I was thinking the same thing. Probably monthly. Sometimes weekly.
@dean8842
4 жыл бұрын
Uh, yup! LOVE this video and love this song. It's an addiction that I refuse to quit!
@gelle00
4 жыл бұрын
Hell ya been in my favorites since 2015.
@candyparton6472
4 жыл бұрын
Can’t stop!
@christ9359
10 ай бұрын
This version of Big Country gives me chills. It's like the song fulfilled its destiny.
@steelyman08
6 ай бұрын
Yes indeed. Got what it truly deserved. Just magnificent!
@BecketTheHymnist
5 ай бұрын
This is undoubtedly my favorite version of the song.
@jeanettejacobs690
27 күн бұрын
Yes!!!!!!!! Beautifully put.
@kenpearson6287
20 күн бұрын
So much depth and full sound. A thing of beauty
@hopefulhyena3400
2 жыл бұрын
This song makes me nostalgic for something I ain't ever had.
@tylerao
Ай бұрын
Pretty much this
@patrickhawkinson8399
11 ай бұрын
There will never be another Bela Fleck. He's more than just a banjo player that seems to defy the laws of physics. He's an ambassador of great musicians. Everybody he surrounds himself with shines like gold when they perform with him.
@williamc.hensel130
9 ай бұрын
Amen to this! Integrity and generosity and virtuosity are a rare and wonderful alchemy. Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss, YoYo Ma, Sting, Aoife O'Donovan and Chris Thile are others who have moved me in this manner.
@steelyman08
6 ай бұрын
Yes indeed. He's the best possible leader. Saw him just a few months back & he was the inspiration for all involved. I felt special just being there & watching. Sierra Hull was absolutely magical as well. They worked brilliantly together.
@genevieveropars3439
2 жыл бұрын
DOES anyone else keep returning to this....
@barrettsuniverse
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. All the time 🙂
@TomHoffmann-iy4dn
Ай бұрын
Yes multiple times 😅
@user-qt1hj6ct3y
24 күн бұрын
Yes, me!
@williamhagstrom9044
8 күн бұрын
Just feels like butter
@robertwork3471
10 ай бұрын
Head phones on eyes closed and listening to a little piece of heaven
@doncummings3915
2 жыл бұрын
The entire Transatlantic sessions were off the charts, fabulous and timeless, beautiful merging of the styles of traditional Irish and American Folk/Bluegrass overtones in perfect unison...it reaches down deep inside and touches your heart in a way that is indescribable....God Bless all here...and there in attendance
@mikegallagher4388
Жыл бұрын
They need to do it again.
@Pack_leader1989
3 ай бұрын
That's because bluegrass origin is scots an Irish with an American flare I'm proud of my heritage 🇺🇲🇮🇪🏴
@timhannan4551
10 ай бұрын
It must be great to write a tune, trust it to a dozen soulful strangers, and then hear it blossom into something magnificent.
@jf9979
3 жыл бұрын
There are only a few songs that brings a tear to my eye from just shear beauty. This is one of them.
@erbow47
6 жыл бұрын
Has to be one of the greatest and most under appreciated pieces of music ever written. The poor mainstream crowd will never know.
@emmasteinbach411
5 жыл бұрын
Truth!
@charlespeterson3798
4 жыл бұрын
You are the precise reason "THE POOR", never know. Dolt. Poltroon. Wanker-
@andrewshaffer2400
4 жыл бұрын
Just spread the joy from this one and maybe everyone else will learn. Everyone has to discover the good stuff somehow!
@gutbucket260
4 жыл бұрын
Let them be clueless. We don't want them around anyway.
@SHALAt22
4 жыл бұрын
I searched for Jerry Douglas and it took me here. Is this Americana, or Bluegrass? I like to break down the umbrella of 'country music.'
@mrinvader
Жыл бұрын
Bela looks at the other artists with the same affection that I see Mark Knopfler look at his colleagues with.. Pure adoration. What a group!
@charleshinely1161
4 жыл бұрын
It’s music like this that makes life worth living. I can’t get enough of this kind of perfection. Thank you, Béla!!
@davidhunn5926
4 жыл бұрын
Amen to that!
@dean8842
4 жыл бұрын
You pulled the syllables right over my tonsils!
@juansanchezrosales1607
3 жыл бұрын
..and thank you Jerry!
@dean8842
3 жыл бұрын
@@juansanchezrosales1607 Indeed!
@josiahdecker5168
2 жыл бұрын
Instablaster.
@andrewshaffer2400
Жыл бұрын
If you like this song, and have never been on a road trip, you now have your next vacation planned. This song defines exploration, traversing terrain, and experiencing the rock we all live on.
@christ9359
Жыл бұрын
The Dobro solo totally encapsulates that feeling. Jerry Douglas is a master. I hear a whole story of a boy adventuring the country side outside of his home, growing up, venturing further and further, and finally settling down as an old man with his memories.
@paulpoulin1200
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you all, good gentlemen for the 1000s of hours of practice and rehersals to make this one of the best 5 minutes and 32 seconds I've spent on KZitem today!!!! Be well!!!! Thank you x 1000!!!
@holly4125
4 жыл бұрын
Breathtaking!! Really!!!!!
@rontober4611
Жыл бұрын
Really good Bela. It made me think and feel God, and have compassion for us all and forgiveness and help.❤
@inyokutse
Жыл бұрын
This is the best version I've ever heard of this song. It's been at least 1000 times and I still can't stop playing this
@incidentalist
4 жыл бұрын
Will bring a tear to a grown man's eye! BEAUTIFUL
@dianne6410
Жыл бұрын
I am obsessed with this song. Soooo good. Makes you feel good inside.
@jordanneal576
Жыл бұрын
Every time I come back to this I'm blown away by how beautiful it is.
@georgelincolnrockwell5843
4 жыл бұрын
It's like an alternate universe where Rivendell decided, "fuck that whole fellowship/ring business. Let's just jam."
@tipdub
3 жыл бұрын
Lmao! Such an underrated comment
@tomhoffmann6442
2 ай бұрын
I was lucky to find this and really continuing to listen to it a ton of times😀
@reddrums79
7 жыл бұрын
This is by far one of my favorite tunes ever written. My wife and I were married to it and it runs very, very deep. This is an absolutely astounding take on "Big Country". Glorious! If you can't get behind this you've got a heart of stone! Best part; Jerry's solo. Bela gives him the nod and there's just a very quiet reverence about the group as they support. Again, glorious!
@davidtroller8367
5 жыл бұрын
how cool that you included this beautiful tune in your wedding ceremony
@zeevogel
5 жыл бұрын
We allways play this song in the car on the way south in the summer, to France. My kid loves this song from when he was two. He's seven now. Hearing my transatlantic hero's play this makes just a bit of a tear well in my eyes.
@gelle00
5 жыл бұрын
Dude you are awesome. This is the song my wife walked down the aisle to. I love songs like this. So well written and complex that you can't describe them appropriately so you just make them part of your life. :)
@bobmistark3836
5 жыл бұрын
This was my first time listening to this group. WOW It sounds like the sound of nature coming up out of the earth. Well done.
@pattygonzales9605
2 жыл бұрын
This is MY first time hearing it. Agree 100% WOW
@taylorw
Жыл бұрын
1st of many to come. Fabulous
@TheJunehog
4 жыл бұрын
Danny Thompson and Aly Bain--with Bela Fleck! Holy Cats!
@tylerao
4 жыл бұрын
Holy fleck
@jeanettejacobs690
27 күн бұрын
And John Doyle - wow...
@gelle00
4 жыл бұрын
This is the song my wife walked down the aisle to. I love songs like this. So well written and complex that you can't describe them appropriately so you just make them part of your life. :)
@furioussherman7265
4 жыл бұрын
The pictures this paints in my mind and the atmosphere this song evokes are some of the most vivid and beautiful I've ever experienced. The first time I listened to it, I nearly cried. The second time, I did.
@lightning95sc
3 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one it gave that feeling to.
@seanmccaffrey897
3 жыл бұрын
This song (and Bigfoot) has been in my mind for 20 plus years. My entire family is from Scotland and I hear this and all I can picture are the mountains and valleys of the highlands. Bela is a next level storyteller, while not once opening his mouth!
@peterdew1966
2 жыл бұрын
I think that no matter what country we live in, if we’re lucky we’ve all been to our place that this music paints ❤️
@gtripmusic2906
3 жыл бұрын
That Dobro man ❤️❤️
@frankmurphyburr3598
9 жыл бұрын
Bela's face at the end is priceless. 10 years overdue appearing on this show
@djandersonny
9 жыл бұрын
dougie hamilton Yes, sweet! The Irish / Scottish / Appalachian circle is unbroken. Béla Fleck, banjo; Aly Bain & John McCusker, fiddle; Jerry Douglas, Dobro; Phil Cunningham, accordion; John Doyle, guitar; Dónal Lunny, Bouzouki; James MacKintosh, percussion; Mike McGoldrick, low whistle; Donald Shaw, piano; Danny Thompson, bass. (From the AllMusic site.)
@martinerheault397
7 жыл бұрын
Superbe !
@TomHoffmann-iy4dn
Ай бұрын
I listen to it multiple times because it’s so darn fantastic 😅
@grant5373
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely enthralled by this. Can't stop listening, it's always on repeat. Definitely saved my life a couple times.I hope the flautist gets paid handsomely, he absolutely goes off at 4:47, kills it.
@eoghancasserly3626
2 жыл бұрын
Unless I'm very wrong he's playing a low whistle, a lower style of Irish tin whistle
@jamesmcdonough7414
2 жыл бұрын
@@eoghancasserly3626 Absolutely! I have my High D and started playing along! Love Bela, how gracious and unassuming he is and how he mixes musical cultures seamlessly!
@eoghancasserly3626
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesmcdonough7414 I have one of those myself but I'd wager you're 20 times better than me! I can't play it to save my life, I'll stick to the strings 🤣🤣🤣
@grant5373
Жыл бұрын
@@eoghancasserly3626 just rewatching - makes a lot of sense that the instrument isn't a flute. No idea what I was thinking... thank you for correcting me!
@cwilde
Жыл бұрын
@Eoghan Casserly Low E whistle, played by Mike McGoldrick ... he's a genius, look him up!
@justifiedFaith209
5 жыл бұрын
The best song Bela ever wrote and this is the best rendition of it too. Magnificent!
@davidtroller8367
6 жыл бұрын
oh my gosh, I literally wept during flux's short dobro solo. and it tells you everything you need to know that bela was entirely content to be in the background til about 3:50 into HIS song. this really causes my soul to soar.
@FiremanSam60
4 жыл бұрын
This is a tour of the evolution of Celtic music, and it's just gorgeous. Someone needs to get this in a film soundtrack.
@JoeBanjo88
2 жыл бұрын
As a banjoist, when I start playing this song, I cant stop! I played it for 3 hours last night. Thank you Bela
@NotavelMundoOculto
5 жыл бұрын
This is candidate for the ultimte beautiful song. there is no way a music can be more happy and beautiful at the same time. its the limmit acchieved.
@tylerao
3 жыл бұрын
You could see Bela smile when it all hit, I come back every few months for another dose, one of the best songs, played unbelievably
@gaezer
7 жыл бұрын
My favorite parts are when the bass plays a solo. Not often you see the bass pick up the lead like that. And the accordion part that goes along with it is so sweet. The guitar solo from Jerry is also great. And then the whistle near the end is just perfect. And finally, the parts Bela plays at the end. A overwhelming crescendo of notes and scales. 10/10. It simply doesn't get any better than this.
@aaronliedka7242
5 жыл бұрын
Have you seen the version with victor wooten?
@gregmonk1556
4 жыл бұрын
Danny Thompson is my favourite bass player ever. Check out his work with Pentangle and John Martyn!
@patrickhawkinson8399
2 жыл бұрын
If you like bass playing lead then you should listen to the original Flecktones version.
@zootszabo2415
4 жыл бұрын
Danny Thompson from PENTANGLE on DOUBLE BASS! What musicians gathered for this beautiful song wow!
@zootszabo2415
Жыл бұрын
the very best
@mcgoose17
8 жыл бұрын
If you listen well enough, you live it
@jeremywendelin
4 жыл бұрын
Matt McDonald year’s later... still living it! 20 years later!!!
@xhalexj
4 жыл бұрын
Bro this shit made me cry. I can fucking feel it
@holly4125
4 жыл бұрын
Well-said!!
@tom.hoffmann6585
3 жыл бұрын
Nice !
@garyleek
4 ай бұрын
Great song, great playing, great mix. Yeow this hits all the marks!
@kenshofalco8326
Жыл бұрын
That was wonderful
@mikeb7972
4 жыл бұрын
More music like this would make the world a far better place. Its beautiful, absolutely beautiful.
@peterseely9311
4 жыл бұрын
Bela: A few years too late with this comment! But never the less, I thoroughly enjoy your musicianship! The energy you bestow in your craft is exemplary! Thank You Bela for what you give our ears to listen to!!!
@tylerao
3 жыл бұрын
He’s so appreciated, the heir to Washburn married him
@tylerao
3 жыл бұрын
Literally a god amongst mere mortals
@hisdukeness3037
5 жыл бұрын
Play this version at my funeral boys
@rolandkesslermusic
5 жыл бұрын
I can only hope brother
@ZariAddiction
5 жыл бұрын
Dont know you but ill play it for you in Michigan!
@Sororityhousechef
5 жыл бұрын
meeeee too
@davidhunn5926
4 жыл бұрын
I second that.
@mostlyHandicapable
9 жыл бұрын
I have heard many versions of this tune, and this one seems to work best. I think it's the celtic feel added by the flute and the acordion
@tom.hoffmann6585
5 жыл бұрын
I have never heard it before but will listen many more times !
@ragharpking
5 жыл бұрын
2 minutes in and I''m crying . Love it
@EPManny
5 ай бұрын
This song is timeless!!!!
@moonstar2335
Жыл бұрын
Releasing Beauty to the world if we all could come together this is what Earth would sound like Pure Bliss
@zackroscoe9326
5 жыл бұрын
Love this song, it's my go to song to play for my newborn daughter. I feel like she'll remember it when she's grown.
@TubemanElz
5 жыл бұрын
Nicely put. I played to my wife’s pregnant belly every night and my 17 yr old song now sings along to everything I used to play without me ever having to teach him a word....weird and wonderful. Be a good Daddy Zack, it’s well worth it x
@ab7zv
7 жыл бұрын
Amazing sound recording. BBC engineers are the best!
@itsmatt2105
8 ай бұрын
Saw Bela and the Fleck tones along with Phish in SLC in the early '90's. Only part of the seats the hall would hold were set up but they could have saved themselves even this effort, nobody sat down the entire time, we were all dancing our asses off.
@Stringman1950
5 жыл бұрын
Big fan of Danny Thompson on double bass. Love Bela and Jerry too. But really enjoy the silent conversations these guys have when they look at each other, work out breaks and transitions. That’s all the fun and magic of playing together.
@christ9359
5 жыл бұрын
I can't believe Jeff Bezos' tin whistle career didn't take off!
@plopties
2 жыл бұрын
Love this song sooo good the best Bela have made🎸❤️💯👍👍
@mikeowens8205
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Douglas - just wow!
@ramzirihani9060
4 жыл бұрын
This piece strips you from the need to understand, analyze and rationalize music and gives you this upper hand of feeling it so smoothly and easily. A tune so contagious despite of its complexity, and a relay of musical instruments from the banjo, to the stand-up bass, flute, violins, acoustic guitars, and accordion, all of which makes you feel you are part of the ensemble. One instrument takes the tune from the other and passes it to another instrument as if they were a master sports team with an elevated command of the art. And then they build it up to reach a crescendo that makes you want to stand up and scream loudly cheering for scoring a touchdown. What a team! People have used this piece of music on many occasions: weddings, driving in the country side while speeding in a convertible and the wind blowing her hair, new born, and some even requested it to be played at their funeral. A master composition is one that evokes all kinds of feelings, happy, sad, mild and strong with tears of joy and sadness. This one is a great example .
@goodwintrent4453
2 жыл бұрын
Well said, Ramzi!
@brucekuehn4031
Жыл бұрын
When someone writes an instrumental, they can name it whatever they want. I don’t know hat Béla was thinking, but to me Big Country is the vast American West.
@cynthiastrite6439
Жыл бұрын
Bela fleck plays so peacefully and plays some of the best banjo backup!
@hinspect
4 ай бұрын
Best Banjo Music! hinspect from Oak Ridge, Tennessee USA 🇺🇸
@starbeing9553
6 жыл бұрын
This is what heaven sounds like
@holly4125
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, and cheers to that, Jin!!
@dean8842
4 жыл бұрын
We hope!
@withgoddess7164
3 жыл бұрын
Is Ireland heaven?
@tom.hoffmann6585
3 жыл бұрын
Perfect 😁😇
@Foxrock321
3 жыл бұрын
Back to the “reel” roots ...like comfortable pair of shoes..no matter how many other instruments there are..you can always hear the banjo.eh?
@jb3lg
8 жыл бұрын
Pure musical genius.
@aadje5
3 жыл бұрын
I just watched this over and over, and ik it makes me smile and cry at the same time. Every time
@passionphish55
5 жыл бұрын
This is always been one of my absolute favorite songs by the Flecktones. While this version lacks the power and (for lack of a better word) majesty of the Flecktones’ version it has a sweetness that literally brings tears to my eyes.
@josephotoet7377
2 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks, please share the link for version
@moin-lk7xm
8 жыл бұрын
God must have chosen you, Béla... just to reveal this for us, awesome! Hugs from Reinbek, Germany. Be blessed. All of you.
@carolinecoons7553
7 жыл бұрын
moin zaiqjb of pQ on diabmb uh
@oldcremona
7 жыл бұрын
God and 11 hours a day practice when he was a teenager.
@tom.hoffmann6585
5 жыл бұрын
Nice
@mulliniks51
4 жыл бұрын
Yes . Bela says that this song came to him in a dream and it was all he could do to get it down before it faded . He says he called his answering machine and hummed the motif and ran with it from there . The great stuff is not created - it's discovered by those worthy of channeling the wellspring of creativity .
@tom.hoffmann6585
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly 😇😊
@Ferruccelli
3 жыл бұрын
Heavenly sounds!!!!!!!!!! This is heaven absolutely!
@tomhoffmann6442
9 ай бұрын
AMEN X 2😇
@jeffgoins8633
5 жыл бұрын
This made me feel 100% better after listening to this!
@tom.hoffmann6585
3 жыл бұрын
Me 2😀
@mrpink3998
3 жыл бұрын
This is the music where there are no words to describe it. It is just absolutely perfect and makes me so warm and fuzzy and makes me cry tears of happiness every single time I hear it. Truly an amazing piece of work! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.❤️
@ralphbarhydt8974
Жыл бұрын
so sorry I never heard this 'til now. Phenomenal !
@alexclark9429
4 жыл бұрын
By 1:06 I was covered in goosebumps.
@jerryoutlaw3396
3 жыл бұрын
This may be the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.
@marcelobenitezabc
6 жыл бұрын
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULL PIECES OF MUSIC I'VE HEARD IN THE LASTS YEARS....
@tom.hoffmann6585
5 жыл бұрын
Agree100 % ☺
@reddrums79
3 ай бұрын
Jerry Douglas. Straight out of God’s mouth. 🇺🇸
@martinreid1740
7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful music from truly great musicians.
@johnrich7414
3 жыл бұрын
Simply transcendent. My favorite version of this tune (and that's saying a LOT!!!) ;)
@popsbeno1996
3 жыл бұрын
Simply Awesome 😎
@bernardbarry4258
Жыл бұрын
Fabulous music, just from the heart!!!
@The900custom
3 жыл бұрын
absolutely divine thankyou for the cleansing
@reddrums79
9 жыл бұрын
You'll hear it in heaven.
@nateherman8804
5 жыл бұрын
And that simple, lovely bass solo!
@Gabriel-er8pp
5 жыл бұрын
sounds almost like a Scottish lullaby - loch Lomond. Simply beautiful.
@NashvilleDrumCoach
5 жыл бұрын
Gabriel exactly, just with a few phrases held out a bit longer
@jamesmcpherson2121
10 ай бұрын
Bela's the best 5 string player in history. A great pleasure to hear that sound again.
@walterbenedette8752
3 жыл бұрын
Speechless
@HailoSaifenspender
4 ай бұрын
Béla Fleck, banjo; Aly Bain & John McCusker, fiddle; Jerry Douglas, Dobro; Phil Cunningham, accordion; John Doyle, guitar; Dónal Lunny, Bouzouki; James MacKintosh, percussion; Mike McGoldrick, low whistle; Donald Shaw, piano; Danny Thompson, bass.
@davidduncan6126
7 жыл бұрын
that dobro is telling you a story if you listen
@gelle00
4 жыл бұрын
This was the song my wife walked down the isle to . I cannot this of a better song to define one of the happiest moments in my life.
@tom.hoffmann6585
3 жыл бұрын
I keep loving it 😀
@klcwarchitect
5 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear something by Bela Fleck, it is extraordinarily different from anything I heard before. Bluegrass to folk to jazz to classical music. Is there anything he CAN’T play? This piece is beautiful and haunting.
@coolbrothernow7318
3 жыл бұрын
Wow...I agree with everyone. I've been listening to and seeing Bela Fleck for years. He shits brilliance and surrounds himself with the best
@LoneRevD
5 жыл бұрын
Favorite version I think. So many great solo's including the bass which was outstanding (with a appreciative nod from Bela), Jerry on Dobro and the whole song took on a Celtic feel so strong my Irish roots could feel it. Beautiful piece and a amazing performance by all. Bela, well he's always great not much can be said about that for sure!
@redeyeofthenightfall
2 жыл бұрын
***no one in this band is reading music*** this is raw
@erikdeitz9861
2 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful pieces of art I've experienced
@gullik1970
6 жыл бұрын
Even more breathtaking than the flecktones version from live at the quick, due to the slower tempo
@goodwintrent4453
2 жыл бұрын
Masterful in every way! I always smile when Danny takes the melody on his bass.
@sarawawa8984
7 жыл бұрын
So beautiful. I've got goosebumps and tears in my eyes.
@robertbrown3064
5 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more. I can't tell you why some tunes seem to reach down into my soul and pluck at my heartstrings, even when I haven't heard them anywhere special before. This one is definitely one of those tunes. If I knew I had one day left to live, one day to say my goodbyes and set whatever I could right, then one final sunset to watch before the end, I'd listen to this while I watched it.
@tom.hoffmann6585
5 жыл бұрын
Agree 100%. So sweet and down home . My type exactly . Thanks Bela☺
@holly4125
4 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@holly4125
4 жыл бұрын
Tears are rolling down my face right now, and I feel exactly the same way, especially as I enter my twilight years.
@dean8842
4 жыл бұрын
True that. This is a song that invokes an overwhelming feeling of majesty and awe. Does that sound a bit over the top? Not in my head. Goosebumps & tears indeed.
@gaezer
7 жыл бұрын
This was amazing. I've already listened to it twenty times and started to learn it and I just found it.
@joezeke6107
Жыл бұрын
OMG. Just beautiful...and that doesn't even go far enough!! My all-time favorite of Bela's and this arrangement just blew me away!!! Brought me to goose bumps and tears! Thank you, Bela and musicians!!
@WildRiceRDMC
4 жыл бұрын
What an awesome jewel to find......a total pleasure to listen to....I play it back to back a few times every time I come here...Thanks Bela.....
@L2FlyMN
5 жыл бұрын
I love how you built the song basically one set of instruments at a time in the beginning. BEAUTIFUL!!!
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