Tommy Jarrell: Let Me Fall (1983)

"Let Me Fall," performed by Tommy Jarrell (fiddle and vocal); Chester McMillian (guitar); Frank Bodie (guitar); Ray Chatfield (five-string banjo) at the Edwards-Franklin House in Mount Airy, North Carolina, during the Surry County Historical Society's annual Sonker Festival. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew, July 1983. For more videos from the American Patchwork fieldwork and information about Alan Lomax and his collections, visit: http://research.culturalequity.org. [03.23.05]

Category:

Music

Tags:

• old-time music
• fiddle
• banjo
• hillbilly music
• Sonker Festival
• string band
• Alan Lomax
• American Patchwork
• Surry County

[maggottdude]

This is beautiful.

Tradition equals civilization and it needs to be preserved.

Greetings from Greece to everyone that agrees.

Here we know all about tradition and we fighting really hard to preserve it and keep it safe from the new world that wants it to be gone for ever and to make us all the same.

ALL human we are beautiful because we are different.

[PLURTHEMUSIC]

I want to clean the rosin off his violin... but wow.... i would never be able to play like that in... EVER O.O

[Phantom14ify]

Excellent.When I hear music like this I get chills because I know thats something worth my time.

[citizncain]

Nice.



[CodyModo]

Sounds like a country song

[CodyModo]

"sounds like a country song"

[MrIchbineinberliner]

Almost like norwegian music!

[maggottdude]

@fryBASS

Last and most important is that you have to understand the REAL meaning of uniting Human race.

IT MEANS TO LEARN TO ACCEPT AND LOVE AND LIVE IN HARMONY WITH ALL NATIONS PEOPLE DESPITE OF OUR DIFFERENCES.

NOT TO TRY AND CHANGE EVERYONE WHO IS DIFFERENT SO THAT ALL ARE LIKE YOU.

Damn... thats so messed up... and it has been used throughout history as an excuse for creating Empires, Colonies, World Wars...

How can you not realize that? Its so simple.

[maggottdude]

@fryBASS

Thirdly... TRADITION AND CULTURE KEEP OURSELVES APART ???

How about... money, petroleum, racism (fear of the different), nationalism, ring a bell ?

Do you realize that making all nations the same is like an orgasm for those who wish power over them?

Do you know who else wanted to "UNITE" the nations?

All the Emperors of history (Including Adolf Hitler).

They ALL wanted to "UNITE" us... UNITE us???? pfff... bullcrap. Then how about quit thinking we are seperated? Its that easy.

[maggottdude]

@fryBASS

Secondly, if you really need everyone else to become just like you in the ways of tradition, culture, way of life, etc..so that you can view the human race as one.. then my friend Im sorry but its you who has the problem ... not the others.

If you can not repsect and accept other nations traditions-civilizations that evolved through the centuries then my friend again its you who has the problem. If you think wars happen because we dance Tsamiko instead of RnB then you have to be joking

[maggottdude]

@fryBASS Oh dear friend.. i have so many things to say to you..

First of all, when was the last time you checked the definition of evolving/moving forward? How you define evolving/moving forward from the aspect of culture? Do you believe that if kids here in Greece for example stopped dancing/singing beautiful traditional Greek songs, and started dancing European RnB/tecnho then this is progress? This is pure cultural change-alienation. Smells like foreign occupation, doesnt it? (continue)