We are lucky to be living in such an age of technology that this music isn't just lost to the air on the porches, garages, and kitchens all across America. Really appreciate what you guys are doing. Paul
This is so laid back. I absolutely love it and now sitting in my kitchen in London trying to learn a few of Jim's lovely touches on the fiddle.. I really like his style..
Hey Hilary! We hope all is well in London, and we are glad to hear you like our old style of music. Thanks for coming by and taking time to leave your much appreciated comment. Best wishes from the hills of West Virginia...Ron and the guys...
Hey Francesca! You sure made MY day by stopping by for a visit with us ol' hillbillies...lol..Thanks for taking time to leave your very kind comment......Ron and the gang..
This by a country mile the best version of this tune i've ever heard...it has a quality that all of the modern electronic stuff lacks...keep up the good work boys... you've made an old fella a little happier... Sláinte.
I love you guys. I love this song. I can't tell you how many times I have played it with you guys as I learn new ways to fiddle it. It's teaching me how to stay in tempo as I try to master new tricks...and I just appreciate everything about this video. Thanks for sharing it.
Thank you very much James. That is a very kind comment my friend. We are so glad you like it and I hope you visit us again real soon..Ron (mountnmonkey)!
Earl showed up here about 12 or more years ago as a full grown cat in his prime. He wouldn't leave so We gave him a home. I named him Ronald Earl Berry. I name him Ronald after me and Earl because...well he seemed like q cat of his quality needed more than just a first and last name. I started calling him Earl so folks wouldn't think I was talking to myself. Ron is that handsome gentleman with the grey whiskers sitting to the right of the fiddler..lol..I'm glad to hear you like our music..*ron
Gary Breeze Hey Gary! We're glad to have ya back here any ol' time...sure glad ya like it. This was pretty much brand new song to us at the time,.... another one Mike had found somewhere. We were still working it out at the time but posted it anyway. Thanks for taking time to comment...Ron nd the gang...
These are the versions of tunes that endure. Sitting together with a few friends and just playing, and7 something quite special happens. Thanks for sharing your 'moment'.
LOL!! That's my cat Earl. He does like sitting in open cases, and loves pickin'. Sometimes when I can't find him I grab my guitar and pick a little, and he usually comes to sit and listen. So many tunes are played a little different between two different groups, each thinking they a playing it correctly. Over the years I have come to believe they both are....We sure appreciate you spending a little time with us, and taking time to leave a nice comment...*ron
Mike came in one night and picked it on his mandolin. We all thought it was real pretty, so we videoed it. I had never heard it before, and so we were still working on it at the time...glad you like it and appreciate you taking time to watch...*ron
A beautiful tune. I enjoy all the choice of songs you boys play, reminds me of home of eastern canada, where I'd the piano for a nice group of fine musicians such you boys!.
Hi great group been looking for a group like yours for a long time my kind of music since i moved here to florida hope i get lucky but till then Ill just jam with you guys on you tube don,t stop the music it real good and great musicians .
I had never heard this song quite this way, it is lovely. I save all your tunes. I have only been playing fiddle for 5 years and I love to learn new tunes and play along. Thanks
Hey Popper!..Now that's a comment I can visualize there buddy..glad you like it and thinks for coming by..Best wishes from the hills of Wild And Wonderful..WEST VIRGINIA.. from Ron and the gang..
@dreamskates Thank you very much for visiting with us. We're glad you like our little tune, and so glad you learned it. This was the first time we had played it together, and the first time I had heard it, so we we're still learning when we recorded this. Come back and visit with us any ol' time..you'll always be welcome here..*ron
I just want you to know I hang with you guys in your kitchen playing along on my pennywhistle. Thanks for posting I love your well played old tunes and your easy laid back style.
I come back to your postings every now and then. This is probably my favorite. A fine picking of this beautiful old British fiddle tune. Listen to Kate Wolf’s version sometime. She wrote lyrics which are as good as the tune.
Just the ticket, just come in from putting xmas light in our cherry tree, in the dark. sit down cuppa tea and mountnmonkey. nice and relaxing, great. John *****
thats fantastic, i wished i sit around with you, i love it. but i think i must train more guitare playing, you people sounding fantastic, sounds awesome, best ive saw the last 5 weeks . i love it. iam in love with this musik. first i was thinkink its feedlers Green, but thenn, :) sory. . FANTASTIC . best musik ever
xgi36 Thank you very much for such a nice comment. We're sure glad to have you take the time to listen to our attempt at it...Best wishes from the hills of West Virginia..Ron and the gang..
That is a very nice comment. I will leave it up for sure. We have one more video of this tune on mountnmonkey that we did a little later with Mike and Jim's oldest son Steve.If you haven't seen it, it might be one you would also enjoy. Thanks for coming by and best wishes from the hills of West Virginia...Ron and the gang..
My Grandpop was a WV fiddler. I grew up in two cultures. summers in the mountains and winters in the flatlands. I saw the old time style of fiddling and the classical. As a reenactor of 1812 I studied on the earlier playing styles. Your Jim plays tin a baroque style in the way he holds the fiddle and the bow. That's where the Old Time stuff came from. And FIDDLE is and English word for that instrument. It was later that the Italian word VIOLIN came into use. so even the word Fiddle is correct. Carry on, brother fiddler.
Hi Lilli, Actually we heard the tune for the first time only recently. Mike found it somewhere and started playing it. We all thought it was a great tune...thanks for watching, and commenting......*ron...
We sure appreciate you spending some time with us. Although none of us play a pennywhistle, I love the sound of those things things.....wish you could be here to jam with us. Best wishes from the hills...*ron
Hey James!! Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment so we know you're playing along. I'm sure glad to know we can help a little in the the learning process. Only a few short years ago folks were pretty much on their own, but now ...lots of tools out their. We have this one on here twice...pretty much the same, but you might want to have a look. We sure appreciate your visit...*ron and guys
Hey CHris, we appreciate the nice comments. We would like very much to have you sit in with us...that would be great fun, but until then, you can play along on youtube.....thanks for watching
LOL!..That's my cat Earl. He a lot like me ...he's been around so long..he hard ol' boy to empress...but he does like his pickin'...thanks for visiting...*ron
Found these, they seem to match Play me a fiddle tune, sing me a song Banish misfortune, my time is not long Midnight on the water so steady and slow Stay up till the morning, one more for the road Midnight on the water, so steady and slow. Let's have another drink and set em up Joe I never thought much of that fancy dancing With my two left feet and my rovin eye But when the band plays so slowly in 3/4 time I could dance with my darling until morning comes
Feel free to jam with us any ol' time. I lived in north west Florida for over 12 years, so I know how hard it can be to find a jam session. Most peaple thought old music was something by Garth Brooks,but I made the most of it and still had a lot of fun.. *ron
Lovely version, wonderfully played. My favorite kind of music is kitchen music. I wanted to let the previous commenter know that there are lyrics to the song, beautiful sweet lyrics, so if there's a singer in the bunch... Look for Kate Wolf's recording on her "Lines On Paper" album.
@australianfan Thanks very much Aussie!... I'm always pleased when when someone from down under has a look at our video's. I spent a little time down there when I was young. I would have to act totally different if I came back now at my age...lol..Great country, great people...thanks for visiting with us..*ron
@@estherbraham1228 Saddly the fiddler has passed away..R.I.P Jim Marshall..That is his some Mike playing the mandoline, and this was the first time we played this one..
Hi Paul, I hadn't thought of it just like that , but you are right. Many a good time and many a good tune have been lost forever from our memory, or at least clauded by passing years, and in my case, the occasional swig of moonshine. Technology will allow us a revisit... *ron
Glad you like it NAncy(our little cellebrity song writer, and singer). The cat is Earl..he also likes his pickin'. *ron P.S. I'm glad there no lemit on how many times I can watch your videos....
@jablankens We were still learning when we videoed this one, and we hope you can learn it too. Thank you very much for your visit, and your kind comment...*ron
@jorunskardenni Thank you very much. You are our first visitor from the Faroe Islands, so we are very pleased to see you here. We very much appreciate you spending a little time with us...*ron
ron, reason i'm asking is i go to carter fold & to leonards old time pickin parlor w/my accordion/hammered dulcimer & it's my favorite song. You all did a nice job on that song! ty for posting this!
We are lucky to be living in such an age of technology that this music isn't just lost to the air on the porches, garages, and kitchens all across America. Really appreciate what you guys are doing. Paul
This is so laid back. I absolutely love it and now sitting in my kitchen in London trying to learn a few of Jim's lovely touches on the fiddle.. I really like his style..
Hey Hilary!
We hope all is well in London, and we are glad to hear you like our old style of music. Thanks for coming by and taking time to leave your much appreciated comment. Best wishes from the hills of West Virginia...Ron and the guys...
Beautifully done, you are a talented group of musicians. Thank you for sharing this, it made my day.
Hey Francesca!
You sure made MY day by stopping by for a visit with us ol' hillbillies...lol..Thanks for taking time to leave your very kind comment......Ron and the gang..
This by a country mile the best version of this tune i've ever heard...it has a quality that all of the modern electronic stuff lacks...keep up the good work boys... you've made an old fella a little happier... Sláinte.
Thanks for one of the best comments we have ever gotten....sooo glad you like it!..Drop by any ol' time...Ron and the gang
I love you guys. I love this song. I can't tell you how many times I have played it with you guys as I learn new ways to fiddle it. It's teaching me how to stay in tempo as I try to master new tricks...and I just appreciate everything about this video. Thanks for sharing it.
This is hands down the best version of this I have heard. Love playing along....Thanks !
Thank you very much James. That is a very kind comment my friend. We are so glad you like it and I hope you visit us again real soon..Ron (mountnmonkey)!
@@mountnmonkey visit all the time. where are you guys? Eastern NC here
Hi Guys, You really put a lot of feeling into this wonderful tune. I keep coming back to watch and hear it played again. Thank you.
Your every piece of music is a great surprise to me. THX Ron
Just like Scottish music, very emotional, I love it!
Thanks for taking time to liston Liam. Yeah, many of our favorite tune have A Scottish origin..as did many of our ancesters..lol.....Ron..
Best version ever !😊👍👍
We appreciate you taking time to watch and for your kind comment...Ron
Earl showed up here about 12 or more years ago as a full grown cat in his prime. He wouldn't leave so We gave him a home. I named him Ronald Earl Berry. I name him Ronald after me and Earl because...well he seemed like q cat of his quality needed more than just a first and last name. I started calling him Earl so folks wouldn't
think I was talking to myself.
Ron is that handsome gentleman with the grey whiskers sitting to the right of the fiddler..lol..I'm glad to hear you like our music..*ron
I keep coming back to this video. This is what it's all about. Thanks for sharing.
Gary Breeze Hey Gary!
We're glad to have ya back here any ol' time...sure glad ya like it. This was pretty much brand new song to us at the time,.... another one Mike had found somewhere. We were still working it out at the time but posted it anyway. Thanks for taking time to comment...Ron nd the gang...
What a wonderful song,this makes my sunday!
For the mandolin player special greetings :-), he plays terrific.
Greetings, Marie
These are the versions of tunes that endure. Sitting together with a few friends and just playing, and7 something quite special happens. Thanks for sharing your 'moment'.
Love this song. My husband learnd this song from you all . Thank you for posting.
LOL!! That's my cat Earl. He does like sitting in open cases, and loves pickin'. Sometimes when I can't find him I grab my guitar and pick a little, and he usually comes to sit and listen.
So many tunes are played a little different between two different groups, each thinking they a playing it correctly. Over the years I have come to believe they both are....We sure appreciate you spending a little time with us, and taking time to leave a nice comment...*ron
Mike came in one night and picked it on his mandolin. We all thought it was real pretty, so we videoed it. I had never heard it before, and so we were still working on it at the time...glad you like it and appreciate you taking time to watch...*ron
Pom
I love this Video.. I follow along on my Fiddle.. :)
After hearing several versions of this song, I had to learn it on fiddle. I like this version best! Thank you for sharing.
This is a lovely version...wish I could learn it ...It's not the one I know ...but I like this so much better...you all are great.
Thanks Marie, now you've made Mike's day. He's only been playing a few months, but is really doing great. Thanks for stopping by. *ron
A beautiful tune. I enjoy all the choice of songs you boys play, reminds me of home of eastern canada, where I'd the piano for a nice group of fine musicians such you boys!.
Hi great group been looking for a group like yours for a long time my kind of music since i moved here to florida hope i get lucky but till then Ill just jam with you guys on you tube don,t stop the music it real good and great musicians .
That's is just great guys! You've inspired me to get with it and learn this tune. Great jam!
I had never heard this song quite this way, it is lovely. I save all your tunes. I have only been playing fiddle for 5 years and I love to learn new tunes and play along. Thanks
I can go away in another place listening to you guys
Thank you!
Like a glass of water from a cool mountain spring. Thanks.
Hey Popper!..Now that's a comment I can visualize there buddy..glad you like it and thinks for coming by..Best wishes from the hills of Wild And Wonderful..WEST VIRGINIA.. from Ron and the gang..
That's a fine group there...great musicians....
@dreamskates Thank you very much for visiting with us. We're glad you like our little tune, and so glad you learned it. This was the first time we had played it together, and the first time I had heard it, so we we're still learning when we recorded this. Come back and visit with us any ol' time..you'll always be welcome here..*ron
We're glad to have you playin along with us and wish ya could do it here. Thank you very much for visiting and leaving such a nice comment...*ron
very nice brought tears to my eyes
I just want you to know I hang with you guys in your kitchen playing along on my pennywhistle. Thanks for posting I love your well played old tunes and your easy laid back style.
now, I am crying; it' too strong for me; straight in my favourites as the two others.
salutations from france to all the team,
Jean
Hey Howard, Thanks for coming by and leaving your nice comment. We're glad you like our little tune, and wish you luck learning it...*ron
Great job boys! as always. Tuning in from Traverse City Michigan.
Hey George!..we proud to have you stop by from Michigan...glad you like our old tunes..Best wishes from Wild And Wonderful, West Virginia..Ron..
Good song
I come back to your postings every now and then. This is probably my favorite. A fine picking of this beautiful old British fiddle tune. Listen to Kate Wolf’s version sometime. She wrote lyrics which are as good as the tune.
Ok Daniel, I sure will. Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the tip on Kate Wolf...both greatly appreciated..Ron..
Such an amazingly beautiful tune...trying to learn it as I'm watching this video.
don t know how but I came back here just listing to this very fine musicians
They did it so awesome. Bravo
Frans
So beautiful, reminds me when I was little and the
Family would get together and play.
Lovely.
Thanks!!
Just the ticket, just come in from putting xmas light in our cherry tree, in the dark. sit down cuppa tea and mountnmonkey. nice and relaxing, great. John *****
So beautiful! I watch it over and over. Love the cat too!
Very pretty song. Loved it on the mandolin. Thanks. Gwen
What a great clip, thanks for that.
Thanks for stopping by Dick...sure glad you like our attempt at this nice little tune....ron and the gang...
We're glad ya like it. Thanks for visiting with us and leaving a comment....*ron and the gang.... We're near Huntington, West Virginia...
Great job on the mandolin and fiddle I really enjoyed this song
Best wishes from the hills of West Virginia! I believe this is our first comment from Greece. Thanks from stopping in...ron and the gang...
Thanks for sharing. Making my house feel very home-y right now!!
thats fantastic, i wished i sit around with you, i love it. but i think i must train more guitare playing, you people sounding fantastic, sounds awesome, best ive saw the last 5 weeks . i love it. iam in love with this musik. first i was thinkink its feedlers Green, but thenn, :) sory. . FANTASTIC . best musik ever
that was so very heavenly beautiful!..very relaxing and oh so beautifully played.........thank u for this lil piece of ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Wonderful ! Each note is so clear and defined , Thank you for sharing
xgi36 Thank you very much for such a nice comment. We're sure glad to have you take the time to listen to our attempt at it...Best wishes from the hills of West Virginia..Ron and the gang..
There's also open jams in blountville,tn at the old log house on main street on friday nights, right at the beginning of the "crooked road"
PLEASE, don't ever take this video down. This inspires me and I listen to it on a daily basis.
That is a very nice comment. I will leave it up for sure. We have one more video of this tune on mountnmonkey that we did a little later with Mike and Jim's oldest son Steve.If you haven't seen it, it might be one you would also enjoy. Thanks for coming by and best wishes from the hills of West Virginia...Ron and the gang..
Downright sweet playing!
...Bill
What a great job on a grand tune !!! Thanks !!
My Grandpop was a WV fiddler. I grew up in two cultures. summers in the mountains and winters in the flatlands. I saw the old time style of fiddling and the classical. As a reenactor of 1812 I studied on the earlier playing styles. Your Jim plays tin a baroque style in the way he holds the fiddle and the bow. That's where the Old Time stuff came from. And FIDDLE is and English word for that instrument. It was later that the Italian word VIOLIN came into use. so even the word Fiddle is correct. Carry on, brother fiddler.
Beautifully done.........I love playing along with you guys.
Simply beautiful music.
Thanks Tom...and thanks for spending some time with us..Ron and the gang..
Outstanding.
Hi Lilli, Actually we heard the tune for the first time only recently. Mike found it somewhere and started playing it. We all thought it was a great tune...thanks for watching, and commenting......*ron...
I love hearing you guys play. Perfect timing.
Lovely music and beautifully played !!
I LIKE THIS..CAN ALMOST SEE THE MOON REFLECTION ON THE RIPPLING WATER..JIM ON VIOLIN AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF HIS SON ON MANDOLIN
That's Mike on the mandolin. Thanks for stopping by.....glad ya like it.....Ron and the gang.
I second "calilibrarian"s thoughts, I am, on my accordion,playing along also, and your "easy laid back style" makes it easy to learn the song.
Thanks for nice comment Rupert. We always appreciate it when you stop by for a listen. Please keep up your good pickin' on that side of the pond. *ron
yall doing a great job love the music thanks..Roy
Thanks you very much...glad you had a look. Please come back again. *ron
Hi John, is nearing Christmas in England too???...small world. Tea does seem to go well with mountnmonkey..thanks for visiting. *ron
Love the mandolin sound I am trying to learn it now do you guys get together every week?
After I heard him play it, I looked and found the banjo tab for it. Would like to learn it. Thanks for posting. Gwen
You guys sound so good. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much...glad ya like it..Ron and the gang..
We sure appreciate you spending some time with us. Although none of us play a pennywhistle, I love the sound of those things things.....wish you could be here to jam with us. Best wishes from the hills...*ron
Hey James!!
Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment so we know you're playing along. I'm sure glad to know we can help a little in the the learning process. Only a few short years ago folks were pretty much on their own, but now ...lots of tools out their. We have this one on here twice...pretty much the same, but you might want to have a look.
We sure appreciate your visit...*ron and guys
Beautiful Tune
Hey CHris, we appreciate the nice comments. We would like very much to have you sit in with us...that would be great fun, but until then, you can play along on youtube.....thanks for watching
LOL!..That's my cat Earl. He a lot like me ...he's been around so long..he hard ol' boy to empress...but he does like his pickin'...thanks for visiting...*ron
Top class
Thank ya very much for spending a little time with us..we appreciate every visit...*ron..
Found these, they seem to match
Play me a fiddle tune, sing me a song
Banish misfortune, my time is not long
Midnight on the water so steady and slow
Stay up till the morning, one more for the road
Midnight on the water, so steady and slow.
Let's have another drink and set em up Joe
I never thought much of that fancy dancing
With my two left feet and my rovin eye
But when the band plays so slowly in 3/4 time
I could dance with my darling until morning comes
We're sure glad we could help...thanks for visit and your nice comment...*ron
Feel free to jam with us any ol' time. I lived in north west Florida for over 12 years, so I know how hard it can be to find a jam session. Most peaple thought old music was something by Garth Brooks,but I made the most of it and still had a lot of fun.. *ron
Thanks very nice of you Jean, we appreciate it...*ron
Lovely version, wonderfully played. My favorite kind of music is kitchen music. I wanted to let the previous commenter know that there are lyrics to the song, beautiful sweet lyrics, so if there's a singer in the bunch... Look for Kate Wolf's recording on her "Lines On Paper" album.
We try to get togather about once a week. That's Mike on the mandolin, he be glad to know you like it......thanks for watching. *ron
very nice i am still listening ron
+irvger leves We sure appreciate you you looking in on us and we send our best wishes to you..see ya next time..
@australianfan Thanks very much Aussie!... I'm always pleased when when someone from down under has a look at our video's. I spent a little time down there when I was young. I would have to act totally different if I came back now at my age...lol..Great country, great people...thanks for visiting with us..*ron
Beautifull played where are all these lovely people today l pray all are well there music will live on through these vidoes.
@@estherbraham1228 Saddly the fiddler has passed away..R.I.P Jim Marshall..That is his some Mike playing the mandoline, and this was the first time we played this one..
That is a very sweet comment, and I really appreciate it..Thank you for taking the time to watch...*ron
Hi Paul, I hadn't thought of it just like that , but you are right. Many a good time and many a good tune have been lost forever from our memory, or at least clauded by passing years, and in my case, the occasional swig of moonshine. Technology will allow us a revisit... *ron
beutefull tune
Glad you like it NAncy(our little cellebrity song writer, and singer). The cat is Earl..he also likes his pickin'. *ron
P.S. I'm glad there no lemit on how many times I can watch your videos....
Great music!!
@jablankens We were still learning when we videoed this one, and we hope you can learn it too. Thank you very much for your visit, and your kind comment...*ron
@45Shallon Well, thank you for taking time to watch us Thom. Your visits are greatly appreciated...*ron
@oldtones That's Earl, the bluegrass cat..Thanks for spending some time with us..*ron
@jorunskardenni Thank you very much. You are our first visitor from the Faroe Islands, so we are very pleased to see you here. We very much appreciate you spending a little time with us...*ron
Nicely done guys !.
@NancyMbWpg Thank you very much Nancy...we sure appreciate your visit...*ron
ron, reason i'm asking is i go to carter fold & to leonards old time pickin parlor w/my accordion/hammered dulcimer & it's my favorite song. You all did a nice job on that song! ty for posting this!
Hi, thanks for visiting...I really like this tune, we're still working on it. Come back and jam anyol' time, you're always welcome...*ron