I met a 19 boy from Rising Fawn Georgia at Ralph's festival in McClure. We became friends immediately. That fall he called me and said Bill's playing a Moose lodge in Grayson in January. We met. We sat on the floor in front of row 1 for the whole show. This same lineup. It cost $6 @ the door and fountain Pepsi in wax cups were 15 cents. One of the biggest nights in my life.
Baker can kill a fiddle tune at any age..even in 1969.there..awesome fiddle licks on that tape..he is the king of bluegrass fiddle..kenny baker..love to watch this tape..he is so good.muleskinner blues..rj.
@Ranger Doug Thank you for your great contributions to music!!!!!!! The time jumpers were one of my all time favorite groups!!!!!!! So much talent & respect for each other. I actually got to travel some with Dawn & Kenny in Amsterdam & Norway back in the summer of 2008. I was playing mandolin for Audie Blaylock at the time & that trip was an awesome experience for me!!!!!!!
Rual Yarborough, in my opinion played some of the best backup Banjo ever. Banjos have a tendancy to override. yet Rual blended his licks in behind the lead singing and playing and matched like it was molded that way. Ray Goins had that touch; fit so well you could barely tell who was who.. There's an art to this, folks!
@brasspick It's all about listening to everybody else. Honor thy vocalists & then come in strong when it comes your time!! Bluegrass 101 & these guys knew how to get it done. The Bluegrass Album Band knew how to do it too. That's why there could be 6 of them on stage at one time. No one was there to outshine the other. That's what makes a band. There's no I in band!!!! lol
But not so simple if you've never done it! James had taken the guitar chair in the band that spring, having played bass for a few years just prior (with no musical background), and knowing only the basic guitar chords. As he did with the bass, James eventually became a good guitarist.
Monroe's old 75000 loar.mando sounds awesome here..before the Gibson rework on it later..its a loud 50 year old mando there not touched..awesome..for the archives..rjones.
Wanna play Bluegrass fiddle? Listen to Kenny here on Muleskinner and learn it. Then, listen to what you ended up playing, then re-listen, then learn it again.,LOL He was simply the best--he Compliments, then, stays clear of the vocals, But, at the same time ADDS to them.. Elegant Mr. Baker ..you are very much missed......
Kenny.b.is 45 here..1968 he starts play in for Monroe band till I guess.81 or 82...this is not with his famous acuff.black fiddle that he owned later...which made his playing a lot louder on stage..r
Kenny started playing with Bill in 1955 as I remember. I think I have some tapes of those shows that I rescued from a tape over with another type of machine. There he is also doing the part of Spark Plug and singing parts. The instrumental album is another source. He went back to the coal mines at one point, then joined again a few years later. Then he walked off the stage in 1984.
Doug Green got much better on the bass in the years to come. He sounds great on the show they did at Humboldt University in 1973. James also got much better with G-Runs. Baker told me that in the 1960s, the later 1960s, he got some instruction from a violinist in Washington which changed his fiddle sound to what you hear on this tape and later. Before then he had more of a scrubbing sound. You can tell in his earlier, maybe 1950s, performances. He also didn't yet have Blackie then.
....about that 'Uncle Penn' G lick,....James is starting it on the wrong note,...trying to get one too many notes in,...that first note doesn't belong !
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I met a 19 boy from Rising Fawn Georgia at Ralph's festival in McClure. We became friends immediately. That fall he called me and said Bill's playing a Moose lodge in Grayson in January. We met. We sat on the floor in front of row 1 for the whole show. This same lineup. It cost $6 @ the door and fountain Pepsi in wax cups were 15 cents. One of the biggest nights in my life.
Baker can kill a fiddle tune at any age..even in 1969.there..awesome fiddle licks on that tape..he is the king of bluegrass fiddle..kenny baker..love to watch this tape..he is so good.muleskinner blues..rj.
AMEN!!
In Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Great memories.
Ranger Doug Great Show!
It was filmed May 31st, 1969!
+Ranger Doug
Thank you very much for the infor, Doug...
@Ranger Doug Thank you for your great contributions to music!!!!!!! The time jumpers were one of my all time favorite groups!!!!!!! So much talent & respect for each other. I actually got to travel some with Dawn & Kenny in Amsterdam & Norway back in the summer of 2008. I was playing mandolin for Audie Blaylock at the time & that trip was an awesome experience for me!!!!!!!
I told Ranger Doug one time that him being a Bluegrass Boy was kind of like being an astronaut. Very select group.
Doug Green (here on bass) has been the guitarist and lead singer in Riders in the Sky for decades. Great swing rhythm guitarist and entertainer.
love this Bluegrass is my top favorite
Kenny Baker was the smoothest with a bow .... loved to listen to him fiddle Mule Skinner blues
@Ronnie Tackett Kenny baker & Benny Martin had the best fiddle tone in bluegrass during that time!!
@@redlinemando indeed 💯💯
Rual Yarborough, in my opinion played some of the best backup Banjo ever. Banjos have a tendancy to override. yet Rual blended his licks in behind the lead singing and playing and matched like it was molded that way. Ray Goins had that touch; fit so well you could barely tell who was who.. There's an art to this, folks!
@brasspick It's all about listening to everybody else. Honor thy vocalists & then come in strong when it comes your time!! Bluegrass 101 & these guys knew how to get it done. The Bluegrass Album Band knew how to do it too. That's why there could be 6 of them on stage at one time. No one was there to outshine the other. That's what makes a band. There's no I in band!!!! lol
Thank you for mentioning Ray Goins. Incredible musician and great guy.
Goodness gracious that's good
James Monroe looks terrified every time he has to play the G run in Uncle Pen...sometimes the simplest things are the hardest.
+Tony Marcus It's the timing.
James fudges the G run in Uncle Pen nearly every time. Unfortunately.
But not so simple if you've never done it! James had taken the guitar chair in the band that spring, having played bass for a few years just prior (with no musical background), and knowing only the basic guitar chords. As he did with the bass, James eventually became a good guitarist.
Fitting the specific G run into Uncle Pen does require precise timing.
@@sandyrothman2430 "no musical background"? wasn't he Bill's Son??
Monroe's old 75000 loar.mando sounds awesome here..before the Gibson rework on it later..its a loud 50 year old mando there not touched..awesome..for the archives..rjones.
Brasspick - great comment and I agree. Rual really understood support.
Wow. This just..I dont know, it just gives me faith in mankind again .
Love his music
Wonderful stuff Doug.
nice. thanks
Wanna play Bluegrass fiddle?
Listen to Kenny here on Muleskinner and learn it.
Then, listen to what you ended up playing, then re-listen, then learn it again.,LOL
He was simply the best--he Compliments, then, stays clear of the vocals, But, at
the same time ADDS to them.. Elegant Mr. Baker ..you are very much missed......
That's nothing but the truth, Procol
man kenney Baker could burn up a fiddle beautiful talent!
Kenny.b.is 45 here..1968 he starts play in for Monroe band till I guess.81 or 82...this is not with his famous acuff.black fiddle that he owned later...which made his playing a lot louder on stage..r
Kenny started playing with Bill in 1955 as I remember. I think I have some tapes of those shows that I rescued from a tape over with another type of machine. There he is also doing the part of Spark Plug and singing parts. The instrumental album is another source. He went back to the coal mines at one point, then joined again a few years later. Then he walked off the stage in 1984.
Doug Green got much better on the bass in the years to come. He sounds great on the show they did at Humboldt University in 1973. James also got much better with G-Runs. Baker told me that in the 1960s, the later 1960s, he got some instruction from a violinist in Washington which changed his fiddle sound to what you hear on this tape and later. Before then he had more of a scrubbing sound. You can tell in his earlier, maybe 1950s, performances. He also didn't yet have Blackie then.
Ten Brooks
Who is the MC doing the introduction?
+Colin Burns - I'd like to know that myself...
Jan, I thought it might have been a young Ray Davis.
OK, let me ask around...
Nat Winston?
....about that 'Uncle Penn' G lick,....James is starting it on the wrong note,...trying to get one too many notes in,...that first note doesn't belong !
@wildwood valleyboy He does the same thing on the intro of "Muleskinner Blues". There's no doubt that Bill let him know about it later. lol
Bill wasn't the King of Bluegrass. He was the father of bluegrass. Jimmy Martin was the King of Bluegrass.
Are you sure this date is correct?? 🤔
Jason Pope - The date info was given by Ranger Doug Greene who played bass in the video above.
The father not the king j martin the king
Father Jimmie Martin the king bill the father
weedoggies granny! thanks Jan that ain't no "candygrass"
+rick pardue
You are right about that Rick