Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers live at Jazz Fest playing the most smokin' OBS I've ever seen or heard, live or recorded. Nicky Sanders on fiddle is amazing!
I've heard, and played myself, countless iterations of Orange Blossom Special, but never have I seen it taken to this level. Nicky Sanders did, indeed, *smoke* it! And King Tut was the icing on the cake.
the steep canyon rangers are amazing in every sense, ncky sanders almost set that fiddle on fire! steve martin of course has proved his merits with the banjo. the day i see him pick the banjo will be the day my heart stops.
In 1978 I saw Steve Martin at Pine Knob in Michigan. After the first twenty minutes, and I'm not exaggerating, everyone was bent over and a few people had dropped out of their seats into the aisle. We had been laughing so hard for so long we were begging him to stop. He sang King Tut on roller skates that night.
I love Steve. He is hilarious. I also appreciate how he can stand in the back , if need be, and give someone else the spotlight: the fiddle man. Very cool. Of course I love King Tut, too. Wild and crazy!
In the middle of a pandemic, I get to listen to my childhood memory of when Steve Martin came out on the SNL stage and played this for the first time...
Watching this video for the first a bit after you, in similar circumstance. A song of motion, freedom, and expectation in the middle of a time where all three seem in short supply.
People have asked, so I googled: The fiddler is Nicky Sanders. Classically trained as a youngster, concertmaster of a youth symphony. Has a B. A. in violin performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston. I saw the Rangers play (sans Steve Martin) at the California Bluegrass Association's annual Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley, CA, in 2012. Nicky blew the audience away! Nicky was also an instructor in the pre-festival campout. Seems like a nice guy.
I triple dog dare anyone to listen to that version of Orange Blossom Special and keep both feet completely still all the way through to the end... It can't be done.
I know he's funny in his past, an art collector right now....but he's always been a dedicated banjo player and for that, I've always respected and loved him.
King Tut was the most played 45 on our juke box in our rec. room back in the late 70's. I was in 2nd grade in 79'. Grew my hair long so I could have a fat afro to accent my sweet wide leg jeans and velour shirt!
I have the most respect for Mr Martin since I discovered his love for the banjo. I admired him for his movies but in my estimation he is now on a plane with what you all call God.
Excuse myself my American friends, I am a gentleman from England and my music tastes are very wide ranging. I love this (Bluegrass) music. Wonderful to share other peoples cultures and tastes in music. The fiddle player is superb! Also something about the deep south. In England we have a thousand years of history, but I love America also. Have a nice day to all the American people. Regards, David from England.....
Doctor Dolittle, be well, friend. As a desert rat born and raised on the West Bank of the Rio Grande river in New Mexico, I have discovered that true friends enjoy (or hate) every moment of life together. Those moments may be our last...
While bluegrass is an American music form, it has roots in traditional folk music from the British Isles, which settlers from Scotland, England, and Ireland brought to Appalachia.
@kingofthemooners09 Great! Hope everyone there enjoyed it. I will always wonder how many people go to see Steve Martin the comedian, and leave with more appreciation for good blue grass music because of Steve Martin the banjo player and a great blue grass band.
Man, there is nothing like the feeling of playing with other musicians in front of a great audience that elevates everyone present to a fine tuned mutual experience of ecstasy other than being there as a whiteness which is the exact same feeling. Musicians and audience alike feel the same thing and it’s wonderful. Music brings people together like nothing else.
Orage Blossom Special was damn fine, but when they segued into "King Tut" I almost laughed my ass off. "Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia." That's inspired lyrics!
G.W. Macdonald, Nicky Sanders is a virtuoso violinist, classically trained and comfortable in a variety of genres. He references several classical pieces in this set. I guess you could say he has more than one string to his bow. Those train hooter sounds are spectacular . . .
Thanks for this - shame King Tut was cut off at the end. And wow those glitches were annoying, any way to just edit that? Anyway, great to see Steve Martin still playing (probably the most underrated banjo player ever due to his fame elsewhere) and that violin player was outstanding. Also love that Martin doesn't mind going back to something like "King Tut" (even though he's no doubt sick to death of it) as he knows people will still get a charge from that. King Tut goes Bayou - gotta love it!
Those "glitches" happen when someone is recording video and without stopping the video, takes photos mid record. They drive me crazy too. Wish there was a way tech could get past it, but every phone I've ever had did the same, though to a lesser degree. Still annoying, but unfixable that I know of.
it's unAmerican to dislike this.
How can anyone NOT like this music?
I've heard, and played myself, countless iterations of Orange Blossom Special, but never have I seen it taken to this level. Nicky Sanders did, indeed, *smoke* it!
And King Tut was the icing on the cake.
Stunning fiddle playing.
Steve Martin has been a musician since the 70's, he's awesome with the banjo!
Ay, ay, guys with all those lunatic improvisations and speed you are kiling the beauty of the original melody...!!
the steep canyon rangers are amazing in every sense, ncky sanders almost set that fiddle on fire! steve martin of course has proved his merits with the banjo. the day i see him pick the banjo will be the day my heart stops.
can't help but seeing Steve with an arrow ?? the man is so talented, along with his friends.
It's a miracle that Mr. Sanders' fiddle didn't burst into flame! What a performance! The very best OBS I've EVER heard! WOW!!!:)
In 1978 I saw Steve Martin at Pine Knob in Michigan. After the first twenty minutes, and I'm not exaggerating, everyone was bent over and a few people had dropped out of their seats into the aisle. We had been laughing so hard for so long we were begging him to stop. He sang King Tut on roller skates that night.
Michael cleveland and dal Ann Bradley 1999
Michal cleveland wit dale ann Bradley in 1999 live
My dad's law partner went to college with him and told him he wasn't funny he was just weird. Guess who's laughing now. 🤣
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D USE THIS IN A SENTENCE, "HE'S THE JIMI HENDRIK OF THE FIDDLE".
"Nicky Sanders on fiddle is amazing!" understatement. Fucking incredible.
*now that's ONE MEAN FIDDLER!* ... pretty good pickin' too. ... :^)
I love Steve. He is hilarious. I also appreciate how he can stand in the back , if need be, and give someone else the spotlight: the fiddle man. Very cool. Of course I love King Tut, too. Wild and crazy!
Bluegrass King Tut!! Only Steve Martin!🤣🤣🤣
WWWOOOWWWW!!!! That fiddle player is amazing!
That’s got the be the BEST fiddle playing I’ve heard!!! 😮😮❤
In the middle of a pandemic, I get to listen to my childhood memory of when Steve Martin came out on the SNL stage and played this for the first time...
Watching this video for the first a bit after you, in similar circumstance. A song of motion, freedom, and expectation in the middle of a time where all three seem in short supply.
I was in a motel on a class trip to Washington DC. You could walk across the parking lot and hear SNL; everyone was watching!
It's old and it's gold.
I was there too, great show!
totally awesome! thank you for posting :D
People have asked, so I googled:
The fiddler is Nicky Sanders. Classically trained as a youngster, concertmaster of a youth symphony. Has a B. A. in violin performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston. I saw the Rangers play (sans Steve Martin) at the California Bluegrass Association's annual Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley, CA, in 2012. Nicky blew the audience away! Nicky was also an instructor in the pre-festival campout. Seems like a nice guy.
Steve Martin is a versatile artist with a comedic twist. Fortunate to be around during his era of SNL with many comedy geniuses!
That was back when SNL was actually funny.
@@vjgrevem oh. here we go. I'm sure you're a comic master
@@gerrydooley951 I do believe I could do better than most of the writers on the show for the past decade or more. It wouldn't be hard.
@@vjgrevem well, I'm very impressed with your postings on youtube
@@gerrydooley951 I'm quite proud of them - thanks!
I triple dog dare anyone to listen to that version of Orange Blossom Special and keep both feet completely still all the way through to the end... It can't be done.
As a double amputee, I find your remark offensive.
So your feet have already danced on down the road...
Ich lach mich kaput !!!
Stomp us a chorus Jed!
Not sure I couldn't listen to this and not end up losing my driver's license!
You can tell this is where his heart is, that comedy stuff just paid the bills
Nicky Sanders is beyond amazing. So much energy. His version is the best ever. In my opinion.
Who the hell is that fiddle player?!?!? He's freaking amazing!!!!!
Nikki Sanders
Think it's me.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Sanders
Love how he quotes the Bach Partita towards the beginning
I am 68 yrs. old....I have seen a lot of fiddle players in my life....but this is really something special. Thanks for posting!
Great jam!!
There is not a better anti-depressant on the market than this music
Damn right!
That's no joke.
Scientists are quaking
Where's the lie?
Zydeco does a good job at that as well...... if you can listen to either and be sad, there IS something wrong, get help.
Fantastic fiddle playing.
Mr. Martin can play the hell outta that banjer.....
A terrific video!
thanks for the 360~~~
Steve is always fun to watch, but the fiddler here is awesome!
I have just discovered Nicky Sanders...................................................................................OMG
I know he's funny in his past, an art collector right now....but he's always been a dedicated banjo player and for that, I've always respected and loved him.
This song is the standard for all fiddlers. The fiddle can spit out notes faster than any other bluegrass instrument.
Steve Martin is a genius. What a artist in everything he does.
What can't he do ?????
@@johnr3603 I hear he was only a fair to middlin weight guesser. :)
How many people do you know of with a Grammy awards for Comedy AND Bluegrass?
That fiddler was the star of that song
the phone books are here!!!!
Obviously music is good. Fiddler is amazing! Steve is always great to watch. King Tut: He gave his life for.....tourism. I love Steve Martin!
I love the train sound he is making with singing and playing violin at the same time!! (1:42)
Me too! Got me wanting to do it too
It's a fiddle!🎻🎻😂😂😂😂
Me too! He is so great! And Mr Steve Martin!!!! 😀
I think he's just opening his mouth and letting the sound of the violin resonate in his throat.
@@patmcleish2079 nah, you can hear him singing if you listen closely
Doug Kershaw needs a mention he's amazing the ragin' Cajun
If I could play the fiddle like that, I would never be alone again.
+Sam Harper I think that fiddle almost caught fire
+Sam Harper Oh, you'd be alone simply because you'd have to spend every last minute practicing!
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It would be would be worth it to connect to you soul.......................
Donald Burgio Gotta go down to da crossroad....?...
Should be entitled Nicky Sanders playing Orange Blossom Special.....
That is one crazy good violin player!
AKA " La reel du train" here in Quebec!
"...and fire flew from his fingertips as he rosened up his bow!".....DANG!!!!
Fabulous!
"He gave his life for tourism."
I'm 63 or 4, does it matter? Steve Martin is the funniest and most musically talented person I've EVER been entertained by.. XOX Steve! ;)
Steve, let's get small....real small!
Name a fiddle player, living or passed on, who is better than Nicky Sanders. I betcha can't. Pure BRILLIANCE!!!!
Nicky Sanders is awesome, Seen him last night on PBS with Steve. Great
Steve Martin playing "Orange Blossom Special"? Where, when, did I miss something?
The difference between a violin and a fiddle. A violin has strings. A fiddle? Well a fiddle has strangs!!!!
Listening to Nicky Sanders is a spiritual experience.
Nicky Sanders sure made the train whistle sound real !!!
How is that POSSIBLE..amazing ❤❤
Dreadful camera work, but the music is great!!
WOW!
Nicky Sanders playing the fiddle, and YES, he did play Norwegian Wood ! Awesome !
What was the other piece he referenced? It was a classical one - Edvard Grieg?
@@anitaadvani8464 It's "Sabre Dance," composed by Aram Khachaturian
th-cam.com/video/gqg3l3r_DRI/w-d-xo.html
@@anitaadvani8464 If you mean at 7:02, it was Hatchaturians "Sword dance"
What a delight!
awesome!
Dang!! That says it all. Dang!❤
I had the King Tut 45.
Ask your parents kids.
PhiltheMachinist I have the 8-track tape
Steve is a favorite, but the fiddler stole the show. What talent!
Steve Martin is PRO banjo man
King Tut was the most played 45 on our juke box in our rec. room back in the late 70's. I was in 2nd grade in 79'. Grew my hair long so I could have a fat afro to accent my sweet wide leg jeans and velour shirt!
steve is a once in a life time talent
Good music, talented band, but did these guys not like each other or something?
I have the most respect for Mr Martin since I discovered his love for the banjo. I admired him for his movies but in my estimation he is now on a plane with what you all call God.
I think people forget what a great banjo player Steve is!!
I saw years ago where he played the banjo. But I didnt know he performed at places like this.
steve martin = genius. comedic. musical. sigh!!!! love him.
Friggin' AWESOME!!!... Nicky Sanders
Excuse myself my American friends, I am a gentleman from England and my music tastes are very wide ranging. I love this (Bluegrass) music. Wonderful to share other peoples cultures and tastes in music. The fiddle player is superb! Also something about the deep south. In England we have a thousand years of history, but I love America also. Have a nice day to all the American people. Regards, David from England.....
Be sure to listen to the other music on youtube with Steve Martin and the Deep Canyon Rangers! They are awesome together!
Doctor Dolittle, be well, friend. As a desert rat born and raised on the West Bank of the Rio Grande river in New Mexico, I have discovered that true friends enjoy (or hate) every moment of life together. Those moments may be our last...
bluegrass one of the true American art forms
While bluegrass is an American music form, it has roots in traditional folk music from the British Isles, which settlers from Scotland, England, and Ireland brought to Appalachia.
Steve, when are you going to start looking older???? I truly believe you have found the Fountain of Youth.
Look up OBS by a 70s band named Seatrain. It is positively unhinged. The fiddle player was named Richard Greene. Still is, I guess.
SMOKIN' RENDITION FELLAS!!
That was just beautiful!!
@NightLynxX its a great song! many famous ones have sang this or played it..Johnny Cash hank snow..many more..
very nice video, I love this mastery of speed, superb and very beautiful music.
a wild and crazy guy
@kingofthemooners09
Great! Hope everyone there enjoyed it. I will always wonder how many people go to see Steve Martin the comedian, and leave with more appreciation for good blue grass music because of Steve Martin the banjo player and a great blue grass band.
Man, there is nothing like the feeling of playing with other musicians in front of a great audience that elevates everyone present to a fine tuned mutual experience of ecstasy other than being there as a whiteness which is the exact same feeling. Musicians and audience alike feel the same thing and it’s wonderful. Music brings people together like nothing else.
It helps that his hair turned grey when he was 24.
I am blown away by the Orange Blossom Special!
Some bits of this sound like they could have been lifted straight off 'Baba O'Riley'. Fabulous stuff!
Stevie Donnelly Good to know I'm not alone in hearing that.
The Who
Totally insane fiddle!!!!!
Orage Blossom Special was damn fine, but when they segued into "King Tut" I almost laughed my ass off. "Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia." That's inspired lyrics!
The crowd reaction was something else.
After all these years, I hope you have learned he is a "fiddle player" not violin.
G.W. Macdonald, Nicky Sanders is a virtuoso violinist, classically trained and comfortable in a variety of genres. He references several classical pieces in this set. I guess you could say he has more than one string to his bow. Those train hooter sounds are spectacular . . .
Dang that boy can fiddle!
I also Roy Clark's rendition of Orange Blossom Special performed in Russia!
Somebody call the fire department! That fiddle is gonna catch on fire!
@colliedogboy - that's because SteveMartin was a musician way before he was a Hollywood star :-) I like it, too. I think he's a Real Normal Guy.
Good "train sounds".
Great OBS but I had no idea they included King Tut in their show. I only wish it wasn't cut off!
Thanks for this - shame King Tut was cut off at the end. And wow those glitches were annoying, any way to just edit that? Anyway, great to see Steve Martin still playing (probably the most underrated banjo player ever due to his fame elsewhere) and that violin player was outstanding. Also love that Martin doesn't mind going back to something like "King Tut" (even though he's no doubt sick to death of it) as he knows people will still get a charge from that. King Tut goes Bayou - gotta love it!
Those "glitches" happen when someone is recording video and without stopping the video, takes photos mid record. They drive me crazy too. Wish there was a way tech could get past it, but every phone I've ever had did the same, though to a lesser degree. Still annoying, but unfixable that I know of.