Stringbean sings the blues. When I was a kid, I’d see him on Hee Haw fairly often. Though I liked him, I saw him as more of a comedy act. Comedy was part of his act, but there was also a damned fine musician under that silly hat. He could frail a banjo faster than anyone I’ve ever seen, and he could sing or crack a joke while doing it. Here on this tune, he plays a bluesy two finger style that really shows off his skill. I’ve come to appreciate the talent of Stringbean more and more as I get older.
I'm watching this on October 9, 2024 as Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida, and afraid if my poor old dang roof will hold on thru the night. This song seems oddly appropriate at the moment. Greetings from Northeast Florida to everyone out there ☮️
@RoyD1970 Well the roof did leak in a couple spots but at least it didn't blow off. Hurricanes make me extremely anxious and I can't wait till the day I can move to a state that doesn't have them, and is not so Hot 🥵
lol and the old timers complain about hip hop kids with low trousers and emo kids talking about suicide. The Bean was WAY ahead of his time! I say it in jest, I grew up with old time and bluegrass, my grandpa was a fiddler. ;-)
I'm not sure if it "wasn't such a major issue" lmao. There just wasnt the internet/social media to inform you of every single thing going on all around the world. Ya know?
@@hatake1990 i'm sure you're right but i also feel like their wasn't as much pressure to support a family, pay a mortgage and bills and still have money and time to enjoy quality time with your family, nowadays its just a rat race...
@@kiefsweat6507 my grandpa told me the joy of getting a nickle for a coke back in the 50's, it was a privilege and luxury to be able to listen to the radio, his family lived in a 2 room shack with holes in it, 8 kids, and had to chop railroad ties, firewood, and trap coons and game to survive. His first pair of shoes was a pair of cleats that were thrown out, and he found. People wouldn't give him rides into town because he was poor. Things then weren't always good, and things now aren't always bad.
@@kiefsweat6507 it's always been a rat race, why do you think people like Bob Dylan wrote maggie's farm? Rose tinted glasses cloud everyone's view of the past. The world's always been pretty shit
Long story short.. I recorded a cover of this about twenty years ago and it was banned by the local radio station, though people were requesting it. 😐 Go back 30 years before String recorded this song and Uncle Dave was shouting "Kill yourself!" on his records.
He and his wife met a sad end, It was the end of an era for Nashville too. He made us laugh. He made us happy. Letter from home, right here next to my heart, heart, heart, then he would find it in his back pocket! Lesson for today: Carry a personal protection pistol, larger than a .22, which I believe Stringbean had. He used it, and missed. As a result, both he and his wife were killed. Practice with your weapon of choice. Gun control means being able to hit your target. My karate instructor, a 7th degree black belt, put it best when one of my classmates thwarted a knife wielding robber at a bus stop. He told us using his best English: "Man have gun, man have knife, give him what he wants, you life more better!."
After my grandmother died, I lost track of that part of the country. I sincerely hope they did. (My grandmother lived in the mountains outside of Gatlinburg, TN.) She would take me to Sweet Fanny Adams Theater, the Grand Ol' Opry, and Dollywood. I loved them all, but as I play the sax, I am more of a blues person myself.
+Terry Dacktill they found 20000$ in stringbeans chimney.. back then it would have been worth about $150000 in todays terms... but it was given to the banl because of its condition.. MAYBE THATS WHAT HIS KILLER WAS LOOKING FORWARD
i liked this song a lot less a year ago when it didn't fit my past quite so well. bout die over some bitch and this gets quite a lot funnier and more comforting
lol and the old timers complain about hip hop kids with low trousers and emo kids talking about suicide. The Bean was WAY ahead of his time! I say it in jest, I grew up with old time and bluegrass, my grandpa was a fiddler. ;-)
Hard to try and be sad while listening to string bean playn’ the banjo.
Stringbean sings the blues. When I was a kid, I’d see him on Hee Haw fairly often. Though I liked him, I saw him as more of a comedy act. Comedy was part of his act, but there was also a damned fine musician under that silly hat. He could frail a banjo faster than anyone I’ve ever seen, and he could sing or crack a joke while doing it. Here on this tune, he plays a bluesy two finger style that really shows off his skill. I’ve come to appreciate the talent of Stringbean more and more as I get older.
You can not get more original American music than this.
I'm watching this on October 9, 2024 as Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida, and afraid if my poor old dang roof will hold on thru the night. This song seems oddly appropriate at the moment. Greetings from Northeast Florida to everyone out there ☮️
hope you're alright after all that!
@RoyD1970 Well the roof did leak in a couple spots but at least it didn't blow off. Hurricanes make me extremely anxious and I can't wait till the day I can move to a state that doesn't have them, and is not so Hot 🥵
This music just soothes me after a rough day at work! RIP Stringbean!
Fully agree
Yup yup.@@Kyle-zh4mq
Happy go lucky song... Perfect for weddings and birthday parties :)
Also good for drinking, Friend
it is perfect for those situations. wish he could play at my wedding
in my school we have a poster that says no saggin with a picture of him and i didnt know who it was until now
Hahahahahahahahaha :D
Your school has a terrific taste in humor.
James Kerr Just like everything else,, white people did it first.
Bama Tattoo 👍👍
James Kerr what year was that
The banjo is SUCH a happy instrument, isn't it? ;-)
lol and the old timers complain about hip hop kids with low trousers and emo kids talking about suicide. The Bean was WAY ahead of his time! I say it in jest, I grew up with old time and bluegrass, my grandpa was a fiddler. ;-)
Bean dressed that way as a joke now the rap crappers are a joke and they don't know it.
SilverGleaner
The joke was he was so thin he couldn't keep his breeches up
haha good point
scene kids*
emo is a subset of musical genres; scene are the people/culture
Stringbean was a god among men! No one picks like he did!
Dark song. but 1 of the great banjo pickers ever rip string bean!
string was the man
1:10 I will remember that the next time someone asks me for five bucks!
We're six generations out of Appalachia... still can't bred it out of us !
What a good man, let alone a fantastic musician. Don't worry he'll live on. Just like the rest of us. Death is a lie.
I wish more folk's would listen to this awesome old tune.
He was the best at those bluegrass blues songs
I like Banjos too!!!! This is real Music!!!!
Thank you Roy Nice Horns Great Music It Does My Barbequed Soul Well
absolute classic, thank you for posting
Hah...good old days suicide wasn't such a major issue...and you could advertise laxatives in the background.
I'm not sure if it "wasn't such a major issue" lmao. There just wasnt the internet/social media to inform you of every single thing going on all around the world. Ya know?
@@hatake1990 i'm sure you're right but i also feel like their wasn't as much pressure to support a family, pay a mortgage and bills and still have money and time to enjoy quality time with your family, nowadays its just a rat race...
@@kiefsweat6507 my grandpa told me the joy of getting a nickle for a coke back in the 50's, it was a privilege and luxury to be able to listen to the radio, his family lived in a 2 room shack with holes in it, 8 kids, and had to chop railroad ties, firewood, and trap coons and game to survive. His first pair of shoes was a pair of cleats that were thrown out, and he found. People wouldn't give him rides into town because he was poor. Things then weren't always good, and things now aren't always bad.
@@kiefsweat6507 it's always been a rat race, why do you think people like Bob Dylan wrote maggie's farm? Rose tinted glasses cloud everyone's view of the past. The world's always been pretty shit
Long story short.. I recorded a cover of this about twenty years ago and it was banned by the local radio station, though people were requesting it. 😐
Go back 30 years before String recorded this song and Uncle Dave was shouting "Kill yourself!" on his records.
R.I.P. buddy!!!
He and his wife met a sad end, It was the end of an era for Nashville too. He made us laugh. He made us happy. Letter from home, right here next to my heart, heart, heart, then he would find it in his back pocket! Lesson for today: Carry a personal protection pistol, larger than a .22, which I believe Stringbean had. He used it, and missed. As a result, both he and his wife were killed. Practice with your weapon of choice. Gun control means being able to hit your target. My karate instructor, a 7th degree black belt, put it best when one of my classmates thwarted a knife wielding robber at a bus stop. He told us using his best English: "Man have gun, man have knife, give him what he wants, you life more better!."
love it..
Song starts at 1:22
STRING BEAN RULES
Everything played on the banjo automatically sounds happier. (Not counting clawhammer.)
Tragic ending for this poor fella....all in all amazing talent.
He had more than 5$. My name is ElaineEmilySimmoms. We have not forgotten. His family deserves more.
Elaine S ... didn't they find his money in the chimney years later??
After my grandmother died, I lost track of that part of the country. I sincerely hope they did. (My grandmother lived in the mountains outside of Gatlinburg, TN.) She would take me to Sweet Fanny Adams Theater, the Grand Ol' Opry, and Dollywood. I loved them all, but as I play the sax, I am more of a blues person myself.
+Terry Dacktill they found 20000$ in stringbeans chimney..
back then it would have been worth about $150000 in todays terms... but it was given to the banl because of its condition.. MAYBE THATS WHAT HIS KILLER WAS LOOKING FORWARD
thanks for sharing your song my new friend
The best share ever.
Black-Draught Laxative?????!!
Every man contemplating putting a ring on a woman today should listen to this song before they make a potentially fatal mistake.
MGTOW
It's sad that women have become so terrible that men have to worry that much over what used to be an amazing step in life...
Good good good !!!
String could finger pick, frail, and claw hammer better than anyone else I've ever seen. Does anyone know of a song that he plays slide banjo on??
cheerful stuff...!
I really enjoyed that!
Turns out, Stringbean was the OG
this makes me laugh and klll myself at the same time.
i liked this song a lot less a year ago when it didn't fit my past quite so well. bout die over some bitch and this gets quite a lot funnier and more comforting
. . . . The pain
DAMB I was born to late.
Another center console with out my sister's in the Middle of the AMX Javelin 390
That song would be canceled in 2024
black drought laxative lol
Iiiiiiihuuuuu 👏👏👏
ol stringbean
2:25 when the skin starts jumping😊
Some rare two finger pickin' this time.
I love these old politically incorrect songs
I would think if you took enough of that black draught laxative they were advertising in the background it would equal a suicide. Lol
That is how you pick a banjo fingers
Somebody post the lyrics
Can't tell what he's saying in that first bit...
The ORIGINAL sagger
First emo rapper
I was cheated pretty miss Norma Jean did not get her face on camera. wangOfett in those days it was $3.98 for hi fi and $4.98 for stereo.
+oldie146 I've always wanted to meet the real grandpa Simpson... You just gave me a little more faith in humanity.
Again. Ya"ll . Don't think you are safe. You know who you are. God bless him.
Piss off bitch
anyone know what show this is?
The Porter Wagoner Show?
Thank you!
David Cole ...ohhhh, thanks-- what gems on this show.
matt crowe it was The Porter Wagoner Show before Dolly came
matt crowe the porter Wagner show.
What chords are those
What happened to string bean and his wife is fucking tragic
I hope y'all will answer me wouldn't the ultimate revenge be Stringbean killing himself in front of his ex and her new boyfriend????!!!!!!
That's more sad than anything, given that he and his wife were murdered in 1973.
What?
4chan anthem
i know somebody who looks exactly like him😂
Yikes. He talks about blowing his brains out and his poor wife Estell begged for her life before she was murdered execution style. 😢
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Ironic tune😂 rip stringbean
Nobody?
Sponsored by Black Draught Laxatives. HA HA HA...
Im in the strange part of youtube.....cya!
VeriTroll Worthy jr. ... nah you're in the cool part
VeriTroll Worthy jr. Nope u in the good part of it
. . . . The pain
lol and the old timers complain about hip hop kids with low trousers and emo kids talking about suicide. The Bean was WAY ahead of his time! I say it in jest, I grew up with old time and bluegrass, my grandpa was a fiddler. ;-)
I love these old politically incorrect songs
Something to think about before you put that ring on.