Amazing Grace- Tim Eriksen

[BIGBOOTS1312]

amazing as always Tim xoxoxox, i still have that shirt!!! :) awww :)

[MyTNGirl]

where is this filmed? Good song, are you a Christian?

[pappyfiddle]

I THOUGHT you would run out of air sooner or later. That throat singing is pretty radical. How 'bout circular breathing, now that would be a combination...

[teaandcakeordeath]

Wow. Before I even saw the title I thought to myself, hmmph - that looks like the Pioneer Valley (in Western Mass). Great rendition, great area of the world.

[iamneek]

Best rendition of Amazing Grace that I've ever heard. Tim Eriksen has great talent!!

[capebeale]

I love this version. I'm away from home at the moment but will see if I can adapt it to accordion when I get home. Tim, the world needs more like you spreading the word of love through your music...

[mouldybear]

Wonderful performance by the one man vocal bagpipe. He also manages a bit of Mongolian throat singing here.

[gageman70]

Massachusetts looks beautiful

[hwarangkid]

Simply beautiful! thank you! By the way, i think it's great that when i look up the musician, who made me fall in love with a movie, just by performing some great songs in it, is here on youtube making jokes about his hills to his fans :) i'm sorry, just like it very much!

And you worked on songs together with jack white? that's just amazingly cool!

[Dorothy50ish]

Sung from the heart. I really like this version of "Amazing Grace". I've never seen quite that much green in a community. Thank you

[Timothydlol]

you play banjo in a uniquely rhythmic way. perfect

[deathglow]

Dude, I love your voice - you have some mad skills going there.

[abbymaeandthehomesch]

Tim, my appalachian folk band would love to cover this and possibly record a demo of it sometime this year, if that's okay with you of course!



[batfancy]

@abbymaeandthehomesch Of course! I'll look forward to hearing it...

[johnnyhorton2]

have you another video of you playing tis in front of a croud or in a different tuning?

[batfancy]

@johnnyhorton2 Not yet, but I plan to record it one of these days!

[lkmeq]

@batfancy you should record it now.

[megmargaret]

love you tim

[cipslim]

In a shell, this song has been s overused that it lost all meaning, thanks for adding a new dimension for it. The true dimension in my opinion.

[Borussenmichel]

was fürn scheiss

[uwemommens]

@Borussenmichel Wie recht du hast.

[SummerStreetRecords]

Beautiful Tim!!

[TheRealBoyHowdy]

I picked up banjo two years ago, but when I play it mainly sounds like a fingerpicked guitar with banjo timbre. Your sound is killer; do you know of any resources I could access to get a more, for lack of better words, 'authentic' sound like you have here? I'm just a poor city boy with no roots. Help my BatFancy, you're my only hope.

[mh605]

@TheRealBoyHowdy Find someone who teaches clawhammer banjo. Also check out Dwight Diller ( I think that's how he spells his name).

[abraxis3]

AMAZING!!!! You're very talented. I love your rendition. Thank you for sharing. :)

[dunciad01]

love it....thanks! what people are missing......

[berean315]

Sounds great. What tuning are you in? Have tab for it? Thanks!

[mh605]

This is one of my favorite videos.

[JackEnnis]

thankyou.



[shawnswifey2010]

love your video;;please check out my video;;lol;

[vikamendeleev]

wow I never heard the tune to Amazing Grace like this before! It's beautiful.

[alexanderrichardson]

may god bless you much

[lhayman43]

all I can say is wow.

[TellEvery1]

whoa

[Conail23]

this music plus the scenery really makes me feel good inside, its like watching these videos is some kind of mind therapy for me, thanks for that! Keep up the great work man!

[celtica99]

Tim, is this version on one of your CD's, and if so, which one? I really love this!

[celtica99]

I listen to this everyday - thank you so much!

[1x1jeep]

Great sound, Love it

[andreaburnett]

This man is incredibly gifted, and sexy to boot

[stigandr5]

This tune gives the song a whole new dimension, wonderfully done!

[birdstuckinchimney]

stunning

[HollandButNotDutch]

Tim was my TA last semester! He's awesome!

[apolloartemis1239]

absolutely an amazing performance

[satanistanarchy]

i love the part at the end. singing into the banjo. never saw anyone do that. but i suppose never seeing someone play banjo other than in the movie Cool Hand Luke.

[shrumpiedoodles]

See Tim at the shape note workshop coming up in Chicago on Nov 8 at the Old Town School of Music

[capebeale]

I LOVE this version!!! Have also listened to your other videos and think your music is unique and beautiful. Thanks for posting this.

[nomadak47]

WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[HardyRoundtree]

Sweet the sound...

[Fackumdette]

Amazing!!

Pure feeling

[mstar87]

@Fackumdette Grace!! :-)

[guywolff]

Great clip and take on an inspirational moment . Well captured Tim . All the best , Guy

[bkbj95]

You didnt sing it how the guy wanted it to go.he sang it in a differ hyme. THE SONG SOUNDS BETTER WITH ITS REGULAR WAY.

[notxorc]

no way!

[hugeballs40]

"If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all."-Billie Holiday

"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music."-Billie Holiday

[mh605]

@bkbj95 The tune you're used to for Amazing Grace didn't get added to the words until maybe 40 years after the words were written.  In the meantime, other tunes were written for those words. (i.e., John Newton wrote the words, but not the tune, for that hymn.)

[browningbobby]

You got soul brother.

[snmrn334]

hey man great song. Is this near the Berkshire mountains? im from Eastern MA myself, but ive never heard of this music before, not until yesterday when i searched youtube for the movie cold mountain, and i think the music is great! and imma kid who listens to hip-hop/rock, go figure. i never new it had new england roots either, now i kinda feel like i just wanna travel this whole region this summer, if it ever quits raining

[brendaclee3]

wow, Tim, where'd you come from? I just ran across you by accident on Youtube tonight when I was searching for Shape Note Singing. Love your music. Come on up to the mountains of North Georgia.

[JoePelech]

Simply Amazing !!!

[killaB14]

Tim you should visit the midwest, you might fancy our river valleys and hills

[vagabanjo]

excellent sound, what tuning you using? Great voice.

[batfancy]

gGDgd (except there's two octaves between the first two Gs and i capoed up some (depends on the day)...

[coolanddark]

Fantastic mountain sound!! Love your songs so much!!!

[batfancy]

our mountains are more like hills, under 1,000 feet, but they still look alright.

[highassgaboi]

@batfancy well them hills have alot of history just cause they aint as high as the rockies dont make them no less of mountains lol theyre older and got alot more history tied into them .... but i take it you know that ;) loved the song keep up the good music

[johnnyhorton2]

one last thing did you all write i"i wish my baby was born" song and tune or did you find it thru the internet

or oral history

and does it really come from the civil war era

[batfancy]

It's an old song, most likely much before the war in origin. The version commonly referred to now is Dillard Chandler's recording for John Cohen, which we all messed with for the movie recording....

[johnnyhorton2]

is the style of playing claw and hammer

[batfancy]

yeah, pretty much....

[johnnyhorton2]

are u tim erikson if so can you tell me who sings the first verse on i wish my baby was born and who sung back up thank you

[rmstudio]

TIm I love your down home originality and creativity.. You are just yourself in your performance. I really like that.

[johnfinbarburke]

were can i find a cd from him ?

[mh605]

@johnfinbarburke  Try timeriksenmusic

[medicinesocks]

wow, i don't stumble onto anything this good every day. amazing indeed...

[1890cabin]

I like your song and the view's not so bad either!

[HarpsofGod]

a piece of heaven on earth a harp of God and His troubadour

[sign517]

This is at Mt Pollux right? Tim you rock.

Inspiring performance. Thanks

[mh605]

This is one of my very favorite videos. I love the tune, and the beautiful scenery.

[ohtebowah]

dat was amazing. but i just cud not stop larfin when u put ur head in the banjo LOLL. but yeah ur very talented and ur singings unique so itss all goood :D

[willwkrueger]

awesome take, keep it alive, great spirit carried through

[alamosusurrante]

Amazing?. Are you coming to Spain in a future?

[batfancy]

I hope so!

[alamosusurrante]

I hope so, too. This kind of music reminds me folk in some parts of Europe. I´m sure they share the same roots. Keep on it!!!

[shawnmgoss]

God has blessed you with a unique talent, haunting song- i love it !!!!!!!!!

[Teyrnon]

Overtone singing in the end of the song :) nice

[Cliffbrock]

Big time 5 star awesome !

[About2Rain]

This is the most beautiful version of Amazing Grace that I have ever heard. So pure and genuine. Heart & Stars to you!

[danielamin]

Hey, man! you're just freakin' awesome! I can sazfely say Clarence Ashley, Roscoe Holcomb, Matokie Slaughter and such great musicians of the Appalachians would be certainly proud! Do you ever plan on coming down south to Brazil? There's a great a joint in Rio called The Maze, maybe you could contact them!

Cheers!

[xlpstr1]

Nice playing, I like your style. Are you using a drop thumb technique on your right hand?

[batfancy]

Thanks- yeah I use my thumb to move the tune along, though more on other songs

[possum11273]

Great version of this hymn. I love your music.

[Kiezik]

see you in Jaroslaw:D in Poland

[batfancy]

Great! I hope you plan to sing with us...

[scofield1702]

What tuning, if you please?

[batfancy]

there's a discussion earlier on in comments- basically it's gGDGD

[carasdebelmez]

Este tío es la leche!!!...canta y toca maravillosamente bien. Enhorabuena.

[kasumiheyes]

Okay, so since you wanted to know:

This HAS to be on the next CD!

[Ouchchen]

Oh yes yes yes ! I agree with you. With "Am I born to die ?"...

[kasumiheyes]

You can find Idumea (the name of the song you are referencing) on the Album "How Can I Sleep" by Cordelia's Dad with Tim doing the vocals (at the very least).

[e4rebakerusmc]

Tim, i'm really glad to see your still playing. You always did have great talent,even way way back in high school. I had alot of fun doing the lights for your concerts. Keep up the great work.

[karasuhaiku]

I am totally gobsmacked by his talent and hope our paths cross one day. I would love to hear him live. I never thought, when I was a sullen 13-year-old, that I'd one day fall completely in love with "old-timey" music, but here I find myself, enraptured. I just cannot get enough of this style. Thank you for posting this!

[kasumiheyes]

This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for putting this and all of the others up for us to enjoy again and again.

[TraktoR6666]

(TraktoR's standing and clapping for this great playing)

[greavsie29]

fantastic, i loved every second of it, what a wonderful version

[jayhcdwm]

i got good idea for this version! :P add some thunder background sound affex! :P that be cool, i think u sing words a lil too fast but yes i LUV this version!

[lifesmiles9]

tim eriksen freakin rocks!

hes just too awesome

loooove it!

[georgeellas]

OMG that has to be the greatest version of this song that i have ever heard ty Tim for the gift of yer song it has just become an all time favorite of mine

[sholesovsky]

awesome! i love that you chose that location. it is one of my favorite places in amherst ma. thanks

[3finger5]

Holy taters. Nice job including the Tuvan Throat singing finish.

[rpeek]

Oh Wow! Now that's awesome...

[baanjoguy]

Dude!! That was freaking awesome.Thanks for the video.

[DrHischnick]

The best Amazing grace ever! Totally awesome!

[Anokpoet]

Holy damn! This is probably the best version of this song ever, simple arrangement but very complex and real and the scenery is so beautiful! I never was a huge fan of the song hearing it over and over again by various scottish pipe bands and the like but Tim really made me fall in love with his version!

[troutmasked]

agreed. i play a lot of folk music and amongst scottish folk players amazing grace is up there with scotland the brave as one of the worst cringey cliched songs around. but this older modal version is incredible, far better than the modern one.

[Anokpoet]

Oh of course! Tim just has some magic in him where he can move seemlessly through genres and songs and make them sound so real and from the heart.He is magic, I bet he could play the most over played song in history and make it sound amazing and new in a very original but old timey sort of way!

[tatote63]

You are definetely a good artiste! I'm french it's not the first time I say you that! I've never heard nobody with the same talents! All videos are so great!

[WheelofTime]

You are rockin out! Awesome! Great video, very original!

[pit032]

That was awesome! never seen anyone sing through their banjo head before..what can I say, definitely original

[mh605]

I also like that you did this outdoors. It gives me much more of a sense of this music being rooted in a specific place than if you'd sat in a room and sung this. (Also, it's just plain beautiful there and I like to see that.)

[mh605]

I've never heard this tune for Amazing Grace before. I really like it; thanks for singing it.