Top Three YouTube Music Videos Are of a Topeka Guy

A chunky dude with a beard and bald head, just sitting there, playing some flawless, wordless piece on his acoustic guitar — it’s the current all-time highest-rated music video on YouTube. And second all-time highest. And third. Number four is Johnny Cash singing “Hurt.”

I didn’t believe it when I heard it, either, so I checked it out. Sure enough, when you go to the YouTube home page, click on the Videos tab, click “Top Rated” under the Browse menu, “All Time” under the Time menu, and “Music” under Category, there in the top three slots, is this guy named Andy McKee in his red T-shirt, holding a guitar on his knee. Try it. Or just go here. They weren’t lying.