This is an early traditional fiddle tune from Kentucky named for a gap in the Cumberland Mountains, played here on clawhammer banjo and rhythm guitar.
This is the old time version of Cumberland Gap. It’s the one you usually hear with vocals. The banjo is in special Cumberland Gap tuning.
“Anybody can do it and that is the beauty of it,” Stevens said of the YouTube postings.
Encouraged by Front Royal harpist John Kovac, Stevens and McCauley started posting self-filmed and self-edited videos to YouTube in December 2007.
Specializing in what they described as the “back porch” music of the Appalachian mountains, Stevens and McCauley harmonize the folksy, gospel-inspired tunes in 21â„2- to 3-minute video segments on YouTube, catering to a particular audience — old-time music lovers and artists, as well as the increasing amount of new fans of the genre.
“Old-time music lovers — I guess it is kind of a niche and we are one the few on You Tube who are doing old-time,” Stevens said.
Couple share music with the world on YouTube