I was a country music performer for over 50 years before retiring my group (Country Tradition) in 2004. Don Rich was one of the most talented musicians I've ever known. His talent was inborn. The whole Rich family was musically gifted. And yes, that was him playing Orange Blossom Special; and he could play anything else on the fiddle that was ever written. What a loss when he was taken from us at such an early age. RIP, my dear friend Don Rich.

@patriciajrs46

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@Ryan-mq2mi

Жыл бұрын

Heck of a run there, John! Although I just realised your comment is 12 years old, and you might not be with us mortals here. Let's see, 50 years of music, retired almost 20 years ago, if you were just a wee bit 20 year old when you started, you're in your 90's. Give us a holler Mr. LIVINGston!

@kihmjones2176

Ай бұрын

Don was so blessed

Just has to be the best version of this classic. Brilliant *************

ALL I CAN SAY IS DON RICH WOW~~WHAT AN AMAZING SINGER, GUITAR PLAYER & FIDDLER...TAKEN FROM US WAY TOO SOON..HIM & BUCK WERE A GREAT PAIR...NOW THEY ARE "TOGETHER AGAIN", IN HEAVEN...RIP DON & BUCK...YOU ARE GREATLY MISSED

@11mchloe

9 жыл бұрын

You said it all LU.

The sensationally talented Don Rich..what a tragic loss to the music industry..so loved RIP DonRich

Don rich was one of the best ive ever heard do this

Don Rich was a fine world class country musician. Excellent on both guitar and fiddle. His feel, timing and execution of this song were perfect. You rarely hear this song played this well today.

This has been my favorite fiddle tune for many years and this is by far the best I've ever heard it done. Don Rich was a very talented guy, and a very nice looking guy, it's a shame he got killed. Thanks for posting!

Thank you for posting!! This is my favourite version of Orange Blossom Special! Far the best fiddle music ever, I just can't stop listening to it! Unbelievable performance!

I'm an owner-operator truck driver 4 years now and named my first truck I bought, the Orange Blossom Special after this song.

Don, you'll always be remembered. The man is irreplaceable.

You could see how much Buck Owens and Don Rich loved making music together. Don was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1974, aged only 32 ~ this had a huge impact on Buck, understandably and very sadly.

Sweet!!! I love his smile. Can't wait to see it again.

Awesome job!! What an awesome talent he was!!

This particular video is through the magic of editing. I'm not sure the original clip still exists, the tapes recorded over is what I've learned. But what it is is a compilation of Don on fiddle video pieces patched together as if it was originally recorded with the music. But you can tell, the strokes of the bow, Brumley's picking, nothing is well synched. Someone did some good work trying to make it look like it was recorded in composite. Having said all that, I still love it. Orange Blossom Special is a classic, Don was a master on the fiddle, and I'm guessing the audio recording of him is real, just with visuals laid down with it. Someone on here was speculating what year. I'm thinking it was 1966, based on the style of suits they're wearing and when the Ranch Show was being created. But I don't think it was '63-'65.

What a phenomenal talent he was and what a tragic loss to not only his family and devoted fans but to the music world in general.dearly loved and so sadly missed.RIP Don Rich,now singing harmoney with Gods choir of Angels

Probably the best version of this ever...

@yankee.98

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Pennell The one from Michael Cleveland is really good too.

That darling man..........I remember when he died. I used to watch him and Buck Owens years ago, on TV. I love this video of him playing Orange Blossom Special. Thanks to whomever put it on UTube.

I must have watched 40 versions of this song on you tube looking for a good, clearly identifiable "Orange Blossom Special" without a bunch of improvisation and showing off and without 10 minutes of people blabbing before they start playing. And I am SO glad to say that I have FINALLY FOUND IT!! Glory Hallelujah and Thank God for these no nonsense, excellent musicians and thank you, whoever loaded this, for sharing it with us!! I was just trying to show my 27 year old son how awesome this fiddle tune is; I didn't know it would take me all evening to find a great rendition of it. But THIS was worth the search. Cheers!

@11mchloe

9 жыл бұрын

Boy do I agree. the best version ever.

@bobstaudt-greatesthitsofal8626

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!!! This is the version I remember!!!!! I love this version more than any!!!!!

@davidwv7370

10 ай бұрын

How about Chubby Wise ??

RIP Don....thank you...xoxoxo

Don rich awesome fiddle player

Don Rich, you were so cute, so talented, so kind ... and such a good friend to Buck Onens. I mis yo both.

THIS is how this song is supposed to be played!! Some play it entirely too slow, or take too many liberties. THIS version is perfect

@BillCAATMAN1Smith

8 жыл бұрын

+matt m RIGHT on. For once someone with good taste and class!

@doughesson

6 жыл бұрын

Which is why most bluegrass festivals don't allow the Orange Blossom Special or Duelling Banjos. Both are crowd favorites & putting different styles & tempos to the music has been known to start fights in the crowd.

Well thanks to whoever took the time and effort to put this together, so we can see Don playing the fiddle at the same time we hear him. He had such a four-square way of playing ANYTHING: Always perfect. I love this straight-ahead rendition of OJS...it's really perfect, including the synchopation and follow-on beats that are missing in many other renditions. Also Don's use of the light reverb making the sound so evocative of the distant train...just perfect, as usual.

J'adore cette interprétation par Don Rich, un super musicien, la version jouée par the Kempters est aussi fabuleuse.

Always fresh, always positive, always inspiring, a Standard/Classic ... Timeless.

The audio is definitely Don Rich and the Buckaroos. The video was edited in from the video of Don Rich and the Buckaroos playing Cajun Fiddle. Look up Cajun Fiddle on KZread and you'll see what I mean.

If ever I need to put a smile on my face, this song will definitely be my first choice. I loved it as a child and still hold it dear to my heart - what an energetic, uplifting jingle.....

I could listen to Don all day. Well, I guess I kinda do that anyway. I never get tired of hearing him sing and play. Wow what a talented man. I was reading the insert on his Anthology album and it says he was married and they had 2 children. I sure wish they would post something.

Don Rich could flat play that fiddle....listen to that! Excellent.

He still is making us smile. Hope he and Buck know it.

My Mother used to dance to this song while a live band was playing it and wear out the band players dancing to it !!!! wtg MOM !!

Never get tired of the Orange Blossom Special.

Best version I've heard to date...

Love ❤️ the Orange 🍊 Blossom Special Excellent Excellent.❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Every time I would See Buck, I would think of Don. He Was a Pro & greatly missed. Lets Hope Buck and Don Are having a Great Time Playing their Heavenly Music, rip................

amazing and fantastic

Awesome ❤

Don Rich......one of the best R.I.P........Hope him and Buck are together again.

beautiful Don Rich could play

absolutely fantastic........nice one Don.....

I hate to admit it, but I have never heard of Don Rich. I stumbled across a couple old videos of him, and all I can say is WOW! This guy is SOOOO talented. Great stuff.

Flawless. Don Rich had so much energy. Buck Owens. And Don picked out this band. All of them pros. What a life. Grueling as i must have been at times. But loving what they did...

This is the best version I've seen in the last 3 days. Good job.

I am so happy to find this version. Now, I have two favorite versions of this song, Billy Vaughn`s and this one. They both are wonderful to me. Thank you for posting.

don rich incredible player guitar and fiddle just love it best country msic you can have yes thank you for sharingggggg

His version will always be my favorite!♥

Fun fact: if you crank your vehicle up to 100 mph when listening to this version, you will travel 3.33 miles plus face a mandatory court appearance if pulled over by Sgt Owen Shelby of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Don't ask me how I know.

@Danimal1577

5 жыл бұрын

doughesson pleas drive safe. Look what happened to Don Rich. R.I.P. 😪

The whole band is perfect

just perfection

The best!

Don - what talent.

Don Rich, just awesome, the best

This clip was from the Buck Owens Ranch show that began in 1966 in television syndication.

This my friends is the Orange Blossom Special 👍👍

Thank You very much; i really like this. This is the way Orange Blossom Special's supposed to be played. Nothing does it like fiddling it out.

I can't stay away from this song... Wow. He's good.

@ethelcasey9267

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

Buck n Don such awesome musicians

I remember this from when I was a kid. Great Stuff!

This is the Great late Don Rich playing the Orange Blossom Special, the actual recording. Jay Mac Donald was on steel guitar.This video was taken from the Buck Owens Ranch Show and it's just some fancy camera work. Sounds good though .Don was the best. RIP Don -----Dave

Esta canción la primera vez que la oí fue a finales de los años 60 por un grupo sueco que se llamaban los Spuniks; luego a mediados de los 70 cuando me adentré en la música country; vi que era un tema clásico del "blue grass" de Kentucky; y cada vez que la oigo me produce buenas sensaciones.

Johnny Cash is my favorite singer ever. It is a pity he is dead, I love all his songs!

THAT is some fine fiddlin'....he didn't even break a sweat....

Just awesome. What a talent. What a loss so young

het is heel mooi,wat.hij kan heel goed spelen. je word er helemaal vrolijk van.het is heel jammer dat don er niet meer is.het is toch een verlies. ik vind het wel erger. dat don er niet meer is.hij heb een mooie stem en kom goed over.gr marja

The studio version laid over footage of Don playing live.

Nice fiddlin' Don Rich!........This is the first COUNTRY band I've ever seen feature the instruments. In country, it's only about the singin'. I can't believe a country band actually doing an instrumental ! I guess they have some brains afterall!

Don Rich was such a bad ass

thanks this great one left us to soon.

I agree...I have not heard this played better. He had a lovely fiddle too. Amati type F holes. Superb.

The video is Don playing Cajun Fiddle.It's on You Tube. OBS is just playing over the video.

Wow, how about that! Don't think I've seen that before. Awesome.

It was recorded on Feb,13th,1963. Buck and Don are the only originals on the studio recording !!

Real trucking music

love this tune!!!!!!

Incredible musician.

So much talent,gone too soon.

I like this always liked Buck Don and the Buckaroos.....can imagine how hard it was for Buck to lose Don in that motorcycle accident in June 1974 heard he never got over it...kinda like me when I lost my dad this June (2012)....Don was great at guitar and fiddle and was funny..check out those suits!!!.....snappy weren't they????...they were reunited in heaven 32 years later when Buck died in 2006

It used to be that you could go to the back of the Ryman Auditorium and go up some steps and you would be behind the stage of the Opry. A stranger came in by this way and someone asked him who he was and it turned out that he wrote the Orange Blossom Special. He wanted to meet Johnnie Cash which had a big hit with this song.

The best I have heard

the BEST of the best!!!!!

Complete Music Legends :) (RIP)

Best version there is.

no doubt in my mind....thats don rich

hoi DangerousDon Rich. het maak mijn ook heel droevig. maar het is wel fijn om met iemand er over tepraten. hij is zeker goed. veelliefs van marja.

excellent.

@barbsmith8792

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Sink I

None better on the fiddle than Don Rich and the rest of the band are fantastic to

so great!! thnx! 5*

Dangerous Don is a double threat: Tele and Fiddle chops. Nice solo, as always from Tom Brumley on the pedal steel.

Saw that THANG!, Awesome mix, too!

❤️

that a good dame fiddle tune very good.

nice job on the timing of the edit... this is what I call 95 mph country. best there is man!

I think that the buckaroos and the texas troubadours were about the best the business has ever seen. NTM they both had tremedous guitar players in Don Rich(rip) and and Leon Rhodes.

man hes great

Yes indeed.

Don was an incredible fiddler and guitarist no doubt. Check out the Johnson Mountain Boys version of this song by fiddler Eddie Stubbs if you want to hear a very fast rendition.

That's a well executed piece, some mean playing thar - clean cut kids too !!

Excellent performance

A freaking gilt edged genius😅😅😅😅😅

the best like wow .