Fretless Friday 14- Cripple Creek

[@GARCKY]

Takes me back to 1967. The Air Force sent me to Turkey for 15 months. Of course, I took my banjo with me. Landed at the airport and the Turkish customs man said, "Play it." They wanted to make sure I wasn't bringing my banjo to Turkey to sell it. So, I took it out of the case, tuned it up and played "Cripple Creek" clawhammer-style, and then Scruggs-style. As I played about 20 people crowded in to see the American play the banjo. Well, since I had an audience, I gave them a little concert. "Wildwood Flower," "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," and a few others. Then, I put the banjo back into its case and headed out to find a taxi. I was just 21 years old back then. Thanks for playing for us!

[@Tbowie13]

😂 Love the story! Thanks for sharing. Funny how customs tries to think of what people might be up to. Not sure I'd want to live my life being suspect of everyone... but hey... 🤷‍♂️

[@velonico]

Sweet story! Be the lead actor, not just background extra! 🎉

Thank goodness for fretless Fridays

[@piguy3point14]

Even on Saturday

[@alexd7466]

When colleagues ask me what music I listen to... "well, its complicated ...."

[@piguy3point14]

I totally know what you mean. But this is sure a part of it now. 🤜

[@acbenepe]

Earl Scruggs, Pete Seeger, Steve Martin, Phoebe Sanders. In that order.

[@piguy3point14]

Mount Rushmore LOL

[@FredFredSanders]

That slide at 2:20 is EXTREME!

[@markperrin1016]

Hey..lol thanks for what you do for all.❤😊

[@PrairieTraveler]

Polish chickens are nice with the tall feathers on thier heads. Very photogenic lol. I enjoy your playing, Thank you

[@wzardglick]

I love fretless Friday. When I was studying mandolin, my instructor let me play his fretless mandolin, and it was fun and different.

[@uumlaut-]

as a person with no knowledge of chickens, but a great love for Stardew Valley, I'm all for more chickens!

[@jamesdumont4492]

Very cool

[@danielkeeble753]

Pheobe! I know nothing about banjo playing. I have little to no interest in banjo playing. But KZbin popped you into my recommendations and I absolutely love listening to you. I hope you don't mind me saying but as you play, your face is like a constant critique of your playing and it is helping me hear the intricacies and technicalities of banjo playing. Helps me appreciate all the hard work and craft of the instrument. Also thank you so much for repeating your recording. So annoying having to record something twice but you kept up the energy and totally delivered. Much love from Bristol, UK.

[@PGAprodan]

Nice catch! I noticed the same thing about her face, and as a banjo/guitar player myself I can totally relate.

[@krashvictim]

Phoebe I enjoy how expressive you are while you play, when you hit the key, you were looking for your smile could melt snow.

[@JohnWalsh-p6v]

Wow... for a second there i thought i could see smoke coming off that badasjo 😮

[@contractwork9437]

I’m all in on the barred rock 😊

[@katb1922]

Fretless Friday are my favorite!

[@marchenfabelnundsagenmitpl6833]

What a Great play! Greatings from the Countryside of Germany 😊🇩🇪. I love Banjo music. It’s so happily. Myself play Accordion🪗 and the harmonica. Have all a Great day

[@weswolever7477]

My sister had chickens, they were therapeutic to listen to

[@davidrassler329]

I once had some Araucana chickens, they laid colored eggs. They are a smaller hen, blue green eggs!! I'm already fretting about next Friday!!! 😊😊

[@thefool00]

Very nice, thank you! Bantam cochins and silkies for the win! I love them all, but these are my favorites.

[@juleswins3]

Gold and/or Silver Laced Wyandottes.

[@tbroberg]

Those are beautiful

[@isanewday]

Nice sound . . . .

[@momlookingup3555]

Orpingtons are my favorite. Speckled Sussex are sweet too. ❤

[@danlafollette2457]

Have a great weekend!

[@annieb8928]

I love barred rocks. They are so friendly....

[@yeoldfart8762]

Always a great old tune! Woke way to early and had to stretch my old bones. Now the old mind is stretched so I'll get more sleep with a happy mind. Thanks for the tune. You should sing sometime.

[@jeffrogers210]

"Bellina's in the Mint Bush" would be a cool banjo tune!

[@theck672]

Love this Phoebe! We look forward to Fretless Friday❣️❣️❣️🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕

[@VolkerundWallyMusic]

Very good Performance, great live Video

[@0bm31770]

CC sounds great on the fretless.

[@gwiyomikim5988]

Everything I know about chickens I learned from KFC, but for birds NOT on the dinner table I like the looks of the Polish crested. Keep it fretless!🥰

[@tbroberg]

Polish are beautiful

[@VictorC-g7b]

Fretless Friday has Phoebe enjoying her feathered friends frolicking . Great banjo playing !

[@aepilotjim]

CHICKEN BOMB! Love it.

[@pardalote]

Thanks, Doc Phoebe! This is exactly what I needed today 💜🎵🐔

[@jamesdumont4492]

I love gold laced wyandottes. Great and beautiful breed.

[@timtherrien7843]

And gentle to boot.

[@mysticcrow6129]

An hidden gem you are!

[@d.randal.h]

Fretless Friday is always something to look forward to, but a Phoebeless week has got me fretting just thinking about it!

[@daverow49]

Thank you Phoebe. I look forward to your Fretless Fridays. I think that I will get through ok without seeing you next Friday. I get to watch your videos a day late due to the time difference in Australia. We are ahead of the U.S. I will be playing my washboard with a band tonight. :)

[@jesseheadluthierie]

Cripple creek sounds the best when it's fretless😊

[@snickersammy100]

I cannot fret anymore.

[@hawtenslaton4307]

Chick, chicks, Bok bok bok! LOL! Thank you for sharing your banjo playing gift!

[@RadicalLinguisticDescriptivism]

buff Orpingtons are my favorite for the disposition and being excellent yard birds with Gold laced Wyandottes as my runner up. Plymouth (barred) rock are a bit more aggressive. Not as aggressive as Rhode Island Reds or Black Australorpes... then can be down right mean. Gold lace Wyandottes are nice but Silver lace Wyandottes are bullies like Rhode Islands. Silkies are nice too and so are "Easter Egger" type Auracanas or "Americanas", they have the fluffy cheeks. Mostly its what you want to look at. They will establish a pecking order on their own terms regardless of breed.

[@outlandishmuch]

Bellina in the mint bush is so precious 🐔 🤩

[@johnharper257]

I don't know that one, could you hum a few bars?

[@johnevans8752]

Dayum just found this channel and it's a gift. Thank you.

[@plupyduplupydu1369]

Delightful show as usual, thank you

[@georgedean5734]

Even numbers are a good idea, new chickens sometimes have a difficult time entering an existing flock, the boss ( and there always is one, rooster or hen) doesn't always except new members to the flock....

[@carlericvonkleistiii2188]

Hey, hey!! That was great! Enjoy your nap!

[@MJWPub]

Goin' up Cripple Creek goin' in a run Goin' up Cripple Creek to have some fun!

[@CharliePonting-ng1hp]

Phoebe, it happens - no worries :)

[@JebidiahKrackedyetagain-xv9hc]

"🎶 What would a Friday beeee without my purdy Phoebeee playin that banjo just for meeeee..... Ima gonna tell you what it will be without my purdy Phoebe playin fo mee... Why nuthin short of misereeeee would a Friday be without my purdy Phoebe strumming her banjo just for meeeee.... (Oh and her chickens too or three.... "🎶

[@Aaron71304]

Always look forward to your uploads😊

[@edprince9079]

Love fretless friday

[@jerrykeane1970]

rhode island reds are great....wonderful and friendly

[@timmullen8951]

Thanks for the banjo serenade, Phoebe. Have fun at camp. Barred Rock & Plymouth Rock chicken breeds come to mind. I'm thinking that it is more important that any new chickens grow to the same size as the Toto & Galena, not smaller, not bigger. Good Luck. Be Well.

[@elijahmccormick1166]

Great playing! And my favorite chickens I had were Millie Fleur d'Uccle bantams and crested polish. Both varieties were great 👍

[@Discordantmusic]

Wyandottes are my personal favorite chickens. They're gorgeous birds! Also your playing is marvelous as usual. You really really make me want to get a banjo!

[@danshaffer5916]

I Looove Fretless Friday!!!

[@johngoodall7097]

Phoebe you make Fridays great you are so talented you cheer us all❤️❤️❤️🎶👍🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🦮🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@chicagolee]

Chickens crowing on sourwood mountain...

[@carlnietoweise4653]

Only thing more entertaining thah watching your hands is watching the expressions you make, too adorable!

[@martingruffalump5484]

😊😊😊 - ducks are nice pets too!

[@craigdonnelly2290]

Buff Brahmas would be a perfect match for your videos. We’ve had them and Barred Rocks in our tiny flock over the years.

[@jamesluebben5925]

Ohhhh! Gettin' really slidey!

[@ollieisaninja]

Sebrights I think theyre called, theyre really cool. Thanks Phoebe for fretless Fridays. Youre a champ

[@mrmoose7844]

No fretless Friday, I'll be in withdrawal!

[@billwake]

Thanks for the tune! Our neighbor has French Marans - the rooster has a beautiful multi-color "Chanticleer" look, and the eggs are very dark brown.

[@jonfisher9214]

You can't just casually throw in your dog at the end and not show us more! They're adorable!

[@MichaelBCoats]

Another great Fretless Friday! Doc, I still have to watch your 25K special. My wife and I are moving, and have been crazy busy. I look forward to seeing it soon! Have a great time at banjo camp! Love you! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@melkingrealestate]

Perfect! Thanks.

[@crystalclearwindowcleaning3458]

That's the way a banjo ought to sound, sliding into the notes!

[@young1939]

I think maybe Cripple Creek was created just for your fretless banjo. 👍💕♥️😇

[@susansanders9159]

Super fun Fretless Friday today!

[@John-Smiley-Garrett]

Whoa! What happened at 2:20? That was AWESOME! So, week after next, I will have a Fretful Friday, because it won't be fretless.

[@weswolfe9173]

So cool to hear and see real people love

[@robertterrell3065]

This is the first time YT has shown me your channel! I'm a subscriber already :) You played my all time favorite banjo tune, Cripple Creek. And on a fretless banjo. And with chickens, too. A YT video doesn't get any better haha Thanks, and I totally enjoyed it.

[@JC-je3jc]

Squidward the silky 😍

[@kevinallen1699]

Thank you, Phoebe.

[@eudaenomic]

Thanks for the music. Red Broiler or Cornish Cross, though I might be thinking with my stomach again.

[@pootca]

Every time you slid, I heard a whistling. At first, I thought the birds were perfectly in tune.

[@piguy3point14]

It's not so much tone. The problem with chickens is they can't clap on the 1 and the 3.

[@johngoodall7097]

Yes Phoebe get more chickens they are funny ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@rjwh67220]

You need a pork pie hat, girl. You would really rock a pork pie hat! PS: this is by far the best fretless show you’ve done. PPS: hope you have fun at camp. Yeah, learning new stuff is important, but the primary reason for going to a banjo camp should be to have fun. So have a ball!

[@timtherrien7843]

My favorite version of Cripple Creek now.

[@karinnadavidovich7207]

Great playing. I love the yellow gate.

[@Dogzrule51498]

I'm still waiting for those pretty hens to add their own vocals to the banjo playin'! 😊

[@betterl8thannvr]

Lol, I have to go to Instagram to see this parrot now. Fretless Friday is fast becoming my favorite fixture of my final work day.

[@peterfinucane8122]

What did the chicken say to the Banjo player? "Would you like to peck a tune with me?"

[@johnharper257]

Tis the day for Chicken Jokes, see mine below

[@DavidHodges208]

Always a pleasure to welcome the weekend with you showing off some major skills.

[@pikmin4743]

woohoo FF has become a routine. Thanks, Phoebe! 💚

[@RatRod150]

The gate adds a nice pop of color to the chill backyard scene.

[@johnfinn7455]

What a week. Before you know you won’t be able get in the door of general store you live in. You’ll have Japanese banjos, sitars, a stand up ukulele and one of those big triangle balalaika… The first sweater looks like it might have been used in the original Planet of the Apes movie.

[@billywalker998]

I believe that one just comes natural to you, sounding great on fretless Friday with Pheebs 🎉❤

[@rekindle]

That was great! - I actually thought this was going to be "Up On Cripple Creek" by The Band ... but great to hear this (new to me) tune!

[@aleistercrowley7515]

Looking and sounding good kid....love the hat...Cheers and much love to you and your family ❤

[@musicalmiscellany]

Oh jeez. I've had that same thing happen. It's very frustrating when you have the perfect take and the camera messes up. I feel for ya. I'm not sure what that take sounded like but this one was great and you had some chicken involvement so that's always a bonus.

[@Saugdingsgnubsi]

Since a month or so, i discover your channel, now i watch youtube again, but only on fretless fridays

[@btk1]

Oh, I almost went into panic stations there but thank goodness, I'd booked a week off the same week there'll be no Fretless Friday. I'm not sure how I'd cope with a week of work followed by _nothing_ to look forward to! Enjoy banjo camp!

[@johnsmithSongbird]

Hello phoebe Keep smiling and play your banjo Oh love those chickens

[@oliviadow2166]

Oh no! I'll miss Ozma :( In my experience, the Phoenix breed of hens is always super duper friendly without being too pushy or rude. Mine follow me everywhere! Beautiful banjo playing

[@Judymontel]

Love Cripple Creek - thank you. And thanks for the heads up. I'll prepare to fret the Friday after next! 🥰

[@Retro6502]

That sounds great! Seems like you're really getting comfortable with fretless! Happy Friday!

[@SPLENDIDZEN]

I think the performances with your fretless banjo are the ones I like the most!... In addition to being outside in the fresh air with your animals... A cordial greetings from Madrid (Spain)!!!... Have a wonderful weekend Phoebe!...