Cuckoo Bird (Appalachian Folk Ballad) - Sam & Norman Shackleton

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Күн бұрын

RIP my father Norman Shackleton, 1952-2023. Today would have been his birthday and it’s also just over a year since he passed away. So I’m sharing and remembering my favourite video of us busking together playing the Appalachian folk ballad “Cuckoo Bird” on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh Scotland. He was in his element here, nothing made him happier than busking out on the streets with me.❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
I thought I’d also share this fitting wee Scots poem by Hugh MacDiarmid which I love and have been thinking about a lot today:
At My Father’s Grave
“The sunlicht still on me, you row’d in clood,
We look upon each ither noo like hills,
Across a valley. I’m nae mair your son.
It is my mind, nae son o’ yours, that looks,
And the great darkness o’ your death comes up
And equals it across the way.
A livin’ man upon a deid man thinks,
And ony sma’er thocht’s impossible.”
(English translation)
“The sunlight still on me, you shadowed in cloud.
We look upon each other now like hills,
Across a valley. I’m no more your son.
It is my mind, not a son of yours, that looks,
And the great darkness of your death comes up,
And equals it across the way.
A living man upon a dead man thinks,
And any smaller thought is impossible.”
#busking #folkmusic #banjo #clawhammer #appalachia #appalachianmusic #countrymusic #edinburgh #scotland

Пікірлер: 29

@BrianLyod-nj1vg 27 күн бұрын

You are literally the lineage in this age old song. You leave a generation of this song to be remembered xx

@chrislambert2777 15 күн бұрын

Way to play it! ❤ from the Appalachians in Virginia.

@Bruce_McCulloch_is_my_height 20 күн бұрын

Made such a dope duo

@kylefox-d2y 27 күн бұрын

You’re awesome! Didn’t make it to your show in Portland last week and I was real sad bout it! Oh well keep making awesome art!

@mikelinniii1186 Ай бұрын

So So Special🙏❤

@wesarmstrong1695 3 ай бұрын

I find it quite interesting how these folks songs can be played so differently from different regions/time periods and by the musician who is playing it. This is the third rendition of this song by you that I've heard, and each one is fantastic, and all so different at the same time, but as soon as you start that banjo roll I know my ears are in for a treat. Thanks for sharing this memory with us.

@BiscuitBob 3 ай бұрын

Well said

@ShadowTheFosterCat 2 ай бұрын

Wow, it's clear that you got your showmanship and love of music from your father. RIP, and may his memory be a blessing. Your music is bringing a lot of joy to me here in the US. I'll have to pull out my banjo and play along with you two.

@DomestosJim 3 ай бұрын

Great to see the joy on your face! Would you consider doing a learning video on this? I would love to have the drive and energy you're getting!

@jesseknox9322 3 ай бұрын

It'll be 10 years this November since I've lost my dad. Thanks for sharing this I really enjoyed listening to you guys making music together. I really love a Scot playing American bluegrass. My dad loved bluegrass his father was into bluegrass too. He played the guitar, banjo, and fiddle.

@angrytemplar7675 3 ай бұрын

I lost my father last week so I know your pain friend

@shawns.6185 2 ай бұрын

✊🏻

@Oldbanjoman 2 ай бұрын

Awesome, ,,,brilliant performance

@BiscuitBob 3 ай бұрын

Not much I wouldn't do to have a pint to this live. R.I.P.

@berndschmidt9741 3 ай бұрын

From all of the versions ever heard I love yours. Sounds haunting and raw. Greetings all the way from Turkey

@swiss4366 3 ай бұрын

wonderful duo, may he rest in peace. Love you man.

@nicholasabbott7161 3 ай бұрын

Two peas in a pod, he’s playing folk songs with the big man upstairs no doubt.

@AbandonedNorthJersey 2 ай бұрын

Great performance of my favorite song. My condolences , of such I lost my own as well on my 31st birthday 1994 .I enjoy the poem in dialect and translated. By far my favorite culture is of The Appalachian regions where my great great grandfather first settled in 1860

@Oldbanjoman 3 ай бұрын

very beautiful,,,, together with your father (r.i.p sir). Love it.....❤