This is so good! Keep making videos like this please. I do documentaries like this for the school library where I live. DOn't presume this stuff wil always be around, unless someone pays attention to it and passes it along. Thanks.
"WILDWOOD FLOWER" - Parlor Version (?) She is waiting for me in a rose colored bower, And her eyes are like violets after a shower, For she's dreaming of dreams through the long summer hours, my sweetheart, my own, my frail wildwood flower. All the wild forest creatures are under her spell, On her shoulder the dove it's love secrets will tell, And the wild dappled fawn comes to lie at the feet, of my frail, wildwood flower, So gentle and so sweet. I will pick tender blossoms to twine in her hair, lovely roses so red and the lilies so fair, Lovely myrtle so bright with the emerald hue, Buttercups yellow, forget-me-nots blue There's no artist can paint her, no poet can write, How she warms this old heart like the sunbeams so bright, I will love and protect her and never more part, From that frail wildwood flower that twines around my heart
Unfortunately, much history is lost the same way. You never think the people you need to interview will die. Sadly, in my 25-year journalism career this happened several times.
I recall being so proud of learning to play this song as a teenager. I played it at a church basement hootenanny circa 1962. My version was closer to Maybelle's than to Clarence's. It is probably most acoustic players' first instrumental tune.
I love all these players. Sometimes it’s best to not shred though. Just let minimum notes and chords be the “ fill”!? Of course not. Youngsters need to “ improve” on what didn’t need improvement. If two beers are good, a case of it is better?
Clarence White was one of if not arguably the best. Arlin Roth mentioned him often in his instructional books and tapes back in the day and one could say the same of Arlin as well
Well its called “ Carter Style “ to this very day so it matters not if there are better pickers, Mother Maybell was the originator and all else is a copy.
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Who'd you forget? -Lotta folks. Check out Bert Jansch and John Renbourn. Mike Bloomfield on acoustic. Where's Merle Watson? Picking the Wildwood flower is a necessary rite of passage for any guitar player. -One of the first pieces I learned because it was infectious, instructive, easy to learn and beautiful. Oh, so beautiful. But. only a woman can sing that bitter-sweet glorious lyric. It is the ONE song I do not think can be adapted for a man to sing. One odd thing; Mother Maybelle played it in MANY different keys (C voicing), and this had little to do with her voice getting lower as she aged. The key would go up and down independent of her age. Maybe her voice was variable? All i know is that no country player should attempt any sort of career without learning to pick the Wildwood Flower. -And I am a JAZZ & blues player (although, I am a country boy). About 8 years ago, I was lucky enough to find a woman who could sing the Wildwood Flower and play mandolin. I have a debilitating disease and knew that i would not be able to play professionally much longer, and this woman popped up 30 minutes before my demise and agreed to sing the Wildwood Flower whilst i picked. I did this at a "folk" festival smiling a wide grin as we progressed through the song. I was in pure heaven. Not once did I look at the guitar as i was engrossed with the sound of her voice with the guitar. Shockingly few people know of The Wildwood Flower! Many people approached me backstage afterwards asking about that wonderful song "about the pale wildwood flower". I was saddened that so many country musicians were not familiar with the song. Weird! -All you parents, make sure your sons and daughters grow up being able to pick The Wildwood Flower! It is sooo important! Mother Maybelle always started kids off playing guitar using the Wildwood Flower as a first song. it is perfect for such a lesson. G-d Bless.
my first introduction to hearing a live guitar was my father playing Wildwood Flower on his old Stella "spanish" guitar. When I want to remember those wonderful old times, I of think of Dad and his beat up old guitar playing those traditional country songs.
Excellent synopsis of the various techniques and styles of playing a particular folk standard. Really enjoyed. Thanks for putting this compilation together. My favorite, I will not say, but I believe they are all great... for they all made the song their own in a way. :-)
I’m Clarence Whites grandson, Michelle is my mom. We appreciate anyone checking on our family grave site. My grandmother and uncle are buried there as well. I am about 8 hours North in Ukiah, and cannot wait to visit them again.
@@BrandonAdkins44 It's a pleasure to meet you here Brandon! Your Grandfather was one of the best to ever play a guitar. It was a very sad time in the Antelope Valley when Clarence passed. The building(s) and streets of Palmdale have been demolished and BJ's no longer exists there. Clarence was an epic legend and imo you and his offspring are rock-'n'-roll royalty! It's truly a pleasure my friend!!! Thank You 😇
Earl Scruggs picking sounds more like Mother Maybelle's style than the others. Not to take anything away from the others, they are all good!!! According to the announcer on the Flatt and Scruggs show, he learned it from her.
Thanks so much for publishing these talented players playing one of the BEST songs ever written. Enjoyed it very much. Play the song frequently myself fingerpicking, but of course, I am no match for these all time GREATS!
Merle and Earl were both playing Maybelle style using the "Carter scratch". Chet played a bit of Maybelle style near the end of the clip, but was playing a chord melody style with the melody on top of the chord. James was using a flat pick to play a cross picking style. Doc, Tony and Clarence also did elaborate flat picked versions of the tune. This was the first tune many of us learned to pick.
Very interesting. Nice compilation . Talent is talent. However, I didn't start out on a Martin guitar with my family makin' movin' pictures. Keep Country in Country Music...
Funny how a woman invents this and then there are examples from a billion dudes. I don’t mind impresarios (Rice, Atkins, Watson, Scruggs, White) but you could’ve included ONE additional woman, seriously.
Clarence comes out as the top virtuoso in that group. Chet next. Clarence shows a greater variety of technique and yet maintains the beauty of the melody. An amazing performance. Doc just seems to be playing fast without much feeling and Tony's embellishments are not quite on target. I'm sure he did a better version on other occasions. Clarence was astonishingly good, perhaps the cleanest guitarist ever.
on one of my better days I can pick along w. joan Baez and fred hellarman (it is recorded on vanguard and it is fast, but try as I might (and I have) I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET MOTHER MAYBELLES SWING. thanks for this upload. one can always rip things off!
Nice compilation, Toon de Corte. I'd not heard Clarence's version until viewing this... I might not have posted my version the other day if I'd heard his first :) Consider yourself subbed, and thanks!
Sadly I never met Clarence, but I met Gene Parsons when I went to California and picked up my Tele that he’d “Benderized.” Even then it was amazing to hear him speak of Clarence’s instrumental genius, and that coming from a guy who ain’t a half bad picker himself.
You've got to love this version too! David Grisman and Tony Rice. Slow tempo, subtlety and finesse: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9_MKAZp8lRM.html If you like it, there's also a live recording!
Wonderfully done. I can't make up my mind wether to keep thumb pick and finger(buster jones) or flat pick + cross pick/hybrid et.al. I write country songs with both techniques I love them both these guys could play.
All of these were Awesome guitar pickers of the Day. They, if still around, would be hard to beat. Even Earl Scruggs, known for his banjo playing, could pick a mean guitar.
I like the most simple version best. Playing often gets so fancy that the melody is lost. Songs end up unrecognizable from the sea of rapid fire notes. I like to hear a guitar played as if the instrument is singing the words of the song. 😎👍🏻
Tony Rice and Doc Watson did the best versions in the original context of the song in my opinion. Both could have easily played super fast like Clarance White but wisely and in the interest of good taste chose not to. Chet's version was sweet but far from the original style. Couldn't anyone producing this video find a Jimi Hendrix or a Stevie Ray version?
