Mark O'Connor, Tony Rice, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush - "Freeborn Man"
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Mark O'Connor violin, Tony Rice guitar, Jerry Douglas dobro, Sam Bush mandolin, Mark Schatz bass and Bela Fleck banjo. Merlefest early 1990's.
“Have you heard any of the stuff that was done by the group of myself and Sam, and Bela and Flux, and Mark O’Connor? Have you heard any of that stuff? It was back at MerleFest, there’s quite a bit of footage of us playing live. There’s tunes like Freeborn Man and Nine Pound Hammer, were - you talk about an ensemble. And uh - I don’t know - Mark O’Connor playing that bluegrass fiddle like that was just absolutely mind-blowing. I’ll go and get on my computer and listen to that stuff and listen to him paying the solos in Freeborn Man and Nine Pound Hammer - listen to Jerry Douglas’s solos and I think Jesus, this is just amazing shit.” -Tony Rice (taken from “A Conversation with Tony Rice directed by Jan Johansson, in 2019)
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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😂
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
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...
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
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!
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!
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.
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!
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
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
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?
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.
Rest In Peace, Tony Rice. Damn, son.....one HELL of a guitar master.
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.
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!
This is what happens when you get a bunch of thoroughbreds on the same stage. Excellence!!
Linda Field
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!!
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 .
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.
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.
> 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!
In this moment, bluegrass perfection was achieved.
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
Greatest improvised fiddle solo of all time.
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.
As good as it gets. Everyone a legend, a master of their instruments. Could die a happy man in that audience.❤
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.
A masterfull musician and an absolute flatpicking wizard; will raise my parting glass this evening . . . #RIPTonyRice
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.
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...
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
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 🎸
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.
Bluegrass Rushmore.
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
clean g runs up there, Tony, thanks for everything.
This is incredible. This is one of the heaviest things I've ever seen. Rocks harder than the heaviest rock.
Man I’d be jumping, dancing, and swinging all over that place. That was the most heavenly song I’ve ever heard in my life. Absolute perfection.
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
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!
Surprised they didn't set the stage on fire!
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.
This has become my top favorite bluegrass performance jesus chrissstttt they are all so good
When he sings, "my home is on my back." I'm pretty sure he is singing about a turtle.
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!!
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!
Outfits:
Tony: Serious musician/leader of band
Douglas: Honky Tonk denim
O'Connor: Doc Holliday
Bush: peak geek of 90's style
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
Everyone a legend. RIP, Tony.
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.
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.
This video gives me chills up and down the spine every single time I watch it! Rest Easy!
3:38 Sam Bush bumps Mark “dude why’d you have to go and outdo me” lol. Mad respect to both players. Does it get any better than this performance? I’ve introduced this to countless people… an apex of acoustic music
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.
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......
Somebody call the fire department. those boys are burnin up them strings.
We're sure Mark O'Conner isn't secretly Johnny from "The Devil went down to Goergia"?
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.
I have to revisit this periodically...just some of the best...everybody in the band just smokin!!!
Tony is a badass! Take care Tony, I’ll play your stuff forever
Nobody ever got more sound with less motion than Tony Rice. RIP
Mark O'Connor is probably one of greatest all time fiddler
Every day, twice a day, for best results
Amazing work by the greatest musicians….Great Jamming session……!Tony Rice was my favorite guitar player…..
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.
Thanks for all the great music, Tony. You'll certainly be missed.
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!
Oh my god - the "proverbial tony rice nod" right around 4:03 is soooo goood!
I have a strange feeling ...that certain instruments in certain hands...like the violin @ 3:15 - 3:20 actually are inspired into a lifeform of expression beyond our mortal comprehension. Six masters on stage & 12 entities playing ! Brilliant.
Loved when these guys all played together. What a band and don’t forget the great Jerry Douglas!
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.
holy fuck Mark O'connor is fucking legendary
That's more musicians than any freight train can haul
Withouf a doubt the very collection of Bluegrass Pickers.
Tony's flat picking certainly made me a much better guitarist. R.I.P. Tony.
R.I.P. good sir. You will be missed.
Some people just have ability us regular people just can't quite understand. I can chew gum and walk. That's about it. That's about all this simple mind can say. Thanks ya'll.
How many is here on Christmas morning after hearing of this legends passing
Well, I was born in the Southland
Twenty-some odd years ago
I ran away for the first time
When I was four years old
I’m a free born man
My home is on my back
I know every inch of highway
And every foot of back road
Every mile of railroad track
I got a gal in Cincinnati
Got a woman in San Antone
I always loved the girl next door
But anyplace is home
I got me a worn-out guitar
I carry an old tote sack
I hocked it about two hundred times
But I always get it back
You may not like my appearance
May not like my song
May not tike the way I talk
But you like the way I’m gone
Why is Sam Bush's name left out of the title? He's only the best mandolin player EVER!
Mark o'connors though...
Most interesting musical mind imo. Nobody plays like him
This whole performance is pure 🔥🔥. Mr. Rice was beyond brilliant. Only wish mark o'connor's solo had been a little longer, but maybe his violin was smokin'. I know so many are missing mr. Rice this week.
Sam bush is not f**king around holy hell
I come back to this video every once in awhile just to stay humbled and inspired. Incredible.
New to bluegrass and first heard this from Josh Williams and Rhonda Vincent and the Rage which I loved. Love this too!
This is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
This is master class bluegrass right here. I had an opportunity to go to this show and sadly missed it.
By far the best musical performance regardless of genre I’ve ever witnessed, this is a video worth rewatching as long as it exists. Tony messing around with some Jazz scales suddenly and I swear I heard some Bach from Douglas there as well, this performance is crazy
I just found this video, and I've got to say that these fellows are fantastic.
This song and this group of musicians just NEVER get old
The best
Tony doesn't exactly have the singing voice of Dolly Parton but I love the way he sounds
One of my all time favorite videos on RUclips. When Tony starts playing “outside”, Sam’s face is priceless.
Back before they raised the stage at MerleFest. We had to bring short chairs that they could not roll a ball under. Or just use a blanket. Those were the days.
an astounding fiddle break indeed.. but what a guy Tony Rice was.. one of the greatest pickers I ever heard...
this is amazing shit I could watch it all day
Looks like Wyatt Earp joined the Grateful Dead.
Ha! Nice 😂
Dear friends and relatives: Watch this this video by 6 world-class players to be your day started out right
I'm a pretty good guitarist as I've been told, so I'd like to think Mark O'Connor and I, seeing how we share the same surname, are distantly related. :)
That guitar has an amazing history. It's a1935 Martin D28 that's been nearly destroyed more than once but still survives.
How bout that look at 4:08
Bluegrass before it was commandeered by fake hipsters