Watch how Stringbean waves his left hand around and extends it to the audience like a 19th century orator seeking agreement. Hilarious, and deliberate. I want to learn to do that.
Yeah, I saw Earl on a show with Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs and he told Skaggs that he admired his clawhammer banjo playing and wished that he could play like him. So (unless he was joking) apparently Earl didn't (or couldn't) play clawhammer like Stringbean could either. And probably really did admire him.
Stringbean at his very best. He was mainly known for his comedy, but he was one hell of a musician too. This clip is especially cool because String plays his banjo in two finger style instead of his usual frailing/clawhammer style. Earl Scruggs plays a basic accompaniment behind String and seems to enjoy every second of it.
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Yup, that's old time two finger thumb lead actually. A lot of old timers that played clawhammer could also play two finger. Actually, clawhammer is also two finger, but down picking instead of up picking.
1969 and 70 Saturday night my Dad pulled up in front of the Riemann Auditorium. pouring down rain got tickets we went in we saw about a 13 year old Tanya Tucker Grandpa Jones Minnie Pearl String Bean Ernest Tubb the whole bunch .afterward we went down to Ernest Tubb's music shop where they was broadcasting from I was about 10 years old🎉
He had such a cool style, and love the accent style the way he talked and sung. My favorite one by him is Run little rabbit run. First time I heard that id be singing to it when I'm at work and I'm whistling away!!!
HAH, from the "good old days" that people pretend existed. The more I listen to Stringbean, the more I appreciate him. I love his line, "Looord, I feel so unnecessary.".
Correct, he's playing 2 finger here. On several videos on the Tube, you can see him reach into his shirt pocket to get a finger and thumb pick when he's gonna do a 2 finger picking number. 'Bean played banjo for Bill Monroe's early Bluegrass Boys but only for a short time and probably used this 2 finger style then. I think he is playing on one early recording only. Must not have impressed Monroe all that much because he was quickly replaced by none other than Earl Scruggs who played and popularized the 3 finger style. That move was great for both Scruggs and 'Bean's career, without a doubt.
@@tablature6121 He played 2 finger with Monroe, recorded breaks on a couple songs (True Life Blues, Bluegrass Special, , but he left the band on his own choice, and Earl came around two years later... You can hear some similarities with the two finger style string plays and Earls 3 finger style, folks like Charlie Poole and Dave Macon really pioneered that style which in turn influenced Snuffy Jenkins who himself was the first practitioner of "scruggs style"
@@keeganbluegrass Thanks for the corrections/added info. Jenkins was not the first practitioner of three finger style, however, which only later became known as "Scruggs Style." Apparently, there were several pickers in the surrounding Flint Hill community where Scruggs was raised that practiced the 3-finger style of picking, Jenkins being amongst them. Earl Scruggs said in his autobiographical banjo book that "...the player who inspired the most people at that time was probably Seth Hammett...born in 1887 in Gaffney, South Carolina and died in 1930 when I was 6 years old....As far as I can trace it back, he was the first banjo player I know of to pick with 3 fingers." He goes on to say he was kin to him on his mother's side, by marriage (Hammett's wife and she were cousins), and any visits would always include some picking. Also, that Hammett not only influenced his brother, Junie, to pick up the banjo, but that he, Hammett, was a big influence on him as well.
"Heres a song been baffling the world." Right at the start, another poster commented this, Makes sense and sounds like it. Real question is what does he say at 1:51.
Somebody mention the Dobro picker please.....LOL These people were a big part of my childhood and dad had the honor of pickin with most. Oswald had that raspy laugh, scared me...took his big pocket watch to get me to come over to him for pictures...I was probably 3. I have the polaroid and a big clock on the wall that looks like his pocket watch. Stringbeans costume was an easy halloween get-up...but it was really hard to walk fast and keep up..nobody knew who I was and I got knocked over a few times...
@@MrPhantooz Sorry, I wasnt implying this was Oswald, Just one of many memories. Here's one about Josh. He and my dad would stay up picking until all ungodly hours of the night. Dad built a dozen or so resonator guitars and had a press made to press resonators. Josh liked the sound and traded dobro for dobro. I gave two of dads guitars to Brent Burke a few years back, an old Dobro and a Regal. I know he was extremely excited to have them as they had made rounds in bluegrass circles.
I was told by my father that my grandpa actually met Stringbean while he was out fishing on the Tennessee River.. he recognized him as he was coming in off the water and my grandpa was putting his boat out.. said that he was the nicest guy you could meet but said he'd never seen someone with fingers as long lol
I read somewhere that Stringbean hated beef. He couldn't even stand to smell it cooking. So when String and Grandpa went camping, Estelle would cook herself a steak.
Now we know where modern day hip hop got there dress style and names. 20 cent; 99 cent; 50 cent; sagging pants; dressed like a piece of candy cane. 😂😂😂😂
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Watch how Stringbean waves his left hand around and extends it to the audience like a 19th century orator seeking agreement. Hilarious, and deliberate. I want to learn to do that.
The big hand
I loved it when he would take off his hat and fan his banjo cuz' it's smokin' hot playin'!
@@tommyo8967😂
String was just awesome. He is still terribly missed. One of the great ones. A real class act.
String summed up the economy better than anyone. They'll never another like him.RIP Brother String.
He’s “sagging” his britches lol!
Great talent!
I love how Earl looks at Stringbean, Earl really looked up to String and how he played Banjo.
That’s a look of admiration for sure!!
Earl certainly admired String, but I doubt he looked up to him, especially not his banjo playing.
@@SirCoughsalot actually he did. Bean a legend
Yeah, I saw Earl on a show with Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs and he told Skaggs that he admired his clawhammer banjo playing and wished that he could play like him.
So (unless he was joking) apparently Earl didn't (or couldn't) play clawhammer like Stringbean could either. And probably really did admire him.
And Earl is just playing a very basic backup picking pattern to what Stringbean is playing.
String bean had a great persona....great musician with a touch of humor made him unforgettable ...
the kentucky wonder. it was awesome to see earl let him shine and just played perfect backup.
Stringbean at his very best. He was mainly known for his comedy, but he was one hell of a musician too. This clip is especially cool because String plays his banjo in two finger style instead of his usual frailing/clawhammer style. Earl Scruggs plays a basic accompaniment behind String and seems to enjoy every second of it.
Genius of the highest order. We still are not worthy.
This is classic! Such talent you don't see anymore.
Earl very rarely take back seat to anyone, awesome respect
String was a solid banjo picker and singer!
String muh fn bean ! , A great man and helluva banjo picker ! RIP.
I always enjoy Stringbean and his banjo
Easy to listen to, and these days easier to relate to. Thanks for sharing this gem!
I loved it when he would take off his hat and fan his banjo cuz' it's smokin' hot playin'!
Country folk can survive gotta love stringbean.
He was playing fingerstyle instead of clawhammer. I don't recall seeing Stringbean do that before. He did well with it, too.
Plain and simple…he was a banjo player! Finger. Claw. He played banjo
Wow! What a great song to listen to. Especially today at the high prices of everything.
Who knew Stringbean started the pants below your butt fashion statement?
This song is relevant in to days world, 58 cent cotton and 20 dollar meat, How are todays farmers supposed to eat?
It's always been relevant. Before that song. After that song. The need for profit, raises prices yearly.
Drove past his property and went to the cemetery to pay my respects, hurts my heart.
Pure gold!!!!
Such a classic performance!
WoW.
MANY legends on stage here.
R.I.P.
All you hands.
Yep Jake and Josh too
The pants were certainly unique, but I think the strangest thing about his get up is the false eyebrows. 1:20
hi stranger, if you’re reading this. i just wanna tell you that you matter and you’re important ❤ i know you are tired,, but please never give up. okay? i believe you can do it :) and i’m proud of you!! even though i dont know you. always think positive and ignore the negativity that surrounds you. focus on positive side and the things that makes you happy. you are doing great hun. 😙 let’s keep going. we can get through this together. you are worth it. sending virtual hugs to everyone 🥰🤗have a good sleep tonight. tell your loved ones that you love them. sweet dreams my dear~ always smile 😊
He was playing Scruggs style here, as opposed to his usual claw hammer style. This is pretty rare.
It's two finger style, don't use middle finger.... Just thumb and index finger...
@Antoine Brosseau similar to Wade Mainer.
Yup, that's old time two finger thumb lead actually. A lot of old timers that played clawhammer could also play two finger. Actually, clawhammer is also two finger, but down picking instead of up picking.
1969 and 70 Saturday night my Dad pulled up in front of the Riemann Auditorium. pouring down rain got tickets we went in we saw about a 13 year old Tanya Tucker Grandpa Jones Minnie Pearl String Bean Ernest Tubb the whole bunch .afterward we went down to Ernest Tubb's music shop where they was broadcasting from I was about 10 years old🎉
Stringbean had a Voice!!!! Plus the banjo ...I only discovered him a few months ago!!!@
Lots of gems in his repertoire, look for the Flatt and Scruggs performances as well.
He had such a cool style, and love the accent style the way he talked and sung. My favorite one by him is Run little rabbit run. First time I heard that id be singing to it when I'm at work and I'm whistling away!!!
@@robertc2204 It's such a gentle lyric hidden in there. "...get away rabbit, get away please".
I absolutely loved String Bean, may he rest in peace and hear my music,hope it sounds as good to him as.his does to me❤
I haven't seen this performance yet! I love his use of the "chord"!
Drunk On Banjo Yeah this one is pretty rare to see..
@@ZachVance108 3#4
Mm u buy
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Carl Russell ????
That Vega #9 sounds heavenly. Wonder why no more tubaphones these days.
HAH, from the "good old days" that people pretend existed.
The more I listen to Stringbean, the more I appreciate him. I love his line, "Looord, I feel so unnecessary.".
String using the 2 Finger style while Earl is using 3 finger style
Keep that up, “fire” you’ll be heading to Broadway.
That's not his usual clawhammer style. A true master.
Correct, he's playing 2 finger here. On several videos on the Tube, you can see him reach into his shirt pocket to get a finger and thumb pick when he's gonna do a 2 finger picking number. 'Bean played banjo for Bill Monroe's early Bluegrass Boys but only for a short time and probably used this 2 finger style then. I think he is playing on one early recording only. Must not have impressed Monroe all that much because he was quickly replaced by none other than Earl Scruggs who played and popularized the 3 finger style. That move was great for both Scruggs and 'Bean's career, without a doubt.
@@tablature6121 He played 2 finger with Monroe, recorded breaks on a couple songs (True Life Blues, Bluegrass Special, , but he left the band on his own choice, and Earl came around two years later... You can hear some similarities with the two finger style string plays and Earls 3 finger style, folks like Charlie Poole and Dave Macon really pioneered that style which in turn influenced Snuffy Jenkins who himself was the first practitioner of "scruggs style"
@@keeganbluegrass Thanks for the corrections/added info.
Jenkins was not the first practitioner of three finger style, however, which only later became known as "Scruggs Style." Apparently, there were several pickers in the surrounding Flint Hill community where Scruggs was raised that practiced the 3-finger style of picking, Jenkins being amongst them. Earl Scruggs said in his autobiographical banjo book that "...the player who inspired the most people at that time was probably Seth Hammett...born in 1887 in Gaffney, South Carolina and died in 1930 when I was 6 years old....As far as I can trace it back, he was the first banjo player I know of to pick with 3 fingers." He goes on to say he was kin to him on his mother's side, by marriage (Hammett's wife and she were cousins), and any visits would always include some picking. Also, that Hammett not only influenced his brother, Junie, to pick up the banjo, but that he, Hammett, was a big influence on him as well.
HIS KILLERS WALKED FREE AFTER YEARS IN PRISON...Justice for the Bean!
One died in prison, but the other walked. No way he should have. No justice!
Vengeance belongs to the Lord justice has been served
@@denniswarren A a solemn "amen" to that, sir
Only one of them… the other one died in prison
"Heres a song been baffling the world." Right at the start, another poster commented this, Makes sense and sounds like it. Real question is what does he say at 1:51.
Somebody mention the Dobro picker please.....LOL These people were a big part of my childhood and dad had the honor of pickin with most. Oswald had that raspy laugh, scared me...took his big pocket watch to get me to come over to him for pictures...I was probably 3. I have the polaroid and a big clock on the wall that looks like his pocket watch. Stringbeans costume was an easy halloween get-up...but it was really hard to walk fast and keep up..nobody knew who I was and I got knocked over a few times...
Dobro player is the legendary Josh Graves
@@MrPhantooz Sorry, I wasnt implying this was Oswald, Just one of many memories. Here's one about Josh. He and my dad would stay up picking until all ungodly hours of the night. Dad built a dozen or so resonator guitars and had a press made to press resonators. Josh liked the sound and traded dobro for dobro. I gave two of dads guitars to Brent Burke a few years back, an old Dobro and a Regal. I know he was extremely excited to have them as they had made rounds in bluegrass circles.
no picking fingers amazing intonation my heart breaks listen to the master
I was told by my father that my grandpa actually met Stringbean while he was out fishing on the Tennessee River.. he recognized him as he was coming in off the water and my grandpa was putting his boat out.. said that he was the nicest guy you could meet but said he'd never seen someone with fingers as long lol
What a man ! The world's first social activist! String Beans
When music was actually worth listening too
Tyler Mullins music is still worth listening to
@@sherryhannah9262 ikr this whole “modern music isn’t any good anymore” claptrap is very played out. I miss Stringbean though
The best of the best !
Foi bom artista
Exímio no banjo
Look at young earl!
String was one of a kind.
Thanks for sharing this great mans music,Cheers,Keith
String bean may have invented “Sagging.”
I read somewhere that Stringbean hated beef. He couldn't even stand to smell it cooking. So when String and Grandpa went camping, Estelle would cook herself a steak.
Great music!
I come from the land of pears. Pearadise, some might say. I say paradise is in Muhlenberg County. I've never seen a pear in the old town site.
back when legends walked the Earth...
Best I’ve ever heard
I just love that Kentucky music
Earl really dressed sharp.
Once had an old 78rpm of this song by someone else. Can't remember name. It was called,20 Cent Cotton Fourty Cent Meat. Must be variation.
Pete Seeger did a very similar song
@@piekielrl
This was from I think the 30's.
First time I see earl smile.
If sir Stringbean is specialized in rock music, rock stars will be beggars.
That treat is expensive but I love it with barbecue sauce and little Coca-Cola
Feller could burn a banjo down
Grew up listening to this in my family's basements
Stringbean’s the man
Long and lean like Doc Watson’s Tennessee Stud. They’s good horses
String was a Fabulous Talent!
2022 ain't shit changed
Hi.i.like.this.guy.bery.much.how.play.the.banjo.and.how.sing.maybe.is.all.school.but.i.like.ir.
💟
He feeds his banjo at least $20 worth of meat into every song he picks
Now I know where the blacks got the idea of wearing their pants down. Ole String Bean. ❤
String busting a sag waiting to see a glictch in the MTrix where string got skinny jeans own❤😂😂😂😂
A Great Man StringBean
The original gangster, flashed his cash, wore his pants down low and he was shot.
Miss ole' String!
school of country. ill sit in the back and take notes.
Thank God for David!
Hank 3 got me here
Look how long his hands were!
Could someone post the lyrics please?!? Can’t find them anymore. There’s a few parts I can’t make out
What did he say at the beginning to crack them up?
Goodness gracious that's good
Did Gene Simmons take eyebrow trimming tips from StringBean?
Who knew he would have predicted 2023
Who would have thought back then he would be singing about today 😢
I HAVE NEW OUTAKE ON BANJO PICKERS.!!! AND I AM A ROCKER ROLLER.!!! JAMES EAGLE.
😄
that's how you do it. String was the best
AWESOME!!
String & Earl…double claw hammer ac!
String is the best there ever was !
What is that he says at the beginning? “Here’s a song”….what?
I think it’s “here’s a song been baffling the world….”
i sing this song everyday
Perfect metaphor for todays economy.
Uncle Dave Macon willed him his banjo
Lord Have Mercy, $9.00 cotton $20.00 meat. Spring 2024
Now we know where modern day hip hop got there dress style and names.
20 cent; 99 cent; 50 cent; sagging pants; dressed like a piece of candy cane. 😂😂😂😂
20 cent cotton, 90 cent meat yet 35 cent tobacco got to.make ends meet..
RIP stringbean
1.45 to spend what say early to make it meet
Stringbean awesome and flat and scruggs
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍