Unlikely fiddler becomes one of the most accomplished players of his generation
Michael Cleveland was born blind and mostly deaf, but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the most accomplished fiddle players of his generation.
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Michael is best known for his fiddle playing but he is equally as good at playing a mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Crazy talented.
@marcdewey1242
8 ай бұрын
Roy Clark was also a gifted musician who could play any string instrument.
Fiddling is an international art form criminally overlooked, undervalued, and misunderstood. As a life long fiddler, it is very gratifying when one of our own is given recognition outside of the immediate fiddle family.
@chromemox3319
8 ай бұрын
Kentucky bluegrass elevated the violin to its true form: the fiddle.
@Vicos
7 ай бұрын
"criminally overlooked, undervalued, and misunderstood" That's news to me.
@joyoffiddling
6 ай бұрын
@@Vicos However much love Michael gets from the fiddle and Bluegrass crowd, he deserves more. Especially, from the music world outside of our particular niche.
Mandolin, fiddle, and banjo are the Holy Trinity of mountain music. And Michael Cleveland is a TITAN of the fiddle!!
Michael is absolutely one of the best if not the best player of our time. He can absolutely burn the strings up and play faster than you can possibly imagine, all with those disabilities. When he was a young kid he said he doesn’t see them as disabilities, but he can make do with what he has !! Amazing man !!!
Hands down the best fiddle player ever to live, and one of the greatest musicians of all time, thank you Michael.
We just got back from the Earl Scruggs Bluegrass Festival in Tryon NC where we saw Michael Cleveland play. Un-freaking-believable how good this guy is. It is truly amazing to see and hear him play fiddle! Seek him out to see for yourself!
He was so loved. It shows what the love of his family did for him. His talent was his gift and they saw he was allowed to use it.
@retroblue69696
7 ай бұрын
hes not dead
Thank you for the interview and report. Awhile back I put on all the KZread videos I could find of Michael's work. It is nice to see his name on MSNBC. 🤠
@mountaintyme2000
7 ай бұрын
And Sierra Ferrell over on Jimmy Kimmel's show this evening. Speaks volumes for roots and bluegrass music.
Not just the best of this generation, but the best ever!
Congratulations, Michael!!!! I remember you learning from Randy Howard at the fiddle contests. He’d be proud of you!!
Im not crying. You are!
Michael Cleveland is a living legend, probably one of the best players alive right now, if not ever!
An excellent piece of reporting, thank you.
When i grow up someday i want to be like Michael, this fella is as cool as they come,beyond inspiring.
BEAUTIFUL, JUST SO HEART WARMING...THANK YOU FOR STARTING MY DAY, IN A GOOD WAY!!!!
This is a gifted 🙏 and a blessed child keep up your good work 👍
Michael absolutely deserve this success ....
really awesome story... thanks for sharing...
Unlikely fiddler says the unlikely journalist.
I saw him play. The horsehairs on his bow were shredded by the end of the concert. Someone had to lead him into the stage. But after that he was a genius.
@billrodriguez3399
Жыл бұрын
FJB and ALL democrat nazis
@joysleftnut
Жыл бұрын
I hope all this fake appreciation helps you sleep at night.
@dianemcintyre4931
Жыл бұрын
You go kid
@McLKeith
Жыл бұрын
You've had this account for one day. How many times have you been kicked off KZread?
Thank yall so much for posting this.
He is so inspirational... probably the most inspirational musician next to Chopin to me!
Check out Michael's shows playing for Billy Strings... he's incredible! Always makes it better when he's in the lineup.
About time this genius is being recognized beyond the fans of bluegrass.
What an amazing human. This guy is one of my favorite people . If you javent listebed to any of his interviews, do it.
What a lovely story!
@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
Жыл бұрын
RAY CHARLES WAS BETTER !!!...👈😁
@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
Жыл бұрын
SO WAS JEFF HEALEY...👈😁👍
@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
Жыл бұрын
STEVIE WONDER, 👈😁 TOOOO !!!...
@ruthdepew7212
Жыл бұрын
@@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 I can feel your hate. May you eventually recover.
@mookins45
Жыл бұрын
@@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 bot
Cleveland is brilliant.❤❤🩹💥💯🧡💯💫
He's a great musician!
Love the videos I have seen on you tube with Michael and Billy Strings
Such a gifted fiddler 🎻♥️
Se lo merece ❤❤❤❤
God bless you Sir !!! 🙏
I want to see this guy crush it with Billy Strings.
Why call him unlikely? I get that he deals with blindness and has limited hearing but no he is not “unlikely” he is a gifted and bard working musician.
Bluegrass rules! I have listened to it all my life. I've seen Cleavland live. He's the real thing.
Does he own a fiddle of gold he got from beating the Devil in a duel?
He's on fire
Nice. Inspirational
Amazing talent, but that's nothing without the hard work.
The best fiddle player this side of Mark O’Connor!
Excellent reporting and well deserved. LOVE!
Wait to you hear Michael play guitar or mandolin... a true "string wizard."
A-Team fiddler Michael is in the Premier League of musicians. Ask any of them.
Hes not just a decent fiddle player this man is a legend.
I dont think they'd be surprised.. they loved ya mikey
Perfection.
Reminds me of Jeff Healey ❤
Dang he’s won a Grammy
Thought that was Nathan from Southpark.
Why unlikely?
@irishfiddlestix
9 ай бұрын
He's not just blind and deaf, he was diagnosed with a neurological disorder as a child that's supposed to affect the way the left and right side of his body communicates. Essentially he wasn't supposed to be able to coordinate what his left and right side was doing. That being coupled with being blind and deaf would have prevented probably anybody else from achieving this level the musicianship.
Same can be said about Bill Cosby.
@justdoinmything
Жыл бұрын
Bruh
@billrodriguez3399
Жыл бұрын
FJB and ALL democrat nazis
News is so despicable...
I reckon.
Yes, but does he hate Trump?
MC might be better than Stuart Duncan, Mark O’Connor or Kenny Baker Amazing talent.
@mountaintyme2000
7 ай бұрын
Better? Comparable. First time I encountered Michael was in the 1990s jamming with Art Stamper at Bean Blossom, Indiana, at Bill Monroe's festival. I think he was around nine or ten at the time.
🥰🥰🥰
The sad thing is most americans would abort such a gift from our Lord
boys and girls. how puerile. give me a break. Michael Cleveland deserves a better intro.
is this the kid in that movie Diverance
Ray Charles was better..👈😁
If he's on msnbc...wldnt he be a unknown diddler?
This guy LOVES TRUMP, you can tell in his playing...👈😁.. 🇺🇸...
@justdoinmything
Жыл бұрын
Because he's good?
@erichnussbaum
Жыл бұрын
"Loves Trump"? Americans have a strange taste! ;-)
@thebilboshow168
Жыл бұрын
@@erichnussbaum how is it strange to want a better president?
@joysleftnut
Жыл бұрын
@@erichnussbaum keep fighting for your sith empire or a brave new world or whatever. I hope you end up in the dirt.
@dianemcintyre4931
Жыл бұрын
The brother just had to much orange koolaid 🤕
“I was diagnosed with having a….anyway…they had to take the top of my head off to see if I had a brain.”- Joe Biden, 03/06/23
@dianemcintyre4931
Жыл бұрын
4979 what you talking about give the kid a blessing get off our present boy
@dianemcintyre4931
Жыл бұрын
Cheep shot go drink drink some more orange SLIME your 🪝 ed
RAY CHARLES WAS BETTER !!!..👈😁
@yvonneplant9434
Жыл бұрын
He played mostly piano. Surprised you even know who Ray Charles was.
@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
Жыл бұрын
@@yvonneplant9434 SO WAS JEFF HEALEY...👈😁👍
@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
Жыл бұрын
@@yvonneplant9434 STEVIE WONDER KILLS THIS DUDE, AND HE'S BLAAAACK !!!...👈😁👍
Poor child being tortured like that.
@fiddler1861
Жыл бұрын
Michael plays at a lot of the bluegrass events we attend. I have met him backstage. As a fellow fiddler, he just blows me away with his techniques and style. He really is amazing, they didn't show much of his technical fiddling.
@kylewood4852
7 ай бұрын
Projecting much?
JEFF HEALY WAS BETTER !!!...👈😁
FJB and the Jan 6 Big Lie
Tucker Carlson was right about the Jan 6 Big Lie
@thebilboshow168
Жыл бұрын
@Ερμής Τρισμέγιστος The video shows that the Democrats have been lying this entire time. There's nothing to spin, the truth has been revealed.
@yvonneplant9434
Жыл бұрын
The entire world spent hours was watching it on the day it occurred, 1/6/21.
@billrodriguez3399
Жыл бұрын
@Ερμής Τρισμέγιστος classic non American democrat funded fake unfed bot
But is he vaccinated and more importantly, 4x boosted? 😆🤡
@fiddler1861
Жыл бұрын
Yes, he was,.
Ruhle is on powerful mood-altering drugs ... very disturbing
@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
Жыл бұрын
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!...👈🤣👍