(intro music) (upbeat country music) - [Announcer] From Athens, Ohio, Hocking Valley Bluegrass presents, the Laurel Mountain Boys.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Thank you very much.

We'd like to say we're very proud to be up here.

Hope that everybody's going to enjoy our little portion in the show.

Right now, I'd like to introduce the Laurel Mountain Boys to you.

Over here on my left on the guitar and doing lead singing, from Charleston, West Virginia Mr. Bill Duncan.

(audience cheers) Back here on the fiddle, from Hurricane, West Virginia, Doing a fine job, Mr. Dewey Thacker.

(audience cheers) - I do.

- On the other rhythm guitar back here, this boy's been with me for 15 years.

(chuckles) - Yeah.

- My son, Mark Allen Sowards, I think we can agree.

(audience cheers) Going right on around, back here on the base fiddle, from Charleston West Virginia, he's been with me ever since I started, Mr. Ray Norse, doing a fine job.

(audience cheers) On the five string banjo, from Huntington, West Virginia, boy's been with me for about two years and doing the fine job, who's up here with me here, a while back, Mr. Richie Berg.

(audience cheers) My name's Don Sowards and I kind of got this group started about two years ago.

Thank you very much.

We'd liked to an old timer now, one called Salty Dog Blues.

(audience cheers) (upbeat country music) ♪ Down in the wildwood sitting on a log ♪ ♪ Finger on the trigger and an eye on the hog ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Or I won't be your man at all ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ I pulled the trigger and the gun set go ♪ ♪ The shot fell over in Mexico ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Or I won't be your man at all ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Standing on the corner with the lowdown blues ♪ ♪ A great big hole in the bottom of my shoes ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Or I won't be your man at all ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Look it here Sal, I know you ♪ ♪ Run down stocking and a wore out shoe ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Or I won't be your man at all ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Look it here Sal, I know you ♪ ♪ Run down stocking and a wore out shoe ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Let me be your salty dog ♪ ♪ Or I won't be your man at all ♪ ♪ Honey let me be your salty dog ♪ (audience applauds) Thank you.

We'd like to do one of the old timers now, that's been around for a long time.

It's one called Going Back to Old Kentucky.

(upbeat country music) ♪ Linda Lou you know I love you ♪ ♪ I long for you each night and day ♪ ♪ When the roses bloom in old Kentucky ♪ ♪ I'll be coming back to you ♪ ♪ I'm going back to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ There to see my Linda Lou ♪ ♪ I'm going back to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ Where the skies are always blue ♪ ♪ Linda Lou you know I love you ♪ ♪ I long for you each night and day ♪ ♪ When the roses bloom in old Kentucky ♪ ♪ I'll be coming back to you ♪ ♪ I'm going back to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ There to see my Linda Lou ♪ ♪ I'm going back to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ Where the skies are always blue ♪ ♪ Linda Lou she was a beauty ♪ ♪ Rosy eyes and golden hair ♪ ♪ I'm going back to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ And I'm going back to wait for her ♪ ♪ I'm going back to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ There to see my Linda Lou ♪ ♪ I'm going back to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ Where the skies are always blue ♪ ♪ I'm going back to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ There to see my Linda Lou ♪ ♪ I'm going back to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ Where the skies are always blue ♪ (audience applauds) Thank you very much.

We like to do one now for you that we do quite often on our bluegrass festivals that we play.

Last year, I think we played something like 18 and hope to do better this year.

But anyway, we'd like to do a gospel number here for you.

One old timer's called Precious Memories.

(upbeat country music) ♪ Precious Memories how they linger ♪ ♪ How they ever flood my soul ♪ ♪ In the stillness of the midnight ♪ ♪ Precious sacred scenes unfold ♪ ♪ Precious Memories how they linger ♪ ♪ How they ever flood my soul ♪ ♪ In the stillness of the midnight ♪ ♪ Precious sacred scenes unfold ♪ ♪ Precious father loving mother ♪ ♪ Fly across the lonely years ♪ ♪ And old home scenes from my childhood ♪ ♪ In fond memory appear ♪ ♪ Precious Memories how they linger ♪ ♪ How they ever flood my soul ♪ ♪ In the stillness of the midnight ♪ ♪ Precious sacred scenes unfold ♪ (audience applauds) Thank you very much.

Thank you We'd like to call on the fiddle player back here, one more time.

Kinda like to put him through.

- Just one more time.

- Just one more.

And we like to get him to do one of the old timers, one called Fire on the Mountain.

(audience applauds) - There's some stuff.

Thank you very much.

We'd like to do another old timer here for you now.

One we get quite a number of requests, for the one called, Will You Be Loving Another Man?

(upbeat country music) ♪ Now will you love me little darling ♪ ♪ When I'm in some other land ♪ ♪ And you know I can't be with you ♪ ♪ Or will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ Will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ Will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ When I return will you be waiting ♪ ♪ Or will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ Now come crying on my shoulder ♪ ♪ And telling me that love is grand ♪ ♪ And before I'm out of sight dear ♪ ♪ Say you love another man ♪ ♪ Will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ Will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ When I return will you be waiting ♪ ♪ Or will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ Now if I find this to be true dear ♪ ♪ I want you to please understand ♪ ♪ When I return don't say you're sorry ♪ ♪ Just keep on loving another man ♪ ♪ Will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ Will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ When I return will you be waiting ♪ ♪ Or will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ Will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ Will you be loving another man ♪ ♪ When I return will you be waiting ♪ ♪ Or will you be loving another man ♪ (audience applauds) We'd like to do one for you called No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine ♪ We are saying goodbye dear forever ♪ ♪ I am leaving your false love behind ♪ ♪ Every promise you made has been broken ♪ ♪ You're no longer a sweetheart of mine ♪ ♪ Go back to the bar down the street dear ♪ ♪ And stay with your honky-tonk kind ♪ ♪ Go back to the life you've been living ♪ ♪ You're no longer a sweetheart of mine ♪ ♪ I wanted a love true and faithful ♪ ♪ And that is the way it's gotta be ♪ ♪ You wanted your honky-tonk life dear ♪ ♪ You're no longer a sweetheart to me ♪ ♪ Go back to the bar down the street dear ♪ ♪ And stay with your honky-tonk kind ♪ ♪ Go back to the life you've been living ♪ ♪ You're no longer a sweetheart of mine ♪ ♪ From a bottle to a ride in the moonlight ♪ ♪ In the arms of the first man you meet ♪ ♪ Another victim added to your list dear ♪ ♪ You're no longer a sweetheart to me ♪ ♪ Go back to the bar down the street dear ♪ ♪ And stay with your honky-tonk kind ♪ ♪ Go back to the life you've been living ♪ ♪ You're no longer a sweetheart of mine ♪ ♪ You're no longer a sweetheart of mine ♪ (audience applauds) We're calling on Richie Burg on the fiddle over here to give us one called Cripple Creek.

(audience cheers) (upbeat country music) (audience applauds) We'd like to say we really enjoyed being up here and hope that each have one of you's enjoyed our little show here.

(audience cheers) Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Before we go, we'd like to leave you with this one.

It's one called Rawhide.

(upbeat country music) Thank you!

(audience applauds) (upbeat country music) (audience applauds)