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Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham (1971, Blanton Owen) [with subtitles]

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2020
  • This 1971 film by folklorist Blanton Owen captures rare footage of Tommy Jarrell on fiddle and Fred Cockerham on banjo, playing together on Cockerham's front porch in Low Gap, North Carolina.
    Original film elements found in the Blanton Owen Collection #20027 (finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/20027/), Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
    Laboratory film preservation work by Colorlab (colorlab.com/). Funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation (www.filmpreservation.org/).
    Learn more about the preservation grant and the film on the Southern Folklife Collection’s blog, Field Trip South:
    blogs.lib.unc.edu/sfc/2019/07...

Комментарии • 63

  • @GoodRNG
    @GoodRNG Месяц назад +1

    Man Fred’s banjo is so loud and distinct, it’s mesmerizing. I’m so happy to have found this video. Thank you!

    • @markvandyke3026
      @markvandyke3026 24 дня назад +1

      I think it's because of the Formica fingerboard.

  • @zkafel
    @zkafel 4 месяца назад +4

    This is my favorite video I've ever seen on RUclips up to this point. I've been using RUclips since it's birth in 2006, for perspective.

  • @SpaceBanjoMusic
    @SpaceBanjoMusic 9 месяцев назад +2

    I keep finding myself back here. Gold.

  • @garycowger9579
    @garycowger9579 3 года назад +6

    I remember back in the 70's every Saturday someone was alway playing music on the porch some place these days are almost gone I been out playing fiddle music and banjo for the store workers in Our town scene this COVID thing started to get there mind off it and put a smile on some souls face I thank GOD for My talent He give Me

  • @ethanmorton7122
    @ethanmorton7122 Год назад +4

    Tommy and Fred were masters of their craft. What made them great musicians is that they enjoyed playing it.

  • @pauzer922
    @pauzer922 23 дня назад

    Wow, thanks for uploading!

  • @malagastudent1
    @malagastudent1 3 года назад +17

    This is glorious. Thank you so much Blanton Owen for taking this film and making it available to future generations. Never did I ever expect to see video of Tommy and Fred playing together. Thank you

    • @Lostmychops
      @Lostmychops 3 года назад +4

      Seconded. Amazing, isn’t it?

    • @RobKaiser
      @RobKaiser Год назад +1

      @@Lostmychops I'll third this and express my gratitude to the algorithm

    • @johnnielson7676
      @johnnielson7676 Год назад +1

      What a great folklorist, musician and person. Blanton Owen RIP.

  • @Lostmychops
    @Lostmychops 3 года назад +4

    Why is there *always* one person who’ll dislike excellent things? It depresses me. Anyway, that idiot guy aside, thanks very much for uploading this. I had no idea there was any extant footage of jarrell and cockerham playing together at all (and I’ve looked!), so stumbling upon this was pretty mind-blowing. Really fantastic.

  • @mellzym8598
    @mellzym8598 2 года назад +4

    I really wish they showed all the songs they played. They really didn’t get cut off short. I only found this. But thank you for posting.

  • @jf752
    @jf752 2 года назад +2

    they don't do this anymore. thank God for Tommy Jerrell.

  • @susandrydenhenderson6234
    @susandrydenhenderson6234 10 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent.

  • @DeadEyedTye
    @DeadEyedTye 3 года назад +3

    Though I was born a long long while after Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham passed away, I still enjoy these fine tunes and will forever remember North Carolina Bluegrass’s great history.

    • @bengarrido638
      @bengarrido638 2 года назад +2

      Not Bluegrass my brother! Something better!

  • @fiddlepeg
    @fiddlepeg 3 года назад +9

    This is priceless!

  • @shanereynolds5380
    @shanereynolds5380 3 года назад +8

    Thanks for posting ..... pure gold. What a joy, getting to see that footage.

  • @lookouthumanitarian
    @lookouthumanitarian 3 года назад +4

    Wow! thanks so so very very much for uploading this Gem of a video. I am so pleased to of found this video which I’ve not seen before. Thanks so much once again from England

  • @peterwhite7428
    @peterwhite7428 7 месяцев назад

    Great Tommy that’s the best version of John browns dream I ever heard him do

  • @strutt01
    @strutt01 3 года назад +3

    Priceless !

  • @dorriskwelch
    @dorriskwelch 3 года назад +7

    What a treasure! thank you!

  • @peterhouser2037
    @peterhouser2037 3 года назад +6

    Wow, this is great, thanks for posting.

  • @phononut
    @phononut 3 года назад +4

    This is GOLD!!!👍

  • @seancoxe1094
    @seancoxe1094 3 года назад +1

    I was familiar with Fred's clawhammer, but he goes into some really fine two-finger picking around the 17 minute mark.

  • @RockStarOscarStern634
    @RockStarOscarStern634 3 года назад +1

    They make machine head tuners for Bowed instruments & Tommy Jarrell popularized them.

  • @chazbaxxx
    @chazbaxxx 3 года назад +1

    Gold

  • @lapboard340
    @lapboard340 3 года назад +13

    “cluck old hen, your widdies all dead”, not “winters”. Widdies are chicks.

  • @orangesoup
    @orangesoup 3 года назад +2

    "ol bunch a keys, I believe ya said"

  • @jocktyldesley2884
    @jocktyldesley2884 3 года назад +5

    Wonderful!So great to see this. Did Kyle Creed make Tommy's specs with offcuts from Fred's banjo fingerboard..?

  • @RockStarOscarStern634
    @RockStarOscarStern634 3 года назад +1

    Tommy Harrell popularized these machine head tuners.

  • @SpencerRussell423
    @SpencerRussell423 Год назад

    At 3:08, [F. Cockerham, indistinct] is Fred saying, "Old Bunch of Keys, I believe he said."

    • @clawhammerchris
      @clawhammerchris 3 месяца назад

      I think he says, “Better watch the kids, babysit.”

  • @edwardlouisbernays2469
    @edwardlouisbernays2469 3 года назад

    The Bear Runned Over the Mountain @5:04

  • @dbadagna
    @dbadagna 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this film. Can you add a credit for the lady who is sitting on the porch along with the musicians and enjoying their music? Also, how was the footage restored, and who did this restoration work?

    • @banjochris
      @banjochris 3 года назад +6

      She's identified as Eva Cockerham (Fred's wife) in the subtitles.

    • @steveweiss9200
      @steveweiss9200 3 года назад

      The restoration work was done by Colorlab. colorlab.com

    • @dbadagna
      @dbadagna 3 года назад

      It looked great to me; was the film originally in much worse shape than what we see here?

    • @SouthernFolklifeColl
      @SouthernFolklifeColl  3 года назад

      @@dbadagna the original elements consisted of a 16mm work print and 16mm magnetic soundtrack - both were in good shape, thankfully! There was some slight color fading (purple hues) on the work print, but Colorlab did some really amazing work bringing the colors back to life.

    • @dbadagna
      @dbadagna 3 года назад

      These details are really interesting. For an ethnographic film like this (versus something like a Hollywood studio production), is the film negative usually not retained by the filmmaker?

  • @ProfesserLuigi
    @ProfesserLuigi 3 года назад +1

    Are those geared tuners on Tommy's fiddle?

    • @markvandyke3026
      @markvandyke3026 3 года назад

      Yes they are geared tuners

    • @clawhammer704
      @clawhammer704 3 года назад

      I several sets in my shop that iv taken off old fiddles. I replaced them with original wood pegs. I never cared much for them because they kill the tone and make the violin headstock heavy imho.

  • @d.l.loonabide9981
    @d.l.loonabide9981 3 года назад

    Once I heard a fiddle tune that DIDN'T sound like "Battle of New Orleans". Anyone know about this?

    • @thatbassguy9502
      @thatbassguy9502 5 месяцев назад

      Lol, i get what your saying but at least try and listen closer. Not even the same chord changes

    • @thatbassguy9502
      @thatbassguy9502 5 месяцев назад

      This stuff is in a league of its own compared to horton

  • @sugarinthegourd
    @sugarinthegourd 3 года назад +1

    In addition to enjoying the great music, I’m trying to figure out what type/brand of whiskey they are drinking. Looks like a straight rye, bottled in bond? Anyone know? 😂

    • @rileybaugus2191
      @rileybaugus2191 3 года назад +2

      sugarinthegourd I can’t tell. Fred tactfully keeps the name covered.

    • @simonolsen9995
      @simonolsen9995 3 года назад

      but what was in the second bottle? I'm not familiar with passing two bottles around.

    • @jamespeterson5188
      @jamespeterson5188 3 года назад +1

      According to Brad Leftwich's fiddle book, Tommy's second choice to moonshine was I.W. Harper, but this doesn't look like that

    • @sugarinthegourd
      @sugarinthegourd 3 года назад

      Simon Olsen Orange Sunshine

    • @strutt01
      @strutt01 3 года назад +3

      I seen the second bottles a Coca Cola bottle.

  • @JakeLoewMusic1
    @JakeLoewMusic1 3 года назад +21

    They're not even wearing masks