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The music seems so sweet, so well done, the voices so warm, the comedy so fresh. Maybe, it is my nostalgia for the days and rather naive ways on television of a homefolks show like this from the early 1960s, but the nostalgia in these programs for me is almost as great and as the music. This may be a result of my antiquity since I've been a Bluegrass fan and sometimes guitar player since shortly after the time these videos were made. A lot of the Flatt and Scruggs recordings in the early 1960s were oriented to reaching into the Folk audience and thus contained fewer real Bluegrass songs and more "traditional" material. Sometimes, the studio albums sounded pretty bad as they were multi track recorded, and sound a bit fishy and underwater.
The sound here is good enough for my ears. The songs are a good mix of country songs and sacred numbers. On this DVD Paul Warren seems to be the hot person in the band besides Earl. I've always treasured Earl's guitar playing and I am that there are two guitar leads by Earl here including Jimmie Brown the Newsboy, one of my long time favorites. Both on guitar and banjo, the advantage here for the shade-tree musician like myself is seein exactly how Earl, Lester, and the others pick.
The notes supplied with this DVD are first rate, so good I have used it as a source in a serious research article I am writing.
But what I love is the fun and friendliness that the shown transmits. Of course, as others mention, the old 1950s commercials for Martha White's various self-rising flours, with the reminded that each dish does not take as long as it did before with non-rising flour brings back to me my grandmother making pies and pastries on Friday or Saturday night for weekend company and the explosion of bakin gin general back when self-rise came out.
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I purchased both volume 1 & 2. For bluegrass fans and banjo players this is probably the Holy Grail. Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys were at their peak during the time period these TV shows were recorded. The performances are a seminar in how it is done. The quality of the arrangements, the tightness of the band and the control over their instruments, as far as volume and not interfering with the singer or other soloist, are outstanding. These DVDs should be required viewing for any bluegrass musician who ever gets together to jam with other musicians. Get these DVDs and see and hear how it should be done. Great performances, one after an other, from the masters of the idiom.
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Love it--I hope they continue to release more of these old Martha White series Bluegrass Flatt and Scruggs shows. TERRIFIC!!
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I really enjoyed getting to see Flatt & Scruggs ca. 1962, before they really hit the big time. Earl Scruggs, besides doing his normally amazing banjo work, does a lot of guitar playing on these sessions. I also especially enjoyed Uncle Josh & Cousin Jake's harmony duet on "Feast Here Tonight." Although the price seems high, this tape is definitely worth it for diehard bluegrass afficionados!
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I recently purchased The Best of Flatt & Scruggs Volume 1 & 2. The music on the DVD's is excellent. I have been a fan of country and bluegrass music since I was old enough to play a 45 RPM and the playing and singing by Lester & Earl and the Foggy Mountain Boys on these Martha White shows is the best I have ever heard. I love the way that only one instrument at a time backs up the vocals and how the members of the band back off and support the guy taking the lead break. This is true musical cooperation and coordination. Did you notice there are only two microphones on the set? I hope that a new volume will be released in the near future.
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