Hard Times

Rod Paterson - vocals
Karen Matheson - vocals
Mary Black - vocals
Emmylou Harris - vocals
Rufus Wainwright - vocals
Kate McGarrigle - vocals
Anna McGarrigle - vocals and button accordion
Jay Ungar - fiddle
Molly Mason - bass

[@ericvonkaenel3643]

Truly the best version of this old song that I ahve ever heard. The harmonies and talent are unbelievable.

[@paularmstrong9252]

this is the most truthful rendition of the song....also the most soulful....what a terrific group of singers.

[@QuanYin71]

Lot of various versions and renditions of this one song. I think the general message will always be the very same .. for as long as we still know wars, hunger and poverty , to name a few ...

[@annetterohla8932]

The Red Clay Rambles of Durham,N.C. have a very moving version,as well.This one is nice,and I like 2nd String Band of S.C. too.Tommy Fleming has a more contemporary version.Red Clay Ramblers my favorite so far.Excited to see Emmy Lou Harris and the others here!

[@martingaughan1136]

The McGarrigles, Mary Black, Emmylou and RUFUS WAINWRIGHT!! Epic.

[@edeledeledel5490]

Not sure who is the high female voice; is it Karen Matheson or a McGarrigle?

[@DimplesODeary]

Who is watching this through the Covid-19 pandemic? A beautiful rendition here.

[@ashstondavis3430]

Here in 2021. Take care.

[@Lesboop]

Oh my, this one totally caught me off guard. When the harmonies kicked in, my tears started flowing. What a beautiful collection of musicians. Thanks so much for posting this for us to enjoy.

[@BabsBrooklynPilates]

This truly sounds like a chorus of angels singing.

[@Fpstup]

All our lives we never understood this, our sorrows were holding the hands of our dying relatives while they died in their sleep. Now with covid we know the deeper meaning of this song in our new unhappy world 😔

[@gryphongryph]

These harmonies are on a different level, just fantastic.

[@DirkVanGasse_TJ]

Angel voices soothing our hardship. Let's hope the sun is waiting to shine again in this world.

[@geebud1880]

my absolute fav family harmony muscians..since decades ..God bless The McGarrigWainwrights :-))

[@duncane17]

Some of the best folk singers in the world here. Doesn't get much better than this. What a shame the BBC can't release the excellent Transatlantic and Highland sessions on DVD or at least CD.

[@guywhogoesshirtless]

the bbc, much to my horror, is guilty of prejudice.

[@robertsmyth4998]

All available on various sites inc Amazon , dvd and c d

[@TheSafetycoach]

These are angels singing. When my time is up will remember.

[@waynechoma4648]

Stephen foster left us a rich legacy while given a small pittance while others gained a fortune from his efforts.

[@robertfanfalone3099]

Most relevant today...hard times come again no more though now they once again linger at the frailty of our individual doors...so come my dears lets not mine the lands no more but to fsrm them all together so hard times come again no more and then we can live together as Gods only children can farm us back to prosperity and build the country in all of Gods children not to mention Our beloved county.

[@eckpolmick5080]

Wow, what a collection of great singers!

[@morghandecosta-taylor2057]

Full of emotion and very relevant in these times.

[@caseyjonessnr1200]

Simply beautiful. One of the best renditions of this song.

[@eugenecody5853]

So much talents , just like the galaxy ,I look up in wonderment, I look for that shooting star ... What a brilliant group !

[@Section5_CdnIntelService]

What a fabulous choir of voices and a heart-rending song. Hard to believe it was written by Foster in the 1850s and not during the Dirty Thirties....

[@carolv8450]

Must have been hard times then, too.

[@DanPurdy1]

Stephen Foster was an alcoholic who descended into poverty and died because of it.

[@TroystonB]

unreal, rufus wainwright is something else, they all are.

[@colinhazzard1625]

Quite the most beautiful version of this lovely old song I've heard

[@joangordoneieio]

this is heavenly

[@vickysutherland9127]

As a folk singer that is truly great.

[@bcg911]

May be the most beautiful song on youtube!

[@MrGaberlunzie1]

If it gets any better, I haven't heard it! This is perfect.

[@nadinerogers5653]

Wow. What a collection of amazing singers!

[@WhiteTiger333]

Oh, yeah. :) It was quite something to stumble upon one of my childhood staples, being sung by my very favorite Celtic artists and the incomparable McGarrigles! Wow! And now you've gone and uploaded a gorgeous high-quality version of the clip. Onya and thanks!

[@celtica99]

This is amazingly beautiful - thank you for posting!

[@Buanand]

reminds me of the music I grew up with in rural NC. There's soemthing to be said for genetic memory.

[@minstrelbhoy]

Much as I love the voices of Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Iris de Ment, Cara Dillon and Joan Osbourne these fabulous singers have met their match when compared to Mary Black she has the voice of an angel. She is the female equivalent of Luke Kelly and you don't get any better compliments than that.

[@tomtscotland]

Thanks for reminder - Mary Black now added :) How couild I forget her - I've seen her several times!

[@bonariablackie4047]

I dedicate this to all those who have lost their lives to Covid 19, and to their grieving families.

[@DanPurdy1]

It would be impossible to come up with two soloists better than Mary Black and Emmylou Harris.

[@brianblair9605]

great harmony

[@Mandobanjoman]

I recorded that series on video back then. This version of Hard Times still sends chills up and down my spine. MUST HAVE DVD!!!!

[@sonicbooomboy]

There is simply nothing better than this

[@LJdeHayward]

Thanks for sharing - I had first heard this song on Gael Force, a video with Mary Black, Maura O'Connell, Eleanor Shanley & Tommy Fleming. I didn't realize until I researched it that it's a Stephen Foster song; he was one of my parents' favorite songwriters so I heard a lot of his songs growing up, but had never heard this one, which I think is one of the best.

[@DanPurdy1]

So different from his other songs, he died because of alcoholism.

[@EduardBekker]

I presented an audience where someone sung this song, but more quicker. When the song was finished, I told I knew this version with Ann and Kate and the way howe I found it searching for Ann and Kate at KZbin (it was in 2010, when Kate had died). I wanted to tell it, but got an emotional collapse and could n’t talk for a longer moment. So deep was I impressed by the voices and music of Ann and Kate.

[@emanon321]

Magnificent. Thank you.

[@HenryVandenburgh]

Boy, this had legs from the 1840s!

[@patsykane8404]

Why a beautiful, thought provoking song. It brings to mind the discrepancy of a world where so many have so little and so many have so much.

[@marygilgunn8358]

Patsy Kane a

[@marygilgunn8358]

H I

[@mashpeewee1]

Stephen Foster wrote this in 1854...the same year that Charles Dickens published his novel with the same title..truly hard times on both sided of the Atlantic.

[@carlot7999]

Unbelievable wonderful!😢

[@Senpatientulo]

This will be my all time favourite on YT. Thanks for sharing.

[@Lauryn74K]

perfect harmonies

[@DRpokeme]

Again i first heard this while watching the Civil War series... Rufus is so young here..

[@HugoDBPHuguenot]

...and with Jay Unger (Ashokan Farewell) on fiddle. It can't be better than this.

[@pvanreyk]

Anna Kate Rufus Mary Emmy Lou...Oh my

[@peterkane8786]

.....Beautiful, thank you.

[@johnwingwo8290]

this is a real treat

[@cjsb22lr]

Bloody lovely

[@birdy26100]

Excellent et plein de mélancolie !

[@narrowfield6846]

impossible to listen to it without tears.

[@christinedureau3467]

Exquisite.

[@maggilloyd-davies3221]

Have always loved this

[@larrymclarnon-pd8xf]

Just gorgeous.

[@larrymclarnon-pd8xf]

Wonderful.

[@helenrogers1400]

Beautiful ☘️🙏🇮🇪

[@maureenmartin4730]

Fabulous song and SINGERS🎉

[@JFGryphonNYC]

Magnificent.

[@Mitchwitch1958]

So Awesome

[@eugenesullivan2863]

That's magnificent!

[@RonenBraverman]

they Must something to make some DVDS for the people that didn't watch the Sessions. People can learn alot about Celtic and American music from the sessions and the KZbin is not Apropriate for Long TV programes.

[@TheDolone]

Such sadness!1

[@robertdavis1255]

Thanks for sharing...such a beautiful song & well presented... cheers 😀

[@leojanssen6223]

beuatiful

[@diederikwolsak9231]

brilliant

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

XOXOXOXXOO 12/22/2022GREAT SONG FOR MUSIC JAM 35 WEST MAIN, AND BEFORE --THE BOOKSTORE....

[@ugopasqualini1302]

Musica lindíssima, mas muito triste.

[@lulutileguy]

KITCHEN PARTY

[@jeffschroeder357]

Nanci G should be there with them.

[@seattlebeard]

So the camera wouldn't pivot to Rod Paterson? That's disappointing. :o(

[@stephenturver8300]

Pitty it couldn't be broadcast on telly any chanel once a month forever at least we would know there was one fucking good show a month coming on tv

[@audrus177]

I think that you forgot someone

[@realist8977]

It is the slowest Version of this song 😴.

[@sgtcrab2569]

Yet again not all the verses. Google it! However nice abbreviated version. I have met Mary Black who is a lovely person however Emmy Lou Harris defies logic and everything. No woman I have ever seen retains the beauty of her youth her whole life.

[@luutheijes9268]

F

[@eckpolmick5080]

You easily hear how much better Mary Black's voice is compared to Emmylou's.

[@islander7363]

That guy's voice is lazy and untrained. Doesn't depict the true picture of how people struggle and died through those hardships. He doesn't know what hunger means!!!! 😡🤬🤬

[@maggilloyd-davies3221]

Do YOU? YOU are criticism him. Well the others singing it wouldn't have known those hard times either.