lmao

That was one of the funniest things I've ever read.

I smoked a cigarette after he was done 🤣

Good one!

That's one of the happiest fiddles in the world.

I told you once, you son of a bitch, he's the best you've ever seen!

Naw, I think he met him down in Georgia and told him his name was Johnny

Micheal is still better....

@@sunnyray7819 exactly. The devil got lessons from Michael.

Absolutely magnificent world class. Soulful exuberant and joyful He is in the top echelon of violinist virtuosos prolly in the top ten world wide The only guy who could maybe shred. A bit more intense shredding would be Mark o Connor , but that said. This fellar has immense feel and probably reaches more into the heart and soul of the instrument . Less about ego and really milks the. Voice chakra of the violin I'm sure he could hold his own with Mark O'Connor or anyone else for that matter But this guy has the whole package. Well rounded in his style that tends bring the church into the heart of the musicians and audience

Vassar Clements

Not even the Devil...

@@johnbreedlove3245 when Micheal is his age he will be far greater than him! While he was an amazing fiddler I don’t think anyone can compare to this man, though at this level a lot of it also comes down to what music they are playing and what you like. Both of these two men are beyond amazing!

Lajkó Félix

​@@fghrht54h67Nope

I'm a Metal head too but, there is Nothing like some Fiddle, a Mandolin and Bajo about to burst into flames from pure triple time melodic friction.. No matter what anyone says.< thats fook'in Metal to me..

I’m with you!!🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️

I was thinking the same thing. It was suggested for me in my main page. Well a short, then I looked this up. Amaze balls.

Same……this shit is bananas. Made my night

No doubt, saw this guy on a short and ended up here. He's amazing!

underrated comment

With this song, you have to attack the train like gangster and steal the gold in far west ):) Of course with horse.. ):) ):)

XD

@@professorzebelkhan7235 c):-) howdy pardner

Made me LOL

I wated so i could be the 69th like

Rape isn't legal anyways haha

He only goes out with fiddles that like it fast ‘n hard. But there is an unquestionable love there too.

Keepin it at 666

@@theshimmyking1514 Kinda eerie, ain't it? :)

Absolutely agreed, when he smiles it's incredible. There is a feeling I get with Michael Cleveland that the music is a celebration of being alive, and what people are capable of, and the man has been playing fiddle his whole life and he STILL is able to love what he's doing and exalt in the music. Like at 3:08 - It's life affirming, man.

I love his expression too. He's such an inspiration and reminds us that we don't have to see or hear amazing music, but we can feel it too!! You can tell he has such passion doing what he does!

@@Martdogg3000 yes! 4:57 as well. Just melts the heart!

I am so glad that God gave him a gift that he can focus on and bring him joy.

I was sitting here thinking that I'll bet there is not another band who loves their leader like they do.

I taught I was listening it on 1.25 speed

They all are.

Banjo player is Micael Cleavland

Popeye size forearms I bet 😂

@@smwrbdMichael is on fiddle

Yes. He's just that good.

found this right as he was starting to chop things up w the syncopation and youre so right it goes so hard how he makes it look so easy breezy. simply incredible

Search KZfaq for lots more, dating back to about age 8 on the mandolin. And guitar.

Me either but I wanna watch everything he has ever done he is incredible

Isn't it wonderful what you can find in the incredible world of you tube. Truly amazing 🎶👍

He knows how to pick a guitar too=

2 YEARS LATER...Holy crap I can't believe I've never heard this guy before , he's amazing.... OH BOY, that's one spicy meatball. HEEHA!

Thankfully he's not illegally blind!

Excellent tidbit. You know... the kind that everyone already knows. Yeesh.

@@parkjammer I didn't so don't be a negative Nancy.

@@parkjammer i didnt know but i knew something was up with the eyes

blind since birth, and about 3/4 deaf in his left ear. his biopic says that's probably why he plays so hard and loud, as it doesn't bother that ear.

Damn straight 💯

I see what you're doing, but just for curiosity's sajke : isn't MIchael from Luisiana?

He’s from Indiana, which is why the devil went to Georgia instead.

Checkout charlie parker

Is he really deaf as well? I knew he was blind but this is the first I’ve heard of him being deaf. Crazy talent.

No way he's deaf too.

@@StigmaShadow he is 80% deaf on one ear

I recommend you listen to Jerry Garcia

Its unreal isnt it!!

Michael is the SRV of the fiddle!

Not only is he an insanely skilled and talented musician, but he is also a genuinely nice guy. I had the fortune of meeting him at the Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, VA once and he was a friendly, humble, and sharp man. He's incredible!

Dang, that boy can play! Woo!

Good God

Zachary Gibbons holy shit that one got me!!!

Hahahaha Hahahaha 😆🤣 if I came in and you were running around cleaning with this on. You would get brownie points. 😂😂😂 hahaha. Hilarious! I love comedy Would certainly get you out of trouble. 🤔

oh damn that was hilarious haha i'm dyin' over here!

This was good lmao

Maybe the funniest KZfaq comment I’ve ever read.

Same !

Yes, I did. It was great.

Hard to miss

yes yes yes

...And "If i were a rich man" at 1:03...

I LIKE THAT.

Charlie Daniels would be on his 2nd bow by the middle of the song.

Hahaha bravo

I saw one of his bows just say the hell with it and fall apart live on stage at The Pennyroyal Opera House. He finished with a borrowed bow. He only uses carbon fiber bows now

Somewhere a Horse is still kicking in the air at the fire and you know those strings were begging to be put back in the Cat. Im just surprised the rosin didn't turn to Amber.

Well, he knows that one... and a couple of it's friends.. but that's all. ;)

I don't think my foot will tap that fast😊

Definitely sounds correct of the awarding committee .

Bluegrass gospel showcase in Nashville first Friday in November @the troubadour theater in 2019,come join us!!!!!

They should "retire" him and make him a judge lol. That's what they did with Dimebag Darrell after he won too many local guitar competitions in a row. He ended up judging them all.

He doesn’t look ready to retire to me.

@@CTSpeed413 I didn't say that he should retire. I said they should retire the award. English. Do you speak it?

I think the Devil took a detour and decided to miss Georgia.

Devil laid a golden 18 wheeler at Michael's feet cause he knew he had been beat. Then Michael told Johnny he would see him at his regularly scheduled fiddle lesson!

Pretty much! If there's better fiddle player out there I have not seem em?!

👏🤣 Line of the night.

@@capefearcapt4679 I agree

The fiddle is on fire because it smoked a cigarette after Michael was done with it!

Thats not a violin

He protect He Atack Most important Champer likes to talk smak

champer slimmerthannone bruh shut up there’s nothing wrong

@champer slimmerthannone could ask you the same question dummy

@champer slimmerthannone no u

HAHAHA

Good over Evil

Grandmother always said growing up , there is no use for your eyes if your mind is blind...dunno what prompted me sharing this saw your comment and so I commented , that’s my story

@@quantum5269 Your grandma is a genius. I'm gonna start using that one!

luuk341 let me tell you something. Woke up today , I wasn’t in a not bad mood but just blah. I opened up KZfaq saw I had notification opened up your comment and that was really nice to see. Thank you for the kind words and I am glad you like the saying. Not to come off to corny but this brightened up my day thank you .

@@quantum5269 No problem friend. If there is one thing I like doing, its making peoples days better, no matter by how little or how much

luuk341 well you did and I appreciate that thank you again kindly and couldn’t agree more whole heartedly. I wish you and yours the best

Great comment

This comment is grossly underrated.

🤣

ya

This is clearly not a classical violinist. That "violin" is more like a viola with an extra E string. And that bow hold is definitely...not classical. I don't wanna say anything bad cause it does sound kinda nice although a bit squeaky, and people really seem to like him quite a lot. As a classical violinist, I shouldn't look down on other styles of violin playing. But what I'm saying is, this is not twoset's area of specialty, they're classical musicians and the channel is based around classical music.

The channel is TwoSetViolin, not TwoSetClassical.

@@memehunter7967 Even though recently they have had some pop songs, they lean more towards the classical scene as a whole.

@@hamzamagsi9428 Look. They've done tons of stuff from playing folks to jazz, reviewing memes and roasting bad violinists. I'm sure reacting to a blind fiddler wouldn't derail their whole channel's identity.

Me too , he has been blessed by God.

Yup.. Every time.

Yes, a master. All I keep saying is Wow!

But please don’t discount all the hours of practice and hard work he put in to build those incredible skills.

Greetings here from my cabin in the woods in Norway

I was hoping others caught this.

Thank you! My girlfriend and I were racking our brains, I knew it was the beatles but couldn't remember the song :)

@@FordyHunt you're welcome man! 😊

Also Art Tatum, Ray Charles, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Blind Willie McTell

v irgil schmoe Hendrix

Who the hell told you that? Gotta have a talk with them! :D

Well, I don't think it's ever been said - seriously - that being able to read music is an essential requirement to being a good musician. indeed, Django couldn't read period!

Let's not forget the immortal Stevie Ray Vaughn.

agreed.

what the heck with seeing - hearing is the thing! but .. agreed! :-)

Agreed. The only better fiddle player on earth is probably me.

Well you may be right. This is very awesome music.

Savant means exceptional skills in like one area and then the person can't function independently nearly anywhere else. He's incredible but I don't think he's disabled like that. Vision impairment that likely adds to his exceptional musical abilities. I always wonder that. So many times we discount strengths because we focus on negatives. Who the heck needs to be able to see when they can make a fiddle sing like that??

Regina Delahoussaye I met him last year. He is a very nice man also.

Is he blind ?

@@andrewmontgomery6315 Born blind, and also about 3/4 deaf in his left ear.

Right?

Haha :D

Bass was crap, too loud and boring as f. . . ,. Ruined it.

Never noticed him until you said that now I can't stand to listen to it.

His actually needed there for tempo anyway we're all here for Michael lol

Why Thank you...and I don't even know you.....

@@rerere175 lol

That's not a train song. You may be thinking of kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5Oee5V1262pmX0.html .

Closer to baroque violin.

Well, there's the violin, and then there's the fiddle. They may look the same, but ...

A fiddle is what you get when you reverse engineer a violin in Louisiana

@@Coastal_Cruzer Actually, the current word _fiddle_ goes way back to the earliest forerunners of the instrument. North of the Alps, the difference in _v_ and _f_ sounds were fluid. From Wikipedia: The word "fiddle" was first used in English in the late 14th century.[8] The word "fiddle" comes from "fedele, fydyll, fidel, earlier fithele, from Old English fiðele 'fiddle', which is related to Old Norse fiðla, Middle Dutch vedele, Dutch vedel, Old High German fidula, German Fiedel, 'a fiddle'; all of uncertain origin." As to the origin of the word "fiddle", the "...usual suggestion, based on resemblance in sound and sense, is that it is from Medieval Latin vitula." based on Latin _vitulari_ ‘celebrate a festival, be joyful’, perhaps from Vitula, the name of a Roman goddess of joy and victory. It was only much later that the word _violin_ was used in English once the more modern version was perfected in Italy. Of course, Cajun fiddling is great stuff, which Louisianans should be rightfully proud of.

Im a classically trained violinist myself and am so impressed by how relaxed he is. One commenter was correct it is more baroque style just redneck bach lol

Bluegrass is the truth

It’s shredding in fiddle form.

I'm a metal head and have decided bluegrass music is its spiritual predecessor.

I don't know how anyone could not like this honestly...

It's almost as if you can enjoy more than two types of music.

+oldcremona YEP .... you got that right. I feel like Michael might Genuinely be in the top 10 Greatest Musicians on the Planet ! ..... :)

I really can't believe how fast and good he is. Can't stop watching and listening. 💕💕💕💕

currently bowing, no pun intended.

Ever heard of Felix Lajko?

@Faronthefiddler he's not self taught

RichardKnoggin the devil wouldn't dare touch a fiddle in Georgia or anywhere again after facing against this feller here. Because, you sonofabitch, he's the best that's ever been.

It's actually highly flammable, fun fact. Basically tree sap

🙄 thank you buzz killington for your “fun fact”! It was just a joke, fun fact.

@@otlh69 The man was just sharing a little tidbit of knowledge to those that may have been interested, you don’t have to be an ass about it. Especially over such a silly joke.

And he's been awarded so for the past 10 years in a row.

@@erikgifford201 6 years in a row, 12 from 2001-19. See ibma.org/recipients-inductees/ .

Lol

Its rosin bro, but he can do it too

met the man in real life he is truly blessed

It's God's work at his finest. praise him