Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers with Pete Seeger

[benoni45]

Terrific!!

A kinda 'fleas in your pants' and 'hot coals' type of dancing!

Love it!

[dgmoocher]

Wow!!!

[CadillacL]

Looks so awesome to be able to do :)

[mcwagon]

is the song Cripple Creek?

[ItsMeItsOlive]

@mcwagon

It was Cotton Eyed Joe.

[MrModelShipwright]

...now I know where steamboat Willy got it from....

[jack887]

Thanks! Makes me proud to be from the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania.

[gazzah54]

jus tamazing

[CuteCatFaith]

I am from Ohio, born in 1957. I live in France now and this dancing reminds me of what I see out by our place in Brittany. Also, bluegrass always sounds very Celtic to me -- I guess it is! Thanks for this.

[pigjubby1]

Loved it.

[daynaocean]

I love this!!!! (even got my 7 yr old into it!!)

[TheBluegrasslover1]

Please, feed my hunger for more of this clogging, combined with great bleugrass tunes.

[Noracc91]

Bravo Bravo. Exquisite FOLKS. Wow 

[caibarien71]

remaind me of the movie "Oh Brother,where art you?" (George Cooney) the best bluegrass movie ever made,,,,

[SuperDancerko]

Yes! It is the same group. Some of these dancers were not in The Best Bluegrass Clog Dance Video Ever. But! it is the same team (The Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers.

[falconoilcompany]

Ive just watched "The best blugrass Clog dancing video ever made" by allinaday and the "caller" and some of the dancing is almost identical to this, are they the same person? Anyone out there know the answer?

[joltek]

Outstanding, made my day

[CarlBewley]

bloody brilliant that.....

[KITCHENOFDISTINCTION]

Wonderful - cheers for posting

[mrmagicroundcircle]

nice tune

[becamarko]

WOW! And I thought M.Flately invented riverdance!

[vparonto]

I O'kinda O'wonder O'where O'this O'dancing O'May O'Have O'riginated?

[woodbutcherjohn]

@vparonto O'Appalachia?

[billylebraillard]

j'adore !! I love !!  C'est la danse du cheval car le danseurs imitent les pas du cheval !!

[allenshepard]

@fhhuckyou If you dont like him then why are you watching a video of him in it? thats What i dont get is why all the pete seeger or leadbelly or who ever "haters" watch avideo of them and say how much they hate them or insult them. grow up.

[kbmhh]

@fhhuckyou

So what?

[basqu01]

I saw this clip on bbc4 last friday and thought wow i ma glad I have found it on utube

[LeVraiPhilippe]

Extrait de "FESTIVAL" de Murray LERNER. Documentaire sur les années 1963 à 1966 du NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL

[billylebraillard]

@LeVraiPhilippe exact !! Extrait de "FESTIVAL" de Murray LERNER

[tubemagpie]

It has been said that everywhere in the English speaking world there is or has been traditions of step dancing. There was step dancing all over England . Interestingly each area appears to have had it's own style. Watching Traditional Dancing in Belfast my wife noted the similarities between one style of Irish and Westmorland Clog. AsEnglish do get annoyed with " This must be Celtic " attitude. BTW Irish has hard shoe as did Scottish at one time.

[oacmre]

no wonder i like this music and culture, even though , im from colombia we have some ritmic dances that are pure joy like this one

[harpboy2]

Amazing stuff!

[PolishRoots]

This is just Pure JOY to watch :>) !!

[julitig]

I wonder if something like this will be happening at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival. The lineup includes "Seeger Clogging All-Stars"...hmm

[TheMrBlinx]

I don't know what it is about this stuff, but it's very addictive. Kind of like the clickity-clack of a train rolling down the track. Very cool.

[hirogerthisisme]

@TheMrBlinx i don't know what it is about them either but I am glued to it. i guess it is the beat

[PoliticallyCensored]

@TheMrBlinx both Blues and Clogging came from people singing/playing/dancing on the early trains as the sound of the trains clickity-clack set the tone and the rhythm. Back in them days train rides were long and if you wanted music you had to make it.

[TheMrBlinx]

@PoliticallyCensored Thanks, that's interesting to know. That explains the similarities.

[bilbobagins1951]

magic

[PJsVlog]

This is awesome!

[xxJohnGarfieldxx]

These Girls and Guys are showing us what musice is all about, what a privaledge to view such a rythum of beauty

[fukmesillytwice]

what year was this?

[jesscheckin]

62 or 63. I saw it first on a late night showing of the film "Festival" compiled of acts at Newport (in the US)

[fukmesillytwice]

damn good! Isn't some of the same ones as in the Branscom Lunsford video?

[TheAnn2shoes]

Wow! Reminds me of Riverdance, which is no surprise, since I would expect that this kind of dance began with the immigrants from Ireland? Amazing, loved it, thanks for posting.

[PipeOfPieces]

@TheAnn2shoes This seems more like an evolution of the various traditional english clog dancing styles rather than irish dancing.

[TheAnn2shoes]

@PipeOfPieces To be honest, I've not heard of English clog dancing (!), so you could be right. Might be safer to say that the dancing originated from the British Isles. I thought it was brilliant, anyway, would love to see it in the flesh.

[PipeOfPieces]

@TheAnn2shoes Irish dancing is soft shoe. The dancing you know from Riverdance mixed together all sorts of styles including irish, tap and flamenco.

[TheAnn2shoes]

@PipeOfPieces Of course! Forgot that, but the steps look similar. It looks quite difficult to do?

[nigelbrown52]

thats what i call dancing, if i had the time i would go there for a holiday an join in

[jmcosmos]

If that's really Clayton McMichen, you can still hear why it was such a blow to Gid Tanner when he left the Skillet Lickers. He was *that* good.

[lsbridges]

I've watched this so many times, I could probably do the dance moves in my sleep (well, almost all of them). I don't enjoy the new clog dancing. I appreciate the energy of the younger generation's style of clogging, but this, to me, is the real thing.

[1incipitvitanova]

Don't care how many times I see this, just can't get over their unbridled enthusiasm.

[malagueno]

I wish I was born at that time...

[Rick27X]

Was this in Newport, NC?

[domflemons]

The band is also phenomenal! It lloks to be Pete and Mike Seeger and Pappy McMichen

[BurntOutBeatDown]

I'm way past 50......what's your point ????

[mrmagicroundcircle]

can see this originates from irish celtic dancing

[MsLiooo]

Can I find the music somewhere ? Is there a title ?

[Marleyites]

HOEdown at its absolute greatest. yeah. fanciest dancin' I ever saw. we used to have this music at Stockton Lake before the tornado, on Friday nights. Real mountain music in community center. Then the tornado damaged the center which was afederal register historic bldg of which did not rebuild & start the music back up. at least that I know. I love this music.

[MILdoeswork]

Riverdance, eat your heart out.

[BurntOutBeatDown]

CharlieHardin....that news sux. This music and dancing takes me back to my younger days in the Ozarks. My prayers are with her....

[CadillacL]

If this doesn't move ya, nothing will!

[keriou391]

I really love this video. I watch it every few months and it never fails to delight. If you are reading this and were one of the group, you should be proud of the fact that you were part of the best music video ever made. Thanks

[CharlieHardin]

BurntOutBeatDown The lady you fell for was my partner. She now has MS and has been bed ridden for several years.

CharlieHardin

[Senapskaptenen]

Hey look, shufflers at 0:52!

[BrantECasteel]

What year was this?

[mikeflstci]

BurntOutBeatDown, Her first name may be Arlene. Check out 'Best Bluegrass Clog Dancing Video Ever Made' here in You Tube when she was maybe 12.

[1chisai]

@lyn50. They wrote in on comments as we have, but those comments were posted on another version of this dance that was subsequently removed from the Internet. This performance was part of the 1965 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which was organized by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and others, presumably modeled on the very successful Newport Jazz Festival. This site limits your length so I will write other messages. I'm looking for info.

[1chisai]

Dancers have written in saying they recognize themselves and others. they talked about reconstructing this dance 44 years later. I would love to produce that project but don't know whom to contact. Please, if you haven't done it already, contact me here.

[lyn50]

Where have they written to? Can you post a link?

[BurntOutBeatDown]

The babe at 1:58/59 stole my heart.

What am I gonna do now ?????

[banjostead]

Remember she's nearly 50 years older might help.

[Meggibleu]

@banjostead lol that is funny! Then again if it was 'true love' and he is 50 yrs older too...well ;)

[TheKaffeeringe]

@BurntOutBeatDown You find her in the video of the Blue Ridge Mountain Legacy Dancers…

[funkoforte]

@BurntOutBeatDown Maybe write a song?? ;-)

[anotherblownengine]

FYI friends,

This dance routine can be seen in its entirety in the the Murray Lerner film Festival!. Well worth seeking out. Awesome.

[CadillacL]

Are there other dancers on this?

[doctordick66]

i can't stop watching this, it's superb. the dancing's fantastic and i love the look on their faces, pure joy....

[AbsolutelyAmazing2Me]

I didn't want them to stop! Love it!!!

-And I'm an Aussie!

[wendy550]

totally. another aussie here just loving it!!!!

[PaulJD2006]

It doesn't get better than this.

[schs1977]

I am a native of Charleston, WV living in Perth, Australia. When I found this, it reminds me of my Scotish/Irish/British ancestry and how much I miss America.

[Choctaw00]

This is as good as it gets!!! I must have watched this at least 100 times.. well maybe not a 100 but many many times... I love the musical culture of the Appalachia it gets me going. Does anyone know the name of this tune? Good on ya...and thanks for sharing

[jesscheckin]

The shorter posting of this clip from Festival by "cskwan" contains comments from the dancers themselves, now substantially older.

Thanks for Posting this too "banjostead"

[CadillacL]

Folks It does NOT get any better then that. I'd love to lived in that time (I was born in '71) I'd love to find a girl who can do the old-time clog, buck-dance, flat-footing myself. That step from 1:07-1:14 was AWESOME!

[krakhall]

kicks ass..... eee

[freshinit]

I would marry anyone of those girls!

[jesscheckin]

Saw this on "American Folk" - on BBC last night, had to have another look