[Presenter] Thank you for joining the full streaming version from the Bluegrass on the Rim concert recorded June 14th, 2025 at the Little River Canyon Center.

(bluegrass music) You're back for more.

So, we hope you'll enjoy the full uncut performance of Foggy Hollow Review.

(bluegrass music) (attendees clapping) How about a little bit of bluegrass, folks?

(bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ And it was in the spring one sunny day ♪ ♪ My good gal left me Lord she went away ♪ ♪ And now she's gone and I don't worry ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Ashes to ashes and dust to dust ♪ ♪ Oh, show me a woman that a man can trust ♪ ♪ Now she's gone and I don't worry ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Don't like my peaches, don't shake the tree ♪ ♪ Lod, move on over, leave my peaches be ♪ ♪ Now she's gone and I don't worry ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world ♪ Make the banjos.

(bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ That raging river, long, so deep and wide ♪ ♪ And the gal that loves me is on the other side ♪ ♪ Now she's gone and I don't worry ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world ♪ ♪ Well, she called me up from El Paso ♪ ♪ Oh, come on, daddy, Lord I need you so ♪ ♪ Now she's gone and I don't worry ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world ♪ ♪ Now she's gone and I don't worry ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world ♪ (bluegrass music) Oh, thank you.

-(attendees clapping) -(bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ And take this hammer, Lord, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone ♪ ♪ And if he asks you, was I running ♪ ♪ If he asks you, was I running ♪ ♪ If he asks you, was I running ♪ ♪ Tell him I was flying, yeah, tell him I was flying ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ I don't want no cold darn shackles ♪ ♪ I don't want no cold darn shackles ♪ ♪ I don't want no cold darn shackles ♪ ♪ 'Cause It hurts my leg, yeah, hurts my leg ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ I don't want your greenback dollar ♪ ♪ I don't want your greenback dollar ♪ ♪ Well, I don't want your greenback dollar ♪ ♪ 'Cause it hurts my pride, yeah, hurts my pride ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, Lord, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Tell him I'm gone, yeah, tell him I'm gone ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Take this hammer, Lord, carry it to the captain ♪ ♪ Tell him I'm gone, yeah, tell him I'm gone ♪ ♪ Yeah, tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone ♪ (bluegrass music) (attendees cheer and clap) Mighty fine, mighty fine.

(attendees clapping) Thank you so much.

We're tickled to be here.

This has been an honor for us since the beginning.

And I'm just grateful for these guys being our friends and allowing us to help out and do a little bit.

We get to see people, like I just learned something that I didn't know, but one of the band members from the upcoming band that'll be here in just a little while, who's been a dear friend for a long time.

And I found out that the very first bluegrass festival he ever attended was the very first Foggy Hollow Bluegrass gathered.

So, kind of an honor to us to learn that such a talented musician could do that.

And I wanna thank these guys.

Folks, we've been filming this thing for a long time.

Brad.

We're not looking at you.

We're not looking up your skirt.

-I can understand that.

-(attendees laughing) Wanna thank these guys.

They're filming this thing for Alabama Public Television and they've been doing it for a long, long time to do a fabulous job, and work hard and do good stuff for us.

So, you just keep it posted there.

You can find it probably on Facebook or YouTube, or something.

But about a month from now, that's when we'll be doing it.

We're gonna do a gospel tune for you now.

Are you ready, guys?

Ready (faintly speaks) (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, three men on the mountain ♪ ♪ Up on Calvary ♪ ♪ And the Man in the middle was Jesus ♪ ♪ He died for you and me ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Well the man on the left was a sinnin' man ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Up on the cross, he bled ♪ ♪ He could have been forgiven ♪ ♪ But he mocked the Lord instead ♪ ♪ You say You are the Son of God ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Oh, but they nailed You to that tree ♪ ♪ Come down, come down and save us ♪ ♪ If God Your Father be ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Three men on the mountain ♪ ♪ Up on Calvary ♪ ♪ And the Man in the middle was Jesus ♪ ♪ He died for you and me ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well the man on the right was a sinner too ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Oh, but he was sorry for his sins ♪ ♪ He begged the Lord's forgiveness ♪ ♪ And Jesus said to him ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Fear not, fear not this earthly death ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ For before this day is o'er ♪ ♪ You'll be with Me in Paradise ♪ ♪ On Heaven's golden shore ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Three men on the mountain ♪ ♪ Up on Calvary ♪ ♪ And the Man in the middle was Jesus ♪ ♪ He died for you and me ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Three men on the mountain ♪ ♪ Up on Calvary ♪ ♪ And the Man in the middle was Jesus ♪ ♪ He died for you and me ♪ ♪ The three men on the mountain ♪ ♪ Up on Calvary ♪ ♪ And the Man in the middle was Jesus ♪ ♪ He died for you and me ♪ (attendees clapping) Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

(attendees clapping) There's only a handful of subjects we sing about in bluegrass.

That's trains and animals and white whiskey.

Objection.

Murder numbers.

Murder numbers, all of those, prisons.

(Kevin faintly speaking) And trains.

Oh my goodness.

We're just talking about all the trains.

So, here's one about building the train track.

This one's called the "Big Spike Hammer".

(bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Can't you hear the whistle of my big spike hammer ♪ ♪ Lord, it's busting my side ♪ ♪ I've done all I can do to keep that woman ♪ ♪ Still she's not satisfied ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Hey, hey, Della Mae ♪ ♪ Why do you treat me this way ♪ ♪ Hey, hey, Della Mae ♪ ♪ I'll get even some day ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, I'm the best hammer swinger on this big Texas gang ♪ ♪ Big Bill Johnson is my name ♪ ♪ This white hammer that I swing ♪ ♪ For a dollar and a half a day ♪ ♪ It's because of Della Mae ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Hey, hey, Della Mae ♪ ♪ Why do you treat me this way ♪ ♪ Hey, hey, Della Mae ♪ ♪ I'll get even some day ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, I've been lots of places, not much I ain't see ♪ ♪ A lot of things I'd like to see ♪ ♪ Lord this hammer that I swing or the woman that I love ♪ ♪ Is gonna be the death of me ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Hey, hey, Della Mae ♪ ♪ Why do you treat me this way ♪ ♪ Hey, hey, Della Mae ♪ ♪ I'll get even some day ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Big spike hammer, big spike hammer ♪ (bluegrass music) (attendees clapping) (band chattering) All right.

We enjoy doing bluegrass music, playing for fun, having a good time, so... (guitars strumming) Pretty quick.

(guitars strumming) So, we're gonna do some more for you now.

This is, I love this old song right here.

It's an old gospel style song.

I tell this story.

Yeah, I heard it and heard it, and heard it and played it way back.

And I bought a Charlie Daniels CD and he had done old time gospel music on it and just did a great job.

What a wonderful guy and a great musician, and an American he was, I might say.

But he did this song on there.

We kind of blues it up a little bit.

I guess we call it blues grass.

-(guitar strums) -But if you know it, you're welcome to sing along with us, -tap your foot.

-(guitar strums) It's called "I Am A Pilgrim".

(guitar strums) ♪ Well, I am a pilgrim and a stranger ♪ ♪ Traveling through this worrisome land ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord ♪ ♪ And it's not ♪ ♪ Not made by hand ♪ (bluegrass music) -♪ Now I've got a mother ♪ -♪ I've got a mother ♪ -♪ A sister and a brother ♪ -♪ Oh, a sister ♪ ♪ Who have gone on over on that other shore ♪ ♪ Now I'm determined to go and see them, good Lord ♪ ♪ Over on that other shore ♪ ♪ 'Cause I am a pilgrim and a stranger ♪ ♪ Traveling through this worrisome land ♪ ♪ And I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord ♪ ♪ And it's not ♪ ♪ Good Lord, and it's not ♪ ♪ Not made by hand ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) -(attendees clapping) -(bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, I'm going down to ♪ ♪ I'm going down ♪ -♪ Oh, the river of Jordan ♪ -♪ Oh, the river of Jordan ♪ ♪ Just to cleanse my weary soul ♪ ♪ If I could touch but the hem of His garment, oh Lord ♪ ♪ I do believe ♪ ♪ Good Lord, I believe ♪ ♪ It's gonna make me whole ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ 'Cause I am a pilgrim and a stranger ♪ ♪ Traveling through this worrisome land ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ And I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord ♪ ♪ And it's not ♪ ♪ Not made by hand ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) -(attendees clapping) -(bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well I am a pilgrim and a stranger ♪ ♪ Traveling through this worrisome land ♪ ♪ I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord ♪ ♪ And it's not ♪ ♪ Good Lord, and it's not ♪ ♪ Not made by hand ♪ ♪ Oh, no, it's not ♪ ♪ Good Lord, and it's not ♪ ♪ Not made by hand ♪ (bluegrass music) (attendees cheer and clap) -(attendee whistles) -(attendees clapping) (band chattering) -(guitar strumming) -(band chattering) How many of y'all are old enough to remember Hank Williams Sr?

It doesn't matter how old you are, you need to know him.

Great guy, great guy, awesome songwriter and singer, died at a very young age, and what a loss.

But my goodness gracious, what he did in the years he was alive and traveling from the great state of Alabama.

Kevin does a good job on this.

This fellow right here on the sixth, standing next to me is Mr. Kevin Atkins from down around the Birmingham area.

-(attendees clapping) -Thank you.

He is not only one of my dear friends, he's a business partner to me, and been a blessing that we've been working together, I don't know, six, eight years on that thing?

-10 years.

-10 years.

(attendees laugh and clap) See, Felicia, he's proven every point you've ever said right.

I don't get nothing right.

But anyway, he's a great guy, great graphic artist.

He also has a band called the Cottonmouth Creek.

And you might recognize some of these guys if you go see 'em.

These guys have two jobs, me and him.

And... (Glen laughing) But we're happy to have him.

But he's going to turn it loose for you right now on a little bit of Hank Williams music.

Y'all sing along.

(bluegrass music) ♪ Hey, hey, good lookin', what ya got cookin' ♪ ♪ How's about cookin' somethin' up with me ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Hey, hey, sweet baby ♪ ♪ Well, don't, don't you think maybe ♪ ♪ We can find us a brand new recipe ♪ ♪ Well, I've got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill ♪ ♪ And I know a spot right over the hill ♪ ♪ There's soda pop and the dancing's free ♪ ♪ So if you wanna have fun, come along with me ♪ ♪ Hey, hey, good lookin', what ya got cookin' ♪ ♪ How's about cooking somethin' up with me ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ I'm free and ready, so we can go steady ♪ ♪ Well, how's about savin' all your time with me ♪ ♪ Well, no more lookin', I know I been tooken ♪ ♪ How's about keepin' steady company ♪ ♪ Well, I'm gonna throw my date book over the fence ♪ ♪ And buy me one for five or ten cents ♪ ♪ I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page ♪ ♪ Hey, hey, good lookin', what ya got cookin' ♪ ♪ How's about cookin' somethin' up ♪ ♪ How's about cookin' somethin' up ♪ ♪ How's about cookin' somethin' up with me ♪ (bluegrass music) -(attendees cheer and clap) -Oh yeah.

-Thank you, Kevin.

-Thank you.

(attendees clapping) I think he did such a great job on that, we'll let him sing another one here now.

This one's a little bit later in life, also written and recorded by a great country music writer and songwriter.

We lost him, I guess a couple of years ago.

Did I get two years right?

-I think that's right.

-Phew.

-And he was tremendous.

-(attendees laughing) I'm dying to know who it is.

-He died of Alzheimer's too.

-(Glen chuckles) -He died of Alzheimer too.

-Just keep that happy thought he was alive.

And it was so sad because in the end of his career, he did a brand new album and his wife reported that he would walk out on that stage and for about 90 minutes or two hours, the man would play and sing every single word to every song.

And when they came off stage, he did not always know her.

He did not always know the band.

But he was a great guy and this is a great song.

And Kevin does a great job on "Gentle On My Mind".

Thank you.

(chuckles) (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, it's knowing that your door is always open ♪ ♪ And your path is free to walk ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up ♪ ♪ And stashed behind your couch ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ And it's knowing I'm not shackled ♪ ♪ By forgotten words and bonds ♪ ♪ And the ink stains that have dried upon some line ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ That keeps you on the back roads ♪ ♪ By the rivers of my mem'ry ♪ ♪ Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ It's not clinging to the rocks ♪ ♪ And ivy planted on some columns now that binds me ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Or something that somebody said ♪ ♪ Because they thought we fit together walkin' ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ It's just knowing that the world ♪ ♪ Will not be cursing or forgiving ♪ ♪ When I walk along some railroad tracks and find ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ That you are waving from the back roads ♪ ♪ By the rivers of my mem'ry ♪ ♪ Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Although the wheat fields and the curled twines ♪ ♪ And the junkyards and the highways come between us ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ And some other woman's cryin' to her mother ♪ ♪ 'Cause she turned and I was gone ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Well, I still might run in silence ♪ ♪ Tears of joy might stain my face ♪ ♪ And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Oh, but not to where I cannot see ♪ ♪ You walkin' on the back roads ♪ ♪ By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, I dip my cup of soup back ♪ ♪ From the gurglin' cracklin' caldron in some train yard ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ My beard a roughening coal pile ♪ ♪ And a dirty hat pulled low across my face ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Through cupped hands 'round a tin can ♪ ♪ I pretend to hold you to my breast and find ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ That you are waving from the back roads ♪ ♪ By the rivers of my mem'ry ♪ ♪ Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ That's what you keeps you on the back roads ♪ ♪ By the rivers of my mem'ry ♪ ♪ Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind ♪ (bluegrass music) -(attendees cheer and clap) -(guitar strumming) Mighty fine, mighty fine.

Moving right along here.

We got a few more we're gonna do for you, and then we're gonna get some might fine entertainment up here tonight.

(guitar strumming) So, Kevin, I would like for you to explain to the people in the crowd that are here to see us tonight, why the people normally come to see us.

(guitar strumming) -Oh, well, we used to, -(guitar strumming) when we were kids, you know, we used to say, well, here we are for your listening and viewing pleasure.

Now it's all about the listening.

-Nobody comes to look at us.

-(Glen laughing) All right?

So, don't feel bad.

I mean, put your head in the sack if you want to, or look down at the ground at the floor.

That's fine.

It doesn't hurt our feelings.

We know we're ugly.

We know we're old.

I gotta tell you, last Sunday, me and Glen and our wives, Felicia and Denise, we went to see the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

-Shoo.

-Oh man, they were so good.

They really knocked it out of the park.

But I walked into the lobby -and I looked around -(Glen laughing) and I told Denise, I said, honey, I think we're in the wrong place.

All these people are old.

(attendees laughing) And then, I realized I was one of them.

(guitar strumming) But they did a great show.

They're all pushing 80.

So, it kind of made me feel like a young fella, you know.

I'm just pushing for a larger part.

Yeah.

(laughs) Well, and in that same vein, Kevin and I both do solo acts.

And so, we are invited a lot of times to go and sing for like real old folks.

And then I started doing that and I started going to these church lunches and retirement homes and things like that, and I realized I went to school with some of them people.

(attendees laughing) -Phew.

-(guitar strumming) I always tell those folks, this is my brain right here.

This is my tablet, because I can't remember the words anymore.

They tell me, "Well, you're in the right place, young fella."

(attendees laughing) -Really makes me feel great.

-(guitar strumming) I'd like to point out I'm the youngest one in the band.

(attendees laughing) -Mile off.

-And you're old.

(laughs) I got cataracts in both eyes.

(Glen chuckles) That just simply means that, oh, a lot of things.

(attendees laughing) (guitar strumming) You just don't have as many stories yet, brother.

(laughs) Speaking of, this is Mike Caldwell from Northport Alabama, which is just outside of that city called Tuscaloosa.

(attendees clapping) He is a phenomenal banjo player, a great guy.

We're tickled to death to have him with us.

He's just a super guy and hangs out with Kevin on the other end of it too.

So, proud to have you here, my friend.

-All right.

-(guitar strumming) Here's a bluegrass tune for you.

I think we picked this up in the Lonesome River Band and we're gonna do it for you anyway.

It's called the "Lonesome Pine".

-(Kevin faintly speaking) -(guitar strumming) (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, there's a path up in the mountains ♪ ♪ There's a one room house where I was born ♪ ♪ Even now the memories linger ♪ ♪ Mama's smile was so sweet and warm ♪ ♪ Lonesome pine, I hear you callin' ♪ ♪ Callin' me back to my home ♪ ♪ Where the fox and the hound ♪ ♪ In the hills are roamin' ♪ ♪ Lonesome pine's callin' me home ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ It's been so long since I left the cabin ♪ ♪ In search of wealth, fortune and fame ♪ ♪ Late at night when I'm alone and lonely ♪ ♪ I still hear my daddy call my name ♪ ♪ Lonesome pine, I hear you callin' ♪ ♪ Callin' me back to my home ♪ ♪ Where the fox and the hound ♪ ♪ In the hills are roamin' ♪ ♪ Lonesome pine's callin' me home ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Now, someday soon I'm gonna travel ♪ ♪ To the land that I love best ♪ ♪ In the stillness of the mountains ♪ ♪ I will find sweet peace and rest ♪ ♪ Lonesome pine, I hear you callin' ♪ ♪ Callin' me back to my home ♪ ♪ Where the fox and the hound ♪ ♪ In the hills are roamin' ♪ ♪ Lonesome pine's callin' me home ♪ -(Glen faintly speaks) -(bluegrass music) -(attendees cheer and clap) -Oh, thank you.

(attendees clapping) Oh, here's another classic, Kevin.

This is your country boy, Eddie's special.

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

How many of you remember country boy, Eddie Bobby Guthrie?

I know you do, buddy.

(band chattering) There used to be a fellow that played on the country, but we had to show just about every day.

His name was Big Sam Frazier.

Y'all may remember Big Sam.

And played the harmonica and also sang, really good.

But he had this one song that he sang just about every morning, -he sang this song.

-(Glen laughing) And then, one day, he recorded a record of this song.

And after that, he pantomimed it every morning, same song.

And after several years of this, I thought, well, I just don't really care to hear that song anymore.

And I didn't for a long time.

And then, one day, I heard it again and I thought, (tuts) dang, that's a pretty good song.

And so, now, I do it every time I play somewhere.

-So, tribute to Big Sam.

-Every day.

(laughs) And also to the fellow that wrote it, Mr. Billy Joe Shaver.

It's called "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal".

(country music) ♪ Well, I'm just an old chunk of coal ♪ ♪ But I'm gonna be a diamond some day ♪ ♪ Well, I'm gonna grow and glow ♪ ♪ 'Til I'm so blue pure perfect ♪ ♪ I'm gonna put a smile on everybody's face ♪ ♪ And I'm gonna kneel and pray every day ♪ ♪ At least I should become vain along the way ♪ ♪ Well, I'm just an old chunk of coal now, Lord ♪ ♪ But I'm gonna be a diamond some day ♪ (country music) (country music continues) (country music continues) (country music continues) (country music continues) ♪ Well, I'm gonna learn the best way to walk ♪ ♪ I'm gonna search and find a better way to talk ♪ ♪ Well, I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough edged self ♪ ♪ 'Til I get rid of every single flaw ♪ (country music) ♪ And I'm gonna be the world's best friend ♪ ♪ I'm gonna go round shaking everybody's hand ♪ ♪ Well, I'm gonna be the cotton pickin' rage of the age ♪ ♪ I'm gonna be a diamond some day ♪ (country music) (country music continues) (country music continues) (country music continues) ♪ Well, I'm just an old chunk of coal ♪ ♪ Oh, but I'm gonna be a diamond some day ♪ ♪ Well, I'm gonna grow and glow ♪ ♪ 'Til I'm so blue pure perfect ♪ ♪ I'm gonna put a smile on everybody's face ♪ ♪ And I'm gonna kneel and pray every day ♪ ♪ At least I should become vain along the way ♪ ♪ Hey, I'm just an old chunk of coal now, Lord ♪ ♪ But I'm gonna be a diamond some day ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm just an old chunk of coal now, Lord ♪ ♪ But I'm gonna be a diamond some day ♪ -(attendees cheer and clap) -Ah-ha.

-(guitar strumming) -(attendees clapping) -(Glen faintly speaking) -(guitar strumming) Well, speaking of an old chunk of coal, fella down there playing the bass (everybody laughing) is a wonderful guy.

Or he wouldn't come back after I talk about him like that.

(guitar strumming) He lives, do you live in Hayden?

I live in a thriving metropolis of Nectar- That's what I thought.

Now what you've got to realize is -Hayden is a suburb of nectar.

-We got a caution light.

We got a caution light.

-Yeah.

(laughing) -(gentle guitar music) It's a long way to drive to get to Little River Canyon from up there in Nectar, Alabama.

But there's a lot of good bluegrass folks up there.

We met a lot of folks from Nectar when we were doing the Foggy Hollow Show.

So, it's a great place to live.

But he's a dynamite bass player and just an overall good guy.

And we are allowed to have Mr. Cliff Abbott over there.

-That's him.

-(attendees clapping) And may I just point out, my god, what a beard.

I mean, check that out.

I see another fella out there with a pretty good beard.

But show 'em your beard, Cliff.

You gotta grow it where you can.

I'm telling you, you could flip that thing back over the top, -well, the front, you know.

-(attendees laughing) You know, it's kind of amazing how many, yeah, how many, what am I trying, what's the word I'm looking for here?

Stylish (tongue clicks) fashion things there are on this stage.

-(attendees laughing) -Okay?

I mean, Kevin's got 1968 hair.

I don't have any.

(attendees laughing) Cliff's got a Ducks Unlimited.

I mean a "Duck Dynasty" beard.

And by the way, I asked him if that shirt used nine volt or AA, and he said it will work on either one.

I thought that was a pretty good deal.

And the youngster of the group here, he's well-groomed, trimmed, and young.

-So, it's kind of funny -(guitar strums) that we've pulled about, I don't know, what, 50, 60 years worth of fashion together up here, I think.

And that we're still fashion-oriented, (laughs) so.

-(attendees clapping) -(Kevin laughing) We're gonna dig back down, do one that a whole lot of people have done.

I know J. D. Crowe & The New South did this.

I think the Tony Rice and the Bluegrass Album Band with JD and Doyle, and all those guys.

What a combination of musicians.

(guitar strumming) Here's one called the "Blue Ridge Cabin Home".

(bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, there's a well-beaten path on this old mountainside ♪ ♪ Where I wandered when I was a lad ♪ ♪ Where I wandered alone in the place I call home ♪ ♪ In the Blueridge hills far away ♪ ♪ Oh, I love those hills of old Virginia ♪ ♪ In those Blueridge hills I did roam ♪ ♪ When I die won't you bury me on the mountain ♪ ♪ Far away my Blueridge mountain home ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Now my thoughts wander back to that ramshackle shack ♪ ♪ In the blue ridge hills far away ♪ ♪ Where my mother and dad were laid to rest ♪ ♪ And sleeping in peace together there ♪ ♪ Oh, I love those hills of old Virginia ♪ ♪ In those Blueridge hills I did roam ♪ ♪ When I die won't you bury me on the mountain ♪ ♪ Far away my Blueridge mountain home ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ I return to that old cabin home with the sigh ♪ ♪ And I've been longing for days gone by ♪ ♪ When I die won't you bury me on this old mountain side ♪ ♪ In a resting place upon the hills so high ♪ ♪ Oh I love those hills of old Virginia ♪ ♪ In those Blueridge hills I did roam ♪ ♪ When I die won't you bury me on the mountain ♪ ♪ Far away my Blueridge mountain home ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Oh I love those hills of old Virginia ♪ ♪ In those Blueridge hills I did roam ♪ ♪ When I die won't you bury me on the mountain ♪ ♪ Far away my Blueridge mountain home ♪ ♪ Far away my Blueridge mountain home ♪ (bluegrass music) (attendees clapping) (band chattering) (guitar strumming) There's a story behind this one too.

-(guitar strumming) -See- Flatt and Scruggs recorded this song in the 1950s and it was a great song.

I still think it's a great song.

I think it's some of the most clever bluegrass lyrics ever written.

When I sing it, y'all listen to 'em, see what you think.

But they wouldn't play it on the radio.

They couldn't get any airplay -on country radio at all.

-(Glen coughing) Because the song talks about cheating.

Hmm.

You couldn't talk about cheating on the radio in the 1950s.

Nowadays, you turn on the television, there's no telling what you might see.

But in the 1950s, -cheating was off the list.

-(Glen laughing) -So, anyhow, -(guitar strumming) -this is- -What's it talk about?

(Kevin chuckles) Cheating.

-(Glen laughing) -(guitar strumming) Just imagine all the fire and brimstone while you say cheating, yeah.

That's why you can't do it, you know.

(guitar strumming) Anyway, this one's called "I'll Go Stepping Too".

(bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, don't think I'll be hanging around ♪ ♪ While you're out having fun ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Well, I won't sit here crying over you ♪ ♪ And from now on, when you step out ♪ ♪ I'll tell you what I'll do ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ I'll lock the door, put out the cat ♪ ♪ And I'll go stepping too ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Yeah, I'll go stepping too, my honey ♪ ♪ I'll go stepping too ♪ ♪ I'll lock the door, put out the cat ♪ ♪ And I'll go stepping too ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Now every time you come in late, we begin to fight ♪ ♪ And you tell me there are more fish in the sea ♪ ♪ Oh, but the bait ain't what it used to be ♪ ♪ And I've got news for you ♪ ♪ Yeah, from now on, when you step out ♪ ♪ I'll go stepping too ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'll go stepping too, my honey ♪ ♪ I'll go stepping too ♪ ♪ I'll lock the door, put out the cat ♪ ♪ And I'll go stepping too ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Yeah, from now on when you come in ♪ ♪ And you won't tell where you been ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Oh, with your hair mussed up ♪ ♪ And your clothes don't fit you right ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Well, don't start to yell ♪ ♪ If you find lipstick on me too ♪ ♪ Then you will know ♪ ♪ That I have been out stepping just like you ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Yeah, I'll go stepping too, my honey ♪ ♪ I'll go stepping too ♪ ♪ I'll lock the door, put out the cat ♪ ♪ And I'll go stepping too ♪ (bluegrass music) ♪ Yeah, I'll go stepping too, my honey ♪ ♪ I'll go stepping too ♪ ♪ I'll lock the door, put out the cat ♪ ♪ And I'll go stepping too ♪ (bluegrass music) -Oh yeah.

-(attendees cheer and clap) Any of y'all here ever watch Lester Flatt on "Saturday Night" on the black and white TV?

Boy, we watched that at my house every week.

I didn't care as much for it then as I do now.

Black and white.

Black and white, buddy.

I remember we had, I remember the first colored TV we got and had nine kids at the house watching it Saturday morning.

(laughs) [Kevin] We didn't get cable until I was seven.

(Glen laughing) We didn't get remote until I was about 20.

(laughs) Got cable at seven.

-(guitar strumming) -(Glen laughing) Well, we thought a cable was run between one pole and the next one, you know that?

-(Glen chuckles) -(guitar strumming) I didn't get cable until I moved out.

Daddy wasn't gonna pay -for no darn television.

-(Glen laughing) You know?

"It was free over the air.

Why you wanna pay to have a line run to the house?

You got four of 'em.

You got 6, 13 and something in Alabama Public Television.

Thank you, guys.

(laughs) Until I was 18, I was the remote.

(attendees laughing) -Yeah.

-(guitar strumming) That's right.

All right.

(guitar strumming) Turn the antenna, get a better signal.

Oh, yes sir, buddy.

We had a pipe wrench.

We had a pipe wrench permanently on the antenna -where you could do that.

-(Kevin laughing) Somebody had to go out there and somebody had to yell.

Right?

(laughs) I went to some friend's house one time, they had this thing on top of their TV, it went like this.

I didn't ask 'em.

I was embarrassed to ask 'em what it was.

I had to wait and find out later, 'cause we didn't have that at my house.

-We had a pipe wrench, so.

-(guitar strumming) Here's one called the "Old Home Place".

(bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Well, it's been ten long years since I left my home ♪ ♪ In the hollow where I was born ♪ ♪ Where the cool fall nights make the gray smoke rise ♪ ♪ And the foxhunter blows his horn ♪ ♪ I fell in love with a girl from the town ♪ ♪ I thought that she would be true ♪ ♪ And I ran away to Charlottesville ♪ ♪ And worked in a sawmill or two ♪ ♪ What have they done to the old home place ♪ ♪ Why did they tear it down ♪ ♪ And why did I leave my plow in the field ♪ ♪ And look for a job in the town ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ Now the geese they fly south when the cold wind has blown ♪ ♪ And I'll stand here and hang my head ♪ ♪ I've lost my love I've lost my home ♪ ♪ And now I wish that I was dead ♪ ♪ What have they done to the old home place ♪ ♪ Why did they tear it down ♪ ♪ And why did I leave my plow in the field ♪ ♪ And look for a job in the town ♪ (bluegrass music) (bluegrass music continues) (bluegrass music continues) ♪ And the girl ran off with somebody else ♪ ♪ The taverns took all my pay ♪ ♪ And here I stand by the old home mill ♪ ♪ Before they haul it away ♪ ♪ Oh, what have they done to the old home place ♪ ♪ Why did they tear it down ♪ ♪ And why did I leave my plow in the field ♪ ♪ And look for a job in the town ♪ ♪ And why did I leave my plow in the field ♪ ♪ And look for a job in the town ♪ (bluegrass music) (attendees clapping) (bluegrass music) [Presenter] We hope you enjoyed this performance from Bluegrass on the Rim -on aptv.org.

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