Jeff White & The Chieftains - Tennessee Stud

[sanebok]

Fantastic.Put the Chieftans together with anybody.Always good real music.

[radiowwww]

Never knew thjis group before, but they are interesting. maybe they can do some justice to other  tunes, but they are not owning this tune. I have found a new way to discover artists i know nothing about. Simply find out haowe many people covered a popular classic tune.

[gruppomusicaparole]

Giants!

[LoneStarTweety]

Enjoyed this so much. Thanks for posting and sharing.

[saxonfield3]

Correction! Apologies! I decided to do a little research on the 1972 release, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and discovered that Doc Watson and not Roy Acuff, as I had thought, sings the lead on "Tennessee Stud". Sorry, Doc ! Interestingly, the verse about the "Indian braves" and their "nags" is also left out in this rendition too. This famous 3 record album was re-released as a 2 disc CD in 2002. You'll find Doc in fine voice singing about his green-eyed Tennessee on track 7, Disc 1. Pure genius

[saxonfield3]

Doc's version is certainly a fine one, but the best, in my opinion, is one found on the old Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Friends album, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken". The lead is sung by one of the "friends", Roy Acuff, I believe. The musicianship, particularly the fine fiddle playing of Vassar Clements, is just superb. I don't remember a lovemaking scene on the cabin floor, but the song does speak about a "pretty little baby on the cabin floor" - the result of the lovemaking, I must assume ....

[PaulBlichmann]

The real song is way better. He duels The Gambler, he taunts an indian band, he wins gold from the spaniards, he whips his sweetheart's pa and brother, then he gets the girl with the golden hair and they make love on the cabin floor.

There's a jazz version by Dave Christianson released 2008.

[lorneriess]

Well about 20% of the song is there....Damn PCness they wreck everything... how old is this song? Whats wrong with enjoying the original for its craft.

[Nik123dj]

The Chieftains are living legends :)

[briankofke]

I do like the music, but the ethics of this disturb me.

[Gatsby999888]

@briankofke Hahahaha. The ETHICS of it? Gimme a break.

[thefullronnie]

if you like this ..check out Phil Lynott and Terry Woods version

[winkieandleah]

I love this song! Both the Eddy Arnold & this Jeff White version! 10 stars!

[bigmamou]

Does anyone know what kind of guitar Jeff White is playing on this tune? Is it a Henderson by any chance?

[altstrasse]

@bigmamou It is a Mossman, Great Plains model, early 1970s, made by Stuart Mossman and co. in Winfield Kansas. Dan Crary, reknowned flatpicker first played Mossmans and gave them away at the Winfield Festival- how the festival got started.Jeff played this one with Allison Kraus and now still with Vince Gill.

[seawuff]

bad ass!!!

[melbea03]

eddie arnold's version was pretty good hard to beat the tennesse plow boy

[ScotchIrishFool1]

@melbea03, Jeff butchered up the arrangement of the verses, but otherwise excellent.

[TKDFighterJoe]

best version is by ralph stanley and the clinch mountain boys, live at the smithsonian. Makes me want to run through the mountains.

[mwp62]

I like Doc Watson and Jack Lawrence's version, it's posted on YouTube as well.

[bnc2u]

just listen to this slam my head off the wall awesome good fun music you can understand doing by great people

[naparito]

wow, this is real music!. Thanks for sharing