Man of Constant Sorrow

[hokanut]

Even some of us from California like this...how ya like them avocados? Well played sir !!

[KingMyron23]

bet u miss back in the days old timer. very nice tune. god bless

[cyoteblues]

Those Nationals get some great reverberation going on. Nothing else like'm. Nice playing. Thanks.

[Templarone1]

Really great... BRAVO!

[SaccoJams]

@garywingrove Hey, uh it's us, Oklahoma. Don't forget about us? Lol.

[cynthiatemple246]

local job list bit.ly / jobsfind

[branded72]

I mean, it's cool to try and cop a piece of music the EXACT way some other cat played it; but I absolutely love to hear musicians take a piece of music and make it their own.

I easily spent thousands hours (my first 5 years) learning to play music exactly as it was recorded - by whomever I was into at the time - and it was time well spent.

But hearing someone cover a tune the way they want to play it makes it theirs. Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is a beautiful example.

[tonysrope]

sounds a little like the song but has a long way to go , love the reso hes playing , great sound ,

[fngrpkn06]

Good rendition.

[reverendayglow]

Works for me!

[drgreenthumb7]

love the get-up!

[natefunk1]

to the person who talked to the texan. i live in texas ( not from here thank god)

75 percent of them are asses who have only seen the inside of their butt their whole life. which is the same as looking at the cursed ground of 90 percent of texas.

So to them ugly is beautiful. If you combine that with some of the lowest IQ's in the world.

You have the perfect mixture for ultimate stupidity.

As patrick from spongebob said "stupid people are so blissfully unaware of how stupid they really are"

[garywingrove]

@natefunk1 then get the F out!!! i'm from texas also. was born here and yes there are a lot of dumbasses. but there are also a lot of dumb*#&%s down here from california chicago wisconson unfortunatley. maybe they're bringing down the curve in the iq test. yes there are a lot of idiots that think they have to have gigantic trucks that they'll never haul sh!t in, but please drop the generalizations cuz at the end of a 100+ degree day we texas kick some ass for smarting off! :)

[natefunk1]

@garywingrove u just proved that ur one of the 75% of texans i hate.I say 75 cause the other 25% are a little like hank from king of the hill,embarrassed of all u over proud monkey dicks.ur not wrong about the dumb people from everywhere else.new yorkers can easily be as arrogant.what i'm talking about is the attitude that I get that I'm somehow deficient because I'm not from here.There's nothing wrong with liking or being proud of where ur from. u don't have to be an asshole to do it though.

[garywingrove]

@natefunk1 i don't care that you're from somewhere else and proud of where you're from! my remark was because you said "i live in texas (not from here thank god)" and then you went on to talk shit about texans. no i'm nothing like the texans you just described. i'm a proud texan because of it's history but i don't relate to the ones you're referring to because i actually enjoy intellectual conversations, i don't drive in the biggest fucking truck i could find, and talk shit all other states

[garywingrove]

likewise i don't think i'm better than anyone because i'm from texas. if anything i'd fall into the 25% because i know the people you're talking about and i can't stand them either! just drive up and down I-35 north of fort worth, you'll see exactly what i'm talking about! douchebags with huge trucks and fake "texas" accents driving like they own the road. they will talk shit but they can't back anything up! they are a disgrace to texas

[heinrich49]

i could sit on your porch, sip whiskey and watch you play all night......and i mean that in the least creepiest way possible.

[JRvancity]

i have nothing nice to say. o wait. hold up. some texan came into my work place the other day and proceeded to bitch about the weather in British Columbia and how miserable it was in my city, which is highly regarded as... well more beautiful then texas. i was wondering, when you look out your window do you see lush forest's and the ocean and mountains and trees everywhere? because i do. and i was wondering... in texas... do they only send you the instrumental, cuz that song has lyrics..........

[robbbnibn]

i wanna live in texas

[zyxomma1]

That has a real 'Blind Willie Johnson' sort of feel to it. That's a great sound you've got.

[deltabluz]

nice feel brother!

[tim9880]

simply brilliant! do you have a back cataloggue that we could promote in the UK?

Tim@cdp.co.uk

[rufusvanrugburn]

very good

[MyRangeOwnsYou]

HOME IH WHE YOU MAKE IT

[benebrius]

Sounds like pig-shit being softly sucked from a cup made of maggot eyes.

[Rubberbandlandinfo]

Sweet :-)

[willyd57]

Lets see... I need my tool box, my Martin DX1K, and some time to figure out how to tune in open "D".

That sounded mighty cool man ..... might cool

[oneswinter]

heh, Joe Dirt: "they moh" props tho

[ButterMilk25]

That is awesome. Great job

[fippson]

Wonderful piece.

[sarcip7x]

Very well done

[maltijien]

wow i love it . now I want to learn this sliding technique.

5*

[ldiedt]

Woof!

Thanks for sharing that...

But damn you too!

Now I need to buy a National.

Already crowded with guitars in the house.

Hope you got the job.

[msammas]

this is awesome

[crispycritterz34]

great cover man, thanx for posting this for all 2 c!!

[ronvo42]

I Loved every second of it! SOOOO smooth and flowing, with that soft beat. You really a talented and gifted artist! Thanks for posting it.

[frodonet]

seriously u are damn good man

[guywolff]

This is really Great . I just did a bluesy version of this last night and I am so glad to find this . Yours is wonderful . All the best , Guy

[ukandoittowithkandoo]

good stuff my freind

[za7ooFe]

nice

[reggiedu1]

Awesome musicianship! great soul and passion!

[crabtrap]

how's Ba-Ba-Bobby Booshay doing?

[sirlonghair]

get a metranome but good job

[Paddyslippers]

excelent job.. yeeha

[48755003]

Loved it!! Nice feeling and thats what its all about!!

[Kelsie154]

i'm sure you can agree that the Stanley brothers (dr. raulph stanley) are much better at singing it than the soggy bottom boys.

they took a great song and ruined it.

but i love your steel guitar cover. :)

there arent many people now days that can play it.

[Laurenturn]

I dug this one a lot, got kind of a swampy-funk sound and definately worth a click. Thanks for posting.

[446447]

top class ...

[Nomadd1957]

really enjoyed

[adinaladudula]

Wow I liked it a lot.

[grizbazzen]

a slide

[campdietrying]

what's that thing on your pinky finger called?

[geisterbahn1]

almost smell the mississippi their man !takes you to the swamps thats for sure. whats your tuning!

[samtay6]

It says open D in the description

[oddfellow831]

Not bad. Not bad at all.

[123vito321]

skill !

[guitaristshobi]

Nice nice :) i do the same :D lol same interview thingy :D

[FAIRVOX]

Very, very good

انا عجبني كثير ياليت مغني بصوته كمان اتوقع تطلع احلا

[as23we12]

Good.

Very, very good.

The sound has a full but haunting quality....I loved it.

[antonyarthuredmunds]

id love to attempt too play this ,who can give me the tabs off the net ? anyone? also what kind of guitar is he useing?

someone hook me up with the tab's please for this or something similar id really appreciate it ??

[huttwigley]

"Hot damn, son! I believe you DID sell your soul to the devil!" 5/5

[torstenq]

Great job! *****

[preimer79]

a good ole boy ,playing some good ole tunes, great job man

[Fianna10]

fair balls

[canvasfaces]

excellent

[joesilver0009]

thats was excellant man, you made your guitar do all the singing, thats some good playing.

[chgodong]

great sound! Hope you got the job.

[packingone]

Man I just love the sound of a Dobro.

[amw1416]

wow thats some good pickin right ere:)

[NickAden13]

I want that guitar!

[sdlocal1]

Great job!

Ya make this ole boy smile!

God Bless America!

[thetruthfulliar]

There are notes being played when you aren't playing... double track?

[jdh196200]

what is your tuning on this peice.sounds great!

[sukh1406]

can't you sing???

[claybanjo]

Too! Hot!

[Rockabillykid01]

wow you really catches that country zing!

[jake0jacob0]

I HATE country but DAM you made that slide sound good.

[rockinar]

It's not country music you dumbass. It's bluegrass.

[brothershort]

Awesome, Awesome job my man...Love the open tuning. Wish I could play that slide on my 12 string

[Loons420]

woooohoooo man that is awesome !

Manitou Springs rocks !!

not too far from the Helen Hunt falls and the cog RR

haven't I seen you up in denver on the 16th street mall ?

[margot980]

Great playing. Do people get it outside the liquor store, oops you're American and folks can buy liquor anywhere I think.

So where do you play and do people bob and dance to it?

[StreetMusician]

The streets of Manitou Springs and Old Colorado City. You can't buy liquor just anywhere in the states. People tend to stop and chat, tip the can. I also do small venues by preferrence.

[ybecusimfater]

@StreetMusician i need to visit you sir i live in garden of the gods

[dills2403]

@margot980 thank you very much us southerners make our own likkker whille picking a tune....

[theevilmaiden]

YYYEAAAHH You Rock Dude!!

[StreetMusician]

Saw the movie

[blindbikerbill]

far out man, good stuff

[paintitpurdy]

awesome!!!!nice

[Pierluigi66]

yeah man ! keep bluesin' please

Cheers

(how about adding a singer ?)

[slatkeyrag]

keep on rocking street man!

[NaserMestarihi]

Great stuff man. I'm trying to learn how play with a slide its pretty hard. Hope you got the job.

[korkybb]

Excellent love your slide guitar playing keep on rocking

[t70mm9]

really good

[taurtue]

really great, but the recording quality is rather bad :/

keep bluesin'

[StreetMusician]

Yeah, the camera was a Sony DSV-1, better for stills than video, and the mic was the one built into the camera. Future stuff will be done with a Canon FS100 v-cam with external mic capability. No HD though, still too expensive.

Thanks for the feedback =o)

[bozodclown98]

it is not hard to upload stereo on Youtube

[bozodclown98]

scratch that....it has a certain charm

[AsaphProject]

@taurtue That's what the blues is all about.

[kevykevkev]

thats awesome dude, i reckon u shuld sing, u look like u culd do it :D

[StreetMusician]

Thanks everyone for your very nice feedback. Looks like the second part of December and first part of January will be slow times for me, so I'm planning on doing more vids with the National, the A/E Yamaha and possible the Sheraton Epiphone (think 1930's jazz melodies). Got me a nice new camera too! Employment is sweet. Good luck to everyone during our current hard times, and best wishes!

[zslam]

@StreetMusician Dude I'm in love with your guitar and it's sound. What kind is it?

[punkeruit1965]

wow, good job!

[chunk338]

beautiful. peaceful. calming. i would recomend u to send this to kppx radio station. its great!!!

[dman3211]

I liked all but the end...it's we who should be taking our hats off to you!  Masterful.

[lynyrdwhiskey]

I love that sound of guitar. the slide really takes you back to a different state of mind. Plus this guy looks like Coach Kline from waterboy.lol. keep playin man. you got that backwoods spirit. Go Crimson Tide!!!!

[ecinajx19]

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

[elfuggo]

hey man you obviously bring happiness too people by simply playin your guitar ...just keep playing!!!!

[magormojo]

i love it ! thanx ! check my stuff !

[RustedBovine]

Amazing. I would *LOVE* to be able to play like this. You should do a CD of solo guitar stuff like this, I'd happily pay a good 30 bucks for it.

This is deep south, high desert, railroadin, truckin, loggin, gold-rush-mining music if ever there was such a thing!

[moreunderstanding]

Love it!Great job,passing this viedo on to friends and family ( 5 ) from me

[FiveStringFun]

Nice work! Great feel!

[19leon73]

That was brilliant... I loved every bit of that

[bolloxinator]

Got my old foot tappin there. Very nice!

[rombomb420]

That's just sweet as honey.

[swampman]

brilliant, man...

[dreadnought45]

I like that Mississippi country-blues sound. How long have you had that National and how old is it? Also,I hope you got the job.

[dreadnought45]

Good country blues, StreetMusician. I'm sure Dr. Ralph Stanley would be pleased.

Ken, Toronto

[johnnyquest1354]

im not gonna lie.

you are the shit.

[geertmz]

nice sound

[Doginthefog]

where country and blues meet... great

[orsonaquewelles]

Great performance!

[k3ckakal]

awesome

[rodhoover]

awesome!

[jrubin68]

No, I think I learned it 40 years ago

[StreetMusician]

Good for you. Lots more people learned it after O Brother, and to that tempo and inflections. Forty years ago I was sixteen years old working on Hendrix, Chryslers and Mary Kay.

[monkeynuts19]

yay hendrix :) sorry....:P peacex

[StreetMusician]

Hendrix is still a fave of mine, just doesn't seem appropriate for performance any longer. Need to be skinnier and less gray. I'd like to keep my hearing too.

[monkeynuts19]

hahaha I understand. But I think you can still play it on your own....your own little secret. :P I learnt this song the other day. I might post a video of it I think. If I can get some recording thing...if I do I'll tell you about it yer? cool well peace xx

[StreetMusician]

Yeah, let me know when you post, thx!

[bud7fox]

cool.......

[mariosaravia81]

Exelenteee!!!!

DEsde Argentina!!!

[chitchatt2006]

I love it. Gorgeous sound. Great rendition. Thanks for letting us all hear and see you play.

[knp062597]

what type of guitar is that.

looks old

[chitchatt2006]

Google National Resonator Guitar or National Reso-phonic.

[Marcomeistro]

Could you please send tabs for this song for on a dobro(slide guitar)

[StreetMusician]

Pretty busy right now, and I don't use tab but the source notation. You can put your Dobro into open D tuning (D-A-D-F#-A-D from fat to thin strings)and try the melody on the thin D. That's always how I start an arrangement, get the melody down first, then add other stuff as the tune cooks.

[smp22]

I started out in a punk band when I was 16. I'm 29 now and an aspiring bluegrass musician.

I love music, I love youtube and all the musicians that share their music here.I'm learning so much.

Thanks for the great video man!

Great rendition.

[noisearchitect]

Beautifull, Thank you old timer!!!

[Agoniiie]

Great sound !

[XxJuggaloMattxX]

beautiful song

[ozeangruen]

Perform Great

did he became a Record Deal

Greeting Germany Augsburg

Rob

[Dirtysmeg83]

excellent work brother.

[BelmondoB]

peace to the god.... i went from the wu-tang clan to you.. god i luv music! good stuff keep up the good work old timer

[StreetMusician]

Thanks! Music and love are one and the same until the money gets into it. That's what this old timer has learned along the way.

[memmnock]

That was Beautifull my good Sir ;) A pleasure to listen to, I wouldnt mind the mp3 to it :)

[deliciousdanni98]

omg great love it talent amazing you should sing to it aswell

[StreetMusician]

Thank you very much. It's getting to be spring up here, thinking of recording again for YT. Sing? Yes, and maybe harp too.

[yurisan007]

muy buena!!

[UBeautBoot]

cheer up

[flyhfist]

sounds great!

[becyxxx1]

It sounds sooo good!!

[stevo22222]

You should be on a porch somewhere close to New Orleans, or in Hazzard County

[StreetMusician]

Heh, yep, guess I am in my soul =o)

[fabricari]

Incredible technique. Beautiful sounding instrument, as well.

[CornishGoof]

B-E-A utiful..........

[Lasagander1]

Right On Buddy !!

[jairosoft]

I am a talent scout for American Idol. I think you need to come to our studio and audition.

[thered222]

simply wow...amazing.

[11241944]

Good job.

[StripeyFilms]

dude you rock

[Leghorns]

too good to be true ... sir, you've ushered in 2008 without need for a seat belt. If I died tomorrow, I would do so with the knowledge that I'd truly lived. Thank you

[GreenGrass1243]

lawl!!!!

[carlosdevil666]

cool stuff

[556210]

hey man nice music i love blue grassbut it's hard for me to find it around here but keep up the good music

[Banjomountain]

Very good. I really like to a slide used on a guitar.

[genericmlh]

hey what tuning are you using? Just getting into bluegrass now and learning different fills.... that sound is so great!

[StreetMusician]

Hi, this is open D (D - A - D - F# - A - D), tuned downwards from standard tuning. So E to D, leave A and D as is, G to F#, B to A and E to D. This all goes from the sixth to first string. It's the same tuning as open E but down one full step, which saves on broken strings, where in open E you have to tighten them up. Good luck with the blugrass!

[genericmlh]

nice, thanks!!

[trlstaff]

great stuff, thank you.......

[anobar]

Great job man. You definitely are one HELL of a guitar player! Keep the videos coming.

[StreetMusician]

Thank you! It's spring in the Rockies -- time to record something outside by a babbling brook =)

[ixelion]

very nice, cool guitar

[scrumpymanjack]

I hope you took that National along to the job interview. It definitely would have helped you get the post. Nice playing.