Sprout Wings and Fly (1983)

[shannonandsheila1]

this mans awesome

[eckcody15]

whats the guitar chods pleasee?

[momdadtogetherforeve]

weird

[mojorayjones]

Great music! What type of bird is that???

[FiddlinMikeRolland]

Thanks so much for posting this! It's rare find good quality video of Tommy. It's important to document Appalachian fiddling so we can keep it alive. I'm posting a bunch of lessons and sheet music teaching how to fiddle in the Appalachian style on my channel and website, FiddlinMike. com. Check it out to support fiddling! :)

[critic2080]

great to find this. i was fortunate enough to meet tommy jarrell back in 1975. he was playing with the late mike seeger and they came for dinner -- a very pleasant time indeed.

[TERR0RM0NGER]

the devils box

[Jim1Coe]

"Gonna bang on the table... gonna hear the glass ring... more brandy more brandy more brandy to bring."

[heybulldog13]

it is the devils instrument..pure and simple, 

[busessuck1]

@heybulldog13 the fiddle is as good an embodiment of the devil as the serpent

/watch?v=lN5m_s4NhnQ

/watch?v=ZRWn3zYas_I

/watch?v=CJNWxNZ7138

you can't argue with that... listen

[dkfsjdhfaskldjfh]

@heybulldog13 Keep your imaginary friends away from my music.

[brodank]

Fiddle is the Devil's instrument? i would think the Banjo is closer to the devil than the fiddle!!

[busessuck1]

@brodank the fiddle is as good an embodiment of the devil as the serpent

/watch?v=lN5m_s4NhnQ

/watch?v=ZRWn3zYas_I

/watch?v=CJNWxNZ7138

you can't argue with that... listen

[TheStillLover]

Great fiddler, great movie.

[oracioholiveira]

people are saying this is in AEAC#, but I'm listening to where he's plucking the strings individually, & clearly hearing that high E. I guess the song can be played in either tuning, & that slide up into the double C# can sound nice, but I'm close to positive he's in AEAE here...

[rainharper62]

i got this video-its great! if your interested in old-time fiddle & fiddler's get it!

[colindominy]

Fliefer .. this is a great post !! Congrats !! Mention is made here of the subject film featuring Tommy. To me .. Tommy is one of the hallmark legends .. just like other wonderful artists in this genre such as JE Mainer, George Pegram & Lost John Ray .. just to mention a few of the 'Old Originals". Could you please advise : is this film / DVD available for purchase ? I have a genuine hard-core, life-long love & adoration for old-time music + original old-time greats like Tommy ...

[surreypasty]

Tuning for first tune (Drunken Hiccups) is AEAC#

[surreypasty]

I recently got my copy of the full film from Les Blank's website, about 2 weeks to the UK. The film is nearly 30 years old now but worth the wait and worth every penny - if you are interested in old time music this truly is poetry! I just wish I could have experienced some of Tommy's playing first-hand but, alas he departed when I was just ten! So glad to have discovered his legacy though and try to bring a little of this out in my playing. PS - The 2 bonus films on the DVD are great too.

[sudonom]

What tuning is he using on the fiddle?

[rainharper62]

grandpa who was from n.c. was a fiddler, dad played guitar, got to hear him play a couple of times at golden agers club. man i miss that fiddling, clogging & buck dancing! tommy jarrell is one of the best-love his music!

[mandotoot]

Now thats what I call old timey!

[MahinaSinger]

grew up flatfooting with my cousins at Round Peak/Low Gap NC at my Uncle Charlie Lowes (clawhammer banjo)house. Used to move all the furniture out of the front room, somebody would magically produce a jug and the danncing would commence- great music and memories when charlie and tommy played - magic!.

[francaisemichif]

@MahinaSinger sounds like good times!

[colindominy]

@MahinaSinger : I love your story, friend ... congrats.

[rmstudio]

@MahinaSinger And how lucky you were......

[LostintheHoller]

This song is called "The Drunken Hiccups"

[hdz68]

Where can I see the film in its entirety?

[jbfiddler]

It's so great to hear music like this! It is a rare sound that is hard to find these days. Great job on playing that rattle snake fiddle!

[jenzeppelin]

beautiful... les, your films are so amazing!

[cathead77]

This really reaches out and grabs my heart!

[brya31]

That was great!!

[justanothersun]

i love it

its so southern

[dreamwildly]

This is great! Thanks for posting!

[whelhosses]

Is usin AEAE? I forget

[MAfiddler]

In Drunkin Hiccups Tommys tuned in C#EAE you tune down your high E to C# to get the unison notes and the open plucking part of the tune.

[LostintheHoller]

Wouldn't that be AEAC# then?

[MAfiddler]

Yeah your right I wrote it backwards! Tommy for life

[mandlnpickr]

Just aeae. Isn't it?

[LostintheHoller]

Nah, its AEAC#, some call it Calico tuning. You could play it in AEAE but you wouldn't get the same sound for the off beats if that makes sense. He bows the open C# on the off beats.

[mandlnpickr]

Ok, I'll listen again. I've been trying to play it AEAE. I've never heard the term "calico", my old fiddler buddy calls AEAC# "black mtn. rag tuning." lol I'll give it a run in calico and see how it turns out.

[fiddler9635]

I have one in my old fiddle and i swear to god some how playin that one comes easier to me. no joke.

[mandlnpickr]

If it'll help...I'll slip one in mine. I need it.

[theloudhalo]

@mandlnpickr

My father (a fiddle player) - once went to a dance about 1925, and he asked "who is playing tonight?" Someone handed him a fiddle and said "You are!"

I love this video, the man playing is certainly authentic and most entertaining and enjoyable.

[FlickinPickin]

Great video.....really like the rosin on his fiddle!! Classic!!!

[kevin5749]

the early Christians in the roman empire thought nero was the antichrist because he was out to kill all the christians. i guess nero really did fiddle while rome burned.

[jenmqx3]

that was so good!

 loved it!!!

[soppinmyplate]

The way it should be .How I miss N.C.

[localbrewz]

god how i miss nc myself

[Whitelightng]

Awesome!

[distar10]

magical!!! thanx for sharing

[OldAndBlue]

A classic.

[1gingerpeach1]

Love Love Love this. Thanks for sharing. Makes since to eat when your hungry and drink when your dry.

[Whitelightng]

I just started playin fiddle at 45...Best thing I ever did!

[magrillmagrill]

Is it hard to learn to play the fiddle ?

[fiddlenut24]

its not easy but the younger you are the faster you will learn

[violinistx100]

my great-grand pa is great at fiddle he's been playin' it for 60 years! He said it took him years befor he finally got good at it.

[distar10]

GOOD 4 U

[szatmar666]

real music is awsome.

[vacuuming]

if the ocean was whiskey and i was a duck

i'd dive to the bottom and never come up!!!

[peasoupy]

i wonder sometimes what possessed a 47 yr old to take up the fiddle... then I run across these videos...and learn about Legends like Tommy Jarrell...well...enough said.

makes me twidder!!!

love laugh and sing off key!

[SettlersMuseum]

Another example of what we can learn from the elders. Thanks for promoting the wonderful traditions of the mountains!

[donovanwiseman]

So true. started playin bluegrass bout 4 yrs ago on banjo, guitar and mandolin(trying to learn fiddle) learned a lot of what i kno my Great Grandparents and there brothers and sisters

[chickenstalker]

thanx so much for posting this.

[wompajomp]

hic-up

[Knockdownbanjo]

I am in AWE of Tommy. I am so glad I can watch this and learn about him. Thank you for your time to post this gem.

[southernstar9]

The finest old-time fiddler ever

[wolfieboyer]

TEASE!

[trlstaff]

O M G, reminds me of "back when"...thanks for shareing this!

[jebthebear]

Is "Sprout Wings and Fly" the name of this video?? where can i find that entire video?

[fiddlenut24]

corn whiskey and pretty women. that sounds like fun

[hamrzlawnlake]

If the ocean was whiskey, and i were a duck,

I'd dive to the bottom and never come up.

Hang on to it, or it will all be lost.

[mandlnpickr]

I've got a snake rattle in my mandolin. Wasn't sure why....just knew Monroe did it. Seriously.

[GinsingSullivan]

Very cool. I've always wondered about the snake rattle thing.

[aaalpha3]

thanks a lot for this, reallly great

[ReaganD]

Man I'm starting fiddle and let me say personally it is a very hard instrument. But, if you love it; it will love you in turn as Tommy show's here so dammed well!

[bilbo60]

Great video, Les Blank is a wonderful film maker, and Tommy...well what we see here says it all

[bumblecrow]

I CANT GET ENOUGH OF THIS MAN