The Barber's Fiddle - Becky Buller 

Mighty fine !!

All those fiddlers sound so great!

I heard this on 88.7 and It's been in my head ever since. Love this song!!!! ♡

Super! Great job highlighting a Bristol treasure!

I LOVED this! What a great story, well sung and well played! Thank you so much.

Good song...

Awesome! Just awesome

Dang!! That was NIIIIIICE!!!

Wow....thanks for that. Well done!!

I've heard the song many times but hadn't seen the video until just now. Very nicely done! Thanks for posting it for us to see.

What a marvelous tune! I love it! ... saw the wall full of two-dollar bills.

Love ya, Becky! Hope all is well, big hug from Detroit!

This is great tune and video, with great singers and pickers. I always enjoy seeing those at the top of their crafts getting together. If only John Hartford and Curly Ray Cline had been living to be part of it.

Just fantastic so many great great players

Awesome

Love it! Stuck inside working from home, like so many of us. Just what I needed to get my foot tapping! Thanks!

Great tune behind an entertaining story

You have kept the spirit of bluegrass music alive and have taken it to a higher level. Bless your heart Becky, you are a genius, and may the people of the world come to appreciate your music. EDIT: I'd bet the fiddlers you showed doing the short solos are fiddlers who couldn't make a living on a fiddler's pay. (coming a from gigging musician myself)

I love this! New fan, here

I need a barber! Great song!

This is just a awesome song and video. Thank you for including the photo of the bluegrass 5. My family is in this photo, Sterling, Floyd, Mac, and of course, the barber Billy Womack. The others in the photo I just don't remember their names. Brought tears of joy and some sadness. Thank you so much for making this and sharing. Becky, thank you for being family too.

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I love this so much!

Go Nate!

This is a song about many a musician's life, including mine. Only a musician who has had to give up his dream of making a true living on music could understand the heartache of the lyrics behind this song. Cat Below are the lyrics from Becky's website: The Barber’s Fiddle - Becky Buller, Goodnight Sparky Music, BMI Lynda Wittig Dawson, Grandma Bea Music, BMI For Gene at the Star Barbershop in Bristol, VA; Mr. Billy Womack of Woodbury, TN; and the person who told me this story at Dollywood a million years ago. - BB Mr. Gene’s barbershop State Street, the Virginia side Walked in hand in hand with Pa 5 years old and terrified Mr. Gene smiled at me Helped me up into the chair In the mirror I could see An old red fiddle hanging there The gray-haired barber caught my gaze Said, “That’s a tale I like to tell Of a young man who came in one day With a fiddle and a dream to sell He tried to live out on the road Thought music was where he belonged It broke his heart and it broke his soul Made him sing a different song Chorus: Fiddled up high Fiddled down low Fiddle most everywhere I go I’d fiddle until my dyin’ day If I could make a life on a fiddler’s pay He sat in this very chair Scared of what his folks would say His hope was gone, his pockets bare They warned him it would end this way He returned to start anew No money for a shave and trim He asked, “Would this fiddle do?” Said it wasn’t any use to him Chorus Mr. Gene swept the floor Spun me ‘round and said you’re done I begged him to tell me more What happened to the wayward son Turns out it was Mr. Gene Hung his fiddle up that day And now I’m living out his dream Because he taught me how to play Chorus 2 (repeat twice): Fiddle up high Fiddle down low Fiddle most everywhere I go Gonna fiddle until my dyin’ day If I can make a life on a fiddler’s pay Tag: Livin’ my life on a fiddler’s pay