tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post8200320565835486593..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: “The Coo Coo Bird”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-54779024461554213602011-07-08T16:32:58.808-07:002011-07-08T16:32:58.808-07:00Hi Dave: Thanks! I'll check those out.Hi Dave: Thanks! I'll check those out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-21145984158942179372011-07-08T16:29:29.031-07:002011-07-08T16:29:29.031-07:00The YouTube uploader claimed it was Riley Baugus p...The YouTube uploader claimed it was Riley Baugus playing clawhammer with Eriksen there. <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPYdNCcTyNs<br /><br />Here he is talking about it at a live performance:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ucMg8vafIDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247772621999650656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-44170847361412127912011-07-08T15:11:47.835-07:002011-07-08T15:11:47.835-07:00Hi Roy: Sounds like a great line-up for that versi...Hi Roy: Sounds like a great line-up for that version; I'd be interested in giving it a listen. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-67628803334611492482011-07-08T12:38:05.364-07:002011-07-08T12:38:05.364-07:00Hmmmm... That came out somewhat incoherent. It was...Hmmmm... That came out somewhat incoherent. It was the trio of Tim Erickson (vocal), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), and Dirk Powell (clawhammer banjo) who played "The Coo Coo Bird" on the soundtrack of <i>Cold Mountain</i>.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-44765330688954715302011-07-08T12:35:16.957-07:002011-07-08T12:35:16.957-07:00I've always loved this tune. They also used it...I've always loved this tune. They also used it in the movie <i>Cold Mountain</i>; Brendan Gleeson (who besides being an excellent actor is also a helluva good Irish fiddler), played fiddle on it on film, but it was a trio of players associated with Tim Erikson, a musicologist and performer who specializes in 19th Century music and especially Shape Note singing. Erikson's is the voice you hear singing the tune, and Dirk Powell is the banjo picker. Yep, Powell played clawhammer style. Oh yeah, it was Stuart Duncan who played the fiddle on the soundtrack.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-41441480556369040772011-07-08T06:30:59.049-07:002011-07-08T06:30:59.049-07:00Hi Dave: Thanks! Glad the explanation seemed clea...Hi Dave: Thanks! Glad the explanation seemed clear & helpful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-54918563538429859682011-07-08T06:01:44.337-07:002011-07-08T06:01:44.337-07:00Very striking (pun not intended!). Much appreciate...Very striking (pun not intended!). Much appreciate the thorough explanation.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com