The Sparrow and the Hawk - Mean Mary with Frank James

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

Комментарии • 437

  • @bobpratt4816
    @bobpratt4816 9 месяцев назад +5

    In my seventies but never to late to find new music and artistes, thank you Mean Mary for some fantastic music, heart warming stuff.

  • @thekinginyellow1744
    @thekinginyellow1744 6 лет назад +159

    I love watching people who love music play music. There is an honesty about them that mere entertainers will never capture!

    • @NoWayOut55
      @NoWayOut55 5 лет назад +6

      She and Frank really do love what they're doing.
      And considering the instruments of choice, they're definitely innovative in their compositions.

    • @warronfrench8163
      @warronfrench8163 3 года назад +6

      I have also noticed this kind of behavior. They cannot control themselves, and clearly for this family/group they do it for the love of music and not the penny. May they find themselves rich in every way possible that makes and keeps them happy.

  • @rasputinsliver9092
    @rasputinsliver9092 4 года назад +11

    Mary and Frank. Lovely. And so nice to see a brother and sister enjoying each other's company in such a wondrous way.

  • @learjet421
    @learjet421 6 лет назад +34

    Mean Mary is an incredible musician. Love her music and her style.

  • @philipopruesse4259
    @philipopruesse4259 7 лет назад +283

    I can not understand the 2 thumbs down. what is not to like? it is the equivalent of complaining about sunshine and mild temperatures. Mary is one of the most gifted writers and musicians in the world. so thankful that there is RUclips and that I found her music.

    • @briantruckinglanders6375
      @briantruckinglanders6375 7 лет назад +24

      Philipo Pruesse : There's going to be a percentage of negative nellies in every video on You Tube, I guess you can't please them all. For me I enjoy folk music, the only thing I can't stand is rap, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.😀😃😄

    • @aronsimpson3444
      @aronsimpson3444 7 лет назад +6

      Brian trucking Landers agreed

    • @johnlast7528
      @johnlast7528 7 лет назад +4

      Green Eyed Monsters is all.

    • @johngoodman616
      @johngoodman616 7 лет назад +7

      Always a joy in an otherwise humdrum life- Mary is so very talented in so many ways

    • @rogerswearengin8452
      @rogerswearengin8452 7 лет назад +6

      Two thumbs down from two full blown idjits

  • @judesmoria
    @judesmoria 5 лет назад +4

    How have I survived this long without Mean Marry!!

  • @davidd3242
    @davidd3242 3 года назад +4

    Hello Mean Mary
    It's Christmas time again(2021) and The Swallow and the Hawk is a regular Christmas tune around hear since 2014 or so.
    One of the grandkids says it sound like snow fall.
    And she says that she bets you aren't so mean.
    A Merry Christmas to you and yours.

  • @bruceoconnor4900
    @bruceoconnor4900 2 года назад +2

    I Love Your Music and Love You Mary

  • @berniepoff3911
    @berniepoff3911 Год назад +3

    When I listen to you guys, you bring total peace and joy to my spirit I dance all night long and I thank you for the song that makes me dance. I appreciate you guys. Thank you so much beautiful Father’s Day with your music.

  • @chrisgray3195
    @chrisgray3195 4 года назад +5

    Absolutely love this, I can no longer play my banjo but instead, watch great talents like Mary and James. Thank you!!!

    • @djshotokan
      @djshotokan 3 года назад +1

      Why aren't you able to play anymore?

    • @chrisgray3195
      @chrisgray3195 2 года назад +1

      @@djshotokan Shaking has gotten to bad. Can no longer hold my hands still.

    • @djshotokan
      @djshotokan 2 года назад

      @@chrisgray3195 Hmm! You know, One of the patients used to actually strum the guitar to keep their fingers exercised! Wonder if it could work on your end:-) After all, sounds like exercise you'd enjoy:-)

  • @josdenis3684
    @josdenis3684 3 года назад +6

    I like this performance so much. Lovely 12 string sound and genius banjo playing by Mary. (And I love the hat).

  • @tomnash-iii3483
    @tomnash-iii3483 4 года назад +8

    So awesome! Don't know what I'd do if I couldn't get my daily dose of "Mean" Mary James!

  • @smithsmith5716
    @smithsmith5716 2 года назад +3

    Mary's music brings light to you're soul, bless her.

  • @danmeadows3859
    @danmeadows3859 2 месяца назад +1

    I love listening to them💜. Mesmerising

  • @randallbeach787
    @randallbeach787 4 года назад +4

    I am so glad my friend turned me on to Mean Mary's music! I love the variety of style!

  • @shuttledriver
    @shuttledriver 3 года назад +3

    Music is fabulous. She's gorgeous!

  • @johngoodman616
    @johngoodman616 5 лет назад +3

    Mary is the most gifted songwriter in the last 100 years. Simple but elegant

  • @brucesz2334
    @brucesz2334 5 лет назад +41

    You can See by their movements they are not only playing music, they are in the music.

  • @keithrosen1139
    @keithrosen1139 5 лет назад +12

    Just found these two and I am sure glad.

  • @AnnaSharp4
    @AnnaSharp4 4 года назад +7

    A timeless masterpiece. Thank you!

  • @PlunderAndPillage
    @PlunderAndPillage 7 лет назад +3

    Two instruments tug at my heart and soul everytime I hear them. One is the banjo, the other is the bagpipe. I have no explanation for why, but they have ever since I was a child. So, thank you Mean Mary for making such beautiful music with your banjo.

  • @brunofromtuuannain1024
    @brunofromtuuannain1024 6 лет назад +9

    We are all listening in amazement. Only a child is looking at the sky to realize that even the Gods with astonished faces are looking down from the clouds. (Bruno from Rome)

  • @joekail8031
    @joekail8031 5 лет назад +2

    Classy, tasteful American art, at its best

  • @DomGilbert1963
    @DomGilbert1963 6 лет назад +30

    Hi Mary, this has a very Tudor feel and would be perfectly in place in the middle of Hampton Court. I love it.

  • @stephenhall5430
    @stephenhall5430 2 года назад +4

    Your music is so moving . Emotion overtakes you sometimes listening to your words and music. Your soul sometime shows. It is beautiful. Thankyou

  • @Daniela-gh1hz
    @Daniela-gh1hz 3 года назад +9

    Seriously, your banjo playing is so incredibly beautiful

  • @NoWayOut55
    @NoWayOut55 5 лет назад +11

    What a beautiful way to use that banjo!
    And Frank's arpeggios on the back sounded more full than if you had had the extra players.
    (I'll bet your frettin fingers hurt like hell playing those runs there Frank!🎶🎶🎶
    Y'all have a great day!
    It's a balmy 72° on California's North Coast and the ocean is flat and fishable. Be well!

  • @roysheaks1261
    @roysheaks1261 5 лет назад +2

    Nothing like a soothing, mellow original by Mary & Frank to put a smile on your face...

  • @ronhaugen1161
    @ronhaugen1161 7 лет назад +16

    What a beautiful blend of different instruments; another keeper!!

    • @buzzyfuzzsaw
      @buzzyfuzzsaw 7 лет назад +2

      Yeah, right, guitar and banjo together! Who would have thought that could work so well!!!

  • @trashtrainpunk1542
    @trashtrainpunk1542 6 лет назад +2

    What a sound..what a style... think I m watching that for the 101st time. I love it. And listening with closed eyes I see the sparrow and the hawk fighting...

  • @mwj5368
    @mwj5368 7 лет назад +12

    Wow! You guys wrote this! This is so beautiful and how you both interweave with each other! I like too the great chromatics. I've enjoyed your videos and such grand talent! Thanks for sharing!

  • @richsellers8144
    @richsellers8144 7 лет назад +1

    Just discovered this ultra talented multi-instrumentalist singer and performer tonight... instant fan... and she's a beautiful woman as well...what's not to love about her ? 😍😍😍

  • @petedazer2556
    @petedazer2556 7 лет назад +52

    Absolutely beautiful Mary & Frank...Thanks so much!

  • @grahamdonachie6298
    @grahamdonachie6298 5 лет назад +2

    As a beginner at the banjo..and a plumker on my old 12 string Fender.......I find this twosome playing wonderful music so sweet and melodic......beautiful ..

  • @oscowilliams5113
    @oscowilliams5113 7 лет назад +2

    i have just today listened to mean mary, sad huh ? i think this song is one of the very best ive ever heard. im 64, a music lover all my life, this blew me away. thank you mary, just thank you. osco williams jr.

    • @anneugartechea7650
      @anneugartechea7650 3 года назад

      You have indeed found an excellent musician! Lots more on RUclips. And, look up her bio online.

  • @johnfuller6338
    @johnfuller6338 4 года назад +8

    No matter instrument she touches it sings to us, because she touches it's soul.

  • @havensabaini7334
    @havensabaini7334 5 лет назад +6

    There really are no words. Brilliant picking and phenomenal chord progressions! Breathtaking!!!!

  • @geoffbarton5917
    @geoffbarton5917 4 года назад +4

    WOW, absolutely loved this.

  • @brianluck7047
    @brianluck7047 7 лет назад +1

    This is pure class......music that caresses the soul ! Thanks Mary....Thanks Frank

  • @dragonbenjammin
    @dragonbenjammin Год назад +3

    Love you being you mean Mary!😊

  • @edwardwarner8256
    @edwardwarner8256 7 лет назад +46

    Got to say I stumbled across your music by accident yesterday, I'm usually a hard rock/heavy metal/blues lover, but I have always been in awe of bluegrass musicians and the magic they're capable of with their instruments, it's been a long time since I enjoyed anything country, it's too "poppy" for me, I liked the old stuff. I've finally found something new that I like, and Mean Mary does it all without sounding like everyone else, fantastic. 😃

    • @richsellers8144
      @richsellers8144 7 лет назад +4

      Edward Warner I echo your sentiments...I am a metalhead/rocker/blues lover to a great degree...but as a son of the South, I have a lifelong affinity for some good Bluegrass ... and this woman kills it... instant fan.

  • @homermcclain7694
    @homermcclain7694 6 лет назад +1

    Wind and change. I dont sing much now days.this little tune i sang words to instantly. Wind and change.nice little tune.THANK YOU

    • @redhawk567
      @redhawk567 6 лет назад

      Homer Mcclain. Please tell me your words🖐💓

  • @jrallen5417
    @jrallen5417 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for being born and discovering and sharing your great talent so we all can enjoy some beautiful commune while rotating on this highly divisive planet. God has surely blessed us with you you guys!🥰

  • @andersonentertainment7416
    @andersonentertainment7416 7 лет назад +7

    Lovely... simply lovely, and I like Frank's hat.

  • @russianbot1420
    @russianbot1420 6 лет назад +4

    Beautiful and fabulous,,,,,, I am lifted,,,,,, thank you,,,,,,

  • @automaticbulb
    @automaticbulb 4 года назад +1

    This song made me cry with joy.

  • @oldguy7144
    @oldguy7144 7 лет назад

    we think your awesome up here in Canada Sweet Mary. Lots of folk festivals waiting for ya'll.

  • @smpxix
    @smpxix 7 лет назад +36

    It's a long time since I've heard a piece of music as good as this

    • @petercallaghan9851
      @petercallaghan9851 7 лет назад +1

      You have taste, Sir. I guess you might have heard this but, just in case...... ruclips.net/video/h0wCwBXfMx4/видео.html

    • @jamesdevlin7231
      @jamesdevlin7231 7 лет назад

      Scott Pendlebury j)

    • @smpxix
      @smpxix 6 лет назад

      Peter Callaghan I haven't, thanks for bringing it to my attention!

  • @dennisrobison9995
    @dennisrobison9995 6 лет назад +5

    absolutely beautiful music... love it.

  • @jimvegas247
    @jimvegas247 5 лет назад +2

    I love all the music that you do it so from the heart and I am so very happy I have found this. Jimvegas. Thank you

  • @chriscook215
    @chriscook215 7 лет назад +1

    That was so cool !!! Glad to see you again !!

  • @steveblanchard5073
    @steveblanchard5073 7 лет назад +59

    Absolutely Wonderful!
    Relaxing yet full of a playful energy

  • @jeffjones9344
    @jeffjones9344 2 года назад +1

    Timing is unbelievable... they make it sound effortlessly

  • @davidwalters8847
    @davidwalters8847 4 года назад +2

    Mary is so talented. And so very beautiful in this video!!

  • @richardbillhartz4537
    @richardbillhartz4537 7 лет назад +1

    So much talent in this woman and her brother James. Mary's virtuoso is well known, but Frank is equally talented on the
    very difficult to play 12 string. Thanks for the music!

  • @curly239
    @curly239 6 лет назад +1

    Awesome! Thanks!

  • @Q-BinTom
    @Q-BinTom 7 лет назад

    A Beautiful, Simple and elegant video that is wonderful to just sit back and let it wash over your soul........ Thanks for sharing

  • @rogermullis610
    @rogermullis610 6 лет назад

    How can you not smile? Beautiful. .

  • @eolaspellor1718
    @eolaspellor1718 7 лет назад +1

    Wonderful playing! Thank you

  • @salvaducati636
    @salvaducati636 2 года назад

    This and dueling banjos are songs that I have to learn so I can play with my Dad, best gift a son can give

  • @scottlippert2988
    @scottlippert2988 6 лет назад +1

    Music beautifully performed. The Banjo and Classical Guitar compliment one another.

  • @michaelwhite4683
    @michaelwhite4683 4 года назад +1

    Sublime. Brought tears to my eyes

  • @legentilhommedefortune
    @legentilhommedefortune 6 лет назад +1

    Great music keep on !

  • @karenvoegtlin7034
    @karenvoegtlin7034 4 года назад +1

    FANTASTIC, I LOVE IT,,....

  • @hikewithmike4673
    @hikewithmike4673 7 лет назад

    Beautiful music.....truly good medicine!

  • @JonHeckendorf
    @JonHeckendorf 7 лет назад +16

    Wow!!
    Folks, this is great music. Mary is a sweetheart of a person as well.
    I hope to meet her brother one day and hear him play as well.

    • @wendy61865
      @wendy61865 7 лет назад

      Jon Heckendorf the man playing guitar in the video with Mary is her brother Frank James.

    • @JonHeckendorf
      @JonHeckendorf 7 лет назад +2

      Wendy -- Thank you for the information.
      I wish more people could hear Mean Mary's music. She and her music deserve to be popular and well known by the entire world :)

    • @wendy61865
      @wendy61865 7 лет назад

      Jon, post Mary's videos on your timeline on Facebook. that's what I plan on doing. a group you should also check out is The Dunwells. a friend of mine in the UK knows these young men personally. he's a retired musician. he arranged for me to get free tickets to a small venue concert of theirs. in fact, he talked them into stopping in my state just so I could go to one of their concerts while they were on their 1st American tour! I went with my ex-sister-in-law to the concert, we got to hang out with the band for a good 90 minutes before the concert and talked again to them after. had a blast.

  • @stephensmith6707
    @stephensmith6707 4 года назад +1

    This music is so elegant, an unusual way to describe music but I cannot think of a better word.

  • @jeydub8541
    @jeydub8541 6 лет назад +2

    Excellent! Your music has a restrained power that makes a long day a little shorter. Thank you.

  • @odinfireful
    @odinfireful 7 лет назад +2

    Excellent Mary. Love you! Youre the whole family,s favorite

  • @curly239
    @curly239 5 лет назад +1

    No words! Just listen and Love!

  • @markscheidlmeier6523
    @markscheidlmeier6523 6 лет назад

    Absolutely ............FANTASTIC!

  • @NSResponder
    @NSResponder 7 лет назад +3

    Lovely tune, great performance.

  • @georgejohnson1537
    @georgejohnson1537 7 лет назад +9

    Awesome!

  • @chickensemble
    @chickensemble 7 лет назад +2

    We can’t stop listening to this, it’s beautiful, thank you.

  • @paulblaha3039
    @paulblaha3039 7 лет назад

    The music to put up a barn with...just beautifully done y'all

  • @tjstevens001
    @tjstevens001 4 года назад +2

    Just beautiful!

  • @Pinrod93
    @Pinrod93 7 лет назад +10

    Wow! So beautiful, melodic and lovely Many and Frank!
    Thank you!
    David

  • @ernestblanchard4408
    @ernestblanchard4408 5 лет назад +3

    Unreal I love you guys and your music it goes to the soul xo

  • @1137mrblackbird
    @1137mrblackbird 7 лет назад

    THAT is SO RELAXING very nice thank you

  • @josemanuelrodriguez9868
    @josemanuelrodriguez9868 3 года назад

    Beautiful músic and beautiful interpretation, under that balcóny.
    Thank you.

  • @andrewmcdougall9298
    @andrewmcdougall9298 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely beautiful.

  • @tomfisher3117
    @tomfisher3117 3 года назад

    Just WOW! Such sweet music. I think angels in heaven are dancing when you play. Thanks!!!

  • @pikeywyatt
    @pikeywyatt 7 лет назад

    you both make a handsome pear and sweet music.Thanks.

  • @theokalkandis
    @theokalkandis 4 года назад +1

    I love this so much. So sweet.

  • @alexmcintyre4504
    @alexmcintyre4504 3 года назад +1

    This song so awesome , I love it!!!

  • @OleGuy55
    @OleGuy55 7 лет назад

    Good collaboration....Thanks

  • @songofthemist7443
    @songofthemist7443 5 лет назад +2

    that was so beautiful

  • @noelconroy3647
    @noelconroy3647 7 лет назад

    Fantastic picking Mary & Frank thanks for sharing enjoyed :))

  • @john24108
    @john24108 5 лет назад

    This single song is in a league of it's own. It plays the universe into being. Please, please find more of these in you, for all of us.

  • @mrlarkin6416
    @mrlarkin6416 6 лет назад +1

    Very nice indeed respect from Ireland 🇮🇪

  • @melaniemarshall6942
    @melaniemarshall6942 6 лет назад +1

    Lovely!! Thank you so much.. your fun and wonderfully down to Earth! Cheers from British Columbia, Canada! Xo

  • @GypsyWagonTV
    @GypsyWagonTV 6 лет назад +2

    Absolutely wonderful!

  • @abmbarry
    @abmbarry 5 месяцев назад

    Sensational, .... It is soooo alive.

  • @djoswald9128
    @djoswald9128 Год назад +2

    Rock On 🤘.!.
    You are awesome 😎, don’t let anyone tell you different.😉.

  • @hayhead6284
    @hayhead6284 7 лет назад

    I gotta stop looking at your videos,, I am falling in Love..

  • @danspearin1520
    @danspearin1520 3 года назад +1

    You are amazing mean marry

  • @stanhootzz1904
    @stanhootzz1904 6 лет назад

    Thank u fer the Beautiful sounds and sharing them.

  • @gerfmon1
    @gerfmon1 6 лет назад +2

    I'd love to hear these two do a 20 minute jam session of music like this. Simply beautiful. :)

  • @terrywallace5181
    @terrywallace5181 2 года назад

    Very distinctive banjo playing!

  • @johncarrick9611
    @johncarrick9611 6 лет назад +1

    Brilliant. love this