Have had the pleasure to see Frank Wakefield several times over the years. This is the best version I have heard. That fiddle player is a delight. Full of the joy of the joy that Frank intended.
Excellent work by everyone on this great picking tune! They are great players....especially Sharon Gilchrist ( a wonderful mandolin player too) who has a nice pulse and tasty variations in her bass lines.
Showing off all the capos, you mean? Not to take away from the stellar skill on display, in fact if anything that's precisely the thing. At that skill level B flat major is one of the easier keys even without a capo. Only a complete beginner will be discouraged by a mere two flats in the signature. (And on the violin B flat major is one of the first four or five scales every student learns. The lowest string is a G, so that is literally the easiest key to play a full two octaves in without leaving first position. And B flat major is just G minor. Again, Ms Haas is amazing to put it mildly, but she could probably improvise in this key as a toddler in her sleep.)
Don't get me wrong. This is a great tune. Can we talk about the name though? Why did he have to name it? New camptown races?.... There's the Bob Wills School of naming things where he would just stick new in front of something and add words to it, but the melody would stay the same. I just really like camptown races... This has nothing to do with that song lol
Some hella playing here. One of the best tunes too!
Have had the pleasure to see Frank Wakefield several times over the years. This is the best version I have heard. That fiddle player is a delight. Full of the joy of the joy that Frank intended.
I finally just played this on my guitar, at full speed with him. Dang that took a long time
Was there that night. Heck of a show! Some of the best in Bluegrass on that stage.
Wow! Everybody's having a good time. Fantastic!
Nice Work Bill, Tony and Eric and the rest of the crew on the sound and video production!
Man, what a great job you all did playing that. Added to favorites as soon as I got done listening!
That was HUMMING! Great video and great picking all around. Thanks Bill! A-PLUS!
Excellent work by everyone on this great picking tune! They are great players....especially Sharon Gilchrist ( a wonderful mandolin player too) who has a nice pulse and tasty variations in her bass lines.
Fantastic!! All in great balance,would have loved to see this live,Thanks for posting this!
great tune!
Absolutely fantastic
That ending he did on that mandolin! 😊
Ending is a spin on BlackBerry blossom.
tyler grant with the tasty guitar break!
and the stone face (-:
I've never seen such beautiful people in all my life!!!
Fuck yeah!!!! I apologize for the profanity but I couldn't help myself, this is amazing,
+TakingUp Serpents I love each and everyone of you!
Lovely
Very well, very well.
...in B-flat, 'cause we're just showin' off!
Showing off all the capos, you mean?
Not to take away from the stellar skill on display, in fact if anything that's precisely the thing. At that skill level B flat major is one of the easier keys even without a capo. Only a complete beginner will be discouraged by a mere two flats in the signature.
(And on the violin B flat major is one of the first four or five scales every student learns. The lowest string is a G, so that is literally the easiest key to play a full two octaves in without leaving first position. And B flat major is just G minor. Again, Ms Haas is amazing to put it mildly, but she could probably improvise in this key as a toddler in her sleep.)
Then why are the guitars, banjo and resonator all capoed?
What kind of mics are those?
Made by Audix. Don't know the model #.
Don't get me wrong. This is a great tune. Can we talk about the name though? Why did he have to name it? New camptown races?.... There's the Bob Wills School of naming things where he would just stick new in front of something and add words to it, but the melody would stay the same. I just really like camptown races... This has nothing to do with that song lol
why do bassists never get solos!?!?!?! guh!
Nobody chops like Rob, nobody.
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i do not recognize this tune.
If you ask me, it's being played too fast.
We didn't
too strong
You're just too weak.