I could write a book on exactly this kind of video. I could listen to the "old timers" talk about their lives growing up in the hills and hollows of America 24/7. It is just fascinating to me, plus it give you incite into what made the people they are, if you pay attention to what they are saying. Fascinating stuff. Thanks for uploading this beautiful example of folk life music and life.
Now THIS is the way that "Arkansaw Traveller" was always MEANT to be played !! What a treat to the ear. Great posting. Tommy is so typical of the classic old-time hill-country man & fiddler, whom we fans of the genre are so fond of. That accent & colloquial terminology by Tommy is just wonderful .. & is worthy of preservation. Tommy would come from the same era, & the same general locality, as The Mainer Brothers .. who I also love & adore.
Great music and a great story to go along with it !!! Check out Made in Va fiddle for sale on Ebay to see another great old time fiddler from Mount Jackson, Va....Donnie Lutz . Donnie knew and played with Buck Ryan who was from Mount Jackson, VA also .
Gotta love how Tommy plays this tune. It's the best version of Arkansas Traveller I've ever heard.
BanjoR549 1 month ago
Great video!! i love to hear these older guys tell their stories.
Pawnfirst007 1 year ago
I could write a book on exactly this kind of video. I could listen to the "old timers" talk about their lives growing up in the hills and hollows of America 24/7. It is just fascinating to me, plus it give you incite into what made the people they are, if you pay attention to what they are saying. Fascinating stuff. Thanks for uploading this beautiful example of folk life music and life.
rmachayes 1 year ago
whey hey thats great music godbless xx
leftclog1 1 year ago
LOL....i like this guy!
TheSa58 1 year ago
what a good ol' boy.
Lionandpsalter 1 year ago
I love this
Darazz 1 year ago
Look at Aly's foot. Has he got soul or what? If you can't dance you can't dance nothin'.
ArkRed1 1 year ago
Now THIS is the way that "Arkansaw Traveller" was always MEANT to be played !! What a treat to the ear. Great posting. Tommy is so typical of the classic old-time hill-country man & fiddler, whom we fans of the genre are so fond of. That accent & colloquial terminology by Tommy is just wonderful .. & is worthy of preservation. Tommy would come from the same era, & the same general locality, as The Mainer Brothers .. who I also love & adore.
colindominy 2 years ago
Tommy is a great fiddle player I love this sort of stuff, mind I'm not really sure what he's saying !
MrBrains1965 2 years ago
Tommy Jarrell----an American Authentic.
TheMountainGuy101 2 years ago
Great music and a great story to go along with it !!! Check out Made in Va fiddle for sale on Ebay to see another great old time fiddler from Mount Jackson, Va....Donnie Lutz . Donnie knew and played with Buck Ryan who was from Mount Jackson, VA also .
workcloz 2 years ago
Holy smoke! Tommy with Aly Bain, all the way from the Shetland Islands.
Brilliant!
Wishuey 3 years ago
This is from a BBC TV program that Aly Bain made several years ago looking into the origins of folk music
kessingland 3 years ago