I came to this video because of the words in John Denver’s Thank God I’m A Country Boy which I heard again today. One part says ‘I’d play Sally Goodin all day if I could, but the Lord and the wife wouldn’t think it any good, so I fiddle when I can and work when I should. Thank God I’m a Country Boy!’ Wow. It sure is a piece for a violin virtuoso…
Michael Cleveland has proven that people do like instrumentals and that they can be more than two minutes long. Thanks to you tube, we can listen to what we like not what radio tries to tell us is good music.
I met Michael a couple of years ago at the Fiddle Gathering in Indiana. Not only is he an amazing talent, but he is a pleasure to speak with and is a class act. Well done.
I couldn’t agree more. In fact, I’ve been telling people that he’s the greatest player since Jimi, and nobody gets it yet. He’s the sun. They all work with and around him, even when he’s with friends in a hotel lobby jamming . So great.
Junior Samples yes, he’s composing as he goes along. His improvisations are eye watering . I heard some one say he has tremendous courage musically. When it’s his turn, he doubles down and then doubles down again. He’s a monster when he’s rolling.
I have heard a few bluegrass bands that can give"sally goodin"justice but this band knocked it out of the ball park.That fiddle player had that fiddle"SMOKIN' ".Just my 2cts.
Wow! I hafta see these wonderful musicians live and in concert for shore❤😂 Not long after I discovered just how fabulously Bluegrass can just make one smile ,I was hooked on the genre, it's truly an American original ( even though it's roots are in Old European Scotch-Irish ancestry) Well done gents and lasses!
I am not a huge Cleveland fan. But this is one incredible version of Sally Goodin. I grew up in TX and listened and occasionally played with the Morris s , Salomons, etc. He normally plays too fast for me on many old standards and they lose their feel. But he has nailed this one incorporating several styles. Kind of like Byron Berline does. Way to go Michael!!!
Don't know what goes on in this boy's head but it's sheer magic, whatever he plays he just goes off on one. Had the great fortune to see him live in Runcorn U.K a few years back and he was phenomonal. Also loved the way the mandolin player used to go walkabout round the stage.
I don't know a whole lot about blue grass , BUT , I Was lucky enough in the 80's to see Jerry Garcia Band at the Wiltern in L.A. and even though I was a metal head at the time (still am -haha ) I got to see some very serious blue grass / folk jams and have loved this since - M.C. is just incredible !!
I came to this video because of the words in John Denver’s Thank God I’m A Country Boy which I heard again today. One part says ‘I’d play Sally Goodin all day if I could, but the Lord and the wife wouldn’t think it any good, so I fiddle when I can and work when I should. Thank God I’m a Country Boy!’ Wow. It sure is a piece for a violin virtuoso…
Michael Cleveland has proven that people do like instrumentals and that they can be more than two minutes long. Thanks to you tube, we can listen to what we like not what radio tries to tell us is good music.
Exactly!!! We get to decide how eclectic we want to be.
I met Michael a couple of years ago at the Fiddle Gathering in Indiana. Not only is he an amazing talent, but he is a pleasure to speak with and is a class act. Well done.
Im definitely a Michael fan. He is to the fiddle as Hendrix was to the guitar
Kenneth Eppich That’s exactly right ! He’s the greatest player on any instrument I’ve seen since Jimi Hendrix. He’s a monster.
I couldn’t agree more. In fact, I’ve been telling people that he’s the greatest player since Jimi, and nobody gets it yet.
He’s the sun. They all work with and around him, even when he’s with friends in a hotel lobby jamming . So great.
More like the doc Watson of the fiddle
There's this eastern european guy Alexandr Hrustevich who plays the accordion (the bayan) as fluently Michael plays the fiddle.
WOW! Five minutes of riffing on Sally Goodin'! That's as much jazz as it is bluegrass. Great improvisation. I love it!
Junior Samples yes, he’s composing as he goes along. His improvisations are eye watering . I heard some one say he has tremendous courage musically. When it’s his turn, he doubles down and then doubles down again. He’s a monster when he’s rolling.
I have heard a few bluegrass bands that can give"sally goodin"justice but this band knocked it out of the ball park.That fiddle player had that fiddle"SMOKIN' ".Just my 2cts.
"That fiddle player" is MICHAEL CLEVELAND
Michael Cleveland and fiddle Flamekeeper!
Wow! I hafta see these wonderful musicians live and in concert for shore❤😂 Not long after I discovered just how fabulously Bluegrass can just make one smile ,I was hooked on the genre, it's truly an American original ( even though it's roots are in Old European Scotch-Irish ancestry) Well done gents and lasses!
Just the best fiddle playing I have ever heard...way to go Michael
I am not a huge Cleveland fan. But this is one incredible version of Sally Goodin. I grew up in TX and listened and occasionally played with the Morris s , Salomons, etc. He normally plays too fast for me on many old standards and they lose their feel. But he has nailed this one incorporating several styles. Kind of like Byron Berline does. Way to go Michael!!!
No? He seems to me, as a non-expert in this department, to be one in a million astonishing
Look guys the world is not ready for you GREATNESS,. WELL DONE!!!
One of the strongest and best fiddlers ever! Amazing.
He is blind and somewhat deaf
Bluegrass at its best. I live in France, just spent 3 weeks in Southern States. Nowhere long enough
Mike you are Amazing...................I have never heard this tune played so good
Lots of fire coming out of that fiddle! Great entertainment, Michael. Amazing talent and rendition!
outstanding, one of the best versions of sally goodin
NO ONE does it better ~ thanks Michael !
That's some super sizzling fiddle!!!! Michael is real violin wizard!!! Thanks for putting this up😃
Stellar performance Michael, I'd love to hear him live
Don't know what goes on in this boy's head but it's sheer magic, whatever he plays he just goes off on one. Had the great fortune to see him live in Runcorn U.K a few years back and he was phenomonal. Also loved the way the mandolin player used to go walkabout round the stage.
Very very good musicians, sounds great, love the song
I don't know a whole lot about blue grass , BUT , I Was lucky enough in the 80's to see Jerry Garcia Band at the Wiltern in L.A. and even though I was a metal head at the time (still am -haha ) I got to see some very serious blue grass / folk jams and have loved this since - M.C. is just incredible !!
Best rendition I ever heard!
I love this version! Thanks Michael ....
Yesss. He’s the Hendrix of the fiddle. Bravo ! These are the MC years. Enjoy, those of you who get it.
God I love Sally Goodin . Micheal is so EFing good.
My absolute all time favorite!!
I think that this is the Fiddle God, come down to earth to grace us with his presence!
What a gift he has!!
Michael you are the best I have ever seen
Omg love it ty
I'm betting that Mr. Cleveland has played this tune before.
Blessings, brother! Fron Spain)
Mario G. A. Greetings España! Bluegrass crosses boarders & crosses oceans. Greetings from California.
Give that fiddler a prize!
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This is the best band Michael ever had.
Agree.
OH MY GOSH!!!!! Amazing tune!
Sweetness!
Fiddle player is on fire...wow!
Micheal is great on other instruments too! He is a great guitar player!
unbelievable!!!! great stuff !!
The banjo player is Jessie Baker.
Wow❤
Bravissimi!!!!
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bravo!!
I bet that fiddle was gasping for breath at the end of the set!
Someone call 9-1-1 that bands on FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!
Every song is a toe tapper for Jesse Brock!
fantastic!!
Just,,,,WOW,,,So Cool
Well, it just don't get no better than that...….
Awesome!
If they are ever in southern Oregon,,Klamath Falls, They have a gig.
The guy playing the fiddle is amazing. I would pay anything to hear this guy play.
heartbreakingly badass!
just an excellent fiddler
Bravo! Great!
HAIL TO THE KING, AND HAIL HAIL MICHAEL CLEVELAND, I'LL BET ON HIM AGAINST ANYBODY IN THE WORLD
I've never heard fiddle paying that good!!!
yes sir!
wow....top stuff
Move over Mark O'Conner.
right on,,i would me shorts if he would jam with me,,,outstanding
Better call the fire department !
that Cleveland kid he sure can play.
Very innovative...
Damn!
Great rendition of this classic song; Michael & Co are great! Though I think that Byron Berline did it a bit better w/Bill Monroe, just IMHO.
Have to smoke a cigarette after that fiddling 🎻!¡!!!
Goog old Marshall Wilborn on bass.
I took bass lessons from Marshall!
Name of the triangle player?
Sure would love to see what Michael and Mark O'Connor could come up with together.
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper - Dance Around Molly
holy cow
Jesse Baker on the 5 string?
Yes.
Heyump!
I approve
@4:22 though…
And I think Jesse Brock is the best mando in the business. Especially since just recently equipped himself with a new McClanahan.
Cleveland saws it half should be the marker!!
@Sevnfurdy No. It's a violin
What is that bass? Is it electric?
Yes, it is an Eminence, electric/acoustic. Great for traveling. That's Marshall Wilburn playing it, too. Great player.
make that good!
an unexpected journey... )
Is it in czech republic?
It's a shame this lineup didn't last a little longer. But bluegrass bands do tend to turn over at a rapid rate. (Some prominent exceptions.)
And I'm guessing Michael has never played that song the same way twice
Makes you want to take fiddle lessons!!
No use!
check out..... Trampled by Turtles. Perhaps not as fast but quite enjoyable.
I'd say at least twice. lol
Cleveland can really saw one off eh!!?
Fiddle n joe
Wo ist Harald Schmidt, der solche Leute ins deutsche Fernsehen bringt???
mickey can really "saw one off" eh?
Майкл, все импровизаторы у тебя за поясом.
予祝
Hey!! No fair!! He's not looking.
Chicken reel
Amazing fiddle!!!!
Too fast !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The guy playing the fiddle is amazing. I would pay anything to hear this guy play.
FESTIVALS!!!!
Hes blind. Hes Michael Cleveland, and i agree, hes amazing!
I’m going to try to see him this summer.
He’s the greatest player on any instrument I’ve heard since Jimi.
@davebob65 wow,he's gifted❤
Cleveland can really saw one off eh!!?