Barking Legs Live

[@GregFowler-ko6wi]

Nice group of folks......missing Fletcher Bright as he was a gentleman and willing to share his love of music with the whole community.

[@elysium619]

Norman Blake is a national treasure. Beautiful music. Historical. Relates the zeitgeist of days gone by. REAL, genuine, visceral roots music. Music spawned from Life, not from corporate, formulaic, empty, profit driven nonsense.

[@ohiosouthpaw4283]

gregory s Incredibly well put. My sentiments exactly.

[@jmdbb]

Well said. There's just something about the way Norman plays, especially as he gets older that really appeals to me. A loose fluidity that I will be trying to achieve for the rest of my life.

[@joannehack7588]

RIGHTEOUS

[@joannehack7588]

AMEN

[@joannehack7588]

🙏

[@gnm109]

I've been following The Blakes, Norman and Nancy, for years. They are indeed a National Treasure!

[@jimmycollette9209]

American music at it's finest. I'm watching this video at 4:30 a.m. What a way to start the day. Could be the start of a new song inspired by Norman.

[@Dulcimerea]

What a way to start the day. So true. Such sweet, authentic music. As others hav noted, Norman is a national teasure. And so is Nancy, James, and others who have helped to keep alive the beautiful home-made music of the Southern Appalachians, indeed the whole country, but especially. In 1982 I recorded a 40-minute set Norman and Nancy and James did at Winfield; where I first heard the now-classic "Southern Railroad Blues", "Billy Gray", and "Ginseng Sullivan". I wore that tape out and built a sauna in the country while listening to it. Tears later got to meet Norman briefly at a concert they did in Weston, Mo., saying to him how much I liked his music, in an intermission when I caught his ear. He looked at me and my friend Rick Jones and said "Why, thank ya, boys!"

[@randallfarrell6109]

I was there that night aw well. This was the only time I've seen Norman and Nancy live. It was very special.

[@cranesofaustin3826]

What a lovely tune, what a lovely group of people.

[@MeatLocker666]

Absolutely brilliant! I've had the pleasure of seeing Norman and Nancy play live twice--in 1980 in St. Louis and 1984 in San Francisco. I'm so glad they're still going strong! No one else sounds quite like Norman Blake.

[@derekrichardson9133]

i've had a part of that tune in my fiddle for ages, just pops up sometimes, Berkley Shanghai, love that album.

[@nancychace8619]

Nice to hear Nancy take a few bars in that first tune. She's a good cellist! Very nice group. Always enjoy listening to Norman. Thanks for sharing.

[@keithchilvers7434]

Nancy was a classically trained cellist when she met Norman.

[@donaldreichart8520]

I'll just listen to Norman Blake from now on

[@robertbramble4828]

😅 Very Funny. Had that thought many a time? 🎸🎶🥰

[@arlenroth8373]

Wow, Norman playing a "Century of Progress" Gibson!

[@Mr444488]

Wonderful.Happy to listen always.

[@EdPitts1933]

Beautiful. especially the violin part.

[@175epi]

Still kicking myself for my rockstar-wannabe years, wasting time with that . . . when I could have been playing music like this from the beginning.

[@LanceClark]

Never too late to start!

[@175epi]

Always good advice. I started getting into this sort of stuff awhile back, and am having a blast with it. Any regrets I have are about the time I spent playing music I can't stand to listen to anymore. Live and learn, I guess.

[@LanceClark]

snailspace it’s not all that bad. You gained a lot musically. The good in it is that you are simply learning a new style, but you already have the fundamentals down.

[@robertshorthill4153]

I was 20 and in the military, stationed near Denver, CO. I walked into the first real music store I'd ever been in. A Norman Blake record was playing over the sound system. I just stood stock still for several cuts. I'd never heard anything like it before. I got a couple of his records and played them till they were nearly worn out. Not much later, I bought a real good Gibson J-50 and some Ramblin' Jack Elliot records. I proceeded to learn to pick like these guys. I think it took me years to get 1/100th as good, but I was listening to as much of that type of music as I could find. That store was my hang out when off base, learning about all sorts of artists, musicians, and various instruments. I have to admit, I blame it all on Norman and Nancy Blake. I related this story to them the one and only time I ever saw them live in a small town in WA state. Norman just grinned and said he was sorry for contributing to the ruination of my life. I almost cried, but I laughed and said there were a million other ways for me to have done that. Boy, Howdy, ain't that the honest truth ! Yeah, old timers like all these folks are real treasures and they have given so much to all of us, in so many glorious ways, they can never know. I now live my senior years in my home state of Montana and play a bit of mandolin as well. Most recently I have been listening to the Blake's version of the Old Hollow Poplar.

[@isurelike]

LOVE THIS. 🥰.

[@lucianomiranda_7_Agosto]

Grandioso Norman! Come sempre...

[@dinarick1]

1st tune is "Heart of the Heartland". Look up Fletcher Bright. Touching tune.

[@zolarinasmith5851]

dinarick1 Fletcher bright

[@dinarick1]

i'm running into a lot of versions of this tune, I think it's written by Peter Ostroushko

[@LanceClark]

It is

[@mandosandradios]

@@LanceClark kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5itn2V8a9GAma8

[@Gminor7]

Beautiful! The one at 12:20 is High Dad in the Morning.

[@neilybuds]

Really nice - thank you

[@MeatLocker666]

(I'm not as familiar with the other four, but they're amazing as well! :-)

[@Dulcimerea]

Thanks, this is wonderful.

[@arctichare8185]

Really enjoyable.

[@arctichare8185]

This is really good.

[@KesslerWatsonMusic]

Dude did he pull a Raymond Kane song in there?

[@BURGRKNG]

the tune at 12:20, what is it called? it's the best!

[@RisingFawnArchives]

I think the tune starting at 4:35 is Monroe's Farewell to Long Hollow. Anyone have a different opinion?

[@keithchilvers7434]

Correct. James Bryan did it on his album Lookout Blues.

[@LanceClark]

I need names for these tunes. Love 'em.

[@mandosandradios]

first one is "heart of the heartland" kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5itn2V8a9GAma8

[@billspringstead]

Wow

[@joannehack7588]

Rip Thomas Jackson

[@joannehack7588]

This trio needed your banjo

[@brucesmith8665]

Does anyone know the name of the tune that Norman Blake starts at 8:45, with Fletcher Bright doing the primary fiddle duties? I think it is the third one. Great tune.

[@eightstringmarkus]

It´s "Blake´s March" but in another key as on Original Underground Music.

[@keithchilvers7434]

@@eightstringmarkus First time I've heard Norman play it on guitar, he always did it as a mandolin number.

[@keithchilvers7434]

@@eightstringmarkus He's doing it in D, which may be the best key for the fiddles.

[@mxystudios]

Of course the Banjo player doesn't get a light.... Ha! Good lord!. :)

[@nathanwarrick9534]

Anyone know the name of the first tune? Beautiful!

[@frankhalloway5267]

Wish I knew bro! Anyone?

[@bkleinyt]

We need a Blake scholar to do a Track List for this concert. If you're sure of a tune title add it in a reply here. Who wants to step up?

[@JohnWilson-bn1xs]

Just found this site...but I'll get to work on it. Problem is, being mostly instrumental, there's precious little to go on. Only one I caught on first listen--the tune playing at about 21:45 is an old Carter Family tune, (That Aggravating Beauty) LULA WALLS. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS--it's great to get Norman and Nancy in such an informal setting. And he doesn't play a lot of dobro...so it's a real treat. Many thanks.

[@JohnWilson-bn1xs]

Found another one--MY HOME's ACROSS THE BLUERIDGE MOUNTAINS was recorded by Joan Baez with Earl Scruggs as part of '"Earl Scruggs and Friends" PBS-TV special, circa mid 70s...but actual origins are uncertain. Also recorded as "...Across the SMOKEY MOUNTAINS", with credits to Clark/van Zandt.

[@669greenman]

The first tune, is a waltz called "Heart of the Heartland" by Peter Ostroushko

[@musik102]

Those fiddles at the beginning. Oh dear.In what universe are those notes in tune?

[@rickwalker1539]

In the universe where subtle pitch is a window to the soul. - It's kind of like asking in which universe are all these old fogeys fashion models? Probably nowhere, but they are still revered by those who understand them. - Not every one aspires to compete in the precision of 12 tone equally-tempered music. That's a wonderful style, but it can also be a straight jacket.

[@allanwells4886]

The first tune is lovely. Does anyone know it's name?

[@haraldotschik7426]

Heart Of The Heartland (Peter Ostroushko)

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@haraldotschik7426 RIP Peter.

[@carterlaney6983]

Anyone know the name of the 2nd tune?

[@snevetube1]

Did you ever find out the name of the second tune?

[@keithchilvers7434]

Monroe's Farewell to Long Hollow

[@arctichare8185]

What wood is that fretboard made of, being of such pale colour!

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Mother of Toilet Seat is the colloquial term.

[@Jerry4usall]

What kind of guitar is Norman playing?

[@Jerry4usall]

What Model do you think it is?