Daniel Carwile playing Sally Goodin

[lanetamfam]

5:37!!! less talking more fiddling! jk awesome. He sways like a willow in a windstorm

[xt981]

Ya Daniel!!

[treybailey]

my dan c. fiddle duel with lee. take that hot-shot!

[dreamskates]

In my dreams fiddlin! Wow. And such a nice person also (met Daniel and Amy at a fiddle camp, so down to earth, wonderful teachers). Go Daniel!

[dakadave52]

Awesome virtuosity Bravo Daniel!!!!

[moggjeans]

He's got groooove!

[robertjefchak]

Awsome.... i love it.

[Robsecondfiddle]

awesome

[fiddlemando]

I like a lot of players but he is definitely one of my favorites.

[fiddlemando]

I like a lot of different fiddle players but he is definitely one my favorites!

[xt981]

Yeah Daniel, I hear ya!!

[2005fiddler]

somebody get the water this dudes on "FIRE"

[217zadok]

Awesome...........man.........­...!!!!!!!

[cobraplaya82]

i do like your version though you have alot of different styles in there.. at 4:36 i have never herd that before, i like it ha. remindes me of marc and terry playin it

[ConyersOpa]

Best version I've ever heard. Great talent.

[42chaz42]

im gonna pick up the fiddle, my grandma gave me her grandpas fiddle she figures its around 130 years old ive had it checked out by the local music shop they say its still in fine working condition

[tomo1tanker]

That's so awesome! You make bowing look so easy :D

[duracell014]

wow. im gonna play like that one day....20 years from now but i will!!!!lol

[dottenday]

Very very very well played. You are very talented, and you got the tune down cold. Well done!

[Papachulo57]

Oh Yeah!....I could listen to that with my foot in the fire.

[taykraus]

holy cow!! best version ever of sally goodin'. i love his style.

[2005fiddler]

All I can say is WoooooooW, best I have ever heard. Thanks for Posting, sure does raise the bar for the rest of us fiddle players!!

[blessedthybe]

I am very proud to say that is is my cousin!

[Anneurysm]

@blessedthybe i am very proud to say i grew up with him! played in the school bands with him, etc. he was definitely the star of our class & every class before or after! & super nice person!

[dyer47lam73]

Sally Goodin is a fiddle tune from the Civil war. It was first called Big Sandy. A widow by the name of Sally lost her husband in the war. She spent the rest of her life nursing soldiers. This fiddle tune was then changed from Big Sandy to Sally Good-in

[dyer47lam73]

what a fantastic fiddler. This guy could without a dought out play anyone. I would love to hear him play Bonoparte Retreat.. If you read this comment please add that tune.

[picopanpipe9]

Flawless performance. Extraordinary bowing!

[hucktunes]

Eck would love it. A fine tribute and a great rendition.

[jackson2557]

this is awesome! I took lessons from him for about 5 years! There is no one like Daniel Carwile! absolutely amazing

[chelseasleep]

I love that you HAVE a style of your own..........and a very awesome bow arm too!

[fiddlenut24]

now thats the way to play sallie gooden!

[locustvalleystring]

Wow....Skills galore....and smooooth. Thanks. Larry

[albertaviking]

Hey I don't care what style of bowing it was it was and sounded terrific! To bow like that you gotta have a rubber arm or at least two wrists!

[utoob1962]

Wow! That's as cool a Sallie Gooden as I've ever heard in my 36 years playing the fiddle.... Whoa!

[topflight90]

DAMN BOY, YOU CAN PLAY ONE HOT LICK

[vadidb]

I tend to enjoy this sticky bow technique, that O'Connor also uses, really playing 'in' the strings. Not sure what the style definition is here (anyone?).

[xms32]

Straight Eight Bowing is the technique. Playing exactly on top of the beat EVERYTIME.

[xms32]

To be more precises, He's somewhere in between Straight Eighth and Swing Eighth. He's using a bit more of the long bow style which is typically used for swing but he isn't swinging it. Bluegrass players use this style allot. I prefer a shorter bow stroke and playing more on top of the beat but this is a better technique than swing eighths in my opinion.

[xms32]

Pay attention to where you goes into 3rd position around the 2:40 mark. He plays approx. 2 to 4 notes per bow stroke. That's a bluegrass long bow like the one Kenny Baker used to use. A true straight eighth player would use one note for every bowstroke. It would create more drive and more distinct seperation in the groove and the note.

[xms32]

And.........it's a hell of lot harder to do. And that's why you don't see it being by hardly anyone. But, this is a good technique and easier to make less mistakes with. If you mess up with straight eighth bowing, it's really easy to tell. This bowing pattern he uses keeps that to a minimum because you can cover up most mistakes playing with the long bow. Same theory as applying reverb (more sustain to a note) to an instrument. It sounds cool, but it also covers up most of the mistakes you use.

[xms32]

The simplest way I can describe is that you're working with 8th notes. A straight eighth pattern would be 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. Giving equal value to each note. Swing eighth would be 1e and a 2e and 3e and a 4e. The bluegrass bow, which is being used here, is 1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4. Hope this helps. Sorry i've gone on so much about it. The bow is my favorite thing to analyze because that's the tough part about playing the fiddle.

[xms32]

*correction* I missed an "a" on the swing eighth pattern. It should be 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e. :)

[catmcc61]

John, you gotta put xms32 on your fiddler interview/video list.

[vadidb]

Thanks for your analysis. I never have been very theoretical about technique, but it's indeed about the number of notes you do with a bowstroke. Bluegrass fiddlers (at least nowadays) have a much more economical bowing approach (and usually body movement), use alot of short bowstrokes and sound way less rigid.

[xms32]

You are correct about the bluegrass players. It seems as though they've adopted the Contest Style of bowing. Most contest players don't get involved with bluegrass for many different reasons although some do. But it seems to me that most of the bluegrass you hear nowadays are from legitimate contest players. They never set out to be bluegrass players. Andy Leftwich is a great example of someone from a 'Texas' (contest) style background.

[xms32]

Nice post John. I like Daniels playing, even though the last minute was a direct theft of Mark O'Connors version. Not a bad person to steal from though. We're all guilty :)

[catmcc61]

Hey, I thought I already commented on this. I'll do it again ... This shows what a great fiddler can do with Sally Goodin without the time restrictions of a contest. Thanks Daniel and John!