@cxode I always wonder why J. D. Crowe's style has such a STONG Earl Scruggs presents until I read J. D saying that Earl was his hero and when he was a teen, he would follow Flatt and Scruggs around and watch everything that Earl did very carefully. The late Don Reno, on the other hand, learned his three-finger sytle from Snuffy Jenkins and evolved from there and has a much different style than Earl. Later I read that Sonny Osborne began with watching Scruggs too.
@cxode The yankee doodle lick also is from J. D.'s love of Earl Scruggs when he was a teenager following Flatt and Scruggs around from gig to gig. But Earl Scruggs usually did that lick in the middle of "Bugle Call Rag". Listen to that track on Flatt and Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Banjo" from about 1959 and you can clearly hear"yankee doodle" in the middle break by Earl. Some tell me J. D. is too much of an Earl Scruggs clone but I don't agree. I think he is a fine player and his own man.
It just doesn't get any better than this. J. D. plays with such precision and spark...Jack Baker NYC
MrJbaker7 4 months ago
Sean, J.D. is quite possibly the best! Thanks for reminding us.
hochbob 7 months ago
'AWESOME'
DieGwinners 8 months ago
Omg that Fiddle Player takes one HELL of a Break! And i dont usually care for fiddle's!!!!
UPRalex 10 months ago
I love the up the neck yankee doodle lick that goes right into the 10th fret choke. Freaking awesome. J.D Crowe is the bee's knees
cxode 1 year ago
@cxode I always wonder why J. D. Crowe's style has such a STONG Earl Scruggs presents until I read J. D saying that Earl was his hero and when he was a teen, he would follow Flatt and Scruggs around and watch everything that Earl did very carefully. The late Don Reno, on the other hand, learned his three-finger sytle from Snuffy Jenkins and evolved from there and has a much different style than Earl. Later I read that Sonny Osborne began with watching Scruggs too.
boblackey1 11 months ago
@cxode The yankee doodle lick also is from J. D.'s love of Earl Scruggs when he was a teenager following Flatt and Scruggs around from gig to gig. But Earl Scruggs usually did that lick in the middle of "Bugle Call Rag". Listen to that track on Flatt and Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Banjo" from about 1959 and you can clearly hear"yankee doodle" in the middle break by Earl. Some tell me J. D. is too much of an Earl Scruggs clone but I don't agree. I think he is a fine player and his own man.
boblackey1 11 months ago
@boblackey1 Yeah, Earl used that lick in several tunes. I've heard him use it in this tune numerous times.
bigmrclean 10 months ago
That is one good sounding gibson.
bigmrclean 1 year ago
Those boys can play
burnm6rk 1 year ago
Fantastic -- master at work!
Mandolin1944 1 year ago
Awesome. I loved it. Thanks
wateroperator 1 year ago
very nice
we just watched them play in lexington VA about 3-4 weeks ago they are great!
RoosterRuley 1 year ago
Beutiful Ludwigtrap, J.D. Crowe still takes the young pickers to school. Great camera work , going to learn some of those J.D licks.
OSCAR82AA 1 year ago
He's put so many licks into that banjo...it's going to take him years to get them all out of there!
PFCBeetleBailey 1 year ago
shuck!
owl4man 1 year ago