JIMMY DRIFTWOOD playing on his famous homemade guitar

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15 жыл бұрын

So many people have asked me about the full clip. Here it is!! The late and great Jimmy Driftwood home on his ranch in Timbo, Arkansas playing on his famous guitar! This is a tune that he called "Guitar Medley". Although Jimmy had a bad accident a couple of months before this was taped he could still play the guitar in a very uniquely way!! Enjoy!! I have a DVD of the whole session from 1988. Feel free to write me a message!

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@Anekantavad 15 жыл бұрын

I'm a Canadian, but I grew up on Jimmy Driftwood, and I'll always remember my dad singing his songs and accompanying himself on the guitar, just as Jimmy did so well.

@ArkRed1 11 жыл бұрын

Another Arkansas legend. Glad he was with us and left us such great songs, stories, and helped start the Folk Center at Mt. View, Arkansas.

@wadeharris65 11 жыл бұрын

I spent the better part of an evening at his theater in Mountain View; not only got to watch the local musicians perform, but got to visit with Jimmy both before and long after the show. He was one of the kindest people I've ever had the pleasure to run into, from any walk of life. I wished that evening had never ended.

@ArkRed1 15 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Driftwood, John Quincy Wolfe, Vance Randolph, Bill McNeil, and Max Hunter did more to preserve Ozark folklore than anyone. They're all gone now, but their work will never be forgotten. May they rest in peace.

@ratherknotty 7 жыл бұрын

It is well known that Jimmie Driftwood was a teacher and wrote 'the Battle of New Orleans' and other songs to help his students remember historical facts. He also founded the Rackensack Folklore Society and the Arkansas Folk Festival.

@tylerbrandon460 5 жыл бұрын

I read that one of the reasons he wanted to start the folk center is that it would bring sewer/water and electricity(I think) to his town. Being that it would be a government building.

@MrPigsooie 2 жыл бұрын

@@tylerbrandon460 I don't think that's true as there was already water & sewer & electricity in Mtn View & Timbo at the time.

@catdaddy3302 6 жыл бұрын

I met him at his Barn in Mountain View, Arkansas. Brilliant picker!

@grahamfindlay8459 5 жыл бұрын

Andy McWilliams would loved to have met him

@willmorris4289 4 жыл бұрын

That’s my kin! Was 2 when he passed but my grandpa and him grew up together and I’ve heard stories about him forever! Show him off to my buddies any chance I get haha

@frederickwise5238 6 ай бұрын

Aint nothing like Jimmy's picking and singing. Love the numbers where he plays the jaw harp. (Im too Young to Marry is great). I remember my dad playin it when I was a little kid, sittin on the porch in the evenings. (I never mastered it.) Got most all of his albums. RIP Jimmy.

@marcpreschia 7 жыл бұрын

Incredible, I baught a vinyl of Jimmy when I was a little boy and I am so happy to see him now that I m 70 Y old - I love his songs

@philipatoz 11 жыл бұрын

This man was a pure genius! Lived to 101, my the knowledge of the past he must have had. And thank God we have KZfaq - it may have a lot of garbage on it, but it has tons of beautiful videos like this one.

@johnmorris008 14 жыл бұрын

johnmorris008. Jimmy Driftwood (Morris) Makes me proud of my name. He was a great songwriter as well as a beautiful picker. RIP. Thank you for posting this little piece of hist'ry.

@rustylunsford1582 9 жыл бұрын

i love it and im 19 this music aint just fer old folks................ ill carry on the Driftwood name... ill show my young uns when i have kids. if your elderly and youre watching this.... dont worry. this music will always be around. ill play it myself if i gotta..

@tylerbrandon460 5 жыл бұрын

Right on that's what it's all about. I love Jimmie Driftwood, was such a great contribution to music and society in general.

@----1382 5 жыл бұрын

Rusty Lunsford I’m 14 and I will do the same

@----1382 5 жыл бұрын

These type of music beats today songs like pop aka eww hip pop aka ewww rap aka ewww THIS SONG YAAAAA 🙂

@ozarkmountains4947 4 жыл бұрын

You cant just pLay it, you gotta live it

@spoopyidk Жыл бұрын

you're awesome!

@frederickwise5238 4 жыл бұрын

I found my first record "Down in the Arkansas" in a shop on Market St, San Francisco in Aug of 1958. Fell in love as soon as I heard Jimmy..I have several records and in 2013 bought the full set of DVD's . They dont make muscians like Jimmy and Doc Watson any more. RIP Jimmy.

@robertalanhill958 9 жыл бұрын

inspiration flavor of the week! hand and homemade instruments invite appreciation of their history and craftsmanship .. just by holding them. many thanks Jimmie Driftwood.

@doylegaines1319 6 жыл бұрын

I saw Mr. Driftwood at the Kerrville Folk Festival back in the 70's. He was great!

@buddyroeginocchio9105 9 жыл бұрын

This clip is invaluable for understanding the musical background of Jimmie Driftwood. Thank you Garyroute66 for providing to us the details; very, very nice.

@richerdrodes 9 жыл бұрын

I love this video. Such a simple love of music coupled with the history and nostalgia of rural America :-)

@stevesilvas9059 9 жыл бұрын

AMERICANA!! ....

@ster331 9 жыл бұрын

rich rhodes Fantastic ! Wonderful !

@jamskennethbobo1611 6 жыл бұрын

it doesn't get any better than this

@HankleburyTV 8 жыл бұрын

Ain't nobody else plays guitar like that.

@floridaboy7787 4 жыл бұрын

pure gold ...............

@ScienceofLoud 14 жыл бұрын

now there is some sick skillz...

@GPH1403 13 жыл бұрын

wow this is just the guitar playing i like. its simple and beautiful. i can't play but i would love to learn or teach my self.

@jollygrapefruit786 3 жыл бұрын

Dude I love this guy

@icyustare 14 жыл бұрын

Jimmy passed in 1998. God bless Jimmy Driftwood

@Auzzy592 12 жыл бұрын

I'm from a small town in Arkansas and Jimmy had come to another small town nearby and become a history teacher there. When he got done with classes he would hang out around the county and my father always said he was a lot of fun to hang out with. Sadly he moved before I was born and died before I was able to meet him.

@lynnwoolley8370 9 жыл бұрын

This a guy you wish you could have known. I play his music when I do local music venues.

@boblaymon 15 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites. Thanks! Bob

@angels77100 14 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of Jimmy Driftwood until now. He must be an American icon. I thought when I first heard the name that he must have been the guitarist in Poison or Winger or someone like that, but upon seeing him (in this clip) He's way to old to even have been young enough to play with those guys even as far back as the late 80's early 90's.

@IIVVBlues 4 жыл бұрын

I make my own instruments and it has turned into a "Hobby Business" for me in retirement. It's funny, but I unfortunately never heard of him before KZfaq. I did not realize that he wrote two of my favorite songs, The Battle of New Orleans and Tennessee Stud. This is a marvelous age we live in when we can share windows to the past through the internet.

@jollygrapefruit786 3 жыл бұрын

John you LOOK like a stud

@Mu11etboy 15 жыл бұрын

wish i could play like him

@trublucountry 15 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for reminding me what a great artist Jimmy Driftwood was.

@thehipi 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this gem of a video! I've just recently discovered Jimmy Driftwood at a campfire and have become a big fan. The melody starting at 1:11 is "Red Wing" - a tune later recycled into the song "Workingmen, Unite!"; at 1:50 I hear the "freight train" lick.

@INDYOSKARS 3 жыл бұрын

T´anks fer t´at ! I recognized two melodies but couldn´t put a name to them.

@MUZAKMAN46 13 жыл бұрын

This legend and his wife both taught my mother at Timbo HS. He taught english and she was the Home Economics teacher. Thank you so much for these video recordings.

@t4texastomjohnnycat978 6 жыл бұрын

This guy's gonna be good someday. 😅 Very unique AND innovative. Awesome.

@HowlingWolfgang 13 жыл бұрын

I heard that freight train lick in there. this is so great. wow from a headboard what an awesum pure sound and such a great picker also

@jimmydriftwoodfan5590 9 жыл бұрын

His music was simply amazing.

@sundaystoic 5 жыл бұрын

I just looked at that guitar today!

@ianmcmath92 3 жыл бұрын

Where can I go to see?

@stevenkarafit 3 жыл бұрын

@@ianmcmath92 The library at the University of Central Arkansas

@cHr15T1naMB 14 жыл бұрын

Oh my, I would love to see the whole recording or even have a copy or something.!!! This is American folk history and he was a wonderful man!!!!

@scottus1955 14 жыл бұрын

yeeehah!!! awesome pickin'!

@Drew-Hill Жыл бұрын

Ozark Legend 💯

@alinealows 12 жыл бұрын

wow this mans ultament wen i am like his age i wana be just like that a chill old dude that just set off to master the blues and flok music

@deltabilly1 Жыл бұрын

If the guitar was over 130 years old in 1988, it was made around 1850; I imagined it would have been strung with gut strings back then.

@johnran6015 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, I became a fan after thinking of the song Tennessee Stud and wanted to hear the original, and I've been hooked ever since, there is something ethereal, chilling, and rocking about his style of country that NOBODY else comes close to, Johnny Cash sounds commercial compared to Driftwood

@tylerbrandon460 5 жыл бұрын

I hear a little bit of Redwing, Down in the Arkansas,and Pretty Mary? I love Jimmie Driftwood?

@troynov1965 15 жыл бұрын

great clip !!!! driftwood was great i read he wrote like 5000 songs , in his biography on his capitol box set

@Upcamehill 9 жыл бұрын

Red Wing, the song that the ice cream man played from his truck as he came around the neighborhood.

@Nuroj 14 жыл бұрын

Nice sound! :)

@theblacksheep1000 13 жыл бұрын

Good vid, my grandma used to have all of his records, would love to find them now

@nubblys2996 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy is my second cousin and apparently when my dad visited him before he died he found out that for some reason he has a well in the middle of his living room,like he just built it around it

@nom3380 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to get a copy of this tape from you, the Morris family are kin to mine. James sounds just like my grandaddy.

@sdaddyo67 7 жыл бұрын

I would love to see that DVD!!

@mx6lover 14 жыл бұрын

Amazin' !! Truely AMAZING!

@PossumJoesMando 14 жыл бұрын

This was great, thank you for posting it!

@zyxquark 12 жыл бұрын

hey, not bad! it's sort of like a classical guitar style mixing pinches and little strums. I heard about this guy and his homemade guitar at least thirty years ago. I'm pleased I finally got to see him. Well, I have to go now and write a letter to my uncle Fudd.

@JerkerDahlblom 9 жыл бұрын

Gold. Creds to whoever thought it worthwhile filming.

@vintagebluesmann 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

@deathslice60 13 жыл бұрын

not only does that guitar look cool... it sounds cool! :D its amasing and nice video :)

@zingo530 8 жыл бұрын

GReat!!!

@sleaponit21 11 жыл бұрын

jimmy came over in the 70,s to do a few shows for the storey agency, where I worked at the time, he put his guitar case on margaret storeys varnished highly polished table, when jimmy pulled it off, it left three big scratches clean across it, pooh jimmy was so embarrassed

@myroncannon2621 2 жыл бұрын

It sounds like a cross between a banjo an a guitar.

@dustinhuelsenbeck551 Жыл бұрын

He was my Great Grandma's cousin lol

@OldSamVimes 8 жыл бұрын

Just ordered a bunch of this guys tunes (Real Gone Music) cause I ended up loving the Buck Owens ones so much. Anyone recommend any other old-school country greats?

@xxXLGSTXxx 14 жыл бұрын

jimmy driftwood the orenigal G

@reliablebow 9 жыл бұрын

very cool indeed

@viceisthename 14 жыл бұрын

cool

@KolonelPanic 15 жыл бұрын

Gret video. Inspirational. DVD available?

@autocord1 14 жыл бұрын

I think there is a capo--you can see it when he turns it sideways at about 0:31. Looks to me like he's playing in standard tuning based around C-shape chords.

@countorlock100 13 жыл бұрын

Im gonna burn my fenda gemini and chop up me grannys bed stead to make a gitar looks and sounds so good and comfortable as that beast. xxx

@jerryhiggs7882 3 жыл бұрын

This is American history

@fotoflex2363 6 жыл бұрын

A lot of tunes there. I believe he starts with 'Wreck of the Old 97', then 'Red wing', 'Shady Grove', 'Boil Them Cabbage Down', and ends with 'Freight Train'. All modified to toe-tappers. :)

@JuanQuixote159 5 жыл бұрын

I heard 'Old Joe Clark' as well. Great picker, dang!

@yowzephyr 5 жыл бұрын

Those eyes behind those glasses. Clearly he's got the same musical genius brain that Shostakovich had.

@Packard3spdOD 13 жыл бұрын

WAY cool, thanks so much for putting this one up!! First 45 I ever bought, over 50yrs ago, was Battle of New Orleans, and remember his name on the label in small font, but only in the last couple yrs did I learn the story of Jimmy Driftwood. Does anyone know where the guitar is now? In a museum, private collection, or still with the family? I'm especially interested in what kind of wood the neck's made from.

@wyattmims 12 жыл бұрын

best on you tube

@Scream7277 14 жыл бұрын

@Jonathontheone Look to the right of his thumb, looks like a capo.

@AustinRogers1 14 жыл бұрын

Every picker has his/her own style. Learn some from others but basically figure out your own and play it well.

@petkuna 14 жыл бұрын

talentrama

@pdl4a 15 жыл бұрын

yo Gary, thanks for reposting this great video ! how can one obtain a copy of the DVD with the whole session ? yrs sincerely Patrick Dirickx Belgium

@glencoe6305 13 жыл бұрын

A Schoool Teacher.

@Whybother123 11 жыл бұрын

Not sure about the rest of the medley, but I think the first song is "Redwing"

@JustClaude13 12 жыл бұрын

It looks like a combination of clawhammer and two finger banjo. Is there a book on his style? I'd like to try it out.

@PotterPossum1989 3 жыл бұрын

Dvd still available?

@kevinobrien9626 2 жыл бұрын

You can almost hear the yodeler.

@grayzbeardz 15 жыл бұрын

this guys the shit

@fiddlestyles 3 жыл бұрын

Here's another one where Jimmy tells the story about how he got his name. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJp7rMWV1cetd6c.html

@tcoakley2265 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely picking. He got a lovely warm sound from that crappy looking guitar. This should be required listening for all the people who think that buying an expensive instrument will make them a better player.

@Rslilangel 13 жыл бұрын

@tdaniece OMG!!! We just found out that Jimmy is my father in laws 2nd cousin which makes my husband his 3rd cousin..

@Stewartr56 4 жыл бұрын

Lorri Morris my dad and Jimmy were cousins!

@doctorpicardnononono7469 5 жыл бұрын

is driftwood his real name? if not it should be!

@oma15 8 жыл бұрын

Is the story about the guitar for real? just curious

@joeyturner7289 7 жыл бұрын

yes. you can buy the box set Americana. it comes with sheet music,commentary on Jimmie and words to all songs all 99 of them.

@AudraBurgess 7 жыл бұрын

oma15 From what I've read it's not real. It was a joke.

@terrypussypower 4 жыл бұрын

Turtle Warrior Well, whoever you read that from is a fucking idiot. The story of Jimmy Driftwood’s guitar is well authenticated right back to his father and grandfather’s extended family. It certainly is NOT a joke.

@garyroute66 14 жыл бұрын

@cHr15T1naMB Hi! You can easliy order the one hour DVD if you send me a message using my private mail address: garym@aon.at Best regards GARY

@darrellblanchard2362 8 жыл бұрын

she ran him off so he wouldn't start in makin guitars out of the house

@t4texastomjohnnycat978 6 жыл бұрын

Darrell Blanchard 😂

@tylerbrandon460 5 жыл бұрын

Lol. I would like to have one of the violins his fiddle making grandaddy made.

@tylerbrandon460 4 жыл бұрын

I hear more and more everytime I listen to this it gets more complex. Try to focus only on the sounds his fingernails are making tapping against the strings and guitar. It's a song amongst itself.