The measurement of a great human is the number of positive interactions they have with others. So many people have positive things to say about Byron. Living just 25 minutes from Guthrie, I have visited his shop on many occasions. Played with him and others in the front row of his shop. My band played for the fundraiser after his shop burned down. I’m so glad I got to be a small part of showing him what he meant to us..
I love how Big Mon is there in a suit and tie. I was in a tent jam at the OIBF in Guthrie one year, bunch of people playing this tune, and when Byron started playing the level of the whole jam went through the roof. It was intense and memorable. Thanks for sharing the video.
THANS FOR POSTING! I live just outside Guthrie, would just drop in on Byron at the DoubleStop---no telling who might be there, or maybe Byron by himself, sitting there sawing away!!! Maybe the best in the world, sitting there playing, smiling and enjoying life, and he was a stud----played football and track at OU back in the '60s. Nicest guy you could imagine------missing him.
Seeing that Byron passed took the breath out of me. I spoke to him a few moths ago, and was planning a visit to his new fiddle shop. He is about 2 hours from me. Thanks for sharing this Mark. Todd
Thank you Mark for sharing this. I have fond memories of listening to Byron jamming with my uncle Raeford Shirley and friend Don Poindexter at Blythe, CA years ago. Byron was generous with his time and would always stop in camp to entertain and amuse us. His spirit and musical contributions will live on - rest in peace and may God bless!
Same with Doug Kershaw. I used to play pedal steel, and dabbled with the fiddle and could only play it that way. All attempts to play the 'proper way' failed me!. If I remember rightly it's called 'crushing the hamster'. I feel sorry for the hamster!
I sometimes hear this with an 6m in the B part. I was told that maybe you (or Berline) sometimes put it in? RIP, Byron. This is a fantastic recording of you two.
Mark, I'm your old neighbor from Alderwood, WA. I wrote a fiddle tune for Shetland fiddle champion Gemma Donald. I'd be thrilled to send you the mp3 and have you knock it out of the ballpark. It's an upbeat tune.
It's standard in bluegrass to let everyone take solos over one tune. If you listen close, you'll find It's a little different each time they play it. Each twist and turn makes the tune sound fresh. It is not the the same exact way each time like you might hear in old time or Celtic music.
Priceless American Music Historical Footage. Byron Berline Rest In Peace.
Byron is the most in tune fiddler I've ever heard.
Byron was kind and nice man . Played many hours with him in the 70’s . One of The worlds greatest fiddlers !
Thank you Mark my age is 32 I play violin only by ear and I try to learn you are an inspiration for me greetings from Chile🥰
Pure joy. Greetings from Spain
Rest in Peace Byron! We love you!
The measurement of a great human is the number of positive interactions they have with others. So many people have positive things to say about Byron. Living just 25 minutes from Guthrie, I have visited his shop on many occasions. Played with him and others in the front row of his shop. My band played for the fundraiser after his shop burned down. I’m so glad I got to be a small part of showing him what he meant to us..
A royal gathering indeed. Done to a tee by the masters in their craft
Oh my Lord, what a gem.
This was my favorite track off of "Heroes," and it's so neat to have this footage! Thanks for sharing!
I love how Big Mon is there in a suit and tie.
I was in a tent jam at the OIBF in Guthrie one year, bunch of people playing this tune, and when Byron started playing the level of the whole jam went through the roof. It was intense and memorable. Thanks for sharing the video.
THANS FOR POSTING! I live just outside Guthrie, would just drop in on Byron at the DoubleStop---no telling who might be there, or maybe Byron by himself, sitting there sawing away!!! Maybe the best in the world, sitting there playing, smiling and enjoying life, and he was a stud----played football and track at OU back in the '60s. Nicest guy you could imagine------missing him.
Seeing that Byron passed took the breath out of me. I spoke to him a few moths ago, and was planning a visit to his new fiddle shop. He is about 2 hours from me. Thanks for sharing this Mark.
Todd
Mr. Berline will be missed.
Thank you Mark for sharing this. I have fond memories of listening to Byron jamming with my uncle Raeford Shirley and friend Don Poindexter at Blythe, CA years ago. Byron was generous with his time and would always stop in camp to entertain and amuse us. His spirit and musical contributions will live on - rest in peace and may God bless!
Met Byron, nice man and excellent musician.
Super cut here.
Thanks Mark!👍🏽
Byron , have always loved you as a fiddler and person . RIP
Rip Byron and John. Just Dan left now
Thanks for this musical gift
Thanks for sharing this!
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Pure gold...thanks for posting this!
Love it, y'all! Keep waging the struggle for the good! Sending love from my little corner of the Appalachian foothills of Ohio!
Too cool, Mark! Thanks for posting!
Byron and John, gone within a few months. I’m so lucky to have seen them many times at the old music hall. We thought it would always be that way.
Hickman was a great, under rated in my opinion, banjo player.
@@banjoist123 He was a gentle soul and like all great musicians he made virtuosity seem effortless.
Wow. Very cool!
I`ve never understood how Byron could play so well holding the neck like that.. I`ve watched him umpteen times at Winfield and was always amazed.
Same with Doug Kershaw. I used to play pedal steel, and dabbled with the fiddle and could only play it that way. All attempts to play the 'proper way' failed me!. If I remember rightly it's called 'crushing the hamster'. I feel sorry for the hamster!
Absolutely great fiddle playing never the less, as you say.
RIP Byron
Epic
I sometimes hear this with an 6m in the B part. I was told that maybe you (or Berline) sometimes put it in? RIP, Byron. This is a fantastic recording of you two.
Believe it was Mark.
Mark, I'm your old neighbor from Alderwood, WA. I wrote a fiddle tune for Shetland fiddle champion Gemma Donald. I'd be thrilled to send you the mp3 and have you knock it out of the ballpark. It's an upbeat tune.
Sweet
Dan Crary on guitar and probably the late John Hickman on banjo. I think that was Byron's picking buddies at the time.
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👍thanks. ✌
26 min jam of goldrush
This is so good. All great players but I am struck by the feeling that I get from Monroe’s breaks. Bill’s playing just tells the truth.
This is as clean and unadorned as Mr. Monroe ever played -- just perfect, with zero showboating, just pickin' what the tune is asking for.
That's the sound of experience
so nice to see playing in the same room.. this is pre-covid, right? :P
1992
Gee, I kept they'd let the bass player sing out. But he never got to!
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Why are they playing the same tune over and over? I'm a fiddler and they don't have to all sound the same. Throw in some jigs and waltzes.
I think they were recording Gold Rush in studio, as the title suggests.
It's standard in bluegrass to let everyone take solos over one tune. If you listen close, you'll find It's a little different each time they play it.
Each twist and turn makes the tune sound fresh.
It is not the the same exact way each time like you might hear in old time or Celtic music.