Phil from Nottingham England here- I put Arthur Smith on thinking I was gonna get this English comedy guy! Wow! I'm a hillbilly now!! Love this yeehaa!!
Heard Marty Stuart,just mention to WSM 650 Eddie Stubbson Wednesday Night,live radion, that it's way overdue for Arthur to be in the Hall of Fame. Maybe they can influence it. At least get him nominated.
Woah! I can't believe my ears that Arthur Smith said "Lookie yonder comin' " extremely long! he'll run out of breath! He was like Lookie yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonder comin'!
...My hero! Arthur Smith. GREAT footage! I talked with Arthur's youngest son, Doug, recently, He said royalties are still coming in from his daddy's songs, Good to hear! I know we still do his tunes in our bluegrass circles.
fiddlin arthur smith is the machine! he's the human saw! he's the first! simply amazing piece of americana! this is simply stated, "one great video!" thanks a million friend.
As much as I hate advertisements on UA-cam....hell, I will click on them every once in awhile.....why? Because UA-cam is absolutely amazing! Stuff I saw as a child, and had no hope of ever seeing again is BACK! And material I have NEVER seen before is here. Thank you for posting this gem!
OldTimeMusic..Thank you for posting this. After all these years, I finally get to see this totally legendary man in action. I have always heard him spoken of among bluegrass musicians as providing the transition between old time and bluegrass fiddle. It is apparent that when he chose he made it all the way as his smooth fluid touch beats all but the best bluegrass fiddlers. I heard a tape of an audition with Flatt and Scruggs when they were starting. He even did the Benny Martin double stops.
Fantastic footage! , to @Doug Seymour & others: 'Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (of Tennessee) was more than 20 years older (born in the late 1890s) than 'Guitar Boogie' Smith, although both were incredible musicians and writers of great tunes. This musician popularized a 'long-bow' fiddle style that nearly replaced all local ways of playing in the south. It is continued in Bluegrass fiddling, but also in the Oldtime music scene to some degree, even if other older styles are gradually coming back. He made tunes like 'Walkin' in my Sleep', More pretty girls than one, and the 'Blackberry Blossom' version most people play. Two later albums with the original Dixieliners members 'the McGee Brothers' are still available from Folkways Records Smithsonian as CDs on demand). The earlier 78s with Delmore Brothers and others are still in print as CDs through various sources. The other Arthur Smith (from South Carolina) wrote & first recorded ' Feudin Banjos ' (later named 'Duelin' Banjos') on Tenor banjo with Don Reno on Five-string banjo (rec 1950s). And of course the tune 'Guitar Boogie' among other interesting stuff. Search for ' Dueling banjos 1955 ' , quite different than the Deliverance version and much more energy.
WOW -- that's rare. Thank you so much. By the way Arthur wrote the "UA-cam Song" (i.e. Guitar Boogie) AND co-wrote "Deulin' Banjo" with N.C. banjo legend Don Reno. What a guy!
zany2x - You summed it up, my friend - Awesome! Thanks for the great post, and the rare glimpse at a great musician. One of the best videos on UA-cam? Hell Yeah!
@JimmyDeLocke Hi,I know I'm a bit late so maybe someone has already told you, but that was Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith, this is Fiddlin Arthur Smith, different chap!
I think you have to nominate a person to be inducted into it. Probably in his case, there should be a write up as to who he is and why he is important. I should think that would be enough.
Esta Musica Coutry Escrita em 1938 Esta foi a versão mais antiga que encontrei até agora data de 1945 o Interessanta e que esra peçao de umsuc-género da uzica é Considerada a melhor peça Escrita para Violino o Seu autor Nasceu em 1917 e faleceu em 1981.
Great preformance nowadays people throw in to much fancy bullshit into this tune that you dont know wether your hearing all the licks the fiddle player learned or orange blossom
One of the Rouse Brothers wrote it (or composed it out of other melodies) Tommy Magness recorded it, I think with Roy Hall And His Blue Ridge Entertainers (under that band's name). I'm not sure if the Rouse Brothers' recording is on UA-cam, but it is worth checking out.
Erwin Rouse of Florida wrote the Tune,about the Train running thru Florida. Chubby Wise claimed himself to be the writer. It was proven that Erwin Rouse ,wrote the Tune. Erwin ,got a Royalty monthly check from the Tune. He lived like a pauper in a shack. When he died, Johnny Cash had a huge spray in the form of a Steam Engine Locomotive,sent to the Grave. Marty Stuart,tells the Story about Erwin Rouse and the song, every time he performs it in every concert he does.(It's main stay). A Giant Picture on one page,and a Giant picture of the Floral arrangement at Graveside from Cash,is on another page in Marty Stuart's huge book-"The Masters of Country Music".
Ervin Rouse wrote the Orange Blossom Special. Chubby Wise helped put it on the map, but he had no part in writing it. Ervin owned a home in Miami, but the shack in the everglades was mainly for him & his drinking buddies to play music & have fun! I was at the funeral, & saw the spray of flowers Johnny cash sent! I know, bc Uncle Ervin was brother to my dad!
Are these the right lyrics? Look yon a comin' / Comin' down the railroad track / Look yon a comin' / Down on the railroad track / It's the Orange Blossom Special / Bringin' my baby back.
Look a yonder coming... Comin down that railroad track... Look a yonder comin ... Comin down that railroad track... Its that orange blossum special...bringing my baby back.
You should never play a solo longer than you can sing one note. My mother used to say, don't mix your whites and coloreds or you'll ruin them both. Luckily for all of us polyester is the status quo. Artificial plastic surrounds our life preventing bleeding for your kindness into another.
Phil from Nottingham England here- I put Arthur Smith on thinking I was gonna get this English comedy guy! Wow! I'm a hillbilly now!! Love this yeehaa!!
THIS IS MY UNCLE ARTHUR SMITH!!! I and I want to know why HE IS NOT IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME!? HE SURE SHOULD BE!!!!
Heard Marty Stuart,just mention to WSM 650 Eddie Stubbson Wednesday Night,live radion, that it's way overdue for Arthur to be in the Hall of Fame. Maybe they can influence it. At least get him nominated.
glencoe6305 yes! thank you.. very much.....
GOD BLESS
And I can't find a recording of "Listen to the Mockingbird" that he made. The best. I think it is titled "Mocking Bird"
that's a good question!
this is my uncle to baby
Woah! I can't believe my ears that Arthur Smith said "Lookie yonder comin' " extremely long! he'll run out of breath! He was like Lookie yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonder comin'!
...My hero! Arthur Smith. GREAT footage! I talked with Arthur's youngest son, Doug, recently, He said royalties are still coming in from his daddy's songs, Good to hear! I know we still do his tunes in our bluegrass circles.
fiddlin arthur smith is the machine!
he's the human saw! he's the first! simply amazing piece of americana! this is simply stated, "one great video!" thanks a million friend.
When I was little, I used to go nuts when this came on the radio! Still love it
I guess there is some reward in being old, I treasure my memories of the Arthur Smith tv show.
Thanks for sharing this rare footage. Authur Smith's fiddling was and still is an inspiration to many fiddlers.
As much as I hate advertisements on UA-cam....hell, I will click on them every once in awhile.....why? Because UA-cam is absolutely amazing! Stuff I saw as a child, and had no hope of ever seeing again is BACK! And material I have NEVER seen before is here. Thank you for posting this gem!
One of the rare GREAT videos youtube has to offer. Thanks for posting!
That is some good stuff!! Arthur will always sound relevant. I mean his sound will always stay as one of the greatest best!!
Excellent. Wow what a great fiddler he was.
Before watching and listening to this, I had never heard of Arthur Smith. This is good music and an interesting slice of history. Thanks.
That is rare!! It'sgreat to see these old clips from someone you've heard for years.
OldTimeMusic..Thank you for posting this. After all these years, I finally get to see this totally legendary man in action. I have always heard him spoken of among bluegrass musicians as providing the transition between old time and bluegrass fiddle. It is apparent that when he chose he made it all the way as his smooth fluid touch beats all but the best bluegrass fiddlers. I heard a tape of an audition with Flatt and Scruggs when they were starting. He even did the Benny Martin double stops.
Piece of history! What a clip!
GREAT video--thanks for posting
Fantastic footage! , to @Doug Seymour & others: 'Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (of Tennessee) was more than 20 years older (born in the late 1890s) than 'Guitar Boogie' Smith, although both were incredible musicians and writers of great tunes. This musician popularized a 'long-bow' fiddle style that nearly replaced all local ways of playing in the south. It is continued in Bluegrass fiddling, but also in the Oldtime music scene to some degree, even if other older styles are gradually coming back.
He made tunes like 'Walkin' in my Sleep', More pretty girls than one, and the 'Blackberry Blossom' version most people play.
Two later albums with the original Dixieliners members 'the McGee Brothers' are still available from Folkways Records Smithsonian as CDs on demand). The earlier 78s with Delmore Brothers and others are still in print as CDs through various sources.
The other Arthur Smith (from South Carolina) wrote & first recorded ' Feudin Banjos ' (later named 'Duelin' Banjos') on Tenor banjo with Don Reno on Five-string banjo (rec 1950s). And of course the tune 'Guitar Boogie' among other interesting stuff.
Search for ' Dueling banjos 1955 ' , quite different than the Deliverance version and much more energy.
WOW -- that's rare. Thank you so much.
By the way Arthur wrote the "UA-cam Song" (i.e. Guitar Boogie) AND co-wrote "Deulin' Banjo" with N.C. banjo legend Don Reno. What a guy!
In my opinion the best performance of OBS. Thanks for sharing.
wonderful, absolutely fantastic
zany2x - You summed it up, my friend - Awesome! Thanks for the great post, and the rare glimpse at a great musician. One of the best videos on UA-cam? Hell Yeah!
loved this
Terrific post! I love The Orange Blossom Special and Fiddlin' Arthur could sure get it, couldn't he?
Thanks, OldTimeMusic for sharing this gem...
That was pretty cool.
Excellent!... Thx so much for posting.
....This has to be the standard by which everyone else's is to be compared to.........amazing.....
@JimmyDeLocke Even more confusing there is an Arthur H. Smith!
@JimmyDeLocke Hi,I know I'm a bit late so maybe someone has already told you, but that was Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith, this is Fiddlin Arthur Smith, different chap!
Still great!!
Awesome!
How do we get Arthur Smith into the Country Music Hall of Fame???? Serious question.
I think you have to nominate a person to be inducted into it. Probably in his case, there should be a write up as to who he is and why he is important. I should think that would be enough.
Esta Musica Coutry Escrita em 1938 Esta foi a versão mais antiga que encontrei até agora data de 1945 o Interessanta e que esra peçao de umsuc-género da uzica é Considerada a melhor peça Escrita para Violino o Seu autor Nasceu em 1917 e faleceu em 1981.
Wow notice the button box and a tenor banjo being strummed.
hot damn thats the real stuff right there if i do say so muself thanks everyone for thumbsing up this comment hat
1:17 - 1:34 he cant get over that guy with the wedgie in his pants
Great preformance nowadays people throw in to much fancy bullshit into this tune that you dont know wether your hearing all the licks the fiddle player learned or orange blossom
Is that a different Arthur Smith than "Guitar Boogie Arthur Smith" from WBT in Charlotte NC?
Yes they are both different persons.
So, he fiddled too!!, not only guitar.??? Ed
good cajun
lookslike stan laurel top right
Yes! But was OBS a trad. piece as Johnny Cash claimed or was it an old Chubby Wise song as Bill Monroe claimed!
One of the Rouse Brothers wrote it (or composed it out of other melodies) Tommy Magness recorded it, I think with Roy Hall And His Blue Ridge Entertainers (under that band's name).
I'm not sure if the Rouse Brothers' recording is on UA-cam, but it is worth checking out.
Erwin Rouse of Florida wrote the Tune,about the Train running thru Florida. Chubby Wise claimed himself to be the writer. It was proven that Erwin Rouse ,wrote the Tune. Erwin ,got a Royalty monthly check from the Tune. He lived like a pauper in a shack. When he died, Johnny Cash had a huge spray in the form of a Steam Engine Locomotive,sent to the Grave. Marty Stuart,tells the Story about Erwin Rouse and the song, every time he performs it in every concert he does.(It's main stay). A Giant Picture on one page,and a Giant picture of the Floral arrangement at Graveside from Cash,is on another page in Marty Stuart's huge book-"The Masters of Country Music".
Thanks for info!
Ervin Rouse wrote the Orange Blossom Special. Chubby Wise helped put it on the map, but he had no part in writing it. Ervin owned a home in Miami, but the shack in the everglades was mainly for him & his drinking buddies to play music & have fun! I was at the funeral, & saw the spray of flowers Johnny cash sent! I know, bc Uncle Ervin was brother to my dad!
@@deansurratt7936 I believe you, it was Ervin as Johnny Cash stated, not Wise as Bill Monroe stated!
damn that shit is smoken hot I had to stand up and stomp my foot at 1:34 damn me if it wernt the lords truth
its ervin rouse. not erwin. ERVIN
Are these the right lyrics?
Look yon a comin' / Comin' down the railroad track / Look yon a comin' / Down on the railroad track / It's the Orange Blossom Special / Bringin' my baby back.
Look a yonder coming...
Comin down that railroad track...
Look a yonder comin ...
Comin down that railroad track...
Its that orange blossum special...bringing my baby back.
Arthur smith, was english/anglo-American not Cajun.
@ratherknotty Oh Yeah, OOPS -- What was i thinking? Note to self: Quit getting on UA-cam when intoxicated.
i LOVE MY YOU-TUBE!
You should never play a solo longer than you can sing one note. My mother used to say, don't mix your whites and coloreds or you'll ruin them both. Luckily for all of us polyester is the status quo. Artificial plastic surrounds our life preventing bleeding for your kindness into another.