Sierra Hull: Tennessee Waltz and other tunes (Germany, 2018)

The incredible Sierra Hull at her first gig in Germany ever doing a few requests for fiddle tunes plus "Tennessee Waltz".

[@MitchMb14]

She's so fun to watch because she's an amazing player and clearly loves playing.

[@PleaseNoMoreFarmhouseDecor]

she's also in my opinion second to none at presenting her music, her artistic talent goes without saying but it's rare to convey it so well

[@bigtsshackfestival9563]

This kid is a role model Too!!!! I have a 3 yr old daughter and I want her not only play like her or course but most of all carry herself on the first class way this kid Does. Your folks have done a hell of a job!!!!!!

[@ArtFernandez1]

This is Real Talent!

[@pavelkratochvila6157]

* She´s awesome. A great musician with a charming smile .

[@sarahvangeisha318]

She has got such a beautiful melodic flow to her style

[@johnjurkewicz9925]

I love it.

[@dannoharlski]

She is incredible! I'd also like to give a shout out to possibly the most respectful audience I've ever heard (or should I say not heard). Not even the slightest bit of noise during the performance.

[@peterdew1966]

They were too busy lifting their jaws off the ground 👏👏👏

[@dontison8496]

What a great talent! and so beautiful!

[@johnjurkewicz9925]

big kisses and hugs from my heart

[@bodeghost]

Love, Sierra's dynamic personality! Especially her fun body language in & around 6:50 ish & the stop @ 6:55 Such Sn incredible musician with whom I never tire of seeing her perform. I was very fortunate to have her play on my "Moonshiner" LP a dozen years ago. It was indeed an honor to have, Sierra grace that project & she made it all the more fun! Love & Light To You All out there in KZbin Land and Beyond! 😉 🍀 💜 🎶 👻 🐾 🤗 🐶 🎸 🎊 🎉 💞

[@larryrhindress2972]

WOW Brian, you are a lucky man to have such a fine musician to jam with!!

[@bodeghost]

@@larryrhindress2972 well, I don't jam with her unfortunately... 😉 That would be awesome. I was able to fortunately have her grace my album with her incredible talents. It was an honor indeed & wonderful experience! Thank you for your kind words, Sir.

[@larryrhindress2972]

@@bodeghost Thank you Brian!! You come to Nova Scotia.

[@larryrhindress2972]

Please come to Nova Scotia and do a concert with our J.P.Cormier. You are a gift!!

[@kurtweiand7086]

She absolutely 💯 killed it!!!!

[@powbobs]

She’s amazing.

[@johnnycashmiller288]

What great talented and humble she must be an angel

[@tomhart6962]

Requested Tennessee Waltz before her medley request in Ann Arbor in April. Had no idea this is how she started her medley portion of the show. Glad she is still leading off this way.

[@Partybob1]

Wow! She’s the real thing. Hooray!

[@genebryant3333]

Partybob1 She's great and I follow her closely, try Billy Strings. He's pretty hot too. Also First Ladies of Bluegrass, That makeshift festival group was awesome, wish they'd record a disc for us.

[@roadie3124]

She's so good that she doesn't have to play fast to impress. Mind you, when she gets going with the fast stuff, she's badass :-)

[@Sweetmelody2011]

American performers often praise the attentive audience in Germany (and other European countries). Much different in the US. At this show here I was seated in row 5, so even more astonishing that no noise was picked up.

[@stevenjohnson2273]

I can't think as fast as her fingers move.

[@Mandolin1944]

@@Sweetmelody2011 I think that statement is nonsense. I've been to hundreds of concerts in the US and there is generally no issue with unruly, noisy, or disrespectful crowds at all. Maybe gigs played in bars or in outdoor events where there is drinking, dancing, and jamming maybe so but that is expected and performers know that going in.

[@bigtsshackfestival9563]

She has the best touch on a mando I’ve ever seen. Better than Chris T She’s a true artist. A true lady. Awesome Job young lady. So Dammmnnnn gooooood !!!! Absolutely beautiful

[@darrendix5163]

Better than Chris Thile...... Uh, NOT EVEN! I think you are pussy whipped, and overly obsessed with young musicians. I'd rather listen to an old man play who has been through the ringer in life, and you can hear the sorrow in the music instead of how they NEVER had to walk the line for themselves. Not buying the "Justin Bieber" effect. I'll take John Hurt, Leadbelly, and Doc Watson, thank you very much. And I DO have regard for Sierra's playing, just that it's ALWAYS the older musicians that REALLY have it going on.

[@edeledeledel5490]

@@darrendix5163 What! Are you serious? You have to had a hard life before you can play with feeling?

[@bobinthewest8559]

@@edeledeledel5490 ... You don't have to have had a hard life in order to be an awesome musician... But it does just leave you with a bit more to express, lol.

[@edeledeledel5490]

@@bobinthewest8559 Possibly - no probably, applies to the blues... but these young musicians like Sierra and Molly Tuttle and a load of others have spent years studying and honing their craft and are usually joyous in their playing because they have chosen it as a career and have devoted their lives to it, rather than using it as an escape from oppression and misery...which, unfortunately, is where a lot of your heroes started out. But I can't disagree about Justin bleedin' Bieber! By the way, I agree that Chris Thile is better technically, and as an amateur mandolin (and other stringed instruments) player myself of 50 years experience, cannot even begin to understand how the hell either of them manage they do what they do, and especially without seeming to expend any effort doing it.

[@colinlamont5040]

​@@edeledeledel5490 Not even Chris T gets as clear a tone though. And sad to say, but with all his talent, Chris can get overextended in his complexities, lose the root and the one. Sierra always has good taste. If she needs anything to transcend into mando-immortality is just some time to get bored with bluegrass modality. She could become mando-Cannonball Adderly. I have never seen the voicings she uses. So much is possible when you have deep creativity and effortless technical perfection. But it's not for me to tell her where to go. It is for her to show us the way.

[@danielwmwolf]

Speechless

[@Coopdog1911]

WOW~

[@brianvoith4235]

As incredibly good as she is here, she has gotten even better! Truly one of the best ever and still going...

[@karsynbriley433]

I think you play Tenn. Waltz more beautiful than anyone.

[@mochynddu723]

💜🎶💜

[@Budy69able]

Jejee, la chica ésta imita a Chris hasta en los gestos de la cara...

[@cbearw1]

Wow!

[@davidlang1125]

What happened to the audio? Sounds like I’m hearing someone playing in a bathroom a couple of floors below me. With the windows closed.

[@Sweetmelody2011]

It was recorded from a seat in the middle of the auditorium.

[@davidlang1125]

@@Sweetmelody2011 yeah I figured that. Thats too bad. A directional mic might have helped. Not likely on a phone though. But thanks for posting anyway.

[@Sweetmelody2011]

@@davidlang1125 It wasn't a phone, it was a Canon DSLR T6i).

[@davidlang1125]

@@Sweetmelody2011 that’s quite a challenge even with a good camera! Tough without professional equipment!

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@davidlang1125 you can actually buy relatively cheap directional mics designed specifically for phones.

[@clarenced.950]

What planet is she from certainly not earth ?

[@bribri543]

What's the name of third song?

[@dollarmountainbluegrass986]

Cherokee shuffle

[@danielmiller372]

I'll be right back, gonna go toss my mando in the trash can real quick

[@akiukonmaanaho1025]

Keep listening and stay inspired!

[@matonguitar]

Keep going, Daniel! You can't have a picture of Churchill on one side and say you're giving up on the other! "I will play on the beaches. I will play on the landing grounds. I will never give up!"

[@user-pv6mc3io9e]

5:00

[@guitartec]

How many Sierra Hulls does it take to tune a Mandolin? Shush, she's starting to play.

[@mandodnam]

i regret to inform you this is among the worst jokes i've ever heard

[@guitartec]

@@mandodnam It's more of a riddle

[@LOLLYPOPPE]

I hate to inform you this is the worst riddle ever

[@guitartec]

@@mandodnam Your glass is leaking dude. It's not a riddle, but thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

[@rigelloar7474]

Damn!

[@Mandolin1944]

Tennessee Waltz was great. Hull is one of the great ones. That said I did not care much for the fiddle tunes. IMO she plays them too fast and deviates too much from the melody. I like to hear the tunes not a jumble of scales and arpeggios.

[@edeledeledel5490]

It's a great skill to be able to improvise around the tune, and it keeps it interesting

[@timothyfenderson9356]

Those tunes are SUPPOSED to be improvised. I bet you didn’t like her Turkey in the Straw video either? She brings joy when she does that

[@jackwilloughby239]

Mando1944, that was hardly a jumble of any sort. This Gal has so many tunes in her head, from Bluegrass to Bach and beyond, you can hardly expect her to have them all under her fingers at any given time. But she has the idea of the tune and can convey it to the audience and also has the skill to improvise around any lapse in memory and turn it into something wonderful. The great Liberace use to do the same thing, and if that's all you hear, brother," a jumble' of "arpeggios" and "scales" then I really feel sorry for you. Maybe you've never played in front of a live audience, but nerves do tend to make one play faster, and after awhile it becomes the norm, Acoustic instruments don't have the sustain or the volume to fill a big room let alone a big hall, so the tendency is to play more notes and play them faster. Also time itself tends to dilate for a performer and one second to you might feel like ten seconds to her. Where do you get off being so critical?