I never realized just how good he was God bless him
@robertmiller1655
2 жыл бұрын
His demise was such a God awful tragedy. What a great, humble man.
@karlyoung5089
Жыл бұрын
Same. Rip. Stringbean.
@karlyoung5089
Жыл бұрын
@@robertmiller1655 Sure was.
@Runningwithhade
2 ай бұрын
Hise hole cahrachter call the wounder lol
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
Don't you just love it? The Kentucky Wonder, Stringbean. He was awesome! He is so missed. RIP String!
@GenaroValdez-do5sc
8 ай бұрын
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8 ай бұрын
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8 ай бұрын
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@9019dd
5 жыл бұрын
This was String at his best - at his peak. You can see the confidence and how much he is enjoying himself. Love me some Stringbean.
@jexsmx6608
2 жыл бұрын
my grandmother had a big zenith 12-s-267 with incredible reception. in the early 70s we would listen to g.o.o. broadcasts from the ryman featuring all the bluegrass and country greats still around at the time. shame they're all gone now. i'm still in the market for one of those big zeniths.
@thelastjohnwayne
Жыл бұрын
Look how young String looks in this video. We miss you String
@sumomobber9038
5 жыл бұрын
2019 and my kidos know who Stringbean is. Legends never die🙌
@larrymcqueary
8 жыл бұрын
Introduced by the legendary Texas Troubadour himself, Ernest Tubb.
@u.s.militia7682
Жыл бұрын
We used to sing this song to cadence in the army in the 1980’s.
@redmaj11
7 жыл бұрын
Probably one of the best if not THE best banjo players of all time.
@BigRandyR
6 жыл бұрын
Him and Uncle Dave Macon are the top two imo.
@Jleed989
5 жыл бұрын
Mike Snider is best to me
@stephenbassett9065
4 жыл бұрын
Easily the best strummer
@gxtmfa
4 жыл бұрын
I’d say best frailer.
@donnawheeler1716
4 жыл бұрын
The best banjo pickers of all time. I was only a 12 year old when string and his wife were murdered. But I remember!
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
A true class act. The Kentucky wonder. He really was!!!
@deanmorrice3559
6 жыл бұрын
As a mediocre guitar player watching these videos and looking into stringbean his story has been really enjoyable and sad. That double quick clawhammer tho... , Stringbean lives on through the ages.
@sharonsparks5121
3 жыл бұрын
Now I gotta look up his story!
@8stringswildoo
10 жыл бұрын
Hang on children! Great talent
@123bluegrassgirl
13 жыл бұрын
I love it when he plays the banjo. He can sure frail it fast, huh?
@thelastjohnwayne
Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact String was the first person to start (Saggin his Pants) It took the Rappers and Thugs over 40 years to catch on and copy String.
@spleenofparis1802
4 жыл бұрын
This man's talent is insane, he knows his adiance ..the precursor to speed metal like slayer and voi-vod. Love it. ....
@patrickjamessimpson7268
3 жыл бұрын
imagine today with all the social media, this guy would be in such demand. talent like string just aint around no more and thats a real shame
@paanne1013
2 жыл бұрын
Stringbean is the one who started the baggie pants! lol He was my mother-in-laws cousin.
@impassable
4 жыл бұрын
Love the hat flip
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
String was so tall and lanky. He stood 6ft5. WOW!
@billbright1755
10 жыл бұрын
Throw it down String! Gramps is even up a jumpen round, can't keep still!
@donnawheeler1716
7 жыл бұрын
Classic country, thanks so much for the stringbean vids. Awesome! Please down load all you have. They are great. Gets my feet tapping!!!
@neidemedeirosmedeiros8602
2 жыл бұрын
Incrível mesmo
@robertc2204
Жыл бұрын
Awesome bluegrass indeed!
@rorydaddy
10 күн бұрын
God Bless You String, Legend Entertainer
@dewgreen14
2 жыл бұрын
Simply the best banjo 🪕 player of all time
@luketracey3269
4 жыл бұрын
"Hang on children!" 🍀
@jamesferrell336
4 жыл бұрын
Stringbean was cool
@MrNacaz1
3 жыл бұрын
Stringbean would put a lot of modern banjo players to shame
@manoelluizteixeira8073
6 жыл бұрын
Demais, excelente - maneco - RS - Brasil.
@jackcommonman1381
4 жыл бұрын
"If you have any doubt this is a country show"....hahaha!
@billbright1755
10 жыл бұрын
Boy howdy, that's country but good there fellas! Thanks Earnest and String.
@twilliamsusmc
Жыл бұрын
Watching an episode of GUN SMOKE. This guy plays this song on a guitar. This song has been around a long time since, theoretically that show is taking place in the 1800’s. 1860ish I believe
@auntbarky
6 ай бұрын
I was a huge Hee Haw fan. I loved them all. So heartbreaking that Stringbean and his wife were murdered for a few dollars. Grandpa Jones and his wife found them. String and Grandpa were going fishing, the wives were going to hang out. So sad.
@772ggb
3 жыл бұрын
Another genius, just to enjoy... no need to go all in! Obviously he is not with us no more but, focus on enjoy .
@AA-xk7gy
4 жыл бұрын
“Oh how sweet it is”
@LB-pg3no
4 жыл бұрын
Has to be the best banjo player in the world....WOW....WHAT A PLAYER!!!!
@beyondonethousand
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Nobody better.
@benwitt1
10 жыл бұрын
Miss you so much.....RIP
@jeannieanderst2031
2 жыл бұрын
He is so adorable!
@bryanedwards2440
Жыл бұрын
" hang on children " I am Stringbean all the way , with every note you play ♥️♥️♥️♥️
@MotifMusicStudios
10 ай бұрын
So fun!
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
Got more string? Never enough!! Download more please.
@edwardmarapese254
2 жыл бұрын
Amen I agree
@jacktattis143
5 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of him But he could strum that banjo Apparently he and his wife were murdered in 73
@alanhumphrey4198
4 жыл бұрын
Always loved the original ET.
@spoonful1018
2 жыл бұрын
Best Liza Jane I ever heard
@t4texastom587
Жыл бұрын
At one time he played banjo in Roy Acuff's band. R. I. P. The Kentucky Wonder 🪕 STRINGBEAN 🪕
@revpgesqredux
2 ай бұрын
Didn't he play with Bill Monroe??
@twilliamsusmc
Жыл бұрын
Seen some dude on an episode of Gun Smoke playing this song on a guitar. Which would mean, theoretically that this song’s been around for well over 100 years
@sicksour7791
4 жыл бұрын
Where's this man's spot in the country music hall of fame?
@donnawheeler1716
4 жыл бұрын
String didn't make the hall of fame. Why? I don't know. He should have!
@johnyoung9874
3 жыл бұрын
@@donnawheeler1716 I Agree !
@t4texastom587
Жыл бұрын
Stringbean was a legend W A Y before any damned hall of fame.
@Em20010
6 ай бұрын
Grew up listening to this version on an old CD of my pap's
@Aishiya1
Жыл бұрын
"Where were you when Stringbean passed?" Favorite chapter in one of Celia Rivenbark'd books.
@RackwitzG
Жыл бұрын
He wore his pants below his waist long before the Gangstas from the hood did.
@graceisamazing5493
Жыл бұрын
Stringbean & wife in Heaven.
@transtremm
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, you can play claw hammer on a resonator! Indeed!
@Alanoffer
2 жыл бұрын
What a tragic end stringbean had ,
@mj9949
6 ай бұрын
Good God what a voice 😮
@indiancreekspirit5102
2 жыл бұрын
Yes yes greetings from Manchester Kentucky 😀
@michaelhayes1340
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@magnehoiberg
4 жыл бұрын
The first to sagg his jeans to :) RIP stringbean.
@karlfisher1864
4 жыл бұрын
There is only one string or strang. let's never forget him. Karl
@MrCloud-ob7sh
Жыл бұрын
This is awesome. Ashame this video is uptempo a little and even though I can reduce the playback speed on Y.T. To 75%, then it’s a little to slow. I would have loved to see this live.
@bcampbell4987
Жыл бұрын
Fashion statement with the low hanging pants.
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
this performance was done in the 50's. string was wearing his black hat. He later changed his look and costume. Question for anyone who can answer. im curious, knowing that string didnt drive. even roy clark confirmed this. Does anyone have idea as to why he didnt drive? Also, string and estelle had no children.
@LB-pg3no
4 жыл бұрын
String was too tall to drive...no car he could fit into...lmao!
@jtoddjb
9 ай бұрын
That hat flip is very cool
@HavanaWoody
4 жыл бұрын
The original Sagger.
@slavvings
Жыл бұрын
Been looking for years of an old song I heard. Stringbean said "ole folk down in the mountain, grinding sugarcane, makin barrels of molasses sweeten little liza jane" but it's not this song he said that line in another song
@buckodonnghaile4309
10 ай бұрын
Grandpa Jones: Liza's up in the Simmon Tree is the song with those lyrics.
@donnawheeler1716
7 жыл бұрын
What ever happened to string's banjo?
@johnlast7528
6 жыл бұрын
First Gangsta!
@cornellgreen3692
6 жыл бұрын
He was a banjo gangsta.
@Calboy31170
5 жыл бұрын
So the story goes that String's first outfit used a pair of little Jimmy Dickens pants👖!
@pughoneycutt1986
Жыл бұрын
Definitely the Kentucky wonder, he could finger pick, clawhamer, and frail and in fact I've seen video of him doing all 3 in 1 song
@KetsaKunta
5 жыл бұрын
Lol hilarious costume considering the time.
@mariaburgundy700
5 жыл бұрын
🌹
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
You young people think you started the sagging look? Ain't so!!! It was string that started it. He was the original sagger. It's true. So your look ain't nothing new.
@jinlim6575
5 жыл бұрын
snoop dog stole his style!
@Tommy1977777
8 жыл бұрын
the trousers were done as a joke. it's part of his stage costume.
@douglasames6495
7 жыл бұрын
Those trousers belonged to Little Jimmie Dickens.
@johnsturdy6429
6 жыл бұрын
thank goodness was concerned
@clawhammer704
5 жыл бұрын
Looks a lot like these young kids these days. Stringbean was the original sagger.
@rowanscorner332
7 жыл бұрын
I play this on my fiddle from fiddle club from my school
@amymarquette3645
5 жыл бұрын
He sure was good lookin
@joannehack7588
Жыл бұрын
AMEN
@joannehack7588
Жыл бұрын
🙏
@joannehack7588
Жыл бұрын
✌🏽
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
Hang on children! Lord I feel so unnessesary!
@gilthethrill9179
3 жыл бұрын
I can smell the camp fire smoke from here....
@kiadarkley5381
3 ай бұрын
so this is how the pants below the knees started
@srgbuffalobuffalony7112
9 жыл бұрын
Did he just say "hang on chillin" ? I assume that refers to "children", as in youngins? nice. those saggin trousers were definitely the precursor to Rap-wear. Yes? But, people jsut didnt know it the. See, fashion comes a full circle over time. All the way around until someone picks up on it again and rides it out...... Yessir.
@halcyon1030
9 жыл бұрын
Green Infrastructure Buffalo NY Buffalo NY I see you beat me to it. I want ALL public school chillins to see that actually they are to pay respect to the REAL O G for setting the style they love so much. Original gangster yo kicking it hillbilly style from the bluegrass state. I guess that might cause a few to pull up they saggin ass jeans and act right. #whoyourepresenting?
@Chicken_Wing91
6 жыл бұрын
Stringbean wasn't sagging that was part of his stage outfit to give the illusion that ha hade a real long waist and short legs plus the difference between stringbean and a gangster is stringbean doesn't have his doxers hanging out the "sagging" actually was adapted from prison but if you sagged your pants in prison it was easy access for somone else to get into said pants
@dfbess
5 жыл бұрын
@@Chicken_Wing91 ,that is actually not true.. but it makes a cool story huh?
@davidneff4213
Жыл бұрын
Stringbean invented gansta haaa
@crabtrap
4 жыл бұрын
Stringbean is the template for Buckethead.
@BigRandyR
6 жыл бұрын
Are these on DVD anywhere? Thanks
@victorioguedea9504
Жыл бұрын
Stringbean started the sagging trend lol
@georgejungle2255
7 жыл бұрын
Saggin old school
@chuckgroscost4369
3 ай бұрын
If Primus needed a banjo player
@johannesswillery5146
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! So black men dress like Stringbean!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@EltonHenriqueBueno-bj9ej
8 ай бұрын
Who is the Man BLUE coat
@janmcbride5125
3 жыл бұрын
He was a great entertainer, it's a shame he and his wife were murdered.
@jpsholland
8 жыл бұрын
Did he only play the banjo, or also other instruments?
@ironnerd8336
10 ай бұрын
The best there ever was, and not a bit of contempt for the shade thrown at him for being "country." It was there, just listen.
@artnadeau4455
4 ай бұрын
Dude looks like John Turturo
@WardMan75
7 жыл бұрын
I feel so unnecessary
@TonyManenetti
2 ай бұрын
strang bane
@marclayne9261
Жыл бұрын
No one can out Banjo a Hillbilly..
@kellybrackin9214
4 жыл бұрын
He wears his pants way below the equator!!
@williampalchak7574
3 ай бұрын
Strang.
@mansker52
5 жыл бұрын
This show was not the Grand Ole Opry.
@LB-pg3no
4 жыл бұрын
And what is your point exactly......your so vague!
@horacerumpole7629
4 жыл бұрын
You mean the late sixties?
@CentralVirginian1
9 жыл бұрын
Seems like this is later than the mid 50's?
@50sRocKabilly
9 жыл бұрын
***** Its from 1956.
@CentralVirginian1
9 жыл бұрын
50sRocKabilly Color TV wasn't around then, was it? The women't hair styles look 50-ish, though.
@yellow599rider
9 жыл бұрын
***** Not necessarily color tv, but color film was definitely around then. We have color film from WWII.
@Ariamaluum
8 жыл бұрын
+Annette Kastner color came in 1954 for tv. Local networks had it in '56 one station per a city or per a state. It wouldn't surprise me if it was kineoscoped in color.
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
Annette Kastner no, it was in the 50's.
@WIZZINGSHIRE
10 жыл бұрын
stringbean is saggin!!!!
@glenne.huiettjr5468
2 жыл бұрын
Kinda like Butter Bean the boxer on reverse steroids.
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