They are still this good! We saw them a few weeks ago here in Boulder, on their reunion tour. Their new guitarist (who replaced the late Charles Sawtelle) fits right in. And this song still causes me to get misty eyed...
Guitarists admired Sawtelle's style. I mean, really good guitarists. Just something so damn good about the way he played. "Music from Rancho DeVille" is a magnum opus. And everyone is on it too.
I saw HR (and Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers 😁) many times back in the 80s and 90s, and then the last one with Charles in March of '96. A great loss, but O what a time it was then. The finest live music I've ever had the pleasure hearing.
Hot Rize was good although Sawtelle was pretty weak on the guitar. O'Brien is very talented as is Wernick. I have to say, I really don't like Yonder Mountain. They are yet another of the bluegrass wannabes. When a bluegrass band lists Ozzy Osbourne and Frank Zappa among their influences, that tells me a lot. I hate it when bands think that if they just throw in a banjo, they're now a "bluegrass" band.
One of my favorite bands. What an awesome sounding guitar too a 1937 D-28 and notice the guitar on the stand behind Charles Sewtelle, it is a shaded top 1936 D-18.
Great vocals. Where did all these good bands go? Now we mostly got a bunch of liberal wimps playing jazzgrass, wimpgrass and pansygrass.Having said that - FYI, check out "The Out Of Town Boys" who are still out there playin' it right.
Meadow green park jubilee road done this song clay city ky, billy paul kizer Glenville townsend lovell stevens ,greg wilson ,megan wilson, and clayton hawkins ,they did a great job that knight,
Charles Sawtelle's music meant a great deal to many people, especially acoustic guitarists, who recognized his powerful, spare, unique style of playing. I never met him but saw him play at WVA several times. He was a guitarist's guitarist, and this album, before his untimely death, is in the same league as 1973'a "Will the Circle Be Unbroken".
Our band is covering this song. We always get so many people asking who wrote it and telling us that they "love it, but it's so sad." This is definitely one of my favorite Hot Rize tunes.
This is one of my favorite songs ever. It's hard to imagine anyone could have so much insight at such a young age. I saw Hot Rize several times and always enjoyed them Red Knuckles was lots of fun, but Hot Rize was who I came to see. I believe without Hot Rize, bluegrass wouldn't have evolved to the point it has today. What an incredible writer & singer Tim Obrien is. Charles Sawtelle wasn't flashy but he was one of the most tasteful guitar players I've ever seen.
i saw this group at emma jos in austin texas in 1983 and was really impressed I especially like the guitar player charles sawtelle. good songs. and very bluegrass.
Ummm. Why is Jerry Douglas up there? and I think its funny that Pete Wernick is a Better singer than my dad. He actually sounds ike he'd have a good singing voice. am I right?
What about Norman Blake and Clarence White, both of whom were well known before Sawtelle? There were others as well. My point is that for some here to say "no one can compare" to Sawtelle, even for the time, is just silly. As a band, they were good but Sawtelle was an average guitarist. As for Sawtelle not living to see the change in bluegrass guitar, that's not true at all. He judged at Winfield when a friend of mine won it his first time.
Think what you want but he wasn't in the same league as guys like Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Brian Sutton, Cody Kilby, Tim Stafford, Kenny Smith, David Grier, Josh Williams, Clay Jones, and a host of other guitarists. No one can compare? You must not have listened to the guys I listed if that's what you think but to each his own. Even on this clip, he's playing George Shuffler's down, down, up cross-picking style from the 1950's only not as well as Shuffler. Good band though.
while I thank Yonder for helping me get into bluegrass in my opinion they are not the "cream of the crop"...bands like The Del McCoury Band, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and countless others really I would put ahead of Yonder but to each his own I guess...I'm just more a fan of traditional bluegrass...and also the last time I saw Yonder live it was a complete joke after being at Merlefest and seeing some of the true "cream of the the crop"
Bryan Sutton is really good but I think guys like Josh Williams and Cody Kilby are right there with him. Check out Black Mountain Rag (jam) (through TH-cam search) to see some other really great guitarists.
I wasn't trying to compare those bands with Hot Rize...it was in response to someone who said Yonder is "the cream of the crop" now days...I just threw a few names out there that I think are much better
I believe that guitar is a D-18..Notice NO BINDING around the edge...The Herringbones had binding around the edge...that looks more like a D-18 to me...
He is like that guy on the beer comerical, He's everwhere you want to be, he is the MOST interesting man in the world, he once had an awkward moment to see how it felt!! He is Jerry 'Flux" Douglas
This is just 100% pure pot-stilled magic....thankyou for posting this gem....was lucky to catch Hot Rize + Red Knuckles ! in '89 @ Edale....great memories....killer outfit....RIP Chaz Sawtelle...check out his cd....music from rancho deville......superb.
TO is an amazing player..........but man can he sing. Some dudes have this soulful timbre in their voice........Keith Whitley being a prime example. Tim O. has it. Young Tony Rice too.
Sawtelle is one of my favorites, ya there are better players but his licks were tasteful and not overdone, every note he played counted and there wasnt a need for extras. Just listen to his tone and spacing in his licks.
damn straight -- it ain't the notes but the silence / spaces between that counts. How many guitarists do that descending turnaround fiddle run (check out what he does at the coda -- the end of the last line before the "tag")
I heard him say he likes to keep his whole mouth, jaw and vocal cords as loose as possible while he's singing. If you notice, he always switches to the high harmony for the chorus while Nick takes over the melody in most of their songs.
Charles was so musical and soulful. Tim drives me up the wall. I cannot listen to his singing, there's something false in there, something contrived. Rest of the guys rock.
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Charles Sawtelle kick off still kicks ass everytime I listen to this!! KILLER band!
Tim O'Brien is the best.Love his voice and his amazing talent!!!This group is so good!
"you won't always be young.."
Saw them in the 80s, 90s, dang, we're all getting older.
How good were these guys?I had forgotten all about this great song.A young Jerry Douglas sitting in on Dobro.
They are still this good! We saw them a few weeks ago here in Boulder, on their reunion tour. Their new guitarist (who replaced the late Charles Sawtelle) fits right in. And this song still causes me to get misty eyed...
Greatest band of all time and Jerry Douglas looks awesome with a mullet.
beautiful, thoughtful song - Tim's the real thing.
There are some fancier pickers these days, but to my ear, nobody was as tasteful and soulful as the Great Charles Sawtelle...Just sayin'!
Spot on there.
Guitarists admired Sawtelle's style. I mean, really good guitarists. Just something so damn good about the way he played. "Music from Rancho DeVille" is a magnum opus. And everyone is on it too.
are you kidding? This is priceless! Good on us, who have had the experience
Great to see Charles sawtelle..great guitarplayer.rj
pure bluegrass gold!
OMG! This is such a soulful tune; i love it! And so good to see Slade!!! Miss you, buddy!
Jerry Douglas is there because Jerry Douglas is EVERYWHERE! :P
And the mulleted Jerry "Flux" Douglas guesting on Dobro.
That is a strong mullet!
Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't mind seeing the mullet make a come-back.
Literally the best mullet ever! LOL
LOL!!!!!!!
I saw HR (and Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers 😁) many times back in the 80s and 90s, and then the last one with Charles in March of '96. A great loss, but O what a time it was then. The finest live music I've ever had the pleasure hearing.
Hot Rize was good although Sawtelle was pretty weak on the guitar. O'Brien is very talented as is Wernick. I have to say, I really don't like Yonder Mountain. They are yet another of the bluegrass wannabes. When a bluegrass band lists Ozzy Osbourne and Frank Zappa among their influences, that tells me a lot. I hate it when bands think that if they just throw in a banjo, they're now a "bluegrass" band.
One of my favorite bands. What an awesome sounding guitar too a 1937 D-28 and notice the guitar on the stand behind Charles Sewtelle, it is a shaded top 1936 D-18.
Great vocals. Where did all these good bands go? Now we mostly got a bunch of liberal wimps playing jazzgrass, wimpgrass and pansygrass.Having said that - FYI, check out "The Out Of Town Boys" who are still out there playin' it right.
When bluegrass could be slow ..and heartfelt ♡♡♡ He's just like you
Love this song and guitar player. Very heartfelt bluegrass
Jerry Douglas is omnipresent, to be sure. But this particular incarnation, with the mullet to end all mullets is a particular favorite.
Time moves only one way,you won't always be young.Great song.R.I.P.Charles Sawtelle.
tippimail1 Yes rise ....in your prime
Them words chill ya to the bone
No, I don't. But Hot Rize recently released a DVD of a show recorded in the 1980s on which Red Knuckles & the Trail Blazers are featured.
I remember seeing them several times in the 80's they were one of my favorite bands and I hope to get to see them again.
charles sawtelle looking fresh with his bolo & shiny shirt
Meadow green park jubilee road done this song clay city ky, billy paul kizer Glenville townsend lovell stevens ,greg wilson ,megan wilson, and clayton hawkins ,they did a great job that knight,
Tim O'Brien and Hot Rize are simply the best. This song is awesome, the way bluegrass should be.
I have played this video over and over... I absolutely LOVE it! What a great message too!!
I'll say. I'm 69.....😮
Charles Sawtelle's music meant a great deal to many people, especially acoustic guitarists, who recognized his powerful, spare, unique style of playing. I never met him but saw him play at WVA several times. He was a guitarist's guitarist, and this album, before his untimely death, is in the same league as 1973'a "Will the Circle Be Unbroken".
Unique and inspired.
Thanks for correcting me Steve, you are exactly right, that is a D-18. He did play a '37 D-28 too. Sawtelle had some nice guitars.
Hey man can I have a rip in the chat for his wife
Great song! Hey, if anyone has a clip of these guys doing Ninety Nine Years, please put it up - I love their version of that song.
god ripcharles sawtell . kind man
Our band is covering this song. We always get so many people asking who wrote it and telling us that they "love it, but it's so sad." This is definitely one of my favorite Hot Rize tunes.
Pete Wernick wrote this
Rick Dauer Yeah I'm aware.
This is one of my favorite songs ever. It's hard to imagine anyone could have so much insight at such a young age. I saw Hot Rize several times and always enjoyed them Red Knuckles was lots of fun, but Hot Rize was who I came to see. I believe without Hot Rize, bluegrass wouldn't have evolved to the point it has today. What an incredible writer & singer Tim Obrien is. Charles Sawtelle wasn't flashy but he was one of the most tasteful guitar players I've ever seen.
Amazing song, amazing vocals
It’s a great song though, Pete Wernick, the banjo player wrote it
Hope none of you folks haft to face this in life, be carefull, it could happen to you!
bluegrassman...I've been in bluegrass a long, long time and just discovered this a few weeks ago. It's great ain't it?
Will take a long time for the chillbumps to go away.
i saw this group at emma jos in austin texas in 1983 and was really impressed I especially like the guitar player charles sawtelle. good songs. and very bluegrass.
Saw them early eighties.....at their very best.
22 dis-likes!? Idiocracy !!!!!
I saw Hot Rize at Bonnaroo this year. They were great.
Great song, best vocal harmony. RIP Charles Sawtelle.
Wow what a gorgous song. Had allmost forgot how good Hotrize was
What a song ; saw Tim with Darrell Scott at Grey Fox in 2000. Rode 6000 miles; rip Charles.
Rare and hard to find!
This is the best bluegrass ever put down on this earth
Love this song ,,,this group and Tim O’Brien
Thank you for hosting this song! I love Hot Rize and I love this song!
( tear's are a measure of value) I value this video alot!
Ummm. Why is Jerry Douglas up there?
and I think its funny that Pete Wernick is a Better singer than my dad. He actually sounds ike he'd have a good singing voice. am I right?
What about Norman Blake and Clarence White, both of whom were well known before Sawtelle? There were others as well. My point is that for some here to say "no one can compare" to Sawtelle, even for the time, is just silly. As a band, they were good but Sawtelle was an average guitarist. As for Sawtelle not living to see the change in bluegrass guitar, that's not true at all. He judged at Winfield when a friend of mine won it his first time.
Think what you want but he wasn't in the same league as guys like Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Brian Sutton, Cody Kilby, Tim Stafford, Kenny Smith, David Grier, Josh Williams, Clay Jones, and a host of other guitarists. No one can compare? You must not have listened to the guys I listed if that's what you think but to each his own. Even on this clip, he's playing George Shuffler's down, down, up cross-picking style from the 1950's only not as well as Shuffler. Good band though.
Love this song, as sad as they come.
For some reason, is feeling nostalgic
while I thank Yonder for helping me get into bluegrass in my opinion they are not the "cream of the crop"...bands like The Del McCoury Band, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and countless others really I would put ahead of Yonder but to each his own I guess...I'm just more a fan of traditional bluegrass...and also the last time I saw Yonder live it was a complete joke after being at Merlefest and seeing some of the true "cream of the the crop"
Yep! These guys are my faverites!
Bryan Sutton is really good but I think guys like Josh Williams and Cody Kilby are right there with him. Check out Black Mountain Rag (jam) (through TH-cam search) to see some other really great guitarists.
I wasn't trying to compare those bands with Hot Rize...it was in response to someone who said Yonder is "the cream of the crop" now days...I just threw a few names out there that I think are much better
I believe that guitar is a D-18..Notice NO BINDING around the edge...The Herringbones had binding around the edge...that looks more like a D-18 to me...
He is like that guy on the beer comerical, He's everwhere you want to be, he is the MOST interesting man in the world, he once had an awkward moment to see how it felt!! He is Jerry 'Flux" Douglas
Wow, what a nice suprise to find and hear this once again - tysvm. You wouldnt happen to have any old red knuckles laying around you could share?
Got some thinkin’ to do.
this is one of the best bluegrass groups out there!
This is just 100% pure pot-stilled magic....thankyou for posting this gem....was lucky to catch Hot Rize + Red Knuckles ! in
'89 @ Edale....great memories....killer outfit....RIP Chaz Sawtelle...check out his cd....music from rancho deville......superb.
Perfection.
Lord Jeezus what a pretty song.. DCDM Dixie cup Drinking music
Great video. Great song. Who is the dobro player? Kinda looks like a younger Jerry Douglas.
Isn't Tim responsible for YMSB's crossover into bigs by producing their first release?
What about enjoying the music and forgetting about the silly "who's best" argument?
Yes very true and also I think,Tim looks like Jerry Lee Lewis when he was young.
I saw these guys for the 1st time in Aurora Colorado in 1981 ( I believe), it was Love at first site. And still is.
Looks like an American Music Shop show. EVERYONE's younger, including Jerry
love this song!
TO is an amazing player..........but man can he sing. Some dudes have this soulful timbre in their voice........Keith Whitley being a prime example.
Tim O. has it. Young Tony Rice too.
Great grouping!. Tim O, Keith Whitley and Tony Rice...Gene Watson, too!
Sawtelle is one of my favorites, ya there are better players but his licks were tasteful and not overdone, every note he played counted and there wasnt a need for extras. Just listen to his tone and spacing in his licks.
damn straight -- it ain't the notes but the silence / spaces between that counts. How many guitarists do that descending turnaround fiddle run (check out what he does at the coda -- the end of the last line before the "tag")
Big Mon is smiling every time someone plays a Tim O'Brien song in any format.
i meet them all at la baron san jose, sad charles had bone marrow diseasea, kindsoul.
Great song....Great group Hot Rize. Love Tim O’Brien
It is Jerry Douglas.
just Super Talent Thanks Great Music Too
Crazy good!
had the pleasure to see thrm liive nned i say more
My favorite slow one they do
quelqu uns à t ils des images de Toulouse/France..blugras/festival ???198...,merci...Nice.
That's it.
great
Dead right there !!
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such a beautiful song
SLADE!
Tim looks so disinterested. Pretty funny.
Tim always looks bored. LOL
I heard him say he likes to keep his whole mouth, jaw and vocal cords as loose as possible while he's singing. If you notice, he always switches to the high harmony for the chorus while Nick takes over the melody in most of their songs.
♡♡♡ great
awesome
Charles was so musical and soulful. Tim drives me up the wall. I cannot listen to his singing, there's something false in there, something contrived. Rest of the guys rock.
Pas un mot sur la présence de Brian Sutton??
God damn, forgot how beautiful this sound was
Hot rize is the shit