This is you don't often hear a five-string tune that can be described as contemplative. This is from a Kruger Brothers show where there'd been some tension in the crowd. So Jens and the boys played this lovely bit of business and cooled the place out. Listen for the 5 second pause about halfway in. Leaving a hole that big takes some serious cojones
The Kruger brothers are Swiss-Austrian. But they've been on the bluegrass circuit long enough that their first names are well-known in the mountains of Virginia. I don't think I've ever heard a better 5-stringer than Jens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyQOm2i9DMs
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Put this one up on your good speakers, lay back and enjoy. then go for "Dueling Banjos", or as they call it, "A little tune from the movie".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXY6scMwsio
And forgive the mangled syntax and spelling. I'm on my first cup this morning, and I'm NOT an English major.
BEAUTIFUL music. Nice way to start the weekend. Thanks, Rik.
As a semi-English major myself, on her second cup of coffee, I can fix some typos.....
Great Rik...I love to see a musician that's learned how to play all the notes but has matured enough to not play most them.
Duelin' Banjos is killer!
ALL those tunes from all those movies. When you can sit through it again, watch how well constructed the whole thing is. And how they'll modulate themes through a couple of keys, classical style. After all, they're from the mountains, but they're the same mountains Mozart and Beethoven came from. Even the bassist is understatedly superb, and share's Uwe's sense of humor.
I really enjoyed this video Rik! There is a guy, rather a smirky fellow, who plays so well that his smirks are almost deserved......but.......well.......just listen to the tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyvMUfLp1zI
P.S........... here is another snappy number, fingered by the same smirky guy. It is an amazing version of Jerry Reed's "Jerry's Breakdown". Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJkE9CckUqE
This is a good thing. It's about time somebody started pushing Fretkillr a little harder.
You bet it's a good thing Gary! This guy really has his chops down. Here is another little ditty that will make the hair stand up on a dead man. Brother Earl would be damned proud to hear this version of his timeless classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRSZt0VZoAw
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