Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt interview

[mando1man]

This clip has been floating around the internet for years but it sure was good to hear it again.

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[Ivan Kelsall]

I've had that clip on my PC for ages now - one of the funniest things i've heard in years.The more ''Bill Monroe'' gets agitated,the more laid back 'Lester' gets. I can't remember who it is that takes Bill Monroe's part,but it's un-nervingly real - terrific !!,
Ivan:))

[Tim W]

I've had that clip on my PC for ages now - one of the funniest things i've heard in years.The more ''Bill Monroe'' gets agitated,the more laid back 'Lester' gets. I can't remember who it is that takes Bill Monroe's part,but it's un-nervingly real - terrific !!,
Ivan:))

Bill is done by Glenn Duncan, Flatt, I don't know. A lot of folks could do Lester real good, Gene Wooten among them but I don't know who this one is.

[Timbofood]

I love that bit, I needed something to make me laugh before I go out and blow more snow! Wind chill of -14!

[Skip Kelley]

It sounds like the voice of DJ Lance Husky is Ronnie McCoury.

[Randy Linam]

THAT WAS A HOOT! I don't have any idea who the voices were, but even without the pictures I could see Bill and Lester thru the whole thing.

[AlanN]

Nineteen hundred and thirty nine

Ronnie M was 'Lance'

[mando1man]

Charlie Vaughn is Lester. Jimmy Capps is the announcer.

[MikeEdgerton]

It pops up on the cafe every few years and it's always enjoyable.

[AlanN]

I see Skip beat me to it.

Rob, another thread is talking about that fancy F-5 Butch had. Was it white or maple colored, and do you know where it is today?

[mando1man]

That Florentine mandolin that Butch had was white, but with age it might have yellowed a bit. It was for sale at Gruhn's for years. If George sold it, I don't know where it went. When Butch had it he had promo photos and CD covers taken with it. And for a while in the 1990s it was in the Country Music Hall of Fame. It didn't really sound that good, the finish was thick. When Butch was trying to sell it I took photos of it. Not many people had digital cameras back then. We called it the "Elvis" mandolin and the "Porter Wagoner" model.

[AlanN]

Thanks, remember seeing it in the flesh (I think), didn't it have some sort of decal/coat of arms painted on the back, too?

Here it is? http://guitars.com/archived-inventory/GibFlorMando/MF7313.html

[mando1man]

Yes. I found the pics.

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[Spruce]

Florentine Schlmorintine...

I wanna know who has Lester's Flying V?

[Ivan Kelsall]

Skip - ''Lance Husky'' is certainly Ronnie McCoury. I've often thought that if i ever met Ronnie,i'd approach him,shake his hand & say ''Very nice to meet you Mr Husky'',just to see his expression.
I read somewhere ages ago,that the 'Florentine' mandolin was one of Greg Rich's / Jim Triggs recipies that they cooked up while working in the Gibson custom shop. I just found the reference to it :- http://guitars.com/archived-inventory/GibFlorMando/MF7313.html
Ivan;)