Interview with Bob Moore, July 8, 2005

Partial Transcript: Hi, I'm Eddie Stubbs. I'm one of the staff announcers for WSM Radio and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.

Segment Synopsis: Moore describes his musical style as well as some of the artists he has worked with over the years. Moore also talks of his background and childhood growing up in Nashville, Tennessee.

Keywords: Bassists; Billy Robinson (Artist); Bluegrass music; Bob Jennings (Artist); Car; Childhood; Country music; Eddie Arnold (Artist); Elvis Presley (Artist); Enjoyed; Flatt and Scruggs (Artist); Floyd Robinson (Artist); Grand Ole Opry; Grandmother; Guitars; House; Instruments; Interested; Invited; Kirk McGee (Artist); Leaving; Manager; Mascot; Movies; Musical instruments; Nashville Banner (Newspaper); Pee Wee King (Artist); Recording sessions; Rhythm guitars; Roy Orbison (Artist); Sam McGee (Artist); School; Singer; Son; Sons of the Pioneers (Artist); Talent; Tapes; The Eagle Rangers (Artist); Uncle Dave Macon (Artist); Upright bass; WGNS (Radio station); Weekends

Subjects: Age; Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Blues (Music); Brothers; Childhood; Church; Country music.; Early life; Fame; Grand ole opry (Radio program); High school; Jazz; Learning; Listening; Mother; Murfreesboro (Tenn.); Music; Music facilities; Musicians; Nashville (Tenn.); Old-time music; Paterson (N.J.); Poverty; Promotion; Quartet; Radio; Radio stations; Songs; Tennessee; Work; Writing; Young

Partial Transcript: So, at what point did you pick up the bass?

Segment Synopsis: Moore recalls what it was like to learn to play the bass during middle school. Moore also describes his music career during high school.

Keywords: Baritone horn; Bass; Bass players; Big band; Billy Robinson (Artist); Bluegrass music; Car; Cars; Country music; Disliked; Fiddle players; Fiddles; Guitar players; Hank Williams (Artist); Help; Jerry Robinson (Artist); Junior high schools; Marching band; Owen Bradley (Artist); Practice; Radio programs; Reading music; Realization; Recording studios; School; The Eagle Rangers (Artist); Tired; Unused; Upright bass

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Boys; Commute; Education; Experience; Football; High school; Horns; Knowledge; Learning; Mother; Murfreesboro (Tenn.); Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Radio stations; Time; Walking; Young

Partial Transcript: So, when did you start hanging out at the Ryman?

Segment Synopsis: Moore describes visiting the Grand Ole Opry as a child and some of the influential performers he looked up to as role models.

Keywords: Backstage; Bass; Bass players; Beat; Bill Drake (Artist); Bluegrass music; Borrowed; Consistent; Country music; Drake Brothers (Artist); Ernest Tubb (Artist); Familiar; Guards; Influences; Interested; Jack Drake (Artist); Paratroopers; Pete Drake (Artist); School; Shoe shine box; Shoe shining; Strong; Upright bass; Weekends; World War II

Subjects: Age; Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Boots; Childhood; Early life; Fort Campbell (Ky. and Tenn.); Grand ole opry (Radio program); Knowledge; Learning; Money; Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Nashville (Tenn.); Poverty; Role models; Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, Tenn.); Sound; World War, 1939-1945

Partial Transcript: So how long was it before you gravitated to your first--uh--professional job?

Segment Synopsis: Moore describes his first professional music gig, which was a traveling tent show.

Keywords: Bass; Bass players; Benny Martin (Artist); Bluegrass music; Capacity; Clean; Country music; Crew; Crossroads; Driving; Entertainment; Fiddle players; Fiddles; Friends; Fun; Funny; Good experience; Grandmother; Guitar players; Guitars; Hal Smith (Artist); Hired; Honey Wilds (Artist); Hotel; Jam-Up and Honey (Artist); Kirk McGee (Artist); Large; Ledger; Lew Childre (Artist); Records; Salary; Solo; Straight man; Talent; Tent crew; Tent show; Towns; Uncle Dave Macon (Artist); Upright bass; Velma Williams (Artist); Walk-on; Zeke Clements (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Blackface; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Duet; Grand ole opry (Radio program); High school; Money; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Night; Oklahoma; Old-time music; Roommates; Rural; Singing; Size; Summer; Travel; Ukulele; Work

Partial Transcript: Was that the next, uh, your next job after--

Segment Synopsis: Moore reflects upon his time spent playing in the western swing band Paul Howard and His Arkansas Cotton Pickers. Moore also considers some of the artists who had an influence on his bass playing style.

Keywords: Acoustic; Bass; Bass players; Billy Bowman (Artist); Bluegrass music; Bob Wills (Artist); Busy; Categorized; Copy; Country jazz; Country music; Ernest Tubb (Artist); Familiar; Genres; Harold Horner (Artist); Hired; Hottest band; Intricate; Jack Drake (Song); Johnny Gimble (Artist); Johnny Lee Wills (Artist); King Records; Left handed; Leon McAuliffe (Artist); Little Jimmy Dickens (Artist); Music business; Opportunities; Oscar Pettitford (Artist); Paul Howard (Artist); Paul Howard and His Arkansas Cotton Pickers (Artist); Pay; Philadelphia Philharmonic; Progression; Recording sessions; Records; Records, kinds of: lacquer-coated instantaneous; Roddy Bristol (Artist); Sons of the Pioneers (Artist); Spade Cooley (Artist); Steal; Style; Syd Nathan (Artist); Talent; Teenager; Tex Williams (Artist); Thrilling; Unintentional; Upgrade; Upright bass; Western swing

Subjects: Age; Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Brother; Change; Cincinnati (Ohio); Columbia Records, Inc; Competition; Fame; Good; Grand ole opry (Radio program); Health; High school; Jazz; Lines; Listening; Meeting; Money; Music; Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Notes; Piano; Radio; Radio stations; Songs; Sound; Stroke; Texas; Travel; Western swing (Music)

Partial Transcript: What was it like working with Jimmy Dickens?

Segment Synopsis: Moore describes his work with Little Jimmy Dickens when Moore was a young man.

Keywords: Amazing; Arrival; Band; Bass; Bass players; Big; Bluegrass music; Bonus; Breaks; Constant; Country music; Dedication; Fiddle players; Fiddles; Goals; Guitar players; Guitars; Hired; Improving; Jabbo Arrington (Artist); Little Jimmy Dickens (Artist); Matinee; Paul Howard (Artist); Paul Howard and His Arkansas Cotton Pickers (Artist); Phone call; Practice; Red Taylor (Artist); Relax; Salary; Schedule; Separate; Tour; Upright bass; Wife

Subjects: Age; Bands (Music); Best; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Children; Discipline; Food; Grand ole opry (Radio program); Home; Little Rock (Ark.); Money; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Nashville (Tenn.); Nineteen fifties; North Carolina; Oklahoma; Selling; Songbooks; Texas; Theatres; Travel; Work; Work ethic

Partial Transcript: A lot of people don't know that there's several different approaches that you can use to pulling that string.

Segment Synopsis: Moore describes different approaches to playing the bass.

Keywords: Anita Carter (Artist); Approaches; Back beat; Bass; Bass players; Beginning; Blood blisters; Bluegrass music; Chorus; Consistent; Control; Country music; Cut off; Dampen; Demonstration; Different; Direction; Drums; Drumstick; Easier; Effect; Fingerboard; Hooking; Hurt; Important; Jack Drake (Artist); Joe Zenkin (Artist); Musical instruments; Mute; Note; Open key; Open string; Pattern; Practice; Pulling; Recording studios; Release; Ricky Skaggs (Artist); Ringing; Roy Acuff (Artist); Shortened; Similar; Slap bass; Strings; Talent; Tough; Upright bass

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Fingers; Learning; Light; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Percussion; Skin; Sound; Success; Technique; Tone

Partial Transcript: You hear a lot of people talk, Bob, while we're talking technical aspects of the, of the instrument, you hear a lot of people talk about tone.

Segment Synopsis: Moore emphasizes the importance of tone in music, especially for bass players. Moore details his preferred setup for his upright bass.

Keywords: Accurate; Banana oil; Bass; Bass players; Bluegrass music; Country music; Different sound; Difficult; Distinctive; Durable; Feeling; Fraying; Gut strings; Jerry Byrd (Artist); Left hand; Length; Match; Musical instruments; Nice; Play by ear; Playing; Potential; Practice; Preference; Progression; Purchased; Rare; Right hand; Setup; Soaking; Steel guitars; Steel strings; Talent; Today; Tune; Upright bass; Variable gauges

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Change; Example; Good; Hearing; Humidity; Kerosene; Moisture; Music stores; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Sound; Temperature; Time; Tone; Travel; Unique

Partial Transcript: Alright, we were talking about, uh, tone and, and, and getting tone out of a bass...

Segment Synopsis: Moore briefly discusses the condescending attitude that some orchestra players have towards bluegrass musicians who play stringed instruments. Moore explains some of the maintenance practices he implements to keep his upright bass in good shape.

Keywords: Accustomed; Active; Adjustment; Bass; Bass players; Bluegrass music; Condescending; Consistent; Controlled environment; Correct; Country music; Damage; Different; Effort; Electric bass; Family of instruments; Forefinger; Free players; Invention; Little finger; Musical instruments; Old; Opening; Pipe organ; Positions; Practice; Purchased; Rare; Setup; Strings; Study; Symphony players; Talent; Talking; Today; Upright bass; Vibrating

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Church; Fingers; Humidity; Learning; Maintenance; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Nashville (Tenn.); Orchestra; Planning; Pressure; Temperature; Time; Training; Violin; Wood; Work

Partial Transcript: I wanted to ask you about, uh, some of the other people that you worked with years ago.

Segment Synopsis: Moore illustrates his work on country and bluegrass radio shows during the 1950s.

Keywords: Audience; Bass; Bass players; Benny Martin (Artist); Big bank; Billie Burkes (Artist); Bluegrass music; Chet Atkins (Artist); Clothes; Common; Costumes; Count Basie (Artist); Country music; Curly Fox (Artist); Curly Seckler (Artist); Earl Scruggs (Artist); Early morning radio shows; Excited; Farm news; Flatt and Scruggs (Artist); Friends; George Cooper (Artist); Happy; Hired; Honky­tonk music; Interested; Joe Zenkin (Artist); Leave; Lester Flatt (Artist); Little Jimmy Dickens (Artist); News; Paycheck; Porter Wagoner (Artist); Quit; Radio programs; Ray Price (Artist); Return; Roy Acuff (Artist); Speck Rhodes (Artist); Stan Kenton (Artist); Switch; TV show; Texas Ruby (Artist); Thrilling; Tommy Sosebee (Artist); Upright bass; Vacation; WSM (Radio station); Waking crew

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Comedians; Comedy; Homesickness; Horns; Houston (Tex.); Jazz; Listening; Marriage; Martha White Foods; Money; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Nineteen fifties; Radio; Radio programs.; Radio stations; Smiling; Travel

Partial Transcript: Working with somebody, going from that big band setting to, say, earlier in the same day doing an early morning program with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs...

Segment Synopsis: Moore considers what it was like to work with Flatt and Scruggs on the radio. Moore also characterizes some of the most common beats in bluegrass music.

Keywords: Album; Band leader; Banjo players; Banjos; Bass; Bass players; Beat; Behind; Benny Martin (Artist); Bluegrass music; Break; Busy; Consistent; Country music; Curly Seckler (Artist); Earl Scruggs (Artist); Exciting; Fiddle players; Fiddles; Flatt and Scruggs (Artist); Fun; Gospel music; It Won't be Long (Song); Jake Tullock (Artist); Josh Graves (Artist); Lagging; Laid back; Late; Legato music; Lester Flatt (Artist); Limited; Morning show; No comedy; Peak; Pushing; Radio programs; Realization; Recording sessions; Rehearsal; Rhythm; Special; Stage; Talent; Tour; Uncle Pen (Song); Upright bass

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Comedians; Grand ole opry (Radio program); Knowledge; Music; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Nashville (Tenn.); Night; Nineteen fifties; Quartet; Radio programs.; Radio stations; Songs; Trio; Voice

Partial Transcript: About that period of time, I think it was 1953, you did, uh, some of the very first--well, you were on the first recording sessions that Jim & Jesse did for Capital Records.

Segment Synopsis: Moore discusses his experiences of recording with Jim & Jesse. Moore also describes what it was like to work with Owen Bradley.

Keywords: Arrangers; Bass; Bass players; Better; Big band; Bluegrass music; Bobby Helms (Artist); Compliment; Contributor; Country music; Country record; Fiddle players; Fiddles; Happy; Hargus "Pig" Robbins (Artist); Help; Ideas; Impressed; In synch; Intricate; Left hand; Morning show; Musical notes; Natural; Owen Bradley (Artist); Quiet; Radio programs; Recording sessions; Riffs; Right hand; Sonny James (Artist); Stayed; Teamwork; Trumpet player; Upright bass; Waking crew; Weekends

Subjects: Anticipation; Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Books; Capitol Records, Inc; Charisma; Chords (Music); Comparisons; Country clubs; Experience; Fingers; Grand ole opry (Radio program); Knowledge; Morning; Music; Music theory; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Nashville (Tenn.); Night; Parties; Radio; Radio programs.; Radio stations; Reading; Singing; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: Was it--uh--difficult--uh--did you ever find it difficult to go from that big band setting into--going into a straight country session...

Segment Synopsis: Moore explains how he is able to play many different genres of music with ease. Moore talks of a young bass player who looks up to him as a role model.

Keywords: Album; Banjo players; Banjos; Bass; Bass players; Bluegrass music; Country music; Cut; Directions; Easy; Feelings; Five-string banjos; Gigs; Gospel music; Gospel quartets; Idol; Interesting; Intricate; Invariable; New records; Not selected; Piano players; Practice; Prepared; Producer; Recording sessions; Recording studios; Rehearsal; Returned; Style; Subtle; Talent; Teenager; The Lewis Family (Artist); Transition; Travis Lewis (Artist); Unexpected; Upright bass; Variety; Wallace Lewis (Artist); Watching

Subjects: Age; Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Buses; Diversity; Jazz; Learning; Listening; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Perfection; Piano; Protege; Publicity; Role models; Songs; Travel; Unique; Voice

Partial Transcript: Didn't you do some work with Red Foley out at the Ozark Jubilee?

Segment Synopsis: Moore highlights his time spent touring with Red Foley. Moore discusses his lengthy career in recording studio work.

Keywords: Arrangements; Bass; Bass players; Before; Big band; Biggest show; Bluegrass music; Buddy Harmon (Artist); Competitive; Construction; Country music; Deal; Designated; Distance; Don Law (Producer); Driving; Drums; Elite; Elvis Presley (Artist); Ernie Newton (Artist); Escape; Fiddle players; Fiddles; Floyd Cramer (Artist); Freeways; Grady Martin (Artist); Hank Garland (Artist); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (Artist); Head; Hired; Hit record; Important; Job offer; Leaving; Liked; Living; Louie Ennis (Artist); Manager; Marty Robbins (Artist); New band; Newspaper; Owen Bradley (Artist); Ozark Jubilee (Radio program); Paul Cohen (Music producer); Pete Drake (Artist); Presentation; Prince Albert Show; Radio programs; Rare; Recording sessions; Recording studios; Red Foley (Artist); Replacement; Style; The A-team (Studio professionals); Tommy Jackson (Artist); Touring; Transcription series; Unable; Unsure; Upright bass

Subjects: Age; Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Building; Capitol Records, Inc; Columbia Records, Inc; Decca Records (Firm); Fame; Grand ole opry (Radio program); Las Vegas (Nev.); Logistics; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Nashville (Tenn.); Nineteen sixties; Opportunity; Popular; RCA Records; Radio; Radio stations; Record labels; Regret; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Springfield (Mo.); Success; Time; Tires; Tragedy; Transportation; Work

Partial Transcript: I know some of the most intricate playing that I've always invited people to listen to on Bob Moore's playing was your work that you did behind Patsy Cline on "Crazy."

Segment Synopsis: Moore explains the importance of Owen Bradley in the studio recording world. Moore also considers some of the major changes to studio editing practices over the years.

Keywords: Approach; Arrangements; Balance; Bass; Bass players; Before; Bluegrass music; Country music; Crazy (Song); Different; Difficult; Easier; Expectations; Feelings; Grady Martin (Artist); Hero; Hit; Idea; Improvisation; Input; Intricate; Intro; Mistakes; Movement; Musical notes; Nashville sound; Need; Overdubbing; Owen Bradley (Artist); Patsy Cline (Artist); Perceptive; Producer; Realization; Recording sessions; Recording studios; Talent; Teamwork; Today; Together; Upright bass

Subjects: Art; Artists; Bands (Music); Big bands; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Business; Communication; Creative; Discipline; Experience; Judgment; Knowledge; Lines; Listening; Music; Music--Performance.; Musical ability; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Nashville (Tenn.); Perfection; Piano; Popular; Pressure; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Technology

Partial Transcript: As you look back over all those 18,000 sessions, y--d--do you have a favorite session that sticks out?

Segment Synopsis: Moore lists some of his favorite tracks that he has recorded over the years. Moore also names some of his recordings that had the most profound impact on his career.

Keywords: Bass; Bass players; Better; Bluegrass music; Bobby Helms (Artist); Burl Ives (Artist); Corrections; Country music; Different; Don't Worry (Song); Elvis Presley (Artist); Feelings; Fixed; Floyd Cramer (Artist); Frank Sinatra (Artist); Fun; Gospel music; Imperfect; Interesting; Jingle Bell Rock (Song); Johnny Cash (Artist); Kenny Rogers (Artist); King of the Road (Song); Loud; Marty Robbins (Artist); Microphone; Musical instruments; Named; Number one hits; Overdubbing; Perry Como (Artist); Playback; Poem; Quonset Hut Records; Recording sessions; Recording studios; Repeat; Roger Miller (Artist); Soft; Sterile; Tommy Jones (Artist); Tracks; Turning point; Unexpected; Upright bass; Variety; You Decorated my Life (Song)

Subjects: Atmosphere; Bands (Music); Big bands; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Career; Jazz; Joy; London (England); Los Angeles (Calif.); Music; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Nashville (Tenn.); Perfection; RCA Records; Record labels; Singing; Songs; Sound; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Success; Work

Partial Transcript: How did you keep from getting burned out?

Segment Synopsis: Moore compares the qualities of road musicians to those of studio musicians. Moore addresses some of the technological changes to bluegrass and how the industry has been impacted by these new editing tools.

Keywords: Advanced; Advantages; Bad; Bass; Bass players; Bluegrass music; Constant; Country music; Different; Don Reno (Artist); Drums; Efficient; Feeling; Feelings; Fit; Goal; Gospel piano; Guitars; Hank Williams (Artist); Hovie Lister (Artist); Improvements; Inspiring; Jerry Rivers (Artist); Live music; Mack Magaha (Artist); Mismatched; Overdubbing; Porter Wagoner (Artist); Productive; Recording sessions; Red Smiley (Artist); Rhythm; Road band; Road musicians; Separate; Spontaneity; Steel guitars; Studio musicians; Talent; Today; Tracks; Unnatural; Upright bass; Wrong

Subjects: Anxiety; Artists; Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Change; Communication; Comparisons; Cooperation; Discipline; Jazz; Learning; Music; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Singles; Songs; Soul; Sound; Sound engineers; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Technology; Wire

Partial Transcript: Let's talk about Benny Martin.

Segment Synopsis: Moore briefly discusses Benny Martin as a musician and describes his personality.

Keywords: Audience; Band; Bass; Bass players; Benny Martin (Artist); Bluegrass music; Convincing; Country music; Fiddle players; Fiddles; Flatt and Scruggs (Artist); Forward; Generous; Guitar players; Guitars; Happy; Improving; Jam-Up and Honey (Artist); Lift; Playing; Positive; Songwriting; Strength; Talent; Upright bass

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Character; Charisma; Friendship; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Nineteen fifties; Personality; Popularity; Singing; Smiling; Teenagers

Partial Transcript: Talking about people--uh--I want you to touch on some of the strengths, if you would, or characteristics of some of your bass playing contemporaries that--uh--aren't around anymore.

Segment Synopsis: Moore provides his opinion on some of the best bass players of his generation.

Keywords: Alternatives; Audience; Availability; Bass; Bass players; Bookings; Buddy Harmon (Artist); Busy; Don Gibson (Artist); Don Law (Producer); Drum brush; Early; Easy; Ernie Newton (Artist); Fingerboard; First session; Floyd "Lightning" Chance (Artist); Gimmick; Good beat; Good showman; Got along; Hank Williams (Artist); Jack Drake (Artist); Joe Zenkin (Artist); Moved around; Musical notes; Nice; Patterns; Pee Wee King (Artist); Perceptive; Playing; Production; Pulling; Recording sessions; Recording studios; Red Foley (Artist); Roy "Junior" Huskey (Artist); Roy Acuff (Artist); Similar; Slap; Spotty; Strings; Talent; The Delmore Brothers (Artist); Thumb; Upright bass; Webb Pierce (Artist)

Subjects: Admiration; Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Change; Charisma; Chords (Music); Columbia Records, Inc; Creative; Fingers; Generation; Grand ole opry (Radio program); Growth; Hands; Listening; Music; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; Nashville (Tenn.); Nineteen fifties; Nineteen forties; Nineteen thirties; Radio; Songs; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Television programs; Tone; Work

Partial Transcript: You mentioned off-mike and I thought this was interesting thing is at one point you had five bass fiddles.

Segment Synopsis: Moore evaluates some of the logistical challenges of studio recording work. Moore considers how the electric bass changed country and bluegrass music when it became popular in the 1950s.

Keywords: Arrival; Baritone guitar; Bass; Bass fiddles; Bass players; Beats; Better; Bluegrass music; Close; Common; Country music; Crary, Dan (Artist); Dan Crary (Artist); Different; Disliked; Drums; Durable; Easier; Electric bass; Electric guitar; Electric instruments; Enhance; Even sound; Farris Coursey (Artist); Gibson Company; Gradual; Grady Martin (Artist); Guitar players; Guitars; Hank Garland (Artist); Hank Williams (Artist); Harold Bradley (Artist); Issues; Jack Shook (Artist); Johnny Cash (Artist); Left-handed; Liked; Microphones; Multi-track; Musical instruments; Old; Overdubbing; Patterns; Placement; Preferences; Rare; Ray Price (Artist); Recording sessions; Recording studios; Records; Rhythm; Rhythm guitars; Ribbon microphone; Sam Pruett (Artist); Separate; Shuffles; Storage; Tandem; Today; Transition; Unfamiliar; Upright bass; Victory model; Vocalists (singers)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Best; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Cooperation; Learning; Lines; Microphones; Money; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Nineteen fifties; Piano; Popularity; Rock music; Sound; Sound engineers; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Time; Travel; Value; Work

Partial Transcript: From what I've heard, you're the one that introduced the bucket of beans lick to country music bass.

Segment Synopsis: Moore briefly talks of a musical lick that he brought to country music called the 'bucket of beans' lick. Moore then lists bluegrass musicians who have influenced the genre considerably.

Keywords: Bass; Bass players; Benny Martin (Artist); Black Mountain Rag (Song); Bluegrass music; Boarding house; Bob Wills (Artist); Bucket of beans lick; Car; Commercial recordings; Complicated; Country music; Dale Potter (Artist); Different; Distinctive; Django Reinhardt (Artist); Double stops; Downtown; Earl Scruggs (Artist); Early; Fiddle players; Fiddles; Fingerboard; Fitting; Grady Martin (Artist); Guitar players; Guitars; Hank Garland (Artist); Hoedowns; House; Idea; Licks (Music); Maintain; Mandolin players; Mandolins; Musical notes; No variation; Organized; Oscar Pettiford (Artist); Playing; Practice; Radio programs; Ray Brown (Artist); Recording sessions; Recording studios; Return; Sally Goodwin (Artist); Similar; Sitting; Stan Kenton (Artist); Standout; Style; Talent; Tommy Jackson (Artist); Triple stops; Unknown; Upright bass; Versatile; Waking crew

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Career; Death; Europe; Fishing; Good; Jazz; Learning; Listening; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Nashville (Tenn.); People; Radio; Radio stations; Roommates; Simplicity; Success; Unique; Youth

Partial Transcript: I know at one point in time--uh--you just decided pretty much to--uh--hang it up from the recording session aspect. Was that after the--uh--motorcycle accident or was it before that?

Segment Synopsis: Moore explains why he decide to retire from full-time recording studio work and focus on traveling instead. Moore also talks of his occasional recording studio projects in recent years.

Keywords: Arrangements; Bass; Bass players; Big band; Bluegrass music; Break; Busy; Conway Twitty (Artist); Country music; Crystal Gayle (Artist); Damage; Decision; Elvis Presley (Artist); Flying; Friends; Fun; Hand; Happy; Healed; Injury; Interested; Involved; Jerry Lee Lewis (Artist); Leaving; Loretta Lynn (Artist); Motorcycle accident; Old; Overworked; Pilot; Project; Ray Price (Artist); Recording sessions; Recording studios; Red Foley (Artist); Return; Upright bass; Willie Nelson (Artist)

Subjects: Aging; Airplanes; Austin (Tex.); Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Business; Creative; Death; Education; Europe; Hawaii; Houston (Tex.); Investments; Listening; Love; Music; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Nineteen eighties; Nineteen seventies; Nineteen sixties; Retirement; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Time; Travel; Western swing (Music); Work-life balance; Young

Partial Transcript: For somebody that's either starting out brand new or somebody that may have been playing for years, what--what's your advice to a bass player?

Segment Synopsis: Moore offers advice to bass players at all levels of ability. Moore discusses recognition of his studio recording work.

Keywords: Accomplished; Bass; Bass players; Benny Martin (Artist); Better; Big; Black singers; Bluegrass music; Car; Country music; Determined; Driving; Finished; Flatt and Scruggs (Artist); Golden Gate Quartet (Artist); Gospel music; Help; Jim & Jesse (Artist); Less traffic; Licks (Music); List; Memorization; Mindset; Musical instruments; Musical keys; Positions; Practice; Quality; Re-issue; Re-master; Recording capability; Recording sessions; Same; Second nature; Today; Upright bass

Subjects: Admiration; Advice; Bands (Music); Best; Big bands; Blessing; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Career; Columbia Records, Inc.; Jazz; Learning; Memory; Music; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Night; Nineteen forties; Nineteen thirties; Opportunity; Radio; Recognition; Reputation; Songs; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Teaching; Travel; Work

Partial Transcript: What's the future hold for Bob Moore?

Segment Synopsis: Moore discusses his future plans in his retirement. Moore evaluates the overall significance of his career.

Keywords: Adventure; Afternoon; Bass; Bass players; Bluegrass music; Book; Burl Ives (Artist); Camaraderie; Characters; Colonel Tom Parker (Artist); Computer; Confining; Country music; Difficult; Dinner; Driving; Editor; Exciting; Explore; Faron Young (Artist); Flatt and Scruggs (Artist); Funny; Happy; Hindsight; Hotel; Lessons; Mel Tillis (Artist); New; Patsy Cline (Artist); Restaurant; Roger Miller (Artist); Roy Orbison (Artist); Songwriters; Stories; Tape machine; Typing; Upright bass; Van; Variety; Web Pierce (Artist); Wife; Wonderful

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Diversity; Education; International travel; Italy; Joy; Music; Music theory; Music--Performance.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Organization; Personality; Retirement; Smile; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Time; Travel; Uncertainty; Unique; Work

Partial Transcript: Bob, tell me about this bass that you've got here.

Segment Synopsis: Moore explains how he obtained his bass and comments upon its features. Moore demonstrates some different bass playing techniques. Moore considers what he wants his musical legacy to be.

Keywords: Alison Kraus (Artist); Anita Carter (Artist); Appreciative; Attack; Authenticity; Bass; Bass players; Bluegrass music; Bucket of beans lick; Country music; Demonstration; Dennis Crouch (Artist); Different; Durability; Ernie Newton (Artist); Ezzard Charles (Boxer); Fingerboard; Flat; Gut strings; Hand-carved; Improvements; Improvisation; In synch; Index finger; Influence; Insert; Instructions; Intrigue; Joe Zenkin (Artist); Keys; Larry Sparks (Artist); Leaving; Licks (Music); List; Live music; Loose; Lynn Morris (Artist); Marshall Wilborn (Artist); Middle finger; Mike Snider (Artist); Music store; Musical instruments; Neck; Old; Parton, Dolly (Artist); Price; Pulling strings; Purchased; Recording sessions; Refurbished; Slap bass; Strings; Style; Talent; Terry Smith (Artist); Top; Travis Lewis (Artist); Upright bass; Upstroke; Well-done

Subjects: Antiques; Bands (Music); Best; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Fingers; German; Germany; Kentucky; Learning; Money; Music--Performance.; Musical ability; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Musicians; New York (N.Y.); Nineteen sixties; Noise; Songs; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Tone; Wood