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There are a few stories about the title. Tucker's Barn was once the name of a settlement on the north side of Lower Creek, near | There are a few stories about the title. Tucker's Barn was once the name of a settlement on the north side of Lower Creek, in Caldwell County, near the Watson home in Deep Gap, Watauga County, although it is today known as Lenoir. It was originally settled by the Tucker family around 1765, and their home was a central gathering place for the community, serving as a voting precinct, muster ground, store and a place for “frolics” and celebrations. At least one large 19th century Fourth of July celebration included a drum corps, a march of Revolutionary veterans and speeches by General William Lenoir, Edmund Jones, Parson Miller, the McDowells and a barbecue. It was said the tune title honors the Tucker establishment. In perhaps an elaboration of the same story, Doc Watson recalled that one Tucker built a barn completely out of Black Locust, including locust pegs instead of nails, which is extremely rot-resistant, and that that was the source of the title, which he knew as "Tucker's Old Barn". However, when Carter County, east Tennessee, fiddler Joe Birchfield (1912-2002) was asked if he knew "Tucker's Barn", he and his band the Hilltoppers broke into uncontrollable laughter to the point of tears. When it subsided the interviewer was told that Tucker's Barn was actually a well-known bordello in Elizbethtown, Tennessee, and that most men didn't admit to "knowing" Tucker's Barn. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Gaither Carlton (N.C.) [Phillips]. | <br> | ||
|f_printed_sources=Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 244. | <br> | ||
Asheville, North Carolina, musician Bascom Lamar Lunsford recorded a song called "Tucker's Barn" for the Library of Congress in New York in 1935, accompanying himself on the fiddle. | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Gaither Carlton (N.C.) [Milliner & Koken, Phillips]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Clare Milliner & Walt Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 672. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 244. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Flying Fish FF 239, Trapezoid - "Now and Then" (1980). Rounder 0008, "Ledford String Band" (1972). Rounder 0129, Gaither Carlton - "Doc Watson Family Tradition" (1977, track originally recorded in 1964). Rounder CD 0371, Mac Bendord and the Woodshed All-Stars - “Willow” (1996. Learned from North Carolina musician Gaither Carlton). Rounder CD 11599, Gaither Carlton - "The Art of Old Time Mountain Music" (2003). | |f_recorded_sources=Flying Fish FF 239, Trapezoid - "Now and Then" (1980). Rounder 0008, "Ledford String Band" (1972). Rounder 0129, Gaither Carlton - "Doc Watson Family Tradition" (1977, track originally recorded in 1964). Rounder CD 0371, Mac Bendord and the Woodshed All-Stars - “Willow” (1996. Learned from North Carolina musician Gaither Carlton). Rounder CD 11599, Gaither Carlton - "The Art of Old Time Mountain Music" (2003). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Hear Gaither Carlton's recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/tuckers-barn]<br> | |f_see_also_listing=Hear Gaither Carlton's recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/tuckers-barn]<br> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:16, 18 November 2021
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TUCKER'S OLD BARN [1]. AKA - "Tucker's Barn." AKA and see "Kitty Puss," "Puncheon Camps" "Old Time Mockingbird." American, Reel (cut time). USA, North Carolina. D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tonality in "Tucker's Old Barn [1]" constantly shifts from D Major to G Major and back. The first strain is irregular in meter, while the second strain is 12 measures long. The tune was in the repertoire of western North Carolina musicians Gaither Carlton and his son-in-law, Doc Watson.
There are a few stories about the title. Tucker's Barn was once the name of a settlement on the north side of Lower Creek, in Caldwell County, near the Watson home in Deep Gap, Watauga County, although it is today known as Lenoir. It was originally settled by the Tucker family around 1765, and their home was a central gathering place for the community, serving as a voting precinct, muster ground, store and a place for “frolics” and celebrations. At least one large 19th century Fourth of July celebration included a drum corps, a march of Revolutionary veterans and speeches by General William Lenoir, Edmund Jones, Parson Miller, the McDowells and a barbecue. It was said the tune title honors the Tucker establishment. In perhaps an elaboration of the same story, Doc Watson recalled that one Tucker built a barn completely out of Black Locust, including locust pegs instead of nails, which is extremely rot-resistant, and that that was the source of the title, which he knew as "Tucker's Old Barn". However, when Carter County, east Tennessee, fiddler Joe Birchfield (1912-2002) was asked if he knew "Tucker's Barn", he and his band the Hilltoppers broke into uncontrollable laughter to the point of tears. When it subsided the interviewer was told that Tucker's Barn was actually a well-known bordello in Elizbethtown, Tennessee, and that most men didn't admit to "knowing" Tucker's Barn.
Asheville, North Carolina, musician Bascom Lamar Lunsford recorded a song called "Tucker's Barn" for the Library of Congress in New York in 1935, accompanying himself on the fiddle.
