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This channel sets the bar for how a TH-cam channel and how TH-cam videos ought to be. An awesome mix of information, quality, entertainment, engagement, presentation, pace and overall production value and professionalism. Well done.
I for real thought for a minute that you were on drums and bass with a split screen (tiny phone). 😂 i was thinking, wow he is a pretty great drummer as well, then it was nice to learn he was your brother. Great jazz drumming my dude and congrats on the 'Peanuts' gig! ! Also, bro the 'Take Five' joke, corny as it was, totally got me 👍 so unexpected. Almost dropped my thanksgiving leftovers! And I personally am glad the had Linus recite that bible verse, just makes it all that much more grounded.
This was incredible. I’d actually never heard this album until last Christmas and instantly fell in love with it. Now I love it even more with your breakdown. Your videos are truly the best music based videos on the internet!
Thank you for this! Like many families, my family would play this at Christmas, and it worked well not just for the Charlie Brown nostalgia, but also just as a good jazz album in general, especially the second half after the more popular songs, and it does feel chill and relaxing and puts me at peace. And as a kid, I wanted to write a fan letter to Vince Guaraldi to thank him for this album, but was disappointed when I found out he died several years before I was born.
Digging in the grates lore goes crazy. Your brother is also a great musician?? Crazy. Nothing but smiles and joy with this video bro, thanks🫰🏼🤙🏼 Happy thanksgiving🇹🇷
Sometimes I hear Guaraldi-isms in Robert Glasper’s playing. It’s a shame Vince passed away so young and this album was his only magnum opus. Yet another Bay Area musician for me to proud of. RIP Vince Guaraldi
Charlie Brown Christmas is an exercise in authenticity. You could get into a whole discussion of "what is authentic?" But the amateur voices, 3 piece music, and whimsical story all just feel like childhood. They feel like bottled nostalgia.
Okay its official, your channel and polyphonic are doing the lords work over here. Just blessing our feeds with such killer quality content. That peanuts intro was stellar!
I guarantee you that this Digging The Greats episode will be the best holiday special that I watch this season. I have a feeling that many other people will feel that way too.
The creator of Peanuts actually lived near my hometown, Santa Rosa… he built an airport and ice skating rink here, and there’s random peanut statues scattered throughout the town
Man the quality on this video is HUGE. Love having the piano player deconstruct the harmony of the theory behind Christmas Time Is Here. So on point! Keep this up man. Great stuff 10/10
I absolutely love this! This was super well done. Thank you for taking the time to research and put this all together. More people need to know the genius that is Vince Guaraldi
Yay!! My favorite Christmas soundtrack! I've watched this every Christmas Eve, and now I make my kids watch it too. They grumble but they know better not to mess with Jazz Tradition. BTW, that intro was classic
Oh my goodness! Worlds collided! I’ve been watching digging the greats for a while now and also watched Ryan’s Tesla news channel. I had no idea until the second that they were brothers! That’s crazy!
My all time favorite cartoon as a child was Charlie Brown because of the jazz soundtrack. I couldn't wait for Christmas to come so I could watch the show and hear the jazz. I got into a lot of trouble in Jr. High for drawing Snoopy on the walls. I did it in pencil but still got in trouble. Btw, the person who taught me to play piano was a man named Charles Brown. The blues man who wrote and sang Merry Christmas Baby.
There seems to be a hole in this account of Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi. When my family moved to Salt Lake City in May 1962, my mom played a middle of the road radio station KALL every morning as I prepared for school. The disc jockey was Will Lucas who had a daily morning routine of reading the Peanuts comic strip from the morning Salt Lake Tribune paper. The background music was Linus and Lucy! It seemed so appropriate as the sonic backdrop for Lucases narration. When A Charlie Brown's Christmas aired in early 1965, the Linus and Lucy theme was part of the soundtrack. I recall saying, "Hey, they're playing that theme song!" Being a kid of 13, I wondered if the production company had heard of KALL and the Will Lucas broadcast with Linus and Lucy. I can't prove any of this! That radio station is long gone as I'm sure any of its staff (Will Lucas). But this is my memory of this wonderful theme years before A Charlie Brown's Christmas.
This is the album that I put on when we're decorating the Christmas tree or getting ready Christmas morning for company and it's funny because I'm putting up a smaller tree while listening to this video and there's just something special about this album.
Can't play the music because of copyright issues on yt, proceeds to play those wonderful jazz tunes by himself... Love the live music ❣ Great video as always, thank you!!! PS: The dream of last year (making This Christmas -Donny Hathaway Nr. 1) can still be done!!!
Bro! Tell me the three of you are a band and have a channel with performances, and maybe an album somewhere...? Y'all sound amazing... and you're a bassist and DJ like me!
BTW (a bit of topic), my dear friend HBO surprised me today with a great "dockumentary" about Yacht Rock and even its links to Hip-Hop via Warren G and De La Soul. Worth watching. Even Questlove and Thundercat are contributing. They should of course have included Katie Puckrick, but it still is great.
Hey, could you look into Quincy Jones’ Soulful Messiah? For me it is the beginning of Christmas season but an eclectic mix of jazz, hip hop and gospel.
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y'all's parents raised a rhythm section, i love it
This channel sets the bar for how a TH-cam channel and how TH-cam videos ought to be. An awesome mix of information, quality, entertainment, engagement, presentation, pace and overall production value and professionalism. Well done.
Thank you 🙏🙏
@diggingthegreats one day you'll be recognized for your great content
couldn't agree more :)
and humor of course!
The opening scene when he turned into Charlie Brown is gold💀.
Who knew we needed a Peanuts Brandon playing upright bass with his electric bass and turntables nearby??!!
When you're just a chill guy who watches digging the greats
@@Justsomeguy2749 fr 💀🤣
Mans has stepped up EVERYTHING!! First a psyops thriller, now hes a Peanut?! Keep killin it bro 🔥
😂🙏🙏🙏
Not only is this album my soundtrack to wrapping presents and trimming the tree, it was also one of the major stepping stones to me 'getting' jazz
I for real thought for a minute that you were on drums and bass with a split screen (tiny phone). 😂 i was thinking, wow he is a pretty great drummer as well, then it was nice to learn he was your brother. Great jazz drumming my dude and congrats on the 'Peanuts' gig! ! Also, bro the 'Take Five' joke, corny as it was, totally got me 👍 so unexpected. Almost dropped my thanksgiving leftovers! And I personally am glad the had Linus recite that bible verse, just makes it all that much more grounded.
Same here. 😂 He tricked me.
Laughed out loud with the bro drop 😂
So much love for this channel . Your work is 🔥
From Wu Tang to Guaraldi. True musicheads, much respect.
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OMG what a treat! My favorite Xmas album! Thank you for this breakdown! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Cheers!
My gosh Brandon, I’m not even finished with the video, but this is just SOOOOO good!!! Happy Holidays!! 🤙🏼
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That intro was epic. Hats off to the animator who did this. You look like you're straight out of the cartoons
Longtime fan, what you did in this video is amazing, from the animated intro to the scene with the mucicians. Congrats man, loved it
So glad you enjoyed it 🙏🙏
I did not expect to see Ryan playing drums on your video, but I love this two of my favourite creators working together🎉🎉🎉
What's the drummers channel?
Charlie Brown-Core is my favorite kind of music.
This was incredible. I’d actually never heard this album until last Christmas and instantly fell in love with it. Now I love it even more with your breakdown.
Your videos are truly the best music based videos on the internet!
Thank you for this! Like many families, my family would play this at Christmas, and it worked well not just for the Charlie Brown nostalgia, but also just as a good jazz album in general, especially the second half after the more popular songs, and it does feel chill and relaxing and puts me at peace.
And as a kid, I wanted to write a fan letter to Vince Guaraldi to thank him for this album, but was disappointed when I found out he died several years before I was born.
Digging in the grates lore goes crazy. Your brother is also a great musician?? Crazy.
Nothing but smiles and joy with this video bro, thanks🫰🏼🤙🏼
Happy thanksgiving🇹🇷
It’s Digging the Greats. He’s an animated Charlie Brown for today. He’s here to educate on the day after Thanksgiving. We should watch 🍿.
Sometimes I hear Guaraldi-isms in Robert Glasper’s playing. It’s a shame Vince passed away so young and this album was his only magnum opus. Yet another Bay Area musician for me to proud of. RIP Vince Guaraldi
Yo B! This is your best vid yet... and it's got a lot of competition!
Merry Christmas, doc!
- trevor.
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Man you stay dropping gems!
12:43 - biggest plot twist of 2024. WHAT?
This video is a masterpiece btw.
Charlie Brown Christmas is an exercise in authenticity. You could get into a whole discussion of "what is authentic?" But the amateur voices, 3 piece music, and whimsical story all just feel like childhood. They feel like bottled nostalgia.
i immediately listened this album after watching your video! you are one of my favorite artists on this platform, sir :)
Okay its official, your channel and polyphonic are doing the lords work over here. Just blessing our feeds with such killer quality content. That peanuts intro was stellar!
Absolutely one of my best childhood memories is Charlie Brown Christmas
I guarantee you that this Digging The Greats episode will be the best holiday special that I watch this season. I have a feeling that many other people will feel that way too.
I thought you had cloned yourself to take multiple spots in the rhythm section
😂😂
The creator of Peanuts actually lived near my hometown, Santa Rosa… he built an airport and ice skating rink here, and there’s random peanut statues scattered throughout the town
Man the quality on this video is HUGE. Love having the piano player deconstruct the harmony of the theory behind Christmas Time Is Here. So on point! Keep this up man. Great stuff 10/10
Oh wow! Your brother is playing the drums!!! This is gold!
Nicely done! Easily my favorite Christmas album
0:13 Realistic jumpscare
Bought it on vinyl last year. Great album.
Brilliant, thank you very much! (Tbh, I think your show gets better and better with each episode.)
Digging the Greats and Brian Shaw tech our brothers!!!!
I follow both of your channels for about a year now and I never would’ve guessed it
As a drummer myself it was so cool getting to watch the interview with your brother. Super cool!
I keep rewatching to see his Charlie Brown character lol. Great Video 👍
I absolutely love this! This was super well done. Thank you for taking the time to research and put this all together. More people need to know the genius that is Vince Guaraldi
bravo!... two songs i have to hear before it's REALLY Christmas... Linus and Lucy ... The Temptations' Silent Night ... Merry Christmas, Maester!
I'm digging the Good Griefs today.
😂😂
Brilliant stuff as usual
Yay!! My favorite Christmas soundtrack! I've watched this every Christmas Eve, and now I make my kids watch it too. They grumble but they know better not to mess with Jazz Tradition.
BTW, that intro was classic
These are the best TH-cam videos. You put so much incredible effort into this stuff. I enjoy that you deep dive a wide range of music.
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This is a really special one! Really nicely done! This channel keeps going from strength to strength! Kudos man! 👌😎
Perfect timing on this video. One of your greatest imo!
Oh my goodness! Worlds collided! I’ve been watching digging the greats for a while now and also watched Ryan’s Tesla news channel. I had no idea until the second that they were brothers! That’s crazy!
Awesome connection… I declare 6 degrees of separation is so real!
This episode was epic bro
So much fun with this one, love getting to play with the trio!
I flipped Christmas Time is Here a couple of years back. Love this music
My all time favorite cartoon as a child was Charlie Brown because of the jazz soundtrack. I couldn't wait for Christmas to come so I could watch the show and hear the jazz. I got into a lot of trouble in Jr. High for drawing Snoopy on the walls. I did it in pencil but still got in trouble. Btw, the person who taught me to play piano was a man named Charles Brown. The blues man who wrote and sang Merry Christmas Baby.
There seems to be a hole in this account of Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi. When my family moved to Salt Lake City in May 1962, my mom played a middle of the road radio station KALL every morning as I prepared for school. The disc jockey was Will Lucas who had a daily morning routine of reading the Peanuts comic strip from the morning Salt Lake Tribune paper. The background music was Linus and Lucy! It seemed so appropriate as the sonic backdrop for Lucases narration. When A Charlie Brown's Christmas aired in early 1965, the Linus and Lucy theme was part of the soundtrack. I recall saying, "Hey, they're playing that theme song!" Being a kid of 13, I wondered if the production company had heard of KALL and the Will Lucas broadcast with Linus and Lucy. I can't prove any of this! That radio station is long gone as I'm sure any of its staff (Will Lucas). But this is my memory of this wonderful theme years before A Charlie Brown's Christmas.
great video, great playing!
feel like you make videos specifically for me ♥️
Of course they're brothers!
Thanksgiving just ended, bro😭😭😭
Thank you for covering this Album
Was watching this on my tv but had to hop on the app to say, Great content here all around.
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This is my phone ringtone!😃 Thank you for the video!❤️
Damn what a great vid. Subbed when I saw you playing both drums and bass. This is great!
Ya got me. I thought it was you on drums and bass. 🤘 Great playing by both of you and props to your brother for getting that gig!
Truly the Best Christmas Album Ever! On repeat from Thanksgiving to New Years Eve.
I love the video.
I love the special.
Interesting crazy twist.
The Penuts always had AMAZING soundtracks
This is the album that I put on when we're decorating the Christmas tree or getting ready Christmas morning for company and it's funny because I'm putting up a smaller tree while listening to this video and there's just something special about this album.
I love this album. Great performance!
Can't play the music because of copyright issues on yt, proceeds to play those wonderful jazz tunes by himself... Love the live music ❣ Great video as always, thank you!!!
PS: The dream of last year (making This Christmas -Donny Hathaway Nr. 1) can still be done!!!
WE MUST
Bro! Tell me the three of you are a band and have a channel with performances, and maybe an album somewhere...? Y'all sound amazing... and you're a bassist and DJ like me!
This is my new favorite digging the greats video
1) I see you on that German Bow. 2) Man, you are SWINGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want you on some tracks if we can collab!
12:47 No 💩 Sherlock. Thought you was in this vid ✌🏾 TWICE for the first half the video.
You sound good on upright bass!
This is my favourite Christmas album which I’ve played my kids every year. Thanks for the history ❤
My favorite Christmas music is Charlie Brown Christmas and Cookin Soul's MF DOOM mix. I also really like DJ Harrison's Christmas album.
Yes! Cookin soul is 🔥🔥
Great episode!
Love that opening. 😄
love jojis flip of that opening song
BTW (a bit of topic), my dear friend HBO surprised me today with a great "dockumentary" about Yacht Rock and even its links to Hip-Hop via Warren G and De La Soul. Worth watching. Even Questlove and Thundercat are contributing. They should of course have included Katie Puckrick, but it still is great.
The take five joke brought a smile to my face and then you questioning it made me crack up 😂
Charlie brown DTC is so dope as an intro 😭
LFGGGGGG a video for my favorite Xmas album of all time???
This album is one of my favorites!!! Peanuts 🥜 is a classic!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great video. I enjoyed every second
Hey, could you look into Quincy Jones’ Soulful Messiah? For me it is the beginning of Christmas season but an eclectic mix of jazz, hip hop and gospel.
One of the greatest soundtracks ever
Yoooooooo I love the intro 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Always loved this tune
The older I get, the more I'm becoming Charlie Brown.
This is the best Christmas album ever made.
@ 12:43 I honestly thought that my eyesight was failing me...great episode THANK YOU Charlie "Digging" Brown!
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When you first cut to the wide shot with you on base and your brother on drums I just assumed it was a spit screen and you were doing both 😅
Oh come on! That 'Take Five' joke killed. Well, to me at least...
Hilariously, I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention and thought you were playing both bass and drums and had digitally inserted yourself.
common digging the greats w
SHAW BROTHERS 🎸🥁
Hell naw... became parts of the Peanuts Gang! Pure brilliance 🥇🏆😂
The James Brown Christmas albums reign supreme
Dude I seriously saw someone playing the drums and was confused thinking you look a bit younger and lighter.
I got the joke immediately!!!
This sound track inspired me to learn piano. I still can’t play Linus and Lucy past the breakdown.
Same haha
Thank you thank you! Good grief! 😂🔥🔥🔥🔥