Tommy Jarrell: Breaking Up Christmas (1983)

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13 жыл бұрын

Tommy Jarrell and string band at the Edwards-Franklin House during the annual Sonker Festival, Mount Airy, North Carolina, July 23, 1983. Jarrell (fiddle and vocal); Chester McMillian (guitar); Frank Bodie (guitar and vocal); Bill Cummings (fiddle); Ray Chatfield (five-string banjo). [03.23.02]

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@Jignasty5 4 жыл бұрын

Tommy Jarrell finally gets an Ad. KZfaq just broke my heart.

@erstwhilerambler 4 жыл бұрын

After a solid half-hour of practice I’ve still got to run it at 3/4 speed to keep up (and I’m probably only getting about 3/4 of the notes). These guys are blazing 🥵🪕🎻

@guywolff 9 жыл бұрын

There was no one like him .. Thanks for posting these ... Between him and Clarence Ashley the world is a different place ...

@dbd1353 8 жыл бұрын

no disrespect on anyone else, but to my ears, still the gold standard..30 years after his passing..

@joeycovington4681 5 жыл бұрын

So friggin' good. Stupid good.

@kelsibwells432 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent! just beautiful really starting to develop an appreciation for Appalachian folk music.. the old guy playing that violin or fiddle rather looks like he has really put some miles on that baby if you look where the Bow strikes the strings it looks like he's had it smoking a couple of times or two!!! lol lol good for him!😃😉

@tyler0503 6 жыл бұрын

It's built-up rosin

@priser24 11 жыл бұрын

Beyond fantastic.

@trickiewoowoo 6 жыл бұрын

good sippin music!

@AlanLomaxArchive 12 жыл бұрын

@sigelman We've just posted all the tunes from the session, including the several partial numbers. Enjoy!

@77Fairbanks77 12 жыл бұрын

Yeah Ray Chatfield plays a sweet version on that banjer

@josechrist3948 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful music, great musicians! Why are we killed today with rap and other trash?

@rugerfan2036 11 жыл бұрын

priceless!

@SueDuda 10 жыл бұрын

Breaking Up Christmas has to be my favorite Tommy Jarrell tune to play on my fiddle!! Thanks for posting!!

@Yaddahay 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this!!

@jeffphillips5632 7 жыл бұрын

NO KIDDING. MAYBE IN ETERNITY SOMEWHERE WE CAN HEAR THAT.

@ZachVance108 6 жыл бұрын

Jeff Phillips we can only hope 😁 If it’s anything like people portray it as that is gonna be one hell of a party !!!!

@alexhickey5633 4 жыл бұрын

Back when music was music. Timing may have been off slightly, dont matter 1 bit when it sounds as warm as it does

@sigelman 12 жыл бұрын

@AlanLomaxArchive : thanks!

@ekillops22 6 жыл бұрын

Luke Skywalker playing second fiddle

@PotBelliedNinja 5 жыл бұрын

But Tommy is the only one who truly knows the Force

@bernadetteroberts1540 4 жыл бұрын

totally

@gantlax8f14 3 жыл бұрын

I was about to post that.

@stevenposch7346 3 жыл бұрын

Dance to him any time.

@ZachVance108 6 жыл бұрын

Is that bridge of Tommys a square lol no arch for tommy haha one of my favorites of all time.

@tradssalesone6334 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Fire on the mountain.

@peterwhite7428 4 жыл бұрын

A couple of interesting things about Tommy’s fiddling. He is ver far from the bridge where the volume comes from. He does not clean his stings which causes some sleeks. That’s part of the charm. Away from the bridge the stings are at less of an arc. Also he holds the fiddle under his chin. He stares at the bow not at his fingers

@maxyoungquist5603 3 жыл бұрын

They knew they were filming history

@stillonshine8867 5 жыл бұрын

Tapping both feet at the same time.

@brownpaul52 9 жыл бұрын

The second fiddle player is Bill Cummings, not Rhys Jones. He came around visiting fairly frequently in the early 1980s.

@sharondavisgreen5135 5 жыл бұрын

I think he was referring to his resemblance to Mark Hammill, the original Luke.

@sigelman 12 жыл бұрын

My god, Tommy is incredible -- I love how he gets the whole instrument ringing at 1:33 . Other than the Sally Ann video, are there other pieces from this session available? I'd love to see them up here.

@glynrhys68 11 ай бұрын

Who's the woman in the straw hat clogging! Love her! :-D

@gval900 12 жыл бұрын

What ever happened to Ray Chatfield? He is good.

@fiddlejohn9305 7 ай бұрын

RIP - he passed away in Galax in 2022 at age 82. I had the great pleasure of playing music with him here in Colorado back in the seventies and eighties. Besides being a great banjo player, he was also a skilled banjo maker, working at Ome in their early days in the sixties.

@XilePablo 12 жыл бұрын

he lives n galax, va n still plays, n teaches

@mikegager 5 жыл бұрын

just noticed tommy had geared tuners on his violin. didnt even realize that was a thing lol

@blanko8463 3 жыл бұрын

wow ... didn't even notice ... thanks for the comment ... I've seen a few fiddles like that ... but never noticed this one ... ya know, they say there ain't no difference between a fiddle and a violin .... well ... I seen Tommy play a Strad ... and I'd say there might be a slight smokey campfire dancing difference.

@lovechild89507 2 жыл бұрын

Ray Chatfield rocks! Does anyone know how he's doing?

@Bamaonthetrail 11 жыл бұрын

Alan who is the other boy on fiddle

@jedmarum 12 жыл бұрын

Wee Haw!

@joehayward7608 Жыл бұрын

1:54 Luke Skywalker on the fiddle

@commontater8630 Жыл бұрын

No it's not, you dork.

@StoredMars 12 жыл бұрын

i hate sunkist

@keyfeatures 9 жыл бұрын

argh! what is the sound recordist doing?! he misses the first bit of singing, then leaves his mic pointed away from the fiddle for the rest of the tune. annoying.

@Lonesometraveler99 9 жыл бұрын

It's field recordings.

@justforever96 8 жыл бұрын

+keyfeatures He's supposed to record the surroundings as well. He's probably a college kid, and it's just a field recording, to get the idea of the song, but also the culture as well. They couldn't afford a team of cameramen for everything; they travelled all over the country. The best ones, they went back and revisited, and did official or studio recordings of. Sad, but there was no other way.

@treystewart9812 7 жыл бұрын

I can hear the tune!