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- [Thomas] Because I danced
down close to the floor,
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just brushing the floor.
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Float like a butterfly
and sting like a bee.
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- [Keith] Our festival, Maupinfest
emphasizes old time music
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and then buck dancing in
honor of Mr. Thomas Maupin,
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who is a national treasure.
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- [Daniel] This dance is a dying art,
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especially his particular
brand of doing it.
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- This is something that I grew up with.
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To me, it's not about making noise,
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it's about making music with your feet.
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That's what I try to do.
[upbeat music]
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Well, it's in me to start with.
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I'm one of 10 kids, five
boys and five girls,
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and I grew up four miles down
the road here at Eagleville.
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And on my dad's side was
dancers, just about as far back
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as we can remember.
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And on my mom's side,
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I never seen my mom dance any at all,
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but her mom lived with
us and she was a old lady
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and she was crippled
up really, maybe from,
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she might have have cerebral
palsy years and years ago,
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you know, when she's young.
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But she could create a
little time and lick.
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She'd be barefooted in the summertime,
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then come on, radio, TV, whatever.
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You'd hear them heels go to hit the floor.
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You know, it wouldn't be that loud,
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but she'd be standing up straight.
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And this arm was crippled, she
couldn't do anything with it,
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but she'd be playing a tune.
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I can hear it today.
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Excuse me.
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- I grew up about four,
five miles down the road
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out here in Eagleville.
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And I dashed around all on
the streets and everything.
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It'd be some old people would come by
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and say, hey son, help
me with a little jig.
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And most times that would
be somebody that dance too.
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So we would dance,
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sort of dancing against
each other while in music.
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♪ Well, it is all the way down ♪
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♪ All the way back in Tennessee ♪
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♪ Way down ♪
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♪ I love to star gaze ♪
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- I think it's been here
since we have been here
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and Native Americans.
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And no matter how high
they jump in the air,
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they'll be on the ground at the beat.
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At the bottom of the beat,
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they'd be right there
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with toe, ball and heel.
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That's three notes.
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- I remember people asking,
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does the music lead the dance
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or does the dance lead the music?
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Well, they're right there together.
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In a way, I guess you could
say the music leads the dance
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because the dancer is
trying to match every note
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that the music is, or at
least the ground rhythm.
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- The music is telling my feet what to do
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and I'm trying to dance
the notes that he's playing
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and that's what I've always
tried to do is to dance
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that tune that you playing.
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Whether it's Salad Goodin
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or whatever it is, I'm dancing them notes.
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I'm part of that tune.
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[upbeat music]
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- Every dancer has a different approach.
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Some people put more
notes in it versus others,
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and he was always one of them that tried
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to knock out every note in the tune.
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And you'll have some
that do just a shuffle.
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But, you know, it's all just
different ways of doing it
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that people grew up.
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You know, that's one way of saying it,
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that the music leads,
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but really they're right there together
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because the musicians are,
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if you've got really good musicians
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and really good dancers,
they're listening to each other
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and playing off of what
each other is doing.
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- I like to get right beside of him
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and we dancing together.
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He's hitting his best licks
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and I'm hitting my best licks.
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We are playing off each other.
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You know, and you get chills
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that, you know, run through you, you know.
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- [Daniel] He has been my best friend
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since before I could
walk, before I could talk.
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He encouraged it any way he could.
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He had recordings of bluegrass and country
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and old time string band music
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that he had all these cassettes of.
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And I would stay over
at his house at night
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and listened to the albums
and things that he had
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when I was going to sleep.
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And also he was dancing all the time.
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- Daniel means the world to me.
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We've been partners
ever since he was born.
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And he is a good boy. He's
almost as smart as granddad.
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He's extremely smart, extremely.
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All the times he's been to
college, he's made one B.
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- Like I say, he's been
about my best friend
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and mentor since
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as long as I can remember.
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Like he said, we've kind of been partners
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since I was born, you know.
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Like I've kind of said
before, he has been granddaddy
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to just about everybody,
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but he sure has to me, I know.
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He's been my pal
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and it's been a big part of my life.
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Big part of my definition
of who I am is that,
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you know, Thomas' grandson, you know,
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which that's not all I am,
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but it's a doggone big part of who I am
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and I'm proud of that part.
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[upbeat music]
[feet tapping]
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He won the national
championship at least six times
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and won state championships
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in Tennessee, Alabama,
Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia.
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Since he had become recognized
as a master of this art,
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he's had the articles written about him
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in magazines and been given awards
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by different music associations.
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Here's probably one of the biggest ones
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as he got the National Endowment
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for the Arts National
Heritage Fellowship Award.
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- Maupin has always viewed buck dance
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as a personal interpretation
of the music one hears,
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and he continues to
encourage young dancers
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to find their own steps and rhythms.
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Let's welcome Thomas Maupin.
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[audience cheering and clapping]
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[feet tapping]
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[upbeat music]
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[upbeat music continues]
[feet tapping]
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[upbeat music continues]
[feet tapping]
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[audience clapping]
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[machine beeping]
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- Since I've had a stroke,
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I can't switch over anything
now like I did then.
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At age 60 years old, you can't
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or do anything that you used to do
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and then add a stroke on top of that,
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it makes it a little worse.
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It means a lot to me.
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So when I had a stroke,
I couldn't even do this.
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[hands clapping]
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So his Shuffelo daughter
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that I'd helped before
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and then the little blonde
girls you see all over TV.
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- [Daniel] Yeah, Hillary
Klug and Courtney Berry.
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- Yeah, I helped them.
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And so they came to the nursing home.
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- Well, first of all,
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when Thomas had his stroke,
I remember you saying,
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"If I can't dance, I'm gonna die."
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- I really felt bad.
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[hands clapping]
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I couldn't do this, I couldn't do this.
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I couldn't do anything.
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- So we said, let's get you dancing.
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- So they came and helped
me get started back.
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[upbeat music]
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Well, I've been doing it so long
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and it was bred in me,
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so I like to hear that.
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I feel I can do it instead
of sitting down but.
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[hands clapping]
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Anybody can clap their hands
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but everybody can't do this.
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[hands clapping]
[feet tapping]
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And you dance on both feet.
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You don't dance on one foot
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and change over and dance.
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You dance on both feet at the same time.
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[upbeat music]
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- Our festival, Maupinfest
emphasizes old time music
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and then buck dancing in
honor of Mr. Thomas Maupin,
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who is a national
treasure, heritage fellow
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for the National Endowments for the Arts.
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- Bradley Hansen with the
Tennessee Arts Commission
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approached our band,
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Uncle Shuffelo Music and His
Haint Hall Hollow Hootenanny
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and asked us if we would take part in
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a festival to honor Thomas Maupin
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and his craft of buck
dancing and flatfoot dancing.
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And so we talked about it
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and we just decided we've
got the place to do it.
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We got plenty of space
and so we took this on.
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This property has been
in my family since 1820s.
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William and Dillie Litle
purchased this couple of decades
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after this became Bedford County,
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broke off of Rutherford
County and became a county.
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And they had a home here.
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Behind me, you can see their cabin.
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This was the kitchen for their home.
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Five generations have lived in that house
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and it's just home to us.
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So we decided to open up our home
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and let people from all over
the world come and hang out
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in our backyard on one day in September.
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[thunder rumbling]
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- Good afternoon, everyone.
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This is Mike Brennan here at
the National Hurricane Center.
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It's just after 5:30 PM Eastern time
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on Thursday, September 26th.
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Coming on with the latest
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on very dangerous Hurricane Helene,
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which is rapidly approaching
the Florida Big Bend coastline.
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Helene has strengthened today.
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It's a powerful category three hurricane
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maximum sustained winds of
around 125 miles per hour.
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- I think we've gotten maybe a remnants
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of a hurricane coming through,
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but we're pretty far in, so we'll be okay.
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[upbeat music]
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- Yeah, just pull in
right on this and park.
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[upbeat music]
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- [Interviewer] How are you?
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- I'm good.
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- [Interviewer] Good, good.
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- A little damp at the moment.
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- Exactly.
[upbeat music]
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- Lord, we are thankful
for your provision.
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Lord, we're thankful for the rain,
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but we would humbly ask for
a little break here today
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if you could give us
the grace of a good day
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and Lord, we'll be most
thankful and grateful.
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Lord, bless the efforts here.
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Bless each person that's come out.
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Bless each musician,
each vendor, each dancer,
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each spectator, Lord
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and just give us a good
day of good, clean fun.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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- [Host] Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to Maupinfest 2024.
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- Here we go.
- Alright.
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[upbeat music]
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[upbeat music continues]
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[upbeat music continues]
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- Yep!
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[upbeat music continues]
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[audience clapping]
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- Thank you. Thank you.
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Can you hear it all right out there?
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Can you see us all right?
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I hate that.
- I don't know
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if they want to see us.
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- I hate that for you
right there. I hate it.
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- Old time music carries
on a lot of the traditions
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that were brought over
with the Scotch Irish
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and some of the other immigrants.
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It was a way for them to
gather together as families
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and feel like home somewhat
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as they shared some of
their songs they had before
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and their dance.
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This is the type of event that
you can't find just anywhere.
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Old time music is kind of a rarity.
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In the world around Nashville,
country music is huge,
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bluegrass music is here,
and old time is right here
264
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but old time's what started it all.
265
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It's the foundation for all of that music.
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- You ready?
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[upbeat music]
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[upbeat music continues]
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[upbeat music continues]
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[upbeat music continues]
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- Thank you. Thank you.
272
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See you later, y'all.
273
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- It was a real honor, son.
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- What we call old time string
band music, it's a genre
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that really came about with
the Ralph Peer recordings
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in Bristol, Tennessee in 1927.
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He recorded several people.
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He basically put out a big cattle call,
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if you've got a song, come sing it.
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And two musicians came out of that
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that became really famous
and sold a lot of records.
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That's Jimmie Rogers and the Carter Family
283
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and that's known as the
big bang of country music.
284
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That fits in the realm of old time music
285
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♪ Summer rain, the clouds hang low ♪
286
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♪ Everglades and oranges grow ♪
287
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♪ My dear grandpa sang this song ♪
288
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♪ Once he sang it all day long ♪
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[upbeat music]
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♪ Climbing up the big oak tree ♪
291
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♪ Hummingbirds and honeybees ♪
292
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♪ Sleeping turtles on the log ♪
293
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♪ Going hunting with my dog ♪
294
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
295
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
296
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
298
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♪ Grandpa, grandpa was saying ♪
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♪ Turtles who can hold me down ♪
300
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♪ Bullfrogs singing in the pond ♪
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♪ Alligators on my lawn ♪
302
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
303
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
304
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
305
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
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♪ Can you hear the robin sing ♪
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♪ Magnolias blooming in the spring ♪
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♪ Fly away sweet dragonfly ♪
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♪ Grandpa's resting in the sky ♪
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
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♪ Holy Liza, Liza Jane ♪
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♪ Fly away sweet dragonfly ♪
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♪ Grandpa's resting in the sky ♪
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♪ We'll meet again by and by ♪
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♪ We'll meet again by and by ♪
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- Miss Lela May Smith, y'all.
[audience clapping]
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- If we don't expose younger people to it
320
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and other people don't play
it, it will eventually die out
321
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and it'll just be something you see
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on old YouTube recordings.
323
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But we want it to stay alive
324
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and that's part of the mission.
325
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[upbeat music]
326
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- That's one of the best
things is that we work together
327
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as a family to put on this event
328
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and to play together as a band.
329
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[upbeat music]
330
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[upbeat music continues]
331
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I had really very little interest
332
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and zero knowledge of
what old time music was
333
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when we started, but my
children were interested in it.
334
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Therefore, mama wanted to be part of it.
335
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[upbeat music]
336
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And so I've learned to love it.
337
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I appreciate it so much
for the rich history of it.
338
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- I call this the wash tub bass-jo.
339
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It's a base banjo.
340
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It uses an old floor com,
341
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and a number two wash tub for a resonator.
342
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The neck is a sawmill two by six
343
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that was in the barn since the seventies
344
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where my granddad had some timber cut.
345
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It's a walnut two by six.
346
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And then the fingerboard actually
came out of the same one.
347
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It's glued on, but it's right here.
348
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These are just some cheap base
tuners, electric base tuners
349
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and it has weed whacker string,
350
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but from the hardware store
351
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and one piece of clothesline here.
352
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So it plays like a double bass.
353
00:27:08,069 --> 00:27:11,069
[strings strumming]
354
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The lady at Tractor Supply
355
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thinks I've got the world's
shortest clothesline
356
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so it's really good.
357
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- This here is a harmonica megaphone.
358
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It doubles the volume in
the direction of play,
359
00:27:25,776 --> 00:27:27,644
which is important for a harmonica
360
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as it's a quiet instrument.
361
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Now a fiddle might be 90 decibels,
362
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but a harmonica is only 80
363
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so you really do have to double
it just to get in the mix,
364
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especially for this old time music
365
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where you don't have a
microphone guaranteed.
366
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And I've got this little warbler here
367
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that cuts off the sound intermittently
368
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and creates a nice effect.
369
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[bright music]
370
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- Well, all old time music's
in the public domain,
371
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so you'll hear people
do it without the fear
372
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of copyright infringement.
373
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And there are floating verses
374
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that you'll hear different
phrases that might appear
375
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in a dozen songs that
just get passed around
376
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and sometimes I think that the
singer might forget the words
377
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and they'll just throw in the words
378
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to another song and keep going.
379
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♪ Stronger than Samson I declare ♪
380
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♪ 'Til the soft skinned
Delilah barbed his hair ♪
381
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♪ Big Bad Bill don't fight anymore ♪
382
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♪ No more fighting ♪
383
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♪ Doing the dishes,
mopping up that floor ♪
384
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♪ Yes, dear ♪
385
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♪ Well he used to go out
drinking, looking for a fight ♪
386
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♪ Now he gotta see that
woman, every night ♪
387
00:28:47,583 --> 00:28:51,915
♪ Big Bad Bill is sweet William now ♪
388
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♪ Big Bad Bill is sweet William now ♪
389
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♪ Married life done changed him somehow ♪
390
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♪ He's the man the town used to fear ♪
391
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♪ Now they all call him
sweet Papa Willie dear ♪
392
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♪ Stronger than Samson I declare ♪
393
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♪ 'Til the brown skinned
Delilah barbed his hair ♪
394
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♪ Big Bad Bill don't fight anymore ♪
395
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♪ No fighting ♪
396
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♪ Doing the dishes,
mopping up that floor ♪
397
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♪ Well he used to go out
drinking, looking for a fight ♪
398
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♪ Now he gotta see that
woman, every night ♪
399
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♪ Big Bad Bill is sweet William now ♪
400
00:30:15,592 --> 00:30:20,592
♪ Big Bad Bill is sweet William now ♪
401
00:30:22,179 --> 00:30:26,511
♪ Big Bad Bill is sweet William now ♪
402
00:30:28,818 --> 00:30:31,558
[audience clapping]
403
00:30:31,558 --> 00:30:33,894
- Old time music is historical.
404
00:30:33,894 --> 00:30:36,478
There are no new old time songs
405
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so it's very much a
preservation of history.
406
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[upbeat music]
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And we're trying to keep that alive
408
00:30:49,845 --> 00:30:54,724
and we're trying to keep Mr.
Maupin's buck dancing alive.
409
00:30:54,724 --> 00:30:57,392
[upbeat music]
410
00:31:02,602 --> 00:31:05,184
- Everybody hear me all right?
411
00:31:24,875 --> 00:31:28,778
♪ Last night, as I lay sleeping ♪
412
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♪ I dreamed I held you in my arms ♪
413
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♪ When I awoke, I was mistaken ♪
414
00:31:36,623 --> 00:31:41,313
♪ As though I was sleeping
through that part ♪
415
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[feet tapping]
416
00:32:00,468 --> 00:32:04,224
- It is two treadmill handles
that they're adjustable.
417
00:32:04,224 --> 00:32:06,376
They're attached to the board
418
00:32:06,376 --> 00:32:09,460
and it folds up to carry in the cart.
419
00:32:11,835 --> 00:32:14,403
So I'm happy that he's got that
420
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and he's getting some use out of it
421
00:32:16,180 --> 00:32:17,905
and I just feel like if
we can keep him dancing
422
00:32:17,905 --> 00:32:19,573
as long as possible.
423
00:32:20,990 --> 00:32:25,489
- The key to Thomas
Maupin's style of dance is
424
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to play that song with your feet.
425
00:32:27,655 --> 00:32:30,323
[feet tapping]
426
00:32:37,439 --> 00:32:41,207
The other key thing is to
keep your feet under you
427
00:32:41,207 --> 00:32:43,500
and it helps with your balance,
428
00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:45,625
but it also helps you keep
429
00:32:45,625 --> 00:32:49,743
that timing and that playing
that tune with your feet.
430
00:32:49,743 --> 00:32:51,060
- And the one thing that stays
431
00:32:51,060 --> 00:32:52,866
with me from what Thomas said is
432
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when you apply yourself
to learning the steps
433
00:32:57,175 --> 00:33:00,811
and listening to the music,
something happens in you,
434
00:33:00,811 --> 00:33:05,811
an electricity that happens
in you that just takes over.
435
00:33:06,147 --> 00:33:11,147
[upbeat music]
[feet tapping]
436
00:33:29,385 --> 00:33:32,053
[upbeat music]
437
00:33:44,201 --> 00:33:46,651
- And people think of
music in terms of pitches,
438
00:33:46,651 --> 00:33:51,339
but the more fundamental
thing to me is rhythm.
439
00:33:51,339 --> 00:33:53,423
Music is organized sound.
440
00:33:55,182 --> 00:33:57,848
[upbeat music]
441
00:34:05,058 --> 00:34:09,905
What is it that tells you the
order to put the notes in?
442
00:34:09,905 --> 00:34:12,059
It is rhythm and meter
443
00:34:12,059 --> 00:34:13,070
and things like that.
444
00:34:13,070 --> 00:34:14,329
It's just timing.
445
00:34:14,329 --> 00:34:16,996
[upbeat music]
446
00:34:20,351 --> 00:34:23,351
You can have people playing a C note
447
00:34:24,628 --> 00:34:26,478
or a G note or whatever,
448
00:34:26,478 --> 00:34:29,300
but you don't have a melody
449
00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:31,884
until you use rhythm and timing
450
00:34:32,831 --> 00:34:34,998
to organize those pitches.
451
00:34:36,090 --> 00:34:38,672
[upbeat music]
452
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,536
Timing is the most
important part of it to me
453
00:34:59,536 --> 00:35:02,335
and my timing is not
always a hundred percent,
454
00:35:02,335 --> 00:35:07,335
but I try to keep it between
the ditches, you know?
455
00:35:07,396 --> 00:35:11,275
- Yeah, he can. He knows how
to keep it between the ditches.
456
00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:13,858
[upbeat music]
457
00:35:20,762 --> 00:35:23,762
[audience clapping]
458
00:35:27,682 --> 00:35:31,961
- So we have a sideline event
going on, vintage baseball.
459
00:35:31,961 --> 00:35:33,675
Vintage baseball, for those of you
460
00:35:33,675 --> 00:35:34,983
that aren't familiar with it,
461
00:35:34,983 --> 00:35:37,719
they dress in vintage clothing.
462
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,302
They play by the rules of 1864.
463
00:35:42,032 --> 00:35:45,563
So some people, instead of
watching all the contests,
464
00:35:45,563 --> 00:35:47,682
they'll go watch the vintage baseball.
465
00:35:47,682 --> 00:35:50,349
[upbeat music]
466
00:36:24,326 --> 00:36:29,326
- This is old time music, which
was basically dance music.
467
00:36:29,606 --> 00:36:32,726
It was what they played before
they had recorded music.
468
00:36:32,726 --> 00:36:34,804
Usually somebody would have a fiddle,
469
00:36:34,804 --> 00:36:38,510
somebody might have a banjo
and they would get together
470
00:36:38,510 --> 00:36:40,969
and it was, they just played dance music.
471
00:36:40,969 --> 00:36:44,333
It's an American music.
We need to keep it alive.
472
00:36:44,333 --> 00:36:46,916
[upbeat music]
473
00:36:56,260 --> 00:37:00,291
- One of the things that
gets me about it is things
474
00:37:00,291 --> 00:37:03,998
that are passed down from
generation to generation
475
00:37:03,998 --> 00:37:08,248
and this type of dance and
music is part of history
476
00:37:09,155 --> 00:37:10,079
and a lot
477
00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:13,932
of the younger children
don't know these histories.
478
00:37:13,932 --> 00:37:17,141
- Hey, if anybody gets a
chance to come down here,
479
00:37:17,141 --> 00:37:19,123
they need to give it a try.
480
00:37:19,123 --> 00:37:21,635
Yeah, and money well spent for sure.
481
00:37:21,635 --> 00:37:24,302
[upbeat music]
482
00:37:38,268 --> 00:37:41,614
- And I just think it's the
yearning for simpler times.
483
00:37:41,614 --> 00:37:44,000
You know, we have three
microphones on stage.
484
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,795
It's not a big production.
485
00:37:45,795 --> 00:37:47,293
It's all very simple
486
00:37:47,293 --> 00:37:51,126
and we're going to keep
it that way if we can.
487
00:37:52,686 --> 00:37:54,958
It's honestly very surprising to us
488
00:37:54,958 --> 00:37:56,463
how many people have come out
489
00:37:56,463 --> 00:37:58,918
and supported us with a hurricane.
490
00:37:58,918 --> 00:38:01,159
You know, I mean, the
weather is far from perfect.
491
00:38:01,159 --> 00:38:03,530
It's one thing when
you have a big audience
492
00:38:03,530 --> 00:38:06,387
with perfect weather, 70 degrees,
493
00:38:06,387 --> 00:38:09,353
but it's a whole separate
thing when it's 60 degrees
494
00:38:09,353 --> 00:38:12,146
and rainy and drizzling all day long.
495
00:38:12,146 --> 00:38:13,900
So these are the real troopers.
496
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:17,737
They're the real MVPs.
Really appreciate 'em.
497
00:38:17,737 --> 00:38:19,570
- It's worth the rain.
498
00:38:21,793 --> 00:38:22,969
- Okay, worth the weather.
- Yeah, it's good.
499
00:38:22,969 --> 00:38:25,268
It's worth the weather.
Yeah, it's a fun time.
500
00:38:25,268 --> 00:38:28,019
I like old timey stuff. I don't know.
501
00:38:28,019 --> 00:38:29,260
I'm a big fan of history
502
00:38:29,260 --> 00:38:32,336
and it's nice to see like
cultural traditions preserved.
503
00:38:32,336 --> 00:38:34,833
So yeah, it's fun to be a
part of that and see it.
504
00:38:34,833 --> 00:38:37,911
- Lots of young kids playing.
505
00:38:37,911 --> 00:38:40,250
Did you see the little guy buck dancing?
506
00:38:40,250 --> 00:38:43,896
He just like locked right
in and started going.
507
00:38:43,896 --> 00:38:45,108
I love that.
508
00:38:45,108 --> 00:38:47,690
[upbeat music]
509
00:39:10,362 --> 00:39:13,445
[audience clapping]
510
00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:17,748
- Y'all, if you can dance,
you need to come sign up.
511
00:39:17,748 --> 00:39:20,331
[upbeat music]
512
00:39:37,909 --> 00:39:40,115
This is the nationals,
y'all. The nationals.
513
00:39:40,115 --> 00:39:42,577
If you win this today, the overall,
514
00:39:42,577 --> 00:39:44,280
you get to tell everybody
515
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,067
that you are the national
old time buck dance champion.
516
00:39:47,067 --> 00:39:49,733
[upbeat music]
517
00:39:53,809 --> 00:39:56,375
- The cool thing about buck
dancing and flatfoot is that
518
00:39:56,375 --> 00:39:58,070
when you're doing like a song,
519
00:39:58,070 --> 00:39:59,820
like if you're dancing to a song,
520
00:39:59,820 --> 00:40:02,708
flatfoot and buck dancing
are very like rhythmic.
521
00:40:02,708 --> 00:40:06,195
Like the steps are very
like, you dance to the song
522
00:40:06,195 --> 00:40:08,536
and you're like helping make the song.
523
00:40:08,536 --> 00:40:11,204
[upbeat music]
524
00:40:16,523 --> 00:40:18,407
- It's like Mr. Thomas Maupin was saying,
525
00:40:18,407 --> 00:40:20,130
it's all about dancing with the music
526
00:40:20,130 --> 00:40:22,969
and staying in time with rhythm
527
00:40:22,969 --> 00:40:25,780
and you're playing the
song with your feet.
528
00:40:25,780 --> 00:40:28,447
[upbeat music]
529
00:40:34,123 --> 00:40:37,244
- Just to see the joy
in the children's faces,
530
00:40:37,244 --> 00:40:39,476
it just means so much.
531
00:40:39,476 --> 00:40:43,476
He loves teaching this
to other kids and people.
532
00:40:46,019 --> 00:40:47,295
And it's just like,
533
00:40:47,295 --> 00:40:50,246
you can see his heart just about to burst.
534
00:40:50,246 --> 00:40:52,913
[upbeat music]
535
00:40:58,188 --> 00:41:00,315
- I am a buck dancer
536
00:41:00,315 --> 00:41:04,398
and this is one of the
most perhaps fair contests
537
00:41:06,351 --> 00:41:09,018
in the area for particularly buck dancing.
538
00:41:09,018 --> 00:41:11,318
So I like to come to the
buck dancing competition
539
00:41:11,318 --> 00:41:14,318
where it's judged more for the style
540
00:41:15,447 --> 00:41:19,382
that Mr. Thomas has kind of passed down.
541
00:41:19,382 --> 00:41:21,425
Your feet are your instrument
542
00:41:21,425 --> 00:41:25,878
and you yourself are a
musician if you apply it.
543
00:41:25,878 --> 00:41:30,878
I would like to kind of continue
his lineage as just one.
544
00:41:31,442 --> 00:41:34,873
I'm a middle Tennesseean,
he's a middle Tennesseean.
545
00:41:34,873 --> 00:41:37,460
We're good people and we
have to continue that.
546
00:41:37,460 --> 00:41:39,476
So he's a very good role model
547
00:41:39,476 --> 00:41:42,248
in just how to be a decent individual.
548
00:41:42,248 --> 00:41:46,532
- That's Angela Wood from
Flat Creek, Tennessee.
549
00:41:46,532 --> 00:41:47,786
- It means a lot to me
550
00:41:47,786 --> 00:41:49,702
and I wanna pass it on.
551
00:41:51,143 --> 00:41:55,032
My kind of dancing, I'm gonna pass it on.
552
00:41:55,032 --> 00:42:00,032
[upbeat music]
[feet tapping]
553
00:42:01,731 --> 00:42:03,869
Daniel, what's the name of this?
554
00:42:03,869 --> 00:42:05,119
- Staccato.
555
00:42:05,119 --> 00:42:07,369
- Staccato, yeah. See this?
556
00:42:08,786 --> 00:42:12,277
And they like this right
here, it's a two piece deal
557
00:42:12,277 --> 00:42:15,193
and these won't make as much noise.
558
00:42:17,762 --> 00:42:19,608
You can hear 'em.
559
00:42:19,608 --> 00:42:22,646
It'll be a quick sound
just like that, you know.
560
00:42:22,646 --> 00:42:24,902
Some you can hear it rattling
after you pick 'em up,
561
00:42:24,902 --> 00:42:27,402
you know, it rattle like this.
562
00:42:28,626 --> 00:42:30,429
But this is the kind I like to use.
563
00:42:30,429 --> 00:42:34,554
- He got the staccatos
'cause they rattled less,
564
00:42:34,554 --> 00:42:37,324
but then he found these,
565
00:42:37,324 --> 00:42:38,490
which rattle even less.
- See this?
566
00:42:38,490 --> 00:42:42,121
That's just a solid tap
right here. It don't rattle.
567
00:42:42,121 --> 00:42:45,289
See I like that quick and just that...
568
00:42:46,559 --> 00:42:47,849
- [Interviewer] Just
that hit, that single.
569
00:42:47,849 --> 00:42:50,791
- Yeah, because I can hear
that 'cause I'm listening.
570
00:42:50,791 --> 00:42:51,958
I'm listening.
571
00:42:53,454 --> 00:42:57,313
And this right here, these
have been used a little bit.
572
00:42:57,313 --> 00:43:00,313
- [Interviewer] Yeah, a little bit.
573
00:43:02,288 --> 00:43:03,938
- I can hardly walk in
the gravel with these
574
00:43:03,938 --> 00:43:06,411
'cause they got pretty...
575
00:43:06,411 --> 00:43:07,244
Well, but now.
576
00:43:07,244 --> 00:43:08,751
- [Interviewer] How much
mileage? How long is it?
577
00:43:08,751 --> 00:43:11,842
- Hey, we've been a lot of places.
578
00:43:11,842 --> 00:43:14,708
We've been a lot of places.
579
00:43:14,708 --> 00:43:17,079
- [Interviewer] How often
now do you have to change?
580
00:43:17,079 --> 00:43:18,360
Is there any way of knowing
581
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:19,726
how often you have to change those out
582
00:43:19,726 --> 00:43:22,260
or the whole shoe or just the taps?
583
00:43:22,260 --> 00:43:24,804
- No, usually just tap
584
00:43:24,804 --> 00:43:27,478
because these right here just wore out
585
00:43:27,478 --> 00:43:29,530
'cause I danced down close to the floor,
586
00:43:29,530 --> 00:43:32,155
or just brushing the floor.
587
00:43:32,155 --> 00:43:35,711
This is a better grade
of plywood right here.
588
00:43:35,711 --> 00:43:37,211
And long time ago,
589
00:43:40,867 --> 00:43:44,585
I had one that didn't look like this,
590
00:43:44,585 --> 00:43:47,007
but I would carry it
591
00:43:47,007 --> 00:43:49,224
and get people to sign it,
you know, other dancers
592
00:43:49,224 --> 00:43:51,056
to sign the board.
593
00:43:51,056 --> 00:43:54,103
- [Daniel] He forgot to put a finish on it
594
00:43:54,103 --> 00:43:55,704
and it was porous
595
00:43:55,704 --> 00:43:58,224
and the signatures, they
all just sunk into the wood.
596
00:43:58,224 --> 00:43:59,474
- Went into the wood
597
00:43:59,474 --> 00:44:02,585
'cause you lay 'em on the
ground, it accumulate moisture.
598
00:44:02,585 --> 00:44:04,666
Well, I wanted it dry
599
00:44:04,666 --> 00:44:07,239
and see what would get it to sound better.
600
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:10,360
So I put several coats of finish on it.
601
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:14,985
That keeps it from dampness,
from the ground going in it
602
00:44:14,985 --> 00:44:15,818
and, well.
603
00:44:17,594 --> 00:44:19,748
- [Interviewer] Well, how long a life,
604
00:44:19,748 --> 00:44:23,585
how long a life do you get
out of a board like that?
605
00:44:23,585 --> 00:44:25,038
- As I can tell, I got three
606
00:44:25,038 --> 00:44:25,871
or four sitting around the house
607
00:44:25,871 --> 00:44:29,532
that got some pretty
good scratches on 'em.
608
00:44:29,532 --> 00:44:33,083
I made this handle right here working.
609
00:44:33,083 --> 00:44:35,900
So I just changed handles
610
00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:37,411
because they get beat up in here
611
00:44:37,411 --> 00:44:39,461
'cause people come by and dance on them.
612
00:44:39,461 --> 00:44:42,211
It has nails like this right here
613
00:44:44,139 --> 00:44:45,710
and the man that cut the board,
614
00:44:45,710 --> 00:44:48,300
cut your board up, you know.
615
00:44:48,300 --> 00:44:52,121
And you see how badly shaped that type
616
00:44:52,121 --> 00:44:53,717
and this is not tow up
617
00:44:53,717 --> 00:44:56,806
because I think it's close to the floor
618
00:44:56,806 --> 00:44:58,643
and it don't slip and slide
619
00:44:58,643 --> 00:45:00,429
and beat and jump and carry on.
620
00:45:00,429 --> 00:45:02,668
Everybody can jump, anybody can jump,
621
00:45:02,668 --> 00:45:06,751
but it's nowhere in music
that tells you to jump.
622
00:45:07,902 --> 00:45:10,786
- [Interviewer] You just feel
it when it's time to do it.
623
00:45:10,786 --> 00:45:13,063
Is that it?
- Well, 'cause I don't jump.
624
00:45:13,063 --> 00:45:14,018
- [Interviewer] You don't jump. Okay.
625
00:45:14,018 --> 00:45:16,186
- I changed that to a note
626
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:19,177
that takes more skill to hit.
627
00:45:19,177 --> 00:45:21,217
Anybody can jump.
628
00:45:21,217 --> 00:45:24,635
Even a rabbit can jump up and go running.
629
00:45:25,483 --> 00:45:28,039
- This is a labor of love that was put out
630
00:45:28,039 --> 00:45:29,822
for my dad, Thomas Maupin.
631
00:45:29,822 --> 00:45:32,483
Our family is so appreciative of it
632
00:45:32,483 --> 00:45:34,858
and I'm so appreciative along as they are,
633
00:45:34,858 --> 00:45:37,851
with you people sitting
out there in this drizzle.
634
00:45:37,851 --> 00:45:40,322
♪ Keep my skillet good and greasy ♪
635
00:45:40,322 --> 00:45:43,271
♪ All the time, time, time ♪
636
00:45:43,271 --> 00:45:46,675
♪ Keep my skillet good
and greasy all the time ♪
637
00:45:46,675 --> 00:45:50,105
- My wife Emma Jean
Williams plays the auto harp
638
00:45:50,105 --> 00:45:52,724
and she can sing harmony with a frog.
639
00:45:52,724 --> 00:45:55,775
She can harmonize, sing
all the harmony parts.
640
00:45:55,775 --> 00:45:59,204
The bass player Brian
Derryberry is the father
641
00:45:59,204 --> 00:46:02,692
of Conner Derryberry who plays the banjo
642
00:46:02,692 --> 00:46:05,552
and the father of Austin Derryberry
643
00:46:05,552 --> 00:46:08,380
who plays the fiddle and
anything with the string.
644
00:46:08,380 --> 00:46:12,181
He's married to my daughter,
Courtney Williams Derryberry
645
00:46:12,181 --> 00:46:14,652
who plays the guitar.
646
00:46:14,652 --> 00:46:16,237
My oldest daughter
647
00:46:16,237 --> 00:46:20,452
Megan Williams Gilliam
plays the washboard.
648
00:46:20,452 --> 00:46:22,856
Don't scoff at that.
649
00:46:22,856 --> 00:46:27,273
I think she's the best
washboard player in the world.
650
00:46:30,599 --> 00:46:34,590
- All right, all right. Does
anybody wanna dance tonight?
651
00:46:34,590 --> 00:46:35,489
Come on up.
652
00:46:35,489 --> 00:46:36,786
I teach you a simple square dance
653
00:46:36,786 --> 00:46:38,871
even if you never danced before.
654
00:46:38,871 --> 00:46:40,722
Even if you've never
danced before, come on up,
655
00:46:40,722 --> 00:46:42,117
and join hands in a big circle.
656
00:46:42,117 --> 00:46:43,925
Everybody, come on down.
657
00:46:43,925 --> 00:46:46,842
Come on over, any age, any ability.
658
00:46:47,844 --> 00:46:51,041
I know you're getting a little
chilly just sitting there.
659
00:46:51,041 --> 00:46:52,568
Well, let's move all around.
660
00:46:52,568 --> 00:46:54,094
You see 'em dancing up here,
661
00:46:54,094 --> 00:46:57,380
it makes you probably
wanna move, tap your toes.
662
00:46:57,380 --> 00:46:59,431
Circle to the left and around you go
663
00:46:59,431 --> 00:47:01,079
in the other way back
and you don't be slow.
664
00:47:01,079 --> 00:47:03,806
Circle to the right and here we go.
665
00:47:03,806 --> 00:47:05,797
[upbeat music]
666
00:47:05,797 --> 00:47:08,940
♪ Circle in a little bit of a ring ♪
667
00:47:08,940 --> 00:47:10,403
♪ The other way back around that thing ♪
668
00:47:10,403 --> 00:47:14,148
♪ Circle to the right and here we go ♪
669
00:47:14,148 --> 00:47:17,940
♪ Right hand across, say how do you do ♪
670
00:47:17,940 --> 00:47:19,103
♪ Back by the left ♪
671
00:47:19,103 --> 00:47:20,998
♪ Say fine, thank you ♪
672
00:47:20,998 --> 00:47:24,614
♪ Fine, thank you ♪
673
00:47:24,614 --> 00:47:26,666
♪ I'll swing yours, you swing mine ♪
674
00:47:26,666 --> 00:47:30,320
♪ Swing your corner any old time ♪
675
00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:33,989
♪ Swing your partner there just fine ♪
676
00:47:33,989 --> 00:47:35,266
♪ Swing 'em up, swing 'em down ♪
677
00:47:35,266 --> 00:47:37,456
♪ And you'll wave it upside down ♪
678
00:47:37,456 --> 00:47:40,675
♪ Circle to the left, the same old four ♪
679
00:47:40,675 --> 00:47:45,675
♪ Move it on over to the couple
next door, find two more ♪
680
00:47:45,750 --> 00:47:47,800
♪ Circle to the left, you circle south ♪
681
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,262
♪ Put a little sunshine on your mouth ♪
682
00:47:51,262 --> 00:47:54,545
♪ The other way back, circle right ♪
683
00:47:54,545 --> 00:47:57,929
♪ Right hand across, say how do you do ♪
684
00:47:57,929 --> 00:48:01,534
♪ Back by the left and fine, thank you ♪
685
00:48:01,534 --> 00:48:06,534
♪ I'll swing yours and you swing mine ♪
686
00:48:07,159 --> 00:48:08,501
♪ Yours is fine, give me back mine ♪
687
00:48:08,501 --> 00:48:10,389
♪ And I'll swing mine any old time ♪
688
00:48:10,389 --> 00:48:14,862
♪ Yours a nickel and mine's a dime ♪
689
00:48:14,862 --> 00:48:16,224
- Folks, if you've stuck around this far,
690
00:48:16,224 --> 00:48:18,474
you're in for a real treat.
691
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:24,400
The Ozark Highballers are a
three to four piece string band
692
00:48:24,518 --> 00:48:27,655
from Fayetteville, Arkansas.
693
00:48:27,655 --> 00:48:30,875
Give 'em a good old Tennessee
welcome, Ozark Highballers.
694
00:48:30,875 --> 00:48:33,458
[upbeat music]
695
00:49:00,010 --> 00:49:03,427
[upbeat music continues]
696
00:49:30,201 --> 00:49:33,617
[upbeat music continues]
697
00:49:59,893 --> 00:50:03,393
[upbeat music continues]
698
00:50:07,746 --> 00:50:10,585
[audience clapping]
699
00:50:10,585 --> 00:50:12,300
- Alright, Aviva is gonna
sing us a song next.
700
00:50:12,300 --> 00:50:13,527
What are you gonna sing, Aviva?
701
00:50:13,527 --> 00:50:16,777
- I'm gonna sing a Picture on the Wall.
702
00:50:19,965 --> 00:50:22,548
[upbeat music]
703
00:50:42,588 --> 00:50:47,137
♪ There's an old and faded
picture on the wall ♪
704
00:50:47,137 --> 00:50:51,873
♪ That has been hanging
there since long ago ♪
705
00:50:51,873 --> 00:50:56,451
♪ It's a picture of my mother
and I know that I love her ♪
706
00:50:56,451 --> 00:51:01,436
♪ Old and faded picture on the wall ♪
707
00:51:01,436 --> 00:51:03,568
♪ On the wall, on the wall ♪
708
00:51:03,568 --> 00:51:06,027
♪ On the wall, on the wall ♪
709
00:51:06,027 --> 00:51:10,648
♪ How I love that dear
old picture on the wall ♪
710
00:51:10,648 --> 00:51:12,942
♪ Time is swiftly passing by ♪
711
00:51:12,942 --> 00:51:16,731
♪ And I bow my head and cry ♪
712
00:51:16,731 --> 00:51:21,648
♪ For I know I'll meet
my mother after all ♪
713
00:51:39,599 --> 00:51:44,081
♪ Yes, the family has all
have scattered, up and gone ♪
714
00:51:44,081 --> 00:51:48,940
♪ And I have a little family of my own ♪
715
00:51:48,940 --> 00:51:53,375
♪ And I know I love them well,
more than any tongue can tell ♪
716
00:51:53,375 --> 00:51:58,179
♪ But I'll hold that dear
old picture on the wall ♪
717
00:51:58,179 --> 00:52:00,456
♪ On the wall, on the wall ♪
718
00:52:00,456 --> 00:52:02,956
♪ On the wall, on the wall ♪
719
00:52:02,956 --> 00:52:07,414
♪ How I love that dear
old picture on the wall ♪
720
00:52:07,414 --> 00:52:12,414
♪ Time is swiftly passing by
and I bow my head and cry ♪
721
00:52:13,541 --> 00:52:18,458
♪ For I know I'll meet
my mother after all ♪
722
00:52:36,206 --> 00:52:40,804
♪ Since I lost that dear
old mother years ago ♪
723
00:52:40,804 --> 00:52:45,471
♪ There is none to which
with troubles I can go ♪
724
00:52:45,471 --> 00:52:47,675
♪ As my guitar plays its chords ♪
725
00:52:47,675 --> 00:52:50,047
♪ I am praying to you, dear Lord ♪
726
00:52:50,047 --> 00:52:54,867
♪ Let me hold that dear
old picture on the wall ♪
727
00:52:54,867 --> 00:52:57,175
♪ On the wall, on the wall ♪
728
00:52:57,175 --> 00:52:59,554
♪ On the wall, on the wall ♪
729
00:52:59,554 --> 00:53:04,159
♪ How I love that dear
old picture on the wall ♪
730
00:53:04,159 --> 00:53:09,159
♪ Time is swiftly passing by
and I bow my head and cry ♪
731
00:53:10,288 --> 00:53:15,288
♪ For I know I'll meet
my mother after all ♪
732
00:53:22,306 --> 00:53:24,389
- Okay, thanks so much everybody.
733
00:53:24,389 --> 00:53:26,074
Thanks Trenton for playing with us.
734
00:53:26,074 --> 00:53:27,166
Thanks so much
735
00:53:27,166 --> 00:53:28,847
for this bringing us
this wonderful festival.
736
00:53:28,847 --> 00:53:29,764
Drive safe.
737
00:53:30,625 --> 00:53:31,724
- And what's happening
738
00:53:31,724 --> 00:53:34,684
at Maupinfest now, really special to me.
739
00:53:34,684 --> 00:53:37,824
Who would ever thought
a little old country boy
740
00:53:37,824 --> 00:53:39,327
would have a festival?
741
00:53:39,327 --> 00:53:43,023
- Thank you for your support
on a less than stellar day.
742
00:53:43,023 --> 00:53:46,556
And remember, next year may
be absolutely beautiful,
743
00:53:46,556 --> 00:53:48,197
but thank you, I do appreciate it.
744
00:53:48,197 --> 00:53:50,199
Your passion has been fantastic.
745
00:53:50,199 --> 00:53:51,798
Thank you and God bless you.
746
00:53:51,798 --> 00:53:52,802
If you need a place to worship tomorrow,
747
00:53:52,802 --> 00:53:54,570
come to Rover Baptist Church.
748
00:53:54,570 --> 00:53:57,039
Preaching is at 11:00,
Sunday school's at 10:00.
749
00:53:57,039 --> 00:53:59,625
Love to have you. God bless you.
750
00:53:59,625 --> 00:54:01,231
See you next time.
751
00:54:01,231 --> 00:54:03,231
[upbeat music]
[feet tapping]
752
00:54:03,231 --> 00:54:05,577
- If you listen closer to the dancer
753
00:54:05,577 --> 00:54:08,119
that's got his feet close to the floor,
754
00:54:08,119 --> 00:54:09,826
even though it doesn't
look like he's doing
755
00:54:09,826 --> 00:54:13,036
as much as the one that's
kicking their leg in a circle.
756
00:54:13,036 --> 00:54:14,925
If you close your eyes
757
00:54:14,925 --> 00:54:16,949
and listen with your
ears close, you can hear
758
00:54:16,949 --> 00:54:21,231
that melody being matched
and things like that.
759
00:54:21,231 --> 00:54:24,641
I have heard him many
a-times still be dancing
760
00:54:24,641 --> 00:54:26,889
when the music stops
761
00:54:26,889 --> 00:54:29,454
and making his own tune.
762
00:54:29,454 --> 00:54:30,288
- I'm tickled to death
763
00:54:30,288 --> 00:54:33,302
about somebody doing this, you know.
764
00:54:33,302 --> 00:54:36,126
That way, if I didn't dance
765
00:54:36,126 --> 00:54:38,208
and do that, I'd be gone.
766
00:54:39,170 --> 00:54:40,927
They would never know I was here.
767
00:54:40,927 --> 00:54:44,865
Tomorrow, if I pass away,
they'll know I've been here
768
00:54:44,865 --> 00:54:47,032
and that's what I'm after.
769
00:54:50,072 --> 00:54:52,405
That means that means a lot.
770
00:54:56,711 --> 00:54:59,295
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771
00:55:26,126 --> 00:55:29,543
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772
00:55:56,726 --> 00:56:00,143
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773
00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:30,737
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774
00:56:55,949 --> 00:56:59,449
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