(introduction music plays) - [Announcer] Produced in Athens at the Ohio University Telecommunications Center.

(bluegrass music plays) - [Announcer] From Athens, Ohio, Hocking Valley Bluegrass presents: The McCumbers Brothers!

(bluegrass music plays) (audience claps along with music) (audience cheers) - Oh, yeah, thank you!

Thank you!

It's a real pleasure being back, picking on an important show.

Thank you a whole lot, we really appreciate that.

This is an old-time number, This is "John Henry Hold-Handle Junior, the 4th."

(bluegrass music plays) ♪ John Henry was a little bitty boy ♪ ♪ No bigger than the palm of your hand ♪ ♪ Well a fire sparked, and his mama said ♪ ♪ Johnny be a steel driving man lord, lord ♪ ♪ Johnny be a steel driving man ♪ ♪ John Henry went up on the mountain ♪ ♪ And he looked to the other side ♪ ♪ Well the mountain was so tall, John Henry was so small ♪ ♪ He laid down his hammer then he cried, lord, lord ♪ ♪ Laid down his hammer then he cried ♪ ♪ John Henry had a sweet little wife ♪ ♪ Her name was Polly Ann ♪ ♪ John Henry got sick and he had to go to bed ♪ ♪ Polly drove the steel like a man, lord, lord ♪ ♪ Polly drove the steel like a man ♪ ♪ Now, talk about John Henry as much as you would ♪ ♪ Say all, do all that you can ♪ ♪ But there never was a man in the United States ♪ ♪ That ever replaced a steel driving man, lord, lord ♪ ♪ Ever replaced a steel driving man ♪ (audience cheers) - Thank you, thank you.

This is titled "West Virginia Man."

(bluegrass music plays) ♪ I traveled over this country ♪ ♪ Been all through this land ♪ ♪ Seen many a pretty city ♪ ♪ Blue rivers, trees, and sand ♪ ♪ I've been down to old Kentucky ♪ ♪ Been down in Alabama ♪ ♪ California girls are pretty ♪ ♪ The Georgia peaches are grand ♪ ♪ But I found my destiny ♪ ♪ Here at home the air is free ♪ ♪ In these hills, I'll make my stand ♪ ♪ Because I'm a West Virginia Man ♪ ♪ I like my coffee black ♪ ♪ I like my chicken brown ♪ ♪ Love my biscuits sopped in gravy ♪ ♪ I like my Bluetick hound ♪ ♪ I love old mountain music ♪ ♪ All my neighbors are my friends ♪ ♪ Hear the chickens in the morning ♪ ♪ Slop the hogs in the pen ♪ ♪ And I found my destiny ♪ ♪ Here at home the air is free ♪ ♪ In these hills I'll make my stand ♪ ♪ Because I'm a West Virginia man ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm a West Virginia man ♪ (audience cheers) - Thank you, appreciate that.

All right we- we have an instrumental that's on our album.

We'll get the- I'll get that fiddle out here in just a little bit for you.

(laughs) Anyway, this is- "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" movie that was out, we kind of took the theme from it and we couldn't remember it all so we sort of made up what we didn't know about it.

Anyway, we call it "Bad and Ugly Bluegrass" and we're thrilled- we're thrilled to kind of kick this one off for us on the banjo.

(bluegrass music plays) (audience cheers) - [Buck] All right!

- [Buck] Thank you very much.

- Best crowd I've ever played in front of!

You're the best crowd I've ever played in front of, I'll tell you.

Really nice.

(laughs) We're going to get Dwayne to kind of do- we do a little bit of country every once in a while if Dwayne kind of- gets his little old blues in the old Dobro, we'll do a Merle Haggard tune called "Workin' Man Blues" for you.

(Bluegrass music plays) - Oh, that does sound pretty.

♪ Well it's hard getting by with nine kids and a wife ♪ ♪ I've been a working man ♪ ♪ Dang near all my life, but I go back working ♪ ♪ Come Monday morning I'm up back with the crew lord, lord ♪ ♪ I'll drink a little beer in the tavern ♪ ♪ Cry a little bit of these working man blues ♪ ♪ Sometimes I think about leaving ♪ ♪ Do a little bumming around ♪ ♪ Throw my bills out the window ♪ ♪ And move to another town, but I go back working ♪ ♪ Come Monday morning I'm up back with the crew lord, lord ♪ ♪ I'll drink a little beer in the tavern ♪ ♪ Cry a little bit of these working man blues ♪ ♪ Hey, hey, the working man ♪ ♪ Working man like me ♪ ♪ Ain't never been on welfare ♪ ♪ And that's one place I won't be no, I go back working ♪ ♪ Come Monday morning I'm up back with the crew lord, lord ♪ ♪ I'll drink a little beer in the tavern ♪ ♪ Cry a little bit of these working man blues ♪ ♪ I'll drink a little beer in the tavern ♪ ♪ Cry a little bit of these working man blues ♪ (audience cheers) - Thank you!

Thank you.

Oh lord, thank you, thank you.

Boy, it's nice, real nice.

I hear somebody keep hollering for "Salty Dog Blues", we'd as well do that again for him.

We can kind of get Darrell to kick this one off.

"Salty Dog Blues."

(bluegrass music plays) ♪ I stand on the corner with the lowdown blues ♪ ♪ A great, big hole in both of my shoes ♪ ♪ Honey, let me be your Salty Dog ♪ ♪ Let me be your Salty Dog or I won't be a man at all ♪ ♪ Honey, let me be your Salty Dog ♪ ♪ Hello there, Sal, I know you ♪ ♪ A run-down slipper in a worn-out shoe ♪ ♪ Honey, let me be your Salty Dog ♪ ♪ Let me be your Salty Dog or I won't be a man at all ♪ ♪ Honey, let me be your Salty Dog ♪ ♪ I was out in the wild woods sitting on a log ♪ ♪ Finger on the trigger and eye on a hog ♪ ♪ Honey, let me be your Salty Dog ♪ ♪ Let me be your Salty Dog or I won't be a man at all ♪ ♪ Honey, let me be your Salty Dog ♪ ♪ I pulled the trigger and the gun let 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 a man at all ♪ ♪ Honey, let me be your Salty Dog ♪ (audience cheers) - Oh, yeah!

(laughs) - [Buck] Ooh, all right!

- Here's another one of the old Flatt and Scruggs tunes we'll do for you.

We kind of stick with the old ones and the new ones are anything we can stick with.

(bluegrass music plays) ♪ Going to lay around the shack ♪ ♪ Until that mail train comes back ♪ ♪ And I'm going to roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Well, I ain't going to work on the railroad ♪ ♪ Ain't going to work on the farm ♪ ♪ Going to lay around the shack ♪ ♪ Until that mail train gets back ♪ ♪ And roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Lay around the shack ♪ ♪ Until the mail train gets back ♪ ♪ And roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Well, I know your parents don't like me ♪ ♪ They'd turn me away from your door ♪ ♪ And if I had my life to live over ♪ ♪ I'd never go there any more ♪ ♪ Roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Lay around the shack ♪ ♪ Until the mail train gets back ♪ ♪ And roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Now, I like to drink beer and whiskey ♪ ♪ Sip on a good wine, too ♪ ♪ I like to chase those pretty, little women ♪ ♪ And pick a little bluegrass, too ♪ ♪ Roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Lay around the shack ♪ ♪ Until the mail train gets back ♪ ♪ And roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ - Oh, yeah!

♪ Roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ ♪ Lay around the shack ♪ ♪ Until the mail train gets back ♪ ♪ And roll in my sweet baby's arms ♪ (audience cheers) - All right, we'll move on up to B-chord while we're taking a little break here.

I'm going to have to introduce you to these guys, I plum forgot about that.

- [Buck] That's Darrell McCumbers on the banjo.

- Next to him back here on the bass, you notice he might be sitting down, I call him my half-brother.

He's only got one arm and the other is artificial, that's the reason he's sitting down or he uses a bar.

And he does a real fantastic job, we're really proud of him.

That's my other brother, Dare McCumbers- (audience cheers) - Over on the Dobro!

- [Buck] That's my younger brother, that's Dwayne McCumbers on the Dobro.

(audience cheers) - And I'm the other cucumber of the McCumbers Brothers, I'm Buck McCumbers.

Back on the guitar back there, he ain't a McCumbers yet, we just call him a pickle.

(laughs) - That's Fred Brookover on the Flat Top guitar.

(audience cheers) - We had a request to do "Pallet on the Floor" for you again, so we'd as well get that out of the way for you.

Get Darrell to kick it off, baby!

(bluegrass music plays) ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Make it soft, make it low ♪ ♪ So my good girl will never know ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Come all you good-time friends of mine ♪ ♪ Come all you good-time friends of mine ♪ ♪ Once I had a dollar they treated me so kind ♪ ♪ Now she's gone and left me here behind ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Make it soft, make it low ♪ ♪ So my good girl will never know ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Blues everywhere I see ♪ ♪ Blues everywhere I see ♪ ♪ Blues all around me, everywhere I see ♪ ♪ Nobody cares for blues but me ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Make it soft, make it low ♪ ♪ So my good girl will never know ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Come all you good-time friends of mine ♪ ♪ Come all you good-time friends of mine ♪ ♪ Once I had a dollar they treated me so kind ♪ ♪ Now, she's gone and left me here behind ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Make it soft, make it low ♪ ♪ So my good girl will never know ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ ♪ Make it soft, make it low ♪ ♪ So my good girl will never know ♪ ♪ Make me a pallet on your floor ♪ (audience cheers) - All right, Freddy.

(bluegrass music plays) ♪ Sitting alone at my cabin ♪ ♪ Listening to the crackling of the fire ♪ ♪ Outside the snow is falling ♪ ♪ The snowflakes twinkle like the stars ♪ ♪ My mind tends to wander when I'm lonesome ♪ ♪ Thinking of a girl I once loved ♪ ♪ But she found someone she loved better ♪ ♪ Spread her wings and she flew like the dove ♪ ♪ And they call me a hillbilly hobo ♪ ♪ Who lives in a shack made of logs ♪ ♪ Deep in those hills of old West Virginia ♪ ♪ And the only friend I have is my dog ♪ ♪ My hair is long and it's shaggy ♪ ♪ My clothes all are torn and soiled ♪ ♪ My shoes have holes in the bottom ♪ ♪ But I'm happy, and I don't mind the cold ♪ ♪ In the Spring, there's a stream where I go fishing ♪ ♪ In the Fall, I'm busy hunting squirrels ♪ ♪ In the Winter, there's plenty of fur trapping ♪ ♪ And I don't need no one messing up my world ♪ ♪ And they call me a hillbilly hobo ♪ ♪ Who lives in a shack made of logs ♪ ♪ Deep in those hills of old West Virginia ♪ ♪ And the only friend I have is my dog ♪ (audience cheers) - Thank you!

All right.

All right, I'm going to try to play this thing.

(audience cheers) - This is not the "Orange Blossom Special" but it's about as close as I can get to it.

(bluegrass music plays) (audience cheers)