Hillbilly Banjo Player in the Talent Show

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  • Joel playing the 5-string Banjo in the Talent Show at Bennett High School.
    1st Song: Cripple Creek Ft Boil Them Cabbage Down
    2nd Song: Foggy Mountain Breakdown
    He ended up winning first place!
    Thanks for watching!
    Check out Joel's latest Banjo instrumental - • Picking up the pieces ...
    Follow Joel - linktr.ee/_joel_william_
    #Banjo #TalentShow #Bluegrass
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  • @_joel_william_
    @_joel_william_  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1173

    Check out Joel's latest banjo instrumental - th-cam.com/video/XMHUVOnkIkg/w-d-xo.html

    • @markeymalarkey7614
      @markeymalarkey7614 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mile Higher Boys cool!

    • @believeonjesus7215
      @believeonjesus7215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Gospel:
      JESUS died for our sins on the cross, HE shed HIS holy, innocent , precious blood for us (HIS blood washes away ALL sins) HE was buried but on the third day GOD raised HIM from the dead. All you have to do to be saved is: Believe in JESUS, trust in HIS blood. JESUS did everything for you, no works are required for salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9)!!.,,

    • @jimbomelton4287
      @jimbomelton4287 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@believeonjesus7215
      I'm b b c r the

    • @shohamhalfin6181
      @shohamhalfin6181 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@markeymalarkey7614

    • @rathertiredofthemess2841
      @rathertiredofthemess2841 ปีที่แล้ว

      When you have talent…you can do anything.

  • @user-bg7xp8of4p
    @user-bg7xp8of4p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25245

    How the world views America
    How America views the south
    How the south views Alabama

    • @JoshuaSobel
      @JoshuaSobel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +847

      And as far as I can tell, there's not a single problem with that :)

    • @theartemisgland
      @theartemisgland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +364

      Yeeeehaaaaaaawwww

    • @jacksonbrewer2380
      @jacksonbrewer2380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      That’s Louisiana

    • @edmundooliver7584
      @edmundooliver7584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@MrDoccus yes, thats why they should get only what they payed.

    • @hdubzee
      @hdubzee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Alabama sucks the most

  • @kshan4982
    @kshan4982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10278

    He's actually a High School junior. Pretty good for 37.

    • @roblewisii6576
      @roblewisii6576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +523

      Legen is his dad took him to school cause he was in the same grade

    • @joechin_
      @joechin_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ouch

    • @SOUND_FACTORY
      @SOUND_FACTORY 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Someone’s dad

    • @karlmcglue9946
      @karlmcglue9946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Not laughing know

    • @SOUND_FACTORY
      @SOUND_FACTORY 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@karlmcglue9946 now*

  • @pennyforyourthots
    @pennyforyourthots 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7771

    if Dungeons & Dragons was set in Rural America instead of medieval Europe, this guy would be a bard

  • @klarenzcobie6595
    @klarenzcobie6595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3146

    He looks like Tyler1 if he lives in alabama

    • @rtlevi
      @rtlevi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      He’s too short though

    • @myst1c164
      @myst1c164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@rtlevi gotta be at least 7 ft to be Tyler

    • @bloodwrage
      @bloodwrage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Except Ty is a jogger

    • @digits_offical2739
      @digits_offical2739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Y r y’all here your a few years late

    • @Outlaw_Actual11b
      @Outlaw_Actual11b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why was that so fucking funny 🤣🤣

  • @WhosDeity
    @WhosDeity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13353

    Legend has it, the camera still hasn't focused

    • @lil_weasel219
      @lil_weasel219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      it's focused just vibrating

    • @MaefigHistory
      @MaefigHistory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@lil_weasel219 woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

    • @Player-lh8de
      @Player-lh8de 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Legend has it that this joke will go on forever!

    • @Player-lh8de
      @Player-lh8de 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@MaefigHistory You're wasting comment space with all your o's bro.😒

    • @MaefigHistory
      @MaefigHistory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Player-lh8de So sad that I didn't ask!

  • @stonerh5074
    @stonerh5074 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18366

    Can we just admire the balls of steel that this guy has to walk on stage in overalls in front of his entire highschool?

    • @adkforever6997
      @adkforever6997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +450

      Balls of steel and a dick of titanium. Whatta man!

    • @XJonAye
      @XJonAye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +601

      You knew he was going to be awesome to be that Confident

    • @theshellacstation78
      @theshellacstation78 4 ปีที่แล้ว +495

      Honestly where I live it wouldn't be anything special. Lol

    • @casecutlerykid2095
      @casecutlerykid2095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +339

      Many people where overalls and a straw hat on a regular day where I’m from

    • @XJonAye
      @XJonAye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@casecutlerykid2095 and where are you from friendo

  • @Scratchingforcash
    @Scratchingforcash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2732

    Fun fact:
    This was actually filmed on a Banjo.

    • @heheheiamasuperstarwarrior9281
      @heheheiamasuperstarwarrior9281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      No wonder it looks so good

    • @notlightbeam4889
      @notlightbeam4889 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Potatoes can't compare

    • @Sir_Nutscratcher_32nd
      @Sir_Nutscratcher_32nd ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good quality

    • @Andrew-Johnson
      @Andrew-Johnson ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jesus is calling everyone to the marriage supper! Don't tell Him this;!
      And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
      And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
      And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
      And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
      Luke 14:17-20 KJV ✝🌅

    • @scottyp1348
      @scottyp1348 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A potato actually

  • @DerpyDaringDitzyDoo
    @DerpyDaringDitzyDoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3591

    This school honestly gave me a bit of hope, no obnoxious clapping or cheering while he was playing, they were almost totally quiet. You have no idea how much of a difference that makes for a performer until you've had to deal with that mess before lol

    • @otal2294
      @otal2294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Especially when they clap of tempo, which is to say, always.

    • @ziggy7560
      @ziggy7560 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cedar springs I think

    • @thomasaquinas1163
      @thomasaquinas1163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      thats what a white school looks like. Imagine him doing this in front of a bunch of mexicans and blacks.

    • @leah.p.6687
      @leah.p.6687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@thomasaquinas1163 what???

    • @thomasaquinas1163
      @thomasaquinas1163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@leah.p.6687 Exactly what I said.

  • @spartan113ish
    @spartan113ish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16566

    "This one goes to my ma, my pa, my sister, my girlfriend, and my cousin. I hope all three of them could make it here."

  • @shurikencookies
    @shurikencookies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8243

    "If you can play it slow you can play it fast"
    Hillbillies: "hold ma moonshine"

    • @berenwarrior6276
      @berenwarrior6276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      And RC coke 😎✌😁

    • @kachikawawa136
      @kachikawawa136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      a man of culture I see

    • @heylol4363
      @heylol4363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      i understand this reference 😂😂

    • @MrJoshdvo
      @MrJoshdvo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      someones a twosetviolin fan

    • @randyrrandelson6444
      @randyrrandelson6444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It’s referred to as “the shine” where I grew up. Some of that hand sanitizer distillers made this year had the same smell. Ohh the what’s left of my memories of those days.

  • @bodesbodes9408
    @bodesbodes9408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3528

    Dude got 30 notes in his locker the next day telling him to meet behind the gym after school and make sure he clipped his fingernails.

    • @maturtlelaza
      @maturtlelaza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +376

      this is highly specific.

    • @dav4156
      @dav4156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      @@maturtlelaza yes, yes it is

    • @johnburns6803
      @johnburns6803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Has this happened to you?

    • @gameseeker6307
      @gameseeker6307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Wait

    • @bodesbodes9408
      @bodesbodes9408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      @@johnburns6803 I have learned to play the C note at very high speed, yes.

  • @corneliousseuss8948
    @corneliousseuss8948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1511

    Ah good ol’ cripple creek and foggy mountain breakdown. Both are hard songs to learn on the banjo and this dude played it almost perfectly AND added his own pluckin’. What a true chad, this takes mad talent.

    • @MasonCroneMusic
      @MasonCroneMusic ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Cripple Creek is actually one of the easiest banjo songs. It's what most beginners start on.

    • @obama_man9933
      @obama_man9933 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MasonCroneMusic yeah but playing the way he does is pretty hard to do

    • @mackinbox
      @mackinbox ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Neither of those are hard lol

    • @MasonCroneMusic
      @MasonCroneMusic ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mackinbox Exactly.

    • @mackinbox
      @mackinbox ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@MasonCroneMusic I mean, of course you can make them hard if you want to. But this guy isn’t playing crazy hard versions

  • @kalebferguson2963
    @kalebferguson2963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3481

    As a Tennessean I can confirm this is how all of us go to school.

    • @Nukahs
      @Nukahs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Kaleb Ferguson as a Georgian, we make Banjos out of dip cans and old truck parts

    • @rowdy5.9L
      @rowdy5.9L 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Nukahs lmao if that ain't the truth 😭

    • @rancidrabies6457
      @rancidrabies6457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Nukahs As a fellow Georgian, i can confirm this.

    • @wompwomp1457
      @wompwomp1457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yessirrrr. We show up and Atleast one person will bring an instrument and pick :)

    • @WYTTTT
      @WYTTTT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      As a fellow Tennessean, yes

  • @mikebigyard6568
    @mikebigyard6568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7183

    It’s sad the amount of people that don’t understand the amount of talent this young man has. That’s some good ole pluckin! Good job man

    • @timothyhowell7047
      @timothyhowell7047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      People are illiterate to what it actually takes to play the banjo. Especially the way he did. To many " smart" people on here making fun of country folk. I could listen to this guy play all day.

    • @davidgearon7446
      @davidgearon7446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bill Munro would be proud

    • @johnmartinez7440
      @johnmartinez7440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@timothyhowell7047 What are you referencing? Every single comment I've seen is praising his talent at banjo-playing.

    • @Felipera_
      @Felipera_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It's a "I'm smarter than everyone else because I understand why he is good" kinda deal

    • @Chris-0703
      @Chris-0703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It isn’t that sad

  • @christinewestonchandler1
    @christinewestonchandler1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2460

    Foreigners: America has no culture!
    America: Hold my Banjo.

    • @heriander_
      @heriander_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      But, the banjo was originated from West Africa...

    • @HBRX_
      @HBRX_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Yes they do have culture, they always do intervention to another country.

    • @heriander_
      @heriander_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Sabastian Bragg "My Banjo" he said.

    • @s.e4572
      @s.e4572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It's true the US has no culture

    • @Rivers.In.The.Desert
      @Rivers.In.The.Desert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      America is a melting pot

  • @kimterry4239
    @kimterry4239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +943

    I'm 57, and just picked up the banjo. I can play guitar, bass, and a mandolin. This creature is a different beast and I'm having a blast learning it.

    • @peng_ting1331
      @peng_ting1331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      How's it going?

    • @dan_golbean
      @dan_golbean 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i’m curious as well, how’s that pickin comin along

    • @Dangzag
      @Dangzag 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I hear ya, Iam an older guitar player who is messin with the banjo. It's completely it's own animal alright. That kid shredded!

    • @zackglickert4495
      @zackglickert4495 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i can also play piano, tuba, concert harp, harmonica, baritone, and minecraft

    • @joem13yearsago73
      @joem13yearsago73 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm 5'11. It doesn't matter how short you are man. You can still be a great banjo player. Keep on plucking short king

  • @P3tonka
    @P3tonka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2893

    every few years i end up back at this video at 3am

    • @PeacefulPeteable
      @PeacefulPeteable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I have videos like that.
      They're some of my absolute favorites.

    • @user-wd5mx9ec3p
      @user-wd5mx9ec3p 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @mario_galvn
      @mario_galvn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      5:36 am in the middle of the shower hahah

    • @DTAcobra17
      @DTAcobra17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol I’m watching this at 3 am

    • @thedemocraticfilipino6417
      @thedemocraticfilipino6417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right now... In my bed, at 3 am...

  • @wekeepit1005
    @wekeepit1005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2956

    This dude is an alpha omega chad

  • @cannibal_redneck7109
    @cannibal_redneck7109 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    I think people who didn't grow up with it tend to overlook the talent it takes to play folk instruments like this. I just started learning banjo, and I aspire to someday be at this man's level. So inspiring!!

    • @ImYourCherryBomb
      @ImYourCherryBomb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What are you using to learn? Or do you take lessons? I was gifted one about a year ago and I really want to play but I don’t know where to start and I’m pretty overwhelmed

    • @cannibal_redneck7109
      @cannibal_redneck7109 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ImYourCherryBomb I'm mostly using online tutorials

    • @prowers2623
      @prowers2623 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hell naw! I think I've never seen a banjo up close, but I can easily tell that it takes a LOT of talent to play like that

    • @jimbelcher6877
      @jimbelcher6877 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ImYourCherryBomb There is a book by Earl Scruggs, start there.

    • @BioSafetyLevel4.
      @BioSafetyLevel4. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Username checks out

  • @s3dchr
    @s3dchr ปีที่แล้ว +288

    I love how the audience TRIED clapping to his rhythm, but he was too quick for everybody

    • @Wagdaddy_09
      @Wagdaddy_09 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I dunno I bet I could I’m one helluva good hamboner

  • @oshitwaddup4956
    @oshitwaddup4956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7645

    Damn dude..
    Leave some cousins for the rest of us

  • @ericknef2085
    @ericknef2085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3145

    My friend was parked downtown last week with his banjo in his car.
    Someone broke into his car while he was away.
    When he returned, he looked in the backseat and discovered he now had two banjos........

    • @carteradams6454
      @carteradams6454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Eric Knef wtf 😂

    • @LavenderSystem69
      @LavenderSystem69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      I liked the joke better when it was Redskins tickets

    • @colemanadamson5943
      @colemanadamson5943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      The original joke was an accordion.

    • @JenOfAllTrades
      @JenOfAllTrades 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I heard this but with Cowboys tickets. Lol

    • @Isaza-Cock
      @Isaza-Cock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂

  • @a50ftfall6
    @a50ftfall6 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    The banjo is such a under appreciated instrument .

    • @pipeqez911
      @pipeqez911 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Valafas Georgios possibly the Irish, they have their own variant of the banjo too.

    • @SmoshDella
      @SmoshDella ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's still one of the most popular in my country

    • @user-iq8kz3mz1i
      @user-iq8kz3mz1i 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Devils instrument for a reason

  • @Majima_Nowhere
    @Majima_Nowhere 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    It's like the American version of a bagpipe. It's its own melody, harmony, bass, and percussion rolled into one instrument.

    • @arnolddavies6734
      @arnolddavies6734 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But better sound than bagpipes.

  • @devanfunderburk9373
    @devanfunderburk9373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +912

    Lady's and gentlemen the hillbilly shred master. Also know as killbilly.

    • @kanmeridoc1784
      @kanmeridoc1784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Reverend Horton Heat, the Phsychobilly.

    • @paulstewart2406
      @paulstewart2406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Isn’t that a movie?

    • @kanmeridoc1784
      @kanmeridoc1784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@paulstewart2406 Maybe. But it's also a pretty awesome piece of music. Psychobilly Freakout.

    • @Sage-qd6tf
      @Sage-qd6tf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Theres a dude who does like slayer and pantera covers on his banjo. Look up "slayer banjo cover" on youtube, it's pretty cool

    • @Auditore31
      @Auditore31 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's my favorite Tarantino film

  • @moorek1967
    @moorek1967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1424

    No, couldn't be hillbilly, his feet weren't dirty enough.

    • @martinheary7397
      @martinheary7397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      From lreland so were do hill Billy's live north or south of America am not jokein i don't know. And wat is wrong with them are they really poor or something.

    • @moorek1967
      @moorek1967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@martinheary7397 hillbillies are poor people from the Appalachian Mountains primarily of Kentucky, Tennessee, northern Georgia and northern Alabama. They were ridiculed and seen as filthy, uneducated, and primitive.
      To call someone hillbilly means you think they are backwards.
      Do you remember how CNN said Trump won because of uneducated white men? It was calling all poor whites as hillbillies too stupid to vote Democrats.
      The media portrays all poor white people as hillbillies. My grandmothers were both hillbillies.

    • @BlueDebut
      @BlueDebut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@martinheary7397 they're mostly poor Irish and Scottish who live in rural appalachia. We have the equivalent in the west. Ive heard them called hicks. I'm probably one myself. 😂😂😂😂

    • @acadiant2756
      @acadiant2756 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@martinheary7397 you can also find similar types of people in the atlantic provinces of canada in the french speaking parts

    • @notgraham.7215
      @notgraham.7215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@martinheary7397 as a bit of a hillbilly myself, we're country people. We don't particularly care for the inner city, too damn busy for us and the people are often less kind. We like hunting and fishing and stuff like that. We're not much different really, and there's a lot of nasty stereotypes, but I think we're okay

  • @GetSoberWithMe
    @GetSoberWithMe ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Learning a guitar- Hard
    Learning a piano - Really Hard
    Learning a banjo - Psychotic Expert

    • @FunkadelicPancho
      @FunkadelicPancho 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Banjo is probably the easiest of the three. It's way less demanding in the left hand than guitar and piano

    • @randomhuman3883
      @randomhuman3883 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@FunkadelicPancho as a string, and keyboard player. Piano is definitely the easiest. Lays out the notes nice and simple easy to visualize and easy to learn technique. Id say Guitar is the second hardest depending on the style you play. Banjo is definitely the hardest, picking like that is hard af.

    • @FunkadelicPancho
      @FunkadelicPancho หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@randomhuman3883 picking like that is really easy compared to playing something like Tiger Rag on piano. I play banjo, bass, and guitar. At their highest levels, piano is the most difficult due to the independence you need. Playing stride piano is way harder than a banjo roll

    • @levilabelle8696
      @levilabelle8696 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As someone who plays violin, piano, and banjo, banjo is the easiest

  • @chrisgenovese8188
    @chrisgenovese8188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    There's a special place in my heart for banjos. Dude nailed it.

  • @joeysplats3209
    @joeysplats3209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    Most folks don't know it but the banjo is a very sophisticated instrument capable of the most amazing and incredible melodies.

    • @Andrew-Johnson
      @Andrew-Johnson ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
      and lean not unto thine own understanding.
      In all thy ways acknowledge him,
      and he shall direct thy paths.
      Proverbs 3:5-6 ✝🌅

    • @gewalfofwoofia8263
      @gewalfofwoofia8263 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@Andrew-Johnson Amen

    • @bonebreakingmarathon6550
      @bonebreakingmarathon6550 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@Andrew-Johnson preaching at its finest

    • @timwarneka5681
      @timwarneka5681 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Google - and listen to - Bela Fleck

  • @observingthem
    @observingthem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +990

    Shoutout to cousin Cleetus for teaching me this one.

    • @Remiel-Sayo
      @Remiel-Sayo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Albert moment

    • @observingthem
      @observingthem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Remiel-Sayo I forgot I commented this haha

    • @RDRJJ
      @RDRJJ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@observingthemdid you forget again

  • @TheFootballstar5588
    @TheFootballstar5588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    2nd song was a nice attempt at the foggy mountain breakdown, shows how difficult it really is

    • @davidgearon7446
      @davidgearon7446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It was a pretty decent attempt but that instrumental really needs the mandolin and fiddle to back up the banjo

    • @shashanksaurav8569
      @shashanksaurav8569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wait I have heard this before. 2nd song was played in a PowerPuff girls episode.

    • @davidgearon7446
      @davidgearon7446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@shashanksaurav8569 it's the classic chase music from " bonnie and Clyde "

    • @fredhedrick8127
      @fredhedrick8127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No one mentioned that the first song was "Cripple Creek"!

    • @leahrhude3013
      @leahrhude3013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yep there will never be another Earl Scruggs or Lester Flatt....they are legendary

  • @johnshaw3208
    @johnshaw3208 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I don't care what kind of music you like, this is a very talented young man and a pleasure to listen to.

  • @zoneshift
    @zoneshift 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2901

    Before he played i was hoping he would say “this ones for my cousin”

    • @keithcoan3783
      @keithcoan3783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      His cousin or yours He may be doing both of them

    • @galaxysedge7024
      @galaxysedge7024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Keith Coan damnnnn

    • @hannahcarson6304
      @hannahcarson6304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@keithcoan3783 ooooohhh my gaawwd

    • @arvillowe1706
      @arvillowe1706 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keithcoan3783 no

    • @XCosmixs
      @XCosmixs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Zoneshift underrated commet

  • @BanjoAddict
    @BanjoAddict 10 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    It amazing how many people feel the need to tear someone down. I applaud his courage and playing ability! Great job!

  • @gregc.9035
    @gregc.9035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    He started off just looking like a good ol' boy who wasn't that awful bright...but he transformed pretty quickly into a genius from the moment he started picking those strings!!!

  • @thesnozzberries00
    @thesnozzberries00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    This man deserves a full scholarship to college on this performance alone.

  • @WarriorRed101
    @WarriorRed101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1954

    The banjo just has such a unique sound. I really think there should be more people who play it.
    Edited: Yes I do know how to play the banjo. So please stop saying I should learn to play.

    • @WarriorRed101
      @WarriorRed101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @john wallace Me and my dad already play it.

    • @noobmaster6664
      @noobmaster6664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I play it

    • @hnjmoose3251
      @hnjmoose3251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yea I play it what's your excuse? Get too it.

    • @WarriorRed101
      @WarriorRed101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      @@hnjmoose3251 What do you mean? As stated previously I already play the banjo. Plus my comment was meant as an observation. I don't know why you are being hostile. I simply was pointing out that (in my opinion) it would be cool if more people played the banjo that was all.

    • @hnjmoose3251
      @hnjmoose3251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@WarriorRed101 oh haha I didn't see that good on ya

  • @maddisoncooper3540
    @maddisoncooper3540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +741

    Watch out he's summoning the hillbillies

    • @ennioberto2706
      @ennioberto2706 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh yeah

    • @justahillbilly7777
      @justahillbilly7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      By George, it worked. Still tryna figure out what he wanted us for.

    • @tennesseeponderer3146
      @tennesseeponderer3146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Summoned hillbillies are fine, the trouble starts when you invade their territory without invitation.

  • @_Bumby_
    @_Bumby_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    What Buzz from Home Alone does when he’s not tormenting Kevin

  • @leesanfacon1903
    @leesanfacon1903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I am from new York and I definitely think we need more talent like him. So authentic and raw. But still quite lovely and entertaining.

    • @BillJImmis
      @BillJImmis 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Greyfox bluegrass festival around the third week in July. Oak Hill, NY

  • @nunyabidness117
    @nunyabidness117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2705

    A coworker told me she had an uncle from West Virginia who would bring his banjo whenever he went canoeing. About halfway down the river he'd take his shirt off and start picking Dueling Banjos just to see how fast the flat landers would row away. Good times.

    • @herbienbrian2
      @herbienbrian2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Holy shit that's the funniest thing I've ever heard

    • @andrew5875
      @andrew5875 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hahahaha

    • @mikehorton57
      @mikehorton57 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brett DeLong

    • @michael.5360
      @michael.5360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brett DeLong MN

    • @DFABane
      @DFABane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Brett DeLong I live on a well traveled river in mid Michigan... I have a sign on a tree on the river that says ... Paddle Faster I Hear Banjo's....I often go down to the river and play my guitar or banjo...

  • @dianamattson1195
    @dianamattson1195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My first husband's dad grew up dirt poor and just had a sixth-grade education but he could play the banjo, fiddle and guitar like a virtuoso. I was lucky enough to experience many of his impromptu music sessions along with his brother, who could play as well as he did. This city girl grew to love Bluegrass and the old Gospel classics.

  • @lahaza6515
    @lahaza6515 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is a boy with balls!
    To do this at school and with such a great sense of humor is just fabulous.
    The talent is just WHOA!
    The sideburns are fantastic too:)

  • @alansalter1836
    @alansalter1836 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Watching from London England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 this chap is absolutely bloody brilliant such skill from this fine gentleman well done sir bravo bravo 👏

  • @bigamsterdam9513
    @bigamsterdam9513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1669

    Npt one single damn “yee yee” from the audience?? Im utterly dissapointed

    • @theashenone5614
      @theashenone5614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Wieger Piekema this was 2013 yee yee didn’t become a thing yet

    • @justanothercat2886
      @justanothercat2886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      someone did say yee yee at 0:51 ! :)

    • @koreanbassinalt9851
      @koreanbassinalt9851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@theashenone5614 how dumb...

    • @pyro1436
      @pyro1436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Engineers always yee yeeing

    • @thesuprisedbitch4077
      @thesuprisedbitch4077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Its Yee haww feller

  • @Charles-hr4gc
    @Charles-hr4gc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1253

    Me: taking a final
    My last brain cell:

    • @JS-kf9ee
      @JS-kf9ee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lmao yes

    • @ee12321
      @ee12321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ...… yea

  • @jbussey5301
    @jbussey5301 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    He definitely has a gift and a future in the art of music. Keep it up, don't give up and you'll go far man.

    • @amrittuladhar
      @amrittuladhar 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Considering this video is 10 years old, I would say the future is now.

    • @jbussey5301
      @jbussey5301 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@amrittuladhar touché

  • @digitaldemocracyai-rob
    @digitaldemocracyai-rob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Fabulous playing. Wish I had half of his talent. Respect from Ireland.

  • @cooliodiablo6117
    @cooliodiablo6117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This dude better have won the show. He was hella entertaining. Way better than what my high school talent shows had to offer.

    • @ig-nat-ius1891
      @ig-nat-ius1891 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He did win! It's mentioned in the description

  • @chrismarshall7220
    @chrismarshall7220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I take my hat off to any musician, it's a precious gift

  • @DryPaperHammerBro
    @DryPaperHammerBro ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "He ended up winning first place."
    Because why in tarnation WOULDN'T he?! Combination of his raw talent and dressing up for the set helped massively.

  • @FujishimaAkiko
    @FujishimaAkiko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a person that grew up in WV, I hear "Oh, where the Hillbillies live!" every time I mention the state up here in my current state of Massachusetts....lol. I used to live next to a guy when I was a kid that we all called "The Banjo Man" because he was always out on his back patio playing a banjo. One day my little sister and I decided to ask him about his banjo and we learned that he also made custom banjos and guitars out of crazy things like shovels. I still think about him some 30 years later. My family and him became really great friends over the years of being neighbors. When I picked up the trombone, I would "jam" with him after school and on the weekends.❤ I find myself missing those days, even if there was nothing else to do in my town back then...lol!

    • @obama_man9933
      @obama_man9933 ปีที่แล้ว

      Banjos were originally made out of gourds I’m pretty sure

  • @thrasher5257
    @thrasher5257 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3906

    Needs more moonshine.

    • @michaelcarr9018
      @michaelcarr9018 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Needs more cowbell

    • @golfpro980
      @golfpro980 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cowbell is tougher than it sounds. I should know--I was the triangle. With triangle, less is more. One note in the middle of the song, and just back out. Don't be flippant.

    • @bubblegumrabbit1398
      @bubblegumrabbit1398 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mike Wine That made me smile

    • @christopherwhitson615
      @christopherwhitson615 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      1000 like

    • @evancraig6217
      @evancraig6217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      THRASHMASTER667 WHITE LIGHTNING!!!!!!!!! Good shit!

  • @zacrider8854
    @zacrider8854 9 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I have electric guitars, accoustic, but I would luv to own a banjo, I luv the unique sound, puts a smile on my face, rock on Mr Hillbilly!!

    • @2goXD
      @2goXD 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zac rider Same here :D

    • @brandonwalker9245
      @brandonwalker9245 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      it is a very fun instrument and easier than guitar :) it depends on how loose you're right hand fingers are.
      you don't do much work around the frets but you pick with three fingers like a dobro

    • @brandonwalker9245
      @brandonwalker9245 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** dobro is similar to the banjo by the finger pickin' but I warn you... beware of the slide! Haha

    • @raymondjokerst2860
      @raymondjokerst2860 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jameyson Mac Donald Your uncle is still entertaining where he is. God bless.

  • @buckbuchanan4902
    @buckbuchanan4902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The banjo is one of the coolest instruments and also one of the most under-used. Give me some banjo and cowbell anytime!

    • @DeadPerfection
      @DeadPerfection 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Banjo's good, but we could definitely use some more cowbell

    • @buckbuchanan4902
      @buckbuchanan4902 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DeadPerfection I got a fever! And the only prescription.. is more cowbell!

  • @peterjansen3846
    @peterjansen3846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    That is one seriously talented young musician. Well played!

  • @hoovy2319
    @hoovy2319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    The amount of Chad energy that’s coming from this man

  • @MooMooMath
    @MooMooMath 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2309

    I had a roommate who tried to learn the banjo in college. It is a difficult instrument to learn and painful for the roommate.. Good job. I'll share this video.

    • @jackcarpenter8629
      @jackcarpenter8629 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      haha, im tryna learn it clawhmmer style, and i live in a dorm. good thing i picked it up fast, before someone broke my instrument

    • @armafallo
      @armafallo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      A roommate of mine learned fucking bagpipe... I'm Working on It in Therapy

    • @armafallo
      @armafallo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ahahahah

    • @sleezysanti8240
      @sleezysanti8240 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Must have been painful for you too though! haha

    • @earlsweat7775
      @earlsweat7775 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      great anecdote

  • @shorwith1939
    @shorwith1939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Bro checks all the hillbillly fashion: overalls with no shirt, farmer hat, no shoes, oat in mouth

  • @theshooterflynn
    @theshooterflynn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not an American, and I've lived in Asia my whole life, but something about the Banjo and Southern America in general seems so inviting to me. I'd love to take long country drives, bump into strangers and drink moonshine as someone plucks a banjo, get called, "son," by an old rancher...
    Yeah, I'm visiting the American South one day.

    • @josephwilliams1915
      @josephwilliams1915 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I lived in the American south for a bit. I'm also half Chinese. Just be prepared for wholesome racism. Not sure how else to describe it. If you're not Chinese, they're going to ca you Chinese or Japanese. But they won't really mean anything by it. They might call you a chink or something, but again, they won't really mean anything by it, haha.
      There are a few who are legitimate racists, but luckily most of those types are hermits. The south has a whole lot of southern hospitality. Kinda hard to explain unless you experience it

    • @SamAdamsGhost
      @SamAdamsGhost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We'll gladly accept ya

  • @reecelloyd1525
    @reecelloyd1525 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1486

    thought he was about to pack a dip

    • @jowildcat40
      @jowildcat40 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      If he was from the south, he'd already be spitting in an empty bottle of Sundrop. But yeah, I thought he was too.

    • @kaneknoles1675
      @kaneknoles1675 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      im a but dissapointed he didnt

    • @MichaelDelvalle-nt4gp
      @MichaelDelvalle-nt4gp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same

    • @donrutter6765
      @donrutter6765 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Metal thumbpicks are a tad pricey, putting them in a chew tin is an old trick.

    • @thevalkarie2460
      @thevalkarie2460 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      *bout ta pack a fat one*

  • @Blackwolffe097
    @Blackwolffe097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +646

    Damn son save some cousin for the rest of us

    • @willrowemusic9442
      @willrowemusic9442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Underrated comment. Well done.

    • @magik97
      @magik97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@willrowemusic9442 it's copied from a more popular comment

    • @5.7moy
      @5.7moy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You always got your ma... or your sister.

    • @tailsdblack463
      @tailsdblack463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe even the grandmother!

    • @bgp6656
      @bgp6656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stolen comment

  • @rebeccanika
    @rebeccanika 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Kinda sad that people are too busy trying to come up with “hillbilly” jokes that they lose the beauty in this performance completely. Go back and listen, without northern bias, to one of the most influential instruments of our time. And a hat tip to that enormously talented banjo player!!!

    • @Ragged.09
      @Ragged.09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He was amazing

    • @BigDI812
      @BigDI812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah I agree. And it's sad that people are too ignorant to see that it is part of his act, to set the mood, it is probably a talent show. If you want to be a fucking comedian, get your own you tube channel!

    • @natebit7167
      @natebit7167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BigDI812 who cares. Shut up. Making a joke about one thing doesn’t mean you hate it

  • @AuralayKristine
    @AuralayKristine ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Aaaah goals!! I've only been playing for a few months and I cannot do that yet but I'm so happy to be learning such an awesome instrument!

  • @nathanielsizemore3946
    @nathanielsizemore3946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I hope this young man keeps up with the banjo, we need more, young, talented banjo players in the world.

  • @mindstealer8685
    @mindstealer8685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    and next up is steven with his pet turtle tricks!

    • @rob_odd
      @rob_odd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This comment needs more upvotes! :D

    • @greengay4924
      @greengay4924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Rob_odd Reddit user

  • @MexicanBandit
    @MexicanBandit ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “Yes, I’m a hillbilly. And I’m proud of it!” 😂

  • @mumalam672
    @mumalam672 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I listened to Roy Clarke as a kid & have loved the banjo ever since ❤

  • @Jo-Anne_and_Michael
    @Jo-Anne_and_Michael 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10909

    Q: What does a banjo sound like when it's completely in-tune?
    A: No one really knows

    • @Numlocq
      @Numlocq 9 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      Michael Weston
      That's not really a particularly funny joke to be honest. Anybody who has ever played a banjo knows there's one answer. Most musicians who have heard a banjo also know what they sound like.
      Get down off your high horse and try learning to play the banjo yourself. Maybe then you'll be in a position to judge.

    • @mattw.keating7019
      @mattw.keating7019 9 ปีที่แล้ว +748

      Ed Gein I think your overacting a bit to what is a joke that any committed banjo player has probably heard a dozen times. If the gentleman were to learn to play he would discover that there isn't one answer, there are actually dozens of tuning options for the five string banjo, beside standard open G. Most intermediate old time players will of played at least a couple of different tunings. Most people who play the banjo are fairly good laid back and know how to take a joke about a banjo and will also tell jokes about the banjo. Mark Twain (who played banjo) said "A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo, but doesn't.

    • @Numlocq
      @Numlocq 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      M. William Keating Yeah...if he was actually make a joke then I would have agreed with you. In this case, he wasn't making a joke. He was just judging people on something he likely can't even do himself.

    • @keck739
      @keck739 9 ปีที่แล้ว +383

      Michael Weston What's the difference between a banjo player driving down the road and a frog driving down the road? There is a slight possibility that the frog might be going to a gig.

    • @sammcgrail3780
      @sammcgrail3780 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Jason Keck hahaha oh wow. nice one man

  • @urboydave9880
    @urboydave9880 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    618 Dislikes...I guarantee they have never done this by themselves in front of a live audience. You got skills and courage Bro.

    • @ltcavret7574
      @ltcavret7574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Them dislikes come from city slickers. Fancy pants no livestock havin girly boys with more jewelry than auntie mamie. Forget em they ain't got no idea about real music

  • @madratter
    @madratter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Once a year this shows up. Sure I'll watch that again.

  • @timothygodwin7575
    @timothygodwin7575 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Foggy mountain breakdown! Awesome.

  • @mainer98
    @mainer98 7 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    It's a high school talent show. Gotta give him credit. I played the banjo in a high school talent show in 1961 and I sucked.

    • @danegoodwin3057
      @danegoodwin3057 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      John Coleman dude I swear I though u said you "got sucked" the first time I read your comment

    • @bobbobbing
      @bobbobbing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dane Goodwin I read it as "got shucked", I wonder what it is about the comment that made us see that

    • @IronClique
      @IronClique 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      1961? Jeez. Did they have color back in those days?

    • @therealnickynurotic8930
      @therealnickynurotic8930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did you win ?

    • @nochannelmusician769
      @nochannelmusician769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can hardly play the banjo so I suck

  • @steveoh4595
    @steveoh4595 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Love love love it...really generates ah mental picture of a player in a cabin after supper plucking away back in the mountains of WV somewhere...

    • @fonkyman
      @fonkyman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      dude.... XD

  • @philred7139
    @philred7139 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this, I must have watched it a hundred times over the years, just noticed how many views he’s had, brilliant

  • @cjphillips
    @cjphillips 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I thoroughly enjoyed this!

  • @jaygatsby4012
    @jaygatsby4012 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2240

    Sure he flicks a mean bean.

  • @emmywillow6599
    @emmywillow6599 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3589

    Thing is, this hillbilly music is HARD to play.

    • @gabychuels2955
      @gabychuels2955 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Jack Rota i love it its a beautiful sound to my ears

    • @matthew-ox5zx
      @matthew-ox5zx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rumblebee Games/news haha

    • @Nopulu
      @Nopulu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      most banjo tuning is open, so it's really not that hard to play when you get the basics down dude

    • @Xrelent
      @Xrelent 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Many banjoists use fingerpicks

    • @heathermoore2743
      @heathermoore2743 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I learned how to play a banjo in a week my grand daddy always played when i remember as a kid just gotta stay focused on playing

  • @kurtzembower9297
    @kurtzembower9297 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can tell you been playing banjo for along time at least a week or so right so amazing 👏

  • @michaelcochran7895
    @michaelcochran7895 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nothing better than listening to a good banjo or mandolin player.

  • @mrpoolplayer6379
    @mrpoolplayer6379 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That young man is a showman... he knows how to wow them... Good Luck young man in your life.....

  • @EricTViking
    @EricTViking 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Bloody brilliant! I'm just starting Banjo and am blown away with this - very inspiring :) All those that have criticised this video completely miss what music is all about. Music isn't about being perfectly in tune, or perfectly in time. It's about what Joel did - which is to go out there, give it a large portion and give the crowd something to cheer about. You can hear from the applause that he blew the crowd away. Job done.

    • @ngannon80
      @ngannon80 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This kid sounds like he has been watching the first 'Murphy Method' beginning banjo video. Those 3 songs are on the first dvd and she breaks it down so anyone can do it with practice, my point is he is playing it JUST how she taught it on the video. Great place to start out learning the 5 string. Nice work!!

  • @talegunner4414
    @talegunner4414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I didn't see the rest of the talent show but he sure set the mark for everyone to beat! Great job!

  • @DisneyUpBoilerUp
    @DisneyUpBoilerUp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love to see young people on the banjo!
    Is a dying at.
    My dad used to play Foggy Mountain Breakdown for me all the time when I was little.
    I cry everytime I hear it.

  • @jmr1068204
    @jmr1068204 7 ปีที่แล้ว +946

    If you are near a creek or river and hear banjos, I'd highly advise paddling as fast as you can and not stopping for a rest break for another 20 miles. Unless you like squealing like a piggy...

    • @joaquinpicton9831
      @joaquinpicton9831 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      jmr1068204 why is that? (im not from the US)

    • @jmr1068204
      @jmr1068204 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      You'd have to see the older movie called Deliverance. It had Burt Reynolds from way back when. Him and some of his buddies went on a little camping and canoe trip. In the process, when they got separated, a couple of them got captured by two hillbillies. One of them got raped by said hillbilly, so...its a bit of a running joke. You can often hear the saying of, "Paddle faster, I hear banjos!" or see it on t-shirts of the really geeky people here. It isn't that popular, but some people still keep the joke going.

    • @Bmcknight2023
      @Bmcknight2023 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      CChissel That couldn't be more true my friend

    • @teej783
      @teej783 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      We'll fuck you up because you keep talking shit. Your greatest accomplishment is getting your parents to do everything for you and spending more money on a cup of coffee because of a gay name and a claim it will slow down Global Warming.

    • @connorbutler4195
      @connorbutler4195 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      CChissel hillbillies, friendly nice folk? Appalachian hill folk ain't no party to be around lmao

  • @pasqualeparente9776
    @pasqualeparente9776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +550

    I am no hillbilly, but I must say this gentleman has talent.

    • @tuforu4
      @tuforu4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Trump fan

    • @philgray1023
      @philgray1023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm no gentleman, nor is this man a hillbilly.

    • @tuforu4
      @tuforu4 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@philgray1023 ur not serious.

    • @briansmith5539
      @briansmith5539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is serious. That dude is no more a hillbilly than yourself.

    • @dustinjolley5607
      @dustinjolley5607 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I say a lot of things.

  • @someguy1865
    @someguy1865 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What amazing amount of talent goes into banjo. 👏👏

  • @TessaractAlemania-hd7tv
    @TessaractAlemania-hd7tv ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic, I love Banjo playing! It's such a warm and rythmic music, it makes me sentimental and brings joy.
    I would like to see a band where a banjo plays together with a mandoline and a balalaika!

  • @BrettWae
    @BrettWae 7 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    In the second tune you can hear him settle in and really play, holy shit.

    • @larjkok1184
      @larjkok1184 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      stoichiometric
      You watched it through to a second tune!?!?

    • @bhick3572
      @bhick3572 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I watched the whole thing yes. It was great

    • @minimusic4630
      @minimusic4630 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'd agree, except I would leave out the "holy" part.

    • @BrettWae
      @BrettWae 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** So you're saying his playing is shit?

    • @lyndavanhorn1141
      @lyndavanhorn1141 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THE SHIT

  • @catherinebrooks5020
    @catherinebrooks5020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Andy bernard is this how you started? Rididi de doo

  • @williamcox9865
    @williamcox9865 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw Roy Clark play his banjo in Lake Tahoe as a young man…loved the banjo ever since.

  • @sparking023
    @sparking023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hearing someone shred in a banjo like this always puts that thought... That need to *give chase*
    Very talented, goob job

  • @bobsullivan5714
    @bobsullivan5714 7 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    This ain't the Grand Ol' Opry, it's a gawd damn high school talent show and this kid is good!

    • @sololobos6969
      @sololobos6969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @L Smith Well aren't you a dick. Even as bait.

    • @StvMcQueen1
      @StvMcQueen1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No he's not. He's average at best.

    • @sandiegobill5520
      @sandiegobill5520 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StvMcQueen1 Even an average banjo player has to be pretty darn good.

  • @Dogyphil
    @Dogyphil 8 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    His banjo is out of tune? Didn't notice because it actually doesn't matter. I still enjoyed every second of his songs.

    • @drawlr55
      @drawlr55 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Wooden Nickel Get a life. Have you know sense of humor? You're part of what's wrong with this country.

  • @miker9101
    @miker9101 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    First-rate showmanship! Well done!

  • @Skeletone56
    @Skeletone56 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So this is Alabaman Classical Music. Sounds Great!

  • @williampark4753
    @williampark4753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    “This song goes out to my cousin Cutter, he’s in the county jail now fer that damn ol’ moonshine he was cooking out in them ol’ woods but he’s all right”

  • @Contabulator
    @Contabulator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    Hillbilly used serenade.
    IT SUPER EFFECTIVE!

    • @tisyre7325
      @tisyre7325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This...lmao

  • @dancochrane617
    @dancochrane617 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fantastic beautiful banjo playing. Very impressed with your ability and making musical sense.