Kruger Brothers "Dueling Banjos"

Truly amazing may be the only way to describe The Kruger Brothers as musicians. Their performance at the Doc Watson Music Fest in Sugar Grove, NC in 2001 included several great pieces of music.
Their rendition of the classic "Dueling Banjos" typified their imagination, skill and showmanship as musicians. Regretfully, a heartfelt tribute to Doc Watson had to be edited out to conform to the 10 minute clip requirement.
The Kruger Brothers:
Jens Kruger - banjo
Uwe Kruger - guitar
Joel Landsberg - resophonic bass
See the Kruger Brothers is you have a chance. Visit their website at www.krugerbrothers.com for tour dates

[@MrCanadave]

Excellent. God bless the Kruger Brothers !!!

[@johnblack1030]

As a guitar and banjo and bass player, these guys are unmatched in ability as to how good they really are. Awesome pickers. I like that resonator acoustic bass guitar.

[@sufenta67]

There are just no words. Tears streaming down my cheeks. Never heard a banjo like this in this lifetime. Just outrageous!!!!

[@fiddlemusik]

As a classical and Irish fiddle player...my heart is full and happy to hear such amazing musicality, technique and well... all of it. I tip my bow to you fellas!

[@steincatonybakken1030]

"Were we come from, they're all Foreign Movies" :-)

[@karenknighton7013]

Saw this in Sugar Grove in 2001. First time I'd had heard them. Such magnificent skill and musicianship. Hope to see them again soon.

[@CDIngallsMusic]

Holy crap!!! This is just crazy!! What great musicianship!! :) That was incredible!

[@cjeanrond]

The sounds he manage to get out of that 5-string. Unbelievable. I really want to experience them live one sweet day..

[@irvinslagter8298]

These guys are truly phenomenal. A real joy to listen to. How the bass player keeps up with all that is unbelievable.

[@jtc1947]

Irvin? The slender bald headed guy is playing a DOBRO guitar.

[@richardperkins5046]

@@jtc1947 Wrong, it is a resonator bass.

[@JohnOrrCCIM]

Incredibly entertaining. My favorite quote "Where we come from they're all foreign movies" Great Job!!

[@chasezwartz8796]

This is the some of the sickest shit I've seen in my life

[@davnkatz]

Let me put it this way! during the arpeggios and pauses, I waited in anticipation and then was delighted. Fantastic playing and showmanship.

[@nevillehill5210]

They’re pretty darn good

[@oscarantoniomoreno5247]

Holy cow! Just discovered these guys. Blown away.

[@luthercase1665]

Amazing how many people are here saying “play it straight” as if we haven’t heard a billion covers already

[@NightingaleHMP]

This is such a joy to watch and listen too...what brilliant skilled musicians they all are, They appear to be just fooling about and having fun together - but fun like this takes such real talent. Absolutely brilliant and most enjoyable indeed. Thanks so much for sharing this incredible moment. I have watched it many times now and thoroughly enjoy it every time. What a unique band they are in many ways. Oh for just a grain of their skill. Thank u again from a UK lover of folk music.

[@buckhendrix]

I've been watching these guys all week live at the pawn shop in North Wilkseboro on the Caldwell County Channel and they didn't rock out like this. This is awesome!

[@NightingaleHMP]

Amazing! This is nothing but a musical masterpiece. Excellent music what a rare treat this mix is...thank you so much for sharing it. Well done Kruger Bros. (UK)

[@jonathangrimes9671]

Saw them yesterday live in Cumming, Ga for a benefit concert. They are amazing.

[@SusScrofu]

best version i heared

[@ucatlover99]

The happiness continues. You all look so CUTE!

[@1o5o2]

Hilaripus Swiss brothers & their NY friend - amazing!

[@rramos07]

Sickest version I’ve ever heard of this song. Bravo gentlemen! 👍🏼

[@bobg7471]

I live in Wilkesboro NC and my first cousin first invited them to the US when he spent a vacation in Switzerland and heard them. They lived with him for several months until they got established. I've heard them many times in informal settings. They claim themselves to be NC hillbillies. Great is the word for them.

[@NotOfThisGod1]

I first saw and heard of them while in Wilksboro at Merlfest many years ago now. So good to see live. A true force and fenom to be reckoned with.

[@Hawkswill]

I first saw them at the Cook Shack Union Grove, NC

[@wolfgangoutrata3800]

Best Duell ever !

[@mdwoods100]

What a wonderfully pleasant medley of tunes. :)

[@leswagstaff4908]

Excellent...

[@LarryDean1]

Absolutely best I’ve ever heard!!!!!!

[@aliwhitwell]

Excellent musicianship! Thanks for posting.

[@MrIbgrant]

This is one of the very best clips of them. Thanks. They're SO good!

[@greglarry11]

Great version. Love the medley of tunes.

[@fallentim2564]

i hope i can meet them before i die to thank them

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

Jewish banjo and guitar fiends! Love this! Went to school with many of the the Jewish Faith! Loved the music!

[@paulhaymoz9265]

Die besten so super

[@dreadnaught90]

This had me on the edge of my seat wondering where they would go with it next. Great stuff.

[@technowey]

These guys are phenomenal!

[@guitartec]

My first hearing of these guys. AWESOME! Onto their other vids

[@richardstrahin7634]

What a great performance!!!!

[@beargryylsfan12]

Fantastic you guys...very impressive

[@ISignedUpBefore]

Further poof that these guys have been good forever, and always will be. Yes there are some corny moments but they have earned every right to it. I don't think any other performer in this category has nailed like they have. Great video!

[@marcdunn7716]

Love it !

[@axegas76]

amazing music, thanks.

[@camillehoskin6189]

Wow 😍 love it

[@billcollins531]

the Kruger Brothers are amazing.

[@ddf414]

Never gets old

[@Themheals]

Impossibly fast banjo and unbelievably clean banjo.

[@richardperkins5046]

What a great medley.

[@leafforever9174]

9:53 of pure astonishment. WOW !!!

[@banjoist123]

What's amazing is that buried in Jens's version is every single note that Weissberg played for the recording released as a single. I was told by a friend that Jens plays 14 hours a day, every day of his life.

[@walkonfire]

Actually saw those boys live in N. Wilkesboro, NC ... sooooo goood!

[@USMC_BABE38]

Love this song

[@Taxi_drivers]

FANTASTICI...!

[@trunksosp1]

I get to work for these guys today. this is going to be awesome.

[@jeteye97]

Great pickin'! Saw them about 12 years ago at the MBOTMA festival, hard to to that show!

[@davidgoeswest]

And this was written by the great Arthur Smith who left us earlier this year in 2014.

[@SoundAdvice4u]

I just stumbled across these guys. Amazing! Those cords on Wonderful World 7:15 blew me away.

[@DoggedCyprez]

I love the resonator bass!

[@zuksammy]

very well done.

[@roadglid88twin]

this is great

[@arsensaakyan1949]

They are Gods!

[@gedoneill1280]

WOW! That is all

[@pogge38]

this is amacing

[@thetruth34o9]

Pretty awesome

[@stefanhuegin8292]

Genial! 🎶😘

[@Prof.EugenioLoGullo]

Dueling Follies...Ciao dal Sud Italy

[@thomas7johns]

O M Goosh!

[@katieonlaserdisc]

"Maybe not. This probably isn't the most viewed video." -Dreg Why isn't this the most viewed video?

[@piercebruneau1284]

7.23 The smug smile on his face lol

[@Bluecatsinger]

Hi everybody... has someone a vidéo of their song "when will we meet again" or something like that... normally their last song of a set... Just love it ! Enjoy

[@Rons45Eagle]

great strings

[@Stuckinafolksong]

@forf01 thx !! goddamned howcome I didn't find that!! I've been going trough the sound of music & bedknobs & broomsticks but somehow forgot about Mary ! thx a million !!

[@fsx668]

yeah, i knew the song i just didn't recognize the riff. thanks!

[@scottunder]

At 7:30, they're playing "What a Wonderful World," probably best known by Louis Armstrong.

[@slickrick134]

this is the best dueling banjos ive ever seen. whats that russian sounding song they play that speeds up really quick and they go YO??

[@berndf7437]

Köstlich,aus welchem film?

[@josefdetzer8717]

Olimpic Goldmedaile

[@NightingaleHMP]

@peaceboy100000000000 ...its 'If I were a rich man' from Zorbal the Greek.

[@d-link8593]

Man, würde ich euch gerne sehen!!!

[@NickXDDX]

around 4.35, is that from Mary Poppins?

[@btmacie]

Yes, Chim-Cimeny!

[@Mambosalome]

Lisbon By Night

[@markleman8649]

The bloke in the middle looks like Groucho marks.🪕

[@TheGalen62]

Holy F*ck!

[@banjoist123]

The only single hit ever done on the zither!

[@songsofbirds22]

Could you post the tribute to Doc separately somewhere?

[@btmacie]

4:16 Yo!

[@DulcieDuck]

You posted this only 17 days ago (1.5.09)..., but, it's at least a few years old, right? I think Joel no longer plays that bass guitar.., and the Doc Watson Music Festival has changed its name. Doesn't matter much, really. :) - these guys are more than just awesome; they are phenomenally, incredibly, amazingly awesome; they are the inimitable KRUGER BROTHERS. - from an unabashed Krugerholic

[@Stuckinafolksong]

please someone help me the song they start around 4:29 after the yiddish song; I think its something from a musical, sound of music or something ?? please help its driving me mental !!

[@slickrick134]

and whos the tough guy who can name all the songs on there??

[@jdwylde7]

What’s the song at 5:44 I cannot remember for the life of me.

[@fsx668]

anyone know that little riff at 7:30?

[@megapengmusic]

chöne der das vom film?

[@AllSphere]

What is 4:30 from it sounds hecka familiar

[@UNHAPPYMEXICANS]

What's the gypsy sounding song played 2:00.

[@idomake4429]

"Yo" This is simultaneously the reason I want to learn to play my banjo, and the reason I know it will likely NEVER really happen, not like Jens anyway.

[@lanahanr]

Actually Switzerland.

[@slickrick134]

who can name all the covers?!

[@jpkarbunko]

hahaha, lol the little tune from the movie...

[@tomhauser5190]

What make of bass is that? Looks like a dobro...

[@dreadnaught90]

Dobro bass. I played one in a store once, Unamplified it sounds tinny but through an amp it sounds the same as an acoustic bass guitar.It's fun to play something different for a change. Then you go back to the upright.

[@jtc1947]

What's with the guy with the DOBRO? I've always seen them laid FLAT???

[@docbanjo6544]

It's some sort of resonator bass.

[@jtc1947]

@@docbanjo6544 Sorry! MY BAD! Just looked like a "DOBRO" to me/

[@NickXDDX]

1.27 "datass"