Roger Netherton, Clifftop 2015 - Tippin' Back the Corn

"Tippin' Back the Corn," composed by Chicago fiddler Jordan Wankoff. Played here with Roger Netherton, fiddle; Charlie Shaw, bass; Brian Slattery, banjo; Rachel Eddy, guitar.

[@Lorichs]

Shout out to the banjo player. Holy smoke. To keep up with that tempo with clawhammer banjo for so long time is insane.

[@scotty2tone]

yeah because it's super easy to keep that tempo with any of the other instruments

[@jfordfiddlesstl]

I started fiddling at jams with Roger at Folk School of St. Louis. His mother told me she took him to Winfield when he first violin in the hs orchestra. Roger asked, "Can I do that with my violin?" She replied, "Yes, you can." Yes, you can, Roger. Yes, you can!

[@terryfreeman1018]

That's a KILLER story. He don't miss a lick

[@ralphreeseart]

This kid just kills it..... so happy I discovered him here....

[@declinox]

That's some monster playing. Thumbs up!

[@johnschneider6932]

YES!!!! Fresh meat for the future!! Keep it alive, Roger!!!

[@davidrichardsonusher]

I helped Roger get hooked up with the best players in St. Louis when he was first getting started. He just won the fiddle contest at Winfield in 2016. Amazing fiddler.

[@RinnNetherton]

Thank you so much for helping me when I was starting out, David!

[@MrMusicguyma]

Nice strong tune, great fiddling and improvising by Roger Netherton, nice banjo, and backup, too. I am going to learn this one.

[@catherinechapman5487]

Amazing! I listen to this daily! Love it!

[@triphenderson2341]

Great tune, great players and my good friend Nathan Bontrager in the background. Nice video Pat!!!

[@HenryPage]

Amazing playing, well done all of you

[@cheeseheadfiddle]

Exhilarating !

[@WarBeer]

This is just absolute toe-tappin' ear-candy!

[@grebnecher]

Believe the banjo player is Brian Slattery of The Moonshells out of MA. All Good !

[@billwarner9533]

That sounds SO GOOD!

[@AlaniSugar]

Awesome!!!! I think the funny part of the video is Brad and Alex standing in the background and how when the tune ends Brad just looks at Alex and is like "c'mon man, let's get outa here"

[@catherinechapman5487]

Amazing! True talent!

[@barbarajacobs5549]

What a wild ride~beautiful and inspiring.

[@lindaslack7415]

Liking it

[@drahow]

Wow that was great! And one guy actually clapped! Don't know which is more incredible!!!

[@ViolinViolaMasterclass]

You are AMAZING! Thank you for wearing that American Fiddle Method T-Shirt🤩🎻just bought it to work with my students…I would so love to play this way…I have a classical background and am a baby at fiddle playing!

[@barnaclebex1813]

having a good time listening to this on 0.75 speed lol

[@BanjoPicker]

Bloody brilliant!!

[@debshebish]

Great playing you all! Love from Indiana and hi Lee and Katie Mysliwiec there in the background!

[@banjopete]

Deb Shebish , what, the ones who yap right through it?

[@RoyFive]

Who had the audacity to give this a thumbs down? Probably someone who would also criticize a rainbow for having too many colors.

[@Onemadfiddler]

Guy Sharwood oh my gosh I am so sorry I must have accidentally hit it when scrolling! I LOVE this video and have watched it at least 50 times!!!!

[@HenryPage]

An idioit? Someone who is, perhaps, jealous of such talent?

[@jims.6767]

Sort of more annoying is the image of a guy smoking in the background. Oh well ... Great fiddling, banjo, guitar, bass . . .

[@charlieflipperrig]

Haha! Hey Guy I'm on bass, and I'm not insulted! Plenty of flavors in Old Time, I get this ain't for everyone. Brian Slattery, on banjo, is a published writer, and sez he has a lot more fun reading his negative rather than positive reviews on Amazon!

[@dalecox5928]

Probably somebody that doesn't understand how jam sessions work and/or somebody that doesn't Old Time/Bluegrass music.

[@profhoneycat]

Masterful.

[@craigevans4010]

Doesn't get much better. :)

[@dbadagna]

That was really good.

[@tonyb4713]

Simply fine!

[@jordanwankoff732]

Love it.

[@charlieflipperrig]

Haha, Jordan, and your choice of tempos! Being, in the words of Warren Zevon, an excitable boy, I took this puppy up to 145 from where we started at about 130. Yes, inspired some metronome work...

[@PhilipCatley]

Great tune eh?

[@susanannmackenzie6916]

The future is in capable hands! !

[@countryalexander7175]

Very nice!!

[@dulciboy]

GREAT improv playing. It's a gud-un"

[@leonmydarling6648]

Brilliance sustained! Sue West is right: "The future is in capable hands! !"

[@greenbrooms]

wish i could find more of this group - outstanding

[@RinnNetherton]

I'm playing in a band with Rachel Eddy (though with a different banjo player and bass player) at the Indiana Fiddler's Gathering this June!

[@robinnetherton5817]

Roger ended up recording a CD with Rachel Eddy (guitarist here) and two other Clifftop buddies. store.cdbaby.com/cd/rogernetherton

[@TimLahey]

Mighty fine!

[@zymelin21]

electrifying!!

[@Artcarnie]

Jordan Wankoff cool tune!

[@ryanreddick9317]

wtf? pretty damn good.

[@Gballpikker]

Wow, doesn't anybody else get to take a break?

[@debinyl-tingley4249]

magic

[@djh1775]

Wow!

[@conradb209]

I this AEAE tuning or GDAE?? I'm guessing cross - A tuning.

[@zacharywho5442]

Did I random style stumble across a video with a KZbinr I watch just casually hanging out drinking a beer in the background watching y'all?

[@banjopete]

You did .

[@tommyNix4098]

Genius

[@terryfreeman1018]

Now that's jam

[@apjbuilder]

❤️

[@daledanowski9962]

if you keep pickin at it it will never heal

[@normansutherland3947]

Real Good

[@nobanjono]

Hi Brad...in the background

[@benjaminkaminski6496]

Bowing mastery... And the cargoest of shorts :D

[@jarchitect]

Nice clear audio...what equipment are you using?

[@guywolff]

SOunds great Brian

[@brianslattery9879]

Thanks!

[@jims.6767]

Hi Roger - I restore fiddles for friends and fun. Can you remember what strings you were using at this time? Thanks! I just finished a 1850s Mirecourt and have Helicores on it but want more options. - jim p.s. found your videos via the Lazy John version you recorded at Book House in Maplewood, Missouri.. Great job!

[@robinnetherton5817]

I don't think Roger's seen this question, but I can tell you that at this particular time, Roger was almost certainly using either Prims or John Pearse steel core fiddle strings.

[@RinnNetherton]

Hi Jim -- thanks for the compliment! Robin is right -- I was using John Pearse strings at the time, but it was honestly just because they were a fairly inexpensive option available. I'm still exploring different string options and haven't really settled on a favorite yet.

[@mattross6902]

​@@RinnNetherton is this your composition? Real nice!

[@tribchb]

Sorry to be the contrarian. Superb imagination, boundless talent and mastery of his chosen instrument - but this performance is a monument to excess.

[@nicatniter]

It's not a performance.

[@conradb209]

@@nicatniterit does get a bit frantic at times

[@joshuagoodman3854]

There's no rhythm left; these guys used it all up!

[@jj356]

That's some fiddlin'

[@qhfilms7334]

Wait, the composer’s last name was Wankoff?! 😂😂😂

[@johnmcneil9164]

Ha ha...no I think it was I.B. Jellus.

[@zymelin21]

has the title anything at all to do with corn likker?? I sure feel like a dram right now!!

[@reybarreto7979]

In my mind the fiddle is telling a story, something that happened deep in the bluegrass mountains; the guitar starts laughing and says tell me more! The fiddle is happy to oblige and continues telling the tale about a man who drank too much of his own moonshine and one day staggered drunkenly into a bear cave; the guitar laughs again and asks what happened next? Well, says the violin, the bear ate the man, which filled the bear with so much alcohol that it stumbled drunkenly through the forest until it fell over a cliff and drowned in the river below; the guitar laughs even louder and says so what's the motto of the story? The violin replies: "There ain't no motto, it's just a story I love to tell, so let me keep on tellin' it and you keep on laughin' at it, otherwise there ain't no music!"

[@peterpicker4152]

has the title anything at all to do with corn likker? I sure feel like havin' a dram right now.

[@commontater8630]

No no, that could never be.

[@mattross6902]

Is that Drew Barrymore?

[@candacelubin3813]

Best way to lose the blues!

[@sabrinaevans8746]

Music is fantastic but will someone please make Roger a sandwich?

[@garyballard723]

Unfortunate that guitar and banjo didn't get any breaks...

[@commontater8630]

That's the way it's apt to be in this style of music. It's one thing that distinguishes old-time from bluegrass.