We love to play and sing this song on harp and guitar. Bryan Bowers is the best I have ever had the pleasure of seeing, meeting and hearing at the Carter Family Fold. He is truly blessed!
Just heard him last night for the first time live and I'm hooked; the man can weave a tale and keep an audience entranced like no other entertainer I've ever seen or heard.
@Woman58 And he's been doing it for more years than I can count! Like few others, Brian is a force of nature, with the power to kindle and feed emotions his listeners didn't know they had or thought they had lost. Sounds overly dramatic, but I mean every word!
Hi, thank you so much for your playing ...I'm listening to different autoharps & I notice that some sound better than others...I think they sound better when the opening is higher...what do you think? Also, I heard someone play a long time ago w/ felt picks & I liked that softer sound better...does anyone sell the felt picks? thanks Donna
I had the pleasure of seeing this man play at Triton College (IL) in 1973 or 74 in the student lounge. I was told that most autoharp players use only their thumb, the good ones use a finger as well. This artist plays with all his fingers! John Prine sat in with him at that performance. It was a moment never to be forgotten.
@WildeNotesMusic It does. It's a fantastic sounding thing. I played a version of this for my grandfathers funeral... I can't think of a much better send off song
This man has earned that place in the wood. I don't know if I'll ever get mine but I'll keep trying. I'd love to learn how to play that thing.
occams99 1 month ago
Holy shit that was beautiful.
jtmcbath 5 months ago
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WildeNotesMusic 8 months ago
We love to play and sing this song on harp and guitar. Bryan Bowers is the best I have ever had the pleasure of seeing, meeting and hearing at the Carter Family Fold. He is truly blessed!
BlueRae07 11 months ago
Just heard him last night for the first time live and I'm hooked; the man can weave a tale and keep an audience entranced like no other entertainer I've ever seen or heard.
Woman58 1 year ago
@Woman58 And he's been doing it for more years than I can count! Like few others, Brian is a force of nature, with the power to kindle and feed emotions his listeners didn't know they had or thought they had lost. Sounds overly dramatic, but I mean every word!
McGrenzer 1 year ago
looks like a small version of a hammered duicered
twitch17100 1 year ago
lucky son of a gun, i want to live were u live
twitch17100 1 year ago
@PhiltrumOz I second that emotion.
JeremiasMusic 1 year ago
Bryan is a truly outstanding musician.
bluegrassfan23 1 year ago
It's curious that he is saying that he likes the melody of the original song, since this sounds nothing like it...
m0rthel 1 year ago
I'm doing a radio tribute to Dave on KRCU radio (your folk connection) coming up in mid July.
semofolkie 2 years ago
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Hi, thank you so much for your playing ...I'm listening to different autoharps & I notice that some sound better than others...I think they sound better when the opening is higher...what do you think? Also, I heard someone play a long time ago w/ felt picks & I liked that softer sound better...does anyone sell the felt picks? thanks Donna
ChristinaEleanor 2 years ago
I LOVE you, Bryan. I think you are wonderful ... DA MAN. I love this song, too, for the same reasons you do.
;)
Scarlett4Zanzibar 2 years ago
No doubt about it - he's the man!
gfharper 3 years ago
I had the pleasure of seeing this man play at Triton College (IL) in 1973 or 74 in the student lounge. I was told that most autoharp players use only their thumb, the good ones use a finger as well. This artist plays with all his fingers! John Prine sat in with him at that performance. It was a moment never to be forgotten.
chachachallie 3 years ago
It is so wonderful seeing a great artist like Bryan Bowers cover Dave Carter's timeless, classic song.
twoodburn 3 years ago
What is that instrument he is playing??
It sounds amazing, though i've never seen anything like it.
Geedo777 3 years ago
That's an autoharp.
dshorock 3 years ago
@Geedo777 It's a diatonic autoharp, to be specific. It only has 9 chords and plays in only one key, but doesn't it make wonderful music!?
WildeNotesMusic 8 months ago
@WildeNotesMusic It does. It's a fantastic sounding thing. I played a version of this for my grandfathers funeral... I can't think of a much better send off song
Geedo777 8 months ago
Great video...please post some more (Bryan Bowers) if you have them.
rvnemo 3 years ago
Thank you, Don, and thank you, Bryan.
fairlybursting 3 years ago