I remember my Papaw setting with his fiddle makin music and everybody got together and danced and carried on, now he's gone and we don't do it no more. Sad really to just set back and watch this old real fun fade away.
Nice Picture. That is Tommy at the Beula School near Dobson, NC in 1980. He was a treasure, yes indeed. I'm biased, however, since I took this picture.
A phenomenal-sounding performance here !! I could listen to this style of music played by Tommy all day. The old timey sound doesn't get any more authentic than this .. played as it is by one of the genuine Old Masters. The ONLY OTHER example that I've got in my collection that sounds ANYTHING like this great TJ old-time number is a recording of SA by a group named The Old Timers (Norman Edmonds, leader) from Hillsville VA - at the 1961 37th Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, Union Grove NC ..
The 3-part variant was according to him, composed by Ben Jarrell, Tony Lowe, and according to Brad Leftwich's first Roundpeak book: Charlie Lowe the banjo player - this is besides the standard Sally Ann version probably what people have heard. The O-T Sally Ann seems to have come from Charlie 'Barnett' Lowe (T. Jarrell's father-in-law)
I always thought this is what they called Sail Away Ladies like Uncle Bunt Stephens did and others and Then you have the Tommy/RP version of Sail Away Ladies he learned from old man Pet McKinney I believe.Also I always have heard people how much this and Sail Away Ladies and Big Eyed Rabbit (Which is more varient than these) Have all got in common.
Paul Brown (like a comment mentioned below) plays the banjo mostly and Mike Seeger on guitar and occassional Jaw's Harp (Jerry Epstein's collection via field recorders collective (Ray Alden with other collectors) with risk of repeating others' comments: this is the 'Old-time way' Tommy played this tune, the other version he mostly played was the 3-part (heard on Stay All Night (county cd), originally on the LP: "Back Home In The Blueridge"
@MrGbushman I have no idea who's the banjo player, but he sure does a great job. This is from field recordings made by the late Ray Alden. Now, about OTM (or just Roundpeak) in Oakland, CA. - I heard there's a big (well, relatively big, I guess...) scene in hippie Berkeley.
I was picking the banjo on that one. Thank you, and glad you like it. Tommy got better and better right to the end; this was six months or so before he passed.
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Great old time music- I can just see
those old ragged Confederate Soldiers, dancing before bed, Smile
tonight Die by the hundreds tomorrow
Gets no better than this.
The only way to make these good old times come again is to make 'em ourselves like they did
I remember my Papaw setting with his fiddle makin music and everybody got together and danced and carried on, now he's gone and we don't do it no more. Sad really to just set back and watch this old real fun fade away.
Nice Picture. That is Tommy at the Beula School near Dobson, NC in 1980. He was a treasure, yes indeed.
I'm biased, however, since I took this picture.
Awesome photo!!! Thank you for sharing it!!!
Love it.... Tommy Jarrell is always a joy to listen to. Great tune.
A phenomenal-sounding performance here !! I could listen to this style of music played by Tommy all day. The old timey sound doesn't get any more authentic than this .. played as it is by one of the genuine Old Masters. The ONLY OTHER example that I've got in my collection that sounds ANYTHING like this great TJ old-time number is a recording of SA by a group named The Old Timers (Norman Edmonds, leader) from Hillsville VA - at the 1961 37th Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, Union Grove NC ..
he was fabulous! this must live as long as mankind.
He is awesome. I have two albums and play them All the time. Here in the Ozarks we are partial to John Harford and his buddies like the Goforths.
Those were the daze
That IS a SWEET picture!
It just popped up on google and was the coolest one in there.
Thanks!
Sally Ann ! For ever...
granpappy of all fiddlers....no realer do we get..love me some TJ!!!!!!!!
Brilliant.
Liked this RUclips video and have heard Tommy Jarrell play this song with Mike Seeger and Paul Brown before.
So alive
🤩✌🏽✨☮️💥
RIGHTEOUS
Amen
🙏
The 3-part variant was according to him, composed by Ben Jarrell, Tony Lowe, and according to Brad Leftwich's first Roundpeak book: Charlie Lowe the banjo player - this is besides the standard Sally Ann version probably what people have heard.
The O-T Sally Ann seems to have come from Charlie 'Barnett' Lowe (T. Jarrell's father-in-law)
I always thought this is what they called Sail Away Ladies like Uncle Bunt Stephens did and others and Then you have the Tommy/RP version of Sail Away Ladies he learned from old man Pet McKinney I believe.Also I always have heard people how much this and Sail Away Ladies and Big Eyed Rabbit (Which is more varient than these) Have all got in common.
Paul Brown (like a comment mentioned below) plays the banjo mostly and Mike Seeger on guitar and occassional Jaw's Harp (Jerry Epstein's collection via field recorders collective (Ray Alden with other collectors)
with risk of repeating others' comments: this is the 'Old-time way' Tommy played this tune, the other version he mostly played was the 3-part (heard on Stay All Night (county cd), originally on the LP: "Back Home In The Blueridge"
Best tune ever? Pretty much.
Hahha fuck that!! This is the next thing imma learnin on my fiddle!!
@colindominy can you, then, upload that wonderful tune?
@MrGbushman I have no idea who's the banjo player, but he sure does a great job. This is from field recordings made by the late Ray Alden. Now, about OTM (or just Roundpeak) in Oakland, CA. - I heard there's a big (well, relatively big, I guess...) scene in hippie Berkeley.
I was picking the banjo on that one. Thank you, and glad you like it. Tommy got better and better right to the end; this was six months or so before he passed.
Lotsa great banjo pickers out there, but this sounds kinda like Paul Brown.