Punch Brothers perform “Church Street Blues,” from the album, ‘Hell on Church Street,’ out now on Nonesuch Records: https://smarturl.it/HellOnChurchStreet
Video directed byAlex Chaloff
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You took the simplicity out of this tune, your version isn't blue.
I don't know what the hell that was and I Know Thile & Fleck are new grasser , But Damn that was Awful ! I'll bet Rice & White Plugged their ears ! I been playing for 45yrs and I'm not Kidding , That sucked really bad !
needs more likes!
Compared to Tony Rice version, this was/is a Train wreck 😳 sorry not sorry 🤮
Interesting–but doesn't work for me: this is a simple, melancholic song meant for a single singer with a guitar. It's like adding a lot of instrumentation to McCartney's "Yesterday."
Just incredible. Wildly inventive musicians.
I was on the edge of my seat till the denouement.
Pretentious af
I'm not digging this at all. Church Street Blues is such a beautifully simple song. It really didn't need a new spin put on it.
Amazing!
This is fucking garbage.
Certainly enjoyed the Spring wake up call on the bluegrass strings of Punch Brothers today on CBS!
Just turning on to these guys…and since Im originally from the DC area .I sense a lot of Bela Fleck influence
espectacular, pero nadie supera la de Tony Rice
The bass drop at the beginning is so epic and effective in this mix. I wonder why it is more reserved in the album mix.
Also, I love this almost-mono style where the band is mono but the room sound is stereo. Really tastefully done.
Here's the original by Norman Blake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_YB9SC7AV4
Chris, a real watch would look real nice next to your Martin.
Banjo destroyed guitat solo at the end…
Dang
nice
This is not good. Take all the liberties you want with a tune or a tradition or whatever but if you're gonna do that make it sound good. This does not sound good. It sounds bad It contributes nothing. It is not good,
The kid from Fredericksburg, Va… the guitar player… who grew up in the ol' Burg along Caroline St,. JM High, I think… got his espresso at Hyperion… did you know his dad was big time banjo player in that town? Well… I'm glad he tagged the tune with a hint how Norman and Tony woulda done it… not to say you have to replicate a cover, which Thiele didn't do. I miss Fredericksburg, what a cool town… lotsa A-List musicians clustered there.. like Keller Williams. And that Mark Newton guy… Pickers Supply the coolest guitar shop in America… and Dr. Starling who had his Ears Nose & Wallet medical practice on upper Princess Anne St. Memories.
Scott Slay and the Rail told me about you guys. I am forever great to Scott Slay and also Sammy Shelor banjo player for Lonesome River Band for pointing me to you.
Way to ruin a classic
Norman Blake would be proud! Excellent rendition of his tune!
I wonder why Gabe Witcher (violin) lifts the bow at 2:29 about half a second before the note ends in the audio. The audio is clearly a live take and Chris Thile's solo matches what we see visibly. Maybe they flubbed the ending in this take (perhaps a bow scratch or there was some other noise picked up by the mics) and overdubbed a different audio track just for the ending.
Sorry, but Tony Rice's version of Church Street Blues is the Gold Standard and, while I dearly love the Punch Brothers, this arrangement left me cold.
Ya know it’s a technical band when they start the song counting…1,2,3,4,5…1,2,3,4,5
Oof that little guitar flourish at the end was rather palatable.. Oooo Eeeee
Wild cover!
Man. What an amazingly beautiful tribute to the man. Tony Rice.
RIP Tony. Great job boys!
Definitely gonna get a Black Diamond sponsorship with this song.
Prime punch brothers right here. This is musical mastery.
So no one it facing the real elephant in this room? Paul’s stache…
They are Good…..But nobody does this song like the Late Great Tony Rice did…..RIP
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