Aubrey Wilson Mullican (1909-1967) was from Texas and known as Moon Mullican, the “King of the Hillbilly Piano Players”. He was a talented singer/songwriter and among many things he helped Hank Williams write “Jambalaya” though he is uncredited. Here is some Boogie Woogie County Style1 from 1951.
The lyrics of this song celebrate a Native American Indian’s discovery of dancing to a boogie beat, I found it to be positive, albeit a product of its time in 1951. Nevertheless, some language may offend.
This song was covered by the great band BR5-49 (it was a phone number in a Hee Haw skit) in 1991.
- Warning that some may find the song or language used offensive. However, I have researched the song and found no evidence that it is anything more than fun and positive. ↩︎
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I like the sound of the band BR5-49, though yeah, the song’s theme and lyrics are definitely dated.
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Yes they really rocked it out there!
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Hey, its from the middle of last century folks! 70 years ago… Nah, nothing to get your knickers in a twist about here lyrics wise from now. Unless you have a stick stuck up your back- ahem , let’s say spine. There’s plenty waaaay worse out there. ’Oh Susanna’ pushes all the bad buttons and more.
It’s a catchy wee number, but being known as ‘King of the Hillbilly pianists’ probably hasn’t aged well either. Not the praiseworthy tag now it probably was back then!’
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You have a point about the moniker. Hillbilly Poet still shows up every now and again and the PC’s haven’t rioted!
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I’m not against being PC, I just think you/we/they/us also need a little real timeline perspective- but this is yet another fraught topic and I ain’t going to step on anyones tootsies on this bright crisp beautiful Saturday morning!😬
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You hit the nail on the head I think with the issue- no timeline perspective. People want to look at everything from todays lens and even then they don’t get it right!
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I’m guessing we won’t see Billie Eyelash or Queen Taylor covering the ‘Cherokee Boogie’ anytime soon! Kind of a catchy one though
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Lol not likely!
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The King of the Hillbilly Piano Players – like it! It’s also a great song. The rendition by BR5-49 is pretty neat as well.
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Got love all these monikers!
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This is really cool…I never heard the song before…I like both versions.
Also…they did have cool names back then…yea I’m back on that lol.
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They did have cool names!
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