын
@philrosenthal I just found this video, and hope that we can all enjoy more. The Seldom Scene- "Live at the Cellar Door" was the first non Flatt & Scruggs album I ever bought. And it forever changed the way I listened to and eventually the way I approached playing the banjo. This line- up is the top band in my book. Thank you Phil for your contributions to bluegrass music. By the way, if I were stranded on a deserted island, the 1 album that would be with me would be Cellar Door. Dean M.
@emersonarts00714 жыл бұрын
I live in Portland, OR. Several years ago I met a couple who must moved here from D.C. I surprised them when they introduced their dog named Rider....and, of course, I said, named after Ben's break in the Bluegrass song, no doubt!!!!
@sharonelrod52957 ай бұрын
Saw them at Denton farm park nc in late 80s was awesome
@BigChiefBruce13 жыл бұрын
I used to see the Seldom Scene all around the D.C. area, they were the best! Watermelon Park in Berryville, Va. In the Shenandoah River while the band played............................ John Duffey R.I.P. Phil Rosenthal good to see you here too!
@jeffreydes14 жыл бұрын
Hi Phil. Yeah, I saw you guys at the Great American Music Hall in SF, must have been about 1980. Thanks for all the great music! The Seldom Scene will live forever.
@kuno_ichi13 жыл бұрын
I saw Seldom Scene live when I was 12. My dad took me. It was a few years ago in Henrico, VA at Lewis Ginter Gardens. Amazing, amazing, amazing show.
@RandyStrubleBackingTracks10 жыл бұрын
A bluegrass hall of fame lineup fantastic !!!! What awesome musicianship!!!
@DocRevo12 жыл бұрын
Saw them at my first concert outing as a young kid - at the Weinberg theater just down the road a bit from Granite Hill...my brother and I wore the needle through Live At the Cellar Door!
@TroxellPI15 жыл бұрын
OMG, I never knew these guys played the Opry! This was right when I was a real Scene groupie (mid- to late-70s). I used to determine which BG festivals I'd attend based on if the Scene was on the bill. No Scene, no good! I even used to pattern my mando playing after Duffy. Even had a zippered v-neck golf shirt like his. Still have it as a memento 30 years later! I basically stopped playing BG when Duffy and Monroe died in '96. The new Krauss and Nickel Creek stuff just leaves me cold.
@bellinghama9 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing.
@SlightReturn6665 жыл бұрын
This is the best (and only real!) Seldom Scene lineup
@ronniejones16237 жыл бұрын
never had the opportunity to see them live thank you for all that has posted to you tube and thanks you tube
@markusantonio48666 жыл бұрын
Great performance!
@pduncan74210 жыл бұрын
Most dangerous bluegrass band to ever pick up a musical instrument
@erniewilliams27903 ай бұрын
LOL! Yes.
@alohanow-lowkey10 ай бұрын
Shame we didn't do a Mike Auldridge signature model while working for O.M.I./Dobro. GREAT GUYS, GREAT BAND! 👍🪕🎶♥️🤙
@AOXOMOXO15 жыл бұрын
Phil: Great great stuff! I can't tell you how many hours I've driven that long road on the outer banks of NC, playing this, White Line and other nice tunes from the Live at the Cellar Door album. Legends, man.
@tyuf78682 жыл бұрын
suns gonna shine in my backdoor someday........................awesome
@curbshoppin15 жыл бұрын
these guys were like gods to me.....and this video shows why...what a treasure
@RobertLaberge14 жыл бұрын
This folk song is also known as "I know you rider", being covered by artists as diverse as The Grateful Dead and Hot Tuna in acoustic mode. Fantastic version by The Seldom Scene!
@SQAE11 жыл бұрын
Duffy was the definition of smooth - and the definition of kind, sweet and talented. I hung with them every Monday at the Red Fox, then the Birchmere. Sweet memories.
@1scenefan16 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Thank You for sharing.
@hardrode39983 жыл бұрын
Now more than ever as then... This .. Defines Talent sittin on a foundation of skills..
@davidlowney6347 жыл бұрын
This is friggin BEAUTIFUL
@jaslinc33716 жыл бұрын
These guys did us a favor in '82 being on the border of Ct n Ny they Appeared in our Picture and it was Great.
@johnjriggsarchery2457 Жыл бұрын
OMG they are great.
@wbreeden12 жыл бұрын
Seldom Scene my first bluegrass cd wow these guys are awesome
@RonaldCid15 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get much better that this...Thanks for posting RC
@michaelbaumgardner25304 жыл бұрын
My hats off....always loved it.!!!
@boycehull65295 жыл бұрын
Top knotch performance. Best dobro ever. They we're the best.
@StonethrowersMusic12 жыл бұрын
Love this! Can't wait to open for you guys!!
@GeorgeCampbell196410 жыл бұрын
No truer words have ever been said. John and Mike are both missed with no one to ever take their place.