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Legend has it, the camera still hasn't focused

How the world views America How America views the south How the south views Alabama

if Dungeons & Dragons was set in Rural America instead of medieval Europe, this guy would be a bard

He looks like Tyler1 if he lives in alabama

"If you can play it slow you can play it fast" Hillbillies: "hold ma moonshine"

"This one goes to my ma, my pa, my sister, my girlfriend, and my cousin. I hope all three of them could make it here."

This school honestly gave me a bit of hope, no obnoxious clapping or cheering while he was playing, they were almost totally quiet. You have no idea how much of a difference that makes for a performer until you've had to deal with that mess before lol

Foreigners: America has no culture! America: Hold my Banjo.

Can we just admire the balls of steel that this guy has to walk on stage in overalls in front of his entire highschool?

He's actually a High School junior. Pretty good for 37.

Dude got 30 notes in his locker the next day telling him to meet behind the gym after school and make sure he clipped his fingernails.

Ah good ol’ cripple creek and foggy mountain breakdown. Both are hard songs to learn on the banjo and this dude played it almost perfectly AND added his own pluckin’. What a true chad, this takes mad talent.

As a Tennessean I can confirm this is how all of us go to school.

every few years i end up back at this video at 3am

Fun fact: This was actually filmed on a Banjo.

I'm 57, and just picked up the banjo. I can play guitar, bass, and a mandolin. This creature is a different beast and I'm having a blast learning it.

It’s sad the amount of people that don’t understand the amount of talent this young man has. That’s some good ole pluckin! Good job man

This dude is an alpha omega chad

I think people who didn't grow up with it tend to overlook the talent it takes to play folk instruments like this. I just started learning banjo, and I aspire to someday be at this man's level. So inspiring!!

I love how the audience TRIED clapping to his rhythm, but he was too quick for everybody

Damn dude.. Leave some cousins for the rest of us

Lady's and gentlemen the hillbilly shred master. Also know as killbilly.

The banjo is such a under appreciated instrument .

Learning a guitar- Hard Learning a piano - Really Hard Learning a banjo - Psychotic Expert

My friend was parked downtown last week with his banjo in his car. Someone broke into his car while he was away. When he returned, he looked in the backseat and discovered he now had two banjos........

Most folks don't know it but the banjo is a very sophisticated instrument capable of the most amazing and incredible melodies.

There's a special place in my heart for banjos. Dude nailed it.

It's like the American version of a bagpipe. It's its own melody, harmony, bass, and percussion rolled into one instrument.

No, couldn't be hillbilly, his feet weren't dirty enough.

The banjo just has such a unique sound. I really think there should be more people who play it. Edited: Yes I do know how to play the banjo. So please stop saying I should learn to play.

2nd song was a nice attempt at the foggy mountain breakdown, shows how difficult it really is

I don't care what kind of music you like, this is a very talented young man and a pleasure to listen to.

Before he played i was hoping he would say “this ones for my cousin”

A coworker told me she had an uncle from West Virginia who would bring his banjo whenever he went canoeing. About halfway down the river he'd take his shirt off and start picking Dueling Banjos just to see how fast the flat landers would row away. Good times.

He started off just looking like a good ol' boy who wasn't that awful bright...but he transformed pretty quickly into a genius from the moment he started picking those strings!!!

This man deserves a full scholarship to college on this performance alone.

Watch out he's summoning the hillbillies

It amazing how many people feel the need to tear someone down. I applaud his courage and playing ability! Great job!

What Buzz from Home Alone does when he’s not tormenting Kevin

Bro checks all the hillbillly fashion: overalls with no shirt, farmer hat, no shoes, oat in mouth

Shoutout to cousin Cleetus for teaching me this one.

Me: taking a final My last brain cell:

I am from new York and I definitely think we need more talent like him. So authentic and raw. But still quite lovely and entertaining.

This is a boy with balls! To do this at school and with such a great sense of humor is just fabulous. The talent is just WHOA! The sideburns are fantastic too:)

Npt one single damn “yee yee” from the audience?? Im utterly dissapointed

Needs more moonshine.

"He ended up winning first place." Because why in tarnation WOULDN'T he?! Combination of his raw talent and dressing up for the set helped massively.

He definitely has a gift and a future in the art of music. Keep it up, don't give up and you'll go far man.

My first husband's dad grew up dirt poor and just had a sixth-grade education but he could play the banjo, fiddle and guitar like a virtuoso. I was lucky enough to experience many of his impromptu music sessions along with his brother, who could play as well as he did. This city girl grew to love Bluegrass and the old Gospel classics.

Q: What does a banjo sound like when it's completely in-tune? A: No one really knows

The banjo is one of the coolest instruments and also one of the most under-used. Give me some banjo and cowbell anytime!

Fabulous playing. Wish I had half of his talent. Respect from Ireland.

I had a roommate who tried to learn the banjo in college. It is a difficult instrument to learn and painful for the roommate.. Good job. I'll share this video.

The amount of Chad energy that’s coming from this man

Watching from London England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 this chap is absolutely bloody brilliant such skill from this fine gentleman well done sir bravo bravo 👏

That is one seriously talented young musician. Well played!

Damn son save some cousin for the rest of us

thought he was about to pack a dip

As a person that grew up in WV, I hear "Oh, where the Hillbillies live!" every time I mention the state up here in my current state of Massachusetts....lol. I used to live next to a guy when I was a kid that we all called "The Banjo Man" because he was always out on his back patio playing a banjo. One day my little sister and I decided to ask him about his banjo and we learned that he also made custom banjos and guitars out of crazy things like shovels. I still think about him some 30 years later. My family and him became really great friends over the years of being neighbors. When I picked up the trombone, I would "jam" with him after school and on the weekends.❤ I find myself missing those days, even if there was nothing else to do in my town back then...lol!

“Yes, I’m a hillbilly. And I’m proud of it!” 😂

I take my hat off to any musician, it's a precious gift

This dude better have won the show. He was hella entertaining. Way better than what my high school talent shows had to offer.

Not an American, and I've lived in Asia my whole life, but something about the Banjo and Southern America in general seems so inviting to me. I'd love to take long country drives, bump into strangers and drink moonshine as someone plucks a banjo, get called, "son," by an old rancher... Yeah, I'm visiting the American South one day.

What you all don’t know is that everyone in the audience is dressed the same way.

and next up is steven with his pet turtle tricks!

Thing is, this hillbilly music is HARD to play.

Kinda sad that people are too busy trying to come up with “hillbilly” jokes that they lose the beauty in this performance completely. Go back and listen, without northern bias, to one of the most influential instruments of our time. And a hat tip to that enormously talented banjo player!!!

Aaaah goals!! I've only been playing for a few months and I cannot do that yet but I'm so happy to be learning such an awesome instrument!

I am no hillbilly, but I must say this gentleman has talent.

I have electric guitars, accoustic, but I would luv to own a banjo, I luv the unique sound, puts a smile on my face, rock on Mr Hillbilly!!

Fantastic, I love Banjo playing! It's such a warm and rythmic music, it makes me sentimental and brings joy. I would like to see a band where a banjo plays together with a mandoline and a balalaika!

I listened to Roy Clarke as a kid & have loved the banjo ever since ❤

It's a high school talent show. Gotta give him credit. I played the banjo in a high school talent show in 1961 and I sucked.

I hope this young man keeps up with the banjo, we need more, young, talented banjo players in the world.

Hearing someone shred in a banjo like this always puts that thought... That need to *give chase* Very talented, goob job

Nothing better than listening to a good banjo or mandolin player.

Sure he flicks a mean bean.

If you are near a creek or river and hear banjos, I'd highly advise paddling as fast as you can and not stopping for a rest break for another 20 miles. Unless you like squealing like a piggy...

Does he do weddings my cousin and I are taking the next big step.

This guy needs his own tv show. His got the entire package.

I see the iPhone camera quality hasn't changed in 6 years

618 Dislikes...I guarantee they have never done this by themselves in front of a live audience. You got skills and courage Bro.

Once a year this shows up. Sure I'll watch that again.

Love this, I must have watched it a hundred times over the years, just noticed how many views he’s had, brilliant

Awesome to hear in a talent show .......... not so awesome to hear during a canoe trip down the river .

“This song goes out to my cousin Cutter, he’s in the county jail now fer that damn ol’ moonshine he was cooking out in them ol’ woods but he’s all right”

Thats cleetus from Flamingo

What amazing amount of talent goes into banjo. 👏👏

This ain't the Grand Ol' Opry, it's a gawd damn high school talent show and this kid is good!

How do you know if you have an authentic Arkansas banjo? It has a spit valve.

Love to see young people on the banjo! Is a dying at. My dad used to play Foggy Mountain Breakdown for me all the time when I was little. I cry everytime I hear it.

So this is Alabaman Classical Music. Sounds Great!

Love love love it...really generates ah mental picture of a player in a cabin after supper plucking away back in the mountains of WV somewhere...

Will everyone shut the fuck up? Okay, he isn't Earl Scruggs, so what? I don't know a banjo pick from a vegetable peeler and I assume few in the audience do either. This was enough to impress me. Hell, the outfit was enough to impress me. It's not Carnegie hall, it's a talent show. You don't have to be phenomenal, just good, and he was.

I didn't see the rest of the talent show but he sure set the mark for everyone to beat! Great job!

Love hearing a banjo.. especially when it gets fired up good...prob the hardest instrument to play

Forgot to lock the car, and upon returning, my worst fears were realized: The banjo was still in the back seat.

Hillbilly used serenade. IT SUPER EFFECTIVE!

I've always wished I could play the banjo, especially fast like that. It's such a cool instrument.