Mean Mary - Blazing

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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024
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    Blazing, banjo and guitar instrumental - Mean Mary with (brother) Frank James.
    "Blazing" available now on:
    iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc.
    meanmary.com

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  • @ToddHowardWithAGun
    @ToddHowardWithAGun 2 года назад +102

    Her banjo playing is just so clean. You can hear every note articulated clearly.

  • @MelanieWeed77
    @MelanieWeed77 Месяц назад +8

    Well shut my mouth and call me Sally! That was some of the finest banjo pickin I ever did hear! Wow!!! Thanks for that!

  • @jamesread5410
    @jamesread5410 3 года назад +183

    Love the fact that someone is picking that banjo,and opening it up to new generation. Mean Mary is awesome.

    • @liquidbiscuitstudios9151
      @liquidbiscuitstudios9151 Год назад +4

      Nothing to do with "opening the banjo up for a new generation". I'm 63 and this stuff has been around for decades and decades ahead of me. You're just now noticing. Had you not been thinking you were born smarter than your elders and had been paying attention, you wouldn't be so far behind.

    • @blaisebloomer7006
      @blaisebloomer7006 Год назад

      whooosh@@liquidbiscuitstudios9151

  • @TysoniusRex
    @TysoniusRex Год назад +32

    Mary AND James are so insanely talented. I could listen to them all day, every day. Love them!

    • @pandjwarren
      @pandjwarren 11 месяцев назад +3

      You’re a little confused there, @TysoniusRex. She is Mary James and her brother on guitar is Frank James 😉👍

  • @howlandowlle7953
    @howlandowlle7953 5 лет назад +589

    You know she started that fire in the fireplace with that banjo.
    Hot.

    • @williamsutherland1575
      @williamsutherland1575 5 лет назад +5

      Hot banjo 😀👍👍

    • @jl5921
      @jl5921 5 лет назад +3

      Yesssir. She started more than the fire. She dun opened the Doors. 🎶😑

    • @billl605
      @billl605 5 лет назад +10

      Used her shoes for kindling.

    • @jl5921
      @jl5921 5 лет назад +3

      Hahaha. I love it. Po' boy kindling.

    • @jl5921
      @jl5921 5 лет назад +1

      @@billl605 thanks bill. That was gold.

  • @waltobringer2928
    @waltobringer2928 2 года назад +27

    Mary has been performing since she was a child and is a class act with a great sense of humor!

  • @וויליאםמייאר
    @וויליאםמייאר 3 года назад +49

    Thank you for preserving traditional folk music. I'm starting to see you as something of a national treasure.

  • @neux64
    @neux64 5 лет назад +241

    Aye, that YT algorithm doin some good around here.
    This is phenomenal.

    • @kriswright1022
      @kriswright1022 5 лет назад +5

      Neux That’s how I found her, wished it’d been sooner!

  • @sandia2beaumont
    @sandia2beaumont 4 года назад +42

    A complete musician, to the tips of her fingers. Full rich tone, creative phrasing and rhythms, not just another fast banjo-player. Loved it.

  • @jovanblom7742
    @jovanblom7742 Год назад +9

    I just love discovering new, un-fully-appreciated talent!

  • @SnR1896
    @SnR1896 6 лет назад +148

    You know you got a killer jam when only a banjo and guitar gotcha bustin out your rock concert dance moves. Well done Mary and Frank!!

    • @MeanMaryMusic
      @MeanMaryMusic  5 лет назад +42

      Mike thanks! Actually it’s just banjo, guitar and a foot stomping. Glad to hear there was enough depth on the mix to make it sound like there’s bass and kick though!

    • @jayree379
      @jayree379 5 лет назад +1

      @@MeanMaryMusic this is epic!!!!!! Love it!!!

    • @tokiesgalore
      @tokiesgalore 5 лет назад +1

      @Trashcan Troubadour Your ears need cleaning!

    • @teddysalad5986
      @teddysalad5986 4 года назад +2

      No drums in Bluegrass.

    • @deadchannel2876
      @deadchannel2876 4 года назад

      @@teddysalad5986 this is not that stripped back a recording, and this isn't exactly Bill Monroe type traditionalism to begin with.

  • @sa22see
    @sa22see 4 года назад +68

    I might be the only Peruvian that loves the Banjo! I hope not. This is awesome.

    • @rippir4623
      @rippir4623 4 года назад +6

      Nah you got a fellow peruano here listening .

    • @lordgamble1
      @lordgamble1 3 года назад +3

      My Peruvian wife likes Mary's pickin' but not all they way up to loving it.

    • @paularivera657
      @paularivera657 3 года назад +3

      I’m Peruvian to and I love it bravo

    • @brankourosevic7743
      @brankourosevic7743 3 месяца назад

      I am from Serbia. And I love banjo music and Mean Mary!

  • @Shiplap4
    @Shiplap4 Год назад +7

    No words required, the music says it all.

  • @NotThatBob
    @NotThatBob Год назад +2

    She's the real deal. Man I love her playing.
    You know, whenever I see her play, I picture her in a Western movie, wearing all black riding into some dusty town with that banjo strapped over her back.
    She's totally a classic at a very young age.

  • @Ahnishinabe
    @Ahnishinabe 5 лет назад +49

    Mean Mary is as good Banjo as anyone in the world ever has been. Very unique approach. These 2 people really have an acoustic grove that is near perfect. This is well beond close to the bone and down into the roots, very fine piece of work.

  • @RubensSSouza
    @RubensSSouza 3 года назад +49

    Mean Mary, I am nobody here. A mere spectator. And I applaud your extraordinary talent in a standing ovation.

  • @JohnSmith-ro6vw
    @JohnSmith-ro6vw 5 лет назад +138

    Unbelievable.She and her brother are incredible musicians. I'm listening to all their songs now. Why haven't I heard of these two before?

    • @jerrybeighley9006
      @jerrybeighley9006 2 года назад +7

      I promote More Mean Mary MUSIC everywhere I go
      When you wear her tee shirt to a MUSIC festival people take notice and Smile
      Everybody 💘 More Mean Mary MUSIC 🎶🎵

    • @rogerrendzak8055
      @rogerrendzak8055 2 года назад +4

      Yes, just heard her, as of today. And I'm asking myself, the very same, question 🤔⁉️

    • @hobeone1192
      @hobeone1192 Год назад

      Mainstream media doesn't like original skill, they like the same algorithm over and over, to sell nostalgia, that's why.

    • @patriciajrs46
      @patriciajrs46 11 месяцев назад

      That's what I was asking!

  • @mattl6165
    @mattl6165 3 года назад +1

    Always have to watch this twice.

  • @snarkybu42
    @snarkybu42 2 года назад +3

    Legend has it she started that fire in the back with her banjo solos

  • @tombromwell7116
    @tombromwell7116 3 года назад +27

    She is the best banjo picker that I have ever heard!

    • @standforchrist1153
      @standforchrist1153 2 года назад +2

      She is in fact one of the top five banjo player's in the world.

    • @randall6666
      @randall6666 2 года назад

      @@standforchrist1153 wow!

    • @corytrees3797
      @corytrees3797 2 года назад

      New a homeless guy in Asheville NC that was better

    • @daveshoraceway
      @daveshoraceway 2 года назад

      Roy Clark was banjo King, HEE HAW

  • @d.michaelpratt5987
    @d.michaelpratt5987 Год назад +8

    As many say, coming upon something brand new is one of the great joys of RUclips. I can certainly say this abut Mean Mary - what an astonishing find!
    That young woman certainly knows her way around a banjo!
    Just superb music!
    I'll be listening to some more of their excellent playing.

  • @micahdembo5140
    @micahdembo5140 8 месяцев назад +2

    Great groove, excellent picken.

  • @JasonVanzant
    @JasonVanzant 2 года назад +9

    I wish I could give this a thousand likes. Beautiful rocking tone and love the vibrato.

  • @TheThemattyo1
    @TheThemattyo1 2 года назад +2

    This is down right good medicine, I'm healed.

  • @kyndramb7050
    @kyndramb7050 2 года назад +6

    This song is in my Top 10. Whenever I want to get hyped af I listen to this. Before every job interview, every road trip, etc.

  • @mikevictor5945
    @mikevictor5945 8 месяцев назад +2

    You are the best!! Love it you can talk without saying a word

  • @Mike-yq1yi
    @Mike-yq1yi 5 месяцев назад +4

    Music's like life. The masculine and feminine duet makes everything possible...
    This encapsulates that... to a Tee.
    Cheers.

  • @gumba5267
    @gumba5267 9 месяцев назад +2

    Ich liebe Mean Mary 😊

  • @murtazaahmedmozumder4886
    @murtazaahmedmozumder4886 Год назад +8

    No need to express in words. She's just superb.

  • @Rocketman88002
    @Rocketman88002 4 года назад +23

    The defining sound of Bluegrass arguably is the banjo. Never heard this tune till now. I believe her playing kept the fire going in the fireplace. The wonderful guitar playing kept the tune mellowed out.

    • @MsTubbytube
      @MsTubbytube Год назад

      I think she lit the fire with that banjo...

  • @ralphhooker6019
    @ralphhooker6019 5 лет назад +75

    Any person who displays that level of intimacy with their instrument commands my respect. Bravo!

  • @anklebiterwoodworks2818
    @anklebiterwoodworks2818 2 года назад +2

    All I can say is...DAYYYUMMMM! Baby! She's a keeper that can hold her own. Awesome! And that SMILE! Girl knows how to work those fingers. Forget MEAN Mary: PROUD Mary!

  • @deborahdanhauer8525
    @deborahdanhauer8525 4 года назад +14

    I love it that she just stands and delivers....just playing the thing like nobody else can.

  • @matthewfocke5360
    @matthewfocke5360 2 года назад +2

    Foot Stompin bliss! Love it.

  • @singlegrainofsand
    @singlegrainofsand 4 года назад +4

    Every time I listen to this it just keeps getting better and better

  • @HigherWaysWoman
    @HigherWaysWoman 2 года назад +2

    got 4yrs on my previous post & not one thumbs up asking this Sister for more of what she plays & sings *SMH* can't believe what I'm seeing surely there are more who love her sharing her talents...!!!!!!!!!!!!!??!!!!!! Well I bought her music off Amazon...!!!

    • @danmeadows3859
      @danmeadows3859 23 дня назад

      I couldn’t agree more. Why isn’t she on tv. In arenas. On tour. They should be world famous. I grew up in the 60s and 70s on rock ‘n’ roll. But this has thrown me for a loop, I can’t stop listening.😊

  • @mahdesian
    @mahdesian Год назад +5

    I stumbled onto this video and was blown away! Incredible picking, Mean Mary!

  • @jeffbarnard3050
    @jeffbarnard3050 8 месяцев назад +2

    Wicked!!!! Cool!!!

  • @BlueRidgeKat1
    @BlueRidgeKat1 5 лет назад +3

    This should have 10 million views.

  • @sw227x6
    @sw227x6 5 лет назад +28

    That is one of the best sounding banjos I've ever heard. The tone and pitch are excellent. Of course the player ain't too bad either!

    • @devekut2
      @devekut2 2 года назад +1

      It doesn't hurt that she's pretty.

    • @lordtartarsauceb8348
      @lordtartarsauceb8348 2 года назад

      i believe the studio banjo has a pickup instead of being miced

  • @markworden8567
    @markworden8567 4 года назад +4

    Just throwing this out there, can ANY of you play this good? This is a truly given gift, and she is kind enough to share it with us. Thank you, Mary. I appreciate you and what you do.

    • @austinlodell4515
      @austinlodell4515 4 года назад

      Im going to someday and shes part of the inspiration

  • @meljoseph1593
    @meljoseph1593 3 года назад +1

    Never, ever tire of this video...

  • @rider660r
    @rider660r 3 года назад +4

    Holly shit!!!!!! Awesome..

  • @FrankFurther
    @FrankFurther Год назад +1

    Have to keep coming back to remind myself just how awesome Mary is on that banjo

  • @DonChingaso
    @DonChingaso 2 года назад +6

    It doesn't get better than this! ❤️

  • @argononeya7080
    @argononeya7080 Год назад +3

    Damn ,she just KILLS THAT BANJO ,so crisp ,and clean .The geeetar player kicks ass too .I feel left out cause I just found these 2 scrollin down u tube .Bored .Not bored anymore damn she just rips that banjo to shreds SHE FREAKING OWNS IT .Such a beautiful treat to ears wrecked by the digital ,no talented beat stealers .True musicians ,with crazy talent Thanks I needed this oh so bad .

  • @B.J.Bricka
    @B.J.Bricka Месяц назад +1

    Incredible picking - both banjo & guitar

  • @jblflatpicker
    @jblflatpicker 4 года назад +8

    Sometimes the RUclips algorithm throws me a gift like this. Love this style...her banjo style is very similar to my guitar playing. But cooler lol.

  • @jasonrluna3371
    @jasonrluna3371 9 месяцев назад +1

    LOVE you mean Mary you get my 🌄 started with this phenomenal tune..... keep on keeping on with the mighty fine picking and a singing... Love always ..straight from deep in The heart of Texas !!

  • @rickwade906
    @rickwade906 6 лет назад +83

    Oh WOW! Another toe tapping hit! I couldn't help smiling the whole way through the video. Thank you, Mary (and your brother, too)!

  • @zacha7403
    @zacha7403 2 года назад +1

    Mean mary is a BADASS turns out! 😎

  • @saskiadelaronde3278
    @saskiadelaronde3278 2 года назад +4

    My God.....no words for their talent....magnificent. Feeling inspired for the first time in a long time.

  • @andiemorgan961
    @andiemorgan961 4 года назад +2

    Deceptively tricky instrument to create a great sound!
    But this lady makes it look SO easy!
    BRILLIANT.🌟🎶

  • @thamnosma
    @thamnosma 3 года назад +6

    Hadn't checked in with Mean Mary in a long time. This is awesome, not only musically but the two of them are so much fun to watch.

  • @VictorFolk-w5r
    @VictorFolk-w5r 7 месяцев назад +1

    Mary and James are both amazing. I don't know why they are not better known / more famous.

  • @jamesglenn6590
    @jamesglenn6590 3 года назад +3

    Mary's gift of banjo picking is born of nature's winds blowing through the evergreens and hardwoods. Swirling it's transparent sounds through the ears of them who dare listen to the haunting sounds bursting forth from lightning quick hands ladened with the hands from God.

  • @Greg-vq2fv
    @Greg-vq2fv Год назад +2

    RUclips just introduced this to me tonight and I think this is the best banjo playing I have ever heard. Love love love it!!!!!

  • @tracejohnson204
    @tracejohnson204 4 года назад +6

    this is one of the coolest video's anyone has ever made!

  • @davestone4468
    @davestone4468 3 года назад +1

    Damn... Some gifts just born with those instruments in hand... Lucky for our ears

  • @PierrePirsonArt
    @PierrePirsonArt 3 года назад +3

    Amazing... woaw

  • @hagenbutterstein5080
    @hagenbutterstein5080 12 дней назад

    This is true art - homegrown!

  • @Kickinpony66
    @Kickinpony66 6 лет назад +8

    I LOVE the BIG SMILE while you're playing! It shows you LOVE your music, as do I! Wonderful!!!

    • @carolyncason8894
      @carolyncason8894 5 месяцев назад

      You could tell they were having a good time.❤

  • @keithrosen1139
    @keithrosen1139 3 месяца назад +1

    Right to the roots of American music. Wonderful playing. Great stuff

  • @berinrobotoctopus3533
    @berinrobotoctopus3533 4 года назад +5

    Listening to that makes me feel like I’m a dog being scratched, makes my legs move involuntarily.
    That’s some fine jam. Thanks !

  • @TheWantedMen1
    @TheWantedMen1 2 года назад +1

    Came running in from another room when I heard my husband playing your stuff. Woohoo! Love it!

  • @victorjohnson6380
    @victorjohnson6380 5 лет назад +5

    Over the years, she just keeps getting better and better.

  • @deannanickerson1724
    @deannanickerson1724 3 года назад

    Thank you for feeling the vibration of mother earth.

  • @paullogan2196
    @paullogan2196 5 лет назад +5

    Grew up watchin' Hee Haw. Always been mesmerized by Banjo's. They are just way too cool.

  • @staciecarverd8136
    @staciecarverd8136 Год назад +1

    Nothing short of amazing! I love it when musicians are playing with such skill and intensity and you can see that they're enjoying it.

  • @brettpeters1785
    @brettpeters1785 5 лет назад +25

    Great music. Im from Australia and play banjo and mandolin its so refreshing to hear people playing there own style of music... Keep on picking you two love it!!!

  • @patsyp76
    @patsyp76 Месяц назад

    Awesome, love this playing banjo and guitar ! Banjo playing is very very talented ! BRAVO from a French country singer fan of blue grass music also 🤩🤠

  • @BazColne
    @BazColne 5 лет назад +5

    Well - this is a new 5-string development. Absolutely marvellous.

  • @sunijohnson2351
    @sunijohnson2351 Год назад +2

    You Go Girl! I Love your your music and style don't change anything.

  • @brianluck7047
    @brianluck7047 6 лет назад +4

    As per usual, ' Mean Mary ' and brother Frank deliver the goods.......SMOKIN' !!

  • @janetjenkins2379
    @janetjenkins2379 6 месяцев назад +1

    Best at every instrument she plays 💯 Love her.

  • @jonmeredith1164
    @jonmeredith1164 6 месяцев назад +3

    She has more talent in her thumb pick than I have combined

  • @donaldsutherland244
    @donaldsutherland244 2 года назад +2

    I have been watching this video since 170,000 or so, and I am so glad that other people are seeing you two as I do!
    I never get tired of this performance!

  • @mikewhitfield2994
    @mikewhitfield2994 4 года назад +4

    Love that lady, she's incredible and so is her guitarist.

  • @pellehyltoft7771
    @pellehyltoft7771 8 месяцев назад +1

    WoW she is super cool!
    A true master on the banjo!

  • @newwine382
    @newwine382 5 лет назад +4

    Wow amazing what a gift. Both y'all have. God is good

  • @allorganicplanting
    @allorganicplanting Год назад

    The lady definitely knows how to play the banjo excellent love it .

  • @rickykeim2005
    @rickykeim2005 6 лет назад +70

    you guys are great together thanks for keeping real country music alive.

    • @joshrakestraw5580
      @joshrakestraw5580 6 лет назад +10

      I would hesitate to call it bluegrass, it's more Bela Fleck meets Rodrigo and Gabriella. You DO know that the banjo was used for a very long time as a parlor instrument playing classical style music, just because there is a banjo in something certainly doesnt make it bluegrass, and playing a banjo fast also does not make it bluegrass. I'm not here to shit on anyone i promise.

    • @bossfan49
      @bossfan49 6 лет назад +6

      I would also not call it country. Can we agree to call it folk music?

    • @aprilmariasheehancorkery7263
      @aprilmariasheehancorkery7263 6 лет назад +2

      This wouldn't be out of place in the older kind of country or the country played here in Europe especially Ireland except its better.

    • @alexrouten8146
      @alexrouten8146 6 лет назад

      Ricky Keim n

    • @willyhutchtv4911
      @willyhutchtv4911 5 лет назад

      That's not country.

  • @joeunterwagner1397
    @joeunterwagner1397 6 месяцев назад +1

    You are an amazing banjo player .

  • @sierrahp
    @sierrahp 5 лет назад +10

    Wish I could get my little finger to travel down the fretboard like that. Awesome as usual, Mary.

  • @joelndr
    @joelndr 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hot damn! Love it! She got me from the first note!

  • @djshotokan
    @djshotokan 5 лет назад +13

    She's legit. love her albums and she ja cute. Yo. YEP. her new album gonna be lit.

  • @SOP83
    @SOP83 4 года назад +2

    The world needs more banjo. Excellent.

  • @LibertyHillBily
    @LibertyHillBily 5 лет назад +5

    Girl, those strings are on fire!

  • @brofist8696
    @brofist8696 Год назад +1

    Wow, stumbled on this today. Absolutely incredible!

  • @44musher
    @44musher 4 года назад +3

    Oh my.... My ears just put a smile on my face. Thanks to you both.

  • @bmeinardus
    @bmeinardus День назад

    Banjo sounds so cool!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jimvandemoter6961
    @jimvandemoter6961 5 лет назад +14

    I'm glad I wasn't driving when I was listening to this, by the time it was over I'm sure I'd had gotten a speeding ticket. Fantastic, scary good and lots of fun. Thank you.

  • @Forevertrue
    @Forevertrue 8 месяцев назад +2

    Righteous American music no one else can claim fellow babies. So fine! Gershwin would be hard pressed to improve on this.

  • @breynolds9499
    @breynolds9499 5 лет назад +4

    Good Lord, give me a jar of moonshine and let me dance!!!! Outstanding

    • @hannahg5216
      @hannahg5216 4 месяца назад

      Take me to the Hillbilly convention center. You bring shine, I’ll bring wine.

  • @vicfolk7722
    @vicfolk7722 2 месяца назад +1

    She's an amazing performer and a beautiful person, inside and outside. If you get the chance to see her perform live, don't pass it up.

  • @johngersna3263
    @johngersna3263 3 года назад +4

    I just found her videos on RUclips. She's an amazing talent.

  • @FarmCast79
    @FarmCast79 День назад

    Mean Mary Rocks!

  • @paulknapper3633
    @paulknapper3633 5 лет назад +5

    Her playing is soooo clear even at speed you can hear every note fantastic banjo Mary

  • @margiemacneil5394
    @margiemacneil5394 Год назад

    i have watched this video so many times and just love the look only a brother and sister can give to each other before walking out the door

  • @yujingustavo8975
    @yujingustavo8975 4 месяца назад +1

    Listen to you in Russia,Donetsk.thks for music!!