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Sprout Wings and Fly (1983)

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"Sprout Wings and Fly" is a compassionate, life-affirming, altogether extraordinary document by Les Blank (www.lesblank.com) on old-timey Appalachian fiddler Tommy Jarrell. It's a fascinating film on the theme that art, music, dance, food and earthly pleasures help human beings live joyously in the face of certain death. It offers fine old-timey music, crazy jive, and a fascinating cast of backwoods characters." --Michael Goodwin, Berkeley Monthly

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  • If the ocean was whiskey, and i were a duck,

    I'd dive to the bottom and never come up.

    Hang on to it, or it will all be lost.

  • grew up flatfooting with my cousins at Round Peak/Low Gap NC at my Uncle Charlie Lowes (clawhammer banjo)house. Used to move all the furniture out of the front room, somebody would magically produce a jug and the danncing would commence- great music and memories when charlie and tommy played - magic!.

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  • this mans awesome

  • whats the guitar chods pleasee?

  • weird

  • @heybulldog13 Keep your imaginary friends away from my music.

  • Great music! What type of bird is that???

  • Thanks so much for posting this! It's rare find good quality video of Tommy.  It's important to document Appalachian fiddling so we can keep it alive. I'm posting a bunch of lessons and sheet music teaching how to fiddle in the Appalachian style on my channel and website, FiddlinMike. com. Check it out to support fiddling! :)

  • great to find this. i was fortunate enough to meet tommy jarrell back in 1975. he was playing with the late mike seeger and they came for dinner -- a very pleasant time indeed.

  • "Gonna bang on the table... gonna hear the glass ring... more brandy more brandy more brandy to bring."

  • @heybulldog13 the fiddle is as good an embodiment of the devil as the serpent

    /watch?v=lN5m_s4NhnQ

    /watch?v=ZRWn3zYas_I

    /watch?v=CJNWxNZ7138

    you can't argue with that... listen

  • @brodank the fiddle is as good an embodiment of the devil as the serpent

    /watch?v=lN5m_s4NhnQ

    /watch?v=ZRWn3zYas_I

    /watch?v=CJNWxNZ7138

    you can't argue with that... listen

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