An amazing bluegrass cover of "Rocket Man".

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @dougsmith7580
    @dougsmith7580 3 месяца назад +248

    I think it’s going to be a long long time before I hear a better cover of this tune.

    • @FistandFootMartialArts
      @FistandFootMartialArts 3 месяца назад +2

      Indeed! 😀

    • @johnhow6971
      @johnhow6971 2 месяца назад +3

      A long long time!

    • @FistandFootMartialArts
      @FistandFootMartialArts 2 месяца назад +1

      @@johnhow6971 Mars? Wouldn't wanna raise a kid there;-)

    • @Michaelsymons-o1x
      @Michaelsymons-o1x 11 дней назад

      Try Andre's kumart I think his name is German guy on the VOICE singing rocket man

    • @dougsmith7580
      @dougsmith7580 10 дней назад +1

      @ ….. Thankyou ! It’s 0530 in my morning and what a great way to kickstart my day. Andreas has a voice to rival Joe Cocker (don’t know how old you are - but that’s good). Thanks for a heads up on a great singer and the band on his video is no slouch either.

  • @tallflatlander3493
    @tallflatlander3493 7 месяцев назад +314

    You can't tell me that, regardless of your own preferred music genre...that you don't just LOVE this version of Rocket Man.

    • @victorelizondo809
      @victorelizondo809 3 месяца назад +9

      Great version. For me it’s the musicianship.

    • @alenfranjic3124
      @alenfranjic3124 3 месяца назад +8

      The only genre of music I recognise is good music. And this is up there!

    • @TheBenChronicles
      @TheBenChronicles 3 месяца назад +4

      True that. Hours of rehearsal.

    • @nataliemarshall7158
      @nataliemarshall7158 3 месяца назад +3

      @@alenfranjic3124 absolutely!!

    • @Mr_Joshua73
      @Mr_Joshua73 3 месяца назад +4

      I absolutely love the original, but DANG!... I love this version more! ♥️♥️ Killed it!

  • @peterney2402
    @peterney2402 2 года назад +63

    I listen to Beethoven, schubert....and l listen to these guys.

  • @crapseven
    @crapseven 2 года назад +83

    Billy Strings and Iron Horse, making bluegrass great again.

    • @dunebillyofswanbeach4294
      @dunebillyofswanbeach4294 3 месяца назад +6

      Bluegrass music was always great. That red hat crap? Not so much.

    • @nanaobx
      @nanaobx 3 месяца назад +2

      Agree!! Love them both!

  • @08nate803334
    @08nate803334 7 лет назад +1090

    Can we all please just take a second and consider how hard this banjo player just CRUSHED this song?!

    • @hyperhype1000
      @hyperhype1000 6 лет назад +23

      Absofuckinglutely!

    • @koho
      @koho 6 лет назад +29

      The mandolin solo was pretty great, too!

    • @smw381st
      @smw381st 6 лет назад +23

      they are all real good! and I love this version of this song.

    • @johncordell9497
      @johncordell9497 5 лет назад +12

      Banjo-man killed it!

    • @Kelnx
      @Kelnx 5 лет назад +49

      I'm a banjo player. A lot of what he was doing were using pretty standard bluegrass rolls for banjo. But assembling them into order for songs like this in a cover...he basically had to reverse engineer the song and teach himself to play it. Not easy. And all of the musicians had to do that. Using runs they are familiar with, but reassembling them in a way that adapts to how different a song like this from bluegrass. These cover and pickin' on guys are pretty much the peak of musicians. It's not at all easy, and I couldn't do it like this I don't think. Not without a LOT of work.

  • @SenderBudYerGood
    @SenderBudYerGood 7 лет назад +792

    Sometimes I wish the internet wasn't the size of space, you literally have to sift through soooooo much shit before you find the pay dirt and a gem like this. Excellent talent here...

    • @Meskeeful
      @Meskeeful 6 лет назад

      Dude, get with it... lol

    •  5 лет назад

      Yeah walking is so much quicker.

    • @jonneroneill5439
      @jonneroneill5439 5 лет назад +3

      How right you are... I've only found it... epic😎

    • @coreys3438
      @coreys3438 5 лет назад +5

      It’s the fact that it takes so long to find this is what makes it so great! Like a good chuck of the world had never heard this. Amazing!

    • @jonneroneill5439
      @jonneroneill5439 5 лет назад

      @@coreys3438 wtf does the word chuck mean... ??? Lol 😎

  • @kerryholmes5586
    @kerryholmes5586 2 года назад +75

    I'm South African and we don't hear much Bluegrass here but this song has made me listen to more!

  • @kimsmith2805
    @kimsmith2805 9 месяцев назад +75

    One of the very few videos I go back and watch regularly, for the last few years. As a musician there is so much to learn there.

  • @AndriesZA
    @AndriesZA Месяц назад +17

    I'm from South Africa have no idea what bluegrass is... lol but one thing is for sure I enjoy good music and this was just amazing! Thank you all! Just loved it

    • @jiminman3990
      @jiminman3990 7 дней назад +1

      Hi brother , ky and Appalachian country music is where it originated.in usa. Your ancestors and all others would get together at harvest, barn raising, holy days would play music together, creating a mix of many types coming together. Shalom. . What you just heard is bluegrass. Awesome 👌

  • @Sissystallings3198
    @Sissystallings3198 2 месяца назад +39

    You Tube recommends gems like this every now and then…love it!

  • @scruguru
    @scruguru 3 месяца назад +46

    Those vocals are sweet as maple syrup. The picking and strumming are spot on. Love this single mic masterpiece. Good work boys. Thank you.

  • @VintageMetalInvestigations
    @VintageMetalInvestigations 6 лет назад +86

    Can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened to this. I grew up in Tennessee where Bluegrass was king. But this sets a whole new standard guys! Pure ear candy!

  • @FullContactDrummer
    @FullContactDrummer 8 лет назад +485

    How does someone not like this? Like Steve Martin said, "You can't be sad when you hear a banjo."

    • @christophercomer2544
      @christophercomer2544 8 лет назад +35

      Unless you are traveling into Deliverance, and have someone telling you that you have a purty mouth

    • @newpinglegend9304
      @newpinglegend9304 8 лет назад +6

      That's an ignorant remark.

    • @donilagringaloca
      @donilagringaloca 8 лет назад +2

      Very ignorant!

    • @malakai713
      @malakai713 8 лет назад +11

      I guess, if you are ignorant of what happens to poor Ned Beatty in Deliverance. this thread is terrible, iron horse is great tho.
      welp, peace

    • @BuckarooBonsly
      @BuckarooBonsly 8 лет назад +29

      douchebagnumero1 That's kind of the nature of Bluegrass music. If you want to be happy, listen to the music. If you wanna be sad listen to the lyrics.

  • @kelly806
    @kelly806 8 лет назад +354

    Its 3 AM...I'm watching a cool bluegrass cover of an Elton John song. All is right with the world tonight. Thank you RUclips.

    • @d1cefiroa31
      @d1cefiroa31 5 лет назад +3

      Kelly Meacham just wanted to remind of this some again. from the land down under, much love and all is right with the world still

    • @desert_yeti9852
      @desert_yeti9852 5 лет назад +3

      2 years later my man. In this you are not alone...

    • @brunodiaz4726
      @brunodiaz4726 5 лет назад +4

      i am literally doing that right now

    • @francisbtube
      @francisbtube 5 лет назад +2

      Kelly Meacham weird Two Years later and it's 3:01 am!

    • @adamwake4784
      @adamwake4784 4 года назад +3

      I am slightly happy about lockdown in Britain right now, as without it, i wouldn't have listened to this masterpiece. I am listening to it for a task that i have from my school. I know that virus+lockdown is probably the worst thing that will happen this year, but i am glad it led me to listening to this.

  • @MrPolkaParty
    @MrPolkaParty 17 дней назад +12

    never ever did I think I would see a bluegrass version of this song

  • @thomasmcmahon7034
    @thomasmcmahon7034 4 года назад +112

    Sometimes you stumble through the net...and land on something this cool.

    • @christinescott5002
      @christinescott5002 3 месяца назад +2

      Yes! And here I am stumbling in August 2024. Great cover. Beautiful voices and musicians.

  • @losingstreak415
    @losingstreak415 7 лет назад +928

    I love how fast Bluegrass is. It's like the thrash metal of country

    • @ajvandelay8318
      @ajvandelay8318 7 лет назад +38

      that is the worst analogy I have ever seen on the internet.

    • @definty
      @definty 7 лет назад +254

      that is the best analogy I have ever seen on the internet.

    • @gretarobinson5526
      @gretarobinson5526 7 лет назад +7

      Aj Hoyt lol

    • @Bigskyline51
      @Bigskyline51 7 лет назад +11

      There is a band called the native howl and the only way I can think of to describe them is thrash grass it is like thrash metal with blue grass instruments

    • @arashsadeghi1729
      @arashsadeghi1729 7 лет назад +13

      More like the jazz of country.

  • @kaptainwarp
    @kaptainwarp 6 лет назад +337

    Strange how Bluegrass hasn't caught-on globally. A purely American genre. I'm ok with it. I'd be ok if it went around the world as well.

    • @nurgle333
      @nurgle333 5 лет назад +50

      Well it came from Irish folk music

    • @KJ-kw7gh
      @KJ-kw7gh 5 лет назад +36

      Kris Nelson Kentucky bluegrass has its background influence mixed from Irish, Scots, European, And African blues music. But it's a very young American genre of music from around the 1940's. Yeah, there's always been music from the immigrants that came to the mountains around here, but that's not bluegrass. Bluegrass is purely American, mixed from everything.

    • @pumamattiasjeep9290
      @pumamattiasjeep9290 5 лет назад +11

      Im all in om bluegrass and om from sweden:-)

    • @les4767
      @les4767 5 лет назад +11

      Check out Steve 'N Seagulls. They're from Finland and they are on par or better than any American bluegrass band you've ever heard.

    • @bgates1128
      @bgates1128 5 лет назад +11

      A random traveler stayed at my house from the Netherlands. Said he played banjo. I invited bluegrass friends over for a jam. He could play Foggy Mountain Breakdown and a couple other songs.

  • @theDonRua
    @theDonRua 3 года назад +210

    Blue grass musicians can sing so calm and easy while their fingers are picking the holy F out of some stringed instrument.

    • @dawnnewman2663
      @dawnnewman2663 3 года назад +3

      so true! lol

    • @DFWJon
      @DFWJon 3 года назад +5

      Yeah… I hate bluegrass!!! Well… NOT so much the music but the “bluegrass musician”, if you will, due to the simple fact that my wife left me because a “bluegrass musicians” was “fingering the holy F out of her g-stringed instrument” one night, thus she NEVER returned home to me after that one night of fingered ecstasy that he provided her with!!! So, if you take away anything from my story, PLEASE just let it be, “do NOT let the lady you love around nobody that plays in a bluegrass band!!!”. Your relationship may very well suffer the same exact fate as mine!!! I still cry like a big ol’ baby every time I hear a bluegrass song!!! 😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪💯💯💯

    • @olivermoriarty1603
      @olivermoriarty1603 3 месяца назад

      Brilliant comment. 👍

    • @spacelemur7955
      @spacelemur7955 3 месяца назад

      Jazz musicians too. I love both. Those who don't emote and put on show concentrate better on the music, IMHO.

    • @preppen78
      @preppen78 2 месяца назад

      Blue Grass singers are the ducks of music

  • @harlanfreeze6002
    @harlanfreeze6002 3 месяца назад +15

    Pure Blue Grass perfection. Bravo. Thanks beyond. I AM so grateful I was still here on earth to experi nice this musical rendition while still in the flesh. I bet if Elton and Bernie here this, they will instantly be over the moon. Lol. Greetings from Cajunland South Louisiana ❤

  • @peterbrown2112
    @peterbrown2112 3 года назад +27

    My little brother gave me thier Fade to Bluegrass cd, I was an instant fan. I don't think they have covered one song that I dislike.
    Thanks little brother!!
    I miss you every god-damned day!!
    I'll see you again soon enough, It'll be awesome to play with you again. It took two years before I could even look at my guitars without breaking down. I got it now though, it just took me time to figure out that playing music is the only thing that makes me closer to you!
    I love you! R.I.P. Jason

    • @biddydibdab9180
      @biddydibdab9180 3 месяца назад +2

      Beautiful tribute to your brother.❤️

    • @peterbrown2112
      @peterbrown2112 3 месяца назад

      @@biddydibdab9180 thank you. Be safe out there 💞

    • @biddydibdab9180
      @biddydibdab9180 3 месяца назад

      @@peterbrown2112 You too. It’s a crazy world we live in.

    • @shag6414
      @shag6414 2 месяца назад

      Bless you.

    • @peterbrown2112
      @peterbrown2112 2 месяца назад

      @@shag6414 bless you back my friend!

  • @siechamontillado
    @siechamontillado 8 лет назад +142

    My one and only complaint about this band is they consistently make me question whether I enjoy the original or this version better. Darn you Iron Horse, why you gotta be so good?!?!?!

    • @matimlynek5679
      @matimlynek5679 8 лет назад +3

      i agree. their tribute to metallica... i like the bluegrass version of "wherever i may roam" better than the original. and i AM a fan of metallica.

    • @locoken
      @locoken 8 лет назад +2

      Having listened to the original for so long and getting bored with the same 'ol same 'ol, I feel you hit the nail on the head. These versions are a breath of fresh air and I am enjoying them very much so.

    • @siechamontillado
      @siechamontillado 8 лет назад +5

      I agree wholeheartedly with you both. However, I'm not entirely convinced of Iron Horse until they cover either: "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo," by Tribe Called Quest, or, "Last Episode," by Snoop Dogg and friends.

    • @OneLastHitB4IGo
      @OneLastHitB4IGo 8 лет назад +2

      They could sway me all the way over if they can pull off a cover of MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This"

    • @sylviaallnatt4641
      @sylviaallnatt4641 7 лет назад +2

      I'd like to hear them do, "Born to Run".

  • @shanbadg697
    @shanbadg697 6 лет назад +29

    Mind blown! I am not sure why I clicked on this, but, I truly have no words to describe how great this sounds!!! I’m 50 years-old and believe the greats should never be ‘tampered’ with, but, again, I am at a loss for words. Thank you to whoever posted this.

    • @Lambchoppe53
      @Lambchoppe53 2 года назад

      Oh how I love a good cover!

    • @jerometaperman7102
      @jerometaperman7102 Год назад

      I clicked on it because I thought "no way". After hearing it, "way".

  • @apesitter6844
    @apesitter6844 3 дня назад +2

    Sir Elton oughta just give y'all that song. Wow, how many times can I listen to this ?

  • @jonnywatton1603
    @jonnywatton1603 5 лет назад +64

    Quite possibly the greatest cover of any song I've ever heard!!! This is absolutely superb ❤️

    • @ddd228
      @ddd228 4 года назад +3

      The banjo...MAKES this tune... Anyone agree?

    • @stephendawg1
      @stephendawg1 4 года назад

      If you haven’t already you might want to check out Michael Cleveland’s version of Julian Lennon’s song, “Too Late for Goodbyes.” A wonderful interpretation of another pop song.

    • @freedomguru9449
      @freedomguru9449 3 года назад

      This is music gold. Check out Mike Masse and Jeff Hall's acoustic cover of this song.

    • @howey935
      @howey935 3 года назад +1

      You never heardJoe Cockers cover of with a little help from my friends. Never thought anyone would do a Beatles cover and it be better than the original.

  • @baz_7524
    @baz_7524 7 лет назад +234

    It’s 2.35am in bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I’m wrecked,I don’t know how I got here,but. That’s the dugz bawz! Merry Christmas x

  • @user-cm8en8or1p
    @user-cm8en8or1p 7 лет назад +982

    Don't know how I ended up here... but I like it.

    • @xxblatxx
      @xxblatxx 7 лет назад +18

      me either but im glad i did :)

    • @PLRAHAPL
      @PLRAHAPL 7 лет назад +6

      Me either from Dion to Jimi Hendrix from Him to this and I like it !

    • @travisjones5622
      @travisjones5622 7 лет назад +6

      me too.. its a great cover ...love the ol banjos

    • @MrSilver261
      @MrSilver261 7 лет назад +1

      ditto !

    • @willpowers5426
      @willpowers5426 7 лет назад +3

      I got here from somewhere over the 🌈

  • @ThinWhiteAxe
    @ThinWhiteAxe 3 года назад +14

    The bluegrass harmonies being applied to this song is just 👌👌👌

  • @RJD0314
    @RJD0314 8 лет назад +829

    Wow, glad I stumbled into this! A breath of fresh air!

    • @gakjarr
      @gakjarr 8 лет назад +18

      AGREE! Two thumbs up guys!!!

    • @freshair3451
      @freshair3451 8 лет назад +3

      R Davis...Thank you!

    • @hogey74
      @hogey74 8 лет назад +9

      so true... wish I was at the gig where they slipped this in mid set lol

    • @cllofdahl
      @cllofdahl 8 лет назад +32

      Best version since William Shatner's!

    • @MrKenny777
      @MrKenny777 7 лет назад +5

      R Davis Bill Shatner comes a close second to these boys.

  • @theloniousswope2814
    @theloniousswope2814 8 лет назад +96

    This is a freeboot. Iron Horse has their own channel where they posted the original video.

    • @HawkHooves
      @HawkHooves 7 лет назад +13

      Thelonious Swope this has 2mil views the actual real original only has 990k, its pretty darn disgusting...

    • @bakednapkin
      @bakednapkin 7 лет назад +4

      Its all about having a title that makes people click on it

    • @EpicJonT
      @EpicJonT 7 лет назад +6

      Tell youtube to recommend originals eh.

  • @davidsanders7478
    @davidsanders7478 7 лет назад +31

    My favorite song by Elton; very well done. So respectful and lovely.

  • @ironimp1
    @ironimp1 11 месяцев назад +3

    Compliments from Norfolk England! Just so you know Bluegrass is, in our opinion, one of the best things from over the pond!!

  • @gunnertwentymikemike271
    @gunnertwentymikemike271 8 лет назад +6

    anyone who doesn't like this does not realize the immense TALENT and SKILL it takes to perform on this level. i for one appreciate and can respect. well done fellas! well done.

    • @dunderhill7878
      @dunderhill7878 3 месяца назад

      Their skills and talents are exceptional, and I love bluegrass, but I still prefer the original

  • @Harv72b
    @Harv72b 8 лет назад +10

    It really says a lot about the quality of this song, that it can be covered in so many different styles and still sound incredible.

  • @onionhead5780
    @onionhead5780 8 лет назад +16

    I never really cared for this song until I heard this version. Wow! These guys are tearing it up!

  • @joshuaonley7278
    @joshuaonley7278 3 года назад +5

    Amazing creative rendition!!! I have performed this particular Elton John song so many times, and I love making great covers musically and emotionally my own. I love these guys!!! It's impossible to count how many times I have listened to this gem. And now I have a new partner and best friend and we are doing the same to many classic songs!!! I can never imagine this world 🌍 "never" having a thing called music. 💎 🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @sbolfing
    @sbolfing 7 лет назад +20

    I sincerely hope Sir Elton John has heard this; I am confident he would LOVE it as much as I do!

  • @tedhart7708
    @tedhart7708 3 года назад +16

    I keep coming back to this rendition over the years. Love it more than the first time I heard it. 😀👍

    • @bigvrocks2480
      @bigvrocks2480 2 года назад

      It gets better with each listen. These guys kicked some serious posterior here...!

  • @YouTube_Professor
    @YouTube_Professor 3 года назад +39

    Hands down the best cover ever of this song.

    • @celticmugwump
      @celticmugwump 3 года назад

      Love love love this version 👍🏻 and Kate bush did a pretty good job with it as well 😁

  • @maltesetony9030
    @maltesetony9030 Год назад +4

    That has to be one of the most original & surprising "covers" I have ever heard.
    Love, love, love it!!

  • @SeanLain
    @SeanLain 8 лет назад +112

    Everyone should be able to appreciate this...

    • @johncooper1642
      @johncooper1642 8 лет назад +2

      everyone should give this band a punch in the face for butchering this song.

    • @BLASTRONOID
      @BLASTRONOID 8 лет назад +4

      youre bad and should feel bad

    • @TheStuport
      @TheStuport 8 лет назад +1

      +John Cooper---You are the true definition of a Dingus....Keep Walking Away Slick

    • @SeanLain
      @SeanLain 8 лет назад +3

      *assholes.

    • @quaddawg
      @quaddawg 8 лет назад +3

      I sure do!!! Those that don't should just say "I don't" Because they sure as ice didn't "butcher" anything!!

  • @franciscoortega7938
    @franciscoortega7938 3 месяца назад +4

    i always click on this video every time it gets suggested. these guys did a magnificent job. and here we go one more time.

  • @chrishendriks3205
    @chrishendriks3205 3 года назад +11

    If I didn’t know better this could have been the original version of Sir Elton John’s song👏 Greetings from Holland

  • @dotawilliams7188
    @dotawilliams7188 4 года назад +3

    This is the best version I have ever heard !!!! Omg !! It has me and my teenage son dancing all over the kitchen !!! Just love it !!!!

  • @siafaalvin2209
    @siafaalvin2209 7 лет назад +461

    me - "WTF why was this in my recommendations?"
    me after 00:30 - "I am okay with this."

    • @elippy
      @elippy 7 лет назад +3

      haha - snap!

    • @bartamusfoul7908
      @bartamusfoul7908 7 лет назад +9

      You are growing as a person.

    • @funkmaster4040
      @funkmaster4040 7 лет назад +17

      Me too. 'RUclips what the fuck is wrong with you.... oh damn wait a minute... I take it back you know me better than I do.'

    • @daleross9357
      @daleross9357 6 лет назад

      Siafa Alvin you better 🐝

    • @eerohughes
      @eerohughes 6 лет назад +1

      lol same

  • @temims
    @temims 7 лет назад +10

    Wow!! .all the great things you find.......when your not even looking!!! ............Bravo!!!!!!

  • @WillysPerformanceCycleCtr
    @WillysPerformanceCycleCtr 6 лет назад +4

    Absolutely stunning! In my opinion, this is the best performance of this song ever. This group could turn any song into Bluegrass! Thank you!

  • @lights80088
    @lights80088 4 года назад +9

    Great job guys. Never heard anybody do this song like this. So refreshing.

  • @rivbro91
    @rivbro91 8 лет назад +401

    i imagine a Saturn V blasting off powered by moonshine.

    • @ryanbreaux1739
      @ryanbreaux1739 8 лет назад +13

      I love this comment

    • @Pow3llMorgan
      @Pow3llMorgan 8 лет назад +15

      Actually, Redstone was powered by 75% ethanol, which is basically moonshine :P

    • @BoarhideGaming
      @BoarhideGaming 8 лет назад +2

      +Povl Besser I think moonshine by nature contains quite a bit of methanol as well

    • @LEO1WOLF
      @LEO1WOLF 8 лет назад +13

      Hold mah beer, while we sample some o' that rocket fuel!

    • @MrTurdFurgeson
      @MrTurdFurgeson 8 лет назад +4

      you'd need a bit more moonshine... I doubt the isp would be very high

  • @SloopyDog
    @SloopyDog 8 лет назад +4

    What a great rendition of Rocket Man. I love bluegrass music it sure keeps my feet a tapping.

  • @sylvesterguszregen6162
    @sylvesterguszregen6162 8 лет назад +9

    Great job, I am truly impressed with both your words, rythem and harmony that the man himself, Elton J should be proud as I am, would love to have you play in Alaska and go fishing of course. God bless you all

  • @admobeer9551
    @admobeer9551 11 дней назад

    This has been floating around for ten years and the first time seeing it. I love the little surprises in life. This is fun to watch and to listen to.

  • @itsnotthesamething
    @itsnotthesamething 6 лет назад +67

    And I think it's gonna be a long long time, till someone else comes along to find, a better remake of this song at all, oh no no no. They the rocket men....

    • @Gigivvvv
      @Gigivvvv 5 лет назад

      damn straight!

  • @claudiastockman8438
    @claudiastockman8438 7 лет назад +23

    That was excellent!! These men are real musicians!

  • @PanyingPilot
    @PanyingPilot 8 лет назад +27

    Nothing beats high lonesome and real skill with instruments. Thanks, guys.

  • @Chubbydippin
    @Chubbydippin 14 дней назад +1

    Amazing!!!!!!
    Wonder if Sir Elton John has heard this and what he thinks?

  • @CourtAReed7
    @CourtAReed7 10 лет назад +7

    I have never posted a comment on youtube before, but this deserves one. I am extremely impressed! I dont typically like bluegrass, but y'all are some talent men! I adored your cover quite possibly more than the original. You got a fan in me!!!

  • @DerkJester
    @DerkJester 2 месяца назад +3

    Didn’t know I needed to hear a bluegrass cover of this but here I am. Absolutely beautiful.

  • @AbsoluteWrath
    @AbsoluteWrath 7 лет назад +6

    WHAAAAAAAAAATTT!!!???!!!??? This is insane, smashed that like by 1:21 lol... guess I'll watch the rest of this video now.

  • @rustandoil
    @rustandoil 13 дней назад +1

    I'm not usually too keen on covers..... But this is pretty darn good 👍🏼

  • @frisco3338
    @frisco3338 4 месяца назад +6

    still works after 10 years. great music

  • @ColTravis
    @ColTravis 8 лет назад +16

    My dad was one of Jack Paar's Evergreen Drifters back in to 60's, so I have an affinity for Bluegass. I thought your rendition was exellent!

    • @mozdickson
      @mozdickson 8 лет назад +8

      my Pa cut the tree down from which Bernie Taupin's pencil was made, and with which he wrote these here a lyrics!

    • @SuperLumberjock
      @SuperLumberjock 8 лет назад +5

      And my grandpa sold him the paper he wrote it on.........

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 8 лет назад +4

      Ma Gramps sold the saw to AiB's Paw to cut the tree down for BT's pencil, and it was also pulped to make paper for SLJ's Grandpa..........

    • @mozdickson
      @mozdickson 8 лет назад +1

      no Roquie - it stinks though.

    • @tobytyke76
      @tobytyke76 7 лет назад +1

      these replies are brilliant

  • @5RustyBin
    @5RustyBin 7 лет назад +61

    just love Scottish / Irish / Gaelic / Cajun / bluegrass stuff. Lots of shared musical DNA - fabulous music guys gj .

    • @johnstonbryce6627
      @johnstonbryce6627 7 лет назад

      In Québec, we have a genre of music called "néotrad". Bands like La Bottine Souriante are very good. It is similar to the Anglo concept of Bluegrass

    • @Parawata
      @Parawata 7 лет назад +1

      Barbara Hall ironic and kinda sad considering it's association in American culture now, i.e. n****** hating deliverance style hillbillies. Didn't know it originated in Africa, thanks for that! :-) great cover btw

    • @scotttaylor5997
      @scotttaylor5997 6 лет назад

      Bluegrass has not been around that long by name but it's rooted in what they call old time music. the appellations was first settled by the Irish so if you lesson close you can hear Irish folk music in it. I like the older bluegrass that is in three four time. Some times just how a song is played can change the sound. example: Mountain Heart playing whipping post. They are a Bluegrass band but some songs they mix a little old style Blues with it.

  • @LordMondegrene
    @LordMondegrene 13 дней назад +1

    Damn you.
    I have loved this song half a century. Never heard anyone come close to the original.
    Til now.
    Thanks. 😮😮😮

  • @deemdoubleu
    @deemdoubleu 8 лет назад +87

    Must admit I thought "not another Bluegrass group murdering a great song", but this is ace and they do it justice.

    • @LogicalUnitZero
      @LogicalUnitZero 7 лет назад

      I count four bluegrass covers of Avicii's "Wake Me Up", and that's just one song.

    • @4redniwediS
      @4redniwediS 7 лет назад +2

      Sparkling Sundries try Steven seagulls version of thunderstruck!

    • @ChuckDeFuque
      @ChuckDeFuque 7 лет назад +1

      Try this, A bluegrass cover of Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.... ruclips.net/video/VYZfwS5ZkGk/видео.html

    • @Acousdestruction
      @Acousdestruction 7 лет назад

      Ummmmm. This was thoroughly murdered.

    • @ChuckDeFuque
      @ChuckDeFuque 7 лет назад +2

      I believe that there is no such thing as good music or bad music, just music you either like or do not! However, I also believe that some people have no taste!

  • @00bigduce
    @00bigduce 5 лет назад +8

    Occasionally, you stumble on stuff that lives up to the title...amazing.
    Beautiful work Iron Horse Bluegrass - amazing.

  • @ironmann16
    @ironmann16 5 лет назад +12

    Wow... That was incredible. I have no Idea how I even wound up watching this, but I'm so glad I did.

  • @windellmcspindell3652
    @windellmcspindell3652 3 месяца назад +1

    I hired a gentleman to remodel my log house several years ago in North Carolina. He was very polite and a great at his craft. I was a pharmacist at the time (now retired) and on my days off he and his helper would be in another room working and listening to nothing but bluegrass on their radio. At first it drove me crazy, but after a couple of weeks, I kinda looked forward to hearing it. Then the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou came out and well I've been listening to and loving bluegrass ever since. This is a wonder cover.

  • @fabianpolak2327
    @fabianpolak2327 3 года назад +6

    Everything is going well with such good music. Greetings to all from Austria

  • @Four20
    @Four20 7 лет назад +132

    Such a beautiful cover

  • @wadecollier4757
    @wadecollier4757 6 лет назад +4

    They knock it out of the park! Brilliant cover! I would love to see them live.

  • @lanesplitter1970
    @lanesplitter1970 14 дней назад

    I play bass and acoustic guitar and used to get together every Friday night at a friends house where 20-30 musicians from every genre would get together and take turns jamming with each other. There were a handful of guys who were bluegrass musicians and I never had respect for the music until I saw and experienced just how hard it is to play true bluegrass. Great cover! This one and the Thunderstruck cover are a great melding of different elements

  • @sungyultaylor1354
    @sungyultaylor1354 8 лет назад +47

    These fools make some dope music! THIS IS REAL MUSIC.

    • @roosterblue5166
      @roosterblue5166 7 лет назад +1

      Sung Yul Taylor And...other music isnt real music?

    • @chrisj197438
      @chrisj197438 7 лет назад +6

      +Rooster Blue
      I think what he means is this is music they are performing from raw talent. No computer generated over tracks. No voice altering technology. Just some talented guys playing music how they enjoy playing it. one does not need to be a bluegrass music fan to appreciate the quality with which they play.

    • @deemic1551
      @deemic1551 7 лет назад +3

      +Chris Johnson
      Dead right.
      Real singers, real musicians!

    • @FuzzMasterGeneral
      @FuzzMasterGeneral 7 лет назад

      Glad I saw this comment coming from an unexpected place. Welcome to the heart and soul of music , no computers nothing pluged in.

  • @skepticbb93
    @skepticbb93 5 лет назад +6

    I love how clean these guys play. It's crazy.

  • @robertbuehl792
    @robertbuehl792 7 лет назад +8

    What's not to love? Both of my favorites, Elton John and good bluegrass. Win, win!

  • @tomsmith9281
    @tomsmith9281 Год назад +2

    Listen ... I've spent a whole career in aerospace, and all I can really say is that you guys nailed this song, and thank you. :)

  • @biekanez1
    @biekanez1 6 лет назад +100

    Brilliantly played and sung my friends, you are great musicians!👍🤛

  • @HalfyOriginals
    @HalfyOriginals 3 месяца назад +543

    Who here’s in 2024?🎉

    • @DayralHall
      @DayralHall 3 месяца назад +10

      Alive and kicking…..

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 3 месяца назад +4

      yup

    • @nanaobx
      @nanaobx 3 месяца назад +8

      I'm here and I want more!!! They are crazy good!!

    • @peterbromaghin7621
      @peterbromaghin7621 3 месяца назад +8

      It popped up in my feed. WOWZA!

    • @pacificchick8750
      @pacificchick8750 3 месяца назад +4

      They're amazing!

  • @scottpaynter6272
    @scottpaynter6272 8 лет назад +10

    Awesome going to a family reunion in crab orchard ky tomorrow and going to make everyone listen to this on the way there :)

    • @Kuntzie1311
      @Kuntzie1311 8 лет назад +1

      chances are...they've already heard it.

    • @jarodmorris611
      @jarodmorris611 8 лет назад +1

      I'm not his relative, but I hadn't heard it yet. It's bright out here from under that rock.

  • @jacklast6393
    @jacklast6393 3 месяца назад

    WHAT A BEAUTY!!!! Watched it many times! Pure talents - arrangements, vocals, the whole delivery!! AMAZING!! Thank you, gentlemen, for sharing! And bringing joy to people!

  • @x46andtwo
    @x46andtwo 6 лет назад +178

    I hope NASA sends this out to the aliens, they will jam to it.

    • @kylewick3737
      @kylewick3737 5 лет назад

      Ugly Casanova ,We are the aliens!

    • @Westyrulz
      @Westyrulz 5 лет назад

      hehehehe

    • @daniellove162
      @daniellove162 4 года назад +1

      Perhaps the Space Force theme?

    • @lesthomasson7220
      @lesthomasson7220 4 года назад +1

      We should send out big balls by ac/dc.
      Aliens be like... what the hell is going on down there? Let’s go the other way, fast

    • @blue4948
      @blue4948 3 года назад

      @1DANIELTUBE he was joking.

  • @stevenoname3175
    @stevenoname3175 7 лет назад +41

    I'm NOT Elton John, but I approve this song!

    • @buck4199
      @buck4199 5 лет назад +1

      I'm Feltham Ron and I am with you! Great!

    • @williamjoyner3759
      @williamjoyner3759 5 лет назад

      Was he not an other type of man?

  • @jasonargone5993
    @jasonargone5993 7 лет назад +11

    Wow, not only a good version of the song, but the video is pretty cool too. Kinda barbershop quartet, bluegrass rocking somethin...You never know what you will find on You Tube

  • @dogsquadstorm6861
    @dogsquadstorm6861 3 года назад +2

    Absolutely brilliant!!!! How does this not have 100,000,000 Trillion views, it is so awesome! Thank you guys, good luck and keep up the awesome work!!!

  • @Giganfan2k1
    @Giganfan2k1 7 лет назад +46

    Aaaaand now I need to listen to all of Iron Horse's Discography.

    • @cloudycello9909
      @cloudycello9909 6 лет назад +1

      It's great they have a hole album full of modest mouse covers a la bluegrass of course

    • @genuineimpulse9134
      @genuineimpulse9134 3 года назад

      The Miracle of RUclips strikes again. Just think how hard that would have been 20 years ago, small band, great recording. Now, you here one song and instantly can find all kinds of stuff. Billy strings you can go back and see him playing with pops in the living room. You should check out this David Bowie cover. ruclips.net/video/gLA5URPoWNo/видео.html

  • @stevecrazy9491
    @stevecrazy9491 6 лет назад +10

    Wow, impressed, really impressed. I never thought anyone could do "rocket man" but I was wrong. Great job boys!

    • @DUGGER1947
      @DUGGER1947 4 года назад

      Was thinking the same thing! Rocket Man IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE ELTON JOHN! But, hey, this cover makes you realize just how well the song can be treated in a different genre, yet still being honest and respectful to the Elton John version.

  • @woodstoney
    @woodstoney 8 лет назад +6

    That really was a great rendition of Elton John's classic song. Good job!!

  • @travis7091
    @travis7091 3 дня назад

    WOW 😮 harmony and timing are perfection, simply amazing.

  • @jimepley1210
    @jimepley1210 7 лет назад +5

    Not sure why this showed up on my recommended list, but, boy, am I glad it did. Outstanding musicianship all around. Good on ya'...

  • @rickbateman2401
    @rickbateman2401 5 лет назад +8

    I like Elton John’s version of this song and came here not having a clue what to expect - WOW am I glad I did.

  • @flyonthewalls
    @flyonthewalls 7 лет назад +57

    I smashed the like button after the first note he sang

    • @marcjacobs5988
      @marcjacobs5988 6 лет назад +1

      Me at 0:40 when the banjo smashes in......

    • @daleross9357
      @daleross9357 6 лет назад +1

      flyonthewalls I still hit the like every time

    • @flyonthewalls
      @flyonthewalls 6 лет назад

      Best of all it never gets old

  • @philmulrooney7020
    @philmulrooney7020 Месяц назад +1

    Outstanding

  • @l.e.9076
    @l.e.9076 9 лет назад +84

    I like this better than the original Elton John version.

    • @slh35661
      @slh35661 4 месяца назад

      I just made the same comment when I heard this

    • @moragmacgregor6792
      @moragmacgregor6792 4 месяца назад +2

      Bluegrass makes everything better. And you'll never hear the original version without slapping your thigh and urging them to _come on_ with the speed

    • @rickconner2366
      @rickconner2366 3 месяца назад +7

      You have got to be kidding..when we're you born

    • @moragmacgregor6792
      @moragmacgregor6792 3 месяца назад +1

      @@rickconner2366 1953. In a state that loves bluegrass and mountain music. Where are you from? IOWA?

    • @rickconner2366
      @rickconner2366 3 месяца назад +3

      @@moragmacgregor6792 Western North Carolina

  • @mauryhan
    @mauryhan 2 года назад +9

    It's too bad RUclips won't let me like this each time I listen to it.

  • @banjosambar
    @banjosambar 8 лет назад +24

    Can't not smile whilst watching this

  • @dave9351
    @dave9351 2 месяца назад

    I have no words to express my appreciation of such a wonderful interpretation of a song by a Bluegrass band !
    Wow, just wow.

  • @oestrek
    @oestrek 7 лет назад +38

    There should be something "stronger" than a thumbs up you deserve it.

  • @waynehughlong6997
    @waynehughlong6997 5 лет назад +7

    EXCELLENT ---- I HAVE PLAYED WITH THIS VIDEO ABOUT 20 TIMES ---- LOVE IT !!!!!

  • @gclagrange
    @gclagrange 7 лет назад +7

    I came across this video and being an Elton fan I had to check it out. I really enjoyed it. Great job.

  • @ComputerXLR8
    @ComputerXLR8 2 года назад

    I love Bluegrass Music and this is one of the best groups I have heard perform. I think it is notable they bring their talent to pop music and do it so well. Thank you for posting.