Randall Collins - Norman Blake (6/24/79-Rg) TFT 6Jg

[@YaleCrane]

His playing is awesome even when tuning at the beginning. I need to burn my guitar...

[@benwrong6855]

you'll likely be alive long enough to at least be able to play along with norm!! keep the faith!!

[@752brickie]

I told Doyle Dykes one time I was going to smash mine and he talked me out of it! Norman I one of the most amazing musicians on the planet. He it a true treasure! And he makes it look so simple!!! But it sure is not! I swear the guy has 10 fingers!

[@arlenroth8373]

Norman always has a smile for his wife..!

[@musicofanatic]

I love how Blake rocks those low strings in a highly syncopated fashion!

[@haakonlenzi]

That moment in the beginning where he’s cross picking while he tunes his E string is the most effortlessly cool thing ever.

[@gnm109]

American music doesn't get any better than this. What a fine ensemble!

[@petercady698]

If the Devil offered me a choice between being granted the ability to play like either Doc, Tony, or Norman at their respective primes, I know what I'd choose.

[@MrEvergreenLayne]

He never misses a note. It’s unreal.

[@graysonbyrd7538]

Doc is hard to beat though!! But I understand picking Norman

[@petercady698]

@@graysonbyrd7538 Yeah. Doc may have been the Ultimate Flatpicker. I would call Norman the Ultimate Triple Threat - Singing, Songwriting, and Flatpicking. In the US, anyway. Richard Thompson is a wildcard...

[@benwrong6855]

Yee fuckin' ha!!! diggin' it hard in Scotland

[@Thomas-pq4ys]

This is very well recorded. Most of the time, Nancy is not heard. She is here. I appreciate Mr. Bryant's intonation.... I work with a fiddler who isn't nearly as precise. Norman.... a national treasure.

[@irvinslagter8298]

Nobody, but nobody plays like Norman. Fantastic!!!!!!!

[@Life-of-Bluegrass_Music]

Norman Blake is the greatest.

[@thatmg]

The moment when you flatpick so hard that the camera image distorts

[@JODYCARROLL]

One of their finest performances ever captured.

[@DavidFlack1000]

Nice to discover this.....

[@donaldwood1731]

Holy smokes this the best thing i have heard since covid 19 invadid our lives please keep up the tradition of music and love and keep safe --we need you

[@temriver]

These videos are fantastic. Feel like struck gold. Thanks for sharing!

[@hughyager701]

My favorite flat-picker of all time!

[@KennethRayable]

Hugh Yager My flat pickin hero.

[@JODYCARROLL]

Amazing!!

[@RandyHooHa]

From 2.08 it's the fiddle tune 'Done Gone'. Thanks again for posting this incredible performance!

[@tonyindiana]

Mind blowing thank you so much for sharing! These tapes are a treasure

[@dianestockton3089]

One of my fav tunes on a harvest moon

[@bendummitt888]

Those were the days.

[@ryanmann9068]

I was born 30 years too late

[@benwrong6855]

No, this is your opportunity to pick up the torch of normans music and pass it on for another 100 years! it's your duty ;-)

[@joannehack7588]

💟

[@garycoen6943]

Play it again, please. Mule music.

[@jamesbusse1543]

She's beautiful.

[@randallmckenzie3557]

Holy sh**t

[@temriver]

I think I heard a rattlesnake rattle in the soundhole at the end :)

[@softailspringer9915]

Now THATS flatpickin!

[@ezekielsmukler2903]

Have heard Dusty Miller do this Norman Blake song.

[@reykjavik82]

to me in my generation there were/are 3 great flat picker johnny herald, doc. and norman

[@SaturnsOuterRing]

any idea where this was?

[@39MercFlathead]

It looks like Telluride in the late 70s to me. They are all so young in this video, especially Nancy.

[@39MercFlathead]

If you click the "More" button under the description, it says that it was recorded at Telluride.

[@timdillontablet3551]

I think Bob Dylan platform his career from Norman Blake

[@PFCBeetleBailey]

A D G C G D Em Em G D G A C D Em

[@ulrichfriehe3459]

Extraordinary, but Norman needs a haircut.

[@benwrong6855]

too high!

[@dollarmountainbluegrass986]

Lol 😂