My mother calls that an Appalachia Cry. It's really common from folk and blues singers in the Appalachian Mountains but Childers is something special. 👌
Grew up in Tuscarora Holler, Blue Ridge foothills. Every Friday evening, we`d take a food item to Tuscarora Community center for a night of singing and dancing. This is the singing style I grew up with, born in 1946. This takes me back.
Thank you for reacting to this performance from our Session with Tyler! Really enjoyed your analysis of his vocals and why they're so interesting to the ear, regardless of training. You've given us a whole new appreciation for his craft. Thanks for listening.
@@daltonpeterson3321 | Agreed Tyler Childers is an amazing artists with music that he writes himself. The emotion he shows is not fake it’s genuine. His songs are from his own experiences. He will forever be a great artist. I wonder what county he’s from. I’m Mineral.
That shit hits deep, especially if you're like most sons of the south and love your old man even though his love is tough and rocky, just like this song.
Went to the same community college as Childers 10 years ago and I’d always see him strumming his guitar in between classes. Really cool to see how far he’s gone in his career
That’s us none of our family have their kids every body’s strung out and teethles lmao I live in the “city” luckily I grew up out of my home town but I still know all that goes on
West Virginia is so bad with pills because they all are losing there jobs because the only think the state is good for is coal mining and a lot of people want to get rid of coal and don't recognize they are destroying a state its sad af.
@@jxstified7558 coal is dead. They need to ask for new job opportunities. I have lived in Virginia and DC and Baltimore and have spent a lot of time in West Virginia and played gigs there. Coal is dead. Politicians telling them "the magic" will come back is a lie to get votes. The very capitalist system they claim to love has dictated that coal is never coming back. West Virginia is a beautiful state that has been destroyed by an entire industry it relied on dying and there not being many other options other than drug addiction, alcohol addiction, moonshine, meth and pills, stripping, and working at a casino or a gas station that is on a road that carries cross-state traffic. When I lived in Baltimore I saw tons of people from WVA driving all the way to Baltimore to buy pills in cars that barely worked and might break down on the highway...they would get towed back to WVA and the same tow-truck driver would have to tow them again the next week for trying to get there again with a car that isn't able to make it. They have been failed by republican leadership who only want to demonize the poverty in the East/West Baltimore neighborhoods that they are driving to in the search of drugs anyways. They actually abandon the poverty stricken rural white areas because helping them would mean programs that would help inner city blacks as well because in a lot of ways they have a lot in common: the industries that used to employ them have long since died or left, there is no investment in their neighborhoods/towns, they are left to rot, drug addiction and alcohol addiction becomes rampant for obvious reasons, the schools are trash and most people barely make it through secondary school and high school, and the idea of "getting out" of there is a dream that many feel they will never be able to achieve. It's sad that places like West Virginia have been convinced to vote against helping themselves because it is "liberal" or whatever horse crap. However, I have seen minor shifts now...West Virginia unions have said they will back Biden/Democratic spending plans if it means bringing new jobs and industries to West Virginia because they are realizing that they are being screwed out of opportunity for the benefit of others. Baltimore in the mid 2000s was overflowing with cheap prescription opiates. That is why WVA people were going there if their doctor stopped handing shit out. Drug laws also made it worse because if you are dealing weed you are already breaking the law so you might as well deal oxycontin that is everywhere too...so suddenly people who just want some weed have access to strong opiates that they never would have had access to if weed was legal. Then, once they can't afford the cheap prescription opiates anymore they switch to heroin which is even cheaper in Baltimore and that leads us to the whole heroin/fentanyl conversation as well as a quality and regulation for public safety discussion.
Liberal policies have destroyed cities and states more than any other policies. Yes west virginia is poor but, it's better than voting in policies that make them even poorer and nit be able to afford where they live.
@@HelloThere-jr6gd The Dems have been in office less than 5 months. Did t***p restore the coal industry? no, because it's dead. Time to train for tomorrow's world. You can't blame this on liberal policies. . . You pinned your hopes on a false god. Stop blaming others for your misfortunes.
As a recovering addict myself, with friends that didn't make it out. When you hear Tyler sing this, just imagine watching your loved ones overdose and die around you and being powerless against it. That's "the thing" in his voice.
10 years in that addiction Hell, 4 months out. I hope your still standing strong. When I cleaned my phone out of anyone that’s from that world it shocked me. My contact list was a graveyard, how I’m still alive is a miracle. I’m doing my best.
As an american living in Appalachia, Childers captures the feeling of living in really poor rural states like mine. You often find yourself struggling for opportunity that isn't there for you like it was for your parents and their parents before them. His message/tone really resonates with what it's like down here for a lotta folks.
All Your'n, Feathered Indians, Follow You To Virgie, Hard Times, Whitehouse Road, and on and on. Tyler is one of my favorite songwriters of all time. He's an absolute treasure.
It's a style you may hear in Appalacian music, crying despair joins with the notes for an emotional experience of the story usually based on a truth. Not every singer can pull that off. He's got talent!
YES YES YES THANK YOU THANK YOU !!, Tyler and Colter two great young artist with a very traditional sound. If you want to continue Tyler Chlders, try Whitehouse Road. Delightful as always.
I’m from the same part of the US as Tyler and the “out of the pills” part of the song is in reference to the pain pill outbreak that destroyed lots of lives and families. Just thought I’d share so anyone watching would know. Love your breakdowns keep up the good work!!
The county I am from in KY at one time had more pain pill prescriptions than people. Everyone selling em at the first of the month then scrambling to buy em at the end of the month
My father died to the opioid crisis last year due to many related reasons down to doctors prescribing opioids when they should’ve and giving him no help after and also being surrounded by them because of where we are in Kentucky. I can only pray this get better in future years to come.
I'm from Upstate NY but we have a lot of the same problems as Appalachia. Heroin has been getting worse and worse, fueled by docs giving out too many opioids. Not enough money in farming, and the mine industry ruins the air, breaks the roads, doesn't pay enough, wears down the workers. Beautiful area but sad and poor. Lots of people turn to drugs to deal with the hard life, some of em sink in and don't make it out.
I wouldnt say that he's necessarily "choosing" these vocal qualities like you said a few times. This is not a sound that you can just mimic. This is the voice and song of trauma and heartache felt firsthand, something that comes out of you when you genuinely believe in what youre singing.
The "squeeks" or "tighting of the vocal cords" is what true emotion is, he openes his heart when he sings. And you can feel it, that's why it's just so breathtaking when he sings.
I’m from Kentucky, which is where Tyler referenced here. Opioid addiction is the number one health crises in eastern Kentucky, where Pike county is at. Coal country. Some of the poorest regions in America. That’s the context of this song. It’s hard to get out of the hills of eastern Kentucky due to generational poverty, addiction, and severe lack of opportunity (zero industry because the roads are narrow, curvy, and extremely poorly kept). Music and sports, historically, are the only ways people get out. Props to Tyler, and thank you for covering him here.
Tyler Childers is amazing. Thank you for this! He is a genuine and brilliant traditional style singer / songwriter. One of the best that we have today. To me, his voice is a great storyteller’s voice with all of the right inflections, emotions, and character in all the right places. Just brilliant.
I don't know if you've done it already, but John Morland "you don't care for me enough to cry" and "hang me in the Tulsa county stars" are really great.
I was lucky enough to see Sturgill at a Willie Nelson show in Dallas a few years ago, saw Tyler on the same trip, then again in Sydney with John Prine..
Thanks Julia would love to hear a duet with him and Chris Stapleton but being from the South this right up my alley. Before Covid every weekend a musical festival would pop up with songs from performers like this. Sure hope they make a return.
My dad is from Kentucky and I showed him this song once and when he said "pike county coal" in the song he looks at me and says he's from Kentucky isn't he. I asked him how he knew and he said only people from pike County pronounce it like that 😂
Definitely proud to have grown up with this man. It's crazy to think that him and Chris Stapleton both came from such a small town! There is so much truth to this song about working in the coal Mines in Pike County.
Great reaction! Unique voice and great control through the song. My first time hearing him. Thanks for the awesome breakdown of his voice and technique.
What you are hearing is the holler , the literal mountains that surround him. He sounds like home to me. It is the strong musical tradition, passed down in the heart of Appalachia, that twang/yodel is very much of this place. So much rich history in these here parts.
This is Hill music Appalachian music It does have a bit of a yodel sound to it but not full on It's about heartache and transferring that to your audience even if you're talking about the good times. I was raised on it and it is beautiful
This is the epidemy of hyper analyzation, its good cause its real, from the heart, and pure. Thats what you are hearing, that you cant quite pin point. There is no vocal coach that can "teach" real.
We went to see him live at the Ryman in Nashville right before the pandemic. He sounds every bit as good live. He writes most all his music. You can find videos of him singing as a teenager that are terrific. Hard Times he wrote at 16. Well worth tracking it down. Thanks for the analysis of the vocals. Must vocal coaches get more involved with the song than the singer.
“You hear it and you wanna keep listening” mhm, that’s why we listen to these guys. And this song like the first and second verse reminds me of every conversation I have with the Lord- that’s why I love it sm
I loved your breakdown of this and Im glad you enjoyed it! I think his song Lady May could be a good one to check out that is more likely than others to have similar live acoustic set up somewhere. Also you mentioned something about hearing him talk normally and I loved his "A message from Tyler" video that he put out after his Long Violent History album
There is another artist/songwriter that I would love for you to check out. Hes a younger guy that left his home at an early age so he could travel the country by sneaking on to cargo trains and living the "Hobo" lifestyle. He would travel from town to town playing music anywhere he could. Artist is BENJAMIN TOD, and a good song of his is "We ain't even kin". He ya a video of him performing it a part of the Gems on VHS series.
I first heard him when he opened for John Prine and became an instant fan. So glad he’s getting the attention he deserves. Great writing and great singing both.
There is a whole group of singer's coming out of the Appalachian/Greater Appalachian region signing a genre sometimes referred to as Americana, which is associated to the vocals and lyrical narrative of their songs. Benjamin Todd is another who has similar characteristics to Tyler. There is a UA-cam channel that covers a lot of these artists music.
I consider you and Elizabeth (Charismatic Voice) to be the standard on these reactions. You both have passion for music and the ability to break down the performance and teach vocal techniques. Thank you so much for doing this style reaction!
The real life experience of pain from the environments that Tyler and artists like him were brought up in are what gives them the soul in their songs because they mean every word they sing. This song in particular shows how raw and real their experiences are, bein it's about the opioid crisis hittin America and especially Appalachia (Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and surrounding areas).
I really enjoyed this reaction video. It’s interesting how a vocal coach dissects the Appalachian holler. Having said that, what you are hearing is less a voice and more a soul. I would love to hear your thoughts of Jason Isbell’s live version of Cover Me Up.
Mam, it's called pain and living a hard life. It's from living a life in a place where everything you have is worked for. He's not trying to sound this way its just in his soul
You can have perfect vocal skills and still not be able to connect to people. This guy has that ability to convey feelings through sound and thats what great music really is. All the great artists do.
I was called to play a last minute gig last Saturday. A band canceled and I was available solo. This was at a bar with a pool and swim up bar . The owner and I were both worried about the young crowd liking the country music that I do. 4th song in I asked the crowd if there were any Tyler Childers fans..the whole place erupted. I fit right in and had a fantastic gig. Everyone seems to like him.
This is the struggle some people from this area have to deal with from childhood, and its something we have to break away from. The struggle isn't easy, and not everyone makes it out....
Tyler Childers has a high lonesome sound that can only come out of the Appalachian Mountains. Some of the bluegrass great have had it, Ralph Stanley being the chief one that comes to mind. This song in particular speaks about not falling into the drug problems so common in the region (I live about 30 minutes from Pike County Kentucky)
Thank you for this. Tyler’s music is real. It’s emotional. It hits you right where you’re at. I can feel his emotions right in my gut. And that’s the kind of music I like. And that feeling spans all genres. The way SRV plays his guitar, or Miles Davis and his trumpet.
Seriously one of the most beautiful things I've seen god create.. seriously. The song is great also! Tyler's been one of my favorite artists since he was singing in bars years ago and have followed him ever since. Everything about this video was gorgeous 🌹
Raw natural talent, combined with real feeling and heart felt emotion is inexpiable. Teachers and coaches teach and coach for a reason. They lack these abilities, else they'd be the talent.
Love you Julia! The poignance of the lyric matches the breaks in his voice so well! And please don't miss "My Mother Told Me" by VoicePlay, it is my top track right now!
Been listening to him pretty steady for at least 5 years now, worked in West Virginia in 2018 and that put direct references to a lot of the songs. Also, yes that is just his voice and the accent from that area of the country has more twang in the way you explain twang. He just recently got sober in the past year or so, these songs are true stories not only of Appalachia in general but of his own life. Charleston Girl, Feathered Indians, Deadmans Curve, Whitehouse Road, I Swear (to God).... just listen to them all.... the Redbarn radio recordings and other live performances have a lot of explanations about what the songs are written about
Always such a breath of fresh air when I watch your vids, your passion for the voice truly inspiring and your ability to describe what goes on in the voice of some of my favorite music has helped my journey into music and singing. Keep on smiling that award winning smile and inspiring people with your passion.
tyler grew up in the same area i did in eastern Kentucky and he puts alot of personal life experiences and other things that relate to all eastern Kentucky and West Virginia people in his songs
This video and your analysis is awesome! Just what I was looking for. I’m studying his voice to work on a cover, and I’m shocked there’s not any videos on UA-cam explaining the techniques that create his sound. I came the same conclusions as you, as far as the “yodel-onset” by flipping from “head” to “chest” rapidly, integrating grit and rasp, and using a bright tone. He seems to “ride his break” very closely such that on certain words or phrases he’ll lean on a word for an instant for breakup, or lean off of it for an instant for those cracks and squeaks that give him his sound. For somebody like me who’s not used to singing in this style, it will definitely take a while of practice for those techniques to sound natural in a phrase, as they do with him, instead of contrived country derivative. Thanks for the information and validating my discoveries!
My mother calls that an Appalachia Cry. It's really common from folk and blues singers in the Appalachian Mountains but Childers is something special. 👌
True just mountain music for short
Well said....Carter Fold baby...you will hear a version of that...not to this skill as you said but...
Yelp with vocal twang. Love it
Truth. Try Benjamin Tod with the Lost Dog Street Band if you want to hear it even more pronounced and sad.
Grew up in Tuscarora Holler, Blue Ridge foothills. Every Friday evening, we`d take a food item to Tuscarora Community center for a night of singing and dancing. This is the singing style I grew up with, born in 1946. This takes me back.
Thank you for reacting to this performance from our Session with Tyler! Really enjoyed your analysis of his vocals and why they're so interesting to the ear, regardless of training. You've given us a whole new appreciation for his craft. Thanks for listening.
Could you do more songs with Tyler please. Your session with him is honestly one of the best things I've ever heard. Cheers
@@daltonpeterson3321 | Agreed Tyler Childers is an amazing artists with music that he writes himself. The emotion he shows is not fake it’s genuine. His songs are from his own experiences. He will forever be a great artist. I wonder what county he’s from. I’m Mineral.
@@hunterwagoner7245 he’s from the US. A small, rural area in Kentucky called Pikeville.
Try Logan Halsteads far from here👌
@@yourmomsahoe69 | Ain’t ever heard of it, have to give it a shot
That thing in his voice that is hard to explain is called pain.
Actually living what he sings about.
Precisely
To a T.
Exactly
you sir hit the nail on the head if you will
The “Daddy, I’ve been tryin’” part makes me tear up every time. The anguish and heartbreak in his voice is amazing.
The "I just can't catch a break" is what gets me coming off the back side of it
Check out Uncle Lucius keep the wolves away. Same heartstring pull.
There’s hurt you can cause time alone cannot heal… that right there.
Same
That shit hits deep, especially if you're like most sons of the south and love your old man even though his love is tough and rocky, just like this song.
Went to the same community college as Childers 10 years ago and I’d always see him strumming his guitar in between classes. Really cool to see how far he’s gone in his career
BCTC!
Would he be singing too or just jamming?
Tyler's voice makes this story of the opioid crisis in the poorer states like Kentucky all the more heartbreaking.
That’s us none of our family have their kids every body’s strung out and teethles lmao I live in the “city” luckily I grew up out of my home town but I still know all that goes on
West Virginia is so bad with pills because they all are losing there jobs because the only think the state is good for is coal mining and a lot of people want to get rid of coal and don't recognize they are destroying a state its sad af.
@@jxstified7558 coal is dead. They need to ask for new job opportunities. I have lived in Virginia and DC and Baltimore and have spent a lot of time in West Virginia and played gigs there. Coal is dead. Politicians telling them "the magic" will come back is a lie to get votes. The very capitalist system they claim to love has dictated that coal is never coming back. West Virginia is a beautiful state that has been destroyed by an entire industry it relied on dying and there not being many other options other than drug addiction, alcohol addiction, moonshine, meth and pills, stripping, and working at a casino or a gas station that is on a road that carries cross-state traffic. When I lived in Baltimore I saw tons of people from WVA driving all the way to Baltimore to buy pills in cars that barely worked and might break down on the highway...they would get towed back to WVA and the same tow-truck driver would have to tow them again the next week for trying to get there again with a car that isn't able to make it. They have been failed by republican leadership who only want to demonize the poverty in the East/West Baltimore neighborhoods that they are driving to in the search of drugs anyways. They actually abandon the poverty stricken rural white areas because helping them would mean programs that would help inner city blacks as well because in a lot of ways they have a lot in common: the industries that used to employ them have long since died or left, there is no investment in their neighborhoods/towns, they are left to rot, drug addiction and alcohol addiction becomes rampant for obvious reasons, the schools are trash and most people barely make it through secondary school and high school, and the idea of "getting out" of there is a dream that many feel they will never be able to achieve. It's sad that places like West Virginia have been convinced to vote against helping themselves because it is "liberal" or whatever horse crap. However, I have seen minor shifts now...West Virginia unions have said they will back Biden/Democratic spending plans if it means bringing new jobs and industries to West Virginia because they are realizing that they are being screwed out of opportunity for the benefit of others. Baltimore in the mid 2000s was overflowing with cheap prescription opiates. That is why WVA people were going there if their doctor stopped handing shit out. Drug laws also made it worse because if you are dealing weed you are already breaking the law so you might as well deal oxycontin that is everywhere too...so suddenly people who just want some weed have access to strong opiates that they never would have had access to if weed was legal. Then, once they can't afford the cheap prescription opiates anymore they switch to heroin which is even cheaper in Baltimore and that leads us to the whole heroin/fentanyl conversation as well as a quality and regulation for public safety discussion.
Liberal policies have destroyed cities and states more than any other policies. Yes west virginia is poor but, it's better than voting in policies that make them even poorer and nit be able to afford where they live.
@@HelloThere-jr6gd The Dems have been in office less than 5 months. Did t***p restore the coal industry? no, because it's dead. Time to train for tomorrow's world. You can't blame this on liberal policies. . . You pinned your hopes on a false god. Stop blaming others for your misfortunes.
As a recovering addict myself, with friends that didn't make it out. When you hear Tyler sing this, just imagine watching your loved ones overdose and die around you and being powerless against it. That's "the thing" in his voice.
Nailed it.
10 years in that addiction Hell, 4 months out. I hope your still standing strong. When I cleaned my phone out of anyone that’s from that world it shocked me. My contact list was a graveyard, how I’m still alive is a miracle.
I’m doing my best.
the reason its so hard to figure his vocals out is because unlike other singers, hes lived all of this. he actually pours his heart into his voice.
It's just that simple.
"feelings".
Exactly, he’s not buying a song because it’s fitting. He writes his songs hence more emotion and better vocals ❤
That has nothing to do with how a sound is produced, no matter how magical you try to make it sound
@@SnailHatanyea it’s just the dust from the coal mines collected in his esophagus
As an american living in Appalachia, Childers captures the feeling of living in really poor rural states like mine. You often find yourself struggling for opportunity that isn't there for you like it was for your parents and their parents before them. His message/tone really resonates with what it's like down here for a lotta folks.
All Your'n, Feathered Indians, Follow You To Virgie, Hard Times, Whitehouse Road, and on and on. Tyler is one of my favorite songwriters of all time. He's an absolute treasure.
Lady may is one of my favorites too, I know this is an old reaction, but I’d still love to see her breakdown some of his other songs
Tyler and colter have a song together called fraulien its amazing
Fr
The finest voices of country right now
I was just going to suggest that song,lol
One of my favorite songs! I'd love to see a reaction to Fraulein!
And Colter Wall has a song with The Dead South called johnny boys bones. It's the bomb.
"Follow You to Virgie" written by Tyler after a childhood friend's grandmother passed.
Such a beautiful song. Makes me tear up every time. Live at Red Barn version
@@lucaswarren5947 I personally like the OurVinyl sessions better.
absolutely love that song
It’s the only song that makes me cry and it makes me cry every single time
@@andycockrum1212same, not every time, but same.
Feathered Indians , this kid is incredibly talented. I've listened to his stuff on repeat for months now.
It's a style you may hear in Appalacian music, crying despair joins with the notes for an emotional experience of the story usually based on a truth. Not every singer can pull that off. He's got talent!
It's actually called the Appalachian cry or Appalachian wail
Its okay everyone listens to Tyler Childers on repeat
YES YES YES THANK YOU THANK YOU !!, Tyler and Colter two great young artist with a very traditional sound. If you want to continue Tyler Chlders, try Whitehouse Road. Delightful as always.
Do “Somewhere in the Middle” by Cody Jinks!!!
I’m from the same part of the US as Tyler and the “out of the pills” part of the song is in reference to the pain pill outbreak that destroyed lots of lives and families. Just thought I’d share so anyone watching would know. Love your breakdowns keep up the good work!!
The opium pandemic, especially in Appalachia and the coal mines is heartbreaking
Johnson county Kentucky I’m from the same area. My family went to the same church as Tyler when he was younger.
The county I am from in KY at one time had more pain pill prescriptions than people. Everyone selling em at the first of the month then scrambling to buy em at the end of the month
My father died to the opioid crisis last year due to many related reasons down to doctors prescribing opioids when they should’ve and giving him no help after and also being surrounded by them because of where we are in Kentucky. I can only pray this get better in future years to come.
I'm from Upstate NY but we have a lot of the same problems as Appalachia. Heroin has been getting worse and worse, fueled by docs giving out too many opioids.
Not enough money in farming, and the mine industry ruins the air, breaks the roads, doesn't pay enough, wears down the workers. Beautiful area but sad and poor. Lots of people turn to drugs to deal with the hard life, some of em sink in and don't make it out.
You can just see the pain etched on his face as he sings, this song did to me what his dad's words did to him, it gave me chills.
I wouldnt say that he's necessarily "choosing" these vocal qualities like you said a few times. This is not a sound that you can just mimic. This is the voice and song of trauma and heartache felt firsthand, something that comes out of you when you genuinely believe in what youre singing.
All great artists are people who suffer and put out there to share with us
Its official… i will watch any channel that has Tyler Childers …
The "squeeks" or "tighting of the vocal cords" is what true emotion is, he openes his heart when he sings. And you can feel it, that's why it's just so breathtaking when he sings.
Every video of a vocal coach listening to him has the same reaction of just shock its amazing
The distortion your hearing is god given talent with pain in his soul
The best description of his vocals here is a “plaintive wail”. It conveys the pain and frustration of the lyrics so much more impactfully.
"Kentucky wail" or maybe just an Appalachian wail
The fact that you seem so confused yet amazed is so accurate to someone listen to Tyler Childers for the first time
This guy and his voice has helped me with my hardest brake up and still is
It gets better and easier. I promise.
Amongst the mountain people of the eastern United states, there is thing were they say someone is singing with a tear in their voice.
Exactly!
The Appalachian cry, or Appalachian wail.
I’m from Kentucky, which is where Tyler referenced here. Opioid addiction is the number one health crises in eastern Kentucky, where Pike county is at. Coal country. Some of the poorest regions in America. That’s the context of this song. It’s hard to get out of the hills of eastern Kentucky due to generational poverty, addiction, and severe lack of opportunity (zero industry because the roads are narrow, curvy, and extremely poorly kept). Music and sports, historically, are the only ways people get out. Props to Tyler, and thank you for covering him here.
If you've done Colter and Tyler you should react to Cody jinks somewhere in the middle next
I'll second Cody Jinks
Jinks and Ward Davis.
Absolutely! That's what I was gonna say. Amazing song.
I’ve watched several reviews of this song, and this is by far my favorite. You zero in on what catches the ear and try to break it down. Love it!
"Follow you to Virgie" Live at Red Barn Studio is a beautiful song of his. So much emotion.
Tyler Childers is amazing. Thank you for this! He is a genuine and brilliant traditional style singer / songwriter. One of the best that we have today. To me, his voice is a great storyteller’s voice with all of the right inflections, emotions, and character in all the right places. Just brilliant.
This guy's voice gives me shivers, he is incredible, thank you for introducing me to him and great breakdown Julia! Greetings from Brissy ;)
I don't know if you've done it already, but John Morland "you don't care for me enough to cry" and "hang me in the Tulsa county stars" are really great.
so proud of this man, as a Kentuckian he took me by surprise and became obsessed quickly. still tear up when i hear this song in the right setting.
Another great young Kentucky artist you should give a listen is Sturgill Simpson
Turtles all the way down.
I was lucky enough to see Sturgill at a Willie Nelson show in Dallas a few years ago, saw Tyler on the same trip, then again in Sydney with John Prine..
@@tgs40 haha If you know you know
Who the fuck is Sturgill Simpson?
@@RedneckWillyC exactly
Thanks Julia would love to hear a duet with him and Chris Stapleton but being from the South this right up my alley. Before Covid every weekend a musical festival would pop up with songs from performers like this. Sure hope they make a return.
That's just Kentucky your hearing in his voice.
It's Appalachia baby. Variations from middle to bottom but it's Appalachia
Very much so. Nice shot of whiskey or shine to to go along with it helps get that sound.
My dad is from Kentucky and I showed him this song once and when he said "pike county coal" in the song he looks at me and says he's from Kentucky isn't he. I asked him how he knew and he said only people from pike County pronounce it like that 😂
I was saying the same thing as I watched this video...its bluegrass twang
Really only get that in KY and WV
Kentucky burboun in his soul
This is country with Appalachia bluegrass. The haunted sound is part of the style. He is wonderful, and building on those that came before.
Definitely proud to have grown up with this man. It's crazy to think that him and Chris Stapleton both came from such a small town!
There is so much truth to this song about working in the coal Mines in Pike County.
Thank you. I have been waiting for you to review Tyler. Knew you would ABSOLUTELY love this style.
Great reaction! Unique voice and great control through the song. My first time hearing him. Thanks for the awesome breakdown of his voice and technique.
Great video. First I’ve seen of you. Amazing
What you are hearing is the holler , the literal mountains that surround him. He sounds like home to me. It is the strong musical tradition, passed down in the heart of Appalachia, that twang/yodel is very much of this place. So much rich history in these here parts.
This is Hill music
Appalachian music
It does have a bit of a yodel sound to it but not full on
It's about heartache and transferring that to your audience even if you're talking about the good times.
I was raised on it and it is beautiful
This is the epidemy of hyper analyzation, its good cause its real, from the heart, and pure. Thats what you are hearing, that you cant quite pin point. There is no vocal coach that can "teach" real.
We went to see him live at the Ryman in Nashville right before the pandemic. He sounds every bit as good live. He writes most all his music. You can find videos of him singing as a teenager that are terrific. Hard Times he wrote at 16. Well worth tracking it down. Thanks for the analysis of the vocals. Must vocal coaches get more involved with the song than the singer.
I got hooked on his voice the first time i heard him. this track, and Rock Salt and Nails make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
This song gives me goosebumps every time.
Love to see people having as much interest in these singers as I have for these past 6-7 years. You broke this down so well!
“You hear it and you wanna keep listening” mhm, that’s why we listen to these guys. And this song like the first and second verse reminds me of every conversation I have with the Lord- that’s why I love it sm
Tyler was Grammy nominated for his song, Feathered Indians. You’ve got to be talented to accomplish that.
I loved your breakdown of this and Im glad you enjoyed it! I think his song Lady May could be a good one to check out that is more likely than others to have similar live acoustic set up somewhere. Also you mentioned something about hearing him talk normally and I loved his "A message from Tyler" video that he put out after his Long Violent History album
Such a good son, so glad you analysed it.
Glad I added to the people suggesting it
The way he sings “ Daddy I’ve been tryin, I just can’t catch a break” is so heartbreaking. What a great performance!
There is another artist/songwriter that I would love for you to check out. Hes a younger guy that left his home at an early age so he could travel the country by sneaking on to cargo trains and living the "Hobo" lifestyle. He would travel from town to town playing music anywhere he could. Artist is BENJAMIN TOD, and a good song of his is "We ain't even kin". He ya a video of him performing it a part of the Gems on VHS series.
YES!!!
Using Again
Sorry for the Things I Said
Those are my favorites
Yes yes yes. Literally any song. He also heads a band "Lost Dog Street Band". Amazing story- telling country music.
I first heard him when he opened for John Prine and became an instant fan. So glad he’s getting the attention he deserves. Great writing and great singing both.
There is a whole group of singer's coming out of the Appalachian/Greater Appalachian region signing a genre sometimes referred to as Americana, which is associated to the vocals and lyrical narrative of their songs. Benjamin Todd is another who has similar characteristics to Tyler. There is a UA-cam channel that covers a lot of these artists music.
Gems on VHS
Benjamin Todd is amazing as well!
His voice is so unique that’s what drew me to his music and is the reason he is currently my favorite country artist right now!!
I consider you and Elizabeth (Charismatic Voice) to be the standard on these reactions. You both have passion for music and the ability to break down the performance and teach vocal techniques. Thank you so much for doing this style reaction!
The real life experience of pain from the environments that Tyler and artists like him were brought up in are what gives them the soul in their songs because they mean every word they sing. This song in particular shows how raw and real their experiences are, bein it's about the opioid crisis hittin America and especially Appalachia (Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and surrounding areas).
I really enjoyed this reaction video. It’s interesting how a vocal coach dissects the Appalachian holler. Having said that, what you are hearing is less a voice and more a soul. I would love to hear your thoughts of Jason Isbell’s live version of Cover Me Up.
He and Colter did a song together, Caroline. Tyler's style is very consistent with mountain singing in Appalachia, traditional and heartfelt.
Also, Fraulein.
“Coal” by Tyler is a very good one vocally
Thank you for giving a feller from Eastern Kentucky a listen. Give Sturgil Simpson a try next I recommend Turtles all the way down
Mam, it's called pain and living a hard life. It's from living a life in a place where everything you have is worked for. He's not trying to sound this way its just in his soul
Great reaction! Tyler Childers has been one of my favorite artists for years. Thanks for sharing.
You can have perfect vocal skills and still not be able to connect to people. This guy has that ability to convey feelings through sound and thats what great music really is. All the great artists do.
I don't usually listen to country, but Tyler Childers has such an interesting voice. Insightful analysis once again, Julia!😄
He covered Pink Flloyd’s “Time” & it’s the best song ever performed
I was called to play a last minute gig last Saturday. A band canceled and I was available solo. This was at a bar with a pool and swim up bar . The owner and I were both worried about the young crowd liking the country music that I do. 4th song in I asked the crowd if there were any Tyler Childers fans..the whole place erupted. I fit right in and had a fantastic gig. Everyone seems to like him.
This is the struggle some people from this area have to deal with from childhood, and its something we have to break away from. The struggle isn't easy, and not everyone makes it out....
I’ve seen Tyler live many many times. This is how he sounds in person.
I agree with y'all, I was side of stage at an outdoor festival in Kansas a few years ago and thats just how he sounds all the time.
We don’t mind when you go back in the song. Watching you work is why we are here!
i love how thorough you are! i’ve never seen a vocal coach reacts video with such an in-depth analysis.
Whiskey Myers "Stone" deserves a reaction vid
Reckoning too
Стопроцентное растворение в обалденном звучании инструмента и голоса!!!!! Феерично!
It was very cool to see how much this music moves you as it does us Childers fans
The Dead South would be a good follow on to this.
just raw pure emotion is what you're hearing
Tyler Childers has a high lonesome sound that can only come out of the Appalachian Mountains. Some of the bluegrass great have had it, Ralph Stanley being the chief one that comes to mind.
This song in particular speaks about not falling into the drug problems so common in the region (I live about 30 minutes from Pike County Kentucky)
Thank you for this. Tyler’s music is real. It’s emotional. It hits you right where you’re at. I can feel his emotions right in my gut. And that’s the kind of music I like. And that feeling spans all genres. The way SRV plays his guitar, or Miles Davis and his trumpet.
I love how into this song she is
This songs speaks volumes to us in Eastern Kentucky. We have had an opiate epidemic for several years.
I love the detail in her analysis of the voice and the song.
When he sings more emotional parts like "daddy I've been trying" it's like he's trying to hold back tears
Tyler....straight out of the hill of Kentucky. Legit...country boy.
Seriously one of the most beautiful things I've seen god create.. seriously. The song is great also! Tyler's been one of my favorite artists since he was singing in bars years ago and have followed him ever since. Everything about this video was gorgeous 🌹
Vocal teacher picks apart his singing.
Me listening too him for first time. Damn he's good
Raw natural talent, combined with real feeling and heart felt emotion is inexpiable. Teachers and coaches teach and coach for a reason. They lack these abilities, else they'd be the talent.
Folk Music has been around for a long time. I am glad to see it coming back here.
Love you Julia! The poignance of the lyric matches the breaks in his voice so well! And please don't miss "My Mother Told Me" by VoicePlay, it is my top track right now!
Been listening to him pretty steady for at least 5 years now, worked in West Virginia in 2018 and that put direct references to a lot of the songs. Also, yes that is just his voice and the accent from that area of the country has more twang in the way you explain twang. He just recently got sober in the past year or so, these songs are true stories not only of Appalachia in general but of his own life. Charleston Girl, Feathered Indians, Deadmans Curve, Whitehouse Road, I Swear (to God).... just listen to them all.... the Redbarn radio recordings and other live performances have a lot of explanations about what the songs are written about
His voice sounds the way it does because previous addiction/alcoholism
Always such a breath of fresh air when I watch your vids, your passion for the voice truly inspiring and your ability to describe what goes on in the voice of some of my favorite music has helped my journey into music and singing. Keep on smiling that award winning smile and inspiring people with your passion.
I can't imagine anyone ever minding, Julia - every moment you take is another moment we get with you, after all.
tyler grew up in the same area i did in eastern Kentucky and he puts alot of personal life experiences and other things that relate to all eastern Kentucky and West Virginia people in his songs
You gotta check out "Follow You To Virgie" by Tyler Childers. The way you can hear the emotion in his voice is just awesome.
This video and your analysis is awesome! Just what I was looking for. I’m studying his voice to work on a cover, and I’m shocked there’s not any videos on UA-cam explaining the techniques that create his sound. I came the same conclusions as you, as far as the “yodel-onset” by flipping from “head” to “chest” rapidly, integrating grit and rasp, and using a bright tone. He seems to “ride his break” very closely such that on certain words or phrases he’ll lean on a word for an instant for breakup, or lean off of it for an instant for those cracks and squeaks that give him his sound. For somebody like me who’s not used to singing in this style, it will definitely take a while of practice for those techniques to sound natural in a phrase, as they do with him, instead of contrived country derivative. Thanks for the information and validating my discoveries!
Tyler Childers' sound and style is best described plainly as Tyler Childers. No one else really sounds or performs quite like him.