"Cripple Creek" with Tracy Newman on the 5-string banjo
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In 1965, I did 6 episodes of a public TV series called "What's New." I presented folk songs from all over the world, and many instruments, to the best of my ability at the time. We shot these episodes at Brooklyn College and Joan Sheppard was the director.
LYRICS:
I got a gal and she loves me
She’s as sweet as sweet can be
She’s got eyes of baby blue
Makes my gun shoot straight and true.
Goin’ up Cripple Creek goin’ in a run
Goin’ up Cripple Creek to have a little fun.
Goin’ up Cripple Creek goin’ on a whirl
Goin’ up Cripple Creek to find my girl.
Cripple Creek’s wide and Cripple Creek’s deep
I’ll make Cripple Creek before I sleep
Roll my breeches to my knees
Wade ol’ Cripple Creek as I please
Goin’ up Cripple Creek goin’ in a run
Goin’ up Cripple Creek to have a little fun.
Goin’ up Cripple Creek goin’ on a whirl
Goin’ up Cripple Creek to find my girl
Darn it youtube now I have a crush 50 years too late.
hahaha you stole my exact thoughts
Absolutely gorgeous.
I gotta agree, John... one Evans to another! Plenty of banjo pickin, and fiddle playin back in the family. What's the chances you have kin in Tazewll, or Lone Mtn, Tenn?
@@SaberToothGary none that I know of but we do have a heavy presence in Boise, Idaho and roundabouts...if you know any folks living there
old ladies need love too!
0:49 Awwww... Her lil laugh when she says "if I can get through it"... Melted me.
I think there should be a revival of programmes like this on TV. It would be good for children, we have nothing like this in the UK and I've just had my two year old twins and four year old boy dancing around the living room to this and asking for an encore 😊
me too
RUclips: Wanna watch some banjo playin' ?
Me: Sure. What's the worst that could happen?
Me Later: Dang. Fell in love with a girl from the 1960s.
Me now: I see I'm not the only one.
How could one not?
lol.. Barbara Eden, anyone?
Everything about this is attractive to me.
you realize she could be the same age as your grandma right?
She probably died of old age
Blaster Master dawg, look at the uploader
@@MegaSuperCritic oh sweet
I agree 100 per cent !!
That's my kinda gal. What a terrific personality and talent.
She old woman now lol
Boomer chic
@@ethancook4465 A very BEAUTIFUL old woman!
@@ethancook4465 No matter. Just gotta love her lots more to make up for all this time I ain't been here.
Wow she has a very fascinating biography. I didn’t know ANYTHING about her until today. She is still alive at 78.
who is she? I've heard of Randy Newman, who I believe was a singer on Saturday Night Live back in the day.
@@dabneyoffermein595 ; she is Larraine Newman's older sister.
Still playing in the L.A. area, too!
Was waiting for Sheriff Taylor and the Darling family to join in.
Well if this aint the most wholesome thing I've seen all day
I find myself migrating toward wholesome after 30 + years of debautchery
I like wholesome.
@@obtucewillie Not me. The gutter is my home.
@@GrtSatan Theres something to be said for that as well.
This song is about a guy going to the creek with his girl to have "some fun". Not very wholesome... ;)
The 60's quality is better than a 2000's UFO video.
Yeah because the digital age absolutely destroys humanity. Period. But don't worry, the tech nerds don't want you to know the truth. The Cons outweigh the Pros when it comes to public digital technology.
A 60's quality Shot is better than a 4k shot. A decent analog 35mm Reel with Studio Light, Studio Camera, Studio Lense can record on a Grain Resolution which is about 5300 x 4000 Pixels. On life Takes the grain is increased and it goes down to 12 Megapixels per frame. Still extreme Measurement. TV-Studios increased still the Grain for better Workflow, so about 4k or 8 Megapixels. And thats the reason why old Movies can be blown up to 4k or 8k as they were filmes in 35mm on the Studio Camera's. While the first Video Cameras (VHS/Betamax) where only made with 307k (NTSC) or 440k (PAL) TV-Sets in Mind.
Taking away film will do that
@@yangziouhci7014 Oh im dead serious! I despise digital technology. Especially for the music business. But just about everything else in the public domain also.
The thing I hate most is that digital technology makes it effortless for the Government to spy on us. Relentlessly. And it happens everyday. For no reason. Simply because they can. Very easily.
In the old days, they could still spy on us. But it was harder for them to do it without being noticed. But not today. You'll never know it!
Ya know I was going to mention that . . . the quality is tight.
I love how when she makes the little mistakes at the end she laughs on key, that's a good voice right there
I have never seen this woman before, and I think I may be in love.
Dear Tracy: I saw this series at age of 6, on Boston public TV station WGBH, and they were a profound influence upon my entire life as an artist. I am tremendously grateful for your generosity. Thank you.
"if I can get through it." Proceeds to nail it.
She actually made a few mistaken which to me really adds to the whole thing. Less polished, more relatable
Yea I think she set that one up
@@jayekaye6641 Hi Jaye! This made me laugh. I did six episodes of "What's New." There were about 10 songs on each show. I had to perform each half hour without editing, which means I had to memorize the script and the blocking and do the whole episode without mistakes. If I made a mistake 25 minutes into the taping, I had to start over. (That only happened once.) The director, Joan Sheppard, was adamant - she refused to do any editing. (This was Brooklyn College's TV department, and she was a teacher. Everything technical was done by her students.) I had fun doing these shows, but there was a huge amount of pressure on me. By the time I did Cripple Creek, I had no idea whether I would "nail it" or not. This was the only song I knew how to play on the banjo. My teacher was banjo virtuoso, Doug Dillard. I only learned the song to audition for The Andy Griffith Show, (which I didn't get.) Brooklyn College submitted this series to PBS and they used it on the "What's New" series for children. The whole experience taught me so much about how "the show must go on." Sorry to go on and on about this, but this is all bringing back memories!
@@tracynewman3256 The two near misses at the end add to the piece. It shows that it is fine to make mistakes during a live performance and that the audience will appreciate the music no less for it. This is a great example to show children. I wish I could play half as well as that! ps I was about 1 year old when you recorded it...
@@tracynewman3256 loved the video regardless of any mistake made, there is a lesson video that Brian setzer does in the late 80's or mid 90's showing how to play fingerpicking and technical scales, and he says in the video that it's ok to make mistakes when you're fingerpicking, sometimes there is notes ringing in the back that the listeners won't notice, anyways loved this performance Tracy!
There's hope for the world when this 50 something year old clip of a nice lady playing the banjo gets over 2 million views.
We know what's good
That's dulmmys for you wish there were more kinder people that. Actually kindness should be taught at schookxx
@@rainecoleman2644 If only they taught spelling, grammar and punctuation as well.
Oh, wait.
My spelling is ok but have MSso my fingers sometimes hit wrong keys and spelling is usually taught in first year of school in the UK x
I'd bet my bottom dollar that everyone that watched is over 50 and pining for the world we lost.
This lady resonates with me.
She is a real gem, ooooooozing with bundles of charm. Simply beautiful and she also plays a mean Banjo.
OMg she is so pretty and talented, had never heard of her before this
She went on to great things. Improv comedy. TV writer and producer. Emmy award winner. And in recent years one of the best and most loved singer-songwriters in Los Angeles. I see her all the time. She's the coolest.
I like how the emphasis is not on perfection (though it was a good performance) but on honest, open sharing. Thank you for sharing this.
Nostalgia is a wonderful thing.
I like that she doesnt take it too seriously and is more about having fun and playing something fun rather than getting it 100% right. Music is expressive, not a math equation.
You're right. I wish more musicians these days were like that
I feel the same way when I play as you say your right
@@williamfitzgerald3789 So well said
tell that to Tool
The Chad Pad lol Bach is definitely not from these days
I guess you can call me old fashioned but I love this kind of music and the banjo.
I’m with you.
Tracy this video seen in 2020 inspired me to learn to play Banjo! Thank you for posting this video.
I wish I could play like this
Probably could if you practiced as much as she did.
@@OceanSwimmer201 not necesarily - not everyone is talented in the same way. I know - I am NOT!
Thank you so much for sharing this Ms Newman, the joy in your face while you play is inspirational, and you have the most wonderful smile and the laugh at the end is just fantastic.
The perfect girl doesn't exi-
LOL
Why aren’t women like this today?
@@tracynewman3256 nice
I laughed really loud at this.
Just a few decades too late.
I love the sound of the banjo...it reminds me of old America, riverboats, campfires and a more rugged time.
No other instrument creates such immediate images to my imagination.
Plus it's the only musical instrument native to North America.
Thats it... I am now convinced there is gold in the stream at the bottom of my garden!! 👏👏👏🔨
She's a purty one 💙
She’s so amazing omg
Excellent Tracy. Just excellent.
It's really too bad that public television doesn't feature traditional American music anymore.
I absolutely agree ! ( But then - there's always RUclips ! )
But RUclips is a bit limited in its reach. PBS has a bit father reach. It's like the old Ed Sullivan Show and the Beatles. If we hag depended on the RUclips we would have really never gotten to know the Beatles, for better or worse.
I see your point - but the times and technology of the day are quite different by comparison. "The Ed Sullivan Show" was "Must See TV" for the entire family to watch together, and helped to bridge the "Generation Gap" (somewhat) which was developing at the time in the U.S.. "The Beatles" were already becoming a "smash" in England, and upon coming to "The States" were hyped to maximum effect. Their appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" was today's equivalent of "Going Viral" on RUclips. However, Ed Sullivan (as far as I know) was only broadcast in the United States on one "media network" (CBS) while (for better or worse), RUclips has a global audience over many media "platforms."
When comparing "Broadcast TV" and "Internet Media" what I miss most, (and perhaps the most definitive difference between the two) is the shared experience occurring "in the moment" - when "the whole world stops" to witness an "event" in a communal way - sparking wide ranging discussions between large segments of populations, and the potential for societal transformation. Today's media is very "fractional" and "factional" and tends toward consumption by individual viewers, smaller audiences or niche markets - (witness the popular HBO or Netflix series which generate huge audiences and a lot of "buzz," but are esoteric enough that a "majority" will not see them at all.
PBS ( U.S.) continues to be extremely relevant in our "Mediasphere," and should be supported wholeheartedly for all its contributions. @@devlieg72
with how utterly fucked our modern world is it would probably be considered "racist" or "offensive" or some other brainless shit
@@devlieg72 I highly recommend you check out GemsOnVHS on youtube. they go around the country and record the best traditional folk artists out there today.
She has such a pleasant speaking voice!!!
People used to speak with eloquence and grace... times have changed.
I can fully agree with both of you.
Reminds of the live actors on Sesame Street but how they would talk to adults
I think it's nice that eloquence is going away. Why to stress yourself when you can sit at home and order things.
@@amank188 Why wipe your ass? Nobody sees it, then you can really save some time and stress.
The money is made with the first five frets. Don't need fancy licks to be very entertaining. She's lovely.
@Seek Him with all your heart and you will find Him I already have and do.
@Seek Him with all your heart and you will find Him May take all the money you take from the poor and give it back to them televangelist's !
Tracy Ann Newman (born 1942) is an American television producer, writer and musician. Newman is a founding member of the improvisational theater troupe The Groundlings (as is her sister, Laraine Newman). She was co-creator and executive producer of the sitcom According to Jim (2001-2009). She is also a singer - songwriter, as well as an original member of The New Christy Minstrels[1] and lead singer of Tracy Newman and The Reinforcements. She is the mother of artist/writer Charlotte Dean, with whom she co-directs the live comedy show Charlotte's Shorts.[2]
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Newman
She's lovely.
This is true, common man's, American music. Shame so many people think the banjo is only for "hicks". Common Americans, rural and urban, need to recognize that we're all just regular people and none of us are "better" than the others. I'm a "city slicker" like any other but this is the music of my brothers and sisters!
I love her intensity. If there was anything at that point in 1965 more important, well god damn, it could wait :)
And rightly so!
This had me beaming with smiles
So happy.
:)
Just adorable. Great performance.
“She’s got eyes of baby blue, makes my gun shoot straight and true”. I bet, lol
Yeah just the kind of sweet gal you wanna get to know. I love her, 50 years too late
I love it. You won't see real entertainment and talent like this on tv anymore. TV has become a cesspool of nastiness!
Never realized how hard playing your average Banjo track gotta be. Thats some Eddie van Halen level shit right there when it comes to the many fingerpatterns and pickups.
Here’s to Eddie Van Halen! RIP. cheers
Check out Steve Martin too. He plays banjo crazy well, has since before he did comedy, and before he became an actor :)
Now i know what Captain american felt after knowing his crush was years behind him...
Wow, this is fantastic. Far as I can tell, she is still around, lives in LA, put out some folk music albums.
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen!! Delightful!
She better than she thinks, a sign of a true artist and musician.
This is so old school.
So glad I stumbled on this.
You don't see talent like this anymore 😇🙏
Talent like this is very easy to find today. Venturing outside of popular culture, you'll find thriving communities which inhabit the blugrass genre, country genre, or really any genre for that matter. Bluegrass, old time, and country are alive and well.
Cripple Creek is a beginner banjo song. Anyone can play it after a month of practice.
@@stevem7192 Captain Hook begs to differ!
What a treat , beautiful music and a beautiful lady to sing it 🙃☺️
Jason D (~):}
You took the words right outta my mouth, Jason ! She's such a cutie..and I'm sure she stills is ! And her playing & singing are SPOT ON !!
Agree
(~):-}
This is one of my absolute favourite versions of this tune. I finally picked up a banjo last week and learned Amazing Grace. This is on my list! Thank you for the inspiration!
I'm very slow at music. Basically flunked out of band. Bought a harmonica hoping it would be manageable. Amazing Grace was the most challenging song I ever learned to play.
Now I know the inspiration of The Band's song "Up on Cripple Creek"
MAD SKILLS!!!
WoW!! the Audio quality on this is rather fantastic.
Thanx so much for uploading; even 7 years later 😊
Dear Tracy, you are wonderful to look at and listen to! Damn, the 50s and 60s - weren't they a time so much cooler and relaxter than today? Or am I just getting old...?
In many ways the 50s & 60s were both better AND worse times than today. For the worse, don't forget that the Cold War was raging, the American South was still segregated, the Vietnam conflict was on, and sexism & homophobia & racism were all legal.
everything looks the worst in the time it's being experienced, everything looks like it's in a rose tint when it's passed
The audio on this is amazing. It's so crisp and clean for it's time. I questioned it's authenticity for a moment.
Yes, I also noticed this.
There’s stuff from the 40s that sounds this great, truth be told. Just depends on what hi fidelity was used to record.
@Arturo’s Michelangeli Hey, RUclips gave us the same profile pic, I feel a little less unique now lol
So awesome! You look like you had so much fun with this tune. Great playing and what a cutie!
She’s definitely pleasant and talented, but I’m just astounded that a public television show from 1965 has such amazing sound quality.
ah ah ... you haven't seen nothing yet. EVERYTHING was better in that time.
@@catholiccowboy8545 Even the racism!
@@gogurt9311 ... Who cares if she's jewish and her breath smells of garlic and her nose is a shiny red light. To me she's gorgeous and everything right, when i turn off the living room light.
@@gogurt9311 ruclips.net/video/Ho1aZv-Blhc/видео.html
... Now that's a Drunkard's Dream if I ever did see one ...
November 11 2021 (1855 hrs)
What a charismatic young lady, with a great natural talent to boot!
Charming and Beautiful.
why don't they air similar stuff like this?? this would be super inspirational to someone trying to find an instrument to learn and play
depends on who you mean by they lol but actually THEY do. It's called RUclips and you're watching it
Because no one listens to the radio, there’d be no point. RUclips is a very good place for this
@@salamilidaintgonfit7576 believe they is PBS, since this was originally aired on PBS
@@salamilidaintgonfit7576 Lots of people listen to the radio, but that's beside the point. The original comment was with regard to airing on television, or perhaps even on a streaming service.
Makes me wanna bolt out of this old city, get up in the Appalachian mountains, build me a log cabin and hide forever.
verkligen!
Do it.
I kinda hope Corona knocks out all the bad music and we go back to playing music like this full time
Do it but don't hide! Get to know your neighbors by sharing a little shine and some of that Christmas tree bud
You can always go to the CLIFFTOP FESTIVAL & hang out for a few days:
[ ruclips.net/video/7_mED5aWDWg/видео.html&pbjreload=101 ]]
"To the best of my ability." Pfft, no need for humility here, this is one of my favorite performances on RUclips. I always come back here when I need to hear something chipper.
I met you in Hollywood early '80's. As a child however I grew up in Houston,Texas....and I remember Al Binford's "What's New" nationally syndicated show. Houston,btw,had the world's first educational TV station.....
This was posted in 2015 -- why are most of the comments from 2021?!?!? The algorithm strikes again.
Wow. This is an accomplished woman. Look her up on Wikipedia. Original member of the New Christie Minstrels and sister of SNL's Laraine Newman. Created "According to Jim."
I am luck just to make it through a day at work.
Loraine Newmans sister ? No wonder I had an instant crush.
Loraine is my favorite SNL Alum, just adorable and funny at the same time🥰
Hot diggity dang, she is mighty cute woman right there.
You know that’s exactly what I was thinking watching this
amzing and lovely greets from europe😋
Great playing!
She's cute and charming.
This video makes you fall in love with Tracy Newman. You want to travel back to 1965 and meet her.
@@joemariquinlan my man you gotta chill
@@Eat.It.From.The.Back74 Ditto
@@joemariquinlan damn you old as hell then
@@Eat.It.From.The.Back74 Get a life.
Banjo playing was great, singing was fantastic and you are cute as a button.
@Gearjammer So sad to hear that. Well, I had a heart attack 8 weeks ago, got through that one, but we are all time limited on earth. I'm guessing from your RUclips name you are a truck driver? Keep safe and thanks for the information.
This is the same as singing or dancing , you either can or you cant . brilliant .
It's all practice
You can learn to do all that
Taylor Swift got nothing on you Girl.
Soo well spoken. Clear and friendly and easy to understand. Then the playing and singing!! :) Fantastic!
This was nice and pleasant. She's a delight.
a girl that can play banjo definitely makes my gun shoot straight too
I don't know what happened to me I guess I've gotten old my gun doesn't work anymore
"She's got eyes of baby blue, makes my gun shoot straight and true . . ." O.K. fella, sure! An innuendo as raunchy as any blues song.
So cute!
Sound quality is still better than 90% of other youtube channels
wow, i want play Banjo, i love this one
Looks like some guys named Rick, Robbie, Garth, Levon, and Richard watched this on TV and wrote a song because she sent them ...
I've had far too much politics today and that was a wonderful way to end my evening, thank you
I second that. Roy Clark brought me here...
@@theshyguitarist seems we're all going down the same rabbit hole!
That had me clog dancing.
"If I can get through it" Proceeds to tear the song a new one
Love her, love the hat, love the tune!
She makes this look so easy. But try learn a banjo. 👀
why cant you just enjoy the music without making some stupid comment. its not the first time a woman has sung a song written for the opposite sex
Never had a crush on a 1960's banjo player before, but now I do. ❤
Thanks for sharing this! It's so neat to be able to watch this so much later.
This is so innocent and pleasant, very lovely
So much nicer than shitty politics , and shitty T.V. programming , and shitty televangelism .
Very enjoyable to see nice banjo played that isn't focused on speed.
She's still alive as of 24 April 2022.
Word is she even has a RUclips channel. 🤫
😍😍😍
Video of a delightful lady playing banjo and most of the comments are winking about "lezbeens!!!!" Grow the hell up, people.
Who thumbs down this? Whoever you are I'm going to find you and send you a picture of puppies and kittens to ruin your day.
Gene Steger
LOL.you are mean😂
@John Hurley truth is there are videos w no dislikes. Not sure why someone would dislike this though
black & white is apparently a horrid experience for some
Always heard that song on Hee Haw but never knew the name. Thanks Tracy.
She’s gorgeous.
I like the way she (you?) laughs when she fluffs a chord - not trying to be a maestro, just showing us around as it were.
Tracy Ann Newman (born 1942) is an American television producer, writer and musician. Newman is a founding member of the improvisational theater troupe The Groundlings (as is her sister, Laraine Newman). She was co-creator and executive producer of the sitcom According to Jim (2001-2009). She is also a singer - songwriter, as well as an original member of The New Christy Minstrels[1] and lead singer of Tracy Newman and The Reinforcements. She is the mother of artist/writer Charlotte Dean, with whom she co-directs the live comedy show Charlotte's Shorts.[2]
That's cool. She doesn't look much like Laraine Newman, but the voices are nearly the same
Thanks for the additional information - never would have guessed she's Laraine's sister - what a talented pair of siblings!