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Frank Fairfield "Poor Ellen Smith" Live
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- Опубликовано: 31 янв 2011
- From the video series "CANYON"
Part 1 of 2 in a series of Frank Fairfield Live Acoustic Performances.
This song was shot close to Frank Fairfield's home in the hills of Highland Park in Los Angeles, CA. November was beautiful in southern California; Frank Fairfield's vocals and instrumentation wonderful as he performed on a solitary area overlooking the city.
Director: Tiffany Frances
Cinematographer: Jeremy Lundborg
Producer: Alice Park
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I saw Frank Fairfield when he traveled around a little bit. He happened to be in my hometown in England at this small bar which was more like someone's front room. He did a 15 minute set and I was just astounded. We were all silent. He was able to hold everyone in that pub unlike anything I've seen. There was something so striking in his performance, we just weren't expecting anything like what we saw - shamefully, nor do I expect to see anything quite like it ever again.
Lee Cass lucky ; )
I saw him in Brighton many years ago in a small pub. Amazing guy
@@smoke-dd3ir so did I! I remember he wasn’t very happy with how it went for some reason. I was blown away.
that hit something deep down in my soul like a nine pound hammer
Sounds like those old records without the scratches.very well done.
Sad to hear Frank stopped performing music. He was one of the only people doing this with sincerity
I spoke to Blind Boy Paxton at a gig recently and was told the same news. Apparently he's working in construction now. I was gutted
@@TomDurkin1987 Well, he's following in the footsteps of other great banjo players like Roscoe Holcomb and Dock Boggs.
I just learned of Frank Fairfield through the blog "The Needle and the Groove" and I'm blown away by him. Love the way he rides the rhythm in this tune. Nice. He's helping to keep our traditional music alive. Good video.
Most haunting song version ever.
great stuff. keepin this music alive, good on him.
Frank taught me this song almost 7 years ago via this video, still hasn't lost it's beauty.
do you happen to know what tuning he's in? i'm learning the roundpeak version in leftwich's book, which is nice in A, but i feel like this is maybe in a different tuning? and i agree, this is an incredibly beautiful version.
Yup! I posted a query on banjo hangout and got the answer: gCGCE pitched about a half-step sharp. This is open C tuning. I worked it out and play it pretty decently now. give it a shot and if you get stuck i'm happy to fill in any gaps! snowdrop is in this tuning as well...that's next on my list.
sure thing, nevin. yeah hit me up. you'll be my first banjo hangout friend haha. i don't really know how that works. i've been trying to figure out if this tune is pulled from some other source...it's definitely not the standard, i haven't heard poor ellen smith played like this, or any other song for that matter. haunting.
As of writing still under 20,000 people on youtube have seen this. I'd like to congratulate you all! I saw this man in an ex-army medical tent at doune the rabbit hole one year. As my band was on next. Which, as it happens, is an utter wall of noise destroyed with maths fest. That event can only ever happen on one strand of the multiverse. Which turns out to be this one. Yes!
Fantastic!
Fantastic video and audio.
For an old Kay banjo the tone is amazing. Wonder if it has a tone ring in it? Nice version.
@tinjarir if you have spotify, his album is on there.
A mix of Reuben and darling cora?
Is that banjo partially fretless? sounds like the first few frets are missing
Porch Rock!!!
Love his stuff, but I don't care much for this version.