John Denver and Itzhak Perlman playing Bluegrass

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@jazzcatt Ай бұрын

This was taken from the TV show "Music and the Mountains", an episode from 1981, hosted by John Denver and filmed in Aspen, CO John Denver is playing a Gibson F-5 Carved Top Mandolin, circa 1940s. Danny Wheetman on the second fiddle who later became a member of Marley's Ghost ect . Song is in the key of A. The song is "Bill Cheatham" -It's a classic fiddle tune that's been used in fiddle contests as far back as the late 1800's and has been part of the essential bluegrass repertoire since the early days of bluegrass. "Bill Cheatham" has been popular for much of the twentieth century in the Upper South, and it has been recorded periodically by country and bluegrass fiddlers as a fiddling set piece. I love seeing Itzack Pearlman playing bluegrass!

@Carolerivi 6 күн бұрын

I love seeing this, too. This goes to show that genuinely gifted people can deliver. I mean, both of them.

@rcreynolds6186 5 жыл бұрын

Never thought I’d hear bluegrass fiddle played on a $30 million dollar Strad.

@ricksunderland1421 4 жыл бұрын

RC Reynolds Made me actually LOL! It's a fact!

@kevinvanhove5834 3 жыл бұрын

his strad isn't 30 million dollars..

@JustFiddler 3 жыл бұрын

😃

@lmt6081 2 жыл бұрын

well, do you believe perlman bring his 30 mil strad to this mini concert

@Carolerivi 19 күн бұрын

@@lmt6081 I do. It is beautiful and worthwhile music too

@davidrobinson7422 4 жыл бұрын

Who knew a classical musician could get down and dirty on bluegrass in an authentic way? Beautiful to hear!

@jmbechtel 10 ай бұрын

You're not serious...? Classical musicians are the MOST versatile and eclectic artists. Everything came after "classical" music.

@BachBeethovenBerg 5 ай бұрын

Classical violinist are trained with such good technique that they can probably do even more wild and crazy bluegrass stuff than most country folk fiddlers.

@Carolerivi 19 күн бұрын

@@BachBeethovenBerg Exactly

@MrRickb04 6 жыл бұрын

Itzak Perlman playing Bluegrass on a $2.3 Million Strad lol, fantastic video!

@1001011011010 5 жыл бұрын

is it his strad or a different violin?

@nocturnallsnake4228 4 жыл бұрын

Many cant play bluegrass never mind on which violin

@JustFiddler 3 жыл бұрын

@@1001011011010 maybe other violin

@amberstreetfilms 2 жыл бұрын

Right?

@deepcow 6 жыл бұрын

I miss John Denver.

@1bol390 6 жыл бұрын

DITTO!

@robertgarrison7836 5 жыл бұрын

Perlman for president. This country needs a goid 5 cent Seger

@JustFiddler 3 жыл бұрын

same here

@paulinerothstein8982 Жыл бұрын

You can tell that Itzak is lovin' it throughout the song!!!!!!!!

@raoultak 6 жыл бұрын

They must have had so much fun.

@songsabai3794 7 жыл бұрын

Pearlman actually 'sounds' like a fiddler...I've heard Classical guys play fiddle tunes and they just sound so stiff and tight-ass. Bravo!

@marthamoreno9914 6 жыл бұрын

He is probably using an ordinary violin instead of his strad.

@musicofanatic 5 жыл бұрын

Perlman sounds plenty stiff and tight ass to me.

@kevrask 5 жыл бұрын

There's probably a reason we never saw him on the Opry stage. Clear proof here that different genres require a really different touch.

@Tyler-uh2kd 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds pretty classical to me.... especially his bowing.

@feelinghealingfrequences7179 2 жыл бұрын

good rhythm chuckin on this "bill cheatham"

@anythinglovecanbuy 11 жыл бұрын

Itzhak Perlman and Danny Wheatman playing a fiddle duet... Really love this.

@bethb7965 4 жыл бұрын

So much fun to listen to and watch!!! Love Itzhak and John playing together! So used to hearing Itzhak playing classical music. Missing John...

@navneetakumar1814 3 жыл бұрын

John and his voice are unforgettable. I don't know how we lost him.a tearing pain hurts our soul.

@feelinghealingfrequences7179 2 жыл бұрын

lost him to the ocean John Denver crashed his plane into the water, on a day with poor visibility they speculate that he lost reference of the horizon if only he had not flown that day or been instrument rated or had hired a flight instructor as co pilot...

@utahdan231 9 жыл бұрын

Two years ago I attended a blue grass concert in Blue Ridge Mountain first time in my life. I'm a classical music person and I suprised myself liking it very much.

@nickdavis965 4 жыл бұрын

Bluegrass has absolutely amazing musicians.

@sharonvyse330 2 жыл бұрын

Itzhak's global talent reminds me here of the late great Canadian Glen Campbell. Glen could play with the best of them, not just country music. His talent and knowledge about tempo and music stretched across pop rock rhythm blues and gospel. Thanks to John for highlighting such talent. The world was lucky to have a complex soul grace our lives for a very short time on earth.

@gloriaertel2463 5 жыл бұрын

So fun to watch this video.....John Denver......soooo awesome..love..love..love

@betsys.1196 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love it!!! What joy!!! Perlman is a true treasure!!

@MikeCnolan Ай бұрын

My father took me to see Perlman about 50 years ago. One of those fundamental memories. About this time or a few years before.

@curiousaboutanything2454 Жыл бұрын

Last gestures from John 😊😊😊😊

@BrendenJohnFilms 4 жыл бұрын

OMG! This was wonderful! We need a full CD of them together!

@edtaublieb7148 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I never knew that John Denver played mandolin. While twin fiddles adds to the sound I wish some of this had only Perlman playing

@Chrissummerill 5 жыл бұрын

Ed Taublieb neither did I! I’ve never seen him play it on anything else. He’s not half bad either!

@riccardobusetto5939 5 жыл бұрын

Denver could also play fiddle!

@paulineh4019 4 жыл бұрын

And play piano

@barbaraweselakfranch1387 3 жыл бұрын

Oh,i like very much Western films and i love very, very much Maestro Itzhak Perlman the BEST violoniste in the World 🎻🌹❤️

@barbaraweselakfranch1387 2 жыл бұрын

Super!i like it very much and my favorite violinist Maestro ITZHAK PERLMAN!🎻❤️🌹

@surquhart64 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing - this is wonderful. Thank you so much. The versatility and virtuosity of Mr Perlman is truly stunning. The other musicians, along with John Denver, amazed me totally as well. I have just started to learn the mandolin (I also play violin) so this adds great joy to my heart.

@joan9569 6 жыл бұрын

Much joy! Mom played mandolin in her Depression-era family band of 8.

@ricaard 11 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday, to the Master Mensch!!!🎂 🎻

@karenryan78 8 жыл бұрын

FAR OUT !!! ~♡

@Cubasenet33 7 жыл бұрын

Perlman is just so GREAT!

@paulinerothstein8982 Жыл бұрын

I love bluegrass and Itzak makes it sound even better!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@marywillis600 2 жыл бұрын

Love it Mr PERLMAN, LOVE IT !!

@kingofcobwebs 12 жыл бұрын

Wow. I had totally forgotten how much of a nerd I am. Then I watched this and loved it. Awesome.

@heavenlyguitar5913 4 жыл бұрын

Just fantastic!

@user-zm5hy2um2k 2 жыл бұрын

Just BEAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTIFUL!

@RedAkumaSan 7 жыл бұрын

That's a great old-time fiddle tune called "Bill Cheatum" ... That's some good jamming. Well done, guys!

@parsnip2699 Жыл бұрын

Man, thanks for calling that out. I was trying to remember what that song was called!

@RedAkumaSan Жыл бұрын

@@parsnip2699 you're welcome. Glad to help.

@SandraJ.Steele Ай бұрын

The other fiddle player is Dan Wheetman now a member of Marley's Ghost.

@manuelfohr6898 8 жыл бұрын

best violinist and best soil strad

@tadratkowski7101 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible

@friscowolf2917 Жыл бұрын

Wow, from classical to klezmer to bluegrass, the dude does it all!!

@echomoon3381 4 жыл бұрын

Was hoping to find the episode of John Denver's show with Itzhak Perlman. But this is great too!

@chantalbernard2 11 жыл бұрын

I loved this sooooo awesome.... more is right!

@LuciaVenturiniViolaConcert 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video, thank you very much for uploading. 🎶🌹💖

@jenniferleemyers8104 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@sadhbhdelahunt 2 ай бұрын

Itzhak is the best

@DarthPreamp 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing !

@keithosmarferrer 12 жыл бұрын

hahaha! the great itzhak perlman, paying his strad with bluegrass!!

@ianstoutzker1083 6 жыл бұрын

K Fr o0

@1001011011010 5 жыл бұрын

Wonder if it was really his strad

@nocturnallsnake4228 4 жыл бұрын

@@1001011011010 because we dont hear much difference?

@botdog370 4 жыл бұрын

Nocturnal Snake hard to hear difference in a youtube video, not to mention an old video at that.

@juancamiloflorezval1 6 жыл бұрын

DIOS BENDIGA A ESTE GRAN MUSICO, AMEN

@JeanClaudeWelche 7 жыл бұрын

Document extraordinaire !

@brettoleskow4867 3 жыл бұрын

Bravisimo Y'all!

@Stuebe63 8 жыл бұрын

Great!

@khappy1286 6 жыл бұрын

Splendid

@marckg6950 4 ай бұрын

Blue grass is pretty concise. But ive never heard it that concise. Bravisimo and ye haw

@joan9569 6 жыл бұрын

Il Maestro!

@franceswitham8214 4 жыл бұрын

WOW💖💖💖👏👏👏👏👏

@ryand.5857 3 жыл бұрын

This is the coolest video ever

@sheilahbryan3334 Жыл бұрын

WOW!

@deja75m Жыл бұрын

My goodness..such a surprize!..I lovem all!

@cheryls_creative7048 7 жыл бұрын

Far out!!!

@timtebowsleftarm5368 2 жыл бұрын

I have always wondered what it would sound like to hear Perlman join Charlie Daniels for “Devil Went Down to Georgia.” Would have been magical.

@barbaraweselakfranch1387 3 жыл бұрын

Superbe vidéo !

@JustFiddler 3 жыл бұрын

aku suka ! salam dari pulau bali

@TopJimmyWinn 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like his home in aspen

@halimfusianto225 7 жыл бұрын

Perlman is god.

@rachelmuller5541 5 жыл бұрын

Yaass

@anythinglovecanbuy 7 жыл бұрын

Michael, this song is called Bill Cheatham. Thanks for sharing.

@feelinghealingfrequences7179 2 жыл бұрын

the fiddle tune is "bill cheatham"

@alan4sure Жыл бұрын

The tune is called "Bill Cheatum"

@PKCube 12 жыл бұрын

more!

@GarySUPERTRAMPER 4 жыл бұрын

Classic rare footage of JD

@gerrymadigan3658 7 жыл бұрын

What's the name of the tune they're playing?

@midnighttoker8663 4 жыл бұрын

Bill cheatam

@rohanfernandes214 3 ай бұрын

Which documentary is this from?

@forestcop06 Жыл бұрын

Who are the other musicians?

@lovemovement8808 3 жыл бұрын

looks like the other guys were struggling to keep up

@litetravel Жыл бұрын

I miss Danny Wheatmann!

@ffpr1 8 ай бұрын

Is it Wheatman or Wheetman or Wheatmann? I never sure how his surname is spelt. Just like how everybody has a different spell for 'Bill Cheatham' lol

@DachsieMom75 6 жыл бұрын

Which program did this come from? It's kickass good. I wish they would play for an hour!

@sketchley80 7 ай бұрын

Music and the Mountains with John Denver!

@IanRob2011 Жыл бұрын

God took away this man’s legs with Polio and gave him a career as a world class violinist.. beautiful music from GOD

@bobgap 3 жыл бұрын

Did not know John Denver played mandolin.

@flowerwild8704 3 жыл бұрын

Is he Danny Wheatmam ？

@Judymontel 8 жыл бұрын

whose the other fiddler?

@piotrbulas3276 7 жыл бұрын

Danny Wheatman

@anythinglovecanbuy 6 жыл бұрын

Wheetman tbe

@Allagi22 7 жыл бұрын

Itzhak Pearlman just running complete circles around these guys.

@hughjarrse 6 жыл бұрын

"Itzhak Pearlman just running complete circles around these guys" Funny, The first thing I noticed was he was having fun

@Tyler-uh2kd 5 жыл бұрын

The first thing I noticed was how an average ear would think that.

@Tyler-uh2kd 5 жыл бұрын

@@Gordontrek Oh cool, let me know when a trained ear says that.

@Tyler-uh2kd 5 жыл бұрын

@@Gordontrek care to give an explaination as to how he's running circles around them?

@Chrissummerill 5 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see how well his singing voice would stand up to John Denver’s. Anyway, as said earlier, I think fun was the goal.

@gregrogers8317 6 жыл бұрын

Still a big difference from a real Bluegrass fiddler and and a great Violinist who plays and old time fiddle tune.. Bobby Hicks, Kenny Baker , Stuart Duncan but the best closest fit to both would be Mark OConner... You can't read Bluegrass or Old Time it's a feeling..

@frobinson7574 6 жыл бұрын

Fair enough. However, Perlman can pull off fiddle to some degree. I don't think that fiddlers can pull off the classical repertoire that Perlman has, hence he is an extraordinary violinist.

@reddragonready 5 жыл бұрын

@@frobinson7574 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msCFoZyAsLvbnac.html

@brenoHCarvalho 3 жыл бұрын

@@reddragonready My dear, you seen to don't play violin, because Bach double violin concerto it's not that difficulty to play. I learned it with less then 2 years playing. But if this fiddler can play the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas or the Paganini Caprices, so you can say he can play classical violin.

@reddragonready 3 жыл бұрын

@@brenoHCarvalho My dear, first off your unsubstantiated youtube claim of personal "achievement" means nothing, second off there's being able to play and being able to play to a high standard. "this fiddler" is called Mark O'Connor and I suggest you mosey on over to wikipedia and check out his career accomplishments before you compare your 2 year violin skills to his again. LOL