Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham (1971, Blanton Owen) [with subtitles]
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- This 1971 film by folklorist Blanton Owen captures rare footage of Tommy Jarrell on fiddle and Fred Cockerham on banjo, playing together on Cockerham's front porch in Low Gap, North Carolina.
Original film elements found in the Blanton Owen Collection #20027 (finding-aids.l..., Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Laboratory film preservation work by Colorlab (colorlab.com/). Funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation (www.filmpreser....
Learn more about the preservation grant and the film on the Southern Folklife Collection’s blog, Field Trip South:
blogs.lib.unc....
Man Fred’s banjo is so loud and distinct, it’s mesmerizing. I’m so happy to have found this video. Thank you!
I think it's because of the Formica fingerboard.
Built by Kyle Creed.
@@donhuber9131do you have any more info on this specific banjo? I’ve never seen a creed Banjo with the style of tuners on Fred’s banjo in this video. It looks more like a catalog banjo with a Formica fingerboard than a Creed.
I keep finding myself back here. Gold.
This is glorious. Thank you so much Blanton Owen for taking this film and making it available to future generations. Never did I ever expect to see video of Tommy and Fred playing together. Thank you
Seconded. Amazing, isn’t it?
@@Lostmychops I'll third this and express my gratitude to the algorithm
What a great folklorist, musician and person. Blanton Owen RIP.
This is my favorite video I've ever seen on UA-cam up to this point. I've been using UA-cam since it's birth in 2006, for perspective.
Tommy and Fred were masters of their craft. What made them great musicians is that they enjoyed playing it.
they don't do this anymore. thank God for Tommy Jerrell.
I really wish they showed all the songs they played. They really didn’t get cut off short. I only found this. But thank you for posting.
Why is there *always* one person who’ll dislike excellent things? It depresses me. Anyway, that idiot guy aside, thanks very much for uploading this. I had no idea there was any extant footage of jarrell and cockerham playing together at all (and I’ve looked!), so stumbling upon this was pretty mind-blowing. Really fantastic.
I remember back in the 70's every Saturday someone was alway playing music on the porch some place these days are almost gone I been out playing fiddle music and banjo for the store workers in Our town scene this COVID thing started to get there mind off it and put a smile on some souls face I thank GOD for My talent He give Me
Wow! thanks so so very very much for uploading this Gem of a video. I am so pleased to of found this video which I’ve not seen before. Thanks so much once again from England
Thanks for posting ..... pure gold. What a joy, getting to see that footage.
Wow, thanks for uploading!
This is priceless!
This is GOLD!!!👍
Excellent.
What a treasure! thank you!
Wow, this is great, thanks for posting.
Priceless !
Gold
Great Tommy that’s the best version of John browns dream I ever heard him do
I was familiar with Fred's clawhammer, but he goes into some really fine two-finger picking around the 17 minute mark.
That was a real highlight for me as well. I thought that I heard some fingerstyle picking on those old County LPs, but had no definitive evidence...til now!
Wonderful!So great to see this. Did Kyle Creed make Tommy's specs with offcuts from Fred's banjo fingerboard..?
They make machine head tuners for Bowed instruments & Tommy Jarrell popularized them.
“cluck old hen, your widdies all dead”, not “winters”. Widdies are chicks.
Though I was born a long long while after Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham passed away, I still enjoy these fine tunes and will forever remember North Carolina Bluegrass’s great history.
Not Bluegrass my brother! Something better!
"ol bunch a keys, I believe ya said"
Tommy Harrell popularized these machine head tuners.
At 3:08, [F. Cockerham, indistinct] is Fred saying, "Old Bunch of Keys, I believe he said."
I think he says, “Better watch the kids, babysit.”
Thank you for sharing this film. Can you add a credit for the lady who is sitting on the porch along with the musicians and enjoying their music? Also, how was the footage restored, and who did this restoration work?
She's identified as Eva Cockerham (Fred's wife) in the subtitles.
The restoration work was done by Colorlab. colorlab.com
It looked great to me; was the film originally in much worse shape than what we see here?
@@dbadagna the original elements consisted of a 16mm work print and 16mm magnetic soundtrack - both were in good shape, thankfully! There was some slight color fading (purple hues) on the work print, but Colorlab did some really amazing work bringing the colors back to life.
These details are really interesting. For an ethnographic film like this (versus something like a Hollywood studio production), is the film negative usually not retained by the filmmaker?
The Bear Runned Over the Mountain @5:04
Are those geared tuners on Tommy's fiddle?
Yes they are geared tuners
I several sets in my shop that iv taken off old fiddles. I replaced them with original wood pegs. I never cared much for them because they kill the tone and make the violin headstock heavy imho.
Once I heard a fiddle tune that DIDN'T sound like "Battle of New Orleans". Anyone know about this?
Lol, i get what your saying but at least try and listen closer. Not even the same chord changes
This stuff is in a league of its own compared to horton
In addition to enjoying the great music, I’m trying to figure out what type/brand of whiskey they are drinking. Looks like a straight rye, bottled in bond? Anyone know? 😂
sugarinthegourd I can’t tell. Fred tactfully keeps the name covered.
but what was in the second bottle? I'm not familiar with passing two bottles around.
According to Brad Leftwich's fiddle book, Tommy's second choice to moonshine was I.W. Harper, but this doesn't look like that
Simon Olsen Orange Sunshine
I seen the second bottles a Coca Cola bottle.
They're not even wearing masks
Lol!!!!
How dare they!! LMAO 🤣😂