Eddie Peobody in 'Strum Fun'

[@Pickinbuddy]

Eddie was such a fantastic player---that performance on the old Gibson Harp guitar is priceless!

[@coudrillelovedeathbadbehav434]

There are other reasons for playing the Banjo, but yes. And, wonderful to see - and hear - the Gibson Harp Guitar.

[@JustClaude13]

1:54 Good use of harmonics! And the banjo is unreal. I wouldn't believe it was possible to get those sounds out of that thing!

[@ziggzapp]

i want that guitar, man that thing is out of this world....so is Pbody...he always gets 5 big juicy shiners....tx

[@jonsills5783]

Eddie peabody was the original headbanger

[@B3yondSusp3ct]

Another few minutes and he would have played that dress right off that blonde girl dancing!! lol

[@queenmaryellen]

LMFAO

[@rekdinhopoetico]

That's the father of the grandfather of Jimmy Page! BRILLIANT!

[@ronpaulrevered]

REally? I didn't know that

[@panamintjoe]

Terrific tremolo, best version of "Mighty 'Lak A Rose" I ever did hear!

[@bryanmannoia8410]

that was musically awesome but I can't help but laugh at the forced fun the girls were having. thanks for sharing!

[@mrfester42]

Yeah, and that's why you probably never got any. There was nothing forced about it. Those women were having a great time and I'll bet old Eddie had a an even better time as well after the camera stopped rolling..

[@thehellout]

Thanks for posting, Jack!

[@aethelwulf8753]

WOW, and think I'd never heard of him before, a certifiable genius.

[@accordeonsteve]

What a rendition of "Some of these days" Terrific, really!

[@wa1ufo]

Man, those chicks in 1928 were hot!!!!

[@313DJMASTER]

Well not anymore xD

[@VitalityMassage]

Now American women are just FAT.

[@Shotzeethegamer]

or 56%

[@greentintlive4287]

really what happened !

[@dmnd173]

I agree

[@Patricia13386]

the first metalhead.

[@Eloybb1]

bffff, amazing solo

[@ZalMoxis]

Eddie was truly a gun on those instruments....When real talent walked this earth and it was just a day job to them..... or was that Bill Nye's Dad...???

[@robertgwatts1858]

This is sooo cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@pabzum]

Ladies just love tremolo hands.

[@mtnmotoadv]

'imagine how fast he could wipe his ass'

[@marvinbnaylor]

Brilliant stuff!

[@Offdrive3]

Crazy beautiful!

[@tamahome1970]

eddie was consireded as earliest rock n roll

[@chrispile3878]

You didn't think to mention his Gibson Harp Guitar in the description?

[@999manman]

Geez...think I'll add tenor banjo to my list of dame getters.

[@zaraanderson3838]

I think it’s a standard or plectrum rather than in 5th

[@zaraanderson3838]

Trying to work out the tuning on the guitar and bazouki

[@classicrock64]

guitar players always get the girls

[@pereztube2]

I must be really ugly then :(

[@brazilgrass]

Fantastic video. Thanx!

[@LionelAlbert]

Wonderful !

[@maszyahya6976]

legend

[@maxroyle6750]

Man!!!Is this guy WIRED !!!!

[@blondiebanjo007]

Hello there.......just noticed your question from a year ago and wanted to tell you that the name of the first song Eddie plays is called "Marquita"------ beautiful, isn't it....? He was THE best. Thanks.

[@АлександрСафронов-л6т]

Супер исполнение!

[@bluesborn]

Ed you madman! I think he was making that one gal a little uncomfortable towards the end there when he started really getting into it.I think she thought Ed was starting to come unhinged like he might suddenly throw the banjo out the window and leap on her. Yargh!

[@ChristianVBlue3]

Haha! Wow! First guitarist to get the girls!

[@mayuss]

wooow!! great!!

[@kentfelsman2271]

INSANE...and here we think that Eddie VH was master....Just like the automobile..they were 'mastered' many years ago, we are only now just fine tuning them.

[@ericdreizen1463]

Never a "country picker," he was a sophisticated jazz musician who happened to play banjo. It's easy to surmise that he was originally a jazz guitarist. Same as Bela Fleck today, but Peabody may have been even greater. He was most likely the greatest banjo virtuoso of all time. Expanded the possibilities of the instrument, much like Jascha Heifetz on violin or Art Tatum on piano. I saw him playing solo banjo at the Elks club w/ my father in 1962. I'll never forget it!

[@taylordiclemente5163]

It's the other way around. The plectrum banjo was the standard accompaniment instrument for jazz bands until the 1930s, when it was replaced by the new archtop guitar. At that time, many banjo players switched over.

[@mrjimmienoone2130]

Maybe it's a stupid question, but what is the first instrument? Tymime (below) thinks it's a banjolin, but it doesn't look like any banjolins I've seen pictures of.

[@HotRodSixString]

It's a banjoline . With a basic tenor banjo type configuration except the high strings are doubled . It was possibly tuned C G D A with the D being a double course of strings tuned in octaves and the A being a double course of strings being tuned in unison . I read he is credited for inventing this instrument .

[@mrjimmienoone2130]

Thank you!

[@robbiebenidorm]

ive never heard of this guy before can anyone tell me what happend to those lovely instuments he played i guess he must have big in his day more so in the states

[@ladster3]

The Jimi Hendrix of the pre-electric era!

[@Bluefinger]

The very first headbanger :)

[@djpaulywood]

i own this on 16mm film

[@dantep4966]

Can you upload it?

[@djpaulywood]

@@dantep4966 I have many other episodes that are all splice together into one real so I don't have them separate

[@dantep4966]

@@djpaulywood do you know if/ where the footage is available? I would love to see this in higher resolution

[@djpaulywood]

@@dantep4966 no i dont - were lucky to see as is :)

[@djangoshmango]

yes, plectrum of course. I got the tune right. I see John Reynolds (plectrum master) frequently here in LA.

[@stephenedwardleemusic8997]

Hello and thanks for the great post! Are there any other clips of Eddie playing the harp guitar??

[@guitaress1]

Is that first one a banjola? And what is that insane harp guitar? That's too cool!

[@justonking3575]

Home brah was shreddin' fo' shreddin' was shreddin'

[@joepipe1010]

The first guitar Hero shreeding

[@ukulelezaza]

@ufoolable Harp guitar, made by Gibson (I think).

[@tymime]

Just what IS that instrument he plays at the beginning?? It looks and sounds like an octave mandolin, but I can only see six tuning pegs...

[@tymime]

Oops, nevermind. I just found out it's a banjoline! I just love these things...

[@romanlegion4282]

Awesome.Today he would be a metal player.

[@RobinHood5045]

The second tune here is: "Mighty Like A Rose".

[@martins.jacobsen3585]

that was how headbanging was invented?

[@ramonasidneybaker]

Go harp-guitars!!!!

[@djangoshmango]

last one on tenor is One of These Days

[@Caligari...]

Roy Smecks buddy !

[@danrock4511]

i was thinking the same lollll

[@jamesha175]

guy looks like G.E. Smith.

[@MooPotPie]

The second tune is "Mighty Lak A Rose". The third is "Some Of These Days" . . . anyone know the first?

[@jasonhill6170]

Marcheta

[@MooPotPie]

Jason Hill Thanks! I figured someone had to know.

[@manstett7066]

That looks like,a banjo mixed with a mandolin body? Even sounds sorta compressed like one too

[@maxbest2]

Excellent! Was this a "soundie" clip?

[@ufoolable]

@ukulelezaza thankyou :)

[@JohnBianchi]

Lovely, great artifact. Really, why doesn't it work this way in real life when you whip out a plectrum guitar? Well, maybe it works that way for others, but never did for me. :D

[@fireb0xes938]

mans got the banjo rizz

[@johnmitchelljr]

Smilin’ Eddie Peabody, I’d be smilin’ to if the girls were happy. Thank you.

[@ukulelezaza]

Does anybody know which song Eddie plays first? I love it.

[@TheRantingBrit]

It's called Marcheta. Found the song by Nick Lucas just now, and was reminded of Eddie Peabody. I'm glad to know the name of the tune finally.

[@cody8804]

If this guy played guitar instead of banjo he would be a certified legend

[@Pkatherstudio]

He did. He was recognized as playing most all stringed instruments. He said he would specialize in the banjo as it was disrespected. He was a major star for decades.

[@plazasta]

0 dislikes for 523 likes this is a record

[@iminsmim]

I say!

[@thereaper7682]

I wish I would get to marry one of them ladies

[@tylerbrandon460]

I assure you that would not be possible as they probably are dead.

[@KawhackitaRag]

Hey! I may have sworn off fretted stringed instruments, but I definitely have NOT sworn off girls!

[@ufoolable]

what's that crazy guitar thing 1:30s ?

[@paulcruzgallardo9505]

as mulheres e a musica da aquela então sim foi uma combinação de Deus

[@VACJ]

you have right!

[@paulcruzgallardo9505]

yeah man ! lml thanks :)

[@taylordiclemente5163]

Party monster

[@dem0n0maniac]

The original "that guy" with a guitar at at party

[@taxiwardance7242]

anyone know of guys who still play this style today?

[@Shotzeethegamer]

Tyler Jackson

[@HotRodSixString]

Little Roy is a good example . He is excellent at Scruggs style too .

[@MikeNeer]

He pulled out all the stops for the blonde.

[@analogsynthplayer]

@2:35 sounds like a John 5 solo

[@JasonBelisha]

SHRED

[@albertsciarronsky2251]

harp guitar 1.21?

[@KASUN_M]

Early psychedelic mind whip metal...can't judge a book by its cover. This guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing

[@Cherrytea558]

LOL!

[@420SanJuan]

whats the name of that guitar he plays with the bass strings?

[@InfiniteRhombus]

gibson u-harp guitar, they are very very very rare and very very very very expensive if you can find one, but they do look fuckin cool. iirc the ones that are still around are in the single digits, i know for a fact that there are no more than i think 15 in existence but its been awhile.

[@Kefacrow]

I have 16 of them.

[@keithwaites9991]

It was his spats that did it

[@StoneCold3.16]

What year is this?

[@plazasta]

Dat face at the end of the video

[@peterfitzpatrick9662]

getting the babe

[@aliceband2]

Eddie was a fabulous player, a part of the history of american music. How come this video has attracted so many moronic comments?

[@THETBRETT]

"why Yes, I am married, why do you ask?"

[@oldcremona]

I tell ya, the banjo is a real chick magnet.

[@PIANOPHUNGUY]

First the ladies were crowding around the piano player, then they gravitated to the banjoist.

[@Telelikeitis]

haaaaaaaa

[@16bitgamer101]

Wow look at him headbang,lol

[@UnkleAlbert]

save the hottest mama for last...go! go! go!

[@bigwaves1]

Who sez banjo player don't get the chicks! Tak it of Betty!!

[@Anglagard1]

You players of fretted instruments think you are all that, but wait until the keyboardist whips out his organ.

[@haydencusmano1128]

would you rather see a church organist or eddie van halen play in concert in your basement? now go home.

[@Anglagard1]

You kind of missed the pun.

[@haydencusmano1128]

what?

[@ChristianVBlue3]

Oh, I see . . . his "Organ" Haha!

[@alphacentauri8083]

James Rozoff A lot of people lack basic reading comprehension, especially in the youtube comment sections.

[@KawhackitaRag]

"that fucked-up looking guitar" is a real musical instrument called the harp-guitar. Look it up if you're curious.

[@MrTruth111]

hahaha:)

[@blondiebanjo007]

The first song Eddie plays is called "Marquita". He was THE best.

[@paulj0557tonehead]

I got my fair share of chicks from playing guitar, even a wife, but I've yet to attract anything but other men since I took up theater organ. I wonder if Jesse Crawford had this problem.

[@robbydaniel9889]

Gotta agree with you there. As good as that girl's legs.

[@joelthe4th]

Bill Nye plays banjo. Whodathunkit.

[@tonymctony4551]

Back then they didn't pull out and muffs were hairier than hipsters beards nowadays.

[@owenmaloney8637]

To surpass this fella would be difficult