I've wondered about this..... I wonder if.... when these guys were doing this show if they ever really realized how far they would go..... especially Tony. I wonder if it ever registered with him for a minute..... that he would become a guitar picking "legend".....that one day he would become "THE ONE" that every new guitar picker would have to compare to. Well one thing's for sure..... he was and always will be one of the greatest to ever pick up a guitar. R. I. P. Tony Rice..... I am a fan for life.
Many years ago I got to sit in on a jam session at Billingsley‘s music shop in Glasgow Kentucky. Sam bush and Courtney Johnson and a couple others were playing. Dennis handed me a banjo and asked me if I had picks. . Of course I had my pics in my pocket. I was 11 years old. After a few songs I looked at the price tag hanging from the banjo. It was the most expensive banjo he had in the shop. Not the cheapest. I believe it was 1977.
I was at Beanblossom '71 and got to see this configuration. Even at 5 yrs old I knew I was witnessing something special. I'd heard Bluegrass from birth but these guys were mind-blowing and I've been hooked on Tony Rice and Sam Bush ever since. Thanks for posting this and bringing back those memories!
Great clip! I saw this rare edition of Bluegrass Alliance play at Bean Blossom in June of 1971. I was 17, and had no idea who the members were, but they played like dynamite, and travelled in an old school bus covered with a psychedelic paint job. I remember Tony Rice showing up for one set, walking out of the camp ground escorted by two pretty girls on either side, his arms around their shoulders, left and right. RIP, buddy.
Gloria, You're quickly becoming my favorite person in the hole wide world! !!! Appreciate anything about Tony I thought I'd seen all his stuff , nowif you start pulling Clarence white im gonna go nuts. Lol thanks again
Wow great classic bluegrass... and he's singing in Bb... years later he sings the same song in G... note the guy strolling across the lawn out the window...doesn'r know what he's missing...
Fantastic! Ethereal Bluegrass! But what a sorry state Tony's guitar is in. Would that have been Clarence's old D28? Also, Love the bass players buttons!
Hi Chris fancy seeing you here, this was pre ownership to Clarence's D-28... Wyatt says he modified 2 guitars a 1964 28 and hylos guitar. Its either one of them but boy that cat can sing
@@bradsparks6008 Hi Brad. Lovely to hear from you. Great old footage eh. Yes it can sing. I suspect it's more the player than the guitar though, which is falling to bits! Playing to a "single mic" setup to boot. Awesome! B.T.W., Great to see you at the Battlefield Bluegrass Festival last weekend. All the best, Chris M
Bluegrass Special I suspect a Gibson or Blue Bell(?). I don’t think Great Lakes was in business until a couple years later. I Owen two Great Lake banjos.
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My nephew Tony Rice!!! I was so very proud of him ❤😢
Any good stories of Tony? He is still very much loved
I've wondered about this..... I wonder if.... when these guys were doing this show if they ever really realized how far they would go..... especially Tony. I wonder if it ever registered with him for a minute..... that he would become a guitar picking "legend".....that one day he would become "THE ONE" that every new guitar picker would have to compare to. Well one thing's for sure..... he was and always will be one of the greatest to ever pick up a guitar. R. I. P. Tony Rice..... I am a fan for life.
Many years ago I got to sit in on a jam session at Billingsley‘s music shop in Glasgow Kentucky. Sam bush and Courtney Johnson and a couple others were playing. Dennis handed me a banjo and asked me if I had picks. . Of course I had my pics in my pocket. I was 11 years old. After a few songs I looked at the price tag hanging from the banjo. It was the most expensive banjo he had in the shop. Not the cheapest. I believe it was 1977.
I love this song. They all look like extras from a Clint Eastwood western
Lonnie Peerce (fiddle), Courtney Johnson (banjo), Sam Bush (mandolin), Tony Rice (guitar), Ebo Walker (aka Harry Shelor, bass).
yes, sam and tony were just breaking into their twenties!
I was at Beanblossom '71 and got to see this configuration. Even at 5 yrs old I knew I was witnessing something special. I'd heard Bluegrass from birth but these guys were mind-blowing and I've been hooked on Tony Rice and Sam Bush ever since. Thanks for posting this and bringing back those memories!
Great clip! I saw this rare edition of Bluegrass Alliance play at Bean Blossom in June of 1971. I was 17, and had no idea who the members were, but they played like dynamite, and travelled in an old school bus covered with a psychedelic paint job. I remember Tony Rice showing up for one set, walking out of the camp ground escorted by two pretty girls on either side, his arms around their shoulders, left and right. RIP, buddy.
He's so young here! Thanks for the vid!
Thank you for a lifetime of wonderful, beautiful music, Tony. Safe travels...
FYI - this is a STANLEY classic
This is some of the best stuff on the interwebs....
Man Tony was a good lookin cat
Tony Rice was good, if not the best guitar picker there was. RIP TONY
So young.
Tony rice can play guitar better than anybody
Yes, that is a fact...when you know, you know.
He is the man and allways be
WoW!! Great! A very Young Tony Rice
Young and talented musicians!!!! Thanks for share!!!
Oh boy ....what an enjoyable listen... great group let me tell you... wished I could pick an instrument like that ... Thank you Gloria for the share.
Thanks Jack you are very kind Gloria
I don't even have adjectives for genius like that. So very happy they shared such unearthly talent with us mere mortals.
Haha. Did anyone else hear Rice say "It was recorded in '78'" right before he steps up to the mic?
On 78...rpm
Damn, at that age, so good to hear!
Tony is shredding for the people coming thru the pearly gates now! Play on Tony!
Thanks Gloria Great Music here
Thanks for enjoying Gloria
Gloria,
You're quickly becoming my favorite person in the hole wide world! !!! Appreciate anything about Tony I thought I'd seen all his stuff , nowif you start pulling Clarence white im gonna go nuts. Lol thanks again
Hi John, I to love these guys, so I posted the whole show thanks for enjoying Gloria
So good and fun to see these talented greats
Gloria thank you my dear friend,,this is great Hugsssss,,,,,Ernie
that's as good as it gets........thanks Gloria
oh yes! I do remember when! Tony Rice is still a fireball picker!
Thank you Stan. Yes he is a fireball picker him and Sam Bush Gloria
Great band ... right before New Grass Revival formed about 72.
Did they have any idea they were witnessing the Mozart of Bluegrass being born?
Bush shreaded that mandolin , who is that banjo player great fiddle all stars
Wow great classic bluegrass... and he's singing in Bb... years later he sings the same song in G... note the guy strolling across the lawn out the window...doesn'r know what he's missing...
Everybody solos but Tony? Now that ain't right. Still...great stuff.
Jul 14, 2014 (?)- had to be when this was posted.
Incredible!
Fantastic! Ethereal Bluegrass! But what a sorry state Tony's guitar is in. Would that have been Clarence's old D28? Also, Love the bass players buttons!
Hi Chris fancy seeing you here, this was pre ownership to Clarence's D-28... Wyatt says he modified 2 guitars a 1964 28 and hylos guitar. Its either one of them but boy that cat can sing
@@bradsparks6008 Hi Brad. Lovely to hear from you. Great old footage eh. Yes it can sing. I suspect it's more the player than the guitar though, which is falling to bits! Playing to a "single mic" setup to boot. Awesome!
B.T.W., Great to see you at the Battlefield Bluegrass Festival last weekend. All the best,
Chris M
Banjo....Courtney Johnson?
New grass rev..1972.tony has a d.28.rj
Awesome video. What sort of banjo has Courtney got? A Great Lakes?
Gee sorry I don't know but glad you stop by Thanks,Gloria
Bluegrass Special I suspect a Gibson or Blue Bell(?). I don’t think Great Lakes was in business until a couple years later. I Owen two Great Lake banjos.
Is that Clarence White's 1935 D-28??
That was 3 or 4 years prior to his acquisition of the holy grail. That was a 1956 he turned into a Clarence clone if memory serves me
Is that Sam Bush..?
Who is the banjo player?
Hi the banjo player is Courtney Johnson, also yesterday I posted 5 more of this great group , so enjoy G
Thanks! It truly doesn't get better than this
Randy Culler
All I have to say about them now: they are really splendid instrumentalists. Thanks for sharing, Gloria.
Thanks for sharing this... totally awesome...
Thanks Jan, all the best
Can't get any better