MrCrispin's Bluegrass Tour of America 

You couldn't find any better travel companions than Alan Spears and Mr Crispin. We had a wonderful time and not one word in anger or frustration was spoken during our 2 k mile trip.

Crispin, a beautiful video of your special bluegrass trip, very exciting. Congratulations toy you and Jan and to all the other wonderful musicians. What a great experience. Geno

Thank you for sharing your experience with us! Jan is a tremendous talent. I'm so glad you two were able to connect!

What a well made and interesting video Mr Chrispin ! I enjoyed your American adventure , just the right mix of music , interviews , and Americana . Very well edited, thank you .

Flattered you came to visit the US, and the best part of it by far.

Thank you for traveling my home of NC. Nothing like it

Well, Crispin, I am honored to have you visit my old Kentucky home of nearly 70 years. Specifically the Appalachian Mountains. Bluegrass music is as much a part of the Appalachian's as the mountains themselves. One could argue that, Appalachian music predates the great Bill Monroe's Bluegrass genera of music. And no, I don't play any instruments, I can barely play the radio. Thoroughly enjoyed the Video.

Mill Spring is 127 miles South of Bristol, where I attended a musical stage show in 1956 at the age of 5. My grandmother ne Betty Jones, bought the farm for $200 in the 30s. They had no electricity, plumbing, or internal combustion engines. That poor Appalachian area missed the "move to town, get a car, and get a job" movement of 1910. They did have horses, cows, pigs, turkeys, and chickens.

⚓️ Thanks Crisp 🌈 funny hats breed guitars 🇬🇧

Thanks for sharing.

Your a dark horse Crispin fantastic video thanks some experience that

I played 5 string for about 40 years. Then, arthritis. You've featured many of my Bluegrass idols!

Wow, and yes I watched the full video with grate interest, wot a lovely dream come true for you, but well deserved 👍🏻😉

I am speechless (well, maybe not quite, but relatively speaking). I never would have thought of you and that music genre in one sentence. In any case, it looks like you made a dream come true, with the help of some very fine people. Congratulations to you, Mr. Crispin!

I was very lucky to see John Fahey live in the 70's although it was the oddest concert I have ever attended. He appeared to be exceedingly drunk but also played exceedingly beautifully.

Wonderful! That is my favorite part of the country, the best people and beautiful scenery. Few go there, you are one of the lucky few.

Hi Crispin you were right in my hometown Marion, NC wish i could have met you i watch your machining channel, and came across your music channel. Hope you enjoyed your stay.

Oh good grief, that was absolutely adorable.

And just out of nowhere it just got even better!!

Hello glad you had a good time here in Asheville, lots of good pickers here.

Who said us gear heads don't have other creative interests. Loved seeing your tour. I'll keep flat pick'n away on my old D-18 Martin.

👍Glad you had a safe journey and got to see some of the best country of the US.

Top marks!

Another excellent documentary is the history of country music by Ken Burns.

VG Mr. C, that was excellent. Who knew? 😊

Nice trip. I live in a town outside Asheville called Waynesville. It was pickin the banjo that got me into machining building my own style Dtuners. Congratulations on finding the greatest music and visiting its birth place.

The film Kingpin and Deliverance first introduced me to Bluegrass. The band Oh Brother where art thou 'Constant Sorrow' and Soggy bottom boys... proper barn music!

Played with Seth many times when he was just a kid. It’s so wonderful watching the music grow. Miss him. Miss Billy Constable. All good buddies. Bobby Hicks did three cuts on a record I did in 2010. Thanks Jan. Feels like a homecoming every time I see these recordings. Your’n, Bobby.

Thanks for sharing your Bluegrass Adventure! What an epic event. I'm a rhythm guitar player and singer. I hit a multitude of Jams, gigs and show from 2007 thru 2014. Clifftop and Galax were highlights. My teacher was Roger Sprung the great banjo player. This was truly a fascinating experience. All of you are Troubadours!!🎵🎶🎵

Instantly subscribed. Thank you Crispin, that’s fantastic….I’m more deep blues, but what a trip and with such great companions, a dream trip for sure. I have a guitar but never mastered it, I also have a lathe and mill which I am pretty good at messing up bits of metal on…. But at least I managed to work at RR, so it’s not all bad.

I know that I am a born engineer. However I yearn to be a musician. To be a musician requires about a million million times more talent.

What a great road trip, you play a mean guitar Mr Crispin! I've been a fan of Bluegrass for over 50 years, this is the real stuff. The High Lonesome Sound, Bill Monroe, McCoury Bros, some nice old footage and good to see Bill's home restored. I guess you'll be remembering this trip fo a long time, I'll check out WDVX, try 'Bluegrass Country', think that's still going, anyway, take care, cheers, Dave

I must confess... when I first saw you in that hat and vest over on... that other channel..., I thought "Oh, no... here's another Brit who thinks everyone in the US is historic southern!" :) But... I guess two things. I guess I have my own stereotypes of Brits. And I guess you're entirely forgiven, even pretty much right on track, after presenting the road trip which explains everything! :-). Keep on keepin' on, brother Crisp!

Looks like quite an exhausting, but enjoyable trip.

Kentucky will get in your blood, I've lived here all my life, retired coalminer, now spend my time in my machine shop, great video mr.crispen...

Nice hat!

John Mills introduced me to you on youtube. I love machines and I love bluegrass. I live in Oregon, USA 20 miles north of the California border about the middle of the state. Klamath Falls, Oregon.

🤩🤠 thanks for sharing, must have been a wonderful experience

Hi Mr. Crispin welcome to America, looks like you maybe talking with a southern drawl when you return to England. Hey look the steering wheels are on the wrong side?? Hope you have a nice visit, we have family in south Carolina. Rich

I would say bluegrass is mostly modified appalachian folk music the kind of front porch pickin music that has gone back 250years or more. If you enjoy the blues I am sure you are aware of Justin Johnson here on you tube he is an amazing guitar player and really knows the blues and other genres as well. Certainly worth checking out if you don't.

OK! Impressed you even knew what Bluegrass was but even more impressed you were such a good musician. All I ever knew you as was a good machinist and would never have known if you hadn't mentioned this Channel on your main channel.

Well this is something else cheers mr crispin .I was lucky to be born and live through the song band era in Ireland although I lived in wales but there was very similar music played there too fab times both my parents were from Ireland thanks for posting.ha mr crispin and the lost navigators😂😂😂😂😂😂 ha ha

Thanks for the video Mr Crispin, very enjoyable

Really glad you got see this section of America. I enjoyed your video

Cool - you made it to the Ryman! I’m named for the guy that built it

I hope you enjoyed yourselves in my neck of the woods. Allow me to quote the movie, that's some mighty fine pickin and a singing, going on there. I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you for sharing your trip.

Very nice, I am glad you were in town, hope the trip home was a good one. Charles

That was good!

Wow. This is a whole new side of you I didn't know existed!! I am a very big fan of your machining channel ...and now of your music channel also. You play very well sir... keep on picking my friend!!

So happy to hear that you are into bluegrass as well. I'm a fiddler out in California and have attended several bluegrass camps/festivals here and in Tennessee. I took some lessons with Bobby Hicks a few years ago - certainly has a bunch of stories about past bands . I hope you have a group of friends that you pick with back home.

A wonderful trip! So glad you saw some of the REAL America! Wonder of you sampled some of the local distilled spirits! Thanks for sharing!

I have watched many of your ‘other’ videos, and would never have guessed what your musical tastes were! This was a wonderful video. I have enjoyed various types of Country music for over half a century, but Bluegrass - and in particular Bluegrass Banjo - is my absolute favourite. I recall decades ago getting some very funny looks when I went into various East Anglian record stores asking for Flatt & Scruggs music. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised by the blank looks. It wasn’t well known back then. Now, with internet access, a whole world of my sort of music has opened up to me and being long-retired I spend a lot of time watching and listening to many of these marvellous musicians. Thanks for sharing your trip. I thoroughly enjoyed it - even if I was green with envy!

Never imagined you'd be into folk music and would pass through the area! (I work in Hickory and live in northeast TN). Glad you had a fun time.

Mr. Crispin not only do we share the same taste in machining we also share the same in music. I listen to Blue Grass and Blues in my shop all the time. You have my ear and my subscription to this new channel of yours. Thanks for bringing us along ..I can now say I am a loyal follower of both your channels. Terry from Texas

Wow you were right in my home town . I was born and raised about 20 miles north of raleigh in a small town called Wake Forest and still live there. If i had known you were going to be here i would have enjoyed meeting you.

Good on you for persuing what you like it makes life worth living

What a great trip. The story of Jan making it from Sweden to a life of making hillbilly music in the states would be interesting to hear. Congratulations on your experience Mr. Crispin.

I have silently watched your machining videos for years. Now I learn you love Bluegrass. Awesome. Check out some of my videos on building repairing Bluegrass instruments. We also play Bluegrass. VERY COOL!

No idea you were an ethnographer of American Folk music. Well done sir.

Now we can see how everyone( fans of World music 🎶, Bluegrass or whatever you call this( art- form)and the greatest, current musicians formed our love and appreciation of said mountain music-- From Mother Maybell, A.P. June and the Carter sisters, Bill Monroe, Chet AND Mark Knopler, Earl, Allison and Jerry Douglas, Sierra Hull and Molly Tuttle-- all the way to Tony Rice and Billy Strings

Hi, spotted the link on your machining channel, didnt realise you had another, subscribed!! Thorughly enjoyed watching this video, really well produced, well done. Great to see part of the States that you dont normally get to see. It must have been a great experience to see all those places and meet so many different musicians. Jan must have been there quite some time he sounded like a native, well to me anyway!! I had a chuckle when he explained to that young boy that he would sound strange to everyone else where ever he went. Its something I face on a daily basis living in Spain, there is no hiding my English accent even after almost 25 years!! Lots of good guitars made down here in Granada, of course a completely different style of music too. In my village we have an anual Swing Festival which brings in some great bands and creates a great atmosphere as well. I hope you get the chance to go again.

Very very enjoyable. I enjoy a bit of blues. I have seen one or two of the artists you covered on RU-vid. Bluegrass is something I shall make an effort to brush up on. To date my only real contact has come through Robert Plant's work with Allison Kraus. Wow. Still buzzing. ❤

Wow, as stated, who knew! My insight to blue grass was a commercial record of the 60s (slap me with a v block) Freight Train by… Charles McDevitt and Nancy Whiskey, I was about 9 or 10. Since that record I have picked up over the years when its based within a song/tune and love it. U Tube opened it up by dropping in the occasional Watsons and others. Sadly years of hospital radio/community radio gave me others to follow. Still love to hear it though. Excellent vlog and trip Mr Chrispin, going again soon I hope. Stay well.

Well, you managed to work in Windy and Warm with Wayne. Well done! I’m impressed by the concept, and your bringing it to fruition. See you at a Billy Strings show! lol

I loved Jan’s advice to the young man who was apparently feeling self conscious about his accent. “No mater where you’re from to most people in the world you’re going to sound strange.”

well, Hello from Nashville :)

We may have to start calling you "Doc Crispin."

Well, I am not surprised, sorry :) With the focus and care that you put into anything you, and with the humour that shows that you have heart and soul, picking up an instrument would likely lead to you studying with the legends at some point. Traveling with a legend, that is perhaps the necessary luck as well, but well deserved! Amazing to share a bedroom session with those guys, and of course it sounds even better when you wear the hat! Now, if you want to surprise me properly, you’ll yodel while machining!

I wish I knew you were here, you drove all around my farm Stony Point NC. I could have shown you all the area steam trains.

come to wintergrass!

Welcome to America. Crispin! You had an amazing musically educational journey. I thank you very much for sharing this with us. It was very enjoyable. So when are you moving all your machines to this side of the pond? :)

Excellent vid Mr C. Also nice rendition of Windy and Warm. Could we see a parallel channel developing along the lines of your musical journey?

Damn! We're in a tight spot. This is also one of my favourite films Crispin. Also share a love of Bluegrass music. Very enjoyable and well made video. Are you going to try your hand at making a guitar in your workshop? All the best Cheers form Nobby's Workshop

Yes, I watched the whole thing. I didn't realize you were such a big fan of Blue Grass music. ... Have you ever seen the movie, " Deliverance"? ...LOL...I liked the dinosaur story. ... I'm glad you had such a great time. Are you ever coming to Southern California?

Yall come back now ye hea.

I bet you had a heck of a time with the right-hand side of the road besides having a good time.

Most exellent mr Crispin. have you read the book .Clapton's Guitar.By Allen ST John? All about Wayne H.

Mr Crispin, I wore out 3 Fender guitars before I realized I could not play one and did not have an ounce of musical ability

here from the machining channel. if you get a minute check out the devil makes three. killer three piece bluegrass band from my home state of vermont. hope you enjoyed your trip

There isn't anything more Americana Panorama than eating at Waffle House. Which owns a fair number of Ritz Carlton hotels . . .

what was your favorite thing to eat in america?

Have been a great fan of the WATSONS, from the mid 1970..Shook hand with Doc and Merle after a concert in Dublin 1980 or 81. Here in America I again saw DOC several times in concert at the Bottom Line in NYC and in Piermont close to the Hudson river. The Watson were the humblest of people with an abundance of Talent. Both long gone, sadly missed