Currently 01:09, just in from work and racking out for the night. This is a fine old tune to end a day on :) excellent! Nicely done. Thanks for sharing 👍

This amazing girl is actually 173 years old. She's channeling a sound from when the continent was young.

Celebrated Thanksgiving the other day. Sitting out in the sun, dogs all around. Nephew just got out of the hospital after a long stay and all of my siblings were there for the first time in years. And I had your music playing. We all just sat and listened. So today, among other things, I am thankful for the music you make.

Just watched you grow up in five minutes of watching your videos for the first time... Neet. Thanks for sharing.

West Coast born, Hawaii raised, 2nd-generation Asian-American man. If the rest of my family could see me now, unironically enjoying this.

@matthewlawton9241

Ай бұрын

Not very different from a shamisen or a qinqin. Tons of cultures have instruments that make these kinds of sound.

Moonshine and the fear of the lord is the only thing stronger than this.

She keeps changing the tune with subtle variations and changes in technique - masterful banjo playing. Beautiful to watch and listen to ...

@jackcommonman1381

Жыл бұрын

yes, same thing i thought as well

Swedish lad here and I just caaan't get enough of this kinda banjo picking, can listen to it for ages it is just so comforting to me 😊

Love the music and the Elvis calendar.

Oh I want to play just like that! Played guitar for years but just picked up 5 string banjo and bingo! Found this gem! Seems like a perfect example of how to keep the right hand flowing and in the pocket. Thanks for taking the time to video and upload that! 👍🙏😎🫵🪨

Love the rhythmic mix-up at 2:46. Never been to the appalachias, but somehow this takes me there. 🙂

Love your work Phoebe ❤ Perth West Australia

I could listen for hours

No sure how the algorithm came across this, but I’m glad it did. Best video I’ve stumbled upon.

I've only been watching your videos a short time, but I can see how far you've come in the last year and a half in terms of your personality on camera. You're much more relaxed now than in this video. Good job!

Just can't beat great folk music.

As an european I find this kind of music strange mezmerising meditative pure and blue. It comes from another world , very inspiring.

@deleted_why

8 ай бұрын

Yes! Directly... it comes from scotch-irish settlers in Appalachia (the eastern north american mountain ridge). Distantly... the banjo comes from Africa🤷🏼

@ometec

7 ай бұрын

Ever hear bagpipes? That's the same point of origin for this music. 50 years ago I used to go listen to Irish folk singers in Germany because the sound reminded me of bluegrass back home in the USA.

@mergenocide

5 ай бұрын

​@@deleted_whynot really distantly, the banjos descendant came from Africa by way of imported slaves in the 18th century, at the same time the first banjo players, who were black, were being depicted and discussed. Scots-irish settlers in the South and the Appalachians introduced the fiddle, which along with the banjo joined to make Old Time and Bluegrass. It was the inherent mixture of both which created this beautiful music.

Very, very nice young lady. Glad you're rooted in your music and you so gracefully share it. Believe me it's like bread for the journey. Thank You.

That's some fine playing, Phoebe. You're a helluva gal.

Good pickin, your personality and facial expressions are unique.

❤️ Sounds as sweet as sugar! ❤️

This randomly got recommended to me by KZread and I’m glad it did 😊

Damn. Very good.!Thank you for your beautiful banjo music.Keep it going.

your whole vibe is immaculate. the talent, the sweater, the hat, the reptile(?) shelf, the elvis calendar. perfection.

Phoebe,sound good ,yo ! Sugar hill is were I live ,sugar hill state Forrest ,new York!

That was one of the most soothing and well played clawhammer songs I've heard

@andrewowen3181

Жыл бұрын

I second that!

@lankydoug

Жыл бұрын

The lyrics to this song aren't as peaceful lol. If you wanna get your eye knocked out, If you want to get your fill If you want to get your head cut off, go up to Sugar Hill

@hzubovi1

Жыл бұрын

Deserves a higher quality audio recording fore sure

@paddynelson3586

Жыл бұрын

Like... With these delicate replies... Hard to explain. Maybe you'll get what I mean. Like talking to herself.

@shereemitch

Жыл бұрын

Not one sour note.

This is a real treat for the ears. Thank you. So well played.

I could listen to that all day. I use to play a little claw hammer..you make want to get back into it thanks for posting this.

I could listen to this forever.

Delightful whimsy is the best way to describe this

The Elvis calendar is a nice touch

Замечательная песня и очень интересные вариации у тебя!❤

You're incredible lass! Sounding beautiful

Melody of the Thanksgiving holiday 🦃

Brilliant. Thanks from Scotland.

Thanks for that. Who knew I would find the coolest banjo player on youtube today. Crackerjack stuff girl so don't be apologising for rough around the edges, not everything has to be locked down tight. I love the sound and I love the look. Don't change a thing I'm happy to enjoy it just as it is.

Sweet, now where's my banjo i need to along with you, magical

Каким-то чудом вы всплыли в рекомендациях, и я безумно этому рад (как и любому "живому" , настоящему) человеку. Приятно увидеть нотки реальной Америки, а не голливудский пафосный глянец. И на вас смотреть приятно, как будто рядом с другом сидишь и слушаешь. By some miracle you popped up in the references, and I'm insanely happy about that (as I am about any "alive", real person). It's nice to see a touch of real America, rather than Hollywood gloss. And it's nice to look at you, as if you were sitting next to a friend and listening.

Greetings from Germany. I enjoy your music. ❤

I really enjoyed this! Thank You so much!

Lovely both the young lady and the music she is playing, she plays well

awesome,...what a wonderful sound !!! Thank You !!! I needed this..................

I feel lonesome.and she plays so great.

this video inspired me to get my own banjo so thank you

Oh, you let your banjo speak, and you speak through it, and you speak to it...excellent!!!!!

That was one of the most beautiful string songs I've ever heard. Can't get enough of those sunny, rolling songs like this.

I desperately wish I was half as talented as you. Banjo is way harder than it looks.

Playing so clean you could eat off it, this is absolutely amazing. I've tried off and on for YEARS to get my clawhammer anywhere close to presentable but it's so much harder than you'd think.

Well, I guess this channel is about to be blessed by the algorithm... It's a pretty good thing!

She looks like Bonnie Parker with that hat! ❤

She makes it look effortless. This is real talent.

Sugar Hill. It’s a bit rough??? I am in awe of your playing. At 58 I have just bought my first banjo and am struggling to play even a most basic claw hammer.

Never heard of claw hammer as a musical style till now. It's pretty good.

Appreciate your daily dose!

nothing like a good banjo to soothe your nerves and to get yourself to appreciate things again. Nature is good, even if shit brings you down, nature is there.

got this on repeat while im making breakfast

Sweet song...sweet playing! Miss Phoebe you seem like such a wonderful person!

Clear, mood-boosting too!

It sounds beautiful. Watching and listening to this made me realize I need to learn drop thumb and integrate it into my playing ASAP. It also comforted me since I now know I'm not the only one who tenses my jaw back and forth when I'm focused on playing 😂

God damn them slides are perfect.

Something about this music stirs something deep!

Nice technique... I in particularly like the rake strum you have there.

Thanks for another great Claw Hammer Banjo tune! There's just something about the sound of an Open Back Banjo played Claw Hammer style!!

Ur doing great. Maybe I’ll see you at Mt. Airy, NC soon.

Absolutely remarkable! You have a masterful command of that instrument young lady. Love the smile of self satisfaction at the end! Perfect. Without a doubt the best four minutes on KZread.

Sure missing my childhood suddenly. Damn those were the times! Early 80's bluegrass festivals in Anchorage Alaska. ❤

Thanks for the tune Phoebe!

That was like getting an annoying itch in the centre of my brain pleasantly scratched.

you are indeed the coolest dang KZreadr ever lol 🙃 the war helmet 🪖 in ur other posts made my day lmao…. ur like the real life version of Ellie from UP and to quote her “you’re weird, I like you” also also ur pretty sweet at banjo 🪕

Lovely playing and a great wee tune.

Thank you very much. Keep it up. Love the pick, thumb and strum. You got it down. Now smile:)

Just subscibed in the first 10 seconds. Hello from Tuxedo NC. I met Frank Proffitt 50 years ago and learned my first clawhammer lick.

Sooths the soul…. Thank you!

Your eyes and facial expressions capture the art of playing the banjo. It's just something you feel. Diggin' it

Absolutely lovely. And I love that it's 4 minutes long. Thank you so much young lady.

Beautiful

My kids and I have your music downloaded and love listening to it mixed into our playlist daily. Beautiful,

I keep coming back to this…

Wow .! What words would do justice in describing how beautiful this person pick....

This little lady is so talented and absolutely adorable ❤

Cool and smooth, nice banjo and strap

seeing you in France . i love what you are playing❤🤘👍

That was mesmerising!! Thanks!

😅 good sweet melody love the music and lots of money follow your dreams live long and prosper as MR.SPOCK SAID ON STAR TREK and I say the same king arthur chuck on youtube. Thanks miss phoebe. 🎉

Love the sweater. The banjo-playing is masterfull too. But dang that sweater.

Grandpa Jones would be so very proud.

I'd never heard Sugar Hill until this here and I loved it as it struck me as sort of pensive, lonesome and woeful. I searched for some other bluegrass takes and I found I preferred your playing of it. I guess it's just that solo banjo and the tempo at which you play as it lends a thought to dark rivers and smoky mountains. You play it lovely. The lyrics to this song really struck me as well: If you wanna get your eye knocked out, if you wanna get your fill If you wanna get your head cut off, just go to Sugar Hill Ten cents in my pocketbook, can't you hear it jingle I'm gonna court them pretty girls as long as I am single Yea, red bird on the mountaintop and blue bird on the ground Jay bird in that sugar tree shaking that sugar down Yonder come that gal of mine, how do you think I know? I can tell her by her Shoe Fly dress, it comes from Sugar store Well grab your banjo off the wall, and get your fiddle, Bill Hitch your horses to the sleigh, we're going to Sugar Hill If you wanna get your eye knocked out, if you wanna get your fill If you wanna get your head cut off, just go to Sugar Hill

@zachb8012

Жыл бұрын

Oh, boy. I put too much effort into writing this comment explaining why these styles are so different, but thanks for posting the lyrics. Here goes... The Skruggs style of picking fills a different niche than, "old time" banjo. Typically the rest of a bluegrass band is playing in a 1/4 and 1/8 note space. The percussive nature of picking on a banjo is about the only instrument that can punch a note above the din of a fiddle, and the roll puts it into an otherwise consistently unoccupied 1/16th. One of those speaking childrens' toys might say, "the bluegrass banjo says tick-a-ta tick-a-ta tick-a-ta" but, "the claw hammer banjo says bum-chicka bum-chicka." In a full string band the banjo can occupy a role somewhere between a bass and a drummer. It's extremely important to the sound of the genre but when it comes to the lead, it'll always play second-fiddle to... well... the fiddle. Many of these truly old time tunes were meant to be played with an overhand style and accompanied by a fiddle. There are good reasons most tunes only consist of two parts, and it's not because people didn't know how to write a bridge or verse. I would imagine it's practical to remember and teach, but more importantly the two musicians would trade playing the melody with backing the other and singing, that hammered re-entrant drone keeping time. That variance is enough to keep the song interesting.

@jasonuerkvitz3756

Жыл бұрын

@@zachb8012 Nice. Thanks for the breakdown.

@dereknolin5986

Жыл бұрын

@@poboy8490 Most of clawhammer banjo has this same sort of feel; check it out. You might be more familiar with the Scruggs style heard in Bluegrass music, whereas this style is used more in what they call "Old Time" or sometimes mountain music.

@bevfitzsimmonds3382

7 ай бұрын

​@@zachb8012thanks for that... a good explanation. 🙂👍🪕

@jojojo8835

5 ай бұрын

Is that the same place as in ‘blue Monday up on Sugar Hill’? Or is it just slang for red-light districts generally?

Could listen to you play forever! You should do a cd of bluegrass standards, stand alone pickin'...

Nice! I enjoyed listening to that.

I wish I could like this twice

Loved all the variations. Masterful and beatiful!

that's a weird balalaika you got there, lady

😀thank you for liking my comment! I feel blessed 😀🎶🎶 what beautiful music you play♥️ GOSH! Listening to this just makes me smile

THAT is how it’s done kids! Love the hat! Seems totally appropriate. Beautiful playing by a beautiful girl.

Gorgeous! I wish my daughter had stuck with banjo.

Takes me back 80 some years to when dad used to sit on the porch in the evening and play.

Magnificent! My friend!

Elvis is behind her !

Very much enjoyed that little diddy. Thank you much for sharing.

Wenn du mal in die Gegend um Coburg kommen solltest würde ich mich freuen wenn du mal vorbei kommst. Du hast immer eine Mahlzeit und eine Übernachtung gut.weiter so. Gruß Daniel H