"Sally Johnson" - Daniel Carwile - The Atherton Session

[@garyballard723]

Wow, next we need to watch 5 fiddlers chunk rhythm while one guitarist plays an entire song. Yeah what fun.

[@Jimmyrey6857]

😂

[@larrykilgore6887]

What is the difference between sally Johnson & Katy hill ?

[@livinggood5545]

Dang he is tearing it up!

[@johnsmith-sv1vr]

I was just curious, have you heard the LP Fall and Spring of Texas Fiddling?

[@joyoffiddling]

Howdy @john smith. It's been awhile but I believe we may have had this conversation before about the "Fall and Spring..." album. I am the proud owner of two copies of that album. Terry's opening cut of "Soppin' the Gravy" was playing on my phone just yesterday. And I often revisit your pop's take on "That's-a-Plenty".

[@johnsmith-sv1vr]

@@joyoffiddling we did! I do remember now. I gravitate to my Dad's Waltzes. He was known as "The King of Waltzes" coined by Clifford Fryer. He later recorded an album called Waltzes for You which was dedicated to my Mom after her passing. I wanted to play breakdowns. Terry lived with us as did Rex Guillentine for a year or so as we traveled the state to fiddle contests almost every weekend. I didn't start playing until I was nine or so. I've probably worn out three copies of Touch of Texas. I find myself gravitating to Waltzes more and more these days. There are many talented fiddlers today that play beautiful Waltzes. It was an amazing era of Texas Fiddling. Jimmie Don, DMJ, Bart Trotter, Matt Hartz and of course Wade, Terry and Carl.. Such amazing talent and fond memories. I love your channel and linger here often. Contest Fiddling it's still alive and well! Katrina has already established herself as one of the greatest Contest Fiddlers of all time. Thank you for all of the work you have put into this channel. It is obviously a labor of love.

[@joyoffiddling]

Very gratified to hear the Joy of Fiddling channel is a place you feel like returning to@@johnsmith-sv1vr. A labor of love to be certain, but comments like yours make it worth the effort.

[@Jason76Holmes]

hell yes.

[@MstanhopeTX]

Love it!, but there should be one guitar! I am from Texas and know fiddling!

[@joyoffiddling]

Howdy PrivateMike1989. I was about offer a detailed reply addressing your "one guitar" contention but I thought I should ask first....are you trolling Joy of Fiddling?🤔

[@MstanhopeTX]

@@joyoffiddling Absolutely not!

[@MstanhopeTX]

@@joyoffiddling Also, I do enjoy your fiddling

[@joyoffiddling]

No worries ,@@MstanhopeTX! I just needed to know in order to best address your comment as you are not the first to express an opinion on the number of back up musicians in some of the videos on this channel. For the record, in these particular videos of Daniel, there are three standard 6 strings and one 4 string tenor guitar, and sometimes his wife Amy on piano. There can be an unlimited number of factors and reasons behind why a fiddler has a select number of back up. The number of pickers a fiddler prefers on a contest or performance stage might differ from what they like in a friendly casual jam session. The particular style or tradition of fiddling may play a role in the number of accompanists. The level of skill or experience of available pickers is very much a deciding factor for a fiddler. Knowing that you are from Texas (many of my fiddling heroes are from Texas) I have to ask which fiddling contests you may have attended in your state? Because at contests like Fiddlers’ Frolics in Hallettsville, TX or the World Championship Fiddlers Festival in Crockett, TX, or the Bob Wills Fiddle Festival and Contest in Greenville, TX, (just to name a few) you will seldom if ever see only one picker on stage with a fiddler. Two to three is pretty standard but it’s not unheard of to have four or more (not including bass or other back up instrument) I have a photo that I took in Weiser, Idaho of Texas fiddler Carl Hopkins with EIGHT guitar pickers circled around him with four other pickers waiting in the wings for a chance to jam with Carl. Now, this is not to say that having only one guitarist is "wrong". On the contrary, I would refer you to a series of videos on this channel featuring Canadian fiddler Calvin Vollrath jamming with only one guitarist, Clinton Pelletier. For me, this would be one scenario where having only one picker was perfect! Adding another six string to their musical conversation would not have added to the magic and in fact quite likely would have detracted from it. Bottom line, it all depends on the tastes and preferences of the fiddler. For myself personally, as a fiddler, when competing, my favorite combination is two standard 6 strings, a tenor guitar, and perhaps someone on bass. But it also depends on a lot of other factors. Are the pickers experienced? Do they know my tunes? Do they get my individual groove? Do they actually like playing with me or are they just filling a space on stage? At a recent jam session I was able to play with five pickers surrounding me and it was an amazing experience to have my own personal wall of rhythm. In situations where back up is limited, I have no problem playing with only one guitar. And on the extreme end of the spectrum, my mom always told me that when given a choice between bad back up and no back up at all, the latter was preferable. (She calls it "playing naked". The one time I did not heed her advice, I paid for it dearly on stage.) So, in conclusion, something I say a lot in the comments section of this channel is….to each, his or her own. One person’s “too many” is another person’s “just right”. For an excellent example of one fiddler with one guitarist, consider checking out the "Red Bluff Session" videos on this channel that feature Calvin and Clint. The musical dialogue between those two is remarkable.

[@joyoffiddling]

@@MstanhopeTX for the record, I am not the fiddler in this video. Daniel is just one of my many fiddle family friends that I feature on this channel.

[@whiterice1024]

I agree...I'd want to be Benny Thomasson or Mark O'Connor before I tried telling Daniel Carwhile how to play.

[@bobjackson3735]

You're giving Daniel Carwile fiddling advice!? Would you please post some of your own playing?

[@AnonymousNP]

Who was that trying to give him advice? Lol

[@bulow453]

Nice going..

[@brandonbentley4677]

I bet none of yall know benny thomaston made katy hill famous as Sally ann johnson

[@joyoffiddling]

I'll bet you didn't know Benny's last name was spelled "Thomasson". ; )

[@brandonbentley4677]

Daniel judged me in guitar contest one time in Indiana I played wild fiddlers rag and bill cheatin I got 1rst place I love fiddlin

[@brandonbentley4677]

I cant spell I knowed that Jerry spelled it the same way he was one hell of guitar player

[@brandonbentley4677]

I got benny records him and Clark were big friends they talked on the phone I cant spell but I ain't stupid

[@joyoffiddling]

Jerry remains one of the greatest tenor guitar pickers on the planet.

[@brandonbentley4677]

Clark kessinger

[@joyoffiddling]

I'm sure Daniel would take that as a compliment.

[@brandonbentley4677]

I just want to play again Daniel was teaching a rythmn a video play your bass notes and chords backwards you can tasteful rythmn doin that a song starts and ends on the same note

[@brandonbentley4677]

@@joyoffiddling Sally ann Johnson watch clark play it he put the Appalachian drive to it it's really katy hill Clark called it Sally ann Johnson