Chords for Bill Monroe Stories, Part 5 of 7
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I've got one more since we're telling.
I was actually standing, when I was a little boy, Bill sort of took me under his wing and showed me Manland and showed me a lot of stuff.
And so every time Bill was around, I was with him, you know.
And so we were standing around up there at Berryville one day and standing there talking to this elderly man.
And Bill said, you know, was talking to him and asking him how he was doing.
And the guy said, well, I ain't doing all that well, Bill.
Bill said, uh-uh-uh.
He said, well, how old are you?
He said, well, I'm 88.
He said, uh-uh, right there's your problem.
Oh, that's your problem right there.
I want to tell you one more.
I knew it.
Down there in the dressing room too one night, it's Christmas time.
And Jim and Jessica's fiddle player had went home for Christmas.
Well, Vassar Clinton was coming down there and was going to fill in for the guy.
Well, Vassar went over there and put his fiddle case right where Bill generally put his Manland case.
So Bill, they had some seats in the dressing room, chairs and sit down.
So Bill and a whole bunch of us was there.
Kenny Baker was there, you know.
Bill asked me, he said, above you, who's that fiddle over there?
I said, who?
He said, that fiddle stand over there with his back this way.
I said, that's Vassar Clinton.
He said, is that right?
I said, yeah, that's who that is, you know.
And he said, he's ruined every fiddle player in this town.
He destroyed him.
And I said, how did he do that, Bill?
Well, he just can't play with Katie Hill no more, you know.
And he kept going on about that and just on and on and on. Wow.
Baker was, by this time, Baker got irritated.
He was walking right up, apparently right in front of Bill, kicking the carpet, you know, not saying a word.
Bill ran on.
Vassar left, by the way.
He got out and he kept his back turned to Bill.
He never did look at Monroe.
But he walked outside.
And Bill waited until he got out the door, right there.
And then he started talking about Vassar.
He destroyed everybody that played the fiddle down there.
He couldn't play Katie Hill and them tunes anymore.
Well, Kenny kept prancing back and forth, you know.
And Bill kept running on and sitting.
Kenny walked in front of him.
He said, hey, you ain't hurt my fiddle playing on.
Not a bit in the world.
He stopped right in front of Bill and told him that.
Bill said, he was just looking off like this right here, you know.
Kenny said, he looked at Bill again and determined Kenny walked out the door.
Bill sat right there and he waited until that door shut, you know.
He was sure that Kenny was gone.
He said, I don't care what he said.
If Vassar Clemson would never feel the pressure.
[E]
He wouldn't have it any other way.
[N] What's the story?
And you all probably all know the story about what Bill said about Vassar and turkey and straw.
Oh, do you know that, Rick? Yeah.
He, Vassar was on playing.
You know, he was on with somebody out there playing.
And Bill and them was backstage, you know, getting ready to go on after that.
And Vassar came off and came into the dressing room and he said, Vassar, what was the name of that tune you was playing out there?
He said, well, Bill has turkey and a straw.
He said, no, no, no.
He said, there wasn't no turkey in a hundred mile of that restaurant.
Because it diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle.
Bill, I got one more quick story.
A friend of mine out in Oklahoma said, everybody had Monroe stories.
He said, here's one that happened to us.
Ricky, do you remember Gary Price?
Yeah.
Well, he emailed me this story.
And he said they were, Bill and somebody was putting on a festival in Oklahoma.
And he was there.
And so Bill got there and he said, I need to get a ride to Fort Worth.
I think Bill Mack had a, still had a radio program over there.
It was about four hours.
So Gary said, I volunteered.
And he said a friend of mine that played the mandolin, he volunteered.
And he said, man, we couldn't believe we was going to get to ride for four hours with Bill and four hours back.
So he said, well, we'll take you.
And he said, do you have a pillow?
He said, yeah.
So he went to his motor home and got him a pillow.
He said, we got in the car.
And he said the first thing Bill would do was beat that pillow up a little bit and lay his head down.
It wouldn't sound asleep.
So on the way out to the drive, they got to talking about people that had played good roles with different people
and had played different things.
And the mandolin picker, he mentioned me.
I played banjo and played guitar and accro and whatever, you know.
And Gary said, he said, we got to know Joe Stewart.
He said, Joe played everything in the world with Bill and everything, including the mandolin for a while.
And he said, he's played everything.
And he said, they heard a voice that said, I never did like to hear Joe Stewart play the banjo.
And that was it.
[F] He woke up just long enough to say that.
He woke up and laid back down, slept all the way to Fort Worth and all the way
I was actually standing, when I was a little boy, Bill sort of took me under his wing and showed me Manland and showed me a lot of stuff.
And so every time Bill was around, I was with him, you know.
And so we were standing around up there at Berryville one day and standing there talking to this elderly man.
And Bill said, you know, was talking to him and asking him how he was doing.
And the guy said, well, I ain't doing all that well, Bill.
Bill said, uh-uh-uh.
He said, well, how old are you?
He said, well, I'm 88.
He said, uh-uh, right there's your problem.
Oh, that's your problem right there.
I want to tell you one more.
I knew it.
Down there in the dressing room too one night, it's Christmas time.
And Jim and Jessica's fiddle player had went home for Christmas.
Well, Vassar Clinton was coming down there and was going to fill in for the guy.
Well, Vassar went over there and put his fiddle case right where Bill generally put his Manland case.
So Bill, they had some seats in the dressing room, chairs and sit down.
So Bill and a whole bunch of us was there.
Kenny Baker was there, you know.
Bill asked me, he said, above you, who's that fiddle over there?
I said, who?
He said, that fiddle stand over there with his back this way.
I said, that's Vassar Clinton.
He said, is that right?
I said, yeah, that's who that is, you know.
And he said, he's ruined every fiddle player in this town.
He destroyed him.
And I said, how did he do that, Bill?
Well, he just can't play with Katie Hill no more, you know.
And he kept going on about that and just on and on and on. Wow.
Baker was, by this time, Baker got irritated.
He was walking right up, apparently right in front of Bill, kicking the carpet, you know, not saying a word.
Bill ran on.
Vassar left, by the way.
He got out and he kept his back turned to Bill.
He never did look at Monroe.
But he walked outside.
And Bill waited until he got out the door, right there.
And then he started talking about Vassar.
He destroyed everybody that played the fiddle down there.
He couldn't play Katie Hill and them tunes anymore.
Well, Kenny kept prancing back and forth, you know.
And Bill kept running on and sitting.
Kenny walked in front of him.
He said, hey, you ain't hurt my fiddle playing on.
Not a bit in the world.
He stopped right in front of Bill and told him that.
Bill said, he was just looking off like this right here, you know.
Kenny said, he looked at Bill again and determined Kenny walked out the door.
Bill sat right there and he waited until that door shut, you know.
He was sure that Kenny was gone.
He said, I don't care what he said.
If Vassar Clemson would never feel the pressure.
[E]
He wouldn't have it any other way.
[N] What's the story?
And you all probably all know the story about what Bill said about Vassar and turkey and straw.
Oh, do you know that, Rick? Yeah.
He, Vassar was on playing.
You know, he was on with somebody out there playing.
And Bill and them was backstage, you know, getting ready to go on after that.
And Vassar came off and came into the dressing room and he said, Vassar, what was the name of that tune you was playing out there?
He said, well, Bill has turkey and a straw.
He said, no, no, no.
He said, there wasn't no turkey in a hundred mile of that restaurant.
Because it diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle.
Bill, I got one more quick story.
A friend of mine out in Oklahoma said, everybody had Monroe stories.
He said, here's one that happened to us.
Ricky, do you remember Gary Price?
Yeah.
Well, he emailed me this story.
And he said they were, Bill and somebody was putting on a festival in Oklahoma.
And he was there.
And so Bill got there and he said, I need to get a ride to Fort Worth.
I think Bill Mack had a, still had a radio program over there.
It was about four hours.
So Gary said, I volunteered.
And he said a friend of mine that played the mandolin, he volunteered.
And he said, man, we couldn't believe we was going to get to ride for four hours with Bill and four hours back.
So he said, well, we'll take you.
And he said, do you have a pillow?
He said, yeah.
So he went to his motor home and got him a pillow.
He said, we got in the car.
And he said the first thing Bill would do was beat that pillow up a little bit and lay his head down.
It wouldn't sound asleep.
So on the way out to the drive, they got to talking about people that had played good roles with different people
and had played different things.
And the mandolin picker, he mentioned me.
I played banjo and played guitar and accro and whatever, you know.
And Gary said, he said, we got to know Joe Stewart.
He said, Joe played everything in the world with Bill and everything, including the mandolin for a while.
And he said, he's played everything.
And he said, they heard a voice that said, I never did like to hear Joe Stewart play the banjo.
And that was it.
[F] He woke up just long enough to say that.
He woke up and laid back down, slept all the way to Fort Worth and all the way
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_ _ I've got one more since we're telling. _
I was actually standing, when I was a little boy, Bill sort of took me under his wing and showed me Manland and showed me a lot of stuff.
And so every time Bill was around, I was with him, you know.
And so we were standing around up there at Berryville one day and standing there talking to this elderly man.
_ And Bill said, _ you know, was talking to him and asking him how he was doing.
And the guy said, well, I ain't doing all that well, Bill.
Bill said, uh-uh-uh.
He said, well, how old are you?
He said, well, I'm 88.
He said, uh-uh, right there's your problem. _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, that's your problem right there.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I want to tell you one more.
_ _ I knew it.
_ _ _ Down there in the dressing room too one night, it's Christmas time.
_ _ And Jim and Jessica's fiddle player had went home for Christmas.
Well, Vassar Clinton was coming down there and was going to fill in for the guy.
Well, Vassar went over there and put his fiddle case right where Bill generally put his Manland case.
_ So Bill, they had some seats in the dressing room, chairs and sit down.
So Bill and a whole bunch of us was there.
Kenny Baker was there, you know.
Bill asked me, he said, above you, who's that fiddle over there?
I said, who?
He said, that fiddle stand over there with his back this way.
I said, that's Vassar Clinton.
He said, is that right?
_ _ I said, yeah, that's who that is, you know.
And he said, _ _ _ _ he's ruined every fiddle player in this town.
_ He destroyed him.
And I said, _ _ how did he do that, Bill?
Well, he just can't play with Katie Hill no more, you know.
_ And he kept going on about that and just on and on and on. Wow.
Baker was, by this time, Baker got irritated.
He was walking right up, apparently right in front of Bill, kicking the carpet, you know, not saying a word.
Bill ran on.
Vassar left, by the way.
He got out and he kept his back turned to Bill.
He never did look at Monroe.
But he walked outside.
_ And Bill waited until he got out the door, right there.
And then he started talking about Vassar.
He destroyed everybody that played the fiddle down there.
He couldn't play Katie Hill and them tunes anymore. _
Well, Kenny kept prancing back and forth, you know.
And Bill kept running on and sitting.
Kenny walked in front of him.
He said, hey, you ain't hurt my fiddle playing on.
Not a bit in the world.
He stopped right in front of Bill and told him that.
Bill said, he was just looking off like this right here, you know. _ _
Kenny said, _ _ _ he looked at Bill again and determined Kenny walked out the door.
Bill sat right there and he waited until that door shut, you know.
He was sure that Kenny was gone.
He said, I don't care what he said.
If Vassar Clemson would never feel the pressure.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ He wouldn't have it any other way. _
[N] _ _ _ What's the story?
And you all probably all know the story about what Bill said about Vassar and turkey and straw.
_ _ Oh, do you know that, Rick? Yeah. _
_ _ _ He, _ Vassar was on playing.
You know, he was on with somebody out there playing.
And Bill and them was backstage, you know, getting ready to go on after that. _ _ _ _
_ And Vassar came off and came into the dressing room and he said, Vassar, _ what was the name of that tune you was playing out there?
He said, well, Bill has turkey and a straw.
He said, no, no, no.
_ _ He said, there wasn't no turkey in a hundred mile of that restaurant.
_ _ _ Because it diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle.
Bill, I got one more quick story.
_ A friend of mine out in Oklahoma said, everybody had Monroe stories.
He said, here's one that happened to us.
_ Ricky, do you remember Gary Price?
Yeah.
Well, he emailed me this story.
And he said they were, Bill and somebody was putting on a festival in Oklahoma.
And he was there.
And _ so Bill got there and he said, I need to get a ride to Fort Worth.
I think Bill Mack had a, still had a radio program over there.
It was about four hours.
So Gary said, I volunteered.
And he said a friend of mine that played the mandolin, he volunteered.
And he said, man, we couldn't believe we was going to get to ride for four hours with Bill and four hours back.
So he said, well, we'll take you.
And he said, do you have a pillow?
He said, yeah.
So he went to his motor home and got him a pillow.
He said, we got in the car.
And he said the first thing Bill would do was beat that pillow up a little bit and lay his head down.
It wouldn't sound asleep.
So on the way out to the drive, they got to talking about people that had played good roles with different people
and had played different things.
_ _ And the mandolin picker, he mentioned me.
I played banjo and played guitar and accro and whatever, you know. _ _
And Gary said, he said, we got to know Joe Stewart.
He said, Joe played everything in the world with Bill and everything, including the mandolin for a while.
And he said, he's played everything.
And he said, they heard a voice that said, I never did like to hear Joe Stewart play the banjo.
And that was it.
_ [F] _ _ _ He woke up just long enough to say that.
He woke up and laid back down, slept all the way to Fort Worth and all the way
I was actually standing, when I was a little boy, Bill sort of took me under his wing and showed me Manland and showed me a lot of stuff.
And so every time Bill was around, I was with him, you know.
And so we were standing around up there at Berryville one day and standing there talking to this elderly man.
_ And Bill said, _ you know, was talking to him and asking him how he was doing.
And the guy said, well, I ain't doing all that well, Bill.
Bill said, uh-uh-uh.
He said, well, how old are you?
He said, well, I'm 88.
He said, uh-uh, right there's your problem. _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, that's your problem right there.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I want to tell you one more.
_ _ I knew it.
_ _ _ Down there in the dressing room too one night, it's Christmas time.
_ _ And Jim and Jessica's fiddle player had went home for Christmas.
Well, Vassar Clinton was coming down there and was going to fill in for the guy.
Well, Vassar went over there and put his fiddle case right where Bill generally put his Manland case.
_ So Bill, they had some seats in the dressing room, chairs and sit down.
So Bill and a whole bunch of us was there.
Kenny Baker was there, you know.
Bill asked me, he said, above you, who's that fiddle over there?
I said, who?
He said, that fiddle stand over there with his back this way.
I said, that's Vassar Clinton.
He said, is that right?
_ _ I said, yeah, that's who that is, you know.
And he said, _ _ _ _ he's ruined every fiddle player in this town.
_ He destroyed him.
And I said, _ _ how did he do that, Bill?
Well, he just can't play with Katie Hill no more, you know.
_ And he kept going on about that and just on and on and on. Wow.
Baker was, by this time, Baker got irritated.
He was walking right up, apparently right in front of Bill, kicking the carpet, you know, not saying a word.
Bill ran on.
Vassar left, by the way.
He got out and he kept his back turned to Bill.
He never did look at Monroe.
But he walked outside.
_ And Bill waited until he got out the door, right there.
And then he started talking about Vassar.
He destroyed everybody that played the fiddle down there.
He couldn't play Katie Hill and them tunes anymore. _
Well, Kenny kept prancing back and forth, you know.
And Bill kept running on and sitting.
Kenny walked in front of him.
He said, hey, you ain't hurt my fiddle playing on.
Not a bit in the world.
He stopped right in front of Bill and told him that.
Bill said, he was just looking off like this right here, you know. _ _
Kenny said, _ _ _ he looked at Bill again and determined Kenny walked out the door.
Bill sat right there and he waited until that door shut, you know.
He was sure that Kenny was gone.
He said, I don't care what he said.
If Vassar Clemson would never feel the pressure.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ He wouldn't have it any other way. _
[N] _ _ _ What's the story?
And you all probably all know the story about what Bill said about Vassar and turkey and straw.
_ _ Oh, do you know that, Rick? Yeah. _
_ _ _ He, _ Vassar was on playing.
You know, he was on with somebody out there playing.
And Bill and them was backstage, you know, getting ready to go on after that. _ _ _ _
_ And Vassar came off and came into the dressing room and he said, Vassar, _ what was the name of that tune you was playing out there?
He said, well, Bill has turkey and a straw.
He said, no, no, no.
_ _ He said, there wasn't no turkey in a hundred mile of that restaurant.
_ _ _ Because it diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle.
Bill, I got one more quick story.
_ A friend of mine out in Oklahoma said, everybody had Monroe stories.
He said, here's one that happened to us.
_ Ricky, do you remember Gary Price?
Yeah.
Well, he emailed me this story.
And he said they were, Bill and somebody was putting on a festival in Oklahoma.
And he was there.
And _ so Bill got there and he said, I need to get a ride to Fort Worth.
I think Bill Mack had a, still had a radio program over there.
It was about four hours.
So Gary said, I volunteered.
And he said a friend of mine that played the mandolin, he volunteered.
And he said, man, we couldn't believe we was going to get to ride for four hours with Bill and four hours back.
So he said, well, we'll take you.
And he said, do you have a pillow?
He said, yeah.
So he went to his motor home and got him a pillow.
He said, we got in the car.
And he said the first thing Bill would do was beat that pillow up a little bit and lay his head down.
It wouldn't sound asleep.
So on the way out to the drive, they got to talking about people that had played good roles with different people
and had played different things.
_ _ And the mandolin picker, he mentioned me.
I played banjo and played guitar and accro and whatever, you know. _ _
And Gary said, he said, we got to know Joe Stewart.
He said, Joe played everything in the world with Bill and everything, including the mandolin for a while.
And he said, he's played everything.
And he said, they heard a voice that said, I never did like to hear Joe Stewart play the banjo.
And that was it.
_ [F] _ _ _ He woke up just long enough to say that.
He woke up and laid back down, slept all the way to Fort Worth and all the way