whiskey before breakfast (banjo cover, arr. jelle snelders)

[@utahyork3338]

Not all banjo songs have to be lightning fast. This was very soothing to listen to.

[@OLDE_SHYTE]

Like having whiskey before breakfast.

[@mobarshi5635]

Like jerron "blind boy" Paxton he plays a lot of old plantation banjo tunes

[@rebeccaparks5258]

I truly agree. I am an Appalachian Flatfooter, and in my humble opinion, I hear more genuine creativity in players when they're picking slower songs. You can do more percussivly as well

[@k9six185]

Sounds like the last song at the end of an evening sitting around a camp fire with good friends , good whiskey, and good music

[@tgp4871]

That sounds magical, thank you 😊

[@mikewice3608]

I love how precise your playing is. It sounds so clean and lovely. Very well done. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@tgp4871]

Thats very kind of you, thank you so much! Comments like these are what makes it fun to record and share 😊

[@Calico5string1962]

Lovely! As a long-time Scruggs-style picker, I'm still always enamored by the clawhamner style.

[@tgp4871]

As a clawhammer player, I am also enamored by scruggs-style picking! Thank you 😊

[@Jonnyrockin71]

I just learned about the different style's a day ago..and was able to spot this as claw. ;)

[@richh1576]

If you include arpeggioed triplets, etc., clawhammering can be FASTER than 3-finger, and with just as much 'clarity''.

[@jesser007]

My new favorite song! you are now someone's favorite artist!! 👍

[@tgp4871]

Im very humbled, thank you! 😊 cant take credit for the song or the fantastic arrangement though! (which you can find in the description, by Jelle Snelders)

[@swedishcrowbar4211]

What a beautiful song, it was inspiering and calming!

[@Yoyosten99]

Nailed it. This is the best version of this song I've heard. Wish there was an alternative guide for guitar players that sounded similar, but for sure would not sound as good.

[@tgp4871]

Oh thank you so much, I appreciate it a lot!! 😊

[@lydiadierwechter8702]

Thank you. So beautiful and soothing, brought me to tears.

[@tgp4871]

Thank you, Lydia, that's very kind 😊

[@jessinthegarden]

Aww love this! Thanking the YT algorithm for this little treat, really perked me up

[@tgp4871]

Thank you a lot for your comment, Im happy you enjoyed it! 😊

[@TylerLynn]

Love those triplets!

[@alfredmoberg7816]

Beautiful playing!

[@danielle.rebelle]

This is absolutely beautiful, it's so warming to the heart, and joyful and healing. Thank you so so much for sharing this 😊💕 I had to come back a second time to hear cause I couldn't stop thinking about it 😍

[@tgp4871]

Wow thank you very much for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😊 comments like these make sharing videos on here really fun and rewarding

[@danielle.rebelle]

The pleasure is mine 🥰 I also play clawhammer banjo, if you ever wanted to exchange banjo videos, you're welcome connect with me over there ☺️💕

[@dakchang63]

Warming to the heart like whiskey

[@JMusicQuest]

Nice Tone and Playing!

[@AngryTheGnome]

Sounds class! Well done!

[@thelonelyfew]

Love this song! And the activity

[@tgp4871]

Thank you! Haha I might have to try someday

[@Tarpon65]

Nice job, really enjoyed it.

[@Famdoc1000]

Nice. First became familiar with the tune via the playing of Norman Blake.

[@tgp4871]

Thanks! Yeah he's great, would love to try out his rendition on guitar as well!

[@michaelreddington1234]

Stopped me in my tracks this. What a talent

[@tgp4871]

Thanks Michael I really appreciate that😊

[@allendobbs4154]

Sounds like home! Bluegrass runs deep in these veins, Thank you for this and Salute!

[@tgp4871]

That's very kind of you, thank you!! :)

[@bushratbeachbum]

Beautiful

[@aBluegrassPicker]

great arrangement. thank you

[@tgp4871]

Thank you for watching!! The arrangement was made by Jelle Snelders 😊

[@bearshield7138]

sweet job

[@calebbryant3933]

Absolutely heavenly

[@tgp4871]

Thank you, that means a lot 😊

[@shilla99]

Yeah, this is pretty excellent. Thank you.

[@tgp4871]

Thank you so much 😊

[@BroJo93]

Riktigt gött! Clawhammer all the way

[@JohnPennock-d3y]

Wow, very nice playing, very nice song! Thanks. John P.

[@tgp4871]

Thanks, John, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@wsmac7]

I really, really enjoyed your rendition of this song. Thanks for sharing!

[@tgp4871]

Thank you for your kind words 😊

[@glenrobinson916]

Wonderful !!!

[@ntheg]

That was super beautiful, thank you

[@tgp4871]

Thank you!! 😊😊

[@ollyolsen697]

This is very beautiful, such tight playing too. 👍👍

[@tgp4871]

Thank you!!

[@rockoutconsiderably]

Some parts reminded me of the John Butler version of the song "The Ocean". Very nice playing.

[@bobsmith-ji2uh]

Love it. Great job.

[@tgp4871]

Thank you Bob 😊

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

*LIEKD* another great performance. --LT

[@lo_batt]

wonderful

[@willeypoboy5607]

Yesir! Thank you.

[@jeffreypyle3117]

A nice surprise!!

[@user-cy9vd7rl4h]

Real nice

[@calebishere2491]

This is amazing! Would love to see a snippet slowed down to understand how you play it… very new to banjo here 😁

[@tgp4871]

Thank you!! Yeah I might get around to that! Will post a link for you if i get it done 😊

[@kilmenow5]

the only way is to play for a long time

[@somerandomnification]

You can slow down the speed of the video by clicking on the settings icon at the lower-right portion of the screen. I do that a lot when I'm trying to figure out what someone is playing.

[@tgp4871]

@@somerandomnification yeah thats a good idea, you can also probably zoom in pretty well since the video is in 4k to get a better look!

[@somerandomnification]

@@tgp4871 I find myself watching at all speeds because the slower you go, the harder it is to actually hear what is going on but the easier it is to see. You sounded great, by the way.

[@MisterSleepers]

Just got a banjo, this is the first song I'm going to learn

[@MisterSleepers]

I'm screwed 😅

[@tgp4871]

No not at all, look up Lukas Pooles intro to clawhammer banjo (great lesson)! Get your bum dittys and drop thumbs down and make sure to work up some left hand stuff like hammerons and pulloffs and youll get it in no time 😊

[@Skinman366]

I can live with that

[@aarontooth]

Such a good idea

[@jonathandriscoll4122]

Cool! I get it!🙏

[@freeheeler09]

Nice!

[@mongoosethe]

Tänkte först "Fan den där skogen ser jäkligt svensk ut för att vara USA". Men sen fattade jag när jag kollade dina andra videos. Riktig fint spelat!

[@tgp4871]

Jodå, äkta svensk barrskog!! Stort tack för det 😊

[@chicksgrowtoo]

@@tgp4871Where is this? I saw how you lived near a racetrack and I live near Martinsville. My sister can’t think straight, at her house, during race week. 😂

[@tgp4871]

@@chicksgrowtoo I'm in Sweden! I just googled Martinsville and I think that one has our race track beat by quite a bit haha, I fully understand your sister 🤣

[@richh1576]

Wow, someone who melodically, note-for-note clawhammers 'above the seventh fret/position' ... just like me. Absolutely LOVE your playing !!!! .... but it does take more than a wee bit of practice.

[@tgp4871]

Thank you, Rich, I really appreciate your kind words!! I love hanging out further up the fretboard, does get a littly clunky though with my banjo having a bit high action but it's worth it for the tone you get 😊

[@pjhimself252]

Interesting title. Love the tune. I’ll try it on my banjo but……. may fail……

[@tgp4871]

Thank you! I believe in you!! 😊

[@moatec]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[@EricSkyeMusic]

Love it

[@tgp4871]

Thank you, Eric!!

[@LLAMASbluecar]

i listen to this almost every day. thanks for the tunes man

[@tgp4871]

Thank you so much for listening 😊

[@ned900]

Lovely.

[@tgp4871]

Thank you Ned!

[@Beelzebunge]

Get you some. 👍✌️🇮🇪

[@ericfaust293]

Now I want a whiskey

[@gumba5267]

......yeah .......its Great!😊

[@tgp4871]

Thank you 😊

[@Welther47]

I have to admit that the songs title is the best part of this melody. But not bad playing at all :D

[@tgp4871]

Hahaha i dont disagree! Thanks man!

[@devinnewman2397]

Banjo is at its best when it's slowed down 👍👍

[@tgp4871]

Im inclined to agree!!

[@sjames6103]

爱了爱了，喜欢这首歌，班卓琴的蓝草和clawhammer风格都好喜欢🎉，另外可以求个谱吗？

[@tgp4871]

谢谢，很高兴听到你喜欢它！不幸的是，我没有谱子，但是有一个由Jelle Snelders表演这首歌的视频在 KZbin上，我用它来学习它。

[@stephensmith9756]

We’ll done both of you👍❤️🇺🇸

[@tgp4871]

@@stephensmith9756 thank you very much!! :)

[@Kasnokas00]

i am eating a toast to this

[@SamuelWooldenheizmer]

Banjo is the best.

[@joannehack7588]

🤩

[@joannehack7588]

🥀

[@dizzious]

Whiskey before breakfast... is a Tuesday for me

[@banjomango145]

Nice

[@Cooperbsound]

FUCK YEAH DUUUUDE this is so good

[@tgp4871]

Haha thank you very much 😊

[@kpdelaney6460]

I love this! I'm trying to learn clawhammer but still struggling with it. Do you use your pointer finger or your middle finger for the downstrokes? I'm hoping I can get this precise soon

[@tgp4871]

Thank you!! I personally went for pointer just because that was most natural for me. Many others feel more comfortable with their middle finger. I would say just go for whichever feels the best when you first try it out, I doubt it has any major effect on playing and sound! Just ask if you have any other questions, and good luck! :)

[@kpdelaney6460]

@@tgp4871 thanks! I do have one more question. Does your finger ever hit the base of the banjo drum when striking on the highest string? I've been having a problem where it makes a brushing sound of my fingers brushing on the drum material and I was wondering if you ever had that when starting out

[@tgp4871]

@@kpdelaney6460 Yeah absolutely, I would say most players when playing on the drum will have some amount of drum noise coming through. With time you'll be able to dial it in more or less depending on the sound you want, but I really would not worry about that for now! In this video I play over the scoop, hence the absence of drum sounds, but for more challenging stuff I tend to play over the drum and then you can hear quite a bit of percussive noise coming through (like in this video, for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH-Qc6Frbp2cnc0). I think it sounds kind of nice actually but I get what you mean, I had to warm up to it and didn't really like it in the beginning either :)

[@kpdelaney6460]

@@tgp4871 ok thanks! the banjo I'm using doesn't have a scoop so I'll just keep practicing :)

[@octopusph.d7737]

beautiful. is there a tab available anywhere?

[@tgp4871]

Thank you! Not one that I've made unfortunately, it's not my arrangement 😞

[@MHTfan]

Could you possibly make a tutorial for this piece?

[@tgp4871]

Yeah maybe! It isnt my arrangement though so maybe it isnt mine to teach haha

[@tgp4871]

@cat-ie6yp I could make a video where I film both hands closeup and play it really slow, would that be helpful??

[@patchfanboy9922]

@@tgp4871 anything to make us play this ! , just got a banjo and i want to learn this arrangement so bad !

[@PhillipStewart-k7f]

Whiskey n my coffee

[@eastman4263]

grate! is there tabs?

[@tgp4871]

Thanks! No unfortunately this arrangement is not my own, the original is in the description 😊

[@kennethbarnes2297]

I’ve currently got this up to 50/60 % speed on bluegrass

[@quentinbandelier2154]

Fantastic playing ! Did you make a tab ? 😀

[@tgp4871]

Thanks!! 😊 no sorry this arrangement was originally made and played by Jelle Snelders (link in description) and I tried my best to imititate him, basically!

[@KimonSheri]

For 30 years before work, id swizzle it and spit. Best toothbrush i ever had. Not bad

[@tgp4871]

hahaha cheers, might go for that as well!! ;)

[@joannehack7588]

😎

[@ivanguerra8687]

Y’all ever had whiskey before breakfast I did 😵‍💫shieeet

[@furtherlightandknowledge]

Do u have the tab for this version?

[@tgp4871]

No sorry, this is actually a cover of an arrangement by Jelle Snelders!

[@devinh.9683]

Hi, which model of Gold Tone are you using?

[@tgp4871]

WL250! 👍

[@jisainarzary1320]

❤❤❤❤💐💐💐💐👍

[@matthewiwama5536]

proof that less is more

[@robertschappert6760]

Phine phrayling!!

[@thejudobob]

Dave Hum

[@tgp4871]

Rest in peace, one of the greats

[@tonytommyblue7114]

Hi! I'm doing a personal project, a non-profit video of ambient sounds from District 12 of the Hunger Games, just for fun. And I'm going to build a story with a bunch of non-studio songs, and I'd really like to include your cover of that song in the video, if you don't mind.

[@tgp4871]

@@tonytommyblue7114 Hi! Thank you for reaching out, I really appreciate it :) Normally it would be fine but this arrangement I'm playing is actually from another artist on youtube called Jelle Snelders. I'd prefer you ask him to use his version as he is the original arranger (and his performance is honestly better!). The link to his video is in the description, project idea sounds really cool by the way =D

[@tonytommyblue7114]

@@tgp4871 Thank you very much for responding! I'll look for the original Jelle Snelders version. But, you are anyway very, very good!

[@keithwigley1256]

Bloody awful ? But will listen to again ..

[@edgarfriendly5321]

Boring. No character. Turns the banjo from clawhammer based on rough and rythym to a ukulele.

[@kyledrummond9750]

Brilliant!

[@tgp4871]

Thank you, Kyle :)

[@kyledrummond9750]

What make of banjo are you playing here bud? I’m considering buying one

[@tgp4871]

@@kyledrummond9750 its a gold tone wl250! You absolutely should, it's fantastic and one of the most popular models for a reason. Go for it!!

[@kyledrummond9750]

@@tgp4871 Excellent, sounds really good. I’ll look into it thanks mate

[@tgp4871]

@@kyledrummond9750 no problem buddy, let me know how it goes!!