Old Dog Blues: Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton at The Ark

[@bobbydylanio]

I named my beautiful black Labrador after this very performance. Sadly my beautiful boy died at the age of 1. This song is very special to me. Please never remove it from KZbin.

[@patrickmcadams7996]

rip blue, you good dog you

[@kennethw.6603]

His banjo technique is amazing. He is doing so many things at once that it boggles my mind. I don't know if I've ever seen his equal.

[@themanhimself1229]

He's simultaneously using like three different standard techniques and smashing them together. I'm genuinely in awe as to how well he's able to do it.

[@extremenature9190]

@@themanhimself1229what are the techniques? -asking for a friend lol

[@Mourningbeers]

I'd say he's pretty incredible at making the drop thumb seem so effortless and he throws in those long brushstrokes while keeping perfect time. Not to mention he's playing a fretless banjo while singing. Really just a master of putting it all together if ya know what I mean@@extremenature9190

[@Greencheez-y]

I know right?! It's honestly amazing. Anyone who's played the banjo would know that what he's doing is no small feat by any measure. It's like he's unlocked the true potential of folk banjo. Dude's a legend!

[@Greencheez-y]

​@@extremenature9190haha well you can let your *friend* know that the main technique he's using is a folk style that goes by many names called clawhammer/frailing/overhand style. But he is also using a technique within that style with his strumming hand called drop-thumbing as well as a lot of pull-offs and trills with his fretting hand. In another video I just saw before this one, he was also doing a 3-finger folk style towards the end of the song. Hope this helps!

[@alanaltimont9007]

A national treasure--if we treasured truly important things. I suppose this history is no longer welcome in public schools.

[@frostyfrances4700]

They're not only burning books - very recently a teacher was fired for assigning the Diary of Anne Frank.

[@МихаилКурлапов-х6о]

Прекрасно вас понимаю! Как рождённый в СССР, я завидую вашему народу - линия народной музыки в вашей стране не прерывалась, а только погрузилась под слой поп- и рок-музыки. В СССР, вы не поверите, народную музыку погубила система музыкального образования! 🤔 Были созданы отделения народной музыки в каждой школе и консерватории. И там проделали такую обработку как репертуара, так и народной манеры исполнения - точнее, создали новую, на основе академической музыки - что мы, русские люди, вообще не знали, как должно звучать народное пение! Слава богу, что оно сохранилось в этнографических записях, и в некоторых народных коллективах. Только в начале 2000-х годов началось очень медленное возрождение истинной русской традиционной музыки! Сейчас появилось достаточное количество исполнителей аутентичной музыки в настоящей народной манере. К сожалению, в массы эта музыка проникает очень слабо, слушают только энтузиасты фольклора. А большинство людей старшего возраста до сих пор считают "народным" пение выпускников консерваторий, которые выдают настоящую карикатуру на фольклор.

[@otter726]

​@@МихаилКурлапов-х6о Привет! Я заядлый поклонник народной музыки, а также очарован русским языком и культурой. Есть ли у вас какие-либо рекомендации, что вы могли бы считать русским традиционным фолком? Современный или старый - это хорошо. заранее спасибо (Google Переводчик)

[@chezztone]

Thank you for that long spoken introduction. Yes, this is not just a sentimental song about a deceased pet!

[@lyndonlondon]

Amazing player with amazing voice. He feels what he sings...

[@TheWolfy90]

He is such an amazing guy and his music is just breathtaking!

[@AngelodeCiutiis]

I discovered this when I was dealing with some emotions - in fact I didn't realize I was working through something until I heard this and almost broke down because it was so simultaneously sad and beautiful. I listened to this every single day for over a month, and usually at least twice daily. All I can say is "Thank you" to Jerron Paxton, you helped me get through where I was so I could move on to where I needed to be. I still listen to this video on a regular basis. I'm not a spiritual person, but regular maintenance of the soul is important, however you interpret the world.

[@craigmitchell8892]

I cant watch this without crying, so much power in his player that i havent really heard anywhere else

[@mack8488]

Its not just art but also history....getting misty eyed too...😢

[@israelorr5755]

This man has the soul i wish i had.

[@chezztone]

You might have the soul! But you still have to work hard at your music, as he has and does, if you want to bring it out.

[@jeremybudd4985]

The goat of goats. Makes me simultaneously want to learn banjo and never touch the fucking thing for fear of blasphemy. He’s one in a billion, a true wizard.

[@williamjohns9322]

goddamn, Jeron, you made me cry man! you can tell a story like no one else.

[@rjwh67220]

One of my favorite songs, and damn but this man can play it like nobody else.

[@AndrewBolam]

Moved me to tears…

[@user-qt5eh9wb7g]

I love the dude over his right shoulder just absolutely diggin it. Cool.

[@Taptricko]

I was in the woods 100+ years ago running with Blue .. . transcendent.

[@jameshayes9932]

National treasure

[@jacobalexander7192]

So incredible. Deserves way more attention

[@creativemusicmakingworksho2128]

What a beautiful outstanding song.

[@georgebethos7890]

This guy is great 👍

[@1crimson7]

I have a dog. His name is Blue - and yes, he’s a good’un too. 🐻‍❄️💕

[@Buckmelanoma1]

Mesmerizing

[@sarahcohen3844]

I knew a Joan Baez version of this song as a kid. This has so much more to it.

[@jamesezell3068]

Chockma long decindent of last Chickasaw daws... Oklahoma born Louisiana raised

[@nikolairuskin]

That was so awesome!!!!!!!!!

[@mack8488]

My dinner is fighting me....😂

[@whelennut]

The first blind banjo player I have ever heard.

[@mattWallJsy]

Perfection 👌🏽

[@RicdelaBastide]

Respect

[@joannehack7588]

✨

[@roseneal2392]

Hellava relationship👑

[@StanfordFan-jn1dp]

wow! wow! wow!

[@emarkjacobs]

maestro!

[@hoother9573]

profound. somehow he breaks through to the other side.

[@hustlinc3540]

the best alive

[@untilgrass]

Jim Jackson!

[@christopherjordan9707]

Wow hes really playing it up fo dem folks.

[@falcon.3679]

What is the tuning he’s in??

[@ELI-zi1kl]

He's almost there he won't tell the entire truth of what happened back in the day he has the music but it's something else and history is hard the truth is a mf that's why people run from the most hated people that graced hell told the truth that's what was their crime

[@Buckmelanoma1]

Anyone else start clapping at the end?

[@randolphfriend8260]

💙 🎶 🪕 🎶

[@blackpalacemusic]

His grandmother's father used to hunt squirrels and rabbits with a blow gun 😮 on a plantation 🤯

[@digitaldemocracyai-rob]

I shake Simmon down?

[@Chill_Die_Ding_Prod]

An add in the middle of the song? Unsub

[@BoarhideGaming]

The uploader does not control where youtube puts the ads, those times are long gone.

[@richardcarew4708]

so, share cropping is the very worst form of slavery... when everything we need to live belongs to someone else... think about this a moment, please... look around... hmmmmm?

[@richardcarew4708]

and.. there's no place to run, no place to hide... they got all of us brothers and sisters.. every single person on Planet Earth... it's done with paper money

[@richardcarew4708]

and the restrictions of 10 bazillion laws and rules and regulations.. that keep us buying every single thing we need to live from someone else... what if... we could keep the fruits of our labors?... think about this please 🙏 the StarFire Family wishes you Peace and Prosperity ad Infinitum 🙏 Peace 🙏✌☮🕊

[@richardcarew4708]

thanks Mr Paxton... 😊 always a pleasure, sir 🙏Namaste ✌

[@richardcarew4708]

at the end of Men in Black, the kids with the galaxy marbles... let's shake em up... see if they fight... and they do brothers and sisters, they do... that's where all the money goes

[@richardcarew4708]

solution ==>> it costs absolutely nothing to be nice

[@silverback1243]

He's not even blind.🤣

[@JohnyG29]

There are many levels of blindness. Only a small percentage of technically blind people have zero vision.

[@jasonw4053]

He is legally blind. He can't drive. As he says "Legally Blind Boy Paxton" doesn't sound as good.

[@dankealey6176]

@@jasonw4053 Just ignore them, pedantic trolls.

[@jameshayes9932]

Funny...from a dude named silverback

[@claytonwalter8700]

So phony I could puke.

[@h2bfz098]

Funny no body asked you... but everyone has an opinion just like everyone has an ashole.... and hole is mighty large

[@jacoblambert1586]

Go ahead, maybe you’ll feel better.