Tom "Dooley" Dula

[zuneii]

A very pleasing rendition of a one of my favorite tunes. As I novice clawhammer player I've made it one of my goals to be able to play a passable verison of Tom Dooley. I don't suppose you happen to have a tab lying around for this? Keep up the nice frailin'.

[buckhendrix]

@zuneii Thanks for the kind words. Tom Dooley and Laura Foster are buried about 10 minutes from my house. This is a story I've heard all my life. No tab. I can't read music. My banjo is in this tuning...g D G C D

[Gerd3008]

Hi, You made a very interesting and good song about Tom Dooley in a

traditional kind ! Your lyrics and also the video are very good !!

Please visit me on my channel...look for Tom Dooley and Laura Foster (=Part 1)-

sorry - in "Acky-Breacky-Heart-Rhythm"-. Part 2....with Ann Melton I wanted

to make in the next time....(OK ????)...

Best wishes from Gerd Spielmann (=Tom T. Foxx) Germany

[buckhendrix]

@Gerd3008 Thank You Sir.

[kat274061]

From this Wilkes native...great job!

[appalachianbanjer]

Im a banjer picker from southwest Virginia and ILove the way you play this song. Is this version native to your local area? Would love to learn your style on this song if you could contact me on here or wesmaloyed@yahoo.com

I prichateya

[buckhendrix]

@appalachianbanjer Yes. I live about ten miles from where it all went down. Laura Foster's grave can be seen right off the road in Happy Valley. Doc Watson also lives nearby. I follow his version but I play it in C on the banjo so I can sing it better. You know, B string up to C. I guess you could say I mix Doc and Frank Proffitt's version to make it my own. Thanks for watching.

[derekwhitenz]

Love this version!!! ( Banjo rocks!) One of my references states Dula (Du-luh?) is of Cajun (French Louisina) origin. When Tom was paroled at the end of the war he (being illiterate) couldn't spell his name and the union parole officer (not familiar with the name) wrote down 'Dooley'. That spelling stuck for some time. Myth or Fact? - any thoughts from you Southern historians?

[fordtruxdad]

@derekwhitenz I'm from NC and I never heard of Tom Dula being Cajun. Many old folks ( and still a few middle-aged country folks like myself ) pronounce a lot of words ending with "a" as an "ee" or "ey" sound- e.g. "No-ey" and the ark, "Laur-ey" Foster, fried "ok-rey". Just my take on the situation.

[buckhendrix]

@derekwhitenz Cajun? Never heard that. I do know several white Dulas in this neck of the woods that are red headed.

[snowmanpolice]

Well done. I have heard it said "Dul A" and Dul-uh. I wonder how it was originally done? I read about the original song in Blind But Now I See, Doc Watson's biography. Once again, enjoyed the video was well as the song!

[ArkRed1]

Wonder where Ann Melton's grave is? It is said on her deathbed she confessed to murdering Laurie Foster, but so far that hasn't been documented. Dula supposedly never admitted to killing Laurie Foster. They say his last words were, "I never harmed a hair on Laurie Foster's head, but I deserve death". A friend of mine's great grandmother witnessed Tom's execution, but never said if she heard his last words or not.

[TennesseeShine]

Great frailing and good folksy voice to match! Only a homegrown good ol' Southern Boy can sing and play like that.

[buckhendrix]

@TennesseeShine Thanks. I am homegrown, and Southern, and I try to be good.

[jtallen12345]

impressive :)

[sandrawallace]

Love you videos and how they fade from past to present. just wish you had added sound to some of them. Nicely done.....keep up the great work !

[CNS2]

Nicely done buddy, love your traditional style!

JohnnyReb {North Carolina}

[buckhendrix]

Thanks Johhnny Reb! I'm on your side!

[CNS2]

God bless ya Buck, thanx buddy!

"Here's to the land of the long leaf pine,

the summer land where the sun doth shine, where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, here's to "Down Home" the "Old North State"!

God Bless the Tar Heel State, all of Dixie and good Southern Patriots like you sir!

JohnnyReb {North Carolina}

[katvanbus]

You must be from nc,

probably Wilkes

love your video! Great job on the song!

[buckhendrix]

Caldwell County. Right beside Wilkes. Thanks for watching/listening!

[Mannylo01]

very good Video!

Please check out my version of the Tom Doley song

[kickingmule]

Thanks Buck, reminds me of the old days, when I couldn't a word english, but we sang it by ears. Later I learned english, guitar and lyrics.

Well done and a true sound ! 5*

Peace.

Urban

[buckhendrix]

Thanks.

[Bowlcephus]

i remember writing a paper on Laura & Tom in the 4th grade. runnin all over creation trying to find their grave sites.

[buckhendrix]

When this rain moves out I'll show'em to ya.