Chords for Bill Monroe Stories, Part 4 of 7
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Bill, everybody's had a Monroe story today, and I've got one.
I meant to tell you a while ago.
Mack Wiseman touched on that Mole Lake, Wisconsin festival they used to have.
Yeah.
If you didn't have a gun when you got there, they gave you one.
Yes, right.
But I was up there, and I went down in the basement, and that stage must have been 20
feet high, and they had a fence up in front of it, and they had a gate, and on our side
on the entertainer side, if you wanted to go out into the crowd, enter at your own risk.
That's a true story.
And it was on a reservation.
But anyway, I went down, and Monroe was there, and I hadn't seen him in a while, and I said,
how you been doing, Mr.
Bill?
I just got back from Israel.
I said, I got baptized in the River of Jordan.
And I said, well, that's wonderful.
I'm glad to hear that.
I went over with Reverend Jimmy Snow, I believe it was.
And I said, well, that's wonderful news, Bill.
I said, well, how did you like it over there?
He said, it's like a different country over there.
Who was it yesterday that was telling the story about Mr.
Monroe and the donuts?
Tell that, Ricky.
Well, they were up in New York City doing a real early television, like a news show,
like a Today Show or ABC Morning News or some kind of thing.
So they were there like at 5, 5.30,. rehearsing and all, getting ready. Billy Joe Foster, this kid played fiddle with Bill. He's a kid from Oklahoma. He used to play in my band, and so he was telling me this. He said, Mr. Bill went in there where some coffee was, and a little food and fruit and stuff like that was set up. He'd come around there, and he said, Billy Joe, he said, boy, you need to stay away from them donuts. Them's the toughest things, and they ain't a bit sweet. And he'd got a hold of a bagel. [N] That's the toughest thing right there. Since we're telling Monroe stories, you've got to tell us the one you told me yesterday about this guy that brought Bill a mandolin. Ronnie Reno told me this. Blame it on Ronnie. He said he was 14 years old, and he was playing with Bill. Here's a true story. Knowing Bill, I shared, and not only me, but other people, I shared the last 15 years he lived in dressing room number two down there with him. I saw some of the funnest stories, the things that happened, that you could imagine had happened there. I didn't think they were funny at the time, but you'd get off and get the thing, and you'd slap your rear end off. Ronnie told me this story here, and it's typical. It's typical of Bill Monroe. He thinks like this right here. This old boy walked up to him with a mandolin. He banged it right in front of Bill and everything. He said, I'd like for you to tell me how my mandolin playing is. Good, bad, or whatever. Bill said, let me hear the mandolin. Bill gets the mandolin, he goes all over it and playing it. He reached back to him, he says, but it ain't the mandolin. [E] [F] That is so, so priceless right there, son.
I meant to tell you a while ago.
Mack Wiseman touched on that Mole Lake, Wisconsin festival they used to have.
Yeah.
If you didn't have a gun when you got there, they gave you one.
Yes, right.
But I was up there, and I went down in the basement, and that stage must have been 20
feet high, and they had a fence up in front of it, and they had a gate, and on our side
on the entertainer side, if you wanted to go out into the crowd, enter at your own risk.
That's a true story.
And it was on a reservation.
But anyway, I went down, and Monroe was there, and I hadn't seen him in a while, and I said,
how you been doing, Mr.
Bill?
I just got back from Israel.
I said, I got baptized in the River of Jordan.
And I said, well, that's wonderful.
I'm glad to hear that.
I went over with Reverend Jimmy Snow, I believe it was.
And I said, well, that's wonderful news, Bill.
I said, well, how did you like it over there?
He said, it's like a different country over there.
Who was it yesterday that was telling the story about Mr.
Monroe and the donuts?
Tell that, Ricky.
Well, they were up in New York City doing a real early television, like a news show,
like a Today Show or ABC Morning News or some kind of thing.
So they were there like at 5, 5.30,. rehearsing and all, getting ready. Billy Joe Foster, this kid played fiddle with Bill. He's a kid from Oklahoma. He used to play in my band, and so he was telling me this. He said, Mr. Bill went in there where some coffee was, and a little food and fruit and stuff like that was set up. He'd come around there, and he said, Billy Joe, he said, boy, you need to stay away from them donuts. Them's the toughest things, and they ain't a bit sweet. And he'd got a hold of a bagel. [N] That's the toughest thing right there. Since we're telling Monroe stories, you've got to tell us the one you told me yesterday about this guy that brought Bill a mandolin. Ronnie Reno told me this. Blame it on Ronnie. He said he was 14 years old, and he was playing with Bill. Here's a true story. Knowing Bill, I shared, and not only me, but other people, I shared the last 15 years he lived in dressing room number two down there with him. I saw some of the funnest stories, the things that happened, that you could imagine had happened there. I didn't think they were funny at the time, but you'd get off and get the thing, and you'd slap your rear end off. Ronnie told me this story here, and it's typical. It's typical of Bill Monroe. He thinks like this right here. This old boy walked up to him with a mandolin. He banged it right in front of Bill and everything. He said, I'd like for you to tell me how my mandolin playing is. Good, bad, or whatever. Bill said, let me hear the mandolin. Bill gets the mandolin, he goes all over it and playing it. He reached back to him, he says, but it ain't the mandolin. [E] [F] That is so, so priceless right there, son.
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Bill, everybody's had a Monroe story today, and I've got one.
I meant to tell you a while ago.
Mack Wiseman touched on that Mole Lake, Wisconsin festival they used to have.
Yeah.
If you didn't have a gun when you got there, they gave you one.
Yes, right.
But I was up there, and I went down in the basement, and that stage must have been 20
feet high, and they had a fence up in front of it, and they had a gate, and on our side
on the entertainer side, if you wanted to go out into the crowd, enter at your own risk.
That's a true story.
And it was on a reservation.
But anyway, I went down, and Monroe was there, and I hadn't seen him in a while, and I said,
how you been doing, Mr.
Bill?
I just got back from Israel.
I said, I got baptized in the River of Jordan.
And I said, well, that's wonderful.
I'm glad to hear that.
I went over with Reverend Jimmy Snow, I believe it was.
And I said, well, that's wonderful news, Bill.
I said, well, how did you like it over there?
He said, it's like a different country over there. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Who was it yesterday that was telling the story about Mr.
Monroe and the donuts?
Tell that, Ricky.
Well, _ they were up in New York City doing a real early television, like a news show,
like a Today Show or ABC Morning News or some kind of thing.
So they were there like at 5, 5.30,. rehearsing and all, getting ready. Billy Joe Foster, this kid played fiddle with Bill. He's a kid from Oklahoma. He used to play in my band, and so he was telling me this. He said, Mr. Bill went in there where some coffee was, and a little food and fruit and stuff like that was set up. He'd come around there, and he said, Billy Joe, he said, boy, you need to stay away from them donuts. Them's the toughest things, and they ain't a bit sweet. And he'd got a hold of a bagel. _ _ _ _ _ [N] That's the toughest thing right there. Since we're telling Monroe stories, you've got to tell us the one you told me yesterday about this guy that brought Bill a mandolin. _ _ _ _ Ronnie Reno told me this. Blame it on Ronnie. _ He said he was 14 years old, and he was playing with Bill. Here's a true story. Knowing Bill, I shared, and not only me, but other people, I shared the last 15 years he lived in dressing room number two down there with him. I saw some of the funnest stories, the things that happened, that you could imagine had happened there. I didn't think they were funny at the time, but _ you'd get off and get the thing, and you'd slap your rear end off. _ Ronnie told me this story here, and it's typical. It's typical of Bill Monroe. He thinks like this right here. This old boy walked up to him with a mandolin. He banged it right in front of Bill and everything. He said, I'd like for you to tell me how my mandolin playing is. Good, bad, or whatever. Bill said, let me hear the mandolin. Bill gets the mandolin, he goes all over it and playing it. He reached back to him, he says, but it ain't the mandolin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [F] That is so, so priceless right there, son.
I meant to tell you a while ago.
Mack Wiseman touched on that Mole Lake, Wisconsin festival they used to have.
Yeah.
If you didn't have a gun when you got there, they gave you one.
Yes, right.
But I was up there, and I went down in the basement, and that stage must have been 20
feet high, and they had a fence up in front of it, and they had a gate, and on our side
on the entertainer side, if you wanted to go out into the crowd, enter at your own risk.
That's a true story.
And it was on a reservation.
But anyway, I went down, and Monroe was there, and I hadn't seen him in a while, and I said,
how you been doing, Mr.
Bill?
I just got back from Israel.
I said, I got baptized in the River of Jordan.
And I said, well, that's wonderful.
I'm glad to hear that.
I went over with Reverend Jimmy Snow, I believe it was.
And I said, well, that's wonderful news, Bill.
I said, well, how did you like it over there?
He said, it's like a different country over there. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Who was it yesterday that was telling the story about Mr.
Monroe and the donuts?
Tell that, Ricky.
Well, _ they were up in New York City doing a real early television, like a news show,
like a Today Show or ABC Morning News or some kind of thing.
So they were there like at 5, 5.30,. rehearsing and all, getting ready. Billy Joe Foster, this kid played fiddle with Bill. He's a kid from Oklahoma. He used to play in my band, and so he was telling me this. He said, Mr. Bill went in there where some coffee was, and a little food and fruit and stuff like that was set up. He'd come around there, and he said, Billy Joe, he said, boy, you need to stay away from them donuts. Them's the toughest things, and they ain't a bit sweet. And he'd got a hold of a bagel. _ _ _ _ _ [N] That's the toughest thing right there. Since we're telling Monroe stories, you've got to tell us the one you told me yesterday about this guy that brought Bill a mandolin. _ _ _ _ Ronnie Reno told me this. Blame it on Ronnie. _ He said he was 14 years old, and he was playing with Bill. Here's a true story. Knowing Bill, I shared, and not only me, but other people, I shared the last 15 years he lived in dressing room number two down there with him. I saw some of the funnest stories, the things that happened, that you could imagine had happened there. I didn't think they were funny at the time, but _ you'd get off and get the thing, and you'd slap your rear end off. _ Ronnie told me this story here, and it's typical. It's typical of Bill Monroe. He thinks like this right here. This old boy walked up to him with a mandolin. He banged it right in front of Bill and everything. He said, I'd like for you to tell me how my mandolin playing is. Good, bad, or whatever. Bill said, let me hear the mandolin. Bill gets the mandolin, he goes all over it and playing it. He reached back to him, he says, but it ain't the mandolin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [F] That is so, so priceless right there, son.