James Bryan - fiddler - Farewell Trion

[@elizabethbrown3469]

My great-uncle John Blalock taught James to play. Ive never seen or heard anyone play a fiddle as smooth as James Bryan. I met him when I was a child and had the pleasure of seeing him play several times through the years. Listening to James takes me back to my childhood and the "musicals " at my great aunt Edna Crowe's home.

[@PatrickRiner]

Ive never seen anyone who is any more down to earth than James. He has always been one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet. Ive seen a lot of musicians and I can honestly say he is one of the best i have ever seen. You have to have a strong desire to be what he is and to top it off being so smooth with that bow

[@samsykes8616]

Just transcribed this fiddle song to cello and it’s one of my favorite old time tunes to play. I love playing the A,B,C parts in different orders, quite fun.

[@BIGMOUTHLOUIS]

Great fiddler..and the guitar guy is just perfectly in there.i love this stuff.

[@jeffreysiegel9125]

What a sweet sound!!! Thank you for putting it up here!☘😃🌳

[@SueDuda]

It was a great time learning this tune from James at the Bluff Country Gathering in MN, several years ago! Can't beat that pleasurable sound especially with Carl's guitar!

[@irvinslagter8298]

Mighty smooooooth fiddle playing!!! It'd put a feller to sleep.......

[@scrimshank1]

Love the gentle way you both play this piece and Washington's March. I think of this tune each time I pass through Tryon, Prince Edward Island on the way home.

[@468strings7]

Got to attend a Carl Jones workshop a couple of years back. What a great man.

[@gary9111]

This is so enjoyable to listen to ,I would have to say he is one the best. His blending of the notes is something else. Just love to listen to you all day .Your friend in Canada

[@lindseyfyfe8146]

this is so satisfying to listen to- brava

[@jodimw8]

I love this tune!

[@BIGMOUTHLOUIS]

So,SO BEAUTIFUL. I love your grand collection.

[@BIGMOUTHLOUIS]

I keep coming back to this piece.

[@gaetanobevilacqua2700]

Brilliant fiddler.

[@trudybradt6413]

I love this tune ! He's a great fiddler

[@peterwhite7428]

I've known James when he was traveling with Norman Blake. If you look at the earlier videos of him playing this tune you will see that he has the third part. Here he does it only maybe once. I think he forgot he has a third part. Or he chose not to play it this time. He is one of the best musicians in the old time world.

[@moserstudio]

Thanks for putting this up. This was at the Bear on The Square festival in Dahlonega Georgia.

[@marklozano8388]

damn that's sweet.

[@DavidHaile_profile]

I count this as AABB, AABB, CCBB. Sound right to anyone else?

[@gjd1155]

I was also waitingfor that third part to kick in.

[@SunnysideElla]

Great song, great fiddler.

[@MissMoonshineDance]

thanks for stopping by

[@planezane]

Very nice....

[@carlfisher6771]

❤

[@thebetterhalf37]

@xergi123 yes, this song is in the key of C

[@utub333]

I like how they only occasionally play the third part (ala Bryan). It's as if James and Carl might be giving props to the original tune -- or the tune as James learned it from Mack (Mack, is that right?) Blaylock. Recorded version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKvHmJiHqKmmobc

[@xergi123]

fantastic playing, doe,s james play this in C, i'm trying to learn this from watching it over and over, but im new to fiddle, are there any vid's out there that show a slower way of playing it? perhaps james could do a teaching class on it? all the best from the uk, and a big thanks for posting it, ged todd.

[@rickfriend3109]

Yes key of C

[@xergi123]

@@rickfriend3109 lol, ten years later i can play it, james still rocks

[@brianchisholm4434]

I've always heard this with three parts played in sequence, but he starts out playing just the first 2 parts then adds the 3 part while seeming to mix them in an unconventional sequence. I understand he wrote the 3rd part.

[@spacelumps]

Brian Chisholm To me this is just the difference between a jam (played the same the whole time) and an arrangement for performance