The amazing thing about Tony Rice is that he is playing all that amazing stuff, but he just looks like he's reading the newspaper while the coffee is brewing. No big deeal.
I have been abusing guitars with my gorilla hands for 33 years now. I love the new stuff and all, like you are always gonna have a good time with Billy Strings, but time after time I think nobody has got nothing on Mr. Rice. All these guys are great in their own right but he’s just coaxing this stuff out of them. Everybody pushing everybody to go one step higher and everybody has got the chops to do it.
Tony literally played and sang so damn hard, that he couldnt anymore. Helluva dedication to his craft, probably something we're unlikely to see again. Rockstar...
I have been watching this video for 8 years. That this is the best expression of Bluegrass doesn’t do justice to the musicians. What’s happening on this stage is perhaps the best expression of American musical creativity ever witnessed. Five masters who came together for one song, clearly didn’t rehearse, and put out something truly spectacular. The stars really aligned for this one and I consider myself truly grateful for having been alive to witness and enjoy it.
I love this song. When I was homeless for a short while and was living in my van I sang this song to myself to life my spirits. I was trying to emphsize the freedom I was enjoying instead of the deprivation.
This song is literally the reason that my music interest completely changed from hip hop to bluegrass and country. And im a guy from a big city. I never dreamed of waking up and getting coffee and listening to country music
@@heistakes I love Billy for bringing new life and a whole new generation to bluegrass. I grew up listening to it, and I love to see it finding new appreciation.
@SavageArfad i don't know, I seen some kids pickin on grass and doing exceptionally well, glad to see this music alive..still, just went to a gathering and saw teenagers pickin and a grinnin, :)
Tony Rice redefined bluegrass guitar. In this video Tony’s third solo (3:53) is pure genius. In front of a live audience, he goes on a journey and decides to take some unfamiliar turns to see if he can find his way back to the melody...which he of course does. The look he gives Mr. Douglas says it all, “You see that son?” RIP Mr. Rice.
That diminished run ascending run he does that cracks up Sam Bush is just amazing. Then, Jerry Douglas and Bela Fleck both respond with solos that have neoclassical pedal point riffs in them, while Rice decides to embrace Joe Pass chord comping. We all love Bill Monroe, but he was the reason bluegrass didn't progress for the longest time. As a musician, this sort of cross pollination is exactly what I listen for. Throw the rule book out the window and go for it!
Sam Bush , as great as he is , always looks so excited . It's like he can't ever quite believe he get's to play with the cognescenti of blugrass . Check the look he gives Tony when Rice rips off an especially "jazzy " lick .
Guitar Intro - Tony Rice - 0:02 Banjo break - Bela Fleck - 0:53 Guitar break - Tony Rice - 1:36 Mandolin break - Sam Bush - 2:18 Fiddle break - Mark O'Connor - 2:55 Guitar break - Tony Rice - 3:35 Dobro break - Jerry Douglas - 4:12 Banjo break - Bela Fleck - 4:49 and...Mark Schatz on the bass.
Every time I hear anyone else perform this song, I think about this version. Not to determine if it is "better" or "worse" than this version but because this one is just so memorable and so very excellent. You will look long and wide before you see this much pure talent on one stage again.
That little look at 4:07 like "Check this shit out" and then that killer repeat pull-off into the Jimmy Martin run! And Sam's freaking out, too! This is the lineup of my dreams.
Im from Spain, Sevilla (South of Spain, Flamenco's Land) We have a lot century os history of roots music BUT I dont know when I listen the folk USA music some inside very deep in me Smash all myself The violin the most, thats chords bring me happyness, nostalgic I dont know how explain y my limited English I meet Tony Rice with the song Church Street Blues, and I was think WHAT A TALENTED MAN, how he can play like this the guitar???? And searching for him, and meet the Tony Rice Rice Unit AND BOOOM!!!!! My mind was burned All this mans are greateast musicians and play like magicians INCREDIBLE Now im a Free an soul man thanks for their music Thanks for this kind of music that shakes me all the senses Before say Goodbye I always think if anybody do the Biopic of the life of Tony Rice maybe can be Edward Norton?? Seem for me similar faces CHEERS FROM SEVILLA SPAIN!!
I'm 29 years old and have watched and studied this video since I was around 15. Tony's voice and rhythm/lead playing still blows me away. RIP hero. I feel like I've lost a family member
Tony Rice is to Bluegrass what Jimi Hendrix is to rock guitar, Wes Montgomery to Jazz, Andres Segovia to classical guitar, and Django Reinhardt to gypsy jazz. We're not just talking about a phenomenal guitarist with an impressive skill set in his arsenal, but Tony Rice was innovative and elevated Bluegrass guitar to the world stage....R.I.P.
I feel the same. Every genre had its innovators who brought the guitar from the back of the stand to centre stage: Segovia, Wes, Charlie Christian, Hendrix, Beck......Tony Rice.
> Hands down, the most complicated, the most musical, and the most lyrical solo ever played on a fiddle I always thought that about Mark's solo on "Paddy on the Turnpike" at the 1986 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Not only amazing in all those ways, but it was a seamless transition from the solo leading into it - expanding on those ideas on the fly and at full speed. Improvisation at it's finest!
How in God’s name can you surpass the brilliance of the late Tony Rice and his friends? They didn’t rehearse the actual situation but it was unexpected. Tony looking across at Bela was unbelievable, and from there they went into bluegrass meltdown. There’s no way you can beat that. R I P Mr Tony Rice 🇮🇪
This is a bluegrass masterclass. You hear other bluegrass players on each instrument and realize “they’re good but they’re not [insert any of these guys’ names]”. I especially feel that way about Tony Rice in particular, but I’m biased 🎸
A zillion stars. How good is Tony Rice??? Holy Cr@p that rhythmic concept of his is so damn tasty...Every person in this band plays their ass off. This band is THE BLUEGRASS band for my books.
You'll never see another combination of the best of bluegrass here. Tony Rice, Sam Bush, Mark O'Connor, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas. The best of the best right there. Wow!
I play guitar and 5 string banjo, and have followed bluegrass for over 40 years. I have to say that I've never seen or heard a performance any where that approaches this one!
If anyone else notices that Douglas looks at bela like wtf when he really starts his solo (after Douglas just did something awesome on HIS solo) you actually recognize how special this song is.
Besides the magic of Tony's Martin guitar I am always impressed with Bela Fleck's banjo caz it doesn't overpower the bluegrass sound of the band like many banjo players do, then the awesome fiddling of Mark O'Connor, the never better mandolin pickin of Mr. Sam Bush , Jerry's dobro, and Mark Schatz's bass. When Tony says " play it man " you know your doin it right. Tony is such an intense perfectionist. Hello this is bluegrass at its finest. Thanks for sharin this monumental awesome expression of musical excellence,Mark.
It doesn't hurt that most, if not all of them, have played on albums together. Whether it's Tony's or Bela's, it's always first class. Tony and Jerry played together with JD Crowe and New South, Jerry was 19,Tony about 24, so they have a long history together.
If this won't light your fire, your wood is wet - the fact that there are 261 "dislikes" is proof that folks have ZERO taste or appreciation of GREATNESS.
Especially his second run through the progression. He has that thing where he can lay back a little and then catch up, and it works every time. A wonderful soloist, as is every guy on that stage (yes, I've seen Mark Schatz solo on clogs, and that was awesome, too!)
I might be 1000 of the 1.48 million views. What a crew and thank you to Tony for the great music and inspiration to the modern bluegrass players. Rest in peace brother.What a sad day.
Posting this video of a jam session led by Tony Rice but putting his own name first on the video is the most Mark O'Connor thing to do. Love this video though thanks for posting it Mark, ya goon
This was posted within the first couple of years of RUclips by my assistant at the time, who featured me on all the thumbnails and billed my name first in all collaborations because it was for my channel. This music was not on the internet at that time, so it was hosted here first. Little did we know how these videos would take off (let alone RUclips). But after they did, we didn't touch them as they were working well! Thanks.
Oh, good grief: Change the headline ! Sam Bush, on mandolin, is playing out his mind. Jerry Douglas has smoke coming out of his ears. They deserve equal billing.
It's funny I remember watching this video years ago, thought it was great then, studied music, I come back and it's just even more unbelievable. Almost like a great book that means something new to you each time through.
I just want to say for the record, Music is a God given gift in which I will be forever grateful! These guys are, and were among the very best to ever play their respective instruments that we have ever heard. At the time is was called "The allstar jam" for obvious reasons. I would loved to have been able to be there live but it just wasn't in the cards for me at the time, but I thank God for RUclips and video cameras. Mark O'connor is one of the most talented guys on the planet! It blows my mind that these guys could play something like this then get bored with it and play an entirely different style of music like Jazz, Blues, and Classical just because! Thank you for posting this video and reminding us all how amazing all these musicians are and allowing us to share it with a younger generation that needs to see it and appreciate it for the treasure that it is to this day!
The superstar of all superstar lineups of the day. While Tony is gone, I've head the pleasure of seeing Mark, Jerry, Sam and Bela within the last year. So lucky my time on this earth overlapped with theirs.
What an amazing performance, everyone up there just killed it...I think Mark steals the show with that fiddle solo though, just wow! Thanks for uploading this!
You really do gotta watch this to the end. The first round of instrumentals are just mind mind-blowingly-good but they stay within the bounds of orthodoxy. After the violin solo however the final 3 solos by Tony, Jerry and then Bela take bluegrass to another level that simply makes ones eyes water.
The ending of Tony’s solo into the slide solo is something we have been graced to listen to. My god man what a time to be alive. The fact we can listen to this and the fact people were put on this earth to create it. A blessing so many don’t even know about. I’m 28 and considered an old soul with music but my god how couldn’t you be when you have grown up listening to stuff like this. Absolute perfection.
Here we go gonna have some haters but hey we are witnessing a collaboration of some of the greatest bluegrass/mountain music musicians kicking it big time . Mark O'Connor blows me away that he could rip this song on guitar, fiddle, or mandolin. Tony Rice , Mark O'Connor, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, I don't remember the bass player not that he wasn't noticed I just forgot. RIP Tony I cried when he passed. I recently found a video of Mark in a church in Charlotte playing a guitar that hang on a wall for 20 yrs. And I could have cried. This collaboration was one of "those" it just happened and here we are decades later feeling like it was recorded yesterday.
It is indeed a thing of art and beauty. You know someone is good when they sound like that and yet their fingers barely seem to move. No motion wasted.
He's just as good on mandolin. I think Mark O'Connor is the most talented person to ever put his hands to strings of all kinds. I think he could get music out of my New Balance shoes.
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I don't remember how long I've been watching this video, but it's been years. Doesn't get any better than this.
Yesssum.
frustrating there's no recording of the whole set
Yea at least since inception of youtube, same here
INDEED ! NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING SOME OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST MUSCIANS THERE IS!
The amazing thing about Tony Rice is that he is playing all that amazing stuff, but he just looks like he's reading the newspaper while the coffee is brewing. No big deeal.
It's hard to see Tony Rice's stage presence and not think Nick Offerman didn't lift a little of it for Ron Swanson
@@TypingHazard damn you’re right about ron swanson , Tony could’ve been his father on the show
RIP to the big man
I have been abusing guitars with my gorilla hands for 33 years now. I love the new stuff and all, like you are always gonna have a good time with Billy Strings, but time after time I think nobody has got nothing on Mr. Rice. All these guys are great in their own right but he’s just coaxing this stuff out of them. Everybody pushing everybody to go one step higher and everybody has got the chops to do it.
Tony literally played and sang so damn hard, that he couldnt anymore. Helluva dedication to his craft, probably something we're unlikely to see again. Rockstar...
I have been watching this video for 8 years. That this is the best expression of Bluegrass doesn’t do justice to the musicians. What’s happening on this stage is perhaps the best expression of American musical creativity ever witnessed. Five masters who came together for one song, clearly didn’t rehearse, and put out something truly spectacular. The stars really aligned for this one and I consider myself truly grateful for having been alive to witness and enjoy it.
I swear I have been watching it for about that long as well.
Well said man
Junior Brown does a great version also ....but Tony Rice was special ...
I completely agree with the op
Agree- that performance is musical perfection- just mind blowing
RIP Tony this is the only version that matters of this song
#TRUTH
Jimmy Martin wants to speak with you
@@peterkelmartin1620 I’d love to speak with Jimmy Martin
@@joshuahymer15 yeah its great!
Here, Here!
I love this song. When I was homeless for a short while and was living in my van I sang this song to myself to life my spirits. I was trying to emphsize the freedom I was enjoying instead of the deprivation.
I hope you are doing well
@nancejo there but the grace of GOD go us all ... hope you're well.
Anyone else just randomly come across this song and had their mind blown on how good it is?
This song is literally the reason that my music interest completely changed from hip hop to bluegrass and country. And im a guy from a big city. I never dreamed of waking up and getting coffee and listening to country music
Yeah me…today whilst deep diving bluegrass after discovering Billy Strings last week 😂 Unbelievable talent..has blown my head off
@@heistakes
@@heistakes I love Billy for bringing new life and a whole new generation to bluegrass. I grew up listening to it, and I love to see it finding new appreciation.
Ladies and Gentlemen some of the greatest Bluegrass musicians of all time.
859MotherTruckers yes I agree premier in their field !! Made me love Bluegrass all the more to hear it played with such skill !!!!!
Along with Flatt and Scruggs, Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs, this group really got me into Bluegrass.
Agreed
@SavageArfad i don't know, I seen some kids pickin on grass and doing exceptionally well, glad to see this music alive..still, just went to a gathering and saw teenagers pickin and a grinnin, :)
Don't get no better than this, hainna?
Mark's solo is probably the best solo I've ever heard. It's just sick.
He play so much with the time, incredible. He push and pull time, so incredible
Agree!
I'm happy to see someone else enjoy his solo, I honestly have never heard a better break by any musician on any instrument, it's absolutely perfect
@@alexwhite6133 he defines "playing the changes" in this song for sure.
Ye, he is good, but I know that younger Stuart Duncan is the better.
Tony Rice redefined bluegrass guitar. In this video Tony’s third solo (3:53) is pure genius. In front of a live audience, he goes on a journey and decides to take some unfamiliar turns to see if he can find his way back to the melody...which he of course does. The look he gives Mr. Douglas says it all, “You see that son?” RIP Mr. Rice.
Man his first solo at 1:35 is also just beyond ridiculous. I am yet to see any bluegrass solo as awesome as that and believe me I have looked lol.
@@andrewkeen3129 That solo is the one that introduced me to how incredible Mr. Rice is/was. I was hooked from that moment forward.
Mr. Rice saying to Bela tell those jazzers I can do that too...😂
That diminished run ascending run he does that cracks up Sam Bush is just amazing. Then, Jerry Douglas and Bela Fleck both respond with solos that have neoclassical pedal point riffs in them, while Rice decides to embrace Joe Pass chord comping.
We all love Bill Monroe, but he was the reason bluegrass didn't progress for the longest time. As a musician, this sort of cross pollination is exactly what I listen for. Throw the rule book out the window and go for it!
Sam Bush is just rocking it. Gotta love his enthusiasm. It's like an audience member with an instrument.
Iconic.
Yes!!!! He’s like a kid in a candy shop
Yes that is a great way to put it!
That's Sam
I think that positivity has kept him young. 30 years later and he looks like he’s barely aged at all.
Sam Bush , as great as he is , always looks so excited . It's like he can't ever quite believe he get's to play with the cognescenti of blugrass .
Check the look he gives Tony when Rice rips off an especially "jazzy " lick .
In this moment, bluegrass perfection was achieved.
That has got to be the finest fiddle playing i’ve ever heard.
That’s because it is Mark O’Conner playing it!
@@richarddavidow9710No doubt!
Mark O Connor is the real deal
I'm British, but I absolutely love Bluegrass. Can music get any better than this.
Spanish here and I love Bluegrass too. Very different from our traditional styles of music.
Greatest improvised fiddle solo of all time.
Guitar Intro - Tony Rice - 0:02
Banjo break - Bela Fleck - 0:53
Guitar break - Tony Rice - 1:36
Mandolin break - Sam Bush - 2:18
Fiddle break - Mark O'Connor - 2:55
Guitar break - Tony Rice - 3:35
Dobro break - Jerry Douglas - 4:12
Banjo break - Bela Fleck - 4:49
and...Mark Schatz on the bass.
Haha love the last part about the bassist
TY! Was trying to figure.
Drummer is John Cena
Just listen man sheesh
Appreciate you
Every time I hear anyone else perform this song, I think about this version. Not to determine if it is "better" or "worse" than this version but because this one is just so memorable and so very excellent. You will look long and wide before you see this much pure talent on one stage again.
That little look at 4:07 like "Check this shit out" and then that killer repeat pull-off into the Jimmy Martin run!
And Sam's freaking out, too!
This is the lineup of my dreams.
Some of the best you will ever hear….Big Amen….!😊
Im from Spain, Sevilla (South of Spain, Flamenco's Land) We have a lot century os history of roots music
BUT I dont know when I listen the folk USA music some inside very deep in me Smash all myself
The violin the most, thats chords bring me happyness, nostalgic I dont know how explain y my limited English
I meet Tony Rice with the song Church Street Blues, and I was think WHAT A TALENTED MAN, how he can play like this the guitar????
And searching for him, and meet the Tony Rice Rice Unit
AND BOOOM!!!!! My mind was burned
All this mans are greateast musicians and play like magicians
INCREDIBLE
Now im a Free an soul man thanks for their music
Thanks for this kind of music that shakes me all the senses
Before say Goodbye I always think if anybody do the Biopic of the life of Tony Rice maybe can be Edward Norton?? Seem for me similar faces
CHEERS FROM SEVILLA SPAIN!!
Good choice of an actor to play Tony, Ed Norton is a great actor.
@@mdwoods100 yes I always think he be perfect to do the movie, or maybe Gary Oldman
I will love to se a biopic of him
Cheers from Sevilla Spain!!
I'm 29 years old and have watched and studied this video since I was around 15. Tony's voice and rhythm/lead playing still blows me away. RIP hero. I feel like I've lost a family member
You didn’t lose a family member. It’s a guy you didn’t even know
@@TascamTascam you are correct sir just like I stated in my comment.
I’m studying as well man so much to learn from these masters
Definitely pioneers
Tony Rice is to Bluegrass what Jimi Hendrix is to rock guitar, Wes Montgomery to Jazz, Andres Segovia to classical guitar, and Django Reinhardt to gypsy jazz. We're not just talking about a phenomenal guitarist with an impressive skill set in his arsenal, but Tony Rice was innovative and elevated Bluegrass guitar to the world stage....R.I.P.
I feel the same. Every genre had its innovators who brought the guitar from the back of the stand to centre stage: Segovia, Wes, Charlie Christian, Hendrix, Beck......Tony Rice.
Rest In Peace, Tony Rice. Damn, son.....one HELL of a guitar master.
> Hands down, the most complicated, the most musical, and the most lyrical solo ever played on a fiddle
I always thought that about Mark's solo on "Paddy on the Turnpike" at the 1986 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Not only amazing in all those ways, but it was a seamless transition from the solo leading into it - expanding on those ideas on the fly and at full speed. Improvisation at it's finest!
This is the greatest group of bluegrass pickers of all time
This is what happens when you get a bunch of thoroughbreds on the same stage. Excellence!!
Linda Field
As good as it gets. Everyone a legend, a master of their instruments. Could die a happy man in that audience.❤
How in God’s name can you surpass the brilliance of the late Tony Rice and his friends? They didn’t rehearse the actual situation but it was unexpected. Tony looking across at Bela was unbelievable, and from there they went into bluegrass meltdown. There’s no way you can beat that. R I P Mr Tony Rice 🇮🇪
Impossible
You can't.
This is a bluegrass masterclass. You hear other bluegrass players on each instrument and realize “they’re good but they’re not [insert any of these guys’ names]”. I especially feel that way about Tony Rice in particular, but I’m biased 🎸
A zillion stars. How good is Tony Rice??? Holy Cr@p that rhythmic concept of his is so damn tasty...Every person in this band plays their ass off. This band is THE BLUEGRASS band for my books.
@robby6511 Got that right. The all-stars of the all-stars.
I agree
Can we comment on the quality camera work for a sec here? Top notch.
Benjamin Billings absolutely! Camera captured great moments like Sam’s expression when Tony played that crazy atonal arpeggio
Tony’s expression when he lays down that perfect hammer on is priceless 😌
I’ve been watching this for 11 years and it gets better every damn time. SON!!
I've been watching it for 3 days and I can't get enough. Watched it at least ten times by now!
Jazz is the great American music and so is bluegrass. This is IT at its best. RIP Tony Rice, you were the greatest guy to play a Martin guitar...
What? Mark O Connor is a fiddle God...everyone on that stage is a master of their instrument.
+Thomas Locke Yeah, they are all amazing!
Greatest collection of musicians nobody has ever heard of.
Fuzzy?! ?! Do explain
And at the peak of their game...this music is furiously sweet.
Mark can play guitar too!
There's smoke coming out of my computer, so I'm gonna play it again!
Tony Rice is something else. Playing out-there herbie/wayne harmonies with a country/BG feel
Ho Lee shit! This is unbelievable!
Smoke coming out of my ears as well!
You'll never see another combination of the best of bluegrass here. Tony Rice, Sam Bush, Mark O'Connor, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas. The best of the best right there. Wow!
Don't forget Mark Shatz on Bass. It wouldn't be the same without him...
Find the albums they made with cellist Yo Yo Ma, wonderful Appalachian music.
I play guitar and 5 string banjo, and have followed bluegrass for over 40 years. I have to say that I've never seen or heard a performance any where that approaches this one!
Hope you have discovered Billy Strings!
I say hell yeah
Yup, that's a gitter! Probably, ole fuckers like you and me lived it AND played it.
@@brycelarson9423 Yep. Damn good.
@@brycelarson9423 Josh Williams miles ahead of Billy......
If anyone else notices that Douglas looks at bela like wtf when he really starts his solo (after Douglas just did something awesome on HIS solo) you actually recognize how special this song is.
All star lineup!!
Tony is a badass! Take care Tony, I’ll play your stuff forever
got to be one of the best flatpicking performances I have ever seen/heard - the cross rhythms that Bela Fleck gets going are mind boggling
Amazing work by the greatest musicians….Great Jamming session……!Tony Rice was my favorite guitar player…..
Everyone a legend. RIP, Tony.
Mark O'Conner could play the guitar and mandolin parts as well as he could play the fiddle break. That guy is an unbelievable musician.
He was grand champion on guitar as well as fiddle.
clean g runs up there, Tony, thanks for everything.
Besides the magic of Tony's Martin guitar I am always impressed with Bela Fleck's banjo caz it doesn't overpower the bluegrass sound of the band like many banjo players do, then the awesome fiddling of Mark O'Connor, the never better mandolin pickin of Mr. Sam Bush , Jerry's dobro, and Mark Schatz's bass. When Tony says " play it man " you know your doin it right. Tony is such an intense perfectionist. Hello this is bluegrass at its finest. Thanks for sharin this monumental awesome expression of musical excellence,Mark.
Nailed it!!
FOR SURE!
It doesn't hurt that most, if not all of them, have played on albums together. Whether it's Tony's or Bela's, it's always first class. Tony and Jerry played together with JD Crowe and New South, Jerry was 19,Tony about 24, so they have a long history together.
That dobro slide at 0:59 never fails to give me chills. Wish I was alive to witness this in person
It’s incredible. Tony starts to move it, Schatz follows suit, and then Flux punctuates it. Perfection.
If this won't light your fire, your wood is wet - the fact that there are 261 "dislikes" is proof that folks have ZERO taste or appreciation of GREATNESS.
A masterfull musician and an absolute flatpicking wizard; will raise my parting glass this evening . . . #RIPTonyRice
This is incredible. This is one of the heaviest things I've ever seen. Rocks harder than the heaviest rock.
This has become my top favorite bluegrass performance jesus chrissstttt they are all so good
that little deminished thing tony did at 4:02 is awesome!
Sound like a Mario mushroom
Mark O'Connor is probably one of greatest all time fiddler
I mean everyone of course but O'Conner's solo is extremely tasty.
Especially his second run through the progression. He has that thing where he can lay back a little and then catch up, and it works every time. A wonderful soloist, as is every guy on that stage (yes, I've seen Mark Schatz solo on clogs, and that was awesome, too!)
O’Connor
Surprised they didn't set the stage on fire!
This video gives me chills up and down the spine every single time I watch it! Rest Easy!
I might be 1000 of the 1.48 million views. What a crew and thank you to Tony for the great music and inspiration to the modern bluegrass players. Rest in peace brother.What a sad day.
Loved when these guys all played together. What a band and don’t forget the great Jerry Douglas!
Nobody ever got more sound with less motion than Tony Rice. RIP
Why is Tony rice so damn cool
How many is here on Christmas morning after hearing of this legends passing
As far as versions of this song go, it simply doesn’t get any better than this one. Bluegrass of the very highest order. And oh, that fiddle playing
I have to revisit this periodically...just some of the best...everybody in the band just smokin!!!
Posting this video of a jam session led by Tony Rice but putting his own name first on the video is the most Mark O'Connor thing to do. Love this video though thanks for posting it Mark, ya goon
This was posted within the first couple of years of RUclips by my assistant at the time, who featured me on all the thumbnails and billed my name first in all collaborations because it was for my channel. This music was not on the internet at that time, so it was hosted here first. Little did we know how these videos would take off (let alone RUclips). But after they did, we didn't touch them as they were working well! Thanks.
Thanks for all the great music, Tony. You'll certainly be missed.
Oh, good grief: Change the headline ! Sam Bush, on mandolin, is playing out his mind. Jerry Douglas has smoke coming out of his ears. They deserve equal billing.
How did that mandolin not combust 😄
This is a song that will never ever get old and I can turn up and make the neighbors hear too!
Michael Eigenbauer,
Is that you I'm hearing three blocks away?
None of them are on Mark's level, imo, mando guy was just ok
@@craigdines7604 Lol craig ok
It's funny I remember watching this video years ago, thought it was great then, studied music, I come back and it's just even more unbelievable. Almost like a great book that means something new to you each time through.
How in hell does it get better than this??.. Bela, Sam, Mark, Jerry, Mark, Tony Rice...
This song and this group of musicians just NEVER get old
The best
I come back to this video every once in awhile just to stay humbled and inspired. Incredible.
The best collection of "modern bluegrass" artists. Only Ricky Skaggs is missing.
This is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
If you can watch this without getting cold chills then you’re dead inside!
I just want to say for the record, Music is a God given gift in which I will be forever grateful! These guys are, and were among the very best to ever play their respective instruments that we have ever heard. At the time is was called "The allstar jam" for obvious reasons. I would loved to have been able to be there live but it just wasn't in the cards for me at the time, but I thank God for RUclips and video cameras. Mark O'connor is one of the most talented guys on the planet! It blows my mind that these guys could play something like this then get bored with it and play an entirely different style of music like Jazz, Blues, and Classical just because! Thank you for posting this video and reminding us all how amazing all these musicians are and allowing us to share it with a younger generation that needs to see it and appreciate it for the treasure that it is to this day!
I sure agree with you Tony. When you have the best of the best together in one group, its pure heaven.
A gift yes, combined with persistence, support, practice, desire, ambition, luck and good old hard work.
May the angels and the big spirit bless Tony forever.
Soo soo many legends on that stage, each one a master at his instrument. Truly AMAZING!!!!!
I've seen these guys multiple time. I've had the good fortune to play with a few of them. NOBODY has more fun than Sam Bush. ;-)
Magnificent jams! Six masters of their musical craft, doing their thing like no one else can. Thank you, Mark O. for putting up this clip.
The superstar of all superstar lineups of the day. While Tony is gone, I've head the pleasure of seeing Mark, Jerry, Sam and Bela within the last year. So lucky my time on this earth overlapped with theirs.
One of my all time favorite videos on RUclips. When Tony starts playing “outside”, Sam’s face is priceless.
I've watched this video almost daily for years never gets old. These musicians are all GOATs
R.I.P. good sir. You will be missed.
This is master class bluegrass right here. I had an opportunity to go to this show and sadly missed it.
What an amazing performance, everyone up there just killed it...I think Mark steals the show with that fiddle solo though, just wow! Thanks for uploading this!
I was working Merlefest that year, I saw the cripple walk that day, and clog!!! Holy cow , nothing like Tony Rice and this crew!!!
You really do gotta watch this to the end. The first round of instrumentals are just mind mind-blowingly-good but they stay within the bounds of orthodoxy. After the violin solo however the final 3 solos by Tony, Jerry and then Bela take bluegrass to another level that simply makes ones eyes water.
The ending of Tony’s solo into the slide solo is something we have been graced to listen to. My god man what a time to be alive. The fact we can listen to this and the fact people were put on this earth to create it. A blessing so many don’t even know about. I’m 28 and considered an old soul with music but my god how couldn’t you be when you have grown up listening to stuff like this. Absolute perfection.
Tony Rice singin' & playin' at Merlefest will give ya chill bumps everytime...
Here we go gonna have some haters but hey we are witnessing a collaboration of some of the greatest bluegrass/mountain music musicians kicking it big time . Mark O'Connor blows me away that he could rip this song on guitar, fiddle, or mandolin. Tony Rice , Mark O'Connor, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, I don't remember the bass player not that he wasn't noticed I just forgot. RIP Tony I cried when he passed. I recently found a video of Mark in a church in Charlotte playing a guitar that hang on a wall for 20 yrs. And I could have cried. This collaboration was one of "those" it just happened and here we are decades later feeling like it was recorded yesterday.
Oh my god - the "proverbial tony rice nod" right around 4:03 is soooo goood!
Tony Rice, best bluegrass guitarist known to man!
This has gotta be one of the great performances of all time. I keep coming back to it.
Tony set the bar so high for bluegrass guitar, that it’s almost just not fair. RIP!!
A legendary performance. My mind is utterly blown.
Withouf a doubt the very collection of Bluegrass Pickers.
Tony's flat picking certainly made me a much better guitarist. R.I.P. Tony.
This is just absolutely amazing music.. It really doesn't get much better than this..
Outfits:
Tony: Serious musician/leader of band
Douglas: Honky Tonk denim
O'Connor: Doc Holliday
Bush: peak geek of 90's style
Had to go back and watch the fiddle part again. Jesus. That's amazing and perfect
It is indeed a thing of art and beauty. You know someone is good when they sound like that and yet their fingers barely seem to move. No motion wasted.
He's just as good on mandolin. I think Mark O'Connor is the most talented person to ever put his hands to strings of all kinds. I think he could get music out of my New Balance shoes.
Tony Rice is a National Treasure along with all those in stage picking and playing with him 🇺🇸
It really just doesn't get much better than this. Some of the best pickers of all time on one stage just killing it.
holy fuck Mark O'connor is fucking legendary
Why is mark schatz the only one who's name isn't in the description, that's bacist
Because nobody knows him and he is not important.
@@Douglasfaparanhosdude has more talent in one finger than you do in your entire body
You're racist against bacists😂