Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Mountain Dew

[trancentralovertone]

on my first day in court i wish to report

[wkunzelman1]

1945 actually

[artsiejavagirl]

they did

[kokomotoysonline]

They should use this song for a commerical for the drink.

[kickAbooJoyjuice]

@kokomotoysonline agreed



[georgio140]

where did you find the pic of him with the pistol at the end?

[tohoward33]

Thanks for the posting, BLL is my hero!

[AshtonMWilson]

naw this is the original

[Master100Mind]

isnt the second vers Is"my uncle nort he was sawed off and short measured bout 4'2 but he felt like a giant when he got him a pint of that good ole mountain dew"

[McGrenzer]

@Master100Mind Only when Grandpa Jones is singing it, my friend!

[Master100Mind]

@McGrenzer Oh did grandpa jopones rewrite it?

[iiskoalii]

@Master100Mind yea

[HelloOsakaGoodbye]

Wonderful song! I'm assuming the good old mountain dew is moonshine or corn liquor of some sort?

[dbadagna]

How would one call this banjo style? It doesn't sound exactly like drop-thumb clawhammer style in that it has these clear roll-type patterns. Maybe it's related to the turn-of-the-century "classical"/parlor banjo style?

[dbadagna]

I love the way he always slides his voice up to the third. I wonder if this slide is something original to the British Isles or whether it was picked up from African American music in the Appalachian region.

[estheticoindeed]

i love this music.  thanks for posting it.