Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham (1971, Blanton Owen) [with subtitles]

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This 1971 film by folklorist Blanton Owen captures rare footage of Tommy Jarrell on fiddle and Fred Cockerham on banjo, playing together on Cockerham's front porch in Low Gap, North Carolina.
Original film elements found in the Blanton Owen Collection #20027 (finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/20027/), Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Laboratory film preservation work by Colorlab (colorlab.com/). Funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation (www.filmpreservation.org/).
Learn more about the preservation grant and the film on the Southern Folklife Collection’s blog, Field Trip South:
blogs.lib.unc.edu/sfc/2019/07...

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@pauzer922 Күн бұрын

Wow, thanks for uploading!

@garycowger9579 3 жыл бұрын

I remember back in the 70's every Saturday someone was alway playing music on the porch some place these days are almost gone I been out playing fiddle music and banjo for the store workers in Our town scene this COVID thing started to get there mind off it and put a smile on some souls face I thank GOD for My talent He give Me

@GoodRNG 8 күн бұрын

Man Fred’s banjo is so loud and distinct, it’s mesmerizing. I’m so happy to have found this video. Thank you!

@markvandyke3026 2 күн бұрын

I think it's because of the Formica fingerboard.

@zkafel 4 ай бұрын

This is my favorite video I've ever seen on KZfaq up to this point. I've been using KZfaq since it's birth in 2006, for perspective.

@ethanmorton7122 Жыл бұрын

Tommy and Fred were masters of their craft. What made them great musicians is that they enjoyed playing it.

@malagastudent1 3 жыл бұрын

This is glorious. Thank you so much Blanton Owen for taking this film and making it available to future generations. Never did I ever expect to see video of Tommy and Fred playing together. Thank you

@Lostmychops 2 жыл бұрын

Seconded. Amazing, isn’t it?

@RobKaiser Жыл бұрын

@@Lostmychops I'll third this and express my gratitude to the algorithm

@johnnielson7676 Жыл бұрын

What a great folklorist, musician and person. Blanton Owen RIP.

@SpaceBanjoMusic 8 ай бұрын

I keep finding myself back here. Gold.

@jf752 2 жыл бұрын

they don't do this anymore. thank God for Tommy Jerrell.

@susandrydenhenderson6234 9 ай бұрын

Excellent.

@mellzym8598 2 жыл бұрын

I really wish they showed all the songs they played. They really didn’t get cut off short. I only found this. But thank you for posting.

@shanereynolds5380 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting ..... pure gold. What a joy, getting to see that footage.

@lookouthumanitarian 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! thanks so so very very much for uploading this Gem of a video. I am so pleased to of found this video which I’ve not seen before. Thanks so much once again from England

@dorriskwelch 3 жыл бұрын

What a treasure! thank you!

@Lostmychops 2 жыл бұрын

Why is there *always* one person who’ll dislike excellent things? It depresses me. Anyway, that idiot guy aside, thanks very much for uploading this. I had no idea there was any extant footage of jarrell and cockerham playing together at all (and I’ve looked!), so stumbling upon this was pretty mind-blowing. Really fantastic.

@fiddlepeg 3 жыл бұрын

This is priceless!

@peterhouser2037 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is great, thanks for posting.

@peterwhite7428 7 ай бұрын

Great Tommy that’s the best version of John browns dream I ever heard him do

@strutt01 3 жыл бұрын

Priceless !

@phononut 3 жыл бұрын

This is GOLD!!!👍

@chazbaxxx 3 жыл бұрын

Gold

@DeadEyedTye 3 жыл бұрын

Though I was born a long long while after Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham passed away, I still enjoy these fine tunes and will forever remember North Carolina Bluegrass’s great history.

@bengarrido638 2 жыл бұрын

Not Bluegrass my brother! Something better!

@seancoxe1094 3 жыл бұрын

I was familiar with Fred's clawhammer, but he goes into some really fine two-finger picking around the 17 minute mark.

@RockStarOscarStern634 3 жыл бұрын

They make machine head tuners for Bowed instruments & Tommy Jarrell popularized them.

@jocktyldesley2884 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!So great to see this. Did Kyle Creed make Tommy's specs with offcuts from Fred's banjo fingerboard..?

@orangesoup 3 жыл бұрын

"ol bunch a keys, I believe ya said"

@RockStarOscarStern634 3 жыл бұрын

Tommy Harrell popularized these machine head tuners.

@lapboard340 3 жыл бұрын

“cluck old hen, your widdies all dead”, not “winters”. Widdies are chicks.

@SpencerRussell423 Жыл бұрын

At 3:08, [F. Cockerham, indistinct] is Fred saying, "Old Bunch of Keys, I believe he said."

@clawhammerchris 2 ай бұрын

I think he says, “Better watch the kids, babysit.”

@dbadagna 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this film. Can you add a credit for the lady who is sitting on the porch along with the musicians and enjoying their music? Also, how was the footage restored, and who did this restoration work?

@banjochris 3 жыл бұрын

She's identified as Eva Cockerham (Fred's wife) in the subtitles.

@steveweiss9200 3 жыл бұрын

The restoration work was done by Colorlab. colorlab.com

@dbadagna 3 жыл бұрын

It looked great to me; was the film originally in much worse shape than what we see here?

@SouthernFolklifeColl 3 жыл бұрын

@@dbadagna the original elements consisted of a 16mm work print and 16mm magnetic soundtrack - both were in good shape, thankfully! There was some slight color fading (purple hues) on the work print, but Colorlab did some really amazing work bringing the colors back to life.

@dbadagna 3 жыл бұрын

These details are really interesting. For an ethnographic film like this (versus something like a Hollywood studio production), is the film negative usually not retained by the filmmaker?

@edwardlouisbernays2469 3 жыл бұрын

The Bear Runned Over the Mountain @5:04

@ProfesserLuigi 3 жыл бұрын

Are those geared tuners on Tommy's fiddle?

@markvandyke3026 3 жыл бұрын

Yes they are geared tuners

@clawhammer704 2 жыл бұрын

I several sets in my shop that iv taken off old fiddles. I replaced them with original wood pegs. I never cared much for them because they kill the tone and make the violin headstock heavy imho.

@d.l.loonabide9981 3 жыл бұрын

Once I heard a fiddle tune that DIDN'T sound like "Battle of New Orleans". Anyone know about this?

@thatbassguy9502 4 ай бұрын

Lol, i get what your saying but at least try and listen closer. Not even the same chord changes

@thatbassguy9502 4 ай бұрын

This stuff is in a league of its own compared to horton

@sugarinthegourd 3 жыл бұрын

In addition to enjoying the great music, I’m trying to figure out what type/brand of whiskey they are drinking. Looks like a straight rye, bottled in bond? Anyone know? 😂

@rileybaugus2191 3 жыл бұрын

sugarinthegourd I can’t tell. Fred tactfully keeps the name covered.

@simonolsen9995 3 жыл бұрын

but what was in the second bottle? I'm not familiar with passing two bottles around.

@jamespeterson5188 3 жыл бұрын

According to Brad Leftwich's fiddle book, Tommy's second choice to moonshine was I.W. Harper, but this doesn't look like that

@sugarinthegourd 3 жыл бұрын

Simon Olsen Orange Sunshine

@strutt01 3 жыл бұрын

I seen the second bottles a Coca Cola bottle.