Down at the Mouth of Old Stinson
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Down at the Mouth of Old Stinson", also known as "Mouth of Stinson" is an <br> old-time breakdown from West Virginia in D Major. The parts are played AB or AABB.<br> John Hartford notes that the area around Stinson Creek in Calhoun County,<br> West Virginia, was at one time a very rough place and best avoided (although it<br> was near Old Laury Hick's place, where Wilson Douglas used to hear the regionally<br> famous fiddler Ed Haley play).<br> Gerry Milnes reports that source Wilson Douglas associated the tune with the<br> Mouth of Stinson Creek in Clay County. The story is that there was a picnic<br> attended by the 'woodhicks' (lumberjacks who were then harvesting timber in the<br> area) there during which part of the entertainment was a wrestling match.<br> Something went amiss and one of the participants, a man named Cheneth, was<br> severely injured and died the next day. This 'crooked' tune is supposed to<br> reflect the sadness of the event. According to Douglas there was an old tavern<br> called Copperhead Junction (also known as “Bloody Bucket”) at the Mouth of<br> Stinson that had a reputation as being one of the roughest places in the region,<br> notorious for excessive drinking, fighting and shootings.<br> It was recorded by Wilson Douglas,<br> Rafe Stefanini & David Bragger on Holy Smoke! (2018),<br> Modock Rounders on Old Tunes & New Blood - Legacy of Wilson Douglas (2015),<br> French Carpenter on Elzic's Farewell (1978. Originally recorded 1963),<br> John Hartford on Wild Hog in the Red Brush (and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard)<br> (1996),<br> Gerry Milnes & Lorriane Lee Hammond on Hell Up Coal Holler (1999) and<br> Walt Koken on Sittin' In the Cat Bird's Seat (2012).<br> <br>
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