They're all gone, String, Grandpa, Lester, et. al. Such great entertainers. Didn't need an exploding stage or a bunch of effects to sell their act, just raw talent. You were classics. Rest in peace.
@slavvings
2 жыл бұрын
10 year later still bringing joy to folk
@boomdangleofficial
2 жыл бұрын
LOL, He had a gimmick.
@squalter.kaufmann
Жыл бұрын
Don’t mean to be KORN-y but it’s all still right here 🎉
@maxroyle6750
Жыл бұрын
You had to have real talent back in those days-now, it seems the talentless are the norm-not to mention hygienically challenged.
@hom859
13 жыл бұрын
Stringbean was my great grandma Ruby Mills Cooks half brother. the man could play no matter what anybody says. and goddamn he looks just her. i love that i share the same bloodline as this musician. he was a great an how he died was messed up but he will always be remembered as a great musician and comedian. Long live David Akeman. We love you Unc.
@colindominy
14 жыл бұрын
"Lets Go Rabbit Huntin .. Hang On Chilld'n !!" Stringbean at his very best.
@jcommins
7 жыл бұрын
Notice how his right hand dances up the fretboard, just like a little rabbit. People get distracted by the clown act, but he was a great showman and a brilliant banjo player.
@NotHarpoGroucho
4 жыл бұрын
@jc1960 Funnily enough he was actually Bill Monroes banjo player before he was switched out for Scruggs.
@Popcorn_Kernel
4 жыл бұрын
Very true
@Popcorn_Kernel
4 жыл бұрын
@@NotHarpoGroucho I had to look that up to see if it was true and it is I didn't believe it at first
@chuckmelton3602
3 жыл бұрын
He was bad ass strang was the best
@hmackie6823
3 жыл бұрын
trust me,I watch their hands 1st
@donnawheeler1716
7 жыл бұрын
Gloom dispair and agony on me, deep dark depression, excessive misery! You are missed string. RIP. Ole Kentucky wonder. Class act!!!
@jksteven1
11 жыл бұрын
I had the honor to meet this gentle fellow in 1968 while I worked at WLW-T in Cincinnati on the Midwestern Hayride Show. I have met many celebrities, many stars of country music who would never remember my name. Not so Stringbean. Stringbean was the nicest celebrity I ever met, humble, showed concern for the lowest set-up-fellow, totally unaffected in the way he related to everyone. He was genuine. What a loss to music in America.
@briansefring4981
Жыл бұрын
My older brothers talk about the Midwestern Hayride....
@timothymorgereth1438
Жыл бұрын
My family was on vacation in Nashville when Stringbean was killed. I'll never forget that or the Ryman atmosphere. I got to meet Tex Ritter and see Roy Acuff do a yo yo trick. God bless them all.❤
@jeremyramsey5779
8 ай бұрын
I'm so jealous I would've gave anything to meet stringbean and the lot. But stringbean is the best
@lindamaemullins-wr1jg
5 ай бұрын
😊❤
@dawnperez2888
Жыл бұрын
Loved. The. Way. He. Did. His. Hat. God bless. Him
@TheKyPerson
6 жыл бұрын
Stringbean played for a while with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys before Earl Scruggs joined them and gave Bluegrass its distinctive sound. I remember watching Porter Wagoner and Flatt and Scruggs on Saturday evening all the time when I was young. I saw String on the shows quite often and have grown to appreciate just how good a banjo player he was with the frailing style. I remember when he and Estelle were killed. It was a shock to everyone.
@d-rayphelps1630
4 ай бұрын
And I think that someone got away with MURDER
@BionicBrain2
16 жыл бұрын
For sure, nobody could "cut loose" on the banjo like Stringbean.
@bluegrasscountryradio8806
2 жыл бұрын
hi
@tas3059
2 жыл бұрын
Tragic how he passed what a legend
@donclemons7637
3 жыл бұрын
Classic! Loved Stringbean Dave Akeman. Awesome! Amazing to see him and Earl Scruggs together. What a shame String was murdered by a greedy family member.A great loss to old time country music. 😞❤️
@zane762
Жыл бұрын
Thank goodness for yt.. treasures like this are priceless ! rip bean 🪕🤲
@95ZR580
6 жыл бұрын
Used to listen to all these guy's records with my gramps. He may be gone but good music and memories never die.
@tpxchallenger
11 жыл бұрын
What a talent and what a terrible, cruel, unfair end to his and his wife's life. RIP, Stringbean. I had no idea he was that good a picker.
@TheNoMeNot11
12 жыл бұрын
Stringbean was a great Banjo Player. Enjoy watching him on Hee Haw . I wish i could had seen him in Person. I was 15 when him and his wife was Gun down for No Reason. I bet he is Playing that Banjo in Heaven. RIP Stringbean and Estelle. I enjoy all of his Videos on you tube.
@donnawheeler1716
7 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get any better than this. Seriously!!! The Kentucky wonder. Ole stringbean. He wasn't called the Kentucky wonder for nothing. He really was amazing. A truly modest, humble man. He had a real talent. A true gentleman.
@darrellcaraway6068
Жыл бұрын
disturbing how he died
@freak65candy
12 жыл бұрын
Amen.What a jam session is going on.That isn't thunder you hear.That is the heavens shouting with joy.
@raguspag55
7 жыл бұрын
Stringbeans is way ahead of his time. Beautiful and pure AMERICANA !
@sicksour7791
4 жыл бұрын
oh sweet stringbean. we all love an miss ya. this man belongs in the country music hall of fame.
@Pickinbuddy
13 жыл бұрын
Notice the way Jake Tullock absolutely NAILS it on bass fiddle right at the start...and keeps the precision throughout the whole song. Every one of these guys were SUPER-PICKERS!
@stephensfarms7165
4 жыл бұрын
String Bean was the best. 👍👍👍
@OHBCPicker
15 жыл бұрын
This is a revelation to me. I have never seen or heard of this gentleman before and I have been around country/folk/bluegrass since I was a kid. I don't understand it. I am amazed at this man's ability. I must see more! Fred
@BBQkrewe
13 жыл бұрын
today was the day that evil crept into the lives of Stringbean and Estelle and they were senslessly taken from us, at an all-too-early age. please take a moment and say a prayer for all things Stringbean. we miss you String!
@daviddoyle4516
4 жыл бұрын
We all love Stringbean and we know what happened to him and his family,,,West coast to East ,,,RIP Stringbean you will not be forgotten
@8stringswildoo
10 жыл бұрын
Just does not get any better than that, thanks for posting.
@vegatrev
15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. Stringbean is amazing and a pure original.
@MrDrdaveturbo
10 жыл бұрын
David "stringbean" akeman and his wife were murdered in rural town right outside of Nashville tn in 1973 rip Mr and Mrs akeman.
@Bill-cv1xu
6 жыл бұрын
@@boomdangleofficial not soon
@observerlink4124
11 жыл бұрын
Poor String Bean and his wife. Killed by thugs who invaded their home. R.I.P.
dude probably knew the story before google, wikipedia, etc.
@robcrawford9657
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah it brings a tear.
@TheLolli84
4 жыл бұрын
Oh man,i'm sad to know.rip from Brazil
@THEVVORM504
Жыл бұрын
I drive a 97 VW Rabbit. Love blaring this song when the gas pedal is on the floor swerving in and out through cars in my small but quick car. My first car . Never gettig rid of it. Run little Rabbit , Run!
@Hchris101
6 ай бұрын
Fancy cah
@DavidCarroll-t5g
10 күн бұрын
I miss my diesel Rabbit...
@jcommins
15 жыл бұрын
Cloudwilliam1234, if you're 18 and you appreciate Stringbean, you are wise beyond your years. He was a great entertainer and a superb banjo player, really as good as anything Vaudeville produced. A person with talent and a work ethic can accomplish anything.
@anneroberts9841
Жыл бұрын
Amazing my dad was the biggest country fan that’s how I heard about these great men an to this day still from listening as a small child who is now 62 love them to peices talent like u will never see again god rest them all
@Banjomountain
16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this video!!! Stringbean and Flatt and Scruggs are my favorites! 5 stars.
@kjsh987
14 жыл бұрын
what a duet. R.I.P. Stringbean
@dh1366
10 жыл бұрын
String's pants were hangin' low, but you ain't asee'n his undies!
@bigrigJim
10 жыл бұрын
That's the way the city kids wear their pants these days , proving that Stringbean was way ahead of his time.
@frankenz66
10 жыл бұрын
Yeah for sure, but you have to realize dressing Stringbean would be like trying to dress a mop handle LOL he is sooo thin. Nothing for clothes to hang to so they just hang off. The vertical stripe shirt does not help him look heavier and that was part of his thin gimmick knowingly or not. Hate to say it but that shirt looked like Nazi death camp clothes the people in them wore and he looked pretty starved himself. Not to say one had anything to do with the other at all. He's just so thin and he capitalized on his "Stringbean" appearance obviously. Fantastic Banjo banger though!!
@mynameislove7605
7 жыл бұрын
Franklin Taylor Back in those days you had to hunt to eat unless you were rich. He was my grandmas cousin.
@frankenz66
7 жыл бұрын
myname is love Raised in the Arkansas Hills in a family of 8 kids in the 60s and 70s, LOL so, I know all about the concept of hunting (out or in season) to eat well. The fall and winter were the only times we had a steady meat supply.. Deer. You know you have an issue when you think that the Waltons were living (and eating) better than you.
@Elijah-ki8vo
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Sting had class, unlike these DARN city kids and ghetto boys that have their pants hangin down low makin everyone see their undies like a dirty mangy dog.
@rockinredneck57
15 жыл бұрын
The two that did it recently came up for parole and were denied it. I think some ofthe older Opry stars went to the parole hearing so they wouldn't forget what these two did to String and his wife.
@bobbystephens1537
3 жыл бұрын
One did get parole and one died in prison
@faylouise8169
10 жыл бұрын
stringbean...the original homey look!
@Banjomountain
16 жыл бұрын
Big-eyed rabbit, looked mighty bold, yes Bonnet I'm a heading for the hole.
@JCFarnz
10 жыл бұрын
Stringbeans death is tragic. Such an unassuming guy living quietly.
@tracysrocket
10 жыл бұрын
I listen to this while mowing my property every summer
@kennysherrill6542
4 жыл бұрын
God be with you Stringbean and your wonderful wife. I remember you from my childhood all my family watching you on the old black an white TV your are a treasure. An old Marine.
@BitterDemo
13 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you ever heard of Cousin Clem during those days. His wife and two daughters were murdered on February 6, 1973. They played several times in Nashville on Printer's Alley as well as a couple times on the Opry as well as with Buck Owens and Roy Clark. I was Cousinn Clem for twenty seven years. He was a great man, Lots of great fun.
@Timothydlol
13 жыл бұрын
i always find it so funny how he plays with one hand off the banjo making a gesture
@possumbuddy
13 жыл бұрын
Best banjo player ever! Love ole timey music.
@fuerstmetternich5935
10 жыл бұрын
i always liked his style of banjo playing........
@timmonahan4250
6 жыл бұрын
The clawhammer style
@jameshem
10 жыл бұрын
Just shows that tv was actually worth watching at one point. Very good!
@Popcorn_Kernel
4 жыл бұрын
Correct
@bkkilla88
3 жыл бұрын
Tv is still really good your just watching the wrong stuff
@tedscholz8020
3 жыл бұрын
@@Popcorn_Kernel lll
@chainsawteddybear
3 жыл бұрын
@@bkkilla88 tell them b00mers boy!! Hell yeah
@sherryhannah9262
2 жыл бұрын
Jameshem it still is worth watching
@BionicBrain2
15 жыл бұрын
There was no rivalry here. Earl was best at what he did. Stringbean was best at what he did. Stringbean was by far the best showman to ever appear on the Opry.
@jennifergiese9389
9 жыл бұрын
i may be young 43 but i remember this song from when i lived in kingsport tennessee
@mynameislove7605
7 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Giese You didn't live far from me.. lol
@alderbaran1
15 жыл бұрын
I love this clip but ilt makes me want to cry every time I hear it, knowing how this gentle man met his tragic end at the hands of craven killers. Good argument for the death penalty.
@GenericPurpleTurtle
4 жыл бұрын
Two wrongs don't make a right. And even though to be convicted they must be guilty "beyond reasonable doubt", there are still plenty of wrongful convictions to this day even with phorensic evidence. You can set a innocement man free, but you can't bring him back from the dead.
@johnmorgan692
4 жыл бұрын
@ClearlyCaribbeanReb AMEN REB!!! GOD BLESS "
@dontellgucci1117
4 жыл бұрын
GenericPurpleTurtle what does 2 rights make?
@NotHarpoGroucho
4 жыл бұрын
@Don’tell Gucci Well if you turn right twice you’ve turned around so I guess 180°
@scarlet1598
4 жыл бұрын
This comment was written when I was 2-3 yrs old😱😂
@garryfrost9100
3 жыл бұрын
Never a boring moment with this guy!
@vinniebarusa
12 жыл бұрын
9 people that watched this video wouldn't know talent if it bit them in the ass.
@SaintWalstansWoodsSheepRanch
6 жыл бұрын
Gotta love Stringbean! RIP, you didn't deserve to go the way you did.
@colindominy
12 жыл бұрын
Ol String has got the LONGEST damned FINGERS I ever saw. No wonder he makes the 5-string his own .. so well ...
@malcocreative
8 жыл бұрын
A real man...with a five string banjo.
@CathieProsser
10 жыл бұрын
Stringbean used to stop by Shelby, NC and play music with Lester Flat and Earl Scruggs and perform in theaters where my father worked. That was before I was born. Daddy NEVER grew tired of any of them...and yes Stringbean's pants were worn low, not to show his bottom, but because Stringbean was also a comic.
@jimdandy1357
13 жыл бұрын
i met stringbean and got an autograph pic when i was about 10 years old.wish i still had the pic,he was a kind man and can play!
@Endarfin
13 жыл бұрын
RiP man, damn shame.
@LoveYourDNA
14 жыл бұрын
my first encounter here with Stringbean. WOW!!!
@larryezell5106
Жыл бұрын
With KZitem, Srtingbean lives forever!
@BradNC11175
15 жыл бұрын
Stringbean died about two years before I was born.... damned shame what happened. Somebody told me about him several years ago but I never realy heard of him till just recently. Damn it I am hooked... Stringbean was awsome man!
@calebsmith9993
12 жыл бұрын
Stringbean With Flatt and Scruggs is legendary
@DJones-mw9mk
3 жыл бұрын
What is so sad to me is that I did not see him in the Country Music Hall of Fame or the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. I looked for his name in both. Bill Monroe once called him the finest banjo player he knew. I had the pleasure of seeing him perform as a child.
@kennethldawsom7923
Жыл бұрын
Wise advise!
@brianfergus839
11 ай бұрын
That’s a damn shame… should absolutely be in both
@PowerToker420
13 жыл бұрын
the truth is im a metalhead who has always listened to death metal and old school thrash metal .... ive also been playing guitar for about 13 years now and when i heard stringbean i automatically loved the guy he can fucking play awsome..... when u actually play guitar u have even more appreciation and understanding of how much skill he actually has now i find myself listening to him everyday pretty much, i can have tattooes and long metal hair and wear metal shirts everyday and still love this!
@scottmaytham3578
Жыл бұрын
Like dow rising I love 💕 Momma even more every time I see the Moon 🌙 a Rising, Love You Fellows Absolutely Much Obliged, Much Respect and Better Yet Much Admiration ✌️💙🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠
@jehovahuponyou
Жыл бұрын
IT IS POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO CHASE A LIL RABBIT IN THIS DAY IN TIME - LOL!!!!!!! NO MATTER, THIS WAS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@MrValovinorovich
13 жыл бұрын
HOW COULD ANYONE DISLIKE THIS? Culture-less fools...
@hunhun23
14 жыл бұрын
RIP STRINGBEAN! You are missed!
@bridgetj4553
10 жыл бұрын
Great song, I love Stringbean. I met Lester Flatt when I was very little, but I still remember it quite vividly.
@1Bandit455
10 жыл бұрын
Stringbean Could sure pick it
@boomdangleofficial
6 жыл бұрын
hammer
@carymitchell9885
6 жыл бұрын
1Bandit455 n
@darkmysterytemple
5 жыл бұрын
@@boomdangleofficial He could do both to.a level few others could get close , but yeah he preferred hammer.
@johnpepin5373
9 жыл бұрын
String bean is channeling the 2000's with his pants down to his knees!
@rockinredneck57
13 жыл бұрын
Strings murderer was just denied parole again today. He will be eligible again in 2014. His sentence was 198 years. Got a few to go yet before release.
@tennisbumojai
11 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed reading your comment. I am a huge fan of you tube for many reasons.... including the fascinating bits of information gained from reading peoples posts. I was aware of the historic transition here from clawhammer to Scruggs.
@rocknrollaholic
9 жыл бұрын
who doesn't love stringbean
@scotsosageprairiegal7455
10 жыл бұрын
My Pa sang this all the time!
@BradNC11175
15 жыл бұрын
I bet it would be fun to have had some beer and a fishing pole and chilled out with him ha ha.
@carymitchell9885
6 жыл бұрын
Bubba Dewy ni
@user-ui8zp2vw6m
9 жыл бұрын
Is that Earl Scruggs playing rhythm guitar? What a sight to behold.
@TheAzmountaineer
9 жыл бұрын
+Henri Frelin Off to the left, yes, that's Earl; he was a great guitar player. Over to the right of the screen, there's a great study of Lester's right hand, he had a unique style, too.
@milojanis4901
5 жыл бұрын
Whatta trio these 3 were. RIP all........
@hunhun23
15 жыл бұрын
RIP STRINGBEAN! You are missed
@kjohns2001
13 жыл бұрын
Makes me remember rabbit huntin' with my dad all those many years ago.
@davidwwarren5639
4 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace StringBean we Love You.
@Spreemusik2
10 жыл бұрын
Great clawhammer banjo player!
@elaines5412
9 жыл бұрын
Nobody is happy about what happened to him. We know there will be no justice.
@carolinashine3024
5 жыл бұрын
don't know the case. looking into it. what is needed is rightous justice; let the chips fall where they may
@kennethpepper4967
3 жыл бұрын
The murderers WILL be judged, and they won't be gettin' off on no technicality!
@MsHillbilly24
11 жыл бұрын
Stringbean picks me up ans makes me smile .Thanks for sharing him with us folks that luv him and respect his great music .X
@greengiant3815
3 жыл бұрын
It's so GRAND to listen and see this amazing human being play that banjo ,being human.... Sooooo sadly missed...
@Saxy64
7 жыл бұрын
They let the scoundrels that murdered String and his wife out of jail last year. I was fit to be tied.
@boomdangleofficial
6 жыл бұрын
No!
@tablature6121
6 жыл бұрын
Yep, sad to say. At least they let the surviving one out after 40 years of a 100 + year sentence. The other, his cousin, died in prison. I was shocked at the news until I saw who the head parole board member was -- Tim Gobble. He was elected sheriff in my county several years ago, with the hope of his doing a good, honest job of it. A sorrier sheriff was not to be had -- lasted only one term and that was too much. He then, somehow, got the job of City Manager in East Ridge, TN, I think it was. Eventually canned from that job after a couple years for the same reason -- poor job performance and too controversial and uncooperative. And now he's head of the parole board. What the heck? I would say he's the perfect example of the Peter Principle -- rose to the level of his own incompetence -- but he did that years ago, and just keeps rising. Crooked ass state judiciary and government is the only logical explanation.
@uwusmolbean
5 жыл бұрын
All levels of government are full of incompetence and criminal backroom deals. We may finally be getting some of them out!.(but decent people have to step up and fill those spots !)
@milojanis4901
5 жыл бұрын
Sad state this country's legal system is in. These ASSHOLES gave String and his wife a life sentence. They shoulda got one, too. Good behavior my ASS.......
@replyhere590
3 жыл бұрын
@@tablature6121 "Marie", anyone? Fred Dalton Thompson's famous investigative case, made into a movie with Sissy Spacek & others. TN is a piece of work.
@tablature6121
8 жыл бұрын
"Bean was greatly loved by all the other country artists. I used to love it when Porter Wagoner had him on his show. Stringbean would keep him laughing the whole show. Porter even adopted his signature hand gesture. They used to travel and do shows a lot together and Porter could tell some great tales from those times. Porter had to do the driving, though. Stringbean never was licensed to drive and never drove, anywhere. His wife, Estelle, did all his driving for him. I still miss him. RIP Stringbean. Hope the fish are bitin' in Heaven.
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
Tab Lature did you ever wonder why string didn't drive. I've often wondered. Thought it odd.
@tablature6121
6 жыл бұрын
I've often wondered but just wrote it off as one of his quirks, I guess. Grandpa Jones, probably his best friend second to his wife, couldn't understand it either. They went in and bought 'Bean's farm together and later got him a tractor, mostly for plowing his garden. Grandpa said he liked to have never gotten Stringbean on it, but he finally did -- only time he'd ever seen him drive anything. Whenever Grandpa was supposed to take him to the Opry, when Estelle was unable to for whatever reason, he said he'd get a call from 'Bean sometime that day: "Grandpa's gonna take me to the Opry tonight, ain't he?" LOL Porter said whenever they were together on the road, Porter driving of course, 'Bean would every once in a while say, "Boy, that Porter Wagoner sure is a good driver." LOL He was a funny man, so says Grandpa, and I think he meant funny ha-ha as well as funny kinda peculiar, but loved by all, quirks and all.
@edejan
10 жыл бұрын
That man's fingers are magic. No part of me could move as fast as his fingers!
@housedad1997
9 жыл бұрын
My My My he could really pick that banjo!
@TuliBilbuliMe
10 жыл бұрын
HOW DOES HE DO THAT? he is so fast! AMAZING!
@gerb7821
3 жыл бұрын
Old strangbean what a legend
@nottavictim5
7 жыл бұрын
Absolute virtuoso musicianship and the gentle vocals are pitch perfect. Makes it appear effortless.
@ArkRed1
12 жыл бұрын
Jake was such a fine musician and a very funny fellow. They're all gone now except Earl. RIP boys. You were classics.
@mcfrdmn
9 жыл бұрын
Excellent videoclip !
@MikeMesloh
12 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the hat flip.
@brandonbrandon2002
3 жыл бұрын
Simply the best
@debbietaylor4492
6 жыл бұрын
He is the best. I love that music.
@colindominy
16 жыл бұрын
The more I view this clip the more I get to thinkin that Lester, Earl & the FM Boys are just a bit gob-smacked & overwhelmed here by the sheer energy, power, and 'cut-loose' extrovert performance style which so typified ole String - compared to the Lester/Earl/ FG Boys' more orthodox, relatively straight-laced, conservative, traditional style of delivery. However I TEASURE this clip, as it brings them ALL together for a very RARE occasion of old-time 5-string pickin' !! This clip is a GEM !!
@donnawheeler1716
6 жыл бұрын
Wow. Such talent. Don't you just love It? Can't get enough of stringbean. Got more?
@JerryJr65
9 жыл бұрын
OMFW! I miss String Bean so much, and that nice fire side feel that he gave to music that any one could love!
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