Three of the very best who've ever lived.

Now I can enjoy three different plays. But still I like Doc's strong picking most. I'm a Japanese. Shamisen is a Japanese traditional instrument with three strings. Shamisen means three different tastes of strings. In comparison with usual ones there is another kind which is bigger and strings are thick, called Futojamisen. I feel somethig common with Doc's guitar. I think the gauge Doc uses is heavier than others and feel so steady. Thank you for every body who mentioned what he says.

this music makes me happy.Could whistle all the time

When these guys play together it's...indescribable.

The epitome of tasteful flat picking. Love this track.

Tony sums it up at the end: "Yeah!"

Nothing like listening this on a Saturday morning while fixing breakfast. Simple pleasures.

@frankd.506

5 жыл бұрын

Or Saturday evening with a bottle of Bourbon

I like how Doc provides commentary. You can tell who the soloists are by their style. Doc is really fast and plays more traditional riffs while Norman is a little slower but very clean on traditional riffs, while Rice expands the form and throws a lot of jazzy stuff in. He takes chances and while it doesn't always work in other recordings, it really does here. Love them all.

@alan4sure

5 жыл бұрын

Tony plays higher up the neck, it sounds like Norman is playing open D while the others are capoing at 2nd fret.

@frankdiscussion2069

5 жыл бұрын

I love when Tony plays "outside".

Three legends!

We've lost another master. rip.

The high-note fill at 2:25 is Tony Rice. At 2:38 Doc Watson says: "Take 'er on home Mr. Blake." I don't know where you're from, but "take 'er on home" is a Southern US colloquial speech pattern.

How does Tony even make an acoustic guitar sound like that? Out of this world awesome

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i have all ways loved this song. thank you

simply awesome...doen't get much better

One of my favorite fiddle tunes!❤️

If you don’t know and would like to know the breaks are in order as follows. 1. Doc 2.Tony 3. Norman Repeat

This is pure joy. If there are outtakes of these maestros, they should be released post haste.

Sublime. I have been lucky enough to see both Doc and Tony at different times. Tony was with Peter Rowan.

Best of the best!!

Didn't realize this also featured Doc. I guessed wrong when I suggested Norman started it out.

Boys, it doesn't get any better than that.

Doc's sound is above and beyond both Blake and Rice. Plain fact. Close your eyes and you can never mistake his clarity and tone.

@MadnessOfMarmots

6 жыл бұрын

The same can be said for Rice. Unmistakable and honestly a better player.

@mrswimmyboy

6 жыл бұрын

It's not a contest. They are all great musicians with their own styles.

@charlespeterson3798

5 жыл бұрын

@@mrswimmyboy Magic. Most people do not get magic Doc WAS magic. You can't say what it is, but you can say what it is not.

Lost Indian & Whiskey Before Breakfast are 2 tunes every guitar player must know to play, that is if you're into flattop pickin & grinin. Really this trio pretty well does it perfectly. enuf said. mosrite60

Great! I love it!!

OMGoooodness. Love it. Thank you! xozone

True masters!

Jaw-dropping!

Thank you! You're right, it should be. Many years ago, I heard Doc's RECORDS again and again. In them, Doc said "Take it, Merle!" frequently. So, I wanted to hear Doc said so. But, appearently, you are right.

Blake & Rice 2: officially the best album in the world.

Probably the three best flat pickers of their time

@blossomrusso6457

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Wilson Understatement of the century!

@bobbymcguyer

7 жыл бұрын

Make that-"OF ALL TIME"!

@37BopCity

7 жыл бұрын

No you forgot Clarence White

@37BopCity

7 жыл бұрын

No you forgot Clarence White

@ejtonefan

6 жыл бұрын

Clarence White is in the Top 2

Masters...

This is probably my favorite guitar only jam I've ever heard. Gorgeous. As for the chords I see posted below, I think ya'll are getting at the right thing but it looks a bit confusing. Just to clarify for newer players here's what they are doing for rhythm in this particular version of lost indian. Capo 2nd Play each chord for one bar. C C C Am F C G C

Who the heck gave this a thumbs-down??

How nice

picking at it's best !

GOAT X3

rockhardcox mentioned Doc Watson on this track. Doc says something like " Take it, Merle! " at 1:02. Is this so? If it is, then Merle played in this.

I think it's Tony who says the "yeah" at the end.

this is from the tony rice cd 58957(the cereal number on his guitar. rice watson and blake

@rogernimo44 The first part of both songs are the same but Lost Indian's progression stays the same throughout. Cherokee Shuffle has a second part which chord progression is completely different. It goes I-IV-I-IVI-IV-I-vi-V-I.

Doc Watson, folks not many guitarists can reach his level. Tony and Norman are great [layers but not quite up to Doc. King of the flattop. RIP and thx for the memories

@francoisvola3611

2 жыл бұрын

Of course Doc and Norman are great traditional Flatpickers but you need to listen to Tony's CDs and albums.

@mosrite60

2 жыл бұрын

@@francoisvola3611 hey for sure. Listen to Tony alot. He had a bluegrass LP out some years ago where he plays all these Bill Monroe tunes. One of his best.

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Are there any questions?

I could never figure out what Doc Was Saying at 2:38. Sounds like "nothin wrong with old ???". My favorite fill is the run of high notes at 2:25. Is it Tony Rice?

This is same as Cherokee shuffle part A. Is there no part B to this?

1. Doc 2. Tony 3. Norman

@ejtonefan

6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully by now you have grown to appreciate Clarence White

@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer

Жыл бұрын

​@@ejtonefanit's the order of the breaks you bumble fuck

That was great to hear Especially with Doc Watson. Too bad Clarence White wasn't in the mix.

Isn't Doc also picking on this tune?

Great music, but why all the out-of-focus photos?

@ProfesserLuigi

2 жыл бұрын

This was posted in the old days before hd video streaming was invented.

Great pickers all three. But kindly add Pat Flynn to this group. Pat's an amazing guitarist as well and played with Doc on few occasions.

Sounds a lot like Cherokee Shuffle.

Best flat pickers of all time... K-

@allanwells4886

7 жыл бұрын

You've obviously never heard Django Rhinehardt

@MadnessOfMarmots

6 жыл бұрын

There are better gypsy jazz guitarists than Django

@chetdudeweb707

6 жыл бұрын

For pure tasteful playing, I'd add Russ Barenberg to the list... Hop, Skip and Wobble was masterful...

He says "bring it on home Mr. Blake"

@agalligani

10 жыл бұрын

actually "take 'er on home Mr. Blake"

not probably, definitely. add glen campbell

I'm guessin' Norman Blake starts out first.

@whipsnade13

7 жыл бұрын

Nope. He's third.

@brettg9013

5 жыл бұрын

Doc is first

this is brilliant! just discuvverd tony rice. this song reminds me of stan rogers watching the apples grow: watch?v=POlMKesby1g

Nowadays the title "Lost Indian" probably deemed discriminatory. Times have changed. mos60

@a-meteo7778

5 жыл бұрын

mosrite60 isn't the Indian a bike? :)