Back in 1983 I was at the Marietta, Georgia Bluegrass I first met Randy Howard. While walking around the parking lot listening to different groups and carrying my fiddle case around, Randy approached me and introduced himself. He asked me how long I had been playing and asked me to play something. I think it was Arkansas Traveler that played go him. He said it sounded great and was very complimentary. He too had his fiddle and I asked him to play something. He played the wild fiddlers rag. As he played my mouth dropped as I thought that was the best fiddle playing I had ever heard. Even though he had a very nice sounding fiddle he played a couple of tunes on my instrument and he liked it so much he wanted to buy it but no thanks I wasn’t interested in selling it. To this day I think If Randy every time I play it. I recall Seeing him ca few times after that a different festivals and he always made a special effort to say hello to me. I was a year younger than him and he was much better if a musician than myself. He was so nice and down to earth and I will never forget that.
@iragitlin75494 жыл бұрын
I got to play one gig with him, back in 1998, less than a year before he died. Imagine what you hear in this video--but improvised, and with no rehearsal. He was THAT good.
@marciah03122 жыл бұрын
You're so lucky to have gotten to play with him! Wow, such amazing music. Thanks for sharing :) x
@F_later Жыл бұрын
Remembered for allways. Enjoy in Golden Fiddle Heaven. Thank you for your music.
@Plshipme11 жыл бұрын
Randy was not only a great musician, he was also a wonderful person and would give you the shirt off his back. He was the kind friend you could call if you were broke down at 3 am. I miss him.
@meloistnut70672 жыл бұрын
I wish I would've stumbled upon this sooner, but I'm glad to have found it now than later. Absolutely beautiful.
@burtvillefarms9 жыл бұрын
this is about as good as Fiddle Waltz's can get. Randy was one of our Fiddling National Treasures.
@davidking21436 жыл бұрын
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@NativeHorsemanship3 ай бұрын
I miss Randy. The best.
@cstokes3595 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of Randy, this is a wonderful tune & I listen to it often. RIP Randy.
@sandsfamilymusic38617 жыл бұрын
How appropriate that Randy's last cd was titled I Rest My Case. He has got to be one of the top 10 bluegrass fiddlers of all time. What a talent....such a great loss.
@rickgottfried75979 жыл бұрын
His popularity has long since been in Canada. I so appreciate this video! This has become our households favourite waltz. Even folks who are not fond of folk music love this tune. Thank you Randy Howard...
@clayjones8890 Жыл бұрын
King of the double and triple stops! Rest easy my brother.
@lookinglassalice13 жыл бұрын
i love the expressions on his face...he really feels the music...sorry to hear he is gone.
@hannahfarnum70283 жыл бұрын
He was such a smooth player! Wish I could’ve had the chance to meet him.
@joepoole4922 Жыл бұрын
Randy played guitar,mandolin, banjo with the same expertise.
@mrswimmyboy5 жыл бұрын
This is the essence of beautiful music on fiddle.
@danhouy4626 Жыл бұрын
This was absolute perfection.I haven't witnessed any better.
@string07113 жыл бұрын
He was the best fiddler I've ever known... And one of my best US friends... I miss you, Randy... R.I.P.
@mountainmanfiddler7 жыл бұрын
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@thaedrinpyles4836 Жыл бұрын
This song is so beautiful 😍
@BrittArnesen13 жыл бұрын
Wish I could drop everything and waltz all day. What a beautiful piece of music, performed flawlessly.
@brendalawrinait135 Жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoy watching his bow. So smooth. There just aren't words for it. He was an unbelievably amazing talent!
@RevMYMoney12 жыл бұрын
Randy is among the best to ever play a fiddle. He even plays both notes in his double stops in tune! I miss him.
@yumanbeen113 жыл бұрын
I,m so glad to have stumbled unto page.It is a beautifully played piece and I will remember you in my prayers.
@cstokes3594 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of Randy. RIP Randy you were one of the best, if not the best.
@72hdryder8 жыл бұрын
first met him when he was about 12 and already killer fiddle player glad I crossed his path as sweet a man as his fiddle playin ..RIP Randy
@roddwebb7820 Жыл бұрын
Every one who plays this gets close, but, this is the standard, ant no one ever comes close……period…..Smooth as silk….without equal….!
@Johnnralph9 жыл бұрын
Not the Countrysinger that got shot and killed by the bounty hunter .. a great violinist who lost a 4 year battle with cancer and died at only 38 in 1999 .. Randy was raised in Georgia and in his life managed to win pretty much every fiddle competition there is (including some multiple times). His mastery on many different types of stringed instruments has been well documented among the session musician fraternity, and by the time he was done he had played with George Jones, Garth Brooks, Steve Wariner, Faith Hill, Rhonda Vincent and Ricky Skaggs.
@amv12319 жыл бұрын
Johnnralph This guys awsome..its to bad talented ppl like him seem to go to fast...
@jenniferbrown-wolver29763 жыл бұрын
This is just beautiful!! So talented!
@bobjackson373510 жыл бұрын
This is surely one of the most beautiful fiddle waltzes ever composed... Thanks for posting.
@lucasmembrane476311 ай бұрын
As fine a gentleman as he was a musician.
@mybluegrassnow9 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful, it's one of those tunes that tug at your heart, I just love it
@ambist11 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this video! I've been watching this on repeat for almost a year now. This song always make me so happy, and he plays it so beautifully. I just started taking fiddle lessons in October, and this song is always an inspiration to keep going. Thanks again!
@bud30946 жыл бұрын
I remember being at a competition and shooting the breeze' with Randy.. Asked him..What you gonna play..He said.. ah..I'll just make something up..He did..and beat us ..all.. Pure genius.. Get his 'I rest my case' album.. phenomenal musician and humble guy..We lost way to soon.. RIP Randy
@charlesblackwell95643 жыл бұрын
We met Randy in Athens Alabama, my son was a young fiddle player, after the show Randy and my son jammed for hours, Randy took up so much time teaching my son. We sure miss him.
@waynecarwile7486 Жыл бұрын
My son, Daniel Carwile, competed with Randy on several occasions. What competitors. They both won the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention fiddle king championship a combined 15 times! Hasn't happened again in 56 years! RIP RANDY!
@susanbrown66247 жыл бұрын
RIP ...MY ACTUAL COUSIN.THANKS FOR POSTING.
@dreadnaught904 жыл бұрын
As good as it gets. Wonderful player.
@mickscrafts7 жыл бұрын
Too sad for a wonderful, talented musician to die so young of a horrific disease. I hope to meet him in heaven one day, God rest his soul.
@southerngantleman11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful...I'm sure that old fiddle misses him too...
@cstokes3595 жыл бұрын
I listen to Randy several times a week, this waltz & his style of playing it is like a magnet to me. I Love it , RIP Randy. I also love Kenny Blairs Roxanna Waltz & Chubby Wise playing A Maidens Prayer. Jay Ungar & Molly Mason playing Ashokan Farewell is riveting. Great musician to listen to.
@Burfordfiddler19629 жыл бұрын
I am totally speechless...You are awesome! Thanks so much for posting this.
@plumriveropry14 жыл бұрын
Incredible! It doesn't get any better than this. Thanks for posting! Randy Howard was the best I have ever heard. Very few even come close to playing as well as he did. He wrote other great waltzes, as well as this one.
@stevenolmstead24110 жыл бұрын
Robert Shaffer really loved this man, and according to him this was his hero. When I heard these two play together the hair stood up on my arms and tears came down my face. What a team
@mountainmanfiddler7 жыл бұрын
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@dfmontgomery917 жыл бұрын
WOWSER !! SO MANY GEMS...! THANKS, MARSHALL, FOR SENDING TO ME !
@dreadnaught9010 жыл бұрын
Great tune...wonderfully played by Randy. Thanks a million for posting it. From the right hand and playing style, it looks like Dennis Crouch on the bass.
@wendellharrelson2815 Жыл бұрын
Probably is Dennis Crouch. I played in Randy's living room jam session with my Dad Tommy Harrelson on guitar, me on alto sax, Randy on fiddle and Dennis Crouch on Bass Fiddle. It was sunday night April 11, 1999. Randy's Mom was also present and another Bluegrass couple from Kentucky or Virginia. Randy died less than three months after that night.
@colliedogboy10 жыл бұрын
I heard him play live at the Athens, Alabama bluegrass festival in October of each year. He played so beautifully that it was hard to believe it was real. He was studio-perfect every time! So sorry I can't hear him play again.
@fmh0611eah12 жыл бұрын
At the very least, Randy is/was one of the best fiddle players to ever walk this earth, saw him at his fairwell performance in Dublin, GA, and he was still incredible despite being so very ill. LOVE his clean, clear and exact playing, a fantastic waltz.
@ronsanders54354 жыл бұрын
Randy Played at my Music Store in Milledgeville, Ga. with Mike Cross, in1978 for my Grand Open
@michellebell67268 жыл бұрын
Wow! So beautiful!
@perrywidhalm1142 жыл бұрын
Excellent .... just sublime. Thanks for posting it.
@susanbrown662411 жыл бұрын
MY CUZ..........BRO FROM ANOTHER MAMA LOL HE AND MY MOTHER WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE! HE WAS THE CLOSEST THING TO A SIBLING I WILL EVER HAVE! LOVE U MUCH AND MISS U MUCH , MUCH MORE RANDY DALE HOWARD! P.S. HE DID MAKE A FIDDLE FOR ME TO USE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND IT CAN GO TO MY GRAVE! LOVE MY BUDDY!
@BenSlover18 жыл бұрын
Man, that was sweet.
@joepoole49222 жыл бұрын
This wa s about one month before Randy passed,I was with Randy when he passed
@ScottRisnerMandolin13 жыл бұрын
Gone but not forgotten. Awesome fiddle player!
@clayjones88902 жыл бұрын
Double and triple stop king
@marciah03122 жыл бұрын
Oh I love this so much!
@fafb94416 жыл бұрын
I just gave a standing ovation. Glad I stopped by. Flawless performance with harmonies. Performs like a violinist with a steel guitar.
@markwalker59915 жыл бұрын
Well done Randy. Probably the most skill ive ever seen
@sundowner1910 жыл бұрын
That is so beautiful and that stand up bass just makes it perfect.
@kcsing18 жыл бұрын
+Don Discher That's me on guitar and Dennis Crouch on bass. Randy was very sick at the time and still played like the master he was. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him.
@sundowner198 жыл бұрын
I listen to this and just dream about being able to play 1/3 as good as that.
@trudybradt64134 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful !!
@windyhair19659 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Randy Howard, such a tragic loss, condolences to family and friends
@lastdaysguitar9 жыл бұрын
Windyhair Different guy, this is not the Randy Howard that was shot.
@windyhair19659 жыл бұрын
Thought he must have shaved...that's good, amazing talent right here
he was one of my dads best friends.. and you uploaded it on my bday.. yay.. :)
@billmcalpine3 жыл бұрын
Perfection.
@TModel1512 жыл бұрын
Great rendition of a beautiful waltz. The sound brings to mind this would have been something Chubby Wise would have enjoyed hearing you play. Thanks for taking the time to put this on KZbin.
@dfmontgomery917 жыл бұрын
I hope Kenny and Bill, et al. are looking down and can hear this man play this waltz
@dreadnaught9011 жыл бұрын
Wonderful playing!
@bonenfant962 жыл бұрын
Awesome playing..
@garysperry75043 ай бұрын
Wow
@patriciajrs464 жыл бұрын
Nicely done indeed.
@janoskezdi3252 Жыл бұрын
😊🎻👋👋
@bullrambler12 жыл бұрын
Very nice recording...!
@janoskezdi3252 Жыл бұрын
🙂🎻👋👋
@cr98436 жыл бұрын
How can anyone dislike this video?
@dfmontgomery917 жыл бұрын
I didn''t know he has passed...I guess he and Kenny, Bill, et al have a semi-circle heaven-style....D
@talondesforges8 жыл бұрын
I went to school with Randy. wow that was a long time ago. Are there any more videos ?
@Theritesound11 жыл бұрын
that's pretty very pretty
@susanbrown66245 жыл бұрын
xoxo
@jeffnagy32146 жыл бұрын
Gone too soon
@vetviolin12 жыл бұрын
Geez, I LOVE this piece! Anyone know how I can get the sheet music? Can only find the dvd.
@sophiarozaia34198 жыл бұрын
@great miilenko a gangster that plays fiddle lmao
@larryasbury621812 жыл бұрын
scary larry heard him at winfield
@lastdaysguitar9 жыл бұрын
Different guy, this is not the Randy Howard that was shot.
@panxerox019 жыл бұрын
He shouldent have been taken from us for a ... DUI.
@lawnzoz20339 жыл бұрын
Not the same Randy Howard. The one you're thinking about is the Country singer from the Outlaw Movement.
@cr98436 жыл бұрын
This Randy died from cancer. Different person.
@tombutchen65529 жыл бұрын
He wasn't going to be taken alive....for a DUI.
@lastdaysguitar9 жыл бұрын
Tom Butchen Different guy, this is not the Randy Howard that was shot.
@terryplumbe79757 жыл бұрын
Tom Butchenmidnight waltzing is iu
@denamitchell23343 жыл бұрын
Goods don't buy cabbage kids cuz korn kids are pops.
@susanbrown66246 жыл бұрын
maria1156 Did you know my cousin Randy Howard? I appreciate you!
@elizabethhood2614 жыл бұрын
He was my cousin too!
@beataborowski20209 жыл бұрын
please give your weapons to scrap
@lastdaysguitar9 жыл бұрын
Beata Borowski Different guy, this is not the Randy Howard that was shot.
@FoosResearch9 жыл бұрын
Dead over a DUI?
@bigdawg86699 жыл бұрын
***** The killing was justified.
@FoosResearch9 жыл бұрын
BigDawg86 Well, probably, maybe... there were no witnesses.
@lastdaysguitar9 жыл бұрын
***** Different guy, this is not the Randy Howard that was shot.