He’s Blind and only has 20 % hearing in his left ear and 75% in his right ear and he’s by far one of the best damn musician’s I’ve ever come across! What a shot of gratitude, humility and love! Thank you God for blessing us with a Micheal Cleveland 🤘🏻🎻
Anyone that would give this a thumbs down is either extremely jealous or just doesn't know anything about music, Michael Cleveland is one of the best fiddle players in the world 🎻 👍 🇺🇸.
I agree totally! There are a lot of really good fiddle players in this country and I have heard a recorded quite a few. NOBODY IS AS GREAT OVERALL AS MICHAEL ... Period!
Michael will always be the GOAT. This is of course partially due to his amazing skill but even moreso due to his simple and honest love of music and why he performs. He’s played OBS who knows, hundreds of times, but wants to do it better each time and still sincerely loves to play it to bless those who hear it. (
Good Lord this young man is cooking’ ! I mean absolutely wearing that fiddle off of the fret board! Effortlessly I might add. Never breaks a sweat. If that were me I’d soaked in sweet. That young man is working that fiddle. Make no mistake about it. Talent like that only comes around every one or two generations at best. We are Blessed to hear this fella play!
One of my favorite parts of this is immediately after finishing he automatically fine tunes a string unconsciously while listening to the applause. A true musician. The string must have been bugging him during the piece... haha
Please come here to Belfast you will flood all of ever Hall, and trust me, you will, now that I have told everyone about your playing. You a hot favourite.
Holy shit, thats some fiddle playing. We have some fine fiddle players in Ireland, but this lad is taking it to a new level. Dont even know what this kind of music is called. I love it...
Hello there, this beautiful music is bluegrass It gets its roots from Ireland. Here in the Appalachian mountains we took the music of our Irish kin folk and added a little juice to it. Much love too you and yours from an Appalachian hillbilly with Irish roots.
@@hillbillynomad6697 Wow thank you very much. Thats very interesting. I will be looking up a lot more of this bluegrass as I cant get enough of it. Wish you and yours peace and love...Thanks once again..
i don’t know anything about fiddle or anything about this musician first time fore me.This is awesome 👏 God bless him and heal him in Jesus mighty name amen 🙏
Just got home from watching him play at a bluegrass festival in Brown County, Ohio. I had not heard his name before tonight. I'm a fan for life now💯 This man is unbelievable in person, this video is great but does him no justice!
Thank you, oh sooo much, Michael Cleveland, you are a godsend for sure. I never would have guessed you are blind. You are a fine gentleman and highly gifted musician.
Thank you God for blessing us with this talent and wonderful man best version ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That boy is blessed in so many ways. Sight may not be on the list but God almighty that boy can play the fiddle. I don’t think I’ve ever heard such perfection in my life. I am floored by his talent. Bless him✌🏻❤️❤️🇺🇸
If what he just played was written on sheet music, I wouldn’t know where to even start… He’s always been one of my favorite fiddle players, probably the best of all time really.
I play violin and this guy is AMAZING. I'd about sell my soul to be able to play like that. This video just made me smile. KEEP ON FIDDLIN!! Dang, son!
Unchain Your Dog ... I understand the expression, but i dunno if that'd work. This dude plays with his soul as rosin. Amazing indeed, keep on fiddlin from that good place :j
Just now heard this. How did I miss. This guy makes us hear and feel the steel rails of the old passenger trains with the shark nose diesels and the swaying of those old Pullmans.
O M G !!!!!!!! The speed of that man is UN FRIGGIN BELIEVABLE!!! I've heard orange blossom special from a bunch of performers and this is far and away the most amazing rendition ever. I'm still stunned! Roy Clark can play, but I'm sorry, he doesn't hold a candle to this. Absolute crystal clarity and speed that makes me think a worm hole might open up above his fiddle.
I too have heard LOTS of people and LOTS of versions of OBS. Until Michael my favorite was done by Charlie Daniels. This man can SCHOOL Charlie Daniels on how to fiddle :)
Had the pleasure of seeing Michael and the FlameKeepers in Galax, VA, in July 2019, for my birthday. Is it any wonder this amazing man has been bluegrass fiddler of the year 12 times? I mean, come on!!! Outstanding talent!
I listened to the album version of this 10 times tonight. I've never heard more joy, inspiration, passion or love toward a song in my life. Thank you Michael, you're one in a billion. The greatest fiddler in the world.
Just picked up the fiddle at age 56. Lifer musician, pianist by trade and trust me, he's good! It's not something I'll be attempting anytime soon. No need for any negativity re performance. I'd be thrilled to be half as good on this piece!
3:10 HE DOES THAT CHORD YES so many people don't. not to mention his skill and spirit are incredible. I'm frigging blown away by this guy. Cleveland: unparalleled. Seriously, this made me cry.
Wow, just saw him on Woodsongs. How did I miss him. Have been more into bluegrass in the last few years. Hope to see him and his band in person one day. ☺
Michael you are the best I have ever seen with my own eyes, and I heard your blind. To get to that level seeing takes years and you did it way less than those who can see. Darn I would love to know how you did it. I can play all woodwind instruments, but listening to you, has blown me away, trust me. Love you and your music in a way only you can tell, by me sending this to you.
I listen to this young man play this song every day since I discovered it and him. Micheal Cleveland is the best in the world. He is the king. No one can touch him. Probably the best to ever pick up a fiddle. At the very least, he is the best I have ever heard and I’ve damn near heard em all. He doesn’t even break a sweat while playing one of the most difficult fiddle tunes known to mankind. I read on his webpage the other day that he will be in a small Alabama town called Atmore which is the home of the Porch Creek Band of the Choctaw Indian Nation. Their Reservation is most likely where he will be putting on a clinic. I’m going to make every effort to go pay my respects to this fiddle player. Yall should too!
Had the pleasure of watching this man perform with his band Flamekeeper and special guest Kenny Sidle what an amazing experience it was. God has truly blessed all of these men!.
I met this man in person once, and my grandfather Mike (same name, even!) played a mandolin-fiddle duet right alongside this fella at the 2014/2015 New Year's Party in the hotel!
He’s Blind and only has 20 % hearing in his left ear and 75% in his right ear and he’s by far one of the best damn musician’s I’ve ever come across! What a shot of gratitude, humility and love! Thank you God for blessing us with a Micheal Cleveland 🤘🏻🎻
Amen!
Amen !
@@jackyblue67same10 Amen x 10 🙌🏻
And he’s an awesome dude!
Wow, epic!
I just can’t imagine anyone posting a negative comment about this young man. Best fiddling I’ve ever heard in my life.
that young man is 44
He is, by far, the very best fiddler to ever perform the Orange Blossom Special. EVER.
Everybody has a talent,, but this man’s talent as a musician runneth over. WOW.
Anyone that would give this a thumbs down is either extremely jealous or just doesn't know anything about music, Michael Cleveland is one of the best fiddle players in the world 🎻 👍 🇺🇸.
I agree totally! There are a lot of really good fiddle players in this country and I have heard a recorded quite a few. NOBODY IS AS GREAT OVERALL AS MICHAEL ... Period!
They are Idiots 🥸🥸🥸
If your gon play in Texas have this dude in your band.
Michael will always be the GOAT. This is of course partially due to his amazing skill but even moreso due to his simple and honest love of music and why he performs. He’s played OBS who knows, hundreds of times, but wants to do it better each time and still sincerely loves to play it to bless those who hear it. (
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how it's done. Bravo!
Exactly!!
I played with this guy at a jam session he is one of the best I have ever seen and a real nice guy as well.
Rick Crawford I bet he is a real nice Guy :) Thanks for the comment :)
He's wonderful to see at festivals because he is so kind and friendly to folks wanting to jam.
I bet people sell their souls to play half as good as this guy
I bet there are quiet a few
Could you keep up with his pace? He is so talented and to have the honor to play with him must be thrilling. 😊
You'll always remember.
God Dam Boy! Your Great! You Have A new Fan Here in Canada The Old Guy Tim!
How can 243 people give this incredible musician a thumbs down? Obviously people of limited musical knowledge!
Its ppl missing the button, just statistics🙂
❤
Obviously.
And very low self esteem.... this dude can play!
Do not give those people any thought they r lame and jealous
This level of passion is what makes true art.
I have played music for 50 years Michael is the best
you are absolutely right! Thanks for the nice comments :) Steve
First time I've heard this maestro play, flipping awesome.
i love the way he starts out playing faster than most can play, then keeps stepping it up, what a fiddle player this guy is ! wow just amazing
I always come back to this. Pumps me up better than a pot of coffee. True virtuosso.
Me too. I watch it while i cut an onion smiling
This man has mastered his instrument to the highest level.
He put blisters on the STRINGS!!!!!!!!!
I BET HE DID
! ... LOL
LOL ! Good comment man 👍🇺🇸.
My deepest Respect for this musician. Outstanding.
This is the song that gave him the inspiration to learn. ❤
SMOLEY HOKES this guy is beyond great, play on sir from a retired retired US Army Vietnam Vet thank you.
Wtf ur army nam bull s gotta do with anything? Freak !
My consciousness is wide open right now and all I'm receiving are images of trains. Ones that really have somewhere to be.
The world loves you, Mike .. keep playing great music
Kudos to the support instrumentalists for kindly playing the same thing on repeat for 5-minutes straight
He played that like it was a train with a full head of steam on a 10% down hill grade. Fast and Furious! Awesome job!
nmelkhunter1 Love your comment ! .... :) Thanks .........
+nmelkhunter1 Great description! Thanks for having a look and a listen to my videos ..... Steve
Water! This man is burning it up! SMOKING HOT!😊
Good Lord this young man is cooking’ !
I mean absolutely wearing that fiddle off of the fret board!
Effortlessly I might add. Never breaks a sweat. If that were me I’d soaked in sweet. That young man is working that fiddle. Make no mistake about it.
Talent like that only comes around every one or two generations at best.
We are Blessed to hear this fella play!
Having listened to many versions of the Orange Blossom Special, Michael Cleveland's version is, in my humble opinion, 😊 as good as it gets.
God blessed this young man with TALENT 😊
Absolutely amazing, God bless Michael Cleveland
One of my favorite parts of this is immediately after finishing he automatically fine tunes a string unconsciously while listening to the applause. A true musician. The string must have been bugging him during the piece... haha
good catch ....
His musicianship is incredible.
Please come here to Belfast you will flood all of ever Hall, and trust me, you will, now that I have told everyone about your playing. You a hot favourite.
I mean are you kidding? That's just ridiculously good. We can all go home now.
Bring water thIs man is burning it up! Smoking Hot!
If they'd a played one more minute, that fiddle woulda caught fire
Dixon7JB GREAT COMMENT ! thanks :)
I bet that drummer was glad when that was over!!!!!!
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Lol
Bradford, Not as mich as the guitar player! LOL!
Oh man he's a great player. That hurried flat out train driving
Holy shit, thats some fiddle playing. We have some fine fiddle players in Ireland, but this lad is taking it to a new level. Dont even know what this kind of music is called. I love it...
Hello there, this beautiful music is bluegrass It gets its roots from Ireland. Here in the Appalachian mountains we took the music of our Irish kin folk and added a little juice to it. Much love too you and yours from an Appalachian hillbilly with Irish roots.
@@hillbillynomad6697 Wow thank you very much. Thats very interesting. I will be looking up a lot more of this bluegrass as I cant get enough of it. Wish you and yours peace and love...Thanks once again..
If the Devil went to Georgia and met him, he would surely pack up and quickly leave.
And leave that Golden Fiddle at his feet in shame
Mr. Devil could save himself some time by watching this video, peeing his pants, and moving on. 👿
Them ain't Cookie's a-burnin that's devil's Butt up in cinders LoL
Matt Bronsil Devil was there at its birth: believe it!
The devil would lay a golden brick
Michael Cleveland I love listening to you non stop. Man your the best violinist I have ever heard. wow!!!!
i don’t know anything about fiddle or anything about this musician first time fore me.This is awesome 👏 God bless him and heal him in Jesus mighty name amen 🙏
Just got home from watching him play at a bluegrass festival in Brown County, Ohio. I had not heard his name before tonight. I'm a fan for life now💯 This man is unbelievable in person, this video is great but does him no justice!
Yes he is! Welcome to the club ;)
This man is a musical genius. His rendition of Orange Blossom Special is one that will never be equaled.
Thank you, oh sooo much, Michael Cleveland, you are a godsend for sure. I never would have guessed you are blind. You are a fine gentleman and highly gifted musician.
simply extraordinaire, great, a wonder, no words can express.
What a wild version. He made it his own.
Thank you God for blessing us with this talent and wonderful man best version ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That boy is blessed in so many ways. Sight may not be on the list but God almighty that boy can play the fiddle. I don’t think I’ve ever heard such perfection in my life. I am floored by his talent.
Bless him✌🏻❤️❤️🇺🇸
lol man you made laugh so hard ....
That was fantastic - wow - thks for sharing
welcome buddy!
The thought that 64 people put a "thumbs down" on this makes me wonder.... this guy is totally awsum!!!!
Music haters
Hard to understand.
The 144 thumbs down belong to only 10 people--they are ALL thumbs!
Joe Mahoney Now that was truly funny! Keep ‘em comin’ 😁
Genial! A very great music, from Spain
If what he just played was written on sheet music, I wouldn’t know where to even start…
He’s always been one of my favorite fiddle players, probably the best of all time really.
Rosin game is on point👌🏿. Playing is just as on point.
I play violin and this guy is AMAZING. I'd about sell my soul to be able to play like that. This video just made me smile. KEEP ON FIDDLIN!! Dang, son!
Unchain Your Dog ... I understand the expression, but i dunno if that'd work. This dude plays with his soul as rosin. Amazing indeed, keep on fiddlin from that good place :j
You'd have to go down to Georgia to get that done I hear
What a delicious treat this is! New fan!❤❤❤
Just now heard this. How did I miss. This guy makes us hear and feel the steel rails of the old passenger trains with the shark nose diesels and the swaying of those old Pullmans.
WOW! Gänsehaut pur! Absolut fantastisch!
O M G !!!!!!!! The speed of that man is UN FRIGGIN BELIEVABLE!!! I've heard orange blossom special from a bunch of performers and this is far and away the most amazing rendition ever. I'm still stunned! Roy Clark can play, but I'm sorry, he doesn't hold a candle to this. Absolute crystal clarity and speed that makes me think a worm hole might open up above his fiddle.
I too have heard LOTS of people and LOTS of versions of OBS. Until Michael my favorite was done by Charlie Daniels.
This man can SCHOOL Charlie Daniels on how to fiddle :)
Mr. Cleveland you make me ashamed to call myself a sighted person........ WOW !!
This guy absolutely nailed it, GREAT JOB!!
man, the way this guy plays, the train would be off the tracks!!!
The Universe is full of beautiful sights and sounds, and they converged here for us to enjoy. Thank you.
Woah! I think I saw smoke coming off of it
The way he catches onto a groove and then splits it into 8th and 16ths is Absolutely Anazing!!!
WOW, what a privilege it was listening to that!
Had the pleasure of seeing Michael and the FlameKeepers in Galax, VA, in July 2019, for my birthday. Is it any wonder this amazing man has been bluegrass fiddler of the year 12 times? I mean, come on!!! Outstanding talent!
WOW!!!!!!!! amazingly done the best fiddler I have ever heard without a doubt !!!!!!!
Awesome! Just plain outstanding, Michael. Nobody better. Period.
Goosebumps! Goosebumps! Goosebumps!
Excellent musical performance !
This boy is fire...us Hillbillies is loving it!
Can never get enough of this rendition...makes me feel ALIVE!
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why this guy has 10 IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year awards :)
His sweet smile as he absolutely demolishes that fiddle is so lovely
By far probably the best he’s got a gift only God could give him and he found it
I listened to the album version of this 10 times tonight. I've never heard more joy, inspiration, passion or love toward a song in my life. Thank you Michael, you're one in a billion. The greatest fiddler in the world.
Just picked up the fiddle at age 56. Lifer musician, pianist by trade and trust me, he's good! It's not something I'll be attempting anytime soon. No need for any negativity re performance. I'd be thrilled to be half as good on this piece!
3:10 HE DOES THAT CHORD
YES
so many people don't.
not to mention his skill and spirit are incredible.
I'm frigging blown away by this guy.
Cleveland: unparalleled.
Seriously, this made me cry.
But how does he do it? Sounds amazing!
Why don’t people do it? Sorry-I’m an Irish fiddler, don’t know this tune all that well!
Voilà un grand ARTISTE, très bonne interprétation, BRAVO!
This guy has so much endurance as a fiddle player, absolutely ripped it!
Amazing version....bravo!!!
Wow, just saw him on Woodsongs. How did I miss him. Have been more into bluegrass in the last few years. Hope to see him and his band in person one day. ☺
Fun kicking it up, no matter the time or place😉🇺🇲
The BEST ever! Doesn't matter what he plays, he sings from the other side!
DUDE!! That was blazing!! 👍👍
"When I was little and starting out this was one of my favorite songs" -legend
Oh my he just blew me away "" Very good "!!! Just gotta share this !!!
Had the honor of seeing/hearing this man in person.... Unbelievable on that fiddle.
Beautifully played !! My favorite song!! ❤
This young man is a violin Boss. Phenomenal talent and performance.
+Tina Clippinger YES ....He most certainly is THE BOSS LOL. thanks for your input Tina :) ..... Steve
Final boss
Michael you are the best I have ever seen with my own eyes, and I heard your blind. To get to that level seeing takes years and you did it way less than those who can see. Darn I would love to know how you did it. I can play all woodwind instruments, but listening to you, has blown me away, trust me. Love you and your music in a way only you can tell, by me sending this to you.
I love this guy! What a remarkable player!!!
Amazing wow, smoked that fiddle!
Uau!!!! Nunca ouvi um violino tocado com esta energia e intensidade! Fantástico!❤
I listen to this young man play this song every day since I discovered it and him.
Micheal Cleveland is the best in the world. He is the king. No one can touch him. Probably the best to ever pick up a fiddle. At the very least, he is the best I have ever heard and I’ve damn near heard em all.
He doesn’t even break a sweat while playing one of the most difficult fiddle tunes known to mankind.
I read on his webpage the other day that he will be in a small Alabama town called Atmore which is the home of the Porch Creek Band of the Choctaw Indian Nation. Their Reservation is most likely where he will be putting on a clinic.
I’m going to make every effort to go pay my respects to this fiddle player.
Yall should too!
Had the pleasure of watching this man perform with his band Flamekeeper and special guest Kenny Sidle what an amazing experience it was. God has truly blessed all of these men!.
An awesome talent
BEST FIDDLE PLAYER I HAVE EVER HEARD!!!!!!!!
B R A V O !
❤❤ thank you you are amazing ❤ makes me think of my granddady .he would play it for me on his fiddle
I met this man in person once, and my grandfather Mike (same name, even!) played a mandolin-fiddle duet right alongside this fella at the 2014/2015 New Year's Party in the hotel!
Wolfie Wolf How Cool that must have been to be there and see and hear that up close :)
Micheal Cleveland is one of the the best fiddling players of all time !!!