I remember hearing my late Grandfather sing this song when he was puttering around in his workshop i.e the garage lol! I sure miss that Man, he raised me as his own, my Mom was just 17 when she had me in 1971, so she wasn't ready to be a Mom. Plus, my Grandpa always wanted a Son. I thank God for that Man!

Flatt & Scruggs we’re a real class act, I have loved them since the early 1960s ! Cheers from Australia.

Lester Flatt: best lead singer ever in bluegrass history.

I sold newspaper on the street in 1952 all night, I made $1.50, bought an RC Cola, moon pie, and money left to go to a movie

When I was about15 years old I was a Bluegrass/Banjo fan. I had learned to play some banjo and this was when Folk Music was big. Early 60s NYC area. My Dad shocked me by presenting me with two tickets to see Lester Flatt and Early Scruggs at Carnegie Hall in NYC. I went with my cousin Fred. The opening act was Grand Pa Jones. After the show the audience was invited back stage to meet the artists and get autographs. I still have my program signed by the entire Flatt and Scruggs Band and Grand Pa Jones. What a thrill.

My uncle used to play and sing this song on his guitar every time he came over with his guitar I loved it and miss him

My dad's favorite Flatt & Scruggs song.

Lester and Earl...no words needed .

Lester was one of the greatest singers ever in any genre of music. Nobody could sing a story like Lester as he could have you hanging on his every word!!

Just love these guys. When I was a kid their show came on every Saturday evening right after the news

This is AMERICA!!!! Ain't Nothing like it! We are the BEST!

Without question this is the definitive interpretation of one of the greatest songs ever. They really had the midas touch with everything they did though. These guys really were the best of the best...

This is the first "real" bluegrass tune I learned to pick. No one can top Earl when it comes to classic picking like this. Outstanding.

This is one of my favorite songs. It took a long time for me to learn it and 50 some years later it's still fun to play!

I’ve always loved this song ❤

This clip is amazing. Everyone knows that Earl was arguably the greatest banjo player in history. But his guitar playing is stellar.,

Best version by far

Earl deserves his place as one of the all-time banjo greats, but his guitar was sweet!

These guys make it seem so effortless! It takes a lot of effort to do that well. Flatt & Scruggs had magic!

Love this old song. Brings me way back ❤

My Paternal grandfather loved these guys, their timeless, legendary performances. He was a Canadian, grew up in the Port Colborne/Sherkston countryside. He and his first wife (my grandmother) thoroughly enjoyed this style of bluegrass/gospel fusion.

This is truly music to my ears , this generation needs this kind of peace and heart taking rhythms

How could anyone dislike this video? Excellent classic, American song.

Lester had the voice...unmatched...especially on this, his best IMHO. There are a handful of revered voices in bluegrass & Lester stands tall.

I love this song !! My Daddy sung this song a lot to my Brother and I when we were children and I just cried watching it brought back a lot of memories , because my Daddy passed on 17 years ago!

Listening to my Daddy play this and I am cooking 🙌🙌

Truly blessed by Earl, Lester, and the boys. I'm very sorry to see these great men of musical history pass on. They are sorely missed, but we're so much richer for having listened to and learned from them.

My Mom used to sing and play guitar to this song, when I was a kid! First time I have heard it in years! Brings back so many memories!

There'll never be another Flatt and Scruggs. Man, I gotta learn this one. Have always loved this tune cause it's so nostalgic. Thanks for posting...

These guys used to come play on my great great grandpas porch with him!

MY Daddy loved L Flatt&Earl Scruggs esp Jimmy Brown RIP Dad see you on the other side.

When i was 4-6 years old i remember that me and my cousin Misty would make by poor Grandpa play 2 song OVER AND OVER ! The songs ? Jimmy Brown the Newsboy , which was one of his favorite songs and Devos Whip It ! Being an adult now i can appreciate how much he HAD to love us , as an old Kentucky boy , to force himself through Whip-it a thousand times because WE liked it.

Over here in the UK in the fifties it was covered by the fantastic Lonnie Donegan, We all called it Skiffle music back then {Bluegrass in the States I believe} Such a brill version. However,this is the first time I have heard and seen Flatt and Scruggs do this song, Wow! just knocked out!!! True American Legends. Love it.

I like how they share the microphones...truly live band.

This is my favorite version of the song. I watched Flatt & Scruggs do this on their TV show back when they were on every week for Martha White flower.

My Mom said when she was a little girl in Tennessee her father played the banjo second to none. Lester Flatt & Bill Monroe stopped by their house after hearing how well my papa could play the banjo and offered him a job. My papa turned them down because he didn't want to miss church every Sunday. She said Bill Monroe started cursing and they made him leave. She said Lester was very nice and never raised his voice. They hired a young fellow from North Carolina named Earl Scruggs and the rest as they say IS HISTORY.

thats a great story, lester makes me think of my grandpa, and i cant remember a time in my life when i didnt LOVE this song

Great music.Don't understand how anyone could give thumbs down on it.

Earl Scruggs is my favorite guitar player. Seriously. So smooth and creative.

'to sell the Gospel news...' that pretty well captures the main point of the song. Scruggs picking out melody with a thumb pick. And wrap up the song with a Martha White flour commercial ! Love it! It was REAL bluegrass from the early days of B&W TV

Earl playing you are my flower gives cold chills.

I hadn't heard this F&S version before - it's a new favourite now. ☺

I love it when Earl plays the guitar

I absolutely love this song! It brings back a flood of memories.

i lived next door to flatt as a kid. he was great then as he is now!!!!!

Wow, Quality of this video is amazing, Thanks You Tube for bringing Lester and Earl into my living room!

These guys made playing great music look so easy.

What class, how can anyone dislike this?

Earl is the very best Banjo player. I love Earl Scruggs.

I learn something new EVERY day. I'm 50 years old and grew up listening to Flatt and Scruggs. This is the first time I've ever seen this clip, though I heard this song as far back as I can remember and I never new it was Earl on the guitar, I always thought it was Lester.

This one brings tears to my eyes, one of my dad's favorites. We miss you, Earl and will always treasure your friendship with our family. Thank you, God, for loaning him to us for 88 years~ what a life well-lived and a precious gift he shared with the world.

This was my Daddy's favorite when I was a boy. It is so special to me because I will always remember him singing it. Thanks for posting.

always will have a special place in my heart for these guys. Very short term group but i cant even bare to type this comment, tearing up already, I have a tribute band and we have won awards for our talents of reincarnating the music just like it was in the only good days. there will never be any respect for this music like there was in the good days. actually i have a place in my heart for lester, earl, and all the foggy mountain boys the size of texas. Love ya earl and lester. god bless yall

I love this! I keep replaying it over and over. Thanks!

Peg, Let me tell, I appreciate this video a great deal. In 1973, I was listening to "You Are My Flower" on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" Album, and listening to the beautiful guitar licks inspired me to learn to play the guitar. It was years later that I actually learned it was Earl playing the guitar on that song. I still get my guitar out most every night. A lot of songs and a lot of friends later, it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Thank you, Mary Cage, for posting this video. It is one of my favorites and I love to hear Lester say, "Here's a song I like just to hear Earl pick it!"

They were my all time favorites when it came to old time bluegrass!

this is by far the best of the best. r.i.p lester and earl

I lived in Huntsville AL and watched these guys and Porter Waggoner on tv every Sat. morning. Miss it A LOT

bass player for Foggy Mountain boys is so underrated. perfect bass all the time

Mary Cage you are exactly right! There never has been and never will be another as great as Mother Maybelle Carter. So many musicians like Lester Flatt and so many more imitated her style. For the most part she taught herself! I can listen to Maybelle, Helen, June and Anita all day long!

This show was a saturday night show we had to watch in the 60's.Provided we could get the reception and keep it.Also,the Wilbur brothers,Porter Wagner, the Rhodes Show,. Yeah,and we used Martha White,and Pet milk like staples.

I grew up near a guy named Jimmy Brown, and every time I saw him, I'd think of this song! 😂

Just wonderful. What a sound!

There is nothing like the sound and lyrics of old bluegrass and country. The music of today has lost a lot of sound and the lyrics aren't as fresh and don't tell the stories of like old music did. These musicians aren't just musicians they are masters of music. So that's why I like to listen to all of the old bluegrass and country because even in todays times it's still fresher than that of today.

Absolute brilliant version of Jimmy brown the newsboy I loved the guitar solo & the casual look of the bass player, can't make my mind up who did this song best , it's such a wonderful song, cheers.

Listening to Earl Scruggs and Maybel Carter was my inspiration to learn to play.

My dad used to play this song. It’s one if not the first thing I learned to play on guitar.

I really can't stop listening to this version of this song I love it.

I remember hearing this for the first time truckin' last year. It actually made me cry. That's when you know you TRULY love the music.

What a great old group. Love Seckler. I love the fact they were not trying to be what they weren't. Just play the music and don't worry about anything else. Pure and sweet country at its best.

I love this version along Mac Wiseman's and Norman Blake's... it's all good! Thank you Martha White!

True musical genius’s there the kings of grass as far as I’m concerned 👑👑👑👑👑

This is one of my favorite Flatt and Scruggs songs.

My grandad said that he would wake up listenin to his mama sit on the porch justa pickin' this song away...His dad was Invited to go to the grand ole opry but he declined...Amazing!

I remember my school bus driver singing this song when I was a child

this is my favorite bluegrass band

First time I heard this song, was at the Smiling Johnny Show at the Community hall here pelican , way back late 60s, or the early part of the 70s. Really love this song

Brings back childhood memories. Some good others bad. But I wish I could go back at times.

I'm back again to hear "Earl pick it!" Plus, I love the half-covered guitar pick guard that Earl has on his guitar.

Flatt and Scruggs won a Grammy Award in 1969 for Scruggs' instrumental "Foggy Mountain Breakdown". They were inducted together into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985. In 1989, Scruggs was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship. He was an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1991. In 1992, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 1994, Scruggs teamed up with Randy Scruggs and Doc Watson to contribute the song "Keep on the Sunny Side" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization. In 2002 Scruggs won a second Grammy award for the 2001 recording of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", which featured artists such as Steve Martin on 2nd banjo solo (Martin played the banjo tune on his 1970s stand-up comic acts), Vince Gill and Albert Lee on electric guitar solos, Paul Shaffer on piano, Leon Russell on organ, and Marty Stuart on mandolin. The album, Earl Scruggs and Friends, also featured artists such as John Fogerty, Elton John, Sting, Johnny Cash, Don Henley, Travis Tritt, and Billy Bob Thornton.

this is real music.imo.

Now this is great music !!!

thank you for this wonderful playing and singing.

Love it ..always loved that version. Thanks for posting!

RIP Earl and Thanks!

It's hard to beat this!

Earl had the biggest pickguard I have ever seen, covered the top 3/4 of the guitar. he said it gave it the sound he wanted , by limiting the vibration of the top. amazing.

Lester Flatt is best singer of all time

you damn 85 people that hit dislike, need to stop carrying the Paper !!

Earl and Lester--united again. In heaven. We miss you both.

i love this song♡ inJapan

I have spent the last week sifting through 2 thousand albums, and came across 2 Albums by these guys ,which was a nice find

Earl is practically making love to that guitar, the way he places his head on it while playing.

Thank you Mary a wonderful peace

Never fails to bring tears to my eyes. The story of the newsboys is tragic. This was way before insurance, public schools, and child labor laws when kids went into the streets to work. People don't understand how much we own to FDR and rights people acquired in the 1930s.

Like the way Earl plays that guitar.

aint nothing but the Best!!!!

Growing up I used to hear this song a lot. Most of the time I heard it it was by Mac Wiseman. I like this version much better. It is hard to beat Flatt and Scruggs. I wish that there were more Bluegrass radio stations on the air....I love it. Most of the ones that I hear play this modern bluegrass junk. Let's get back to the old style like this!!

lOVE THAT SONG.