Big Scioty - Aly Bain & Jay Ungar H.Q.

[popoaggie]

Old World Hoe-down with a song named after a New World river in Ohio. It don't get no better!

[NLisi55]

This is music ***smile****

[LordElpus1000]

Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. REAL musicians playing REAL music!

Jerry Douglas is beyond description. All you so-called guitar virtuosos eat your hearts out.

[EyalHoltzman]

Jerry Douglas is god.

[russtacean]

greatness.

[BorderReiver73]

Awesome! Aly & Jay, what a winning combination! Thanks for posting!

[cdbattis]

I just hit the "dislike" button by accident. Sorry!!! It's a wonderful performance

[katemahalhk]

@cdbattis

haha so you are the one dislike on this video ;)

[LANCSKID]

Keep your eyes off Molly on the bass Mr Longtimegone or you will be! ... she's married to ol' Jay Boy!

[EavesDripper]

Ay yi yi fiddlers!! It doesn't get much better than this! (ditto on the bass player--Molly--luv ya!

[MrLongtimegone]

I vote for the bass player Wow What a good looking woman ANNND Plays so good too Like I said Good Golly Miss Molly

[MrLongtimegone]

I vote for the bass player Wow What a good looking woman ANNND Plays so good too Like I said

[thebetterhalf37]

was this before or after russ barenberg and jerry douglas did this song on hop skip and wobble? im too lazy right now to look it up for myself.

[LANCSKID]

Shit hot and incomparable!

[17Hongo]

Aly Bain is the finest fiddle player in Britain. Jay Ungar is the composer of Ashokan farewell - one of the most beautiful fiddle pieces to come out of the new world.

[AntiFed1791]

Wow! Does anyone else feel a tug on their Scottish roots when you hear music like that?

[KamaKinky]

Does anyone know what happened to Jay's Dirty Dog YouTube video. I believe it was part of this transcontinental concert. I miss it!

[frmertd]

the best version I ever heard of this tune is on a Bryan Sutton album, though it is more 'bluegrassy'. It's fascinating to hear this version , then Sutton's as you can really hear some of the ways bluegrass evolved from the music on the other side of the 'the pond'.

[1offkilter]

My compliments. . .but the "Big Scioty" is missing the touch of Aly Bain and Jenna Reid.

[Lothomiras]

@1offkilter Aly Bain is playing on the fiddle.......

[rbutler8585]

Music like this never fails to put a smile on your face :)

[RiaKentucky]

As an American of mainly Scottish descent, all of have to say is WOW! This is great.

fantastic. (now part of me is thinking that if Earl Scruggs could have been there on the banjo....)

[fiddler26]

@summer: this is not one of the Sally Anns/Great Big Taters. This is perhaps my favorite tune. Played well here, but I agree w/the concept of it being too bluegrassy for my personal taste. But that is just me. @musiccritic: no offense meant, but in folk music we don't care what someone's wrist looks like. We care about the soul injected into the music, and there is plenty of that here.

[class27]

Russ and Jerry play an uptempo version of this on Skop,Hop and wobble listed as Big Sciota

More bluegrassy= better to me

[danbar99]

@class27 skip hop & wobble....

[katherinenay]

I love this tune. but I know it as Big Sciota. I like it bluegrassy.

[sheplify]

They are all great but the dobro is simply outstanding!!

[fiddler26]

re first comment...i play old-time exclusively. i was never a violinist. i can't read music. ergo, i wonder: What the hell does "form" have to do with this? Who cares what somebody's wrist looks like when they are playing?

[musiccritic10]

I don't want to sound like a wet blanket, because I think these guys sound great and I respect both of them, due to the fact I've heard so many of their great songs.

But does anyone notice that they don't really have great forms? like jay ungar's left wrist is not flat which is difficult to play quick shifts.

And aly bain's elbow is too low... which is difficult for VERY fast string crossings.

Does anyone notice that? or is it just me?

[EdvardStorm]

Technique is just a tool to help you play better. You don't need perfect standardized technique to be a great musician. Like in Norway, were all the great "spelemenn", or folkmusicians, learned their musicianship by themselves, just like Aly Bain who I suppose comes from a very traditional music environment in Shetland.

[beranbr]

This is no high school orchestra here that gets graded on technique rather than the sound and tone that comes from their instrument. It is a group of world class musicians that love playing and making music that is truly heart felt regardless of their technique.

Close your eyes and really listen to the music. Though it is nice to be able to watch these guys close up to see what they are doing, it is ultimately about what is coming out of their instruments. And to me is is awesome music.

[kaaren56]

@musiccritic10 yes I've noticed the same. Perhaps it's God's way of preventing death by ecstasy in the listener. If they had "correct" technique, the music would probably be just too good to bear. As it is, I nearly cried when I heard it.

[nobanjono]

nice, but too "bluegrassy" for my taste... I prefer the full bore old-time way...don't think this is related to the Sally Ann group of tunes...and it is even better with the words! If you can find a recording of Old Crow Medicine Show doing this tune, then you've found a treasure

[gingerhoratio]

i hav big scioty it is very contagious

[offitcock]

i don't know if it was the exact same session but i heard a song "macllmoyle" (spelling). in a simillar tv format could anyone tell me where i could listen to this song please??

[SummerRkl]

You other fiddlers out there, does this sound like the American fiddle tunes 'Sally Ann'/'Great Big Taters in the Sandy Land' to you?

[scottsman1776]

there are a lot of fiddle tunes that have similar melodies in them, you just have to be able to pick out the differences

[lilibet939]

no matter how bad the day starts this wonderful music always fills my heart and makes me smile. Thank you

[MrWhisper9]

I've been waiting on this video for months... was afraid no one had it... thanks so much for sharing... what a wonderful tune...

[PaolaPenny]

They are so good!!!

[hebburnbilly]

another great video from a great session

[azjazzboys]

I always enjoy the videos that you post!