As a bluegrass bassist this video speaks to me on a spiritual level. The guitarist whispering chord progressions to you between tunes, instinctively telling the band leader you know the song when asked, quite obviously shaking your head no when he turns back around, the face at 3:26 when a break is tossed on you, looking around frantically in the middle of the kickoff for someone to tell you the key, hoping to god nothing weird happens harmonically while you just pray that we stay on the I chord for awhile, watching the guitarists hand intently.... If you've ever wondered what it's like to play bass in a bluegrass band, this is it.
@@dobroanjo I mean, watch the beginning of the video -- Chris whispers some instructions to Paul -- presumably, key, chords, song structure -- Paul nods yes, and as soon as Chris turns back around, Paul shakes his head "no" at the audience. :) We've all been there. Of course Paul's fine, because you're absolutely right, it's a super simple song.
Tony. He should know the key and chords. It's what they just played only sped up. lol. You make a good point though. Sometimes ya just gotta hang on for dear life! ty
From the very first note their timing was tight as hell. Men at the top of their game right there. Brings a smile to my face everytime I listen to it. Love it!!
The Punch Brothers are even loved and adored by teenagers who do not realize that they are __BLUEGRASS. In fact, my granddaughter said on Twitter that all she wanted was all the Punch Brothers recordings to make her happy. She's a senior in high school. The person who told me about The Punch Brothers and The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys is a DJ and Producer in Denver, Colorado. Her husband is in Germany. Prayers would be appreciated for Ramona & Gerald.
I can't read, never learned how to write, my whole life has been, one big fight. born under a bad sign... no coincidence that the blues and bluegrass share a color.
Sometimes, while listening to them masterliterally every style they play, you forget that at there core they are probably the greatest bluegrass band in the world!!!!
I picked with Noam Pikelny once at Beanblossom for a couple hours (before I knew WHO he was). I think he may have been hitting on me cuz he told me afterwards that...."I have a nice voice".....In my mind we're practically married. :-) bahahaha!
Wow!!I don't think the grass gets much bluer than this!!!! Chris Thile has great vocal ability, to say the least. These dudes can really tear it up!!! Thank you so much for putting this up on RU-vid!😃
My guess is that he's gotten so good that the stuff he plays on stage is the stuff he's comfortable with. So what sounds like amazing stuff to us is just "Meh, no big" stuff to him. I'm pretty sure flies on the wall of his practice space drop dead when they hear some of the stuff he plays then.
Incredible performance. Love the fiddler on Train 45. Only gripe is the sound setup seems muffled/muted, it's not capturing the RING of the banjo, which to me is the soul of Bluegrass.
@corkeraustin24.. "Never seen a male vocalist brave enough to attempt the material he covers." ??? Hahaha! That's hilarious- and frankly one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. There's a lot of material out there buddy. Your comment is beyond invalid.
