Just talking to Gramma Carol the other day.....she told me about Tequila Mockingbird😍I remember this talented young man very well. So glad you are finding your way with your music. You were born to play.
Glad I found your channel. You've shown me that it doesn't really matter how you hold the bow or if your left wrist isn't straight you can still produce amazing music! Yee haw from Australia 🇦🇺
Ohmygod. He's on the Drive. My old east end Vancouver hood. The ghost of my earlier self had already long departed, some 18 years hence. Used to play up and down that street. La Quena. Broadway Express. And some other joint in between whose name I can't remember. Never busked (except one time only outside an LCBO down in the West End.) I was really paying attention to that left-hand finger pluck this time around. The bow looks a bit healthier too. Fantastic as always.
Greetings Mack, from a fellow Fiddler. Most of my playing involves Irish Tunes, but I do some Folk. Can I ask you a question? How do you play so fast? Specifically, left-hand technique on the fingerboard. Do you have any tips for Fiddlers who want to increase their playing speed? I agree with the Aussie who commented earlier. Bow technique alone does not make a good Fiddler.
Hey there, just wanted to let you know this isn't his personal channel, just a recording but he has a duo called The High Quadra Ramblers now. I think the folk fiddle hold helps a lot. It seems like it gives you more flexibility in the fingers because you're resting on your wrist, and you can focus on the rhythym bowing aswell. Everything is in first position mostly.
I know these are VERY old comments but for anyone wondering about it there’s a great book called Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus by Wayne Erbsen that is a wonderful resource for learning about the different ways people played fiddles such as bow hand placement, where they hold it on their bodies, and how they hold the violin with their left hand. You’ll notice Mack rests almost his whole hand against the neck with his left hand which is a common fiddler hold that’ll get you frowns from a classical violinist.
1:09 imaginary watch
Fur o’clock
Maybe a bug?
Nah it's a hair past a freckle
You don't know what I would have done to see this guy play by Charlie Daniels
He was a little late for his break-dancing lesson. I'll see myself out.
Christ what a performance
praise the lord
He looks like he's gonna try to sell me drugs after playing that fiddle.
Not only is he great at playing but he looks badass here dont lie
At 67 this was my first fiddle song. I'll never be any good but my what a fun instrument.
Who ever gave the thumbs down should get a middle finger up ! You rock man , keep on posting, we love it 👍🇺🇸.
man he makes that thing sing for him, gorgeous
seriously still watching this video I even saved it to a hard drive. this guy slays!
That’s some damn good fiddle playing there
Just talking to Gramma Carol the other day.....she told me about Tequila Mockingbird😍I remember this talented young man very well. So glad you are finding your way with your music. You were born to play.
*MACK IS REALLY JACK OF THE WOOD*
Glad I found your channel.
You've shown me that it doesn't really matter how you hold the bow or if your left wrist isn't straight you can still produce amazing music!
Yee haw from Australia 🇦🇺
His creativity and originality reminds me of Ashley Macisaac. That fiddle is an extension of his body, not an instrument 💪🎻
Natural born talent man!!
You're legendary!
You inspire me so much
cool, can't believe nobody pays attention
Love this guys playing.
Wow... a lot of broken bow
-hair.... Swinging street music. Love it.
Fantastic! I love this sound...this ol song played... pretty damn good! Love it!!!! X
We love him !!
Hey man I hope you're still alive and You're still rocking that fiddle Man you know how to play that if you're still doing do what you do sounds great
thanks to the guy filming!!!
This guys Bowing is Crazy Good!!
I'm a better person for experiencing this
Joli
Love this guy!!
Absolutely amazing! ❤💛
AWESOME!!!!!
yes indeed.
thats what i was thinking
very good
the best of the best
I really don't understand the people who don't stop and listen.
Wow. Great
Frikkin beast. 'Cats in Distress" is a good band name.
This goes against the physics of violining
Wow!!!!!
He looks like Aragorn o.o amazing performance!!!
Holy money! 😃
You can tell by the zombie walk everyone has that good music doesn't interest the masses anymore
very very sad
No if they are in NYC....😁😁
Ohmygod. He's on the Drive. My old east end Vancouver hood. The ghost of my earlier self had already long departed, some 18 years hence.
Used to play up and down that street. La Quena. Broadway Express. And some other joint in between whose name I can't remember. Never busked (except one time only outside an LCBO down in the West End.)
I was really paying attention to that left-hand finger pluck this time around. The bow looks a bit healthier too.
Fantastic as always.
Greetings Mack, from a fellow Fiddler. Most of my playing involves Irish Tunes, but I do some Folk. Can I ask you a question? How do you play so fast? Specifically, left-hand technique on the fingerboard. Do you have any tips for Fiddlers who want to increase their playing speed? I agree with the Aussie who commented earlier. Bow technique alone does not make a good Fiddler.
Hey there, just wanted to let you know this isn't his personal channel, just a recording but he has a duo called The High Quadra Ramblers now. I think the folk fiddle hold helps a lot. It seems like it gives you more flexibility in the fingers because you're resting on your wrist, and you can focus on the rhythym bowing aswell. Everything is in first position mostly.
does anyone know if this guy is still alive and plays music he rules?
Yes he is and does
As far as I know
*YES CATS IN DISTRESS HIGH QUADRA RAMBLERS LAST I HEARD HE WAS PLAYING WITH KAITLIN CHAMBERLIN*
yeah see him out busking in victoria all the time
a cowboy hat, and it will be perfection
When playing the fiddle is the bowing hand always past the handle bottom? I dunno I just started playing violin last year
Some Old time fiddlers hold it that way. What ever works for you.
I know these are VERY old comments but for anyone wondering about it there’s a great book called Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus by Wayne Erbsen that is a wonderful resource for learning about the different ways people played fiddles such as bow hand placement, where they hold it on their bodies, and how they hold the violin with their left hand. You’ll notice Mack rests almost his whole hand against the neck with his left hand which is a common fiddler hold that’ll get you frowns from a classical violinist.
Un vrai cajun lol
Who is the creepy girl at the end?
You can see the drugs
rooster caw
what the fuck was that at the very end of the video......
Poser holding his bow wrong.😁
Joli