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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  • @whatalifewhataprice5261
    @whatalifewhataprice526110 ай бұрын

    Michael is best known for his fiddle playing but he is equally as good at playing a mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Crazy talented.

  • @marcdewey1242

    @marcdewey1242

    8 ай бұрын

    Roy Clark was also a gifted musician who could play any string instrument.

  • @joyoffiddling
    @joyoffiddling Жыл бұрын

    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

    @chromemox3319

    8 ай бұрын

    Kentucky bluegrass elevated the violin to its true form: the fiddle.

  • @Vicos

    @Vicos

    7 ай бұрын

    "criminally overlooked, undervalued, and misunderstood" That's news to me.

  • @joyoffiddling

    @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.

  • @grumblekin
    @grumblekin Жыл бұрын

    Mandolin, fiddle, and banjo are the Holy Trinity of mountain music. And Michael Cleveland is a TITAN of the fiddle!!

  • @andrewhaas422
    @andrewhaas422 Жыл бұрын

    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 !!!

  • @justinlambert2447
    @justinlambert2447Ай бұрын

    Hands down the best fiddle player ever to live, and one of the greatest musicians of all time, thank you Michael.

  • @animalkingdom137
    @animalkingdom13711 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @carolynmeinung1286
    @carolynmeinung1286 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @retroblue69696

    7 ай бұрын

    hes not dead

  • @SkyeRangerNick
    @SkyeRangerNick Жыл бұрын

    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

    @mountaintyme2000

    7 ай бұрын

    And Sierra Ferrell over on Jimmy Kimmel's show this evening. Speaks volumes for roots and bluegrass music.

  • @mandograssable
    @mandograssable Жыл бұрын

    Not just the best of this generation, but the best ever!

  • @kathychiavola6641
    @kathychiavola6641 Жыл бұрын

    Congratulations, Michael!!!! I remember you learning from Randy Howard at the fiddle contests. He’d be proud of you!!

  • @robertnobles8189
    @robertnobles8189 Жыл бұрын

    Im not crying. You are!

  • @ZenZill
    @ZenZill6 ай бұрын

    Michael Cleveland is a living legend, probably one of the best players alive right now, if not ever!

  • @caroleekeith2823
    @caroleekeith2823 Жыл бұрын

    An excellent piece of reporting, thank you.

  • @rustygoldfanatic8830
    @rustygoldfanatic88308 ай бұрын

    When i grow up someday i want to be like Michael, this fella is as cool as they come,beyond inspiring.

  • @user-lu5gh9ly2m
    @user-lu5gh9ly2m8 ай бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL, JUST SO HEART WARMING...THANK YOU FOR STARTING MY DAY, IN A GOOD WAY!!!!

  • @dianemcintyre4931
    @dianemcintyre4931 Жыл бұрын

    This is a gifted 🙏 and a blessed child keep up your good work 👍

  • @umbertocapasso67
    @umbertocapasso675 ай бұрын

    Michael absolutely deserve this success ....

  • @laurencrouse2418
    @laurencrouse2418 Жыл бұрын

    really awesome story... thanks for sharing...

  • @jp_ministries8354
    @jp_ministries835410 ай бұрын

    Unlikely fiddler says the unlikely journalist.

  • @McLKeith
    @McLKeith Жыл бұрын

    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

    @billrodriguez3399

    Жыл бұрын

    FJB and ALL democrat nazis

  • @joysleftnut

    @joysleftnut

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope all this fake appreciation helps you sleep at night.

  • @dianemcintyre4931

    @dianemcintyre4931

    Жыл бұрын

    You go kid

  • @McLKeith

    @McLKeith

    Жыл бұрын

    You've had this account for one day. How many times have you been kicked off KZread?

  • @rylandedwards8469
    @rylandedwards84696 ай бұрын

    Thank yall so much for posting this.

  • @beatlessteve1010
    @beatlessteve101011 ай бұрын

    He is so inspirational... probably the most inspirational musician next to Chopin to me!

  • @robertjohnson1681
    @robertjohnson1681 Жыл бұрын

    Check out Michael's shows playing for Billy Strings... he's incredible! Always makes it better when he's in the lineup.

  • @roberthelms1737
    @roberthelms173710 ай бұрын

    About time this genius is being recognized beyond the fans of bluegrass.

  • @derrickforeal
    @derrickforeal8 ай бұрын

    What an amazing human. This guy is one of my favorite people . If you javent listebed to any of his interviews, do it.

  • @meghan42
    @meghan42 Жыл бұрын

    What a lovely story!

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    Жыл бұрын

    RAY CHARLES WAS BETTER !!!...👈😁

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    Жыл бұрын

    SO WAS JEFF HEALEY...👈😁👍

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    Жыл бұрын

    STEVIE WONDER, 👈😁 TOOOO !!!...

  • @ruthdepew7212

    @ruthdepew7212

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 I can feel your hate. May you eventually recover.

  • @mookins45

    @mookins45

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 bot

  • @christino9405
    @christino94055 ай бұрын

    Cleveland is brilliant.❤❤‍🩹💥💯🧡💯💫

  • @philiprose7942
    @philiprose79427 ай бұрын

    He's a great musician!

  • @randyelliott9152
    @randyelliott91527 ай бұрын

    Love the videos I have seen on you tube with Michael and Billy Strings

  • @Jennifer_Laz
    @Jennifer_Laz Жыл бұрын

    Such a gifted fiddler 🎻♥️

  • @aingeru11
    @aingeru11Ай бұрын

    Se lo merece ❤❤❤❤

  • @rogerkilby4303
    @rogerkilby4303 Жыл бұрын

    God bless you Sir !!! 🙏

  • @michaelklepacz
    @michaelklepacz7 ай бұрын

    I want to see this guy crush it with Billy Strings.

  • @Ridendrty
    @Ridendrty2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @craigthompson3739
    @craigthompson37394 ай бұрын

    Bluegrass rules! I have listened to it all my life. I've seen Cleavland live. He's the real thing.

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 Жыл бұрын

    Does he own a fiddle of gold he got from beating the Devil in a duel?

  • @ericolsen67vw
    @ericolsen67vw5 ай бұрын

    He's on fire

  • @timothyconrad643
    @timothyconrad64311 ай бұрын

    Nice. Inspirational

  • @ohedd
    @ohedd6 ай бұрын

    Amazing talent, but that's nothing without the hard work.

  • @randallkey6302
    @randallkey6302 Жыл бұрын

    The best fiddle player this side of Mark O’Connor!

  • @mandomtn1962
    @mandomtn1962 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent reporting and well deserved. LOVE!

  • @BlueBassBoss
    @BlueBassBoss Жыл бұрын

    Wait to you hear Michael play guitar or mandolin... a true "string wizard."

  • @BenAdam-om2hr
    @BenAdam-om2hr4 ай бұрын

    A-Team fiddler Michael is in the Premier League of musicians. Ask any of them.

  • @citizenplane5840
    @citizenplane58408 ай бұрын

    Hes not just a decent fiddle player this man is a legend.

  • @itsjustapodcast
    @itsjustapodcast8 ай бұрын

    I dont think they'd be surprised.. they loved ya mikey

  • @ApplECartHoBo-gz9so
    @ApplECartHoBo-gz9so8 ай бұрын

    Perfection.

  • @rodent88
    @rodent888 ай бұрын

    Reminds me of Jeff Healey ❤

  • @whitneypay515
    @whitneypay5158 ай бұрын

    Dang he’s won a Grammy

  • @Pilotpaulie
    @Pilotpaulie Жыл бұрын

    Thought that was Nathan from Southpark.

  • @jasonleal5093
    @jasonleal509310 ай бұрын

    Why unlikely?

  • @irishfiddlestix

    @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.

  • @mn-ru4li
    @mn-ru4li Жыл бұрын

    Same can be said about Bill Cosby.

  • @justdoinmything

    @justdoinmything

    Жыл бұрын

    Bruh

  • @billrodriguez3399

    @billrodriguez3399

    Жыл бұрын

    FJB and ALL democrat nazis

  • @cloud4579
    @cloud45797 ай бұрын

    News is so despicable...

  • @mr.winkie
    @mr.winkie Жыл бұрын

    I reckon.

  • @richardgray8593
    @richardgray85934 ай бұрын

    Yes, but does he hate Trump?

  • @austenrobinson2747
    @austenrobinson27478 ай бұрын

    MC might be better than Stuart Duncan, Mark O’Connor or Kenny Baker Amazing talent.

  • @mountaintyme2000

    @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.

  • @kathrinekerns8398
    @kathrinekerns8398 Жыл бұрын

    🥰🥰🥰

  • @kurtn652
    @kurtn6527 ай бұрын

    The sad thing is most americans would abort such a gift from our Lord

  • @oxycocus
    @oxycocus11 ай бұрын

    boys and girls. how puerile. give me a break. Michael Cleveland deserves a better intro.

  • @copyprint-fz2hb
    @copyprint-fz2hb Жыл бұрын

    is this the kid in that movie Diverance

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 Жыл бұрын

    Ray Charles was better..👈😁

  • @anewleaf6847
    @anewleaf6847 Жыл бұрын

    If he's on msnbc...wldnt he be a unknown diddler?

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 Жыл бұрын

    This guy LOVES TRUMP, you can tell in his playing...👈😁.. 🇺🇸...

  • @justdoinmything

    @justdoinmything

    Жыл бұрын

    Because he's good?

  • @erichnussbaum

    @erichnussbaum

    Жыл бұрын

    "Loves Trump"? Americans have a strange taste! ;-)

  • @thebilboshow168

    @thebilboshow168

    Жыл бұрын

    @@erichnussbaum how is it strange to want a better president?

  • @joysleftnut

    @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

    @dianemcintyre4931

    Жыл бұрын

    The brother just had to much orange koolaid 🤕

  • @douglasreagan4979
    @douglasreagan4979 Жыл бұрын

    “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

    @dianemcintyre4931

    Жыл бұрын

    4979 what you talking about give the kid a blessing get off our present boy

  • @dianemcintyre4931

    @dianemcintyre4931

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheep shot go drink drink some more orange SLIME your 🪝 ed

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 Жыл бұрын

    RAY CHARLES WAS BETTER !!!..👈😁

  • @yvonneplant9434

    @yvonneplant9434

    Жыл бұрын

    He played mostly piano. Surprised you even know who Ray Charles was.

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yvonneplant9434 SO WAS JEFF HEALEY...👈😁👍

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yvonneplant9434 STEVIE WONDER KILLS THIS DUDE, AND HE'S BLAAAACK !!!...👈😁👍

  • @lynnrunningdeer7364
    @lynnrunningdeer7364 Жыл бұрын

    Poor child being tortured like that.

  • @fiddler1861

    @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

    @kylewood4852

    7 ай бұрын

    Projecting much?

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592
    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 Жыл бұрын

    JEFF HEALY WAS BETTER !!!...👈😁

  • @billrodriguez3399
    @billrodriguez3399 Жыл бұрын

    FJB and the Jan 6 Big Lie

  • @billrodriguez3399
    @billrodriguez3399 Жыл бұрын

    Tucker Carlson was right about the Jan 6 Big Lie

  • @thebilboshow168

    @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

    @yvonneplant9434

    Жыл бұрын

    The entire world spent hours was watching it on the day it occurred, 1/6/21.

  • @billrodriguez3399

    @billrodriguez3399

    Жыл бұрын

    @Ερμής Τρισμέγιστος classic non American democrat funded fake unfed bot

  • @josephjones825
    @josephjones825 Жыл бұрын

    But is he vaccinated and more importantly, 4x boosted? 😆🤡

  • @fiddler1861

    @fiddler1861

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, he was,.

  • @josephjones825
    @josephjones825 Жыл бұрын

    Ruhle is on powerful mood-altering drugs ... very disturbing

  • @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    @ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592

    Жыл бұрын

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!...👈🤣👍