Performance & Lecture by George Gibson
Added 2018-06-19 02:32:42 +0000 UTCGreat music and plenty of historical details in this live show from 2013.
'George Gibson from Knott County, Kentucky at the Laurel Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee at Bob Carlin's Banjo Extravaganza 15 Nov 2013 Cold Icy Mountain, Wild Bill Jones and Morphine. Video by Dean Turley,'
Comments
I will do my best. I first heard the song performed by Matt Kinman in 2008 and have tried off-and-on over the years to work up a version of my own that I liked. It is a surprisingly difficult song to render.
Clifton Hicks
2018-06-20 13:31:54 +0000 UTCAndrew, after observing just one of this gentleman's lectures/performances you have a deeper understanding of American folk culture than 99% of Americans.
Clifton Hicks
2018-06-20 13:30:20 +0000 UTCAny chance we can get a Cold Icy Mountain demo or lesson?
Micheál Mac Labhrás
2018-06-20 11:58:58 +0000 UTCThanks a lot for sharing this Clifton, really inspiring stuff, I understand why this man is such a big influence on you, I must say falling in love with a music tradition from another country isn’t always easy, not having the opportunity to fully experience it first hand, it makes posts like this all the more appreciated, thanks again!
Andrew John Boothman
2018-06-20 06:39:46 +0000 UTCI agree 100%. I have never heard more attractive and electrifying picking or singing than what I have heard this man belt out in various casual settings like you describe. When one visits him at his ancestral home in Kentucky, with those log walls vibrating around him... well, it is indescribable. Pardon me if this offends anyone's religion: the man is something of a shaman. After sundown, perched in the shadows and surrounded by stars, chirping crickets and those ancient, hand-hewn logs he TRAVELS to a place that no other living banjo picker can access.
Clifton Hicks
2018-06-20 00:28:54 +0000 UTCI was there at this concert. Some of the most startling and wonderful performances and singing I have ever heard in my 71 years have been George, whether on a recording, at concerts like this, in his living room, or just George picking away and singing in a hallway waiting for a room to be open at a banjo event. I hope folks who see this who don't know his work will acquire it, and see some of the performances he has on YouTube or if you can still get some of his recordings from the Apal Shop,. I hope he will find time to perform more because just seeing what he can do with a banjo can inspire you to want to sing and pick or make any kind of music. Thans for sharing this.'
Tony Thomas
2018-06-19 13:40:48 +0000 UTCDefinitely worth the watch
Justin Hoffmann
2018-06-19 02:58:24 +0000 UTC
