@@benygames7399 Normally I would agree with you but frogs are actually really good at picking out and distinguishing sounds. Fun fact, frogs _never_ interrupt each other, so when you hear them constantly ribbiting back and forth to each other at night, they aren't just randomly calling out to make sound, they are quite literally _talking_ to each other. Doubtful they are talking about anything very interesting, but you cannot deny it's a complex form of communication, especially for amphibians. It stands to reason a species that understands language to some degree would also understand harmony and rhythm - the two key components of music. Especially when a lot of their calls are themselves quite harmonious and rhythmic.
My dad had a O Brother How Art Thou soundtrack CD in his car and my little brother would make him play it over and over again. This is my favourite track
This man is livin. You sir have a view I truly long to have. This is where I want to be, very peaceful and have always loved the song. God bless from ole Carolina.
Stumbled on this video. My dad passed away in 2016 and this was his favorite song. He sang it with my sister on his death bed and I’ll never forget that moment. Please make more videos. Thank you.
I’m too drunk for my own good but I can’t help but sob at this. I was only burn 2004 but I remember listening to this song over and over again on my mom chunky MacBook. I don’t know why but I cry every time I hear this song. I don’t want to be an adult. I hate this. Edit: made this comment like a year ago, it's October 20th 2024 now. Forgot about this comment but had a great time reading the replies. No longer an alcoholic, no longer dependent on weed, got off almost all the medications I was dependent on. Things got so much better. I don't miss being a kid, I love how my 20's have started. Obviously some miserable people in the replies, either way, I wish the best for you. I am so, so much happier. Reading some of my replies was a bit depressing but I can assure you I've done a lot of growth. I wish I could reply to every single one of you, I love all of you so much.
Growing up is a scary thing. You don’t have to lose your sense of wonder or ability to have fun though. @BetteLouHoo hit the nail on the head. You never lose that child, but you have to start learning how to protect them. It’s not an impossible thing to do. I believe in you 💕 I would highly recommend you listen to the Avett Brothers and read about re enchantment, both of those things could be really helpful for you.
As a girl, my grandpa had the O Brother Where Are Thou soundtrack on a cassette tape that we’d listen to in his old Jeep Cherokee. When he’d take us up to the Catskills, he’d sing this song for us. His memory is starting to fade, but I hope he never forgets this song and the wonderful memories of those trips.
Oh - i forgot to mention. Did ANY of you hear the frog croaking away next to him at 1:00 mark? it sings with him the whole time - on time. It literally keeps key. You have to listen hard for it but yea - its there. This man made the FROGS sing. Seriously - 1:00 and good stereo - the frog is there singing. Lol - if this guy can make a frog sing - i'd take the JOB! Someone that made the frog sing? how can you not trust that? :D You are truly blessed, sir.
Animals feel vibration too which is all music is…vibration. Actually they feel it more than we do….they just experience it in a different way. They may appear unimpressed but they feel the vibes
No way, this song is on the soundtrack!? I have to watch this movie again, haven’t seen it since I was a youth, before I had an appreciation for Americana blues bluegrass country etc.
My family has a cassette of my great grandpa singing this song. He faught in WW2, stormed iwo jima and raised a family of 7 on a farm after, did more than I and most this generation. Definitely one of my favorites
I think its really interesting how many people resonate with this song. Its about living a simple life in an outdoor paradise and not having a job is kind of all at the center of it.
Meanwhile whats truly genuinely happening in this song is homeless trainhopping men would proposition the singer, harry mclintok while he was a train hopping child with grandious tales of lands of paradise. They were attempting to molest him, and mclintok had to prove in court he wrote the song, by bringing in an original verse he never recorded: "The punk rolled up his big blue eyes and said to the jocker, “Sandy, I’ve hiked and hiked and wandered too, But I ain’t seen any candy. I’ve hiked and hiked till my feet are sore, I’ll be God damned if I hike any more, To be buggered sore like a hobo’s whore In the Big Rock Candy Mountains"".
I don't know why RUclips keeps recommending me banjo videos. Never watched one a day in my life until now. Gotta say, I'm glad I finally gave it a chance.
This song was popular when I was a boy. My family, in particular, enjoyed it a great deal. I was never one for it in my formative years, but as I near the end of my life, I find myself coming back and enjoying old songs like this that I used to not like. It brings back good memories.
Thanks, brought memory of my uncle Leonard gathering all the cousins around his old record player to play the original. He told us,"Listen to the words,aren't they nice " Never forgot the experience.❤ Peppermint trees.
I’ve so many memories of this song with my grandma and brother. When we were kids we would always listen to this on cassette in the car while we were on a road trip up to camp and going through the mountains. My grandma lived to be 88 and just passed away a few months ago. This video got recommended to me and I took it as a sign from my grandma saying hello.
my mom had a o brother how art thou cd in her old black honda ridgeline and i miss that truck so much. we listened to that cd all the time on pretty roads while driving around to different barns and on vermont backroads while visiting my grandparents. i haven’t heard this song in a few years and longer since ive heard it in my moms old truck, but for a moment while listening here, i felt like i was there again :’)) thank you
OMG my looking at the background. I miss appalacia so much. I had to move to Arizona for my job, but I was born and raised in Feyetteville West Virginia. Now home to the new river gorge national park. Also went to college in East Tennessee. Every time I see the appalacians I want to move back. People do love my "southern charm" over here though. They tell me at work all the time. I'm avtualky learning thr banjo to stay connected with my appalacian roots. I may be far away now, but appalacia never leaves you.
Lovely. Forgot the last two verses in the final stanza: “there ain’t no short handled shovels…no axes saws or no picks… I’m gonna stay where ya sleep all day…where they hung the jerk that invented work in the Big Rock Candy Mountain.” Terrific tenor banjo work. Thanks😊
This is amazingly beautiful. I am enthralled with this. This is how it was in the days of singing songs and making music. This is something that they would program into RDR2 as they sit round the fire.
My dad always used to talk about the Big Rock Candy Mountains since there was a candy shop atop a range of mountains about 2 hours from home that was named after it, and I think of him every time I hear this song. Thank you.
Every morning for a couple weeks, now, I've been finding songs people post on youtube to practice my jaw harp with. Had a lot of fun accompanying your rendition this morning. God bless.
Haven’t heard this song in a very long time well done brought back good memories miss the hills in Wolfe Holler where I was raised Mount Baldy or my pa And I would sit and you could see the whole River Valley thanks again
This made me tear up. Family is from Kentucky/Tennessee backwoods, and I live in california. This reminded me o home, real home where there are actually 4 seasons. Thank ya for this beautiful recordin!
That frog was 100% keeping time with you, that honestly makes this so amazing
no. its but a coincidence. a frog is not creating music bud.
@@benygames7399 it was a joke, you dummy!
@@benygames7399 oh really sherlock?
is that what that is?!?
@@benygames7399 Normally I would agree with you but frogs are actually really good at picking out and distinguishing sounds.
Fun fact, frogs _never_ interrupt each other, so when you hear them constantly ribbiting back and forth to each other at night, they aren't just randomly calling out to make sound, they are quite literally _talking_ to each other.
Doubtful they are talking about anything very interesting, but you cannot deny it's a complex form of communication, especially for amphibians.
It stands to reason a species that understands language to some degree would also understand harmony and rhythm - the two key components of music.
Especially when a lot of their calls are themselves quite harmonious and rhythmic.
The heart and soul of American music
American yes, Communist Yes.
@@michaelwhisman7623
Yes communism
Communism is a scam.
Anti-workers, anti-people, anti-freedom, pure totalitarian lies.
I feel, it's from Jack London novels, isn't it?..
Are you bonafide? 😂
My dad had a O Brother How Art Thou soundtrack CD in his car and my little brother would make him play it over and over again. This is my favourite track
My family would listen to that CD when painting the house 😂. Still don't know why, but man does it bring back the nostalgia
I had the CD too. I burnt through 2 because I listened to it so much
I did the same thing but with Roger Miller greatest hits. Grandpa's house was the O brother sound track
Same, except I was the little brother in our family.
My late mom learned these songs from her late dad and we sang our way through that whole movie.
Love the frog in the background croaking occasionally on beat with the song. Adds to the vibe.
Is there anyone at all in the whole of the Appalachians that is not a laid-back honey-voiced singing banjo-playing natural?
Yep. some of us play guitar, too
and some cook meth and play xbox
Yea, me. I'm learning though. . . .
lol mint comment
Nope. We are all born that way.
This man is livin. You sir have a view I truly long to have. This is where I want to be, very peaceful and have always loved the song. God bless from ole Carolina.
Blueridge is beautiful. ❤. I used to live in West Jefferson
@@SodonewithchaosMmm...cheeeeeez 😊
I'm in the Triad. Love our mountains.
@@angelbulldog4934 Bahaha ! Bohemia coffee shop still there? I need to move back down…..so peaceful and I miss the mountain laurel 🥰💓🤘
It’s pretty but poor, or pore depending on where you’re from
Stumbled on this video. My dad passed away in 2016 and this was his favorite song. He sang it with my sister on his death bed and I’ll never forget that moment. Please make more videos. Thank you.
My childhood favorite.
I hope your dad rests in peace mate. Thanks for sharing ❤️
god bless your dad
God bless y'all bro
He’s there now.
I’m too drunk for my own good but I can’t help but sob at this. I was only burn 2004 but I remember listening to this song over and over again on my mom chunky MacBook. I don’t know why but I cry every time I hear this song. I don’t want to be an adult. I hate this.
Edit: made this comment like a year ago, it's October 20th 2024 now. Forgot about this comment but had a great time reading the replies. No longer an alcoholic, no longer dependent on weed, got off almost all the medications I was dependent on. Things got so much better. I don't miss being a kid, I love how my 20's have started. Obviously some miserable people in the replies, either way, I wish the best for you. I am so, so much happier. Reading some of my replies was a bit depressing but I can assure you I've done a lot of growth. I wish I could reply to every single one of you, I love all of you so much.
Hope you’re doing better buddy.
Get ready for some tough times kid it doesn't get any easier. Life will you ear you up if you let it
Yeup around 2004 my dad played this song for me
Growing up is a scary thing. You don’t have to lose your sense of wonder or ability to have fun though. @BetteLouHoo hit the nail on the head. You never lose that child, but you have to start learning how to protect them. It’s not an impossible thing to do. I believe in you 💕 I would highly recommend you listen to the Avett Brothers and read about re enchantment, both of those things could be really helpful for you.
As an adult, the secret is...
Seek understanding in peoples actions and stay humble, but always fight for your loved ones.
As a girl, my grandpa had the O Brother Where Are Thou soundtrack on a cassette tape that we’d listen to in his old Jeep Cherokee. When he’d take us up to the Catskills, he’d sing this song for us. His memory is starting to fade, but I hope he never forgets this song and the wonderful memories of those trips.
I love this song, it is a Hobo’s dream, and I am a true Hobo in 2024 so thank you for this❤️✌️🇺🇸
happy to see people still finding this gem
Oh - i forgot to mention. Did ANY of you hear the frog croaking away next to him at 1:00 mark? it sings with him the whole time - on time. It literally keeps key. You have to listen hard for it but yea - its there. This man made the FROGS sing. Seriously - 1:00 and good stereo - the frog is there singing. Lol - if this guy can make a frog sing - i'd take the JOB! Someone that made the frog sing? how can you not trust that? :D You are truly blessed, sir.
Animals feel vibration too which is all music is…vibration. Actually they feel it more than we do….they just experience it in a different way. They may appear unimpressed but they feel the vibes
I thought that was so cool! The frog really did sing along
I was wondering what that was 😄❤️🎶
@@JohnnyRebKy exactly, my parents dog gets kind of mesmerized or something when I play 😄🎶❤️
Now, I want to hear this dude singin' "Froggie Went a-Courtin'"!
I like your back up frog. He has amazing timing and perfect pitch
Ahh, please do the whole O Brother album, your voice is made for this style. Awesome cover
I totally agree! I wish he would.
Soggy bottom boys
That’s exactly what I need in my life
No way, this song is on the soundtrack!? I have to watch this movie again, haven’t seen it since I was a youth, before I had an appreciation for Americana blues bluegrass country etc.
@@BigTrees4ever its at the beginning of the movie in the intro credits
My family has a cassette of my great grandpa singing this song. He faught in WW2, stormed iwo jima and raised a family of 7 on a farm after, did more than I and most this generation. Definitely one of my favorites
I think its really interesting how many people resonate with this song. Its about living a simple life in an outdoor paradise and not having a job is kind of all at the center of it.
Meanwhile whats truly genuinely happening in this song is homeless trainhopping men would proposition the singer, harry mclintok while he was a train hopping child with grandious tales of lands of paradise. They were attempting to molest him, and mclintok had to prove in court he wrote the song, by bringing in an original verse he never recorded: "The punk rolled up his big blue eyes and said to the jocker, “Sandy, I’ve hiked and hiked and wandered too, But I ain’t seen any candy. I’ve hiked and hiked till my feet are sore, I’ll be God damned if I hike any more, To be buggered sore like a hobo’s whore In the Big Rock Candy Mountains"".
you got the spirit i guess? it's about livin as a hobo.
... the song is about drugs. What do you think the "rock candy" is?
@@TheInfiniteAmo literally rock candy... This song was written in the 20's
@@spikedmo look up when Cocaine was invented
I don't know why RUclips keeps recommending me banjo videos. Never watched one a day in my life until now. Gotta say, I'm glad I finally gave it a chance.
The Al Gore Rythm knows all. I knows what you like before YOU even know. All hail the digital overlords!
First time I heard this in Oh Brother Where Art Thou, I'm glad you covered this!
Beautiful Western folk song. My dad would play and sing this when it was too hot to go outside, but we wanted entertainment.
That frog singing along in time with the song, don't that beat all.
This tune always ignites a childhood nostalgia in me and I appreciate your playing, brother.
This song was popular when I was a boy. My family, in particular, enjoyed it a great deal. I was never one for it in my formative years, but as I near the end of my life, I find myself coming back and enjoying old songs like this that I used to not like. It brings back good memories.
Thanks, brought memory of my uncle Leonard gathering all the cousins around his old record player to play the original. He told us,"Listen to the words,aren't they nice " Never forgot the experience.❤ Peppermint trees.
I keep coming back to this cover. Simple. Wholesome. And it pulls at that deep seated desire for a simple existence.
I’ve so many memories of this song with my grandma and brother. When we were kids we would always listen to this on cassette in the car while we were on a road trip up to camp and going through the mountains. My grandma lived to be 88 and just passed away a few months ago. This video got recommended to me and I took it as a sign from my grandma saying hello.
Nice!! My old departed dad use to sing that to us kids back in the 60s. Brings back memories.
Music is meant to be shared. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful cover with us
my mom had a o brother how art thou cd in her old black honda ridgeline and i miss that truck so much. we listened to that cd all the time on pretty roads while driving around to different barns and on vermont backroads while visiting my grandparents. i haven’t heard this song in a few years and longer since ive heard it in my moms old truck, but for a moment while listening here, i felt like i was there again :’)) thank you
Even the frog joined in 1:20 🐸🎶
Frogs.
This is so great. Love the frog singing along!
You're great. Keep playing and singing brother. Cheers. Your health.
Beautiful song, beautiful vibe, beautiful environment. Thank you for sharing.
Love the 🐸 in the background.
And the jails are made of tin!! Priceless 🤣🤣
Love this one from wayback and so dose the frog. Great job!
Man.....that tune was just too awesome on that Banjo! It just had such a perfect rustic sound to it......charming as all get out!!!!!!
OMG my looking at the background. I miss appalacia so much. I had to move to Arizona for my job, but I was born and raised in Feyetteville West Virginia. Now home to the new river gorge national park. Also went to college in East Tennessee. Every time I see the appalacians I want to move back. People do love my "southern charm" over here though. They tell me at work all the time. I'm avtualky learning thr banjo to stay connected with my appalacian roots. I may be far away now, but appalacia never leaves you.
This, this is America. Having fun with whoever you want, because you have the freedom to do so.
Lovely. Forgot the last two verses in the final stanza: “there ain’t no short handled shovels…no axes saws or no picks…
I’m gonna stay where ya sleep all day…where they hung the jerk that invented work in the Big Rock Candy Mountain.” Terrific tenor banjo work. Thanks😊
Seeing all of these memories here almost makes it feel like I’m trespassing on something sacred. But I’m grateful you shared it anyway.
I absolutely was not expecting such a smooth sounding dreamy voice!! 😮!! You are extremely talented!! 💜🤍
This song will always remind me of my dad driving my family through the Gila Wilderness. Well done
Ngl the mountains in the background with just one seemingly alone person just makes the vibe imo
There is a sense of freedom with this video. I dream of being able to live it one day
This is amazingly beautiful. I am enthralled with this. This is how it was in the days of singing songs and making music. This is something that they would program into RDR2 as they sit round the fire.
my great grand father used to sing this song. thanks for the memory
mighty fine singer and banjo picker keep it up hoss respect and love from Scotland i wish i lived them mountains behind you
...where they hung the jerk who invented work on the big rock candy mountain. FANTASTIC RENDITION. Tnx for posting!
I listen to this song every time I drink thank you for recording it man love you
this man perfectly captures the vibe of the song
Love it! First heard it in 1949 or so! .Still love it! ❤️
1949? How old are you? If you were born in 49’ you would be 74 let alone being old enough to hear it.
@@krypticviper1613contrary to your belief, people do live past the age of 74
ça m'a donné autant de plaisir que la version de Pete Seeger qui reste gravée dans ma mémoire de vieux frenchie. Merci !
This performance makes me wanna play with Lincoln Logs again.
Love your cover of this classic song, incredibly well done!
Josiah, I can’t wait to check it out!
Have a good one buddy
I am in semi retirement, tryin Permaculture Farmin to help my elderly Ma and Aunt...but i miss the road often.
Love the background. Love the voice. Love the banjo.
@@josiahappleseed you gone silent bud? Your FB is grey. How can I plan a trip lol.
Woohoo hooo!!! It's coming down!!, love this for sure!
Now, that was cute AF. Love the original and your cover did it justice 💕
I was just thinking the same thing....totally cute as hell....
Tf hell nah
Cute? Ladies. Think with your mind and not your muff. Calling an art “cute” is patronizing and ridiculous.
@@Wylie.Burp420 goofy ahh white boy off the goop
@@Wylie.Burp420 Life must stink when you've got your head as far up your ass as you do
My dad always used to talk about the Big Rock Candy Mountains since there was a candy shop atop a range of mountains about 2 hours from home that was named after it, and I think of him every time I hear this song. Thank you.
Lovely. The Depression hobo's lament. I arrived here in search of John Stewart's version from Mountain Stage - recorded not long before he died.
My sis and I watched the big rock candy mountains as kids 😂… weeee sing!?!? Lol memories❤
Every morning for a couple weeks, now, I've been finding songs people post on youtube to practice my jaw harp with. Had a lot of fun accompanying your rendition this morning. God bless.
You should post a duet video
Love to see you play along mate
I smiled and laughed a bit and sang along. Come on you all! Lets us go!
Thanks for posting. 👍😁👌
Very nice! I've wanted to hear a version of this tune arranged for banjo, and now I have, so well done indeed! Thanks so much!
This made me sob. Thank you. You're a beautiful soul!
Thank you for bringing back childhood memories when my grandpa would sing me this song on his farm, best summers of my life ❤❤
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful voice and your amazing banjo skills
Very nice.
So rustic and timeless. Beautiful!
Good pickin.... old time happy music.love it
ive come back to rewatch this so many times lol, hope I can sing and pick like this one day. love
Thank you . Made me smile . Then I got back in my box car. Lol. Blessings
You're a vibe my brother in christ
I whistle when I cant remember lyrics as well.
Whistling is in the original recording as well.
@gp-banjo no shade, i enjoyed it. thank you
Haven’t heard this song in a very long time well done brought back good memories miss the hills in Wolfe Holler where I was raised Mount Baldy or my pa And I would sit and you could see the whole River Valley thanks again
You did an amazing job of this great song! Thank you, Joe! God bless, Brother Charlie
This is a beautiful song. Adding it to my playlist so I can listen again and again.
...grew up with Ed Snodderly and John Hartford! GREAT!
Have you been to the Big Rock Candy Mountain? It’s a amall town in Utah on US-89 about 140 miles south of Provo.
Love it!!! Really nice rendition!!
This made me tear up. Family is from Kentucky/Tennessee backwoods, and I live in california. This reminded me o home, real home where there are actually 4 seasons. Thank ya for this beautiful recordin!
Easily one of the greatest covers I've heard of this song
Favorite time to play is at dusk in the spring. Can’t keep up with the peepers. Their melodies are opening to the summer that awaits them.
I'd love to hear/see more of you, man. I could watch you play all day
If this makes you cry or smile... Your hearing a great song with a great voice!
Solid performance. One of my favorite tunes of all time.
great version
C'est une superbe version mon pote, tu m'fais bien plaisir, bravo et grand merci 😊
This songs entry chords reminded me of rocky top Tennessee, but then I heard him singing and just mellowed out lol
That location is so gorgeous i could sit and stare off into the distance for hours
This makes me so crazily happy and nostalgic and homesick even though I’m literally at home right now. Thanks for sharing your wonderful music!
Much Love to you and yours brother
One of my family's favorites.💗 Thank you for sharing.
Delightful song! 😁 Thank you.
just got off work now eating supper this is nice to listen to before i call it a night after all gotta get up for school
Very nice song, and great story
This is why I want to learn how to play they banjo. Its such an amazing instrument. And you are so talented.
Your performance of this tune is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this.
Such a mellow version. Really love it...
Good vid. Great voice. Enjoyed
Thank you Jesus for good music