ACL 1980
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Uncle Pen
Jan 27
Bill Monroe – Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Jan 27
ACL 1980
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Uncle Pen
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Jm01394
January 27, 2012 at 12:37 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Bill Monroe is at the top of the heap when it comes to bluegrass .Reno & Smiley stand next to Bill. This is just my opinion and I listen to my likings. I have boxed sets of Flatt&Scruggs Stanleys Martin and they seem to stay in their boxes. I always have a Monroe or Reno&Smiley ready to pop into the cd player
maryck4
January 27, 2012 at 1:23 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
you cant beat good old bluegrass music . it is the greatest.
CTYForg
January 27, 2012 at 1:39 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
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FLSHBK1
January 27, 2012 at 2:36 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
@mike54101527 Yes, he was! “Uncle Pen” was one of Bill Monroe’s first hits, written in honor of his mother’s brother, “Uncle” Pendleton (“Pen”) Vandiver, who raised Bill when both his parents died. Pen was a fiddle player who took young Bill to many of his gigs. Bill, who had been raised playing mandolin with his brothers while young, learned to accompany his Uncle Pen. When Pen died, Bill wrote this hit about him.
koletski21
January 27, 2012 at 3:12 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
These are some low down stink fart rotten tooth hillbillies, not like the wannabe country singers of today.
balerick48
January 27, 2012 at 4:07 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I love this music. It is even better Live!
mike54101527
January 27, 2012 at 4:17 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Is he really an Uncle?
tomfbake
January 27, 2012 at 4:53 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
the cma should give him an award. just cause.
johnq2266
January 27, 2012 at 5:15 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
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CamHawesMusic011
January 27, 2012 at 5:54 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
If you listen closely to Monroe’s mandolin playing he’s adding some insane rhythm figures, like the B section of the intro or right before the vocal break in the first chorus.
I heard a story that he played at the Opry early on and the rhythm section was coming in so hot they told him to tone it down because the crowd was getting to rowdy lol.
Ms2blackcats
January 27, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Oh mercy me! For this I’d go through the woods, cross three holler’s and sit there listen be in bliss!
musicfolife1
January 27, 2012 at 7:03 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
@SixMoreMiles1 we tried it with biggie. didn’t work with him probly wouldn’t for poor bill either
KNOXVILLEFLYER
January 27, 2012 at 7:18 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
@SixMoreMiles1 one can only hope haha this is real music right here!
shaneh1983
January 27, 2012 at 7:50 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
great song
okcmco
January 27, 2012 at 8:44 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hmm. I forget then I see or hear him again…..then I miss him all over again
brelfan
January 27, 2012 at 9:24 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
No substitute on earth for being genuine.
bassingal44
January 27, 2012 at 9:46 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
many thanks for sharing this wonderful video of Bill Monroe I have live in the very best era of wonderful the real country and blue grass entertainers . God Bless
bluefukingreene
January 27, 2012 at 9:50 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
it seems that as society,politics,entertainment all have degraded into a rotten cortpse,as has music…the originators of the past whether it be uncle dave macon,buddy rich,robert johnson ect all the way thru the 70s THESE ARTISTS SHINE SO MUCH BRIGHTER THAN THE ABSOLUTE WASTE SPEWING FORTH FROM CORPORATE OUTLETS NATION WIDE…so when all else spirals into a whirlwind of chaos turn on a device of your choice and crank the real artists who made the music and never sold coke products to do so.
BoogieWoogieBanjo
January 27, 2012 at 10:38 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
100 YEARS Bill Monroe . Thank you for your influence.
BillyRosinet
January 27, 2012 at 11:22 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Kick yer heels to that old Bluegrass! Still the best music in the known universe,
crab4237
January 27, 2012 at 11:40 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
i hate that he had to die
crab4237
January 28, 2012 at 12:10 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
we heard this song in music class plz subscribe to my videos
rocmaven
January 28, 2012 at 1:02 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
ricky skaggs kentucky thunder play watseka theatre watseka illinois on friday aug 26, 2011
1039sflem
January 28, 2012 at 1:51 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
@SHADOWMAN296 I agree it should be in the smithsonian right beside the star bangled banner. But I think it is in Nashville at the country musice hall of fame. Pay the outrages admission fee and you can go look at it.
SHADOWMAN296
January 28, 2012 at 2:34 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
wonder where his old mandolin is today? smithsonian?
Cooter
February 11, 2012 at 5:12 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
@1039sflem ,Your right it is at the country music hall of fame,I was lucky enough to get some pictures of it. It is pretty worn. My inlaws are from where Bill was,and attended his funeral,they said they met Rick Scaggs there. They still have the music and barn dances too. If your ever near Rosine,be sure and check it out.
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