Steve Sparkman - "Clinch Mountain Backstep"

Steve Sparkman in Ladysmith, Va. Spring of 2006, with a brief tribute to Ralph Stanley, composer of this tune, wedged in the middle. This is the full-length version of the video elsewhere on RUclips.

[@chrisshyers1993]

That's my uncle Steve, he is a good guy and a hell of a banjo player, Pa paw Steve would be proud of him... Love u uncle Steve...

[@conniefletcher6884]

Love this song-good pickin’ guys!

[@SpencerBenisch]

2:38 everyones like "oh shit it goes faster now"

[@Austin_Garcia]

Bruh🤣

[@brucejohnston6184]

My favourite tune...i need to learn the words 😃

[@garyf4912]

Sparkman is a banjo playing atomic bomb.

[@peteralden4211]

I played with him when Ralph was in Maine back In 2009. It was surreal

[@NiallMor]

I think Ralph would be pleased.

[@jetika1965]

GREAT..THANKS.SLOVENIA.

[@montycampbell4106]

That mandolin player was surprising loud. Whenever he picked, you could see his tiny instrument shaking around from the sheer force of his right hand.

[@brucejohnston6184]

Mandolins always look like they are trying to escape the player...😄

[@jameswyrm8]

crazy skill

[@realsnd]

I saw Steve Sparkman at Royce Hall in Los Angeles.... He was selling custom banjos... I wish I could have bought one... He's the best...

[@Narkcop]

Steve is now a Policeman in Versailles KY and does a GREAT Job at that too!!!!

[@AlbertaWildman]

Damn!
That boy can really pick that 5 string. I am impressed!

[@millieatr]

Probably a 10 year old boy or girl sitting on Clinch Moutain right now picking this song

[@ealfredson]

I LOVE BANJOS. I will be at Galax VA in August. I have been a Bluegrass fan since 1969 when I attended the Union Grove Fiddler's Convention.
Just a joke. Chill.

[@nasty5oh]

Nice

[@superchef78]

Is that Junior Blankenship on guitar?

[@johnyoung9874]

Yep !

[@LiveBluegrass]

@strungup101 Yes, Dewey is a great guy too!

[@LiveBluegrass]

The camera was pointed at the ground while Dewey took his break-- that's why archive footage of Ralph is there.

[@davestambaugh7282]

Isn't this a bluegrass version of sandy boys?

[@HotRodSixString]

What the name of the band ? It looks like both guitar players have a Henderson .

[@kennethhalcomb9402]

ralph stanley ii and the clinch mountain boys

[@treyhodge9209]

HotRodSixString i think those are blueridge guitars

[@bob7175]

good picken

[@ealfredson]

Paddle faster..... I hear Banjos......

[@kl-mz8bc]

Guitar player looks dead

[@dareisnogod5711]

Awful ! Braggadocio.

[@ninjaribanban3335]

That's a whole lotta Klan right there