Uncle Joe

[SecretAgentKeara]

my choir is singing this in a week :3

[Lincoln5string]

Hey all you banjo players out there. That banjo Mike Seeger is playing us a Ruff Alley Banjo Company banjo. It was Mikes "best all around banjo" as he described it. His was made as part of a small run of banjos back in the early-mid 1970's. Those banjos are being made again!

[MrxLacoste]

that's shit xD

[KAYK291]

This computer is a lie! My words are true! Can you all stop the lies please!

[LeFeff]

I wish I could buy this in an audio format. 

[surreypasty]

Just wonderful!

[Agarwe]

That violinist rox!

[ArkRed1]

No matter how you look at it, this IS music.

[katvanbus]

Love it! Where are they from?

[ralfaqi]

i had 2 sing this in my chorus class but wit diffrent lyrics

[snapperjohn1000]

wow how cool to see sutch a young and tallented ally bain

[BurlandSCY]

Da broon coo his broken oot an aetin a da hay

[123demaio]

I love it wondeful gives a sense of belonging

[ReallyBigFatLarry]

giggleblaggle it the nail bang on the head.

[giggleblaggle]

this music is just beautiful. perfect example of people playing music for fun, something that today's society sometimes lacks.

[rainharper62]

@giggleblaggle Hey-your right about this, however in open jams around here this is what we do here in tenn.&kentucky&virginia-lots of picking parlors all over-lots of fun to listen and play!

[groundhogpeggy]

Jean Ritchie...ALWAYS SOUNDS GREAT! I love to hear her sing and play!

[tony45347]

I agree she has a most beautiful voice for this music.

[denismcdougall]

i love u jean

[skb143]

I love love love this piece! Dulcimer was played perfeclty, as well as her voice! Great accompiances! WHERE could i more of her????

[fionndan]

interesting to note the lady's use of the term "britain". it is a word I only use when being geographically specific i.e. refering to the island of britain. i know very few people who use that term when talking casually about their country of origin(as its not a country) Perhaps reflective of an Ulster-Scots Unionist political standpoint that may be present amoungst these people.

[francestg]

I think you may be being a bit hard on her there . Many of the songs she sings are songs that traditionally existed in many different versions and sub versions accross the british isles. In that respect culturally many of these songs are (originally) culturally "British" The seetlers in Virgina came from all over the what was then Britain (then including ireland offcourse) Also most of us North Americans are use the term "Britain" quite casually without any politcal intentions

[fionndan]

in my experience "Britain" is a term North Americans specifically do not use...they prefer "England"...of course there are execptions..such as urself.

"...what was then Britain (then including ireland offcourse)" This comment is nonsense. The island if Ireland has NEVER been part of the Island of Britain. The use of "Britain" is erroneous and in fact U.K. is far more appropriate. Iwill assume you are a Québécois. Good day to you.

[napalm69]

Maybe she has ancestors in both scotland & england and/or wales? Hence 'Britain'. Who cares anyway, saying Britain is perfectly acceptable just as we in Britain interchange the words America & the USA (America being a continent).

Ireland may not have been part of Britain but it's always been (and still is) part of the British Isles

Anyway, this is amazing rootsy music!

[regiberry]

Hello?

I know Jean - for almost 30 years and admire here as a teacher and a friend.

Her knowledge of traditional music is phenominal!

I don't care about the labels anymore. I care about the music that is passed on from one generation to the next.

Jean is a contemporary of Pete Seeger and Woodie Guthrie and has written some MIGHTY FINE SONGS. She is a Living Legend of American Music and knows her stuff...she's lived it for a long Time!

Jean Ritchie, The Dulcimer Queen!

[mandlnpickr]

Is this tune also called Miss Mcleod's Reel? I've play a tune that sounds awefully close to this one.

[mandlnpickr]

Ok. I should have been more patient. Aly answered my question a little later in the video.

[Barefootlarry]

"Is this tune also called Miss Mcleod's Reel"

Yes. It's (originally) a Scottish reel, and later an Irish Reel, with the Irish version being faster, typically with a lot more ornamentation, and essentially BBAA instead of AABB.

With lyrics added, it's "Did You Ever See The Devil, Uncle Joe", "Uncle Joe", "Hop High Ladies", and "Hop Up Ladies". Each of those has slight differences in the lyrics.

[trlstaff]

wow, the memories! Thanks for shareing........

[zkafel]

Where'd you get all this elite stuff? I wanna get "Down Home" now.. I wonder if you can buy the tv series somewhere? Thanks for sharin'.

[Kumarajiva]

Blinding! Thanks for the upload!

[wvlavender]

this is great thanks for sharing

[MARCOFIDDLER]

Great Aly Bain and friends! Thanks for the video, Marco