Used to see this band at a local fiddlers convention near Denver NC every Thanksgiving night. They were the real deal and it was always a treat to hear them.
I've been studying roots music and the ingenuity that went into making the instruments. I just love how people would grab some wood, a cigar box, a groundhog skin, and some screen wire and they had a banjo or a fiddle. When they were done, they made fine music. I bought a banjo kit and took some time to build one myself and when I was done, I think I enjoyed playing that thing more than any guitar or banjo I've ever owned. Now I want to build more. Not fine instruments, with inlays and gold tuners, but playable instruments that you can have fun with in the spirit of these people who did it for the joy of doing it. That's what I respect most out of that generation and mountain people of that generation. It reminds me of when my dad and I were in a small boat fishing once and I looked at this big old boat flying across the lake and I asked my dad why we didn't have a bigger boat like that. He asked me if I thought they were having more fun than we are and I said no, I suppose not. That's always stuck with me. The spirit of living life and just finding joy in the things that you have, not spending your life wishing for something else. This video helps me remember that you don't have to wish things were different and wish you could live like these people lived. You can do it right now. I'll jump off my soapbox now. lol
This feller not only playing a righty guitar left handed, but hes playing it upside down too! Didn't even re-string to EADGBE and instead is playing it EBGDAE!
Wow man that is great.....Chris from carter county tn. the Lady which was married to the guy on guitar and 2 sons still pic and do shows around the mountains here and about,Bill the guitar feller died about 6 year ago,his heart gave out on him. take care downunder!
That looks to be Mike Seeger as the host, and he looks very young. Does anyone know when this video recording was made? Thanks for posting the video of this great musical group. I'd never heard of them before.
Yeah, that's definitely Mike Seeger. I got out a record just to have a reference to his face. No idea when this was made, presumably in the early 1990s. I am so grateful for his recordings and writing, without it I wouldn't have reference to this musical tradition that has brought me so much joy and pride in my cultural heritage. Don't get me wrong I am grateful for those Lomax recordings but I don't reckon they could really distinguish the cultural nuance of what they were preserving in quite the same way as was articulated by the folk revival. Pete and Mike might have been born a couple of privileged Greenwich Village yuppies, but they were the common peoples' men at heart. God bless them for what they did and recordings like this one. And much thanks to the person who uploaded this.
I'd say that's Bill Birchfield on guitar... he plays fiddle too... that left hand is unique... not sure who the banjo as and fiddle are. This video must be from the early 70s...
@@thatbassguy9502....hey, thanks... I went to Galax back in 2007... I got to see and jam along with them... As well as Roger Sprung, the Champion Banjo player... that wash tub is really good!
I love this old time "Mountain Front Porch" music. Sadly, it's a rare thing to see and hear anymore. Thanks for keeping it alive.
This kind of music is still alive and well in southern Appalachia.
Love that old washtub bass and the guy playing the guitar upside down!
Used to see this band at a local fiddlers convention near Denver NC every Thanksgiving night. They were the real deal and it was always a treat to hear them.
what beautiful souls, and such wonderful music. love from U.K by the way, great to see a wash tub bass being put to good use! : )
One of my favorites videos on RUclips, I listen to it almost every day
I've been studying roots music and the ingenuity that went into making the instruments. I just love how people would grab some wood, a cigar box, a groundhog skin, and some screen wire and they had a banjo or a fiddle. When they were done, they made fine music. I bought a banjo kit and took some time to build one myself and when I was done, I think I enjoyed playing that thing more than any guitar or banjo I've ever owned. Now I want to build more. Not fine instruments, with inlays and gold tuners, but playable instruments that you can have fun with in the spirit of these people who did it for the joy of doing it. That's what I respect most out of that generation and mountain people of that generation. It reminds me of when my dad and I were in a small boat fishing once and I looked at this big old boat flying across the lake and I asked my dad why we didn't have a bigger boat like that. He asked me if I thought they were having more fun than we are and I said no, I suppose not. That's always stuck with me. The spirit of living life and just finding joy in the things that you have, not spending your life wishing for something else. This video helps me remember that you don't have to wish things were different and wish you could live like these people lived. You can do it right now. I'll jump off my soapbox now. lol
You do thing like that when that’s all you got. And still like that today. 👍🏻
This feller not only playing a righty guitar left handed, but hes playing it upside down too! Didn't even re-string to EADGBE and instead is playing it EBGDAE!
and hes playing with his fretting hand wrapped around, never seen that
Not from Johnson City Tenn ! They from Roan Mountain Tenn in Carter County. 👍🏻😁
Carter County.
What a crazy looking banjo style. It comes out rhythmically like clawhammer or up picking, but looks a little like 2 finger.
True old time mtn. music right there,glad to be from carter county tn.
I wanted to hear how Sally Ann got started with the washtub
Now that is how you have fun while playing music! Awesome washtub!
the hilltoppers are the best!
What magical talents.
Loving this from Sydney, Oz.
Wow man that is great.....Chris from carter county tn. the Lady which was married to the guy on guitar and 2 sons still pic and do shows around the mountains here and about,Bill the guitar feller died about 6 year ago,his heart gave out on him. take care downunder!
Love that roots music.
The bowing. It's the bowing!
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HALLELUJAH!! THANK YOU
I might be able to play that One sting Wash Bucket Bass
wonderful!
What a joy
That looks to be Mike Seeger as the host, and he looks very young. Does anyone know when this video recording was made? Thanks for posting the video of this great musical group. I'd never heard of them before.
there all gone and passed now ...but the lady and her 2 boys which is the guy playing guiter upside down son,s.still playing in roan mtn. tn.
Yeah, that's definitely Mike Seeger. I got out a record just to have a reference to his face. No idea when this was made, presumably in the early 1990s. I am so grateful for his recordings and writing, without it I wouldn't have reference to this musical tradition that has brought me so much joy and pride in my cultural heritage. Don't get me wrong I am grateful for those Lomax recordings but I don't reckon they could really distinguish the cultural nuance of what they were preserving in quite the same way as was articulated by the folk revival. Pete and Mike might have been born a couple of privileged Greenwich Village yuppies, but they were the common peoples' men at heart. God bless them for what they did and recordings like this one. And much thanks to the person who uploaded this.
Awesome
Superb!
whoooo yeah. love it. thank ya
The best!! Thanks for posting!
Holy shit
Thank you!
6:47 - "Did you have neighbors that smoked cigars?"
YES!!!
Carolina Chocolate Drops sent me here.
you got lucky!
What's the name of that banjo
fire
Alright
They can play
👍
Anybody know what the first word on Joe's hat is? "_____ Main Hilltopper Man."
"the main hilltopper man" i reckon
Don't make em like they us to
Agreed
You didnt interview the woman bass player!!!!
Must be 50ies
I'd say that's Bill Birchfield on guitar... he plays fiddle too... that left hand is unique... not sure who the banjo as and fiddle are. This video must be from the early 70s...
Fiddle player is Joe Birchfield and Banjo player is his brother Creed Birchfield
@@thatbassguy9502....hey, thanks... I went to Galax back in 2007... I got to see and jam along with them... As well as Roger Sprung, the Champion Banjo player... that wash tub is really good!
@stephenhenion8304 Thats awesome! Bet it sounded killer
They were purest in the strictest sense. Wish they were others but i havent found any not even good imitators
So good