Unboxing the 'HOW TO PLAY AMERICANA' kit | English Folk Music supplement | in 4K

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  • @toneslotohnz4540
    @toneslotohnz4540 8 днів тому +9

    Andy, for $3 bucks more you could have gotten the "DE-LUX KIT" , which comes with a harmonica! 🤠

    • @syn707
      @syn707 7 днів тому +2

      Don’t forget the authentic wire coat hanger to hold the harmonica.

  • @ggrape0
    @ggrape0 8 днів тому +7

    This was hilarious, pure comedy.

  • @drychaf
    @drychaf 8 днів тому +8

    Cracked at "only the king can eat you" 🤣.
    Get better soon.

  • @StratsRUs
    @StratsRUs 8 днів тому +9

    Publicly Schooled English Folk, singing about the 'Toil' is the real one.

    • @arzabael
      @arzabael 8 днів тому

      “White people didn’t experience pain growing up” is becoming the most cliche thing on the internet

  • @malcolmmcgregor5058
    @malcolmmcgregor5058 7 днів тому +1

    Lyric suggestions:
    British folk music:
    As I went out one morning, in the merry month of May, a maiden I did spy (pronounced “spoi”).
    Americana:
    Stuff about levees, creeks, bayous etc.

  • @JoshAshConceptArt
    @JoshAshConceptArt 7 днів тому

    This was one of the funniest vids I've had the pleasure of watching! Great stuff!

  • @jedtulman46
    @jedtulman46 7 днів тому

    Brilliant Andy ....loved it .feel better

  • @kzustang
    @kzustang 7 днів тому

    Andy, you've brought me to tears. I'm on the floor and my stomach hurts. Hysterical! Get well soon.

  • @user-qf5dh1ld2i
    @user-qf5dh1ld2i 7 днів тому

    Priceless!! 😁

  • @bradklaus5954
    @bradklaus5954 7 днів тому

    Brilliant, heartfelt, hilarious.

  • @alexposilkin9683
    @alexposilkin9683 8 днів тому +1

    This will definitely be included in the group of very informative videos on this channel along with best biscuits and prog mustache ranking.

  • @trippknotic
    @trippknotic 8 днів тому +2

    Too funny 😂 and authentic 🤘🏽

  • @MyCrazyDogs32
    @MyCrazyDogs32 8 днів тому +2

    "Well where did that come from, then???" LMAO!

  • @riffmondo9733
    @riffmondo9733 7 днів тому

    This was entertaining.
    Loved the lyrics.

  • @DrOz-007
    @DrOz-007 8 днів тому +1

    This is what UA-cam is all about, or rather, what's it's meant to be about. At least to me. Home videos of people having fun.

  • @brianparsa7794
    @brianparsa7794 6 днів тому

    Oh, my. Andy, I hope that you recover quickly from the Covid. Loved the video!

  • @matm4331
    @matm4331 7 днів тому

    Thank you Andy for such practical advice!

  • @mikechurch6313
    @mikechurch6313 8 днів тому +2

    Eat your heart out, Jethro Tull! Brilliant, Andy!

  • @steverogers2635
    @steverogers2635 7 днів тому

    Brilliant video Andy. Hope you get well soon mate.

  • @michaelmurray8742
    @michaelmurray8742 7 днів тому +2

    A Masterclass!

  • @bannjaxx
    @bannjaxx 7 днів тому

    Best yet!

  • @ultrasignificantfootnote3378
    @ultrasignificantfootnote3378 8 днів тому +3

    In Avantguard Americana Progfolk that we play in our village here in East Belgium traditionally we also add steeldrums in a microtanal tuning.

  • @SpookyLuvCookie
    @SpookyLuvCookie 8 днів тому +1

    Hope you're feeling better Andy. Even when you're under the weather, you still remain over the top and ahead of the curve.

  • @ChrisUK5150
    @ChrisUK5150 8 днів тому +1

    Eat that Bill Bailey! Animals of England rules...thanks for the laff Andy I needed cheering up this morning! Re the 4k test the pic quality looks great....and hope you get better soon!

  • @davidliddell6710
    @davidliddell6710 8 днів тому +3

    My Canadian version was the same except it advises me to sing a verse in French. Leonard Cohen is laughing somewhere..

  • @Kuesel68
    @Kuesel68 6 днів тому

    Hilarious! This is what I love to do as well sometimes - just fooling around with weird lyrics and cool melodies on these chords that you can just do anything with. Sometimes something useful comes out of it like your hunting swan song :D
    Get well soon!

  • @99davinci
    @99davinci 4 дні тому

    Get well soon man love your videos my grand father was British

  • @devereauxclandestine1272
    @devereauxclandestine1272 8 днів тому +1

    Had a coffee down the nostrils moment when you went into the badger verse! I think I was overcome with the musics sheer authenticity!

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley 8 днів тому +1

    Get well soon, better get you some grits. Very funny video. Thanks Andy.

  • @monofavoriten
    @monofavoriten 7 днів тому

    pretty good man😁

  • @tomhenninger4153
    @tomhenninger4153 8 днів тому +2

    Too much fun! Haha! Your brit accent really makes it sound authentically Amerciana.
    - "Doing stuff with cows"
    - "Dressed in red they want the foxy dead"
    Brilliant! hahahaha! Thx for the entertainment!

    • @StratsRUs
      @StratsRUs 8 днів тому +2

      "Doing stuff with cows" is a beautiful lyric.

  • @OMW66
    @OMW66 4 дні тому

    That was funny 😂

  • @headboy
    @headboy 8 днів тому +1

    😅 Love it.. your best yet Andrew.. you should go solo as The Yodelling Pirate 😂

  • @PaulBergen
    @PaulBergen 8 днів тому +2

    If this is indicative I can't wait for your next album.

  • @Wingman52
    @Wingman52 8 днів тому +2

    Have you ever listened to Allison Kraus & Unioon Station? Some of the later records. See if you can play one single tune on any of those records. Good luck, with or without the hat.

  • @seriousoldman8997
    @seriousoldman8997 9 днів тому +1

    I can't wait

  • @steffenbrix
    @steffenbrix 3 дні тому

    4K HDR...looks good 👍

  • @jeffreymassey5541
    @jeffreymassey5541 8 днів тому +3

    Andy looks like you're having a great time doing this video. 😁👍🏾💯🎶

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  8 днів тому +6

      I am...no research needed, no editing...just pure stupidness

  • @Altres
    @Altres 8 днів тому +4

    Add a bottle of malt and throw the thing into DADGAD for authentic Scottish folk music. Therein you’ll find the basis of the blues. 😂

  • @patriceleformal3047
    @patriceleformal3047 5 днів тому

    Andy, you're so funny !!! "trop drôle" in french....

  • @bassfan41
    @bassfan41 8 днів тому +2

    We need a non-covid version, but that's great that you felt possessed! 😂

  • @peterpeper4837
    @peterpeper4837 8 днів тому +1

    Best wishes for fast recovery.
    Get a lot of sun really helps

  • @johannhauffman323
    @johannhauffman323 7 днів тому +1

    Feel better soon Andy

    • @johannhauffman323
      @johannhauffman323 7 днів тому +1

      If you’re feeling bad and can’t sleep I have a tune for you.
      It’s called 12:30 On M Street.
      Very relaxing and peaceful for the mind.
      It’s also a nice slice of the music scene in Washington D.C. in the 1970’s….
      Might surprise you.

  • @stevebeaney9684
    @stevebeaney9684 8 днів тому +7

    More like Englishana!! "Doing stuff with cows" 😂😂😂

  • @dogmatronic
    @dogmatronic 7 днів тому

    Love it Andy, you’re a true comedic talent. You sound a little like the FaceJacker character Dufraise Constantinople when you get exasperated 😂 The swan neck that only the King can break 😂

  • @johncrocker-nh7ey
    @johncrocker-nh7ey 8 днів тому +1

    The greatest line that I have ever heard it's probably the one you just said the cheeky Fox brilliant absolutely brilliant I think I am in f****** love

  • @sfmag1
    @sfmag1 7 днів тому

    Funny one!

  • @christianfasy
    @christianfasy 8 днів тому

    Nice chords!

  • @SubTroppo
    @SubTroppo 7 днів тому

    If Andy has got the lurgi, I wonder if this could be his swansong? [pun intended] More comedic rants please Andy!

  • @crankjazz
    @crankjazz 8 днів тому +1

    This is so the local music scene open mic night.
    Cowboy chords ago go.

  • @Rhialto-the-Marvellous
    @Rhialto-the-Marvellous 4 дні тому

    The finest practioners of 'Americana' has to be Gary Louris and his compadres The Jay Hawks. Ostensibly becauase Gary has professed the British Invasion was a significant influence on his musical landscape.

  • @vortexpilot5096
    @vortexpilot5096 8 днів тому

    Wow! Tour de Force!!

  • @pamelaholliday794
    @pamelaholliday794 8 днів тому +1

    I want the album...! 😂👏🤣

  • @steffenbrix
    @steffenbrix 3 дні тому

    What a song 😂

  • @andrewmacardle9872
    @andrewmacardle9872 8 днів тому +4

    Is that the Roger Waters relux kit? Granchester if seashell and stone all rolled into one. Just need a few covid coughs and other body noises, and you could go global. 😂

  • @written12
    @written12 7 днів тому

    COVID at this point? How retro.
    Great conceit and execution as usual, Andy.

  • @julianchristopher147
    @julianchristopher147 7 днів тому

    I've checked the website and other kits from this company are:
    Learn Jacques Brel Classics Like "Je vous deteste" (beret included);
    Yes, Gates Of Delerium, polka-style;
    John Cage's 4'33" For Dummies.
    Thanks, and get well soon.

  • @nazznate
    @nazznate 7 днів тому

    I was digging early David St. Hubbins vibe with the Save the Swan Song 🦢 ✌

  • @davidgould3297
    @davidgould3297 8 днів тому +1

    Comedy gold.

  • @frankpentangeli7945
    @frankpentangeli7945 7 днів тому

    Speaking of Americana, James Taylor wants his hat back.

  • @johncrocker-nh7ey
    @johncrocker-nh7ey 8 днів тому +1

    I believe my respect for you has multiply to the power of 3 I've been looking for someone to fill in the shoes of Arlo Guthrie has an American I am truly truly impressed I think you have found your true calling in music pentangle anymore my God you are superb I wasn't really sold on all the Americana and British Folk but you have reached out and touched my soul I apologize I'm there with you now

  • @massimofalcinelli5043
    @massimofalcinelli5043 8 днів тому +1

    ....the effects of COVID!!
    Good recovery, Andy!

  • @DonHamlin
    @DonHamlin 8 днів тому +1

    Really funny! The low voice sounds like Mark Knopfler.

  • @henrycrinkle821
    @henrycrinkle821 8 днів тому +1

    I haven't laughed so much since the time you threw a Last Exit CD across the room.

  • @myztikt92
    @myztikt92 6 днів тому

    THANK YOU. 💌 I swear if I hear one more gd song about a train I might throw myself under one. Or whiskey or ramblin' or outlaws. WELL DONE. (and get well soon).

  • @user-pj9qz6mc2w
    @user-pj9qz6mc2w 8 днів тому +1

    Where else on UA-cam can you find an authentic royal subject strumming and singing tirelessly despite his afflictions in an honest and heartfelt attempt to master this ancient form of music? I just wish you could add a kilt and bagpipes and film in a castle. That would be awesome!

  • @matreynolds1
    @matreynolds1 7 днів тому

    Hysterical! I hope it doesn't spoil the Bellowhead concert for me later this year.

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  3 дні тому

      I hope it does....have they started going to their gigs by car like evryone else yet?

    • @matreynolds1
      @matreynolds1 3 дні тому

      @@AndyEdwardsDrummer Don't think so, they mainly use a steam powered, hurdy gurdy.

  • @DanielMcGrath1969
    @DanielMcGrath1969 10 днів тому +2

    Andy's Guide to Polka. Germanicana I guess. As long as there's beer involved I'm okay with it.

    • @misterknightowlandco
      @misterknightowlandco 8 днів тому

      Roooolllllllllllll oooooout the baaaaarrrrrrrrrreeeeellllllllllssss 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mattbourne8231
    @mattbourne8231 6 днів тому

    Hilarious!!

  • @mojobag01
    @mojobag01 8 днів тому +3

    Perhaps a ballad to the unfeasibly small waistcoat?

  • @MrPetermc199
    @MrPetermc199 8 днів тому +2

    Guaranteed 100% Americana

  • @bernardjharmsen304
    @bernardjharmsen304 7 днів тому

    Haha, what a crackup... 👏👏👏 play Rocky Racoon 😎

  • @syn707
    @syn707 7 днів тому

    I want more yodeling dangBurnIt!

  • @WattisWatts
    @WattisWatts 8 днів тому +1

    Ride them there cows Andy!

  • @callmeal3017
    @callmeal3017 8 днів тому

    Couple minutes in still waiting for Witchita Lineman, Hard Rains Gonna Fall. If you could read my mind (that's a song also) Dire Wolf maybe. But I like your videos Andy all of em including this one.

  • @GrantTregellas
    @GrantTregellas 8 днів тому +1

    Funniest video ever! 😂

  • @cliverichards6282
    @cliverichards6282 2 дні тому

    You should be on the stage. The next one leaves town in 10 minutes.

  • @marshallwise8845
    @marshallwise8845 8 днів тому +1

    What do you call or think of all the bands like The National or Arcade Fire who have lots of people on stage but with seemingly very little music happening. Is that some sort of americana?

  • @ChrisLawton66
    @ChrisLawton66 8 днів тому +1

    You're ready to collaborate with Allison Krauss! Feel better soon

  • @DarkSideOfTheMoule
    @DarkSideOfTheMoule 4 дні тому

    When does the tour start?

  • @jimsalman7257
    @jimsalman7257 8 днів тому +1

    If I were putting the Americana kit together, I would have included a plaid shirt and suspenders instead of the waistcoat. Also a paste-on big, bushy fake beard.

  • @written12
    @written12 7 днів тому

    Kenneth Williams did a folk singer character, on radio, I believe.

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  7 днів тому

      I loved that character...he knew how to roll his vowels. I wish I could talk about these people here on my channel...

    • @Rhialto-the-Marvellous
      @Rhialto-the-Marvellous 4 дні тому

      Kenneth Horne, unquestionably one of the most understated comic talents and one of the finest 'radio voices' ever to grace the airwaves.

  • @drewbjorke9839
    @drewbjorke9839 7 днів тому

    Well English chaps have got the market cornered on witty humor. That was so funny. It was a pretty good Bruce Springsteen impression though. Try some Junior Brown songs.

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley 12 днів тому +2

    He’s looking mighty Dust Bowl

    • @docdeens4030
      @docdeens4030 8 днів тому +3

      The Great Depression lives on in the two chord boredom of trust fund college drop outs everywhere

  • @jerrypotente872
    @jerrypotente872 8 днів тому

    Feel better, ANDY ….

  • @josexavierjr.5633
    @josexavierjr.5633 7 днів тому

    You covered from Bob Dylan to Mark Knopfler! Well done! Hope you get well soon……👍

  • @kellyl9198
    @kellyl9198 8 днів тому +1

    Andy, I’m afraid they may have sent you a defective kit…. The 3 chords you need are C, D, G. Not F. And yes, a capo would be required if you want to play an F. I actually know a bluegrass musician who showed me how to play in drop D tuning… with TWO capos!! Imagine the ingenuity of this! Yours truly, an American Amateur Guitarist. ❤

  • @GrantTregellas
    @GrantTregellas 12 днів тому +2

    On the 22nd? "I will wait"

  • @davestephens6421
    @davestephens6421 8 днів тому +1

    That covid medication is obviously strong!!!! 😂 I wonder if they do a jazz fusak kit??😅

    • @danielschaeffer1294
      @danielschaeffer1294 8 днів тому

      Sure. Bob Guccione junk jewelry, see-through socks, and a pint of Hennessy to share with your main squeeze while you try to convince her that your other main squeezes don’t exist.

  • @mrinalkundu1521
    @mrinalkundu1521 12 днів тому +5

    Open your own micro brewery?

  • @tony.worswick
    @tony.worswick 8 днів тому +1

    It's like a B n' M Bargains Ry Cooder

  • @suziedarling9463
    @suziedarling9463 6 днів тому

    Andy - i couldn't have done this better…this kind of 'critic' runs deep with me, in that its (or ANYTHING) is so easy to parody. i often get lampooned for my disrespect. But its only just a joke, as you & i know. Just listen to 'Solitude' - Black Sabbath (On Master Of Reality). A two chord (English folky) tune i guess, not unlike your original (Americana) rendition. Go figure ! LOL.
    Paul.
    PS; as i most often don't listen to lyrics, or the meaning of same, i was always mystified of this (Black Sabbath) track, in amongst so much strong music on the album….for me, it seemed like a 'filler' - but what would i know ! LOL. LOVE your work !

  • @arzabael
    @arzabael 8 днів тому +2

    Question is to anyone, what genre do you suggest for someone brought up in western culture who wants to play largely acoustic and simple music?

    • @StratsRUs
      @StratsRUs 8 днів тому +2

      Mumford & Sons

    • @arzabael
      @arzabael 8 днів тому

      @@StratsRUs hmm. Even though you’re the one who said public schooled folk artists talking about toil is “the real one”, you’re gonna suggest Mumford and Sons, after Andy put that waistcoat on. The question was rhetorical friend there is no answer other than the bands everyone decided today to add to the list of things that aren’t as good as what they grew up with

    • @jimmycampbell78
      @jimmycampbell78 8 днів тому +1

      I think you need to purchase a map that will enable you to locate your sense of humour.

    • @arzabael
      @arzabael 7 днів тому +1

      @@jimmycampbell78 it gets lost

  • @sicko_the_ew
    @sicko_the_ew 8 днів тому

    Keep tapping that spine, Andy, there's gold in them thar hills there is! Aaarh and begorrah I think I gonna sing a song bout a beaver in the mountains of the Great Achiever now. Inspired be I by swich mickle tydinges of bamboozle. Maybe the Legend of the Arindorondacktack Beaver Bear That Ate A Gallon of Mooses by the side of the flower mead. Alas and alack. Murie betide thee. Hale and good health upon the morrow good Sire.

  • @scottbookman
    @scottbookman 8 днів тому +11

    you give americana too much credit by playing an F...they would need a capo for that advanced musicianship.

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  8 днів тому +6

      deliberately...if an americana musician is watching this getting annoyed, thev Dsus2/F will properly point out their uselessness and how they should leave this to the professionals like me...

    • @arzabael
      @arzabael 8 днів тому +1

      Yea the music you like is so much better then that, how do they even not see it they’re total idiots compared to us

    • @Hartlor_Tayley
      @Hartlor_Tayley 8 днів тому

      @@arzabaelnobody plays that chord. Not because we can’t but Because we don’t want to.

    • @arzabael
      @arzabael 7 днів тому +1

      @@Hartlor_Tayley was referring to the big picture I don’t know what that note is because I am a fan of music more than a skilled music reading academic so I can actually tell you what sounds good to people rather than what sounds good to other artists

    • @Hartlor_Tayley
      @Hartlor_Tayley 7 днів тому

      @@arzabael what sounds good to people, yeah that right. Sometimes it not about the chords. Songs are funny things,

  • @billspectre9502
    @billspectre9502 7 днів тому

    Link for the kit??

  • @duncanleith9172
    @duncanleith9172 8 днів тому

    Pencil in the 8th August in your diary for Cropredy!

  • @davidjohns4745
    @davidjohns4745 8 днів тому +1

    Who’s that guy in the corner loading bullets into his six shooter ?

  • @juliemusique-tn4dp
    @juliemusique-tn4dp 8 днів тому +1

    YOUR FUNNY

  • @randydean23
    @randydean23 10 днів тому

    Aaaannnnddd your thoughts on that Allison Krause Robert Plant project??? 😮

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  10 днів тому +6

      Robert caught up with his aging audience and gave them something to tap their toes to whilst clipping their roses

    • @kellyl9198
      @kellyl9198 8 днів тому +1

      HEY!! I resemble that remark. Excuse me while I go water my roses…