Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper perform "Jerusalem Ridge" on DittyTV 

He's very good, but Mark O'Connor, and Stuart Duncan have him beat by miles. I think Stuart Duncan may be the best fiddle player who ever lived. I play fiddle, and fiddlers speak his name with reverence and respect. He's the best.

Damn Straight!

@@procarpenter1788 Those three and maybe add Kenny Baker and you have the Mt. Rushmore.

You're all wrong 🤠 Martin Hayes is up there 🎻🎶

Definitely one of the best bluegrass players. :)

Wow!

ya i saw a video of him playin with billy strings less than a month ago, good stuff

That's one of the good things of RU-vid. There are always some user unfamiliar links between the recommodations. Learned a lot of things looking videos offside my first intentions.

10 months after you and I'm in exact same place.

These guys truly are bright stars to be found under the bushels.

@Marvin Gardens The Winnin' Teams Gonna Win.

He done beat ole Jonny so he just thought well if he beat Jonny easy well I’m dead he can have all the gold fiddles

The Devil and Johnny laid their fiddles down at Michael's feet Because they knew they'd been beat.

Hum, it went from Paganini before

@Marvin Gardens Who says Jesus is a musician?

I don't think that's true, sure Michael is probably more "famous" than Nathan but anyone that knows anything about talent knows they are both top tier.

@@ATLTraveler “Everyone deserves a trophy,” aside... Michael is a gift from God, where as his counter part is a well trained musician. Let’s not take away the magnificence that is Michael. Just to elevate the other musician, for sake of virtue signalling. GTFO, with that nonsense.

I agree. They are both special.

Nathan is certainly talented and deserves the credit. Very enjoyable performance.

Dude kicks ass

Like a master bread-baker, he knows how to beat it just right to get the end result he wants.

True. His playing pitch is fluid, emotive, deliberate, time fully well placed. 😅

Nathan is awesome on mandolin!❤❤❤❤

I saw Michael pulling off a broken bow hair a during a video I watched a couple of days ago. He must have needed to leave out a few notes but I couldn’t detect them. LOL!😮

Very good points that you made

Yes indeed. Bluegrass today is the home of the most incredible musicians alive. Michael Cleveland is the best I have ever heard and I have been a music fan all of my 71 years. (not just bluegrass but jazz as well). Other amazing young bluegrass musicians you should check out include: Billy Strings, Sierra Hull, and Chris Thile.

Same boat. Grew up with blue and jazz, But for some reason bluegrass keeps drawing me in. And this is one is the greatest I've ever seen heard !! Raw musicianship

@@JamesSterling lol ive been listening too billy strings fine young talented flat picker hes gunna be a legend hes getting big quickly playing with tommy Emmanuel you know yout good when one of the most iconic acoustic guitarists wants to play a set with you your doing something write. I listen too the dead south, tyler childers a lot i absolutely love tyler childers, colter wall, the wood brothers, etc.. ive grown up on blues music my whole life die hard blues fan always will be as well. But when i listen to bluegrass it gives me this nostalgia feel like im in the meadows on a perfectly sunny day by a creek as a kid not worried about lifes stresses like im in a transcendental utopia when i listen it makes me wanna go to a hoe down and wear overalls and spit in a bucket and do things i always was against but now im like fuck it i feel free its a feeling i cant describe but it has one of the best frequencies my ears has ever heard or listened too its like the perfect pitch the harmonies of there voices and the instruments is astronomical its outstanding honestly it gives me goose bumps i hate dancing but a couple of beers or shots of whiskey or moonshine and ill be dancing all night too this without a care in the world.. just absolute genius musician and thats coming from a ray Charles fan id loved to have seen ray instead of playing country try some bluegrass in his prime. I can go on forever cause i have nothing but the utmost respect for these fellow musicians..

Have you ever heard of Stephane Grappelli?! 😊 Don't get me wrong, Michael plays extremely well and is an absolute talent but emotionally expressive is something different.

Pity about the eyeballs

@@cuckingfunt9353 Apparently, he doesn't need them to be the best.

Damned right-

I knew I wasn’t the only one to hear that familiar ring.

I’m not sure about the rest, but I know that for 3:15 you can attain that sound by lifting the bow to where it barely touches the strings.

Bryan Probus. Very cool!

What ANY human can do. On another level.

I would've died and gone to heaven If I heard this as a child. Wish I did.

I believe Mr. Cleveland is classically trained in violin( at a very young age) yes he very amazing. As well, as Flamekeeper

Steve Levin Cinematography haha best comment

Omg,amazing definitely want to hear see more❤

And Blues and all the various shuffle rythm bowing techniques. He's a genius 👏

Jersualem ridge was actually not a taditional, written by Monroe. I totally get ur drift tho!!!

Chris Scarfo there’s a good chance Kenny Baker wrote a majority chunk of this tune after Bill showed him the basic rough cut of it. From what I’ve read anyway! Either way it’s an amazing song

@@adambrown7112 agreed

Nicely played... music and algorithm joke combo. You win. 😁

💚🙏💚 You took the words right out of my mouth!!!!!!🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻

Right!

Good point!

Cuz you needed to hear it maaaan

I’m thankful that it was in mine

In a day or two I will have a dream about this.

Unfortunately Hauss his talent is God Given, I don’t believe this can be learned. But keep on keeping on My Friend and Kick some Fiddling Ass along the way !!!

You can get it! Michael was trained classically too. And a woman I used to play Irish music with came with the classical straightness and is now a fine fiddler.