Bluegrass Gospel - Stuart Duncan - Lee Highway Blues

[Trollificusv2]

Man, there's some instruments where there's no doubt: Edgar Meyer on bass, Jerry Douglas on dobro, Chris Thile...but I have to make a distinction to fit in Mark O'Connor as the best violin player and Duncan as the best Fiddler. And of course, ultimately these distinctions ARE subjective and the artists and the music give so much joy it's dumb to argue points like "best".

But Stuart Duncan is the best. ;-D

[TheBestFiddler]

Stuart Duncan is the best fiddler in any musical genre, but he is the ultimate as far as bluegrass music. What a talent! Thanks for posting this one :)

[australianfan]

Oh my wish I could play fiddle like that !!! awesome ..:)

[thesoloist1000]

Is it even possible to find sheet music for this..?

[renlute]

He is one hot fiddler. The double stops aren't the hard part, it's all those 16th notes at a tempo above 160 bpm - figure more than 10 notes per second for long stretches. Try it at home. Plenty of classical violinists affectionately refer to their instrument as a fiddle, but not many folk musicians would do the reverse.

[rhiannonhill]

He's playing a load of double stops, it's like lead guitar, it's a format. And it's a violin, not a fiddle. I hate that word.

[bhouse25112]

There is no better fiddle player 

[wheezemusic7]

He's so incredible, one of the very best..... 99% of fiddlers don't sound this good!

[OctavioTerentius]

I didn't know fiddles could make sounds like that.

[meanlezbo]

almost as good as sam bush doing it with the revival, lee highway is a helluva tune

[fiddlefolk]

stuart taught me this when I was a young lad! The best ever! He impressed one west Texas kid like no other!

[lastunicrn]

This is a really fun song to play! I loved the ornaments he threw in - might try a few of those. Nice!

On a side note, did William Shatner not know how to clap to the beat? The camera was on him for a second and he was totally off.

[oakcityrules]

Stuart Duncan is the best fiddle player to ever live!! That was an absolutely stunning performance!!

[reddragonready]

Awesome stuff! Thanks so much for sharing!

[MrFiddlepatch]

In my opinion he's the King of the Fiddle!

yours truly ROGER BERGGREN.

[pmcavi1]

What am I doing wrong? He makes it look so easy!

[Otispuss2]

@pmcavi1 Dude, I don't think you're doing anything wrong. I know fiddle players who've played for years that would give their eye teeth to play half that well. Good luck to you.

[pickinvidders]

Fiddling to die for...doesn't get any better than this.

[MelissaP2123]

Amazing violinist!

[flashcat132]

To all the folks that make fun of BLUEGRASS,it was the forerunner of that CRAP you call music!!

BLUEGRASS RULES!!!

[gwitcher73]

OH NO!!!..... White people clapping!!!

[kjvonly01]

Mighty mighty fine fiddlin, I must say. I was sweatin just watching the guy.

[firedude911]

thats just incredible.....he must be an alien or somethin lol....i dont see how a human can get that out of a fiddle WOW

[rappinfiddler]

It should be against the law to play a fiddle like that MY GOD !!!!!!!!

[donnyaldridge]

How does Stu pull that incredible tone???