Orange Blossom Special - Doug Kershaw (Fiddlers Three)
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- Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2012
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The Ragin' Cajun is back! Earlier this year, I inadvertently deleted my You Tube account and lost all my videos. Among them were several rare Doug Kershaw songs from an old PBS show called "Fiddlers Three" which starred Doug, Jean Luc Ponty and Itzhak Perlman. I dug for the VHS tape but never could find it so I assumed I had tossed it after my initial transfer to digital. Just last week, while cleaning my work room, I found the tape! I will upload the 4 Kershaw songs as well as the show finale that starred all three fiddlers. This was Doug's third song, "Orange Blossom Special". 
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As a fiddle player of 20 years I still to this day can't fathom how this man manages to play articulate notes at 90 miles an hour on a fiddle that's essentially floating in midair with a bow that has at best ten hairs left on it. It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen.
You see the sickness....
I saw him in person one time and he had to stop in the middle of a song and put new hair, or whatever it's called on, on his bow. The band kept playing and he just jumped back in right were they were without missing a beat. Ever since that day I've called him a fiddle playing fool.
Good ain’t he!
i saw Doug Kershaw play many times and he cuts the bow strings. he is still GREAT TO WATCH.
It's that Devil's elbow
impossible not to wear a hideous smile watching this guy. seriously a one-of-a-kind artist
the "train beat" for any drummer is a challenge -- easy to lose the timing, or just wear out. this guy rises to the challenge. well done.
All while wearing a puffy shirt. Mad props to this dude!
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And at that speed.
Practice as boring as it may be, always pays off if you have determination.
INSANE intonation, double stops, original phrasing, speed, power, passion and endurance!!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I saw him in Tucson 1974..To this day the greatest performer I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen thousands.
By the time of this filming in 1977, Kershaw had been performing all over for over 30 years!
He’s 86 now, still doing shows
First off, Orange Blossom Special has to be one of the best songs ever written. And then this particular performance by Doug Kershaw sets the standard for all others to live up to. You cannot listen and watch without moving and smiling because it is just that good.
I saw him in concert decades ago. He stood on his head supported by 2 musicians and played Orange Blossom Special - OMG and the crowd went wild!!
K Valeda
He makes Jerry Lee Lewis look mild
Saw the crazy Cajun twice, in the Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas Texas, in 1976. Same place and year, that I saw
Waylon, and David Allen Coe !
I got to see Doug Kershaw in 1969 at the Boston Tea Party. He was the opening act for the Byrds. I have loved his music for over 50 years!
Man attacks violin on Orange Blossom Special. Two bows died in the attack, the violin survives in critical condition at local hospital.
dlwatib . LOL!!!
This guy is a performer!
Nice. Lol
dlwatib 🔥💩👊
d r u G s 🙈
2023 and he still plays a few times a year.
87 years old!
Same in 2024
He's now 88 years old.
Saw him several times at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas,Great,energetic show.......Kudos to a very consistent and hard working drummer
Straight out of Heaven!!! 😃👏👏👏👍👍🇺🇸. Thank God for him!
I love the Ragin' Cajun. Master showman. Highest energy concert I have ever attended.
I don't care what anyone else says, but this is the baddest , most ass kickin' version of the orange blossom special EVER played!
I remember my dad telling me when I was boy growing up in Gordon Alabama in the early 70s, that Doug Kershaw came to Dothan Alabama to put on a concert & he was the best fiddle player he had ever seen.
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
We were a rural venue, Oregon Fair in the 70's, and Doug played his heart out, and also made us feel he cared about US. I have been a great admirer since. Thanks for the beauty you have added to this world, Doug.
Watched him on TV years ago, been listening to him play for 50years! He's the best!
There will never be another as good as him
Nope.
Saw him at a summer park program at one of Kansas Cities lakes.in early 70s. I'd always loved his wild Cajun performances I'd seen on t.v. , but live was just a whole new experience. Not many strings left on that Louisiana man's fiddle at end of . One of my best nights ever!
This is the best video of the three I could find of him playing the Orange Blossom Special.
Thanks for posting this version again, it was posted and then taken off months ago.
Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my first time being acquainted with Doug Kershaw and he is one wild man on a fiddle. WOW no other words for this frenetic, driven fiddle player. One can not help but be happy when you listen and/or watch him play. Simply amazing.
Wow! Really, you've never heard of Doug Kershaw b4? U must b a young lady!!!
73, saw him play in TO fifty years ago. Wild and crazy, lots of fun. Still love to hear him. Irish on HOT sauce.
Poor child!
I saw him in concert in the 70's. He was high energy, all over that stage. It was pure joy. He defines music. How I still love him!
@@adeleg444 Diggy Liggy Lo
See that bucket in front of the drummer? It contained spare bows for Doug. He always had a bucket of them nearby when he played & could switch to a new 1 in a heartbeat & not miss a beat. I saw him in person 2 times & met him personally the 2nd time.
I saw him in Austin, Texas in the mid-70’s. He was all over the stage at an incredible energy level.
He lived in Greeley a few years ago had a bar and dance hall and a big home east of Eaton saw him many times 🎶🎶❤️
Isn’t it because he was high as a kite on drugs?
@@debbiehuser9056yea a lot of the time . But so what . So was stevie ray Vaughan and Duane almond , and most of the greatest . It was them not the drugs. If you do the drugs you would still suck ide bet.
What an entertainer! He's the Pete Way of Cajun music! I saw him in either the late 70s or early 80s and HE WAS AMAZING!
What a rockstar Doug Kershaw is, dang, this is my favorite bluegrass song ever, played by the 1st great fiddler I knew about, in 1970. He toured with the Rolling Stones, so yes, he’s Country , Bluegrass and Rock!❤ I loved how he tore that bow up, was just waiting for him to toss it and grab another one, all that Russian horse tail hair didn’t stand a chance, lol 😂
You don't even have to like music, OR the song to be fascinated by true talent, AND showmanship!!!
Total Madman on the Fiddle....Fuckin Awesome....
Amazing find!!!!.....my mom told me that when Kershaw hit the scene everyone thought he was a madman - clearly I can see why, he was WAY out there for the day. Cool how he can play with almost no tension on his bow.
Doug Kershaw beats Charlie Daniels hands down
That's why he was called the raging Cajun
@@valerieehrlich1500 charlie daniels wasnt shit
@@valerieehrlich1500 remember the Sammy Kershaw so g that had the line 《 he was the Charlie Daniel's of the torque wrench 》 it should have been the Doug Kershaw of the torque wrench
One heyell of a showman and Cajun fiddle player. So underrated and underappreciated. When I was haullin big truck, a Cali turnaround and Doug Kershaw, grab gears , dodge a Koop and go.
Sometimes a single performance can define an entire genre of music:
He was the most Legendary Raging Cajun! Long Live DOUG KERSHAW!!!🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
DONT EVER LISTEN TO THIS GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE...THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU WILL BE SITN ON 90MPH
+YOKI LEE I could imagine. It does that to you.
YOKI LEE ., uhb
YOKI LEE 😂😂😂😂
With a State Trooper behind you with his blue lights on and a big grin on his face.
Been there, done that!
when you're as good as Doug , I guess you wear any shirt you want !
Doug wears it better.
Bob Saturday Hey... I love the poet shirt. Timeless & classic!😍
Amen Saturday
Maybe the soft talker asked him to wear the puffy shirt.
@@tedmulthauf3867 maybe Captain jack sparrow, traveled through time and told him the fashion
Kershaw is the Jimi Hendrix of cajun fiddle, with way more energy. Off the charts! He must be crazy!
he went through more bows during a song that Jimi did picks!
jon2bec2 I swear I was saying the same thing. Then I seen your remarks.
I agree with the Jimmie Hendrix comparison least in the case of this performance however it is not to be taken as a compliment. This is just a lot of noise with rhythmic embellishment.
Buddyroe Ginocchio My thought, also.
+Buddyroe Ginocchio I agree with the first two! I think it's a complement! if somebody compared me to hendrix on any instrument I'd be tickled to death! that would mean I'm playing the piss out of it! that's what hendrix did with his guitar that's what Doug Kershaw's doin with his fiddle! I thought it was a great thing to compare him too!
Doug is the maestro of the fiddle. What a player.
Met him once at the Lorain County Fair. He rented a truck from me, I was a Jartran dealer, he ga me and my wife passes to his show. All I can say is wow what a showman.
a classic done a thousand times but NEVER BEFORE like this.....SMOKIN!
Rusty & Doug Kershaw... AWESOME in the 1950s AND 1960s. Doug is STILL the World's Champion Cajun fiddler.🎻👍
I remember watching thus guy on TV in the early 70s in the Bronx NY.
Watched this man since I was about 8 years old...a true modern day Mozart
well, he's gotta (play furiously and burn thru bows to) make a livin'... he's a louisiana man.
Barry Young
I Love how he shreds his bow, and I Love how the UK and America continually trade culture. Cheers, mates.
He's simply the greatest 'Fiddler" ever
Seen him live three times.
His double stops and intonation are absolutely incredible..
This performance is proof!! 🌟
Doug Kershaw is 84 now.. God bless him..
He must REALLY go through the bows!!! I saw him in person years ago, and what a treat! Thanks for posting!
I saw Doug Kershaw 50 years ago in Gresham Oregon.
Bringing these amazing memories music,love the fiddle and Mr.Doug,play that fiddle,Bailamos,Shall we Dance ,Enjoy ,Cannon music,here,in Louisiana, Red Feather salutes you ,beautiful, People, And this Artist,Simply the Best,Millions of Blessings, Bearhugs,Embraces,Bendisones, Amen
The man is the Jimi Hendrix of fiddle players!!!
Thank you so much. I love Crazy Doug Kershaw. He was in a very obscure movie in the early 70's called Zachariah The Electric Western. The film is where The James Gang got their name when Joe Walsh was asked to play in the movie and the band didn't yet have a name. Also some great drumming from Alvin Jones.
Wow! How interesting this is. I’ve loved Doug since the 70s. Gotta try to find that movie and check it out.
@@freddielee8500 There is a very low quality version on RUclips I believe.
He's been a favourite of mine since back in the '60's
He rocked the night for us way back in 78 or 79 lacrosse wisconsin. About gave those old folks heart attacks. I do believe we broke a table (dancing on it) hahaha, great memory thank you Mr Doug Kershaw.
I don't know how he manages to make it thru a song with a bow. he just shreds them!!!
It's funny, because whenever Doug had to borrow a fiddle, about 1/4 of the bow would be gone when he gave it back. Glad you reestablished your account! Thanks for this great upload!
...first saw him on Midnight Special in or around 1974 just after I came home from Germany...been lovin' his music ever since...
Love the 70's hairstyle. Could be on a bayou somewhere or on stage with The Who.
Thanks and Praises. So - so - so -grateful, for your efforts and the life and works of Master Kershaw.
The first album I ever purchased was one of yours I believe it was around 1969 you were one of my earliest Inspirations to play a fiddle. I wanted to thank you and just say that you are such an inspiration. You have stayed true to yourself and your own style. Thank you kindly sir, a fine musician and a fantastic Entertainer!
The girl playing the tambourine is crazy beautiful!
Anyone know her name?
@@rowlffffff I don't know her name but I have a feeling she and Doug had an...understanding ;>p
Annie Rose DeArmas
Yes she is so beautiful!
Outstanding music and from the looks of it some outstanding drugs to
WOW!! Such energy, craziness, and talent!!
Now that is what I call putting your heart into it.
Super talented Cajun! Met him once, very friendly, we talked music & musical instruments mostly. No better showman.
Fantastic!!!!! I first heard The Ragin' Cajun' near the end of my Junior Year of HS or that summer. Been a huge fan ever since.
Sensational musicians all! As a would-be drummer, I was rapt in his performance. Never seen two bows with broken strings doing one song - but hey -- they had a heck of a work-out. Thanks for posting!
Ho-LEE SHIYUT!
The BEST Louisiana has to offer.
Always loved Kershaw! Still do! Awesome! The best 🎻er ever!
Man, I grew up in East Texas and I could sit mesmerized what Doug play. Too bad they didn’t have iPhones in the 70’s. I could OD on his playing. Truly one of a kind.
Ol' Doug is the King of The Fiddlers! I like Jo El Sonnier and Ricky Skaggs Fiddle playing but Damn Doug just makes that thing come to life!!
He’s the man. Coming from a great fan in Metairie, Louisiana.
I met him in 69 or 70 in a recording studio in Hollywood. Looked exactly the same. They said he was from Louisiana. I had some roots in New Orleans said he’d never been there. New Orleans that is. Very quiet man. I didn’t know who he was yet? My group made a recording there. Didn’t go anywhere.
He needs to come back to the longhorn ballroom in Dallas in 2024 they just reopened.
Heard him at UCLA around 1972. Hot performance for sure. Live 100 yrs Doug. Paul V/Thailand
Heart and soul in Doug's music
super beau à écouter et à regarder! mercis pour ce spectacle très professionel! ce 01-08-2017 Félicitations à David et à tes musiciens!
Hi Paul - I have been looking for this for a long time - thank you so much - would love to see the entire show uploaded - it was such an amazing concert.
Sorry officer I was only doing 200 MPH, Wow !!!!
Doug Kershaw and Buckwheat Zydeco ( R I P ) turned me on to Cajun Zydeco 34 years (1982) ago and I've loved it ever since!!!!!!!
Cajun Zydeco? Wait. What? What's Zydeco?
Zydeco is a mixture of Black French/jazz /R&B blended with Cajun and it became a sort of "Swamp Pop". EXCELLANT music combo. Listen to Geno Delafose and French Fockin' Boogie. He is a fantasti/Cajun/Zydeco musician/band that I see in person several x's a year out in Louisiana.
Chris Fischer ZYDECO IS A MISSPELLING OF HARICOT. HARICOT IS A SNAP BEAN. THE RHYTHM IS NOT SMOOTH BUT JERKY AND LOOKS LIKE A SNAP, SO SNAP BEAN.
was remembering my days in evergreen Colorado. he lived there and would play at the little bear, photographed him for the local paper, great but distant fond memories...
This guy blew my mind the first time I saw him. The Dean Martin Variety Show, he played Mama's Got the Know How while riding the Staten Island ferry in the snow! Louisiana boy was looking chilly! Amazing musician. Would like to find that song when he played Tampa Bay in 2008... It disappeared off of RUclips.😩Any clues? Thanx
The Ragin' Cajun'
I used to see him play at the Palomino in North Hollywood when i was a kid, he is also a lovely man.
This man can sure shred some bows
licki li & licki low
He's gonna need a new bow!
I like how he acknowledges the other members of the band.
I heard a story that Doug would secretly play a fiddle that belonged to a relative from age 3 to 5. Well one day he dropped it and cracked it and said relative was super angry to say the least. He stood there with the razor strap and told him to play a song he had learned, and if he didn’t he would get his ass whooped with the strap. Well Doug played that song, as well as two others he had concocted on the spot. Seems like Doug has always played like he imagine the audience was gonna kick his ass if he didn’t wow em, and wow em he do
Outrageous performance shenanigans guaranteed to bring shame to any serious musician who ever held a fiddle.
Ol'Doug could turn any fiddle into a lethal weapon, and murder the crowd with pure joy, not violence. And wearin' that bar mitzvah shirt, too.
I first saw him in the 70s doing "Jamestown Ferry" liked his music then and like it now. He's wild though. Dixie Creole needs watching.
If they aren't crazy...they aren't really Cajun. Trust and believe.
Saw him in concert many years ago. He was amazing and funny as well.
On this day in 1965 {January 13th} Johnny Cash performed "Orange Blossom Special" on the ABC-TV program 'Shindig!'
One month later on February 13th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #80 and also spent 6 weeks on the Top 100
It reached #3 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart
Five years later in 1970 Doug Kershaw covered it; his version peaked at #9 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart
R.I.P. Mr. Cash {1932 - 2003} & Doug Kershaw turns 77 on Jan. 24th
sauquoit13456 j
I grew up on this, he the king of cajun
Oh man, he had to throw the first bow down.
Ge tore it to shreds playing 32/nd notes non-stop for 3 minutes!!
Brought here from watching beautiful film Days of Heaven by Terrence Malick. Doug Kershaw plays fiddle by fire light... brilliant. Amazing his fiddle doesn't break. Never seen anyone so outrageous playing a fiddle before. Makes me wanna pick up my dad's fiddle and get wild!
Thank you Paul for bringing Doug Kershaw back to life :)
I thought I seen him in a bar years ago on Vine Street Cincinnati somebody that look like Kim was playing the fiddle standing on the bar
Saw a movie called Zachariah,in early 70's...I remember 2 things about it..it was a western,and they had kershaw,walking around here and there dancing and playing fiddle by himself..finally after kershaw walks past them in desert,one goes who the hell is that guy
🎶🎵🎻 I remember the trailer for that movie ' Zacharia (gun shot) . . . An Electric Western' .
THIS IS CAJUN.
listening from nova scotia, Canada 2021 right on .
Yup, the 'ragin cajun'..friend and I wend to a concert in Lincoln Ne, (Arrow Airport) and had the time of our life!!! Still remember him throwing chairs at the speakers hollerin..."turn de music up"!!!
Un très grand et immense talent :) C'est époustouflant !
Mais oui sha
The best fiddle player ever
UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!!
Utterly amazing grew up on bluegrass.