Bruce & Laughing Crow - Native American Flute (Friendly Duel)

I met up with Richard Maynard, a.k.a. Laughing Crow, this past July 12 & 13 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He and his lovely girlfriend were running a flute & jewelry booth at the Art-In-The-Park Festival there, and I popped in to hang out with them. Richard and I later jammed on some of his wonderful flutes in nice place on a bike path which at one point ran under the road. The ambience was pretty killer down there, and what's more, there was a small stream running right next to us - how cool is that? We had a great time improvising on a couple of his sumptuous G flutes. And what a character that Laughing Crow guy is! When I started playing a little stangely at the end, he exclaimed
"You're a real long-air, man!" This short but sweet clip is a kind of friendly "flute duel" - which he most certainly won hands-down with his much more suave, evenly-paced, and deliciously bluesy lines. That flute really SINGS in his hands! I only hope to be nearly as good as that when I've been playing as long as he has. Anyway, enjoy the playful spirit as presented here!

My website: http://www.allenbruceray.com

Laughing Crow flutes:
http://www.cedarflutes.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Native
• American
• cedar
• flute
• Laughing
• Crow
• Richard
• Maynard
• Bruce
• Ray
• improvisation
• Steamboat
• Springs
• Colorado

[akichita87]

Just thought I would comment on this vid. Great job. You are both very talented. I always wondered how it would sound though if one person was to play a low bass flute in the background and then another person play a higher tone flute in the foreground, at the same time.

[piriajeoshi]

Thank you for your wonderful comments! Re: a contrabass/high flute duet, it mostly comes down to what you choose to play, and where. That combination can produce both great and not-so-great results. The players should have an ensemble mindset instead of a soloist one if each is to play simultaneously. Also, big, echoey places like this aren't kind to contrabass sounds - they becomes an indistinguishable muddy mess. That said, it CAN sound superb if the players are sensitive to these factors.

[alhayatjamilah]

this is so pretty!

[ripdearbrother]

I've watched quite a few of your videos so far (still watching!). I've got Richard's website saved in my computer as reference. We play here and I plan to buy some from him to add to our collection. And BTW, you play beautifully!!! I bet it's nice to actually be friends with the person who made these beautiful flutes that you play. You defenetly hav a nitch for playing. Never put it down. :)

[kristicuk]

I think if I would've been the people passing/running by, as I would hear those awesome sounds I would just stop and watch them mesmerized how they're playing and be completely in a hypnotic state lol.

[KimCedarSong09]

Wow!!! That's some cool playing from the both of you! I love the snappy trills you were playing and would love to figure out how you did that!

Awesome playing!

[beautifulmicia]

This makes up for all the mediocre and bad NA Flute videos cluttering up YouTube.

[boogerdinky]

Piriajeoshi, no doubt about it , Richard sure can play a flute, but don't sell yourself short , from what i can see, you certainly can hold your own (pun intended).your vids sure inspire me to play my flute more. Thanks , john h

[boogerdinky]

I cant count how many times Ive watched this vidio ,I enjoy it every time !! thanks for sharing it.

[chessdude67]

Great! Love it.

Thanks,

chessdude

[Lemon5eed]

osda Tsunali Unequa Osda Wado for this vid my Elder Brothers