Sugar hill - clawhammer banjo

Sugar hill! Its still a bit rough but I've been having a lot of fun throwing different variations into it.

[JACkEBOY]

I'm at a very uncertain and anxious moment in my life. This has calmed my soul like nothing else

[jordansmithb]

I grew on this stuff, and her excellent rendition brought the words of Uncle Dave Macon back to me after 75 years. “If you want to get your eyes knocked out, want to your fill, If you want to get your eyes knocked out, go to Sugar Hill.” And so on. Thanks, Phoebe!!!

[watcheronthewalls]

Celebrated Thanksgiving the other day. Sitting out in the sun, dogs all around. Nephew just got out of the hospital after a long stay and all of my siblings were there for the first time in years. And I had your music playing. We all just sat and listened. So today, among other things, I am thankful for the music you make.

[JimGarver-txrj]

The Earl Scruggs three finger pick and the clawhammer are so different that they sound like different instruments. Phoebe really is phenomenal.

[MarkDally]

That was one of the most soothing and well played clawhammer songs I've heard

[matt]

This randomly got recommended to me by YouTube and I’m glad it did 😊

[rheabruen]

your whole vibe is immaculate. the talent, the sweater, the hat, the reptile(?) shelf, the elvis calendar. perfection.

[antonkushelev]

Что бы кто ни говорил, а получилось красиво и с душой.
Браво, Фиби!

[lynnglidewell]

Just can't beat great folk music.

[DougCanney]

Pretty amazing stuff. She has a timeless aura to her, I'm not sure if she's doing it on purpose or she's just cool like that. I've been teaching and playing guitar for over 50 years, she's technically really good. Great dynamics and texture.

[jasonuerkvitz]

I'd never heard Sugar Hill until this here and I loved it as it struck me as sort of pensive, lonesome and woeful. I searched for some other bluegrass takes and I found I preferred your playing of it. I guess it's just that solo banjo and the tempo at which you play as it lends a thought to dark rivers and smoky mountains. You play it lovely.

The lyrics to this song really struck me as well:

If you wanna get your eye knocked out, if you wanna get your fill
If you wanna get your head cut off, just go to Sugar Hill
Ten cents in my pocketbook, can't you hear it jingle
I'm gonna court them pretty girls as long as I am single

Yea, red bird on the mountaintop and blue bird on the ground
Jay bird in that sugar tree shaking that sugar down
Yonder come that gal of mine, how do you think I know?
I can tell her by her Shoe Fly dress, it comes from Sugar store

Well grab your banjo off the wall, and get your fiddle, Bill
Hitch your horses to the sleigh, we're going to Sugar Hill
If you wanna get your eye knocked out, if you wanna get your fill
If you wanna get your head cut off, just go to Sugar Hill

[Aang_L._Jackson]

This little lady is so talented and absolutely adorable ❤

[roberthunt]

This amazing girl is actually 173 years old. She's channeling a sound from when the continent was young.

[LunarRuna]

Каким-то чудом вы всплыли в рекомендациях, и я безумно этому рад (как и любому "живому", настоящему) человеку. Приятно увидеть нотки реальной Америки, а не голливудский пафосный глянец. И на вас смотреть приятно, как будто рядом с другом сидишь и слушаешь.
By some miracle you popped up in the references, and I'm insanely happy about that (as I am about any "alive", real person). It's nice to see a touch of real America, rather than Hollywood gloss. And it's nice to look at you, as if you were sitting next to a friend and listening.

[AMTunLimited]

Playing so clean you could eat off it, this is absolutely amazing. I've tried off and on for YEARS to get my clawhammer anywhere close to presentable but it's so much harder than you'd think.

[bradybennett]

I'm subscribed to a channel and watching a channel I never thought I would be so keep having fun and we will to congrats

[josiahricafrente]

West Coast born, Hawaii raised, 2nd-generation Asian-American man. If the rest of my family could see me now, unironically enjoying this.

[jesser]

Sure missing my childhood suddenly. Damn those were the times! Early 80's bluegrass festivals in Anchorage Alaska. ❤

[michaeldalton]

Something about this music stirs something deep!

[AshInTrees]

This sounds amazing Phoebe. Thanks for putting out this music!