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The Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt Interview

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2013
  • OK, I've had a lot of requests to re-post this classic interview with two of the founding fathers of Bluegrass--Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt.
    Yeah, there are a few sparks that fly between these iconic figures, but some important insights come to the surface too....
    It's a must-listen for Bluegrass fans, and for fans of music in general...
    One of my all-time favorite interviews!!

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  • @KWEPR
    @KWEPR 10 років тому +24

    Yes, this is a spoof. The DJ is actually Jimmy Capps of Grand Ole Opry Fame. Bill Monroe is being portrayed by Glen Duncan and Lester Flatt is being portrayed by Charlie Vaughn.

    • @dgrossiter8610
      @dgrossiter8610 7 років тому +4

      I thought Lester was Keith Whitley.

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando 6 років тому +3

      Keith was the best, but this is as close to Keith doing Lester as you'll ever hear. I also never knew "sheriff" Capps was involved in this interview.

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando 6 років тому +2

      Jerry Butler, a bluegrass singer & musician from Knoxville, also does a great impersonation of Lester.

    • @mandoist
      @mandoist 2 роки тому +1

      @@redlinemando Actually, bass player Marshall Wilborn is every bit as close to Lester as Keith.

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando 2 роки тому

      @@mandoist Wow, I never knew that. I'd love to hear him do it sometime!!!!!!! Marshall & Lynn seem to be two of the most humble & down to earth ppl you'd ever want to meet!!!!!!!

  • @RRW276
    @RRW276 5 років тому +5

    This was funnier than hell! A great spoof and the guys portraying Lester and Bill are great.

  • @JDawg-FR
    @JDawg-FR 5 років тому +6

    they straight roasted each other. The "knock the shit out of you" from Lester at the end really tied it together!

  • @danielmorris3687
    @danielmorris3687 8 років тому +7

    Hilarious!! I loved when "Lester" said he was getting a FlyingVee and that Earl Scruggs would be playing the electric banjer! Just trying to mentally picture that got me laughing out loud

  • @secondcousincurly
    @secondcousincurly 10 років тому +10

    So good it's spooky at times. Many thanks!

  • @BlackKaweah
    @BlackKaweah 7 років тому +7

    Love to see Lester Flatt playing a Flying V!

  • @bsinbreed
    @bsinbreed 10 років тому +5

    That's awesome, they sound just like them and got the history down to

  • @Ridger1978
    @Ridger1978 9 років тому +5

    That is so spot on, it is scary! What a great job!

  • @brasspick
    @brasspick 5 років тому +2

    9:03 the Banjo player on the Left, between Bill and Lester is Jack Hicks-Bill's Banjo player, and the Banjo player to the Right of Lester is Haskel McCormick, Lester's Banjo player.

  • @mrgroovestring
    @mrgroovestring 3 роки тому +1

    I would give this video and radio program 10 stars in a heartbeat. 💫

  • @allengraves2932
    @allengraves2932 3 роки тому +3

    This is absolutely hilarious. I could listen to it ten times and laugh every time. Sounds exactly like Lester and Bill. Exactly. Was this impromptu or were they reading from a script? Amazingly authentic. Thanks for making it available!

  • @deanpitman3325
    @deanpitman3325 5 років тому +2

    This was all tongue-in-cheek. Bill and Lester were having fun with the DJs.

    • @joshuahymer15
      @joshuahymer15 5 років тому

      Dean Pitman your brain in cheek if you think this is actually Bill and Lester.

  • @mariankerin7934
    @mariankerin7934 7 років тому +2

    This is beautiful! From a dedicated bluegrass fan.

  • @barry1705
    @barry1705 Рік тому

    Great impressions of the legendary Bluegrass tenor’s.

  • @TheJrddxw
    @TheJrddxw Рік тому

    This is Epic! ❤❤❤ I love listening to the old timers I want to talk like that soon😂

  • @guitarman4899
    @guitarman4899 2 роки тому +2

    Love it!

  • @davepaquette1160
    @davepaquette1160 3 роки тому +1

    This is GOLD!

  • @tonewoods
    @tonewoods  9 років тому +5

    "Is the second DJ Ronnie McCoury?"
    Yep!

  • @treelifeUK
    @treelifeUK 9 років тому +5

    brilliant!

  • @joshuahymer15
    @joshuahymer15 4 роки тому +4

    “He was tearin our show plum down he wasn’t with us but 27 years”

  • @BlueGrassPeteF
    @BlueGrassPeteF 10 років тому +3

    Charlie even BREATHES like Lester! :-)

  • @tonewoods
    @tonewoods  10 років тому +1

    Thanks for that...

  • @pjteleman
    @pjteleman 9 років тому +1

    I loved that!!! Hilarious!!!!!

  • @Global_Unity
    @Global_Unity Рік тому

    This is some of the best entertainment I've seen in any genre, but my goodness is it niche :D

  • @jcook7148
    @jcook7148 9 років тому +10

    He wasn't with us but 27 years, lmao.

  • @tonydaniels7576
    @tonydaniels7576 3 роки тому +1

    It’s just great entertainment, especially if you love bluegrass!

  • @redlinemando
    @redlinemando 6 років тому +3

    I used to have a copy of this a long time ago. LOL I used to listen to this & die laughing. Quick comment: (Justin Chambers) Poor word choice & that should be an obvious big DUH!!!! I'll bet you don't even have a chimley either. I love that "chimley" line as well Bill Cross.
    Thank you tonewoods for this post!!!! I wonder if you have heard the Melvin Goins stuff that was recorded on Del's bus? I used to have it as well. It was rumored that Bub almost lost his job over that.
    A big "thanks" also to Ronnie (& others I won't fully name for obvious reasons) for being part of this recording. Don't know if it was his idea or what, but it has definitely entertained a lot of BG musicians along the way. We used to listen to it when I worked with ole "Gallagher" Blaylock. He did a great Doyle & Darrel impersonation/interview late one night on the road. It was hilarious!!!!!!!
    I really miss those days on the road & the vocal quality in that band, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the person I have become today!!!!!!! I was such an idiot back in those days, but through the grace of God, I have learned some things along the way. Anyway, a very entertaining video & you get a sub for it!!!!!!!

  • @billcross9508
    @billcross9508 10 років тому +16

    Why he don't even believe in Christmas...he don't even have a chimley....

    • @jcook7148
      @jcook7148 9 років тому +4

      +Bill Cross Chimley, that's the way I was taught to pronounce it being from southern Kentucky. It wasn't until I moved to Kansas in 1970 at the age of nine that I was corrected. My accent caused me to learn to fight back in those days and I became very good at it. I grew up listening to these fellows as my grandfather was a huge fan and I still listen every day. I wish he was still here to listen to this with me because he was quite a character himself. He'd get a kick out of this.

    • @billcross9508
      @billcross9508 9 років тому +5

      +J Cook I was taught chimley, the kitchen zinc (instead of sink) warsh (instead of wash), oirl (instead of oil)

    • @jcook7148
      @jcook7148 9 років тому +3

      +Bill Cross I'll add ascarred, (as in afraid), to these. I'm in no way embarrassed by any of the things I was taught a youngster, those were the happiest days of my life. Neither of my grandparents graduated high school but they were the both so smart and so knowledgeable in life. They are the reason I'm who I am. I miss them both terribly every day.

    • @stevendamron1284
      @stevendamron1284 5 років тому +2

      I love Bill Monroe. He is the Father of Bluegrass. Kentucky Bluegrass. My kin is from Pikeville Kentucky. Proud to be a Kentucky boy.

    • @INDYOSKARS
      @INDYOSKARS 3 роки тому

      @@billcross9508 Arter: after.

  • @donclark8673
    @donclark8673 2 роки тому

    Goodness gracious it's too funny

  • @partycat2921
    @partycat2921 7 років тому +1

    6:35 He mentions Garth Brooks, who didn't hit the scene until 1985, long after Flatt was dead.

  • @josephanderson7237
    @josephanderson7237 Місяць тому

    Hilarious!!!

  • @solchasemusic
    @solchasemusic 10 років тому +3

    Does anyone know the date this was aired? Thanks!

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando 6 років тому +2

      They mentioned that Bill was 81 in the interview, I think.......so Bill would have been 81 in.........1992. He was born in 1911. "You figure it up." lol (joking) That line cracks me up!!!!!!!

  • @CAROLUSPRIMA
    @CAROLUSPRIMA 2 роки тому +1

    I swear I would bet that Glen Duncan is doing Bill. I’ve heard Glen do it and if this isn’t him it has missed a good chance.

  • @elliotportner8020
    @elliotportner8020 7 років тому

    The interview is more than historic its life recorded in life issues. God has blessed us with this piece

  • @glendajustice4104
    @glendajustice4104 4 роки тому +1

    Bill had nothing to say back when they ask that Flatt had more record sells than Bill. Lester just easily said , well people know good music when they hear it. Made my day. I laughed!! You go Flatt. Right heres ur #1 fan PERIOD. Hun u wont get any argument out of me on how great and good u are and i wont hear Bill either cos i will cut his water off quick. Folks can u tell im a Lester Flatt girl??? Flatt over Bill any day. Flatt over all the world of bluegrass. I love a bunch of them, Stanleys, Jimmy Martin , many more but NONE as good as LESTER FLATT.

  • @tonewoods
    @tonewoods  10 років тому +3

    Really??
    I had no-ooo idea....

  • @mariankerin7934
    @mariankerin7934 7 років тому

    They are all up there together in Heaven.

  • @maryplaidy6814
    @maryplaidy6814 4 роки тому +1

    Sounds like Lester Roadhog Moran.

  • @79dakster
    @79dakster 10 років тому +4

    this has to be bogus, but it is very funny

  • @rogerherbison4124
    @rogerherbison4124 7 років тому

    Witch hand do you cut off?? Uncle Pen on one side and Mr. Flatt on the other. I think Flatt & Scruggs was a super band with Mr. Monroe will always be Father of Bluegrass! Its easy to see why sparks would fly when they got together! Looks like now there were both stepping on time bomb when they talk to each other! They both thought they were the best in the world..."the best musician" and they were but it was like watching two chickens plucking corn off the barnyard floor fighting over the last piece! Then..then when you throw in Earl Scruggs that they both lost! So thankful we had all three! There's a movie here or book? I would call it " Three Pickers but Know Grinnin" or "Three Godfathers of Bluegrass" or " That's My Corn.. Dam it"! Thank you Lord for all three!

    • @tonewoods
      @tonewoods  7 років тому +1

      ....you *do* realize this is parody, right??

    • @glendajustice4104
      @glendajustice4104 4 роки тому

      Now it's Lester Flatt anytime for me. Bills voice was just too much tenor. Yes i like tenor but too much. Not just that but rating them in every way im with LESTER. Thxs u did ask.......

    • @glendajustice4104
      @glendajustice4104 4 роки тому

      You must really be a country boy

    • @KeithWhitley-fe2ic
      @KeithWhitley-fe2ic 7 місяців тому

      ​@@tonewoods Nashville Now, 1989, Show #92055 w/ Keith Whitley, Florence Henderson & The Thrasher Brothers [video recording] ... Lester Flatt / (14:10)

  • @TBrewer64
    @TBrewer64 2 роки тому

    What year was this?

  • @TheMmellen
    @TheMmellen 10 років тому

    Is the second DJ Ronnie McCoury?

  • @waynerjson
    @waynerjson 10 років тому +6

    This ain't Bill and Lester.

  • @berniceatkins4500
    @berniceatkins4500 6 років тому +2

    Not really Monroe and Flatt, someone impersonating them.

  • @dustinjohnson3463
    @dustinjohnson3463 3 роки тому

    Bill monroe wouldn't disrespectful Jimmy Martin like that Jimmy would had smacked his mouth

  • @robertfarris9679
    @robertfarris9679 3 роки тому

    Sounds two part.lol

  • @davidcroy6016
    @davidcroy6016 3 роки тому

    funny

  • @seanmartinman7946
    @seanmartinman7946 6 років тому

    Just found this and it sure aint Lester and Bill, could be McCoury.

  • @AppalachianHarmony
    @AppalachianHarmony 5 років тому +1

    This is hilarious. Who came up with this scam?

  • @writerrad
    @writerrad 2 роки тому

    This is not real but a joke by peoplewho knew these men making fun of Bill and Lester

  • @JanJohanssonmusic
    @JanJohanssonmusic 5 років тому +1

    this is of course not real...

  • @davidfraley8770
    @davidfraley8770 7 років тому

    NOT bill and lester

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando 6 років тому

      Uh.......YOU THINK!!!!! But about as close as it gets to sounding like them.

    • @briscoedarling3237
      @briscoedarling3237 2 роки тому

      That is definitely Bill and Lester. I saw them perform at the Bugtussle County Fair in 19 & 28 just before the Depression. That’s them alright….

  • @joshuahymer15
    @joshuahymer15 5 років тому +1

    This comment section is full of people who have to be under the age of 10.

    • @glendajustice4104
      @glendajustice4104 4 роки тому

      Whoops but ur on here too. Whats ur age dear. I love u and im picking. I just loved Lester Flatt.

    • @joshuahymer15
      @joshuahymer15 4 роки тому

      Glenda Justice I’m 147.

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando 2 роки тому

      Some of these comments are from drunk jackasses, no doubt!!!!!!!

    • @jackwsanta1793
      @jackwsanta1793 Рік тому

      ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @bobbydarren5305
    @bobbydarren5305 3 роки тому

    Nothing but lies for attention

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando 2 роки тому

      If you are offended by it, then why even waste your energies on a comment.......JACKASS!!!!!!!
      How about calling it what it is..............imitation by fans to show admiration for 2 legends. This is a parody acted out by, not only fans of the genre, but artists as well, there's a TON of bluegrass history & truth behind the comedy & that's what makes it even funnier!!!!!!!