Sierra Hull, Eddie Barbash, Jack Saunders, Mike Seal, Stuart Duncan and Noam Pikelny perform "Lee Highway Blues" on November 23, 2019 at the Barre Opera House in Barre, Vermont. Brought to you by Less Than Face Productions.
I do not know the guitarist, the sax player or the bass player. (Eddie Barbash, Jack Saunders, Mike Seal) but these three artists obviously EARNED their place with the other three heavyweights. Watching and hearing them is a treat! I've seen Mr. Duncan play this in other RU-vid vids but this was stupendous in it's diversity. Stuart, Noam, Sierra: You are among my favorite artists in the whole world. Stay well and thanks for all your amazing musical innovations. Great video.
@@wendellbarrett7752 It's not even that it's necessarily too loud, but it's recorded in a way that all the other instruments duck down when a note is played. Plus, all tone is lost and it just sounds like a sine wave. Whatever it is, I agree that it's obnoxious and distracting. Still a great performance though
I'm sick and in bed. Been squirming all day long in pain and uncomfortable neuro sensations. Early dinner, sunset and now this. Am on my feet dancing by myself. Seeing quite directly that the spirit is what it is, life itself, moving with the music. "Music is your only friend. Until the end. Until the.... e. n. d Play it again, Sam
By cracky, some of these young players are reaching the level of the newgrass greats. Special kudos to the mixing engineer-to have a saxophone and an electric guitar not overwhelm a mandolin is a neat trick.
3:40 based on Pikelny's smile and someone's laugh, I'm guessing he's quoting something. I'm still just getting into bluegrass, does anyone know if he is indeed quoting another song here and if so what?
Having listened for about 40 years to Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Phil Woods, etc., it took a second or two to get used to the idea of alto sax in a bluegrass piece, but damn, it wasn't bad at all.
Great playing (probably) but terrible mixing. Sounded like they only had one mic between the lot of them. I Could really only hear the sax and fiddle properly, so gave up half way. What a waste.
Hull - she’s also played with the McCoury. Is the part of the family? All the musicians are tremendously skillful. The violin is a killer - Holy Ghost is moving!
That guitar technique seems to be largely informed by banjo technique. Notice how his thumb is always hitting the offbeat. I'd bet he's a banjoist in disguise.
The mix is pretty meh (mostly just too quiet by a lot, at least on my system. Sounds like they left some kind of AGC on.) but great performance nonetheless.
If you get a chance to see Sierra Hull play live, I'd recommend going to see her. She's always got great musicians around her. My brother and I both agreed that the recent show we saw was easily one of the best we'd ever seen, out of hundreds.
I've known Mike Seal for many years. I'm just finding out how much talent he has. And who he has played with. Such a humble guy. I played music with his Grandpa. He's a beast, and people are just now finding out.
He's amazing. Saw him at this show and before with Jerry Douglas. A standout. But all the players at this show were beyond reproach. Love the way Noam watches him when he plays.
This is really a very Authentic version of what String Bands were composed of back in the 10's, 20's and 30's. They played a variety of tunes with an Amazing Diversity of Instrumentation, maybe more often a Clarinet than Sax, but Everything from Classical bits of Opera, Ragtime, Stride, Showtunes & Swing and of course Fiddle Tunes (really just Dance Tunes). I always wanted to hear a Saxophone play with a Fiddle and Banjo. Bravo!
