Morgan Sexton - Cumberland Gap

[@togaleheho]

someone please put this in the national archive

[@CalvinNeighbors]

Our history, our culture... 🇸🇴

[@thanos6346]

Somalia?

[@CalvinNeighbors]

@thanos6346 Actually, it's the Bonnie Blue Flag, an American symbol of resistance to tyranny. Thanks for inquiring... 💯🇸🇴👍

[@CalvinNeighbors]

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[@thanos6346]

@@CalvinNeighbors ohh makes sense. I guess it doesn’t have its own emoji

[@LukeofEarth]

Thank you for uploading this. I’m turning 30 this year and I’m fascinated by the old timers. I feel as if they teach me so much even though I can’t speak to them in person. So many many things we can learn from them.

[@joshz8803]

Damn, Morgan was a treasure.

[@benkiserappalachianmusic]

He was.

[@fastheartmartvideos]

I love it! That high lonesome howl reminds me of what Appalachian string music should be :)

[@matthenson3472]

I know I’m 2 years late, but “high lonesome” is how Bill Monroe described the kind of music he was making in the 1930s.

[@gabrielboi3465]

Dont let American folklore die.

[@750S]

Do you know who Nora Brown is? If you don’t, you’re welcome

[@samuelfanning7344]

@@gabrielboi3465 i agree100%

[@kayeninetwo3585]

Wow. Amazing! I'd never heard of this musician before. Both the playing and singing are so artful. It's like having a ton of culture dropped on your head all at once.

[@Dracapalley]

Astonishing. A great friend recently told me of a music project where she'd requested the musical members of her family record something that means something to them, to make a compilation of songs to present as a most loving (to my mind) gift to her aging father who struggles with memory. Her one nudge to those she asked was "Don't aim for something perfect. Aim for something beautiful". This sentiment has been living in my mind this past week, and this is such a great example of just that. It's not 'perfect' - there are bum notes here and there. A record company might go for Take #103. But the quietness and intimacy of this, the way the gentle melody pulls you in, and then that voice, so sensitive, deft intonation. It's so beautiful, it's perfect.

[@Tim21832]

sound really fine lovely singing

[@timothybageant7429]

Best version I’ve heard yet

[@clarephares1577]

two tears just shed down my face

[@NickleJ]

What a fantastic rendition.

[@OneMansOdyssey]

The best version of a song with innumerable fantastic renditions

[@eddiemoore8468]

Most one of a kind version I’ve ever heard of this tune.

[@jacksussman9873]

Love the sound. Need the lyrics so I can sing along

[@Dondavis4501]

This man is GREAT!

[@aaronflinner6431]

That was wonderful.

[@taylorbeardnv]

Incredible

[@VictorGothenburg]

Wow, that was sure beautiful.

[@samuelfanning7344]

thats plum beautiful

[@binary132]

Faster isn’t always better!

[@natefrogfreestylenetwork1986]

Wow very intense that's amazing that's like probably my new favorite version of the Cumberland Gap besides Clifton Hicks but hey this one's original original so G LOL

[@OkieRob]

Mighty fine

[@jonathanglushakow5284]

Awesome music fan

[@Jewels122003]

Cumberland true..... no bs, no fancy........pure mountain

[@gregpartain4307]

What tuning .

[@heathcurdts3800]

fDGCD (relative--he's tuned sharp of that)

[@allbadendsall]

​@@heathcurdts3800same tuning lee sexton played it in too, right? (I'm assuming they are related)

[@benkiserappalachianmusic]

⁠@@allbadendsallCorrect. They where related, Morgan was Lee’s uncle.

[@wogdoggedguh9339]

Can someone provide the lyrics? It sounds beautiful, but I have difficulty understanding the accent. Thanks :)

[@gelidsoul]

Anyone know what type of banjo he’s playing?

[@petercrout4248]

From what I can tell it's a Gibson Mastertone RB-250. They stopped making them a long time ago but Gold Tone now has a "Mastertone" line, and their OB-3 Twanger is a similar banjo. I bought one recently and it's great for this style of two-finger picking.

[@rodmackinnon8497]

Wicket . . .

[@joshk2181]

who cares who filmed it, what's this gentleman's name?

[@pedroelalto]

How’s he tuned?

[@billfriendo2]

think he’s in fDGCD possibly tuned down a step?

[@benkiserappalachianmusic]

⁠@@billfriendo2tuned up a half-step

[@billfriendo2]

@@benkiserappalachianmusic thank you 🙏

[@harleyorlando1390]

Hope you don’t mind if I steal some of these for my Instagram, his playing and voice is too good to not share

[@damaracarpenter8316]

I hope you credit this page!