Alabama public television presents | bluegrass on the rim 2023 - gary waldrep set

(water roaring) (upbeat bluegrass music) Please make welcome the Gary Waldrep Band. -Thank you. -(audience clapping) Thank you so much. (rhythmic bluegrass music) Thank you, folks. Glad to

be here with you tonight. ♪ Went away to leave me ♪ ♪ Find somebody new ♪ ♪ You're hiding out with your true love ♪ ♪ But I'm so lonesome and blue ♪ ♪ The shadows are creepin'

around my door ♪ ♪ The sun will soon go down ♪ ♪ And I heard the cryin' ♪ ♪ Away on the mountain ♪ ♪ I'm the bluest man in town ♪ Come on, play, boys. (rhythmic bluegrass music) ♪

And took away that love that I knew ♪ ♪ And you wrecked my happy home ♪ ♪ And you left me with another broken heart ♪ ♪ So blue and all alone ♪ ♪ The shadows are creepin' around my

door ♪ ♪ The sun will soon go down ♪ ♪ And I heard the cryin' ♪ ♪ Away on the mountain ♪ ♪ I'm the bluest man in town ♪ ♪ I'm the bluest man in town ♪ (audience clapping)

We're so glad to be here with you folks and we're glad to be in my home county of DeKalb County. That means we get to sleep in our own bed tonight when we get home. We're

gonna do an old song right now that was written by Mr. Glenn Fletcher from over around Hokes Bluff, Alabama, and it was one that we recorded. He wrote this for us. We recorded back on in the

early years of the Gary Waldrep Band. It talks about the farmer and the way that progress has done away with a lot of the old farms around and we hope you enjoyed it. It's called

"Memories of the Old Mountain Home." (upbeat bluegrass music) ("Memories of the Old Mountain Home") ♪ There's and old broken wagon ♪ ♪ In the barn behind the door ♪

♪ It's broken and neglected like the farmer here before ♪ ♪ Down in there against the wall ♪ ♪ Broke by the chains ♪ ♪ 40 acres and a mule ♪ ♪ It'll never be the same ♪ ♪ Now

there's parking lot where they were forced to leave ♪ ♪ And then they laid the railroad ♪ ♪ Down through the old frontier ♪ ♪ Now none of the farms are standing ♪ ♪ And time passed it

up ♪ ♪ There's nothing left but memories of old mountain home ♪ Play it, boys. (lively bluegrass music) ♪ Now the old barn is standing there ♪ ♪ In the sun and the rain ♪ ♪ It's

leaning and it's looking ♪ ♪ But it struggles to remain ♪ ♪ With no one to show it love ♪ ♪ The time's growing near ♪ ♪ Reminds of the old folks who farmed here all these years ♪ ♪

Now there's a parking lot where they were forced to leave ♪ ♪ And when they laid the railroad ♪ ♪ Down through the old frontier ♪ ♪ Now back to farmer's family ♪ ♪ Time passed it

up ♪ ♪ There's nothing but the memories of the old mountian home ♪ Play it. (lively bluegrass music) ♪ Now if I could turn back time again ♪ ♪ There's one thing I'd do ♪ ♪

I'd take some time for the old folks ♪ ♪ Before their time is through ♪ ♪ Now the farmer was a soldier surviving all those years ♪ ♪ But it's too bad he had to leave ♪ ♪ The farm

he loved so dear ♪ ♪ Now there's a parking lot where they were forced to leave ♪ ♪ And when they laid the railroad ♪ ♪ Down through the old frontier ♪ ♪ Now about the farmer's

family ♪ ♪ Time passed it up ♪ ♪ There's nothing left but memories of the old mountian home ♪ ♪ There's nothing left but memories of the old mountian home ♪ (audience clapping)

Thank you, thank you for the sympathy. We appreciate that. (laughs) Well, for some of you folks that don't know us, we're gonna introduce the group right quick one at a time and

let 'em show out a little bit, so it might take the whole program to get everybody introduced, but we're gonna do it. First of all, I want you to make welcome over here on the

guitar, doing a wonderful job, she has been with the Gary Waldrep Band since 1997 I think when we started. She's my aunt. Y'all remember little Donna. Make her welcome, my aunt,

Miss Donna Townsel, on the guitar. -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) And now we're gonna introduce the other lovely young lady. Y'all seen me point when I said old people

on the last song, but I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it. She's mean to me sometimes, but anyway, she's been with us for at least 16 years and she is from the little town

of Dallas, not Texas, Dallas, Georgia, ladies and gentlemen, a member of the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, Miss Mindy Rakestraw. (audience clapping) ♪ You said goodbye to me this

morning ♪ ♪ With no these words explain ♪ ♪ You said you found someone you loved better ♪ ♪ But I still hear your voice call my name ♪ ♪ I thought I heard you calling my name ♪ ♪ Now

ain't it funny how I seen you this way ♪ ♪ Your voice seems so close but I knew ♪ ♪ That by now you were many miles away ♪ Play it, pretty boys. -(gentle bluegrass music) -(featured

mandolin music) (featured fiddle music) ♪ Well, I walked through the streets of your city ♪ ♪ People passing by begin so strange ♪ ♪ Well, I'm talking but there no one beside me ♪ ♪ But

I still hear your voice call my name ♪ ♪ I thought I heard you calling my name ♪ ♪ Now ain't it funny how to see you this way ♪ ♪ Your voice seems so close but I knew ♪ ♪ That by now

you were many miles away ♪ ♪ That by now you were many miles away ♪ There she is, folks, Miss Mindy Rakestraw. Yeah. -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) Mindy, you just sung the snot

out of that one. I'll tell you what, that was good. That was good. I like that old country rhythm. Well, I tell you what we're gonna do right now. We're going to introduce our

mandolin player. This fellow and I have been playing bluegrass since we was almost toddlers about 14, 15 years old we met over at the Red Barn in Holly Pond. I think we was 15 'cause I

know I was in the third grade. Well, (laughs) I'm not gonna go there, but anyway, it was awful young. We've been playing bluegrass together off and on since. He's been with

many bands. He's a great songwriter. He's fixing to do a big show with Marty Stuart down in Philadelphia, Mississippi, for the Marty Stuart Museum. He's fixing to open down

there. He's played with everybody from Jimmy Martin on down, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin and everybody else that fired him, so he's played with a lot of 'em. (laughs) But when

he's in town and we need a good mandolin player, we know who to call. He plays guitar, mandolin and bass and he's gonna come up and sing you an old, I guess this might be a Flatt

& Scruggs song, "Wonder Where You are Tonight." Good old bluegrass song, anyway. Mr. Stan Wilemon, ladies and gentleman, from Snead, Alabama, make him welcome. (audience

clapping) (upbeat bluegrass music) ♪ Tonight my heart is sad and blue ♪ ♪ Wonderin' if I'm wrong or right ♪ ♪ To dream about you though you left me ♪ ♪ I wonder where you are

tonight ♪ ♪ That old rain is cold and slowly falling ♪ ♪ Upon my window pane tonight ♪ ♪ And though your love seems even colder ♪ ♪ I wonder where you are tonight ♪ -(upbeat bluegrass music)

-(featured fiddle music) ♪ Then came the dawn the day you left me ♪ ♪ I tried to smile with all my might ♪ ♪ But you could see the pain within me ♪ ♪ Still lingerin' in my heart

tonight ♪ ♪ That old rain is cold and slowly falling ♪ ♪ Upon my window pane tonight ♪ ♪ And though your love seems even colder ♪ ♪ I wonder where you are tonight ♪ -(upbeat bluegrass music)

-(featured mandolin music) ♪ That old rain is cold and slowly falling ♪ ♪ Upon my window pane tonight ♪ ♪ And though your love seems even colder ♪ ♪ I wonder where you are tonight ♪ ♪ I

wonder where you are tonight ♪ (audience clapping) Stan Wilemon, ladies and gentlemen. (audience cheering) ♪ Hold back the rushing minutes ♪ ♪ Make the wind lie still ♪ ♪ Don't let the

moonlight shine ♪ ♪ Across the lonely hill ♪ ♪ Dry all the raindrops ♪ ♪ Hold back the sun ♪ ♪ My world has ended ♪ ♪ My baby's gone ♪ ♪ The milkman whispers softly ♪ ♪ As he comes up

to my door ♪ ♪ The mailman brings the letters by ♪ ♪ Just like he did before ♪ ♪ They seem so busy all day long ♪ ♪ As though there's nothing wrong ♪ ♪ Don't they know the world

has ended ♪ ♪ My baby's gone ♪ ♪ Hold back the rushing minutes ♪ ♪ And make the wind lie still ♪ ♪ Don't let the moonlight shine ♪ ♪ Across the lonely hill ♪ ♪ Dry all the

raindrops ♪ ♪ Hold back the sun ♪ ♪ My world has ended ♪ ♪ My baby's gone ♪ (gentle bluegrass music) (featured mandolin music) ♪ Now sometimes I wake up in the night ♪ ♪ And realize

you're gone ♪ ♪ I toss and turn upon my bed ♪ ♪ And wait for day to come ♪ ♪ I try to tell my lonely heart ♪ ♪ It must go on alone ♪ ♪ But it cries the world has ended ♪ ♪ My

baby's gone ♪ ♪ Hold back the rushing minutes ♪ ♪ And make the wind lie still ♪ ♪ Don't let the moonlight shine ♪ ♪ Across the lonely hill ♪ ♪ Dry all the raindrops ♪ ♪ And hold

back the sun ♪ ♪ My world has ended ♪ ♪ My baby's gone ♪ ♪ Don't they know the world has ended ♪ ♪ My baby's gone ♪ (audience clapping) Thank you, folks. Do y'all know

who originally recorded that and wrote that? Louvin Brothers, that's right from DeKalb County. That's right. That's a Louvin Brothers song. We always try to feature songs of

artists, bluegrass artists on our show and tell you about some of the artists that you may not be familiar with. This next artist that we're gonna play, play a song of, they're

from Boaz, Alabama, and her and her brothers left Boaz on the freight trains back in the Dust Bowl days and hitched the trains down in Birmingham. Their kin folks carried 'em to

Birmingham and they hoboed on the trains from Birmingham to California and started picking fruit. That's the way they were gonna make their living. There was sister Rose and four

brothers. And so nobody knew of Rose Maddox, the Maddox Brothers and Rose until the Ken Burns documentary came out a few years ago and everybody was calling me and saying, "Did you know

Rose Maddox was from Boaz?" I said, "Yeah, I've been trying to get them recognized for the last 20 years as being from Sand Mountain. Boaz, they were all born there." So

this next song is the song called "Down, Down, Down" that she recorded with John Jorgenson on her solo album, one of the last albums she ever recorded. I got to play with Rose out

in California many years ago when I was with a group called The Sand Mountain Boys. We backed her up on a show and she was probably about 79 or 80 years old back then, but when she hit that

stage, you'd a thought she was 30 years old again 'cause she never let up. She was quite an entertainer. So here's the Maddox Brothers and Rose and they are going to feature

the Maddox Brothers and Rose in Boaz now on our new Musical Heritage of Boaz mural that's on one of the big walls in Boaz. They're gonna put her album up there, so we finally got

them recognized as being from Boaz, Alabama. One called "Down, Down, Down," one, two, three. -(lively bluegrass music) -("Down, Down, Down") ♪ I'm going down, down,

down ♪ ♪ Going down, down, down ♪ ♪ I got nobody to love me now ♪ ♪ I'm sorrow bound, bound, bound ♪ ♪ Since you've left this town ♪ ♪ Since you've left I'm goin'

down, down, down ♪ ♪ Now, I never thought my life would be so lonely ♪ ♪ I never thought my head would hang so low ♪ ♪ I love you, darling, and you only ♪ ♪ I don't know where you are ♪

♪ But there I've gotta go ♪ ♪ I'm going down, down, down ♪ ♪ Going down, down, down ♪ ♪ Got nobody to love me now ♪ ♪ I'm sorrow bound, bound, bound ♪ ♪ Since you've

left this town ♪ ♪ Since you've left I'm goin' down, down, down ♪ Play it, boys. (lively bluegrass music) ♪ Quarrels so many was your reason ♪ ♪ Could it be you never gave us

time ♪ ♪ In your heart if you desire a new love ♪ ♪ If so then your love is not with mine ♪ ♪ I'm going down, down, down ♪ ♪ Going down, down, down ♪ ♪ I got nobody to love me now ♪ ♪

I'm sorrow bound, bound, bound ♪ ♪ Since you've left this town ♪ ♪ Since you've left I'm goin' down, down, down ♪ (lively bluegrass music) ♪ Well, I'm going

down, down, down ♪ ♪ Going down, down, down ♪ ♪ Got nobody to love me now ♪ ♪ I'm sorrow bound, bound, bound ♪ ♪ Since you've left this town ♪ ♪ Since you've left I'm

goin' down, down, down ♪ ♪ Now since you left I'm goin' down, down, down ♪ Yeah. Woo! -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) Woo, let's slow this train down. It's

too much for a old man. (performers laugh) What are you laughing at, Travis? (performers laughs) Let's slow one down. We're gonna let Stan kick this one off and Travis and Stan,

we're gonna introduce him in a minute, but we're gonna let them do us some pretty split breaks on this. This was written by Bill Prickett from Sand Mountain. He was a radio DJ that

worked at the radio station there, our little hometown radio station for years. Everybody knew him. He was a personality. Bill Prickett, there was a Bill Prickett Sr and a Bill Prickett Jr,

but the Senior wrote this song right here and Stan's gonna kick it off. This one's called "The Slip of the Pen." -(gentle bluegrass music) -("The Slip of the

Pen") ♪ Now, I have just reread the letter ♪ ♪ Received from you today ♪ ♪ There were two little cross marks at the end ♪ ♪ Did you mean them for kisses ♪ ♪ I doubt that you did ♪ ♪ Or

was it just a slip of the pen ♪ ♪ If they were meant for kisses ♪ ♪ Does it mean I have a chance ♪ ♪ Or it does it mean some day you might return ♪ ♪ If they were meant for kisses ♪ ♪ Then

two lives might be changed ♪ ♪ If not, it's just a slip of the pen ♪ (gentle bluegrass music) ♪ Now, I looked forward to your letter ♪ ♪ For such a long, long time ♪ ♪ And I was afraid

you'd never write again ♪ ♪ Oh, it made my heart beat faster ♪ ♪ To see those cross marks there ♪ ♪ Or was it a slip of the pen ♪ ♪ If they were meant for kisses ♪ ♪ Does it mean I have

a chance ♪ ♪ Or does it mean some day you might return ♪ ♪ If they were meant for kisses ♪ ♪ Then two lives might be changed ♪ ♪ If not, it's just a slip of the pen ♪ ♪ Oh, I hope

it's not a slip of the pen ♪ -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) Oh, that was a good love song right there. That was before the days of texting your boyfriend or your girlfriend.

That was the slip of the pen where they made little cross marks for kisses. Some of y'all folks might remember that. They couldn't spell, but they just did a little cross marks.

Anyway, that's called "The Slip of the Pen." Now we're getting to our fiddle player. Have y'all enjoyed his fiddle playing so far? -Woo! -Woo! Listen, this guy,

listen, this guy, I've known him only a few short years. He's played off and on with us for the last five or six years. He lives in Gallatin, Tennessee, and he is a great fiddle

player. Played with everybody in the in the world and still does, great songwriter. And when the Grand Ole Opry people up there need a fiddle player to fill in or he needs to play with

somebody like Jesse McReynolds, they call this man right here. He's played the Opry many times before. He's a great guy, overall great guy. From Gallatin, Tennessee, ladies and

gentlemen, Mr. Travis Wetzel. Y'all give him a nice hand all the way down here from DeKalb County and we're gonna let him play a song that was written by Bill Monroe about his

uncle, Uncle Pendleton Vandiver, and Miss Donna's gonna kick us off on the guitar. Here's one called "Uncle Pen." -(lively bluegrass music) -("Uncle Pen") ♪ Oh,

the people would come from far away ♪ ♪ They'd dance all night till the break of day ♪ ♪ When the caller hollered do si do ♪ ♪ He Knew Uncle Pen was ready to go ♪ ♪ Late in the evening

about sundown ♪ ♪ High on the hill and above the town ♪ ♪ Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang ♪ ♪ You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing ♪ (lively bluegrass music) ♪

Well, now, he played an old feature ♪ ♪ Called the Soldier's Joy ♪ ♪ And he played the one they called the Boston Boy ♪ ♪ Greatest of all was the Jennie Lynn ♪ ♪ To me, that's

where the fiddlin' begins ♪ ♪ Late in the evening about sundown ♪ ♪ High on the hill and above the town ♪ ♪ Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang ♪ ♪ You could hear it talk,

you could hear it sing ♪ (lively bluegrass music) ♪ I should never forget that mournful day ♪ ♪ When old Uncle Pen was called away ♪ ♪ He hung up his fiddle and he hung up his bow ♪ ♪ And he

knew it was time for him to go ♪ ♪ Late in the evening about sundown ♪ ♪ High on the hill and above the town ♪ ♪ Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang ♪ ♪ You could hear it talk,

you could hear it sing ♪ Put your hands together now, yeah! (featured fiddle music) Travis Wetzel, ladies and gentlemen. -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) Travis, slow the train down

now a little bit and we're gonna do a song that was made famous by Bob Wills out in Texas and I guess you're a fiddle teacher too and I guess one of the first songs they will

always wanna learn to play is "Faded Love." Isn't that right? Well, that's one of 'em, but the other one has a devil in it. No! We don't wanna do that one, now.

(performers laughing) No, I'll tell you what, let's do "Faded Love." Let's just do "Faded Love," how about that? And the second time we pull through it,

we're gonna go, we're gonna show 'em how you do the Texas swing, okay? -All right. -Mr. Travis Wetzel on the "Faded Love," ladies and gentlemen. -(gentle bluegrass

music) -("Faded Love") (gentle bluegrass music continues) (gentle bluegrass music continues) (gentle bluegrass music continues) (gentle bluegrass music continues) (gentle bluegrass

music continues) Let's go to Texas, come on, Travis. (gentle bluegrass music continues) (feature fiddle music) (gentle bluegrass music continues) (gentle bluegrass music continues) Mr.

Travis Wetzel, folks. -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) I don't think I've heard enough of that good fiddle, Travis. Let's do one more, okay? They seem to like your

fiddle playing, so let's turn, yeah. -Let's turn you, yeah! -(audience cheering) You got some fans in DeKalb County. And you also got some CDs at your table, right? You got some

CDs? All right. He's got fiddle CDs folks if you like the way he's fiddling. And Travis actually played fiddle on our brand new release. "It Ain't on the Mountain,"

we got it over there at the table. He was our fiddle player on that album and he's doing some great crazy fiddling on there. But Travis, let's do an old song that was written by

Kenny Baker. And Kenny Baker was a classical trained violinist before he started playing with Bill Monroe. Bill Monroe hired him and Kenny came right out of the orchestra into bluegrass and

he had this song in his mind and he showed it to Bill Monroe and Bill Monroe said, "We'll just bluegrass that up a little bit. I think it's a beautiful song." And

here's one called "The Jerusalem Ridge." -(lively bluegrass music) -("The Jerusalem Ridge") (featured fiddle music) (lively bluegrass music continues) (lively

bluegrass music continues) (lively bluegrass music continues) (featured mandolin music) (lively bluegrass music continues) (lively bluegrass music continues) (lively bluegrass music

continues) (lively bluegrass music continues) (lively bluegrass music continues) (lively bluegrass music continues) (lively bluegrass music ends) Travis Wetzel, folks. -(audience clapping)

-(audience cheering) Nashville, Tennessee. (audience clapping) All right, now, that was some pretty, pretty music right there. I love that song. We played a show last night at the Arts

Council and this lady, she said, come up to me and had her phone. She said, "What was the name of that song? What was the name of that song?" We said, "Jerusalem Ridge."

She says, "That's my new song right there." All right, we grew up singing in churches and gospel music is a big part of bluegrass music. We're bad about taking Southern

gospel songs and turning them into bluegrass songs 'cause back in 1985, I had the pleasure of touring with Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters out of Georgia. Played with them a year and

they were more country gospel, but I played the banjo and the piano and the mandolin and the guitar with 'em and I was called a studio musician at that time. Not a studio, but I was on

the road with 'em, and what? A utility man, is that what I was called? Okay, I was a utility man and I played all the instruments with 'em and we got a lot of their songs and

turned them into bluegrass songs. We did "Both Sides of the River," "Man in the Middle," "Heaven's Mountain Band," and it turned out really good. This is a

song that they did years ago, probably back in the '50s before, way before I started, even knew who they were, and it's called "Silver and Gold Have I None." It talks

about in in the Bible and it's the story in the Bible about Peter and John. We hope you enjoy it. It's called "Silver and Gold Have I None." (uplifting bluegrass music)

("Silver and Gold Have I None") ♪ Well, now an old lame man ♪ ♪ Laid at the temple's Beautiful Gate ♪ ♪ Asking alms of the people who entered ♪ ♪ That greatest day ♪ ♪ And

when he saw that Peter and John ♪ ♪ Would soon go inside ♪ ♪ Asking them for alms and wealth ♪ ♪ That this world can provide ♪ ♪ Silver and gold have I none ♪ ♪ Said Peter to the man that

day ♪ ♪ Then he had laid at the gate ♪ ♪ While the others went inside to pray ♪ ♪ But such as I have I give unto thee ♪ ♪ And he gave him a little this talk ♪ ♪ In the name of Jesus Christ

of Nazareth rise up and walk ♪ ♪ Well, now Peter reached and took the man ♪ ♪ By his right hand ♪ ♪ He by faith in Jesus the world the Savior did stand ♪ ♪ And when they went into the temple

♪ ♪ So says God's Word ♪ ♪ He went with them walking and leaping ♪ ♪ And praising the Lord ♪ ♪ Silver and gold have I none ♪ ♪ Said Peter to the man that day ♪ ♪ He had laid at the

gate ♪ ♪ While the others went inside to pray ♪ ♪ Such as I have I give unto thee ♪ ♪ And he gave him a little this talk ♪ ♪ In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk ♪ ♪

Well, now, he is so lame (indistinct) ♪ ♪ Far outside my Wonderful Gate ♪ ♪ Lost in their strife ♪ ♪ But it just takes to forgive by faith ♪ ♪ A kind helping hand ♪ ♪ What I ask, love and go

forth ♪ ♪ For the Kingdom's at hand ♪ ♪ Sliver and gold have I none ♪ ♪ Said Peter to the man that day ♪ ♪ He had laid at the gate ♪ ♪ While the others went inside to pray ♪ ♪ Such as

I have I give unto thee ♪ ♪ And he gave him a little this talk ♪ ♪ In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk ♪ ♪ In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth ♪ ♪ Rise up and walk ♪

♪ And walk ♪ -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) [Audience Member] Amen. ♪ Here's a time of sweet passing ♪ ♪ Bringing nearer heaven knows ♪ ♪ But I shall be at home with Jesus ♪

♪ While eternal ages roam ♪ ♪ Oh, how precious is the promise ♪ ♪ That with gladness fills my soul ♪ ♪ I shall be at home with Jesus ♪ ♪ While eternal ages roam ♪ ♪ Now after glad farewells

are spoken ♪ ♪ I'm gonna meet with the friends I know ♪ ♪ In the presence of my dear Savior ♪ ♪ As we gather 'round God's throne ♪ ♪ Oh, how precious is the promise ♪ ♪ That

with gladness fills my soul ♪ ♪ I shall at home with Jesus ♪ ♪ While eternal ages roam ♪ ♪ While eternal ages roam ♪ -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) It's time for our bass

player to go to work again. Hear your sweet voice on this next one right here, "In the Sweet Forever." This song also is in the church hymnal and I know y'all have sung this

song. I remember singing it back in the Baptist Church when I was a little boy and all the different parts that would come in and I just loved it. And I told Mindy, I said, "I think we

can put a little bluegrass twist on that and make it bluegrass." So here's one featured Mindy Rakestraw with this one called "In the Sweet Forever." -(lively bluegrass

music) -("In the Sweet Forever") ♪ What a happy time some glad tomorrow ♪ ♪ When we lay this heavy burdens down ♪ ♪ In this lonesome valley ♪ ♪ No more to roam ♪ ♪ As we traveled

on through joy and sorrow ♪ ♪ Hoping to receive that golden grown ♪ ♪ It will all be glory ♪ ♪ In that happy home ♪ ♪ In that beautiful city ♪ ♪ Of the sweet forever ♪ ♪ Where the river of

life ♪ ♪ Goes ebbing by ♪ ♪ We'll look upon the beauty ♪ ♪ That fades, no never ♪ ♪ And happy we'll be ♪ ♪ While the ages fly ♪ ♪ Many of our loved ones will waiting ♪ ♪ Just

beyond the river deep and wide ♪ ♪ In the lonesome valley ♪ ♪ No more to roam ♪ ♪ Through eternity no separating ♪ ♪ Every heart will then be satisfied ♪ ♪ It will all be glory ♪ ♪ In that

happy home ♪ ♪ In that beautiful city ♪ ♪ Of the sweet forever ♪ ♪ Where the river of life ♪ ♪ Goes ebbing by ♪ ♪ We'll look upon the beauty ♪ ♪ That fades, no never ♪ ♪ And happy

we'll be ♪ ♪ While the ages fly ♪ ♪ In that beautiful city ♪ ♪ Of the sweet forever ♪ ♪ Where the river of life ♪ ♪ Goes ebbing by ♪ ♪ We'll look upon the beauty ♪ ♪ That fades, no

never ♪ ♪ And happy we'll be ♪ ♪ While the ages fly ♪ ♪ And happy we'll be ♪ ♪ While the ages fly ♪ -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) Thank you, folks. We've got a

couple more songs we'd like to do for you. We've enjoyed being here so much for you, folks, and this is a beautiful venue. It is wonderful. We've never played here before and

I didn't even know this was in DeKalb County. It's just so beautiful up here and 10 years of this too and it's just gonna keep getting bigger and better and bigger and better.

And we wanna invite you folks down to Sand Mountain to the Camp and Jam. If you like to listen to bluegrass jamming. It's not really a festival, but we do it the third weekend in

September on my family farm near Kilpatrick, Alabama, and it's a place that you can just go bring your chairs, sit and listen to lots of picking. And some of you folks have come up to

the table that says you've been there before and had a good time so we invite you to come down. I have some posters over there on the, at the record table that tells about Camp and Jam,

so come and be a part of it. Even if you don't play music, just bring your chair and sit and listen to the jams. There's jam sessions all over our property there. It's really

fun. And bring your own food. Do picnic like y'all did here today. Bring your food and just come on out, enjoy. It's third weekend in September, Friday and Saturday. And I'm

not gonna feed, no, they gotta bring their own food. I can't cook, I can't cook for everybody. I'd love to, but we'd love to see ya. Come over to the table and visit and

shake and howdy with us and all and I'm gonna let Mindy talk a little bit and I'm gonna tune down my banjo a little bit. Yeah, this guy that's been talking to you the whole

time of course you probably all know who he is, but I'm gonna introduce him. He was inducted into the Alabama Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame a few years ago, was one of the first people

inducted into it and, yeah. Make him welcome, Mr. Gary Waldrep. -(audience clapping) -(audience cheering) Thank you so much. (rockin' bluegrass music) (rockin' bluegrass music

continues) (featured banjo music) (featured mandolin music) (rockin' bluegrass music continues) (featured fiddle music) (audience cheering) (featured banjo music) -(audience cheering)

-(audience clapping) Woo! I'm gonna have to paint my fingernails again. Woo! That takes 'em off, I'm telling ya. Okay folks, we're gonna do one more song and turn it back

over to Mr. Glen. Glen Williams is a wonderful person. He has booked us at Foggy Hollow many times and we've always had a good time down there. The old Foggy Hollow day, that was fun.

Glen Williams and their band. Have you enjoyed all the bands here tonight? Yeah, haven't they been great. -That's great. -(audience clapping) (banjo music) Now if you folks wanna

sing, we've been doing all the singing, it's your time. I know you know this song. I thought it would be fitting tonight to end and close out the show with an old standard that we

all love so well and we hope that that circle never breaks, but sometimes it does, but we're all gonna be joined again in the hereafter with another big heavenly circle. Here's

one, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." We've enjoyed it. We love you. Thank you so much. All right, two, three. (lively bluegrass music) ("Will the Circle Be Unbroken")

♪ Oh, and I was standing by the window ♪ ♪ On a cold and cloudy day ♪ ♪ When I saw the hearse come rolling ♪ ♪ For to carry my mother away ♪ Everybody. ♪ Will the circle be unbroken ♪ ♪ By

and by, Lord, by and by ♪ ♪ There's a better home awaiting ♪ ♪ In the sky, Lord, in the sky ♪ Folks, it's been Mr. Travis Wetzel on the fiddle tonight. Have you enjoyed it? Mr.

Stan Wilemon on the mandolin, folks. Miss Mindy Rakestraw on the bass. And little Donna Townsel on the guitar. ♪ Well, I told to the undertaker ♪ ♪ Undertaker, please drive slow ♪ ♪ For this

lady that you're hauling ♪ ♪ Lord, I hate to see her go ♪ ♪ Will the circle be unbroken ♪ ♪ By and by, Lord, by and by ♪ ♪ There's a better home awaiting ♪ ♪ In the sky, Lord, in

the sky ♪ (featured mandolin music) ♪ Now, we sing those songs of childhood ♪ ♪ Songs that made us pure and strong ♪ ♪ The ones that Mother made our Father ♪ ♪ And the angels sang along ♪

Come on, angels. ♪ Will the circle be unbroken ♪ ♪ By and by, Lord, by and by ♪ ♪ There's a better home awaiting ♪ ♪ In the sky, Lord, in the sky ♪ ♪ Yes, there's a better home

awaiting ♪ Help me out. ♪ In the sky, Lord, in the sky ♪ God bless you, thank you. -(audience cheering) -(audience clapping) Thank you. Wait a minute. Why don't you boys do

"I'll Fly Away." ♪ Some glad morning when this life is over ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ ♪ To a home on God's celestial shore ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ ♪ I'll fly away,

oh, glory ♪ ♪ I'll fly away, in the morning ♪ ♪ When I die, hallelujah, by and by ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ Travis. (featured fiddle music) Let's put those hand together now, come

one, gotta clap for Travis. ♪ Well, now just a few more weary days and then ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ ♪ To that home where joy shall never end ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ ♪ I'll fly away,

oh, glory ♪ ♪ I'll fly away, in the morning ♪ ♪ When I die, hallelujah, by and by ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ (featured banjo music) ♪ Oh, I'll fly away, oh, glory ♪ ♪ I'll fly

away, in the morning ♪ ♪ When I die, hallelujah, by and by ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ ♪ Yes, and when I die, hallelujah by and by ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ Thank you. -(audience cheering)

-(audience clapping) Gary Waldrep Band, so good to see you again.