Visit her website to purchase one for yourself, and use the code Hillary for an exclusive discount!https://www.maireadnesbittviolin.com/Hillary#fiddle #dance #irish #Celtic #traditionalHere's the link to Hillary's \"Patreon\" page:https://www.patreon.com/hillaryklughttps://www.instagram.com/hillaryklug/https://www.facebook.com/FiddleAndDance/https://www.tiktok.com/@hillary_klug?https://hillaryklug.comStream this song on Spotify (or other dogstal music platforms)https://open.spotify.com/track/61B6Nr8CdxZ64cvda58XKj?si=3sFcylcyQdi3-_R_R-sH6w\u0026dl_branch=1 Video Credit: Hillary Klug (Yes, I filmed and edited it myself)Audio Recorded and Co-Produced: by Evan WinsorGuitar and Bass: Evan WinsorBanjo: Karl Smaukula For those beginning fiddlers who want to learn basic fiddle tunes or any of my tunes from my first record, stay tuned for this project. I met Thomas Maupin at these festivals. I would still be doing that even if I werent making any money.. Its okay to be wrong and Ill learn from that. Hes the six time National Buck Dance Champion and hes received the National Heritage Award for his contribution to the arts. I filmed and edited the video myself, and I areanged the 3 fiddle parts. Im the National Buck Dancing champion and kind of a mediocre fiddle player, but I do both at the same time, and I also sing. Tell us a little bit about your beginnings. Were finally waking up to, I mean, basically, mistreatment of black people in the United States has also woken us up to the fact that like indigenous people in the United States have suffered for hundreds of years. All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. I sort of clear my mind.". Im going to actively step in and say something. Hillary Klug 6:57Well, my name is Hillary Klug and Im a dancing fiddle player. I found you on Instagram a while ago and I am super enthralled by the energy that you bring to your performances. Im releasing some Celtic music on my YouTube channel, and my next album with probably be Celtic. Good luck!! Its just fiddle music. Shes gonna make it into an electronic track. And so the rhythm had to be part of the fiddle music, whereas, you know, these people over here, like, they played more melodically but they had rhythm accompaniment instruments. And I just geek out about that stuff. Like not feeling beholden to somebody elses style, ways, whatever, but rather flying and helping to evolve. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Thats just the culture that was handed to us. Understanding. Second of all, youre reading all of this. Skills: Fiddle, buckdancing, guitar, vocals, mandolin, viola, composing, arranging, workshops, teaching, reading music. Because I know its something a lot of especially black people, and part native people here in the US, their whole history has been whitewashed or erased. Jan 5, 2020 - https://hillaryklug.comHillary Klug fiddles, sings, and dances "Cotton Eyed Joe." Just wait. A personalized video for you or your family or friends. And so I am always striving to do better. You know I was dancing while she was performing. Listening to his music and his presence is like stopping for a moment attracted by the deep blue of his eyes and the sun of his hair. Hillary released her third memoir, "What Happened," in September of 2017, which reflects on her election journey, career, and personal life in candor. And our fiddle music evolved from Irish music. Explore. Were talking about doing a collaboration together with one of my original fiddle tunes. I dont mean to but by accident, you know, maybe I was just you know, not remembering that, you know, oh, yeah, the banjo comes from Africa. And then the person in the middle is like improvising and doing a solo dance, and each person takes a turn in the middle. She helped me buy a violin. So it has to do with evolving with dancing, but not necessarily the solo dance that I do. And Im like, you know, if I were just a fiddle player take away the dancing and the singing, or just a fiddle player. Yeah, white folk. And you know, Ive said like, I dont want to be a part of that conversation. But you know, I just havent said anything. I watch YouTube videos. Hilary Swank, the actress and producer, has been happily married since 2018 to Phillip Schneider. When faced with the decision of pursuing buck dancing, fiddling, or singing, she chose to take on all three. Evan . And thats a powerful driver. The union marks the 46-year-old's second marriage, having been previously married to actor Chad Lowe. Dancing singing fiddle player. Im playing on Thomastik-Infeld strings. . Dont forget Patreon. Just 15 people attended the private ceremony, but the newlyweds welcomed hundreds of friends to a backyard reception. Why Bill and Hillary Clinton Are Still Married Historian William Chafe provides insight into one of the most powerful political couples in the country. Im Tennessee born and raised. Im really slowing down for the year. As opposed to clogging which would be doing a set of choreography and it doesnt necessarily contribute musically. So, lets talk a little bit about buck dancing. And really, I am the biggest geek in the world, just like I listen to old recordings from the 50s of fiddle players or old recordings from the 30s it just, uh, you know, thats what I listened to. I listened to a lot of bluegrass such as Tony Rice and Ricky Scaggs and Bluegrass Album Band and Doc Watson and Bill Monroe. Klug knew at an early age that her script would include a fiddle on-shoulder. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Copyright 2017-2020 Michelle Khouri. Is that correct? Marketing genius. Michelle Khouri 8:03Yas! So grateful. Ive email you on face book. Now Im just like realizing, oh my word, theres so much, so much stuff, going on in this world thats just out of control. Whoa. Through that experience, I learned so much about discipline and pushing myself. There was no amount of practice that was enough. Whereas like some other songs like theres enough rhythm in the music, that I can kind of do flashier steps with my feet. Alright babies, until next time, you know what to do. Touch device users, explore by touch or . Id love to hear from you. as well as other partner offers and accept our. Congratulations on your videos and music! Just love watching and listening!! My bowing became mostly Georgia shuffle, and you can hear my style developing on my first album, which I released in June 2018. National Champion Buckdancer, Hillary Klug is known for her fiddling and dancing. I absolutely love what you do and am a huge fan of Celtic music. And then Ive been singing for about two years now. she met her husband at the Flat Creek Dance Her Family, Parents, & Siblings Hillary grew up with two older siblings - a brother and a sister. We had an unexpected treat today when Sammy Passamano with 615 Hideaway brought Hillary Klug down to the media room at World of Bluegrass to perform a mini showcase for us. Well, I had. I played with the Nashville Symphony at the Schermerhorn in February. Going to festivals. We love you for your simplicity and awareness of the people around you that you cherish. Michelle Khouri 21:59Absolutely. And I dont know, Ive been thinking a lot about it. Thomas and I went out and fed the goats and weeded the garden and picked the okra. So its weird how it all happened for me. Shes done what all serious musicians do, as far as she has learned from many traditional sources and everything, but shes not stopped at that. Now I continue to exercise everyday. Dedication, hard work, and talent to go go along with her beauty and intelligence. May God Almighty keep His hand on her life to bless and protect. And it was on this video online. In 1998, news broke of President Clinton's 1995 affair with then-22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky, which eventually led to his impeachment by the House. Leggo! Usually fiddlers dont have solo careers. My home life was completely, totally chaotic. After Barack Obama's historic win in the 2008 presidential election, Hillary Clinton returned to the White House nearly a decade after she left it, but this time in a new role. I look forward to future projects with her! I like to collaborate with other artists and feature dancers and musicians. Next on Klugs plate: buck dancing. She wrote of her husband's consolation, saying, "Bill took my hand, and we just lay there.". Hillary Klug 31:10Cool. I have several projects that Im working on and planning. It makes people happy, it entertains and then it became a job. If you were given $100,000 to spend on an album production, what would it look like? I didnt expect that. My life has completely changed in the 18 months since then. Stay true to yourself and keep doing what you love. Resides in Bozeman, MT. With humble beginnings as a busker, she's risen from street to symphony thanks to her social media success! I think we have a lot to talk about. Im a tuning geek. Our Story; Photos; Our Registry; Q + A; H&E. 3.11.2023. So thats what Ive been inspired by lately. Its the street, and you dont have to be polished or professional. I mean, listen, you are doing so much work very clearly. This is called Le Petit Chat Gris. Clinton admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky on national TV. Like I said you are perfect! He was inaugurated January 20, 1993, making Hillary and Chelsea the official first lady and first daughter, respectively. But I didnt give up. I was a starving college kid, and I dont know if I had the money to get out of the garage. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -Hillary Klug is the Nashville dream realized. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider And I feel very honored to have won that but I also feel like hes passing the torch. I had a brother that lived in Lynchburg and we visited frequently. My third album will be Celtic. Some of the tunings are traditional and some of them I invented. 1,304 following. Also known as Hilary Peterson Klug, Hillary M Klug. Michelle Khouri 25:49Well, Im amazed. I made my first national TV appearance, and I appeared in the movie Wild Rose dancing and playing my original tune. I played my first international show in January 2019 in London, and it was sold out! I started stomping my foot. And then of course, if you look online, do any research then you see like Rhiannon Giddens and the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Content Creator. Hes written and recorded many phenomenal songs with intense passion and emotion. Triple Threat Cotton Eyed Joe YouTube video. She's a phenomenal fiddler with a heart of gold! Bill and Hillary Clinton announced they would be embarking on a speaking tour throughout the United States and Canada starting in November 2018, according to the Washington Post. All Rights Reserved. Its not enough to just not be racist. With humble beginnings as a busker, she's risen from street to symphony thanks to her social media success! First of all, this southeastern style fiddling is actually unique and completely different from Northeastern fiddling, Canadian fiddling insofar as our fiddle music is more rhythmic and less melodic. My friend Rick Taylor of Huntsville, AL. Because doing two things at the same time isnt enough. A few people actually stopped to watch. I didnt know people would be interested. In 1976, Bill was elected to his first government official position with Hillary by his side. Because that does feel like my motherland, the land that I come from. Big kiss from Argentina. And what I love about your response was that you openly acknowledged that, like, a lot of the roots of the very art forms that youre practicing, also have been fundamentally founded or built by African American people throughout history. And what were realizing is in doing so, there were a lot of like, not white, not men, people who, like, did a lot of stuff that was left out of the history books. National Champion Buckdancer, Hillary Klug is known for her fiddling and dancing. Michelle Khouri 28:37Its learned behavior. Hes a college professor at Warren Wilson College. Welcome to The Cultured Podcast. So that was the end of violin lessons. From the age of 13, you were playing fiddle. "He just kept saying that he was very sorry over and over again," she said. But its so interesting to start learning about. But I just, Ive been trying to like, learn as much as I can and try to like, understand what that means. The project failed and Jim McDougal bought a small savings and loan association, and, according to Vox "renamed it Madison Guaranty, and defrauded both it and the small-business investment firm Capital Management Services to the tune of $3 million.". Hes the one who taught me to be, like, that nothing I do will ever be good enough. And the very many diverse ways we do that. I mostly just made it in order to prove to myself (and everyone else) that I could play. Theres no way to make your money back on fiddle music. 332,165 talking about this. Buck dancing is for music purposes, not for entertainment. He lost to Richard Nixon, but the pair was officially in love, and by 1973 Bill proposed for the first time after . So as a recap for The Cultured Crew, I just want to say you know, you have been dancing, you have been playing the fiddle your whole life. https://hillaryklug.comWe filmed this video at the East Nashville Hot Yoga! But I, actually one of my first gigs, if you can call it a gig, was street performing. Um, so I grew up going to the Contra dance. And part of why I really wanted to talk about this with you is because I think its easy with your art forms being fiddling, like you said, white people have sort of taken them, or the white people who are proud of these art forms have taken them as their own. And from now on I am. And in this year alone that Ive been being stripped what feels like naked in 2020, just emotionally naked, Ive actually felt that connection more strongly than ever before. Michelle Khouri 33:32Oh my goodness. Thank you for being willing to chat with us Hillary. She just draws my attention. I wasnt very good at playing and dancing at the same time, but nobody cared. Im like, Hey, Ive never done this before. Gotta do three things at once. He challenged me to develop strong values. I came back the next week with a dance board and an amp. I love your dance and fiddle tunes. Like none of us are. Hillary Klug 22:21Okay, so everybody knows that the banjo is an African instrument, right? Hillary and Bill Clinton met in 1971 and have been married since 1975. Theres no choreography. I started playing, but nobody wanted to listen. Chelsea currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, a board member of Foundation affiliate Clinton Health Access Initiative. She is a great musician and wonderful Buck dancer. About two years after getting engaged, Hillary Rodham and Bill Clinton wed in the living room of their brand new home in Arkansas with a Methodist minister to officiate, according to The Knot. The one way I can contribute is I can lift people up. Until then, street performing and the ongoing fight to rightfully busk onNashville's streets preoccupies her. I changed the keys of some tunes. I plan to audition for America's Got Talent . And it makes me realize how important it is to know where you come from, not for the sake of carrying on tradition, but rather for the sake of just knowing where youve been energetically, what your lineage has done, the good the bad, the ugly. Ive worked on this recently, because I kind of realized that was a problem. I can see how capitalizing these skills can be problematic. And and so the fact that youre doing that was so inspiring to me. But in her 2003 memoir "Living History," she wrote, "I didn't know whether our marriage could or should survive such a stinging betrayal, but I knew I had to work through my feelings carefully, on my own timetable," calling the decision to stay with Clinton one of "the most difficult decisions I have made in my life.". Shes also traveled Europe Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg to broaden her busking. Lived In Middlebury CT, Seattle WA, Aspen CO, Waterbury CT. Related To James Klug. Im really proud of my Triple Threat Cotton Eyed Joe YouTube video. Who does that? We even played music together in church as a string trio. Who Is Earl Klugh's Wife? Im your host, Michelle Khouri. And I can just put positive energy out into the world. Keokee a little village. But fiddling wasnt enough to preoccupy Klug or her fans, for that matter. Sometimes it doesnt feel good, but it is so rewarding. My folks were very encouraging, and they took me to lessons, and jam sessions, and festivals. Four years before the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, Paula Jones, a former employee of the State of Arkansas' Industrial Development Commission, sued Bill Clinton, alleging that he exposed himself and propositioned her at a conference in Little Rock. Gotta do three things at once. My sister has some hippie friends (one of whom she had a crush on), and they invited us to the dance. Lived In Middlebury CT, Seattle WA, Aspen CO, Waterbury CT. Related To James Klug. Dancing fiddle player. YouTube has been an enormous part of your journey. And it also reminds me that theres a lot of people who dont know so much about their ancestry and lineage and, you know, I want to know if you know about your lineage, and if you dont, how does that impact your sense of self? With a greater audience and potential for radio airplay, perhaps it would be a more realistic investment. According to the Texas Tribune, Bill served as McGovern's "Texas political point man" while Hillary was "responsible for registering black and Hispanic South Texas voters for the Democratic National Committee.". You know the music is strong when it gets stuck in your head after hearing it just once. I just need to go through the business of designing a cover and having it printed and published. In 1992, Bill Clinton was elected 42nd President of the United States, beating Republican incumbent George H.W. You talk about, like, oh, you just find that thing thats unique to you. Hillary Klug 8:20Yeah, partially. I started tapping my foot. In a new interview on her How I Met Your Father co-star Josh Peck's Good Guys . Evan also recorded and produced the banjo part, and Karl Smaukula played the banjo part. His lyrics are so gut wrenching, I cried the first time I heard his music. Of course, its easy to just not be part of the conversation, but to actually take that step and actively research, actively talk about things and actively learn about the history and put the information out there and encourage others. I love how you approach everything with so much gusto. Chelsea Clinton welcomed her third child, Jasper Clinton Mezvinsky, in July 2019. Accepting. The old-time scene was thriving, and I was just learning that the fiddle and violin are the same thing. I started fiddle lessons with Jim Wood as my mentor, and I made a bunch of friends who also played old-time music, and I developed my skills playing in the contra dance band every other week. My mentors changed my life, and it wasnt just about the fiddle or the dance. I dont know what hes done since he created his record. https://hillaryklug.comWe filmed this video at the East Nashville Hot Yoga! And humans invent culture and culture is an invention of our own desire to express who we are in a tribal way and in an individual way. Thank you so much for just being you!!! Like okay, this buck dancing that hes kept alive, that hes developed, that hes taught to others. The two have been together for about 50 years, and have been involved in the political sphere for about as long, both on a state and national scale. Both the fiddle and the guitar use 10+ tunings each. Hillary Klug 24:20Well, exactly, we still have that today. This is my first try putting together the dance and the banjo. 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