Bluegrass in Japan | Kentucky Life | KET

[@redfoxblacksocks]

Can we also appreciate that the song at the end is Take Five? A jazz standard, played in bluegrass style by Japanese musicians- what a time to be alive!

[@patrickbush9526]

In 1978 I was stationed in Japan a formed a group local Japanese musicians I was like a rockstar I never had so much fun in my life what a wonderful experience

[@smokeymcpot69]

Hope you got laid a lot lol

[@jollygrapefruit786]

There's nothing more flattering to me then seeing my culture loved and express my foreign people!

[@JP-1990]

I feel like one of the reasons why bluegrass is so beloved around the world is because it feels like you're going on an adventure.

[@StoutShako]

How come no one is talking about the excellent bluegrass rendition of Take 5 at 6:10???? My jaw DROPPED when I heard that. Amazing musicians!

[@codyschuppert4984]

I’m a country boy from Kentucky and I love me some bluegrass

[@smokeymcpot69]

I'm a city slicker from NJ and I love me some bluegrass too man

[@rudylittlewolf]

This is just simply epic and amazing. I salute the Japanese culture for taking in such a great style of music. In music and melodies, there are no borders.

[@DJCatgirlOfficial]

Right! I play bluegrass and my friends live in Japan, I hope I can find somebody to jam with when I visit them haha.

[@HorsesArePeople2]

Japanese love American culture. I have a friend from Japan who dresses exclusively like an early 1920s gangster 😂

[@heypistolero]

Borders are how Japan has been able to stay Japanese. Borders are important. Being accepting of other cultures and music is different

[@stephaneg9591]

I was an university student in Kyoto in the 1970s. At that time, every university had a bluegrass club that held regular concerts and performed at live music venues. I was one of them and played the banjo (Fender Artist). In the summer, there was an outdoor concert called the Takarazuka Bluegrass Festival, and we performed on a stage in a grove of trees, a similar environment to the United States. The bluegrass craze in Japan died down in the late 1980s, and now Rocky Top in Ginza is probably the only permanent live music venue. However, the old fans continue to exist quietly, and young players are produced, albeit in small numbers.

[@jameseast7966]

1969 in Hiroshima, I went to a concert, the theme was mostly pop and county. Back to Iwakuni in 75, many tv talent shows had a lot of rock and country performers. Don Williams was the most popular star at that time.

[@2012escapee1]

Bluegrass makes people feel happy 😊

[@hardcoreholman303]

Just look at all the damn smiles and tell me this ain't music for the soul

[@Conn30Mtenor]

There are expert practitioners of every western musical art form in Japan. Ska, Rock n Roll, classical, jazz, bluegrass etc etc etc. They are an intense people who go the distance. When they find something from outside the country that they love, they go all in.

[@martuuk8964]

Hell, filmmaking and animation were western inventions that they VERY quickly adopted and put their own spin on. I don’t even have to really mention Kurosawa for films. His influence is felt worldwide. And more recently, animation has become one of their very strong pop culture exports to the rest of the world. Of course they occasionally churn out some real crap just like anywhere does, but the ethic and intensity is there.

[@spanky814]

I went on a study abroad in 2010. I will never forgot listening to the Dillards with my professor while we were riding the train. Haha! How could anybody that lives in the mountains not understand that high lonesome sound.

[@1rwjwith]

Absolutely marvelous. My favorite music right now is coming out of Japan.

[@rockinredneck57]

The picture of JD Crowe with Ricky, Tony, and Flux all in their 20s experiencing this culture 6,000 miles from home. That had to be an amazing time for them.

[@otisarmyalso]

Having fun

[@mpospisil101]

Nice presentation. I think Japanese bluegras music is the second best in the world. During the last 5 years I have seen and listened many videos and read a lot comments about Japanese bluegrass.

[@charlesbrown4483]

I’m from east Kentucky, where bluegrass was birthed. It’s so touching that the Japanese enjoyed this art form. It seems like Kentucky and Japan have many commonalities. The largest Toyota plant in the world is in Georgetown, KY. Much love from the bluegrass state and God bless Japan❤️🇯🇵

[@bradsparks6008]

Rip sab watanabe such an amazing guy!

[@BuggyD_Clown927]

I'm from Southwest Virginia. The Carterfold is probably a 5 minute drive from my house. My grandmother said they'd go watch AP and Maybelle Carter all the time. The place is practically ran down now. Such a great piece of history.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Omg how could the state let the Carter property go into disrepair? The Carter Family is as close to a national treasure as our young country has... Im 42 and still fall apart every time I hear "No Telephone in Heaven" because my granny used to sing it to me. She came up in the Depression and adored the Carters.

[@BuggyD_Clown927]

@BobbyGeneric145 100% of the repairs and maintenance are done by the people of Scott county. The Carter Fold receives no money from the government to preserve it as a historical site. My family used to mow it just so it wouldn't get overrun. Now a days they do some small folk concerts there. It's pretty cool.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

@BuggyD_Clown927 is it on the historic registry? Good on your family for mowing it... Gen z doesn't realize the importance of the carter history in modern music.

[@menachemsachemrobotscowitz2794]

Thank you for presenting this.

[@DJCatgirlOfficial]

Kentokyo, it’s a movement!

[@dougrussell8021]

This is freaking wild love it 😃

[@chrisfloyd9224]

Music has no nationality, great quote

[@Quinntus79]

Art is art. It has no boundaries or borders.

[@maximusaugustus6823]

beautiful and emotional

[@kwekwlos]

Awesome

[@spliffobama]

My family is from very nearby Rosine. Great-grandmother told us how Bill Monroe would come over to play music with her family.

[@Ironknuckle100]

I heard the name Ralph Stanley. This by name alone is going to be a good video.

[@BuggyD_Clown927]

Love me some Clinch Mountain Boys.

[@muttandjeff5213]

Wonderful stuff!

[@Pack_leader1989]

That's awesome 🇺🇲🇯🇵

[@otisarmyalso]

Super

[@Lurker1979]

Neat

[@gmanette188]

Thank you

[@crazando]

Confederate flag in Japan, beautiful

[@centerice]

はい Tsuyoshi, 音楽の中では違いはありません。

[@captainsaitama5074]

Japan?! County music?! NANIIII?!!!!!!!! 😍

[@kazumitakeda5717]

🎌🗾日本国民必見🌸😉👍〜🌟

[@thebanana401]

how did you find this?

[@terrywaynebroadway7661]

🤠👍

[@centerice]

In the early days, bands were limited to members from different counties. Then cars came along and made bands possible with members from different states. One day in the not too far off Elon Musk/Virgin Galactic daily "low-space commuting" future, bands will be possible featuring members from different countries. How cool will that be...

[@subifudriftkings]

If your drunk enough the Japanese lyrics will translate to English

[@iamT3NKO]

Hello from Kentucky too but I hope nobody is offended by this name but I live in a place called whitesburg

[@WvhKerkhof]

Yeah whole Japan will play bluegrass.

[@横山泉-f5c]

😢

[@LukeParks123]

Ah, hillbilly play good music

[@oliverkalamata2753]

You're right, Sleepy Joe. Now, go back to sleep and let the country thrive without you! 😂

[@chrisguerra9631]

This is epic

[@BobWarnerBarn]

Nice!................................................