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Anywhere I can watch the full length version?

Who invented it if he didnt wise guy u probably live in Tennessee

Watching on tubi. May 2024.

That High Lonesome sound baby

Being a fan from aboad for more than 50 years, I think, the bluegrass music comes from Bill's listening to the whining of the fox hounds with his daddy, as a child. That's where the high lonesome sound comes from.

Now these people had talent.

One of my first memories is my Mother singing, In The Pines, she could go almost as high as Bill.

Great video. Bill was just so good. Anyone know who the guitar, banjo and fiddle players are on Uncle Pen?

I have 11 Glenn Miller 78 rpm shellac records hit me up

That beginning song is nice

I grew up with a dad who played bluegrass on his Martin guitar. My childhood is filled with summertime memories of weekend music gatherings at our house, we would have 5 or 6 musicians and their families over for bbq, bluegrass, hand cranked homemade ice cream, and homemade wine. I accompanied my dad to bluegrass festivals all over Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. I had the privilege of witnessing some of the all time greatest blue grass guys ever. Bill Monroe, Bobby and Sonny Osborne, Jimmy Martin and Ralph Stanley just to name a few. When I hear good bluegrass, it takes me back to those childhood memories-it was good times when life was much simpler.

I remember this place!

Love this movie so much

The tune at 7:45 is "Sugar Loaf Mountain" by Bill Monroe, from the MCA album "Southern Flavor."

It warms my soul to be learning about this music. It kills me inside when people my age try and tell us that we don't have a culture, they can try to destroy it, but as long as we live our culture shall carry on

Playing an original son house paramount 78rpm on a gramophone is a crime against humanity.

Radio hurt small record companies like Paramount.

Hats off and a standing ovation to the woman seldom mentioned and yet saved so many of these songs from being lost by writing the words and music down for future generations. WHO? THE WILDWOOD FLOWER HERSELF THE ONE AND ONLY MA MA MAYBELLE CARTER AND THEY SHOULD GIVE OUT A YEARLY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HER NAME THEY COULD CALL IT THE GOLDEN TURKEY FEARHER

I mean, you could just play the masters..

bluegrass that Bill Monroe developed was the equivalent to "the Nashville sound that Owen Bradley developed in which they did away with the fiddles and put in complex arrangements and choruses and other techniques.. Blue Grass = complex and can only be done by professionals with a decade or more of good hard experience.

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Why isn't this on Netflix or Hulu?

I love this documentary!

That footage of the young boy and the cow at 6:38 makes me nostalgic for a time before my own. I wish I could have experienced that type of upbringing.

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I heard somewhere on good authority that when John Prine was first introduced to Bill Monroe, the fellow introducing Mr. Prine said: "This is John Prine- he wrote "Paradise." and then Bill Monroe said something like: "Really? I thought that was one from the old days that I had just missed. Good song, son." I'm using quotes for clarity- this is just what is in my memory. It seems plausible, though. I don't remember exactly where it's from, but I remember I believed it when I first heard it, and I tend to doubt stories more than most people. Pretty nice compliment to get from a living legend, no? Btw, if anyone doesn't know John Prine's work, he's definitely worth checking out: ruclips.net/video/x-SKCWXoryU/видео.html Best known songs: Angel from Montgomery, That's the Way the World Goes Round, Sam Stone. There are plenty of other good clips of him on RUclips. Another nice thing said about John Prine by some musician: "He's the kind of guy who other musicians listen to on the tour bus." 'Course that applies to Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, etc. as well- that should go w/o saying, but I'm saying it anyway b/c I'm talking about a musician who doesn't appear in this movie. I'd rather be rich with the respect of my peers than money-rich any day, personally.

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many things that are considered American have their roots elsewhere, what of it. That's what makes us Americans, the best of everywhere else and the rest of the world marvels at it. Each time I am faced with this pluralism and globalism bullshit from young and old alike it makes me sick. Every nation should guard it's identity and sovereignty.

Can somebody identify the song that starts at about 7:45?

If the house that Bill was walking in was really my old home place I would have to rebuild it . Maybe I am too sentimental but I yearn for the past . Yes I can use a computer and all but the old simple days were the best days .

Happy 89th Birthday yesterday, Dr. Stanley! Keep on pickin'

Name one African American banjo player or bluegrass singer/group. If this type of music was "stolen" from black people, why are there no black practitioners of this genre?

Oh please stop it people with the comments about this type of music being "black". The origins of bluegrass are well documented.

Why is Bill Monroe's voice so beautiful? Because just when you think he's going to go low, he goes even higher!

Mac Wiseman also narrated this;

@Sean Coxen, thank you. Bill Monroe, to all intents and purposes, did invent bluegrass. He took what was "oldtime music", sped it up, defined the instrumentation (authentic "oldtime" used different instruments, or used the familiar bluegrass ones differently), and made that male harmony the definitive vocals.

Oh my goodness, the opening song "I Hear A Voice Calling" just epitomises the high lonesome

Thanks for uploading! I can't find this anywhere for love or money.

Uncle Penn is a great song. It is nice to learn the background behind the song.

You need to read a book: The Real Lincoln by Thomas J. DiLorenzo. It will open your eyes. There were plenty of southern abolitionists and the motivation for the North to go to war with the South had little to nothing to do with slavery.

0:52 i hope i am able to get a hold of this audio. WOW!

does anyone know where i can watch the full movie online?

people played the fuck outa them thats what happend!!!!

not saying that they are involved in it today. hell, most whites arent involved in bluegrass today (and i'm a southerner most my life of 42 years). i'm sure bluegrass history is mostly european, no problem, but jazz/blues/funk/gospel were all very influenced by blacks.

To reasonable people reading these comments: bluegrass enthusiasts come in all varieties. Please don't let the absurdity below turn you away from this great music.

I knew Obama would come up. LOL of course he has a SS number. are you insane. and he was absolutely born in the USA. hes been totally vetted all thru the process. Romney the job destroying, old boy network Mormon robot was last seen pumping his own gas. I love it.

sorry sterlen, but the majority scotch-irish settlers (my people) in the south were not listening to classical music (how would they? hire a string quartet to meet them in the tobacco fields?). maybe the masters were, but most whites in the south were poor and many did not own slaves. they were playing irish and scotch folk songs of various lineages. this music was influenced by (and influenced) various types of black music in the south. they affected each other, over hundreds of years.

what does that mean.