Amazing Grace on Dulcimer by NC hillbillies

By James Cagle and Eric Hurley.
James Cagle made his dulcimer for his school project.

[@Ashfire10]

This is my dad and brother. They were in a talent show that day and everyones shoes were flying off. My dad and Jamie came dad said "dont have to worry about being hit with shoes for now" because they had no shoes on. It was funny.

[@georgealexander8661]

Sierra Hurley...You are SO FORTUNATE to have such talented a father and brother! Are you maybe hiding your own light under a bushel? 🎵🌹🌹❤❤ Bye the bye..the shoe business WAS funny!

[@papa_squat]

The mountain dulcimer has been called a bagpipe with strings :D

[@m.shields1270]

I see that as a complement!

[@alb2961]

The cricket and frog sounds in the night are so classic. Love all of it. ! Beautiful cultural experience. (from California)

[@wjhall307]

I love the way you changed from picking and finger dancing to noter and drone in middle of tune

[@erica.hurley8270]

Thank you to those who enjoyed the video. It was a lot of fun. To give you a little insight on how this happened. My son was asked to interview person who practiced a heritage skill. (If you don't know what that is grab a Foxfire book and read it) I have been woodworking all my life and playing the dulcimer along the way. James picked me to interview and write his story. During the project he tells me that he is to learn more about the trade by building something.

[@mckenziewalker3718]

Eric A. Hurley his need hive out been

[@jakewollin6262]

Being part of the community, it should occur to you that the mountain people do not need help from you to diminsih the pride and culture of the entire community of glorious Hillbillies.

[@ultranoodles]

There's a lot of love in this video. Love Foxfire.

[@WillBravoNotEvil]

Jake wollin Are you the spokesman / spokesperson / spokesbillie?

[@timtherrien7843]

Been playing dulcimer for 30 years. Self-taught. I love hear fellow players doing this instrument justice.

[@Firewalker688]

I think it is cool.......I just got a dulcimer this weekend and I really like the sound of it. The drone string reminds me a little of the sound of bag pipes. Very well done guys. Thanks for posting.

[@mckenziewalker3718]

Firewalker

[@DRLIT]

Exactly! The treble string has the melody and the other two drone, like a bagpipe. Many play it with full chords and finger picking also.

[@Liontamer5555]

i almost bailed because of the hokey beginning! i'm so glad i didn't. i still have goosebumps. ya'll rock! thank you!

[@rmcdaniel423]

It's nice to see they dressed up for the occasion by wearing ties!

[@leahjordana9177]

Love hearing "old" instruments still being played. Unique sound and skill. Thank you!

[@WendyCoonsKarrasch]

Thank you! I learned to play Amazing Grace by watching your video over and over. My version is called "Amazing Grace with feather pick/cat toy" and I am MacyJayne100 on KZbin

[@ernestwilliams268]

I was born in the great Smoky mountains North Carolina in 1939 and never talked stupid like that and never dressed like that in the first place we are not hillbillies we are mountain folks I found this whole thing to be an insult to my ancestors and myself. I liked the music but not the Hollywood thyme put down.

[@Al3oxnfri]

The music is undeniably beautiful and the talent outstanding. The dumbed-down theatrics are unnecessary. More music, less show 👍

[@jakewollin6262]

it's actually very insulting. It's the reason dulcimewr players and banjo players can never be seen as more than mindless hillbilles in the mainstream or just walking down the street with one of these instruments brands you a hick.. I dont appreciate the dumbed down theatrics as theyre called

[@pearlcaster8287]

I agree; "dumb hill-billy" venue, puns or not, aren't amusing, witty, or a venue for the instrumental music's appeal,

[@AlvinBrown]

I agree and the very last part was another secondary part of Amazing Grace,in the second part its when the angels come marching home Amazing Grace

[@joncollins7129]

This is the equivalent of a minstrel show. But on our society, this is still socially acceptable because it makes fun of white Southerners.

[@AllaLassevanta]

My father made my first dulcimer for me, when I was ten, as he'd made my mothers' dulcimers. But even after all these years, I can't match you gentlemen. Thank you!

[@lisab.lepinski8578]

I really appreciated the "formal " tee shirt and bow tie. My sister lived for a while in Maiden and in Lincolnton.

[@georgealexander8661]

NC HILLBILLIES...Have a Mountain Dulcimer...love it !! Your DUET on yours is truly exceptional! Please keep up the good work, although you don't make it look like work!! 🎶 🎵 👌👌👌👏👏👏🎼🎼🌹🌹

[@randyc2473]

Sad to see something so beautiful as Amazing Grace on dulcimer ruined by slandering the Appalachian people who invented the instrument..

[@reganabramson5039]

I absolutely agree with you. I hear so many bad rumors about the Appalachian people, and where's the evidence? And it's a shame, because they were just hardworking people who played bluegrass at the end of a long day, and revered it, and this old, beautiful music, needs to be preserved.

[@PIVfirestarkproducon]

Sad to see something so beautiful as a Good KZbin Video Comment's Section ruined by literally nobody cares, the music is good and that's why we clicked on the video, nobody cares you're offended, buzz off...

[@colleenkatherine2937]

thank you for this. this was played at my grandfather's funeral on Dulcimer.

[@zachmacdonald2338]

Colleen Mourer that is awesome, i've never heard one in person but i want to get one. my cousin played this at my grandfathers funeral with bagpipes

[@zachmacdonald2338]

and also, sorry for your loss

[@OldWriter205]

Nice and homey, out on the porch. Thanks and see if you guys can keep the 'family' together and keep on playin.' It's stuff like this that makes KZbin worthwhile.

[@leanncathcart7848]

Awesome music guys! Being from the Appalachian foothills, I truly admire this instrument. Keep playing fellas!

[@jowalker5152]

You're trying to hard to be funny...... But once you really got started playing,- you're great!

[@sophiaheinrichs4890]

I like the characters y’all have set up here, as well as the music. :) keep up the good show.

[@parkerdavis5447]

aside from the dumb beginning, that was very nice.

[@mrloco48]

Lighten up Parker...

[@tracywhited]

Making fun of mountain people is disgraceful.

[@Dreadnaught2021]

God hates belching? First I've heard of that. Odd how He made us so gassy then. I tend to think it's His decision on whether or not to take offense. Grace has many forms and I think laughter is one of the greatest, but as I said, it's for Him to decide. When a man chooses to take offense, it has more to do with his willingness to be offended than anything else. The offender lacks that power. The offended renders the offense with the power over himself. Great music, bless you all.

[@laauryl15]

@D13G054NCH3Z The people living in the Appalachian mountains and all across the South. The only ones left in this country who are still openly discriminated against and mocked because of an accent and location. Maybe we talk funny, but we ain't stupid. And we know what good music is ;)

[@mikesoule1352]

Wish i had someone to play dulcimer with. I've been playing since high school, in my "hippie days". Loved Frere Jacques duet! 🎶😍🎵🎶

[@dianamoore2241]

Hello Mike, I actually prefer to play by myself. I can't seem to keep up with another person....

[@HarryWebb-dt4bs]

To Mike soule. Where are you ? I play dulcimer since 1973. 😊😊

[@rainbowwarriorwoman]

Thanks guys. This takes me home and you two remind me of my family so much it brings tears. Don't stop playing that wonderful music. When is there going to be another?

[@thomassyverson7561]

Takes the song to the level of a symphony.Thanks guys!!

[@czyhrs]

Beautiful.I enjoyed it .Please keep it up.

[@jakewollin6262]

same reason woody guthrie turned down so many gigs. They wanted him standing in front of hay bales and wearing overalls... He spat in the face of this and wouldn't appreciate the stereotype being reiforced.

[@MsCrazyhorselady]

This is so funny! thanks for posting! made my day! pickin and a grinnin!

[@edhogue7943]

That was good I just got one for Xmas I hope to be able to play that good some day

[@susieq4680]

Beautiful music. Well done !!

[@graciescott8034]

Awesome music! Just be yourselves guys.

[@towerrat5632]

Enjoyed! Thx for taking the time to record and post.

[@hanginoutwithu2]

Love it..............where yall located in NC. I live in Greensboro near Level Cross.

[@becp259]

Im in siler city

[@RJSampsonite]

this rhett and link from buies creek?

[@jduff7329]

Sound like the bagpipes 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jumpspacejunkie]

NICE YALL MAD ME LAUGH

[@tuckytunes]

Lighten up, Laurel...oh, wait...you mean this isn't real?? Seriously, a pleasure and this was--perhaps add "Frere Jacques" to the title.....

[@hippiehillape]

hate it when people act the stereotype

[@hoontare]

What's the deal with the outfits and whole 'hillbillies are dumb, rude, folks who don't shower' vibe?

[@highplainshollarhomestead3188]

They sound like a stringed version of the bag pipes.

[@johnsmith7911]

Amazing.

[@patrickmahon3476]

It's like the Appalachian bag pipes really when they kick it up

[@jonnytruckfest]

This kicks ass:D Favourited & 5*! Love this version of amazig grace :D:D!!!

[@starlibra1]

Schönes Stück :D Verklag den Typen, der die Krawatte entworfen hat!!!

[@jackryan444]

Like the authentic livestrong bracelets

[@PIVfirestarkproducon]

just like grandpapa used to wear

[@PalKrammer]

Very well played

[@VanillaPrince]

It was not a dumb beginnng. That is called boys being boys.

[@rossmatheson4303]

Is the guy nearest camera not yer man who was in Scream?

[@thatsmrlistersir]

@sherstone I completely agree.

[@doberman1ism]

Your second song Fre’re Jacque was written on a manuscript in 1775. A Paris Music Company wrote the first manuscript for the public in 1865. Hence it has turned into a Nursery Rhyme. My late uncles were Men of the Mountains and the Coal Mines, and they didn’t mind being called a Hill Billy. They told me they were proud of it! Your cute presentation of being a faux hillbilly tells me that you youn’in’s might be a new kind of hillbillies who might even get manicures.😂 Mountain men came from rougher and tougher stuff but you guys play a wonderful dulcimer. Thank you for the music.

[@renehernandez6419]

Nombre del istrumento

[@wilhard45]

The intro was just stupid. I darn near killed the video. Amazing Grace was well done and the addition of Frère Jacques at the end was an unexpected bonus. Can the horrid comedy and stick to the music.

[@oldtimeway1]

Beautiful music, but you sure could have left the belching out. Just because a person is a "hillbilly" doesn't mean someone is crude and ill mannered. As a "hillbilly" miyself, I'm somewhat offended by how people stereotype us.

[@gailgaddy5340]

Amazing thanks

[@ericanddorisdeadwyler6531]

What tuning are you in?

[@jakewollin6262]

Almost as culturely insulting as white men playing ragtime in black-face.... otherwise nice pickin...

[@poppylover2586]

Buuuuuuuuuuurp!

[@Luedyenya1]

haaahha

[@De_mitaSiburian-uw7xs]

Nice

[@FancyGapClawhammer]

I can see where you're coming from. But I don't worry about them. Let the people who are interested really learn how we grew up and live and then everyone will start to understand. That's how I see it.

[@lusefer]

ok but to A LOT of other people, its just a song and really could give a damn about people that they dont knows feelings. you gotta realize this.. not everybody has the same views as you.

[@TheYTmagic]

from vice city stories vcpr larry joe a bobby ray look it up

[@bingfutch]

Very nice - music AND comedy!

[@jamesvaughn3160]

Where could I get the tabs for the song amazing grace you

[@lusefer]

last time i checked a song dosent have feelings so it cant feel disrespected

[@Resodeus]

@canadiandrummer54 that's why I like playing higher up in the neck, makes it warmer

[@ephraimshofar53]

Forgot the Trolls, ardensgal. This is a great video.

[@becp259]

Where yall from? Im from Siler City

[@dezrider357]

thats a right nice porch. good job fellows.

[@VanillaPrince]

Good shit guys

[@jackryan444]

Like the authentic livestrong bracelet

[@Drewssp]

@laauryl15 How are we diiscrimatneted?

[@D13G054NCH3Z]

@thatsmrlistersir Who does it offend?

[@gailgaddy5340]

Amazing thanks

[@dwhunter8904]

Great video, apparently some of the “yuppies “ don’t appreciate a little comedy. They ran off and got educated and now think their better than everybody else. Good strumming, keep at it boys

[@PkPrincess1992]

Nice James.

[@mckenziewalker3718]

Leah P. hey

[@tomcaldwell5750]

Well done men!

[@theHookdudewest]

sounds great !!

[@kinderschwag]

Lighten up, Francis.

[@karlschulte9231]

Beautiful

[@marcod7347]

HEAVY DUTY BELCH.

[@buletpoint]

Well done guys. txs buletpoint

[@johnmckeehan119]

great job guys loved it .

[@guillermorodriguezhernande9660]

kiero aprender atocar

[@Scriptorsilentum]

You two are too funny. Yer both also TERRIFIC musicians. Thanks for a great performance!

[@gailgaddy5340]

Loved it 🥰

[@Kalkaekie]

Nice music, thanks.

[@k.b.392]

very cool

[@jeffreyfoster3538]

God Bless you

[@Vizo5]

:) awesome

[@MICKEYMIN2]

Kewl

[@voytek17]

Amazing grace

[@Huntgoddessfishery]

Talent.

[@Super2174]

ROFL!! That BURP got me in tears because I was laughing so hard!!!!! That was awesome Bro!!

[@Huntgoddessfishery]

Wow ~~ You guys are truly amazing -- and graceful! Thanks so much. I also like the comedy skit. That was cute. You don't need it, though. Just play that gorgeous music.

[@pele6922]

The Irish gave the Scottish bagpipes as a joke over a thousand years ago. The Scottish still havent gotten it :-))