Put on a good set of headphones, turn the volume up to the point that his vibrato vocals hurt your ears on the high notes, then turn it down a notch...best way to listen to this song.
I saw Willie when he was in Sydney Australia this year - I'm a big fan now!!! I'm trying to learn this song with a Roscoe Holcomb banjo tab. It ain't easy....
+Joseph Torres For us mortals it means hours if practice and as much jamming as you can get. After which you get to appreciate the abnormal brilliance of Mr Willie Watson.
matthew peterson I wanted to make SURE I was learning the same style he’s using for this song so I played the song at half speed, and that’s where you can really see the thumb jump..... and at half speed he’s STILL playing it faster than I can. One mystery to me as well is the tapping sound of his fingers on the drum of the banjo. I’m wondering if that comes with speed because when I play clawhammer my fingers never hit the drum like that
Among the best current renditions... but, there was only ONE who owns it, from the backwater of Appalachia in Daisy, Kentucky - and ya'll know that icon of that "high lonesome sound". Roscoe Holcomb, lived a hardscrabble life and played the music that came from it.
Hills of Mexico by Roscoe Holcomb is the version he's based this on. Ramblin' Jack's version of Diamond Joe is great though, so people should check that out too.
I reckon about the only connection between the 2 songs, is that Jack just kinda borrowed a few of the lyrics from the other song. Apart from that, theres really no other similarities.
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Hello from a Mexican 🇲🇽🇺🇸🔥
¡Saludos de Canadá!
Audiotree has some of the best live performances on RUclips.
The look on his face as he sings this... He truly loves his music (especially at about 1:24)!
that claw hand though!
so epic
that vibrato tho
This is amazing
Damn! That's slicker than deer guts on a doorknob! Gonna hafta suscribe to this feller.
I love that high lonesome sound.
wait a second, let me wipe the west Texas dust from my eyes.......a hit on my whiskey there..............I'm better now.
This needs 1mil more views, truly wonderful stuff
He's never made anything I didn't love, almost saw him in Columbus Ohio. Wish he'd come back
Chills up the spine. Fantastic!!!
Wow. That's a really good version. One of my favourites.
Put on a good set of headphones, turn the volume up to the point that his vibrato vocals hurt your ears on the high notes, then turn it down a notch...best way to listen to this song.
One of the best!
bad ass , saw him at the hardly strickly fest in sf .. awesome ...
This is An American Balad Folk song...Known as Corrido In Mexican..culture... Who where aslo creators of the ballad Folk Music Cowboy Culture..
I'm gonna find the one person who disliked this and knock em
it was me
yo 5 years later here, dude only has 13 dislikes in 96k views
Beautiful
I wish Willie Watson and Shakey Graves would do a song together.
Nah. Shakey's folk is way different to Willie's.
If anything Willie needs to perform with Casper Jones or Lost Dog Street Band
I saw Willie when he was in Sydney Australia this year - I'm a big fan now!!! I'm trying to learn this song with a Roscoe Holcomb banjo tab. It ain't easy....
matthew peterson that damn double thumbing. I got the pattern down in about a day but playing it at speed is a bitch
+Joseph Torres For us mortals it means hours if practice and as much jamming as you can get. After which you get to appreciate the abnormal brilliance of Mr Willie Watson.
matthew peterson I wanted to make SURE I was learning the same style he’s using for this song so I played the song at half speed, and that’s where you can really see the thumb jump..... and at half speed he’s STILL playing it faster than I can. One mystery to me as well is the tapping sound of his fingers on the drum of the banjo. I’m wondering if that comes with speed because when I play clawhammer my fingers never hit the drum like that
awsome................good job.........it feels as if wondering in the hills of mexico.....woweeee
Can't wait to see him in Manchester in January
I was feeling this song👌👍
Amazing
Hayyy....
Great song Willie!
its Roscoe Holcomb actually, Hills of Mexico
wonderful
Among the best current renditions... but, there was only ONE who owns it, from the backwater of Appalachia in Daisy, Kentucky - and ya'll know that icon of that "high lonesome sound". Roscoe Holcomb, lived a hardscrabble life and played the music that came from it.
To the sound technician: what kind of mic are you using on the banjo? regards from Denmark.
this makes me happy!!!
Awesome. Reminds me of Roscoe
Another by Willie Watson that I like.
its actually a Roscoe Holcomb song
Roscooeee
He has facial expressions like he's playing some heavy funky funk
nice rendition
What kind of hat does Watson wear? What do you call this style?
Greetings from Germany
I Am Mexican Cowboy
my foot is still moving
Demaiiss!
Listen to Diamond Joe by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, this is an adaptation... I think I like Willie's better though.
Hills of Mexico by Roscoe Holcomb is the version he's based this on. Ramblin' Jack's version of Diamond Joe is great though, so people should check that out too.
Mitchell Wilson Thanks! I realize Ramblin Jack's is an adaptation of Roscoe's song, haha sorry about that.
I reckon about the only connection between the 2 songs, is that Jack just kinda borrowed a few of the lyrics from the other song. Apart from that, theres really no other similarities.
Someone needs to make a tutorial of this song like right now
i am searching for it so hard
@@baileyhynes3459 I might be a bit late on this one but clifton hicks has a really good tutorial on his channel
TOTALLY EXTREME
Damn, i didn't know Jim Carrey could sing folk so damn good.
🤣
Ole Willie can pick the black off those notes.
What's name instrumen
The instrument is a banjo.
bonjo
ahem.... buffalo skinner blues anyone?
seru
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he kind of looks like James Franco in a way.....
THE MEXICAN ARE THE ORIGINAL COWBOY AND THE GRINGO STILLING LIKE ALWAYS
Imagine thinking your race invented cow raising, or gun-slinging, or singing.
True
His voice is weird, like a singer on a speeded up record.
nice banjo playing, but could do without the voice.
Uhh...no. Boy sounds like Roscoe Holcomb did when he was young.