I am a tremendous fan of Tuba Skinny I can't get enough, but this one takes the gold medal. I have watched and listened to it many many times yet every time my tears flow like Niagara Falls. They are NOT tears of sadness but tears of joy. I say to the group you have made an 85 year old man feel 25 again. Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am 85 and even though I plan to live for many more years my kids know that I want this one played at my funeral.

The best thing about New Orleans, is you walk along and find this traditional music ,and you know you came to the right place.

Bravo tubaskinny and the internet allowing us to beautiful music

I really love this woman’s voice.

I'm forever hooked and addicted to tuba skinny.

If you don't love this band & they're music you are dead inside. LOVE them all!

I think this (Closer Walk with Thee) is my favorite of all they play. I keep coming back to hear it again and again.

Thank the Lord for Tuba Skinny

Beautiful rendition! The brass harmony is second to none!

Having just found them, I fully know I would sit and listen ALL day and not move at all

Don't know what's wrong with those that thumb downed this video. But watching and listening to this makes me wish I were privileged to be there taking this in in person on such a beautiful day. This is the life!

She sings without a microphone. So immediate and raw. Absolutely damn lovely. 😎👌

Her voice is so absolutely beautiful

I love the nonchalant way they the make fantastic music Just demonstrates their amazing talent

Reminds me of going to my Baptist church with my mother. Great long a go memories. Thanks

I’ve heard this song many times, but never done so well as this. Fantastic!

It's amazing how people go by and don't stop to listen to these beautiful melodies that invite you to listen or dance. Excellent musicians

I watch every Tuba Skinny video in fascination, unreal talent! That voice ❤️

Just can’t get enough of this superb band !! Love “closer walk” and “ yes sir, that’s my baby” Eddie no 1 fan !!

Have never heard a better version of this classic.... love them all!

How I wish my Dad was here to hear this.

Only just discovered this wonderful, authentic band that is Tuba Skinny! I'm telling all my friends about this music - it is so well played and sung. Shaye and Erika are fantastic, but the strength of the group is their ensemble playing. We must support them through this difficult pandemic, and hope that they with come to play in the UK in 2021. Keep playing Tuba Skinny !! We LOVE it!

Fantastic! Tears in my eyes.

What combined talent. Music for the soul. Long live Tuba Skinny.

That clarinet player rates up there with Pete Fountain. love them all.

One of the best versions of "Just a Closer Walk with Thou", if not the best, full of sensitivity. I would very much like it to be played the day I leave for a better world.

Luxury to be awake in the middle of the night, 5 000 miles away from you (Sweden), and enjoy what you are playing. You are all great. As someone else wrote: "my father would have loved this" but that goes for me as well (I am 67).

Surprised but thrilled to hear Tuba Skinny play this. They tend to avoid the tunes that all the other jazz bands play. But even with this one they have so much to teach us: the tempo, the trombone statement of the theme, the lovely harmonising such as Shaye's in the second Chorus, and Erika's wonderful rubatos - in her 'Owl Call Blues' voice. Never heard it performed better.

Just found these guys am totally hooked

One of the best renditions I have heard. Could listen all day an all night.

I just happened upon this video. Never heard of Tuba Skinny before but immediately I was captivated. Excellent group of musicians. Such a lazy tempo which grabs you and won't let you go.

Some of the very best I have ever heard in my soon 74 years jazz-listened, mange tak Tuba Skinny, så godt!!, tak

In my 75 year love affair with Dixieland Jazz - and any music from NOLA - I don't think I've ever heard a performance better than this one. Wow... is it over already? I wish it were longer. Thanks. Ed

Of all the versions of this song, this is my favorite. Just love it. ❤️

Given this tune, Barnabus Jones is the winner of the most appropriately dressed Tuba Skinny band member award. I just returned yesterday from the two Hillsdale shows given in New York. The country-side around the Taconic State Parkway leads you to some of the most lovely and well hidden of New York State places. Not since my many years ago trips to New Orleans and the occasions to hear the Neville Brothers have I been happier to stumble upon such wonderful music.

Top - Super - best music I ever heard!

This woman has such a natural talent for blues and dixie. YOU CAN NOT TEACH TALENT. It is born into a person and nurtured.

Non ho parole....Siete una meravigliosa orchestra!!👍👍👍💖💖💖🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

As a 50 year old male, is it too late and strange to want to be a groupie for these guys? 😬😉 Because I could listen to them all day long and find nothing but peace and contentment! Thank you TS!!!

My favorite rendition of this song. They're the best!

Tuba Skinny is the best! Special congratulations to Shayne and Erica!

I love Craig Flory he puts so much into his music. This whole band is amazing...

What a band, but that voice: No mic, recorded by a cell phone at a distance, and yet still angels weep.

If my Mom were still alive, I know she would love this!

Brilliant! Now that's jazz.

One of my favorite songs, especially this rendition. The vocals are hauntingly beautiful.

789k views and only 2.8k upvotes? Who else is listening to this every morning?

Just stumbled on to this site. WOW.. they have another fan. Love from Scotland

So good gospel is often ignored sadly and there are so many wonderful pieces of music to be enjoyed. Thank you for your music ......

Immense Shaye, Immense Erika, Immense Barnabus, Immense Tuba Skinny I hope u feel how much we love YOU all !!!!

Australia here - thanks a million for "the great American songbook". Whty an amazing culture you have. OK, kudos over.....go.......create more!!!!!! MAGA!

I miss New Orleans so much. Lived there til Katrina blew my world apart. ALL MUSIC ALL THE TIME.....and the occasional dancin'.

Thanks for koming to my vith yor musik 🇩🇰

The way Erika sings this is amazing. Its like a beat behind the way I've heard it so many times. Really beautiful even with the garbage trucks..

this is the best version of this song i've heard

The singer is beautiful but when she smiles (not often enough) she is just radiant! Yes yes she is. Please smile more often and my heart will absolutely melt. 😍😘

This isTuba Skinny at their very best

Just love this music....Lets go to New Orleans!!!!!!!!

amazing! I'm feeling glad listening to this music

...why go to the ends of the earth when Al brings it to us... brings tears to the eyes...best one yet.

I just recently discovered this amazing group. I feel extremely lucky for having done so. This particular selection always brings on the tears, but they are tears of joy. I am amazed by the people walking by who are completely oblivious to these magnificent performances. There are those who are so mixed up in those daily little messes that they call their lives they can't appreciate anything. They have my sympathy. One more thought, despite the great number of after I was born before she was and almost 2000 miles between us I love Shaye Cohn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a beautiful voice and this band it's perfect harmony with each other. Great Job!

This is just fantastic. I've been binge listening, can't get enough!!

cannot stop watching this - at least once a day - so very good

Cuanta belleza, cuanto talento, cuanto entusiasmo...gracias TUBA por estos videos únicos y espectaculares. . .!!

Jazz cats showing respect to the spirituals...thank you! You guys rule,

Love this music, didn't know about it till a week ago love it. Its so alive.

Es una de las más maravillosas interpretaciones que he oido jamás. Gracias Tuba Skinny y gracias Erika.

I think this is the best version ever and they are fantastic......

Wow! Wow! Just beautiful. Thanks for giving us this video - excellent filming & sound.

Thanks again. More Gospel please. God bless you all 🙏😉

Just had my heart squeezed by a powerful fist....made my eyes water.

Great clarinet playing. One of the rare cases where vibrato seems to be appropriate.

Nothing better than this!!!!

Always a joy to stop and listen - in person or on my phone from afar.

I`m back November 2019....still the best version I know

Such a lovely serenade,just melts my HEARD 👍🎩

A soulful tune, played and sung most beautifully. A great band, Tuba Skinny you’re the best. Thank you.

Just great , AGAIN, as usual! Makes me sad though & reminds me of both my parents who are now gone…but waiting for me.

Part of the magic that is New Orleans is it's music. You will likely hear better music on the street than you would in a club.Love that town.

Love this band and their music!

That was superb. George Lewis and other old New Orleans greats would have been proud of this.

One of my favs. Love this version. Really wish I were watching this live with a beer

Fantastisk fin tolkning! Det kryper efter ryggen på mig. Tack Erika!

Just bloody stunning .. has 'Closer Walk' ever been closer to heaven ? No wonder it's at over 700,000 views. Only Jason Lawrence on 6 string banjo & Robin Rapuzzi on washboard , w/ Todd Burton's tuba backing it, but each a perfect compliment to those glorious horns - Craig Flory, Clarinet - the Shaye Cohn, cornet - smooth Barnabus Jones on tbone. And Erica Lewis lets her heart sing !!! Ten years ago they dreamed they wanted a 'brass band'; five years ago, a sunny day busking in New Orleans.

I see many here longing the see Face to Face of our Lord Jesus! When He calls you, you will be with angels surrounding you in Glory. This is one of my favorites too. Lia.

LOVE Tuba Skinny!

A top saund , thansk for komming to my in my " littel "World . 🇩🇰

Wow, this is five stars. Love this band. 👏

Einfach fantastisch gespielt! Mit unglaublich viel Gefühl. Best Interpretation i‘ve heart. Great thanks

JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH...SHAYE !!!!!!!!! GREAT PERFORMANCE

This is the best performance I've heard of this classic. How wonderful, then, to have such a good record of it: crisp audio and most of the band sitting in open shade. Wonderful.

Tuba Skinny Это прекрасный Jazz это проффи это красиво слушать.

Makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Perfection. Love you all.

Love this jazz. So does the Dog in the background.

As was mentioned, I could listen to Tuba Skinny all day and never tire from enjoyiing it. How I wish I learned to play the slide trombone in my youth. If I had I know where I would be today.

awesome!

From Birmingham UK.Thank You

I have heard nearly all the old bands, but TubaSkinny is the best in the th traditional style.