"Cripple Creek" with Tracy Newman on the 5-string banjo
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Published 2015-08-11
LYRICS:
I got a gal and she loves me
She’s as sweet as sweet can be
She’s got eyes of baby blue
Makes my gun shoot straight and true.
Goin’ up Cripple Creek goin’ in a run
Goin’ up Cripple Creek to have a little fun.
Goin’ up Cripple Creek goin’ on a whirl
Goin’ up Cripple Creek to find my girl.
Cripple Creek’s wide and Cripple Creek’s deep
I’ll make Cripple Creek before I sleep
Roll my breeches to my knees
Wade ol’ Cripple Creek as I please
Goin’ up Cripple Creek goin’ in a run
Goin’ up Cripple Creek to have a little fun.
Goin’ up Cripple Creek goin’ on a whirl
Goin’ up Cripple Creek to find my girl
All Comments (21)
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Darn it youtube now I have a crush 50 years too late.
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Never had a crush on a 1960's banjo player before, but now I do. ❤
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I love it. You won't see real entertainment and talent like this on tv anymore. TV has become a cesspool of nastiness!
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This is true, common man's, American music. Shame so many people think the banjo is only for "hicks". Common Americans, rural and urban, need to recognize that we're all just regular people and none of us are "better" than the others. I'm a "city slicker" like any other but this is the music of my brothers and sisters!
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Wow she has a very fascinating biography. I didn’t know ANYTHING about her until today. She is still alive at 78.
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"if I can get through it." Proceeds to nail it.
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She better than she thinks, a sign of a true artist and musician.
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Tracy Ann Newman (born 1942) is an American television producer, writer and musician. Newman is a founding member of the improvisational theater troupe The Groundlings (as is her sister, Laraine Newman). She was co-creator and executive producer of the sitcom According to Jim (2001–2009). She is also a singer - songwriter, as well as an original member of The New Christy Minstrels[1] and lead singer of Tracy Newman and The Reinforcements. She is the mother of artist/writer Charlotte Dean, with whom she co-directs the live comedy show Charlotte's Shorts.[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Newman
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Well if this aint the most wholesome thing I've seen all day
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The 60's quality is better than a 2000's UFO video.
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0:49 Awwww... Her lil laugh when she says "if I can get through it"... Melted me.
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“She’s got eyes of baby blue, makes my gun shoot straight and true”. I bet, lol
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There's hope for the world when this 50 something year old clip of a nice lady playing the banjo gets over 2 million views.
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I like that she doesnt take it too seriously and is more about having fun and playing something fun rather than getting it 100% right. Music is expressive, not a math equation.
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She’s definitely pleasant and talented, but I’m just astounded that a public television show from 1965 has such amazing sound quality.
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YouTube: Wanna watch some banjo playin' ? Me: Sure. What's the worst that could happen? Me Later: Dang. Fell in love with a girl from the 1960s.
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I love the sound of the banjo...it reminds me of old America, riverboats, campfires and a more rugged time. No other instrument creates such immediate images to my imagination.
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What a charismatic young lady, with a great natural talent to boot!
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The audio on this is amazing. It's so crisp and clean for it's time. I questioned it's authenticity for a moment.
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i love how even though she messes up she laughs and keeps going! but now a day everything has to be perfect no mistakes in any music you put out
