They sound so damn good without any studio bullshit. Just raw talent. I love it.

@jonnygranville281

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yes. Real music. Pure joy.

@JasonPopan

3 жыл бұрын

This might be outside but it's produced. Just look at all the different camera angles.

@zacharywho5442

2 жыл бұрын

There may be just one mic but there is most certainly processing after the recording.

@zacharywho5442

2 жыл бұрын

But, of course, you've got to start out with a great sound when all you have to work with is a single mic.

@kingstonenzo8872

2 жыл бұрын

i dont mean to be so offtopic but does anyone know a method to get back into an instagram account..? I was stupid forgot the login password. I love any assistance you can give me!

Almost 2023, still love them, if you searched for this, you have great taste in music, Dilly Dilly

@Zoogleas

3 ай бұрын

Found this song through a Canadian favourite of mine who covered it, The Dead South. I enjoy both versions though, as they're both quite alike. A similarly good band (with a violinist/mandolin player!) is The Fabulous Poodles from the late 70s and early 80s. They're not really bluegrass or anything, but they're quite the catchy band, with some of the funniest lyrics that I've ever heard in my life. Check them out if you're interested in that kind of thing!

@robertc9549

Ай бұрын

Well into 2024 and this is still incredible

@tomkarels6185

10 күн бұрын

This song is really awesome. One of my favorites ❤

In my opinion this is the best version. A band with just their instruments and their vocals jamming out to a song.

@ethanhayes676

Жыл бұрын

Wish vocals were better

@matthewshirts9523

Жыл бұрын

Are you high? This guy can't sing.

@seanhamashige9287

Жыл бұрын

I agree I like this version the best.

@maverickhudgins2221

5 ай бұрын

I really like the tent in background and the girls dancing. Makes me feel like I'm at a fair before they went to shit

@larrydunn4626

3 ай бұрын

@@ethanhayes676 not sure what you mean. In this tradition of music the best vocals have good cut and bite to be heard above the instruments... so neither singer here is trying to sing ... smoothly. They're belting.

Five guys with instruments creating a masterpiece on the spot. So glad this was recorded and posted. Amazing

Saw them playing at a street corner in Toronto back in the day. Everyone stopped even the traffic. Literally Everyone. When they cracked out this song. On a hot summer afternoon. You had to be there.

The fondest memory in my life is 'Folk Fest' in Wellington, New Zealand in 2009. This was the hottest song at the time, and everyone started covering it. Everytime I hear it, I am transported back to a weekend where there were no worries, no combat, no toxicity or strife. I remember borrowing someone's ipod so I could listen to this song as I walked around the campsite. In short, this song means a lot to me. I honestly pray that I will achieve the feeling of comfort and joy that I experienced that weekend in 2009. 'If I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free'.

@neebs929

10 ай бұрын

Mad love detected.

@MadManMorese

5 ай бұрын

Ahh, man! 2003 or so when I was 18 and hearing this song, I totally echo your sentiments. Things just don’t seem the same anymore. This song also brings me back to a specific point where laughter and good times were had by all. I feel an empty pit in my stomach thinking about it ☹️

The best Old Crow...with Willie and Gill.

this should be the only band allowed to perform this song

@gravytrain416

5 жыл бұрын

I agree SO MUCH. Darius Rucker ruined it.

@anita5724

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

@hadmatter9240

5 жыл бұрын

@@gravytrain416 LOL We'd have never heard this if it weren't for Darius. I vote Darius for President!

@heatherelliott6532

5 жыл бұрын

You need to listen to Matt Andersen's cover!

@omgitzrippinomgcrew8599

5 жыл бұрын

Not rly I didn't even know Darius played this song till I seen ur comment lol

I've heard this song well over 500 times in my life. I swear this song could never get old. Reminds me of simpler times visiting my grandparents for the weekend.

2022 and I love the harmonies in this song. Nice mix of bluegrass and country. The guy in the jacket has that high lonesome sound of classic bluegrass.

@imaxoxD

Жыл бұрын

Willie Watson

@martienevers

17 күн бұрын

Willy Watson is great performer!! 👍🏻👌🏻😄

Only real musicians can play it live like that and make it indistinguishable from the studio version.

@filianablanxart8305

5 жыл бұрын

Frank Gray - It's as much a reflection on the original recording/ mixing , and the absense of autotune, time alignment, pitch correction , overdone effects, etc .

@sharpenflat6002

3 жыл бұрын

My compliments on your spelling.

@zedmelon

2 жыл бұрын

Their harmonies are a little better here. I expect they didn't use AutoTune in the studio. But you're right about the mark of a pro. I wish the bass was a bit closer to the mic, but for a single mic mix in the middle of a field, this is solid.

@matthewshirts9523

Жыл бұрын

Pretty easy to sound like the album when album sounds like shit.

@michaelmurray7220

6 ай бұрын

@@matthewshirts9523yet, here you are, jamming to their tunes anyway.

I love the people standing around. It looks like they're there because they were promised free beer.

@manfromutch

4 жыл бұрын

My wife and i went to see them at Newport folk festival. it was pissing down rain. The bar was almost a 5 min walk from the stage. Cut a long story short, my wife while fetching beer was buying Alex and Ani jewellery for our nieces, they gave her 2 complimentary tickets to their undercover bar in front of the stage because she spent $100. Free beer and food. Couldn't believe my luck, English man and free beer.

@anslelost

4 жыл бұрын

Its Cambridge, they are students waiting for a free beer!

This guy's voice is legit.. I love that subtle Bob Dylan mixed with his own unique tone.

This is what I call music, no blinding lights, no sound effect. Beautiful.

@mspeggylee4214

4 жыл бұрын

True!

@matthewshirts9523

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

This is real music🥃 Love from Norway 🇳🇴

@timesthree5757

3 жыл бұрын

Glad we could share our folk music with the world.

Will is not a backup singer - one of the great things about OCMS is thae way they share the mic, taking lead on different songs. He has a great voice, which is intentionally in a bluegrass style. You may not like the style, but it fits well in the tradition.

EXCELLENT!! WAGON WHEEL- unplugged, outside, WOW they're singing and playing their hearts out 👏 👏 👏 Pickers know that ain't easy...🎶

@LordStompyHarpLoonyTunes

Жыл бұрын

It's easy for me...I'm playing on the street nearly every day!

Simply a masterpiece!

@BrianRPaterson

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Every time I hear it it's magical.

These guys are just awesome. They should be way way way more popular.

I don't know about you guys, but this was practically the anthem of my teenage years. I could turn this song for anyone I grew up with and they would start singing. No party or night out at the bar was complete without everyone singing along to this song.

I love this performance of Old Crow. It is the best Wagon Wheel as far as I am concerned.

🎉I'll never forget me and my boys JAMMING to this song in 2005 backroading lovin' life. Im loyal to OCMS. God bless

It's funny old crowe medicine shows version of this song is too country for mainstream country music so darius rockers had to dumb it down.

@franklinwalker279

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Frey: Do you guys realise that OCMS performed it with Darius Tucker at the Grand Old Oprey. How about you guys stop being so judgemental. I love blue grass, not so much mainstream country, but Ruckers just trying to do his thing and the guys from OCMS absolutely gave Darius their blessings and credited him with "dumbing it down".

I can't thank you enough for "salvaging" this. It's absolutely amazing!

I NEVER get tired of this version!

@davidlarson897

10 ай бұрын

me too Katherine, I can play it all night long :)

Some of the best vocal harmonising I’ve ever heard

Could somebody come and take my hand from the replay- button, plz?

@lorrielaurawilson8360

4 жыл бұрын

You're funny but they are great!

I love this version - they really put feeling into it - Yeah this is the Best 💕

Doesn't get any better then a Willie Watson harmony! Oh boy!

@rizlaahmad

10 жыл бұрын

Right at the top of his range just to make that beautiful harmony work!

@MrJDP1974

9 жыл бұрын

rizlaahmad Yeah I don't think he was even getting into his falsetto yet.

@hharts83

6 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@dvmulligan

6 жыл бұрын

Let’s hear it for willie!

@predatorrt5632

5 жыл бұрын

Steve Anger Willie is the Uncle of my best friend. He's an amazing dude!

It's amazing how good a 4 chord song can sound.

The soul and passion put into that brings a tear to my eye.Anyone wanting to be a singer and be good at have to feel it like these boys.

Oh my god that fiddle solo was beautiful. So powerful and emotional. This is real talent right here

Sad that Bluegrass does not get the attention it deserves! There is talent there!!!!!!

They really can sing, really like that! And the feeling of countryside in the attitude to music. And the violin is so very honest. Really good job!

I never get tired of this version,,, Old Crow Medicine Show has it going on!

This is still, in my opinion, the absolute best performance of Wagon Wheel. It's such a shame it cuts off early. I can't find a full version of this anywhere.

wow these guys are great...i've been playing music for years and years but these guys really put the passion back into it

This is such a great song, a classic of its genre and bless you boys for bringing it to us.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate the harmony vocals of this song. The whole collaboration on this song makes my eyes well up with tears of appreciation and my genre of choice is metal.

2023 loud and clear guys 🎉

I love this song only when played by O.C.M.S. All other versions can't compare!

@rusticidahowoodcraft5380

8 жыл бұрын

+Alma Russ Marteka and William Lake do a good cover of this one too. Very talented young brother and sister Bluegrass duo.

@vittovince

7 жыл бұрын

Take a look of the cover of mumford And sons ;)

@theachomeabidjan

7 жыл бұрын

Darius rucker cover is so great too, but i wanna list en DYLAN VERSION

@ryannbaws2711

7 жыл бұрын

The reason so many people hate the Darius Rucker version is because it's oversaturated with auto tune and other garbage computerized effects. That song being "good" had nothing to do with raw talent. And I don't blame people for hating it. People like Darius Rucker need to stop getting praise for their half assed talent.

@quinbagwell7515

7 жыл бұрын

I doubt I'm much different from most people, in that the version of a song that I hear first, becomes the standard version for me. Rucker is a talented musician and does a good job with the song but it will always be OCMS' s song to me, and their version, which is the original will always be the best in my mind.

Best version of the song ever !!!!

Started getting into underground country around this time as I mainly listened to indie like Elliott Smith/Bright Eyes. Thank God for Chris Knight, OCMS, and my uncle or I would’ve never known there was great country music outside of the older artists. Wish this song hadn’t been so damn overplayed.

I'd love to hear this song while driving through the mountains of Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee.

Just discovered this & I love it!! As others say, just vocals & instruments. These guys are always fantastic...then and now!!!

I'm not a big fan of country or bluegrass music but this tune is really, really good. The Darius Rucker version is okay but too commercial for me. The Old Crow version is just perfect.

@gphelps70

10 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you may be on your way....Don't fight it

@disturbed157

10 жыл бұрын

I love dylan's open ended jam that this song was created from. his version of the chorus is my favorite

@MeestairRick

10 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah, I think I'll be listening to country/bluegrass a lot more. I saw these guys in concert and loved them.

@johns1768

10 жыл бұрын

***** what are some examples im very interested i liek the up beat stuff like this, if you dont mind

@Free1108

10 жыл бұрын

john s I'm going to give you more info than you probably want but I don't know how to give you less, actually I could give you a lot more. If you like OCMS, you will probably like The Avett Brothers (alternative country/bluegrass, indie rock, high energy...put on a great show, see them if you ever get a chance), Trampled by Turtles (alternative country/bluegrass, indie folk, high energy), Fleet Foxes (indie folk/rock w/ bluegrass leanings...broke up 2012 but getting back together 2014, put on Fantastic Show...Love Them!) Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings (Dave produces OCMS, he's also Awesome on guitar!, Alt Country/Bluegrass, Indie Folk...Loved their show!), Justin Townes Earle (Indie Folk/Blues/Rock...Awesome musician, one of my favs), SO Many More....

omg, I love LOVE this version, it is now my favorite!!

This tune simply rocks, and that high tenor makes my arm hairs stand up. Shame it cuts off.

@81995sometime

10 жыл бұрын

that's Willie Watson!

If you have a chance to see this band live, DO IT! I saw them at a nice intimate venue in Jackson, MS a few years back and it was amazing. One of the best shows I have ever seen.

Just discovered these guys...Love the sound and the talent is of the charts!!

The amount of real talent here is staggering, great music and musicians make it look simple and have fun with it. :)

Hot damn!! It's the "Old Crow Medicine Show"!!

The only thing more beautiful than Ketch's fiddle is his voice.

@katharinenoble1682

2 жыл бұрын

I dunno.... I love that fiddle a lot.... it's close between the two. ;)

This band is way underrated. What a talented group!

Wow, here it is Christmas Eve ‘22, and I just found this. Good song to dance to! Great Group, has more than the other version.

we adore ketch....

Jus some good ol boys making wonderful music. Outstanding.

They are Brilliant Musicians! I feel Blessed to have seen them in Louisville KY. I live in the West. They need to please come to Colorado more often!

Amazing, great band. Beautiful song.

I saw these guys in concert in Nashville a couple of years ago and it was an excellent show. Great band!

It's just a shame that the bass never seems to come through on these informal recordings; it adds so much depth to the sound.

Bi God I Live in the Cumberland Gap and work at times in Johnson City which is really east of the Gap. so this song has a whole meaning for my baby and myself......

@katherinegoard5942

6 жыл бұрын

Ain''t it so?! I'm from the outskirts of Roanoke! I'd sure love to see them come through here!

@spencerwidener9331

6 жыл бұрын

Norris lake here! Ain't nothing like the hills of the smokies

@gratefuldead2379

5 жыл бұрын

A big howdy Doo from your neighboring Kentucky. Lol... I really thought your comment was quite cool. Love to see these guys. They Damm near sound better hear than the original. Hehe......Well anyway love and peace to all and like O'l Hank used to say if the good Lords willing and the Creeks don't rise.....

@NASkeywest

4 жыл бұрын

Born an raised in Johnson city. Live in Knoxville now though.

This has become our family song. My wife sings it as a lullaby to my children. When it comes on, we all sing it, from gram down to the youngest.

@BKHILL420

10 ай бұрын

Are you from north caroline?

@nicholaskaminski615

10 ай бұрын

@@BKHILL420 actually no...haha

Thumbs down? How can anyone not like this song?

These guys sound great. They remind me of some of the bands that I heard in West Virginia.

@lorrielaurawilson8360

4 жыл бұрын

The best!

This is an amazing version. Mt favourite song. Even had it played during my wedding service!

What a fantastic song! I get emotional listening to it and not sure why. Their harmony is magical.

What a great unique band!!! Love these guys

New fan here and I am hooked. Tenor guy's voice has an amazing appeal(I am told that is Willie). Good stuff!!

@lorrielaurawilson8360

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah a new fan! Who couldn't love this!

@canuckowl

Жыл бұрын

It is indeed Willie. He plays "the Kid" in the Ballad of Buster Scruggs...so don't try to outdraw him! Or out sing him.

Really beautiful -- made me smile big. I was sad when it cut off at the end, but appreciate what I got to enjoy of it!

Smokin' great version - lovely.

You guys deserve to get inside the door more often. Great job!

My friends a I play this down at the local coffee house and people love it. It really is a great sing along tune. These fellas can really sing. Thanks for posting this version of the song where you can really hear the high harmony.

One of those warm Southern nights out in the back yard.

Funny, when we pass on, this tune will play...guiding our way....its perfect. Thank you Medicine...stay kind and love each other.

I love this version so much better xxx

Thanks for this! My small (but London-based) organisation involved in teaching kids about outdoors life and traditional songs uses this song a lot & the kids love it. Oddly, I've just come across your recording, in a place that's just a mile or so from where I live!

@J-217

2 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful song. Old Crow’s harmonization and the beautifully written lyrics make me as giddy as a child every time I listen.

Gotta love the one dancing woman who appreciated good music!

@CaptainSpalding72

5 жыл бұрын

Eric Seeds always a nutty broad om the loose

@plainlogic

4 жыл бұрын

The Brits don't lose their minds when the hear good music.

@timesthree5757

3 жыл бұрын

She has the soul of a southern belle.

Such a fantastic performance of this tune

Saw them in Louisville ky. Their talent is mind blowing

Oh my gosh this music is amazing I'm in love with his voice❤️❤️

When we rid this world of the devil and his madness: I would love to go back to pure music such as this.

This might be the best song I've ever heard. So simple, but catchy ! Rock me momma!!!

I love this song. It's good to play on whatever I'm playing

I really hate it when the songs are cut short before they're finished.

@MisfitPunish3r

8 жыл бұрын

ikr

@therealrictuar

8 жыл бұрын

+Humpy god dammit

@wworps

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y5uMk6eJZtCtXag.html ENTIRE SONG PLAYS

@joechojnacki2007

5 жыл бұрын

I really hate when sentences are cut short before they’re

@MrEss-ld3sw

4 жыл бұрын

sounds like you have a touch of Obsessive Compulsive Disor-

this version is awesome!!! so raw & homegrown... just like how country should be

OCMS has been huge in my area for 20yrs. Never could figure out why they didn’t make it much bigger than they did. Their version is by far the BEST! (But I was born in the Cumberland Gap and moved to JC, TN…so, there’s that..). And this live Opry rendition is impressive!

wonderful...

ALWAYS a GREAT song, I can not get enough of this song, I am trying to learn to play guitar, and this is the song I want to play. Keep up the great work guys

@fireman372003

10 жыл бұрын

I know the chords just having a hard time strumming

@superduperkoolman123

10 жыл бұрын

fireman372003 you could also play a,e,f minor, d. thats the key old crow plays it in i think, and I know darius definatley plays it that way.

@TArthur1969

10 жыл бұрын

fireman372003 Capo it up one fret.

@fireman372003

10 жыл бұрын

I have the capo on the second fret, the problem is with the strumming, I cant seem to get that down

@superduperkoolman123

10 жыл бұрын

fireman372003 maybe you're trying too hard or thinking too much, just try to go with the flow of the music.

Saw them live in London about two weeks ago. Hands down the best performers I've ever seen. Shame old willie ain't in it any more though!

I just love this song. Good thing, it plays over and over in my head.

still gets to me! don't matter when or where. this is country.

Such a great live version, thank you salvaging this gem!

"We took our name from a medicine show - from minstrelsy. That’s an entertainment form that predates vaudeville [and] that sort of swept the American South and many other environs across America starting up at the Civil War." -Ketch Secor

This is my favorite version of this great song. Pre talent.

I just love these kids! So good!

My favorite version of this song. Rucker did a good job with it also. I enjoy both versions but these guys, (OCMS) deserve respect and that opening fiddle riff, ,,,I've never heard this version,,,,,, dang. I can't get it outa my head.

@whydoineedahandle269

7 жыл бұрын

The Darius Rucker version is garbage. I really enjoyed this video except for the abrupt ending. It's funny these brits don't know what to do - dance or just stare.

@joedorer8867

7 жыл бұрын

well the fiddle player did write it.... taken from some unfinished dylan lyrics

@tordidriksen

7 жыл бұрын

Have you heard Mumford & Sons version? My personal favorite.

@rossannand5340

7 жыл бұрын

Tor Didriksen it's taken from the unfinished Dylan song called Rock Me Mama which is on the bootlegs album. ketch Secor is the fiddle player who added the lyrics to the verses along with Critter Fuqua (who isn't in this video as Gill Landry is stepping in for him on banjo) so many people have covered this, but like most songs the original is by far the best.

@codypeninger8256

7 жыл бұрын

Logan Edwards these guys wrote this song and eventually let rutcker run with it.

Chance's vocal harmony on this version kills me :'~)

This is every travelers' song. i can remember mumbling this hitching for a ride in California... Miss those days. I think of rambling like that again every once in a while.

Dangit! Wish it was the whole song... so in love with this song, have been for 6-7 years now. I'm glad these guys are finally getting some recognition, they deserve it! Even if it took Darius to help.