Charlie Bowman(fiddle), Al Hopkins(vocal) and the Original Hillbillies from 1926. Charles Thomas “Charlie” Bowman was the fiddler with the original Al Hopkin’s Hill Billies, the first country string band to gain national notoriety on radio and records. The group is generally thought to be responsible for establishing the string band as an important part of country music. When the recording company asked for the group’s name, one member mentioned that they were just an “old band of hill billies.” The name stuck. Bowman is credited with bringing the Hill Billies their most popular song, “Nine Pound Hammer”.
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The Lucketts Fair Bluegrass Music Festival for 2012 with The Hillbilly Gypsies. Also featuring Patent Pending Band. See LoudounCounty.com keyword “Lucketts Fair” for many photos. The Lucketts Fair is located just north of Leesburg, Virginia on Route 15.
I was raised on this beautiful music…love it. No music like it.
this is some of the best music ive ever heard
Such a cool piece of history!!
At one point the bands manager tried to Copyright the name as they were the first band to become popular playing this type of music,,,In the mean time the whole genre was referred to as “Hillbilly Music”.
They recorded for 2 different record companies. Sometimes as “Al Hiopkins and The Bucklebusters” THey used some great players of the time in thier recordings, there was a core of them that were on most of the recordings…Sometimes thier touring lineup changed too. Thanks for your interest. More info is available in Charlies bowman’s Biography “Fiddlin Charlie Bowman and His Musical Family”. And also on different sites online.
are you sure their original name was the “hillbillies” because Peer coinied the term after the bristol sessions
8 city slickers have been here and they just don’t get it.
I love this!! Totally awesome! I wish our music today was as aunthetic as this!
Dear me!
Golly gee oh my land
WOOOOOOOOOOW
This is great!
Just gorgeous!
AS GOOD AS YOU CAN GET !HAS MORE LIFE & FEELING THAN OF THE ANY OF THE SO CALLED MUSIC YOU HEAR ON THE RADIO IN 2012!
Wow I haven’t heard this band’s version for 10 years or so…I’ve always loved it!
dig it
hey, check out an interesting take on this tune!
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i can. its not realy that modern though, I AM EXCITED THOUGH, i love this style and cant wait! im going to be the singer/songwriter and MissGrace is the guitarist and misterfrishberg is the fiddleplayer, we’re not done yet , i cant wait 4 it 2 be tho
thanks, its probably gonna be a few months , but i cant wait till it is done, its like bluegrassy, country, and i enjoy those 2 genres both are what were trying to put on it!! i take inspiration from this video!! i can’t wait till it is done, so i can share it with you!!
Can you post some of your CD when you finish? I’d love to hear a modern interpretation of this music.
Great nmusic!
Your welcome Adrian! Best of luck with the project! Would love to hear your new cd when it’s finished!~Scott
Your welcome Adrian! Best of luck with the project! Would love to hear your new cd when it’s finished!~Scott
I like this video, I am into this style of music, and me, my friend missGrace and misterFrishberg, are working on a cd like this, I am writing most of the songs, and I take alot of inspiration from this video. Thank you for putting this on youtube, I wish this style would be more popular today!
but isn’t country music the fusion of original country music and rock like classical rock or rock n roll , not old time music and rock ? or is that a stupid question
Thank you so much by the way sorry for the 3 parts comments , it wouldn’t let me type it all in one
Thanks
Yes, they are talented.
Great bluegrass
Yes, they are great!
Hillbilly Gypsies RULE! Super song, super instrument-playing!!!! 😀 More more more
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they are good!
Man ive been to count fairs and staffordmotordpeedway though dang aint nothing ive been to as great as this
yep, it was a great event!
I like.
yep, it was a fun event with a lot of talent.
That kid on the banjer was PHENOMENAL!!!!!!!!!!!! The whole group was!!!1
Anytime.
Excellent music. Thanks for the upload.
glad you like them. it was a great day.
Great clips !!
ya sister is ya mother, ya brother is ya farther 😛 i joke people i joke. it was very good music
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Anyone know the name of the song being played by the first 2 guys
Just outside of Leesburg, Virginia. It’s an annual event.
This is AMAZING!!!!!! were is this at?
great stuff
yes, this was just a sample of the great Bluegrass at Lucketts!
actually there was more bands then that, not to mention Ernie Bradley an the grassy Ridge……….they are always great and i mean ALWAYS! love the Gypsies to, Hardest driving bluegrass around