@bluegrasssingingman I think Richard Smith is highly qualified to judge the quality of another guitarist's timing and chops, given his own. What, pray tell, are your qualifications?
@bluegrasssingingman....I dunno what spaceship you just got out of but David Grier's time is not "choppy", whatever that might actually mean..... his time is great. Thats one of the things that allows him to play, unaccompanied as a flatpicker, with such great success.
Grier is a giant and a unique voice.
Also I read you told Richard Smith to go listen to The Tony Rice Instructional CD. Do you know who you're talking to there...... fool?
I see something in this video that I've hardly seen before in music. He seems to be channeling the music out of thin air. He has his eyes closed and magically the creativity just springs forth. He veers from the basic tune a lot which many frown upon in bluegrass, but brings the level of play to a whole new level by doing so. Thanks David!
One of the top 5 that ever touched the instrument. Also, one of the most unknown to the masses...unfortunately. However, I get the feeling he doesn't give a shit either way.
@capitalismforme Nah. He's content just to know that he's the man...you have to actually be a really good muso to know this anyway....you can't explain how good this is to a non musician. Shame....
@capitalismforme Nah. He's content just to know that he's the man...you have to actually be a really good muso to know this anyway....you can't explain how good this is to a non musician. Shame....
@capitalismforme Nah. He's content just to know that he's the man...you have to actually be a really good muso to know this anyway....you can't explain how good this is to a non musician. Shame....
@capitalismforme Nah. He's content just to know that he's the man...you have to actually be a really good muso to know this anyway....you can't explain how good this is to a non musician. Shame....
@capitalismforme Nah....Dave's comfortable in just knowing that he's the man....and the only folks who's respect he would care about are the one's who are great muso's that give him cudos anyway.
@richardsmithmusic LOL He's not the man, as far as the greatest is concerned. His timing is choppy. There is alot smoother pickers out there. He's no Tony Rice,Larry Sparks, or Norman Blake just to mention a few.
@bluegrasssingingman ...his timing is right on the button...what you're hearing is the fact that he doesn't just sit and play 8th notes for the whole solo. That can get dull after a while. He's way more creative than those guys you mentioned....albeit that those guys are great originals and pioneers for sure..no doubt Tony is one of my favourites. He IS the man for ingenious creative ideas, and Bryan Sutton is the man for balls to the wall solos. They're both the men...unless you like Sparks..
@richardsmithmusic LOL So pick chromatic nice fix to be lazy. Add shit that doesn't go in the song. Just to look fantasy. It is better to be fantasy. Then to be right. That is what is wrong with so many want a be Bluegrass pickers today. Tony Rice is a hell of lot better picker, and the others I have mentioned. They pick the song how it goes. To much spice is the worst thing a picker can do. This guy is half the picker compared to Larry Sparks.
@bluegrasssingingman haha! no. however the blackberry blossom shall not be free from interpretation, and should not be doomed to fit a narrow confine of style haha you probably wouldn't like my picking either.
@lordofthemoodring Not if you use chromatics scales. Pick out of the melody using the right melody notes of the song. Thats is the right way. Not the use of Chromatics Scales which has nothing to do with any song.
@bluegrasssingingman Once the melody has been stated, you have to change it a little each time. This is not an old time dance. I guess you think there is no room for chromatics in bluegrass. Well that's a matter of opinon.
@richardsmithmusic Well they are just scales that has nothing to do with the song. You are just picking random notes. You don't change a melody of a song, just because you just feel like. Doing so is just being a lazy picker. Your choice maybe to play chromatic scales, but that doesn't make it right. Your changing the structure of the song in doing so. Go listen to Tony Rice instructional CD. There is a thing called adding to much. Chromatic isn't Bluegrass.
@richardsmithmusic Lets say you're picking Salt Creek, and you are really picking Blackberry Blossom. Then when someone tells you that isn't Salt Creek. Now whats the difference and your claims? You pick a song and it has a Em in it, but instead you put a Am, or a F . They still know what your picking,but the song is wrong. Well chromatic scales. They don't even know what the hell your even picking. The notes don't even fit, because you just changed the whole structure of the song.
@richardsmithmusic Chromatic Scales = to lazy to learn a song. So lets rewrite it. That isn't a persons on style. That is just lazy, and you say you have to change the melody. You don't change a melody of a song to fit your own needs. Picking a song in a different tempo is one thing. That isn't changing the melody. The melody is the structure. You are rewriting the song.
@richardsmithmusic exactly, and not to mention, its not like david can't bring it down a bit..... this is a solo show, if he didn't bring the fire, id be upset!
David Grier is the world's best bluegrass guitar player. His technique is the equal of the very best pickers but his novel approach to harmony and almost bottomless well of inspired, coherent musical ideas put him way ahead of anyone else. He's my favorite!
@GiladFoss agreed. He has so much more ideas and licks than any of the other guys out there doing it. One of the best improvisers out there in any genre.
@bluegrasssingingman I think Richard Smith is highly qualified to judge the quality of another guitarist's timing and chops, given his own. What, pray tell, are your qualifications?
mikezanger 2 days ago
@mikezanger Shut me up, dick ward.
bluegrasssingingman 2 days ago
@bluegrasssingingman....I dunno what spaceship you just got out of but David Grier's time is not "choppy", whatever that might actually mean..... his time is great. Thats one of the things that allows him to play, unaccompanied as a flatpicker, with such great success.
Grier is a giant and a unique voice.
Also I read you told Richard Smith to go listen to The Tony Rice Instructional CD. Do you know who you're talking to there...... fool?
georgeworthmore 3 days ago
すっげ～。さすが！1番です！！かっこいい！また、日本にきてください！
Tele67man 1 month ago
David followed Clarence White around when he was a kid so he saw and learned from the original......
YouKnowIAmRight 2 months ago
I see something in this video that I've hardly seen before in music. He seems to be channeling the music out of thin air. He has his eyes closed and magically the creativity just springs forth. He veers from the basic tune a lot which many frown upon in bluegrass, but brings the level of play to a whole new level by doing so. Thanks David!
lieberman33 2 months ago
Grier's right hand technique is the best in the business. And that statement might well apply to instruments outside of guitar, too.
wankatronic 2 months ago
@wankatronic And Kenny Smith...his hand hardly moves at all.
JLDB1987 2 months ago
@JLDB1987 It's unbelievable, isn't it? Wish I had a few hours a day to sit around and metronome...
wankatronic 2 months ago
i saw him in concert!!
lilmissstardazzel 3 months ago
mean mary for the win!!!
studkid123 5 months ago
One of the top 5 that ever touched the instrument. Also, one of the most unknown to the masses...unfortunately. However, I get the feeling he doesn't give a shit either way.
capitalismforme 6 months ago 2
@capitalismforme Nah. He's content just to know that he's the man...you have to actually be a really good muso to know this anyway....you can't explain how good this is to a non musician. Shame....
richardsmithmusic 5 months ago
@capitalismforme Nah. He's content just to know that he's the man...you have to actually be a really good muso to know this anyway....you can't explain how good this is to a non musician. Shame....
richardsmithmusic 5 months ago
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@capitalismforme Nah. He's content just to know that he's the man...you have to actually be a really good muso to know this anyway....you can't explain how good this is to a non musician. Shame....
richardsmithmusic 5 months ago
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@capitalismforme Nah. He's content just to know that he's the man...you have to actually be a really good muso to know this anyway....you can't explain how good this is to a non musician. Shame....
richardsmithmusic 5 months ago
@capitalismforme Nah....Dave's comfortable in just knowing that he's the man....and the only folks who's respect he would care about are the one's who are great muso's that give him cudos anyway.
richardsmithmusic 5 months ago
@richardsmithmusic LOL He's not the man, as far as the greatest is concerned. His timing is choppy. There is alot smoother pickers out there. He's no Tony Rice,Larry Sparks, or Norman Blake just to mention a few.
bluegrasssingingman 1 month ago
@bluegrasssingingman ...his timing is right on the button...what you're hearing is the fact that he doesn't just sit and play 8th notes for the whole solo. That can get dull after a while. He's way more creative than those guys you mentioned....albeit that those guys are great originals and pioneers for sure..no doubt Tony is one of my favourites. He IS the man for ingenious creative ideas, and Bryan Sutton is the man for balls to the wall solos. They're both the men...unless you like Sparks..
richardsmithmusic 1 month ago
@richardsmithmusic LOL So pick chromatic nice fix to be lazy. Add shit that doesn't go in the song. Just to look fantasy. It is better to be fantasy. Then to be right. That is what is wrong with so many want a be Bluegrass pickers today. Tony Rice is a hell of lot better picker, and the others I have mentioned. They pick the song how it goes. To much spice is the worst thing a picker can do. This guy is half the picker compared to Larry Sparks.
bluegrasssingingman 1 month ago
@bluegrasssingingman respectfully, you are OUT OF YOUR MIND! :) david grier dwarfs larry sparks.... thats just nuts.
lordofthemoodring 2 weeks ago
@lordofthemoodring You're high
bluegrasssingingman 2 weeks ago
@bluegrasssingingman haha! no. however the blackberry blossom shall not be free from interpretation, and should not be doomed to fit a narrow confine of style haha you probably wouldn't like my picking either.
lordofthemoodring 2 weeks ago
@lordofthemoodring Not if you use chromatics scales. Pick out of the melody using the right melody notes of the song. Thats is the right way. Not the use of Chromatics Scales which has nothing to do with any song.
bluegrasssingingman 2 weeks ago
@lordofthemoodring Don't engage this guy. He's nuts.
wankatronic 5 days ago
@bluegrasssingingman Once the melody has been stated, you have to change it a little each time. This is not an old time dance. I guess you think there is no room for chromatics in bluegrass. Well that's a matter of opinon.
richardsmithmusic 3 days ago
@richardsmithmusic Well they are just scales that has nothing to do with the song. You are just picking random notes. You don't change a melody of a song, just because you just feel like. Doing so is just being a lazy picker. Your choice maybe to play chromatic scales, but that doesn't make it right. Your changing the structure of the song in doing so. Go listen to Tony Rice instructional CD. There is a thing called adding to much. Chromatic isn't Bluegrass.
bluegrasssingingman 3 days ago
@richardsmithmusic Lets say you're picking Salt Creek, and you are really picking Blackberry Blossom. Then when someone tells you that isn't Salt Creek. Now whats the difference and your claims? You pick a song and it has a Em in it, but instead you put a Am, or a F . They still know what your picking,but the song is wrong. Well chromatic scales. They don't even know what the hell your even picking. The notes don't even fit, because you just changed the whole structure of the song.
bluegrasssingingman 3 days ago
@richardsmithmusic Chromatic Scales = to lazy to learn a song. So lets rewrite it. That isn't a persons on style. That is just lazy, and you say you have to change the melody. You don't change a melody of a song to fit your own needs. Picking a song in a different tempo is one thing. That isn't changing the melody. The melody is the structure. You are rewriting the song.
bluegrasssingingman 3 days ago
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nickamodeomusic 2 days ago
@richardsmithmusic exactly, and not to mention, its not like david can't bring it down a bit..... this is a solo show, if he didn't bring the fire, id be upset!
lordofthemoodring 2 weeks ago
I think his epic facial hair gives him magic powers
zombiejaybo 7 months ago
He's so creative!
greekflatpicker 8 months ago
this video is a gift too us all. Thank you
goose1785 9 months ago
Very cool version. Roy Curry also has a great version on here.
jocwalk 10 months ago
How good is that !
wonershmountain 10 months ago
Nice version usually every one goes for the Tony Rice style , but David is David!!
fngrpkn06 11 months ago
David Grier is the world's best bluegrass guitar player. His technique is the equal of the very best pickers but his novel approach to harmony and almost bottomless well of inspired, coherent musical ideas put him way ahead of anyone else. He's my favorite!
GiladFoss 1 year ago
@GiladFoss agreed. He has so much more ideas and licks than any of the other guys out there doing it. One of the best improvisers out there in any genre.
smuffjules 8 months ago
@smuffjules Cool. Glad you think so.
GiladFoss 8 months ago
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greekflatpicker 8 months ago
The best there is.
artbaril1 1 year ago
this is savage and obscene!!!
Tavernman06 1 year ago
bets version ive seen. amazing how he sounds just right with no rythm of any kind. nothing but a man and his guitar.
flatpikinguitar 1 year ago