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HI, I'M DAVE SHUFFETT AND
WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE
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I'M SO GLAD YOU COULD
COME ALONG TONIGHT
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BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
DOWN ROADS AND WATERWAYS
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FEW FOLKS TRAVEL ANY MORE
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FIRST WE'LL LISTEN TO SOME
OLD-TIME FIDDLE MUSIC
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AND MEET A MAN WHO'S
DEDICATED SOME 30 YEARS
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TO UNDERSTANDING AND
DOCUMENTING ITS TRADITIONS
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THEN WE PUT DOWN THE TOP
ON A '60s CONVERTIBLE
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THAT'S MORE THAN A CAR
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YOU COULD SAY OUR SHOW TONIGHT
IS SOMETHING OF A TIME CAPSULE
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THROUGH OUR TWO STORIES
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WE MEET PEOPLE PROFOUNDLY
INTERESTED IN THE PAST
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JOHN HARROD IS A FORMER RHODES
SCHOLAR AND HISTORY TEACHER
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A MUSICIAN, TOO
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IN THE 1970s
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HE BECAME INTERESTED
IN THE FAST DISAPPEARING
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FIDDLE TRADITIONS OF KENTUCKY
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HE AND FRIENDS SOUGHT
OUT THE PRACTITIONERS
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AND BECAME PART OF THEIR LIVES
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THEY LEARNED FROM THEM
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RECORDED THEIR TUNES
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JOHN EVEN PERFORMS THEM
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AS A MEMBER OF A GROUP
CALLED "THE CLODHOPPERS"
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IT WAS A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP
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THE FIDDLERS KNEW THAT WHAT
THEY DID WAS QUITE OLD
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JOHN CAME ALONG JUST WHEN
THEY WERE THINKING THEIR MUSIC
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OUGHT TO BE RECORDED
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IT WAS HISTORY
SPEAKING AFTER ALL
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AND SOMETIMES YOU COULD HEAR
ECHOES FROM AS FAR AWAY
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AS THE CIVIL WAR
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ALL RIGHT
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ALL RIGHT
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ALL RIGHT, WONDERFUL
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THAT "CHRISTMAS CALICO'S"
A GOOD OLD TUNE
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NOW WHERE, WHERE
DID YOU GET THAT?
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WAS THAT ONE OF YOUR...
DID YOUR DAD PLAY THAT?
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UH, YEAH, MY DAD DID
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(Chickens clucking)
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WELL, THE FIDDLE WOULD BE...
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SOMETHING YOU COULD
CARRY ON HORSEBACK
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OR YOU COULD CARRY
IT IN A WAGON
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UH, YOU COULD PACK
IT OVER THE MOUNTAINS
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IF YOU WERE COMING INTO
KENTUCKY FROM NORTH CAROLINA
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UH, IT WAS EVEN SOMETHING THAT,
THAT WAS FAIRLY EASILY MADE
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UH, I'VE SEEN SOME,
SOME PRETTY GOOD FIDDLE
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FIDDLES MADE WITH NOT MUCH
MORE THAN A POCKET KNIFE
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UH, AND YOU COULD PLAY ON THEM
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THERE WERE, THERE WERE
EVEN LITTLE TOY FIDDLES
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MADE OUT OF CORNSTALKS
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AND A LITTLE BETTER
FIDDLES MADE OUT OF THE
OLD WOODEN CIGAR BOXES
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SOMETIMES YOU SEE THOSE
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AND SO IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT, THAT UH, COULD BE MADE
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AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT
COULD BE CARRIED AND SO
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UH, CERTAINLY THE FIDDLE
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WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
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THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO KENTUCKY
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UH, BY, BY EUROPEAN PEOPLE
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OR PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COAST
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AND UH, THERE'S RECORDS OF THE
FIDDLE FROM THE VARIOUS...
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VERY EARLIEST TIME
OF KENTUCKY HISTORY
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THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT,
KENTUCKY IS FIDDLE COUNTRY
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BACK IN THE 1970s
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I BEGAN TO WONDER WHY KENTUCKY
HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE
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IN THE HISTORY OF FIDDLING
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SO A BUNCH OF US, THE
LATE GUS MEADE, MARK
WILSON AND SOME OTHERS
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TOOK OFF ON THE BACKROADS
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AND WE COVERED MANY MILES
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WE CROSSED A LOT OF CREEKS
AND SWINGING BRIDGES
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TO TRY AND TRACE BACK
THE LOCAL TRADITIONS
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AND WE WANTED TO DESCRIBE FOR
POSTERITY THE CONDITIONS THAT
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ENABLED THESE TRADITIONS
TO FLOURISH
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I'M NOT ONLY A FIDDLER,
I'M ALSO A HISTORY TEACHER
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AND I SUPPOSE I'VE ALWAYS
BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT THE ORIGINS
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OF ANYTHING THAT INTERESTS ME
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THESE DAYS I PLAY WITH A GROUP
CALLED THE KENTUCKY CLODHOPPERS
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EVERYWHERE I GO,
I HEAR A NEW TUNE
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AND MEET OTHER FIDDLERS WHO
WANT TO LEARN THE TUNES I PLAY
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WORKSHOPS PROVIDE
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
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TO PASS ON THE FIDDLE TRADITION
THAT GOES SO FAR BACK
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IN THE HISTORY OF KENTUCKY
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AND OUR COUNTRY
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AND I'VE CONTINUED THE WORK GUS,
MARK AND I STARTED SO LONG AGO
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PRESERVING THE TECHNIQUES
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AND THE MUSIC OF THE
OLD-TIME FIDDLERS
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I THINK OUR MOTIVE WAS REALLY
TO LEARN TO PLAY THE FIDDLE
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UH, WHEN, WHEN GUS AND I WERE,
WERE DOING THIS COLLECTING
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WE WEREN'T AT THE TIME THINKING
ABOUT PUTTING IT OUT ON A RECORD
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WE WERE JUST SORT
OF RECORDING IT
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FOR OURSELVES SO WE COULD
STUDY IT AND LEARN TO PLAY IT
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IN THE OLD-TIME WAY
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AND UH, THERE WAS A LOT
OF STUFF OUT THERE THAT
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NOBODY ELSE WAS PLAYING AND
NOBODY ELSE WAS LEARNING
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AND SO, THAT, THAT MADE IT UH,
EVEN MORE INTERESTING TO US
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ONE OF THE THINGS I TRY TO
GET UH, MY STUDENTS TO STUDY
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IS, IS WATCHING THE BOW HAND
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AND THE... ♪ ♪
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THE OLD-TIME FIDDLERS I LIKE
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BOWED IN CIRCLES
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IT IS NOT JUST A CIRCLE
GOING ONE, ONE WAY
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YOU GET A CIRCLE GOING
AND THEN YOU REVERSE IT
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IT'S SYNCOPATED
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KIND OF LIKE RAGTIME
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IT'S A LITTLE BIT JERKY
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SOMETIMES WE WONDERED WHY
WE WERE SO CRAZY ABOUT IT
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BUT WE JUST... WE JUST
CALLED THE WHOLE THING
OF TALKING ABOUT IT
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"FIDDLEOSOPHY"
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WE'D HAVE PROBABLY DRIVEN
A LOT OF PEOPLE CRAZY
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IF THEY WEREN'T INTO IT
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BUT UH, THERE, THERE IS
A KIND OF A LORE TO IT
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UH, AND THERE'S A
LOT OF HISTORY TO IT
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THERE'S LORE ABOUT
FIDDLES THEMSELVES
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AND THERE'S LORE
ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO
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WHO PLAYED THE FIDDLE
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AND THERE'S LORE ABOUT
THE, THE NAMES OF THE TUNES
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AND WHAT THEY'RE NAMED AFTER
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AND SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT
OF STUFF THAT JUST KIND OF
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IS ALL ABOUT THE AREA
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AND THE PLACES PEOPLE LIVED
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I'LL PLAY YOU A LITTLE
BIT OF A TUNE
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THAT PRETTY COMMON
OLD-TIME TUNE
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IN NORTH CAROLINA THEY
CALL IT "PEAR TREE"
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AND IN KENTUCKY IT WAS CALLED
"SHOOT THE TURKEY BUZZARD"
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A NORTH CAROLINA FIDDLER
WOULD PLAY IT LIKE THIS
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BUT A KENTUCKY FIDDLER
WOULD BOW THAT LIKE THIS
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LET'S SEE
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YOU READY?
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YEAH
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"SUGARFOOT RAIN"
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THE NAMES OF OLD-TIME
FIDDLE TUNES
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ARE AN EDUCATION IN THEMSELVES
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THEY'RE NAMED AFTER KENTUCKY
TOWNS LIKE MAYSVILLE
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SHIPPENPORT
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WHITESBURG
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AND ONE'S NAMED "CRAB
ORCHARD QUICK STEP"
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THERE ARE TUNES NAMED
FOR CIVIL WAR BATTLES
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EVEN REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES
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AND CREEKS TOO
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I BET YOU CAN'T FIND
A CREEK IN KENTUCKY
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THAT AT ONE TIME DIDN'T HAVE
A FIDDLE TUNE NAMED AFTER IT
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TUNES LIKE "SEVEN CREEK"
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"BOATING UP THE SANDY"
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AND "THE BRUSHY
FORK JOHNS CREEK"
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OTHER TUNES ARE NAMED FOR
LADIES LIKE "MARTHA CAMPBELL"
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THOUGH NOBODY'S QUITE
SURE WHO SHE WAS
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AND TUNES ALSO BECAME KNOWN
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BY THE NAMES OF FAMOUS
FIDDLERS THEMSELVES
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LIKE OLD VIRG, JIMMY
ARTHURS AND BOB WALKER
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(Chickens clucking)
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THE FIDDLERS THAT WE WERE
MEETING IN THE 1970s
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WERE, WERE OLD FIDDLERS
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AND UH, THEY WERE PLAYING MUSIC
THAT, THAT PREDATED THE RADIO
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SO IT WAS TRADITIONAL
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IN, IN THAT THEY DIDN'T
LEARN IT OFF OF RECORDS
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OR FROM THE RADIO
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BUT UH, IT WAS MUSIC
THAT HAD BEEN PASSED DOWN
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IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
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AND SO YOU COULD TRACE
SOME OF THAT STUFF BACK
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BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
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UH, EASILY
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DARLEY FULKS, UP IN WOLFE COUNTY
LEARNED A LOT OF HIS MUSIC
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FROM HIS GRANDFATHER
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UH, WHO WAS PLAYING
BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
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SO, IN THE 1970s
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WE WERE, WE WERE IN TOUCH
WITH SOMETHING THAT
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THAT WAS OLDER
THAN THE CIVIL WAR
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AND OF COURSE, SOME OF IT
WENT BACK BEFORE THAT TO UH
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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND
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IRELAND
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UH, FRANCE
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AND GERMANY
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UH, WELL, EVEN AFRICA, A LOT
OF THE MUSIC IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY
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REALLY UH, HAD A BLACK INFLUENCE
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DARLEY FULKS SAID,
"A TUNE IS A FEELING"
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IN OTHER WORDS
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ALL TUNES DON'T SOUND ALIKE
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LIKE SOME PEOPLE SAY
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BUT I THINK WHAT HE MEANT WAS
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FOR HIM, EVERY TUNE HAD AN
ASSOCIATION OF SOME KIND
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EITHER WITH THE PERSON
HE LEARNED IT FROM
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OR WHAT IT WAS NAMED AFTER
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OR SOME KIND OF STORY
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AND UH, DARLEY WAS A
VERY EMOTIONAL PERSON
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AND HE... THERE WERE
TUNES THAT HE WOULD PLAY
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THAT EVERY TIME HE
WOULD PLAY THAT TUNE
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HE WOULD CRY BECAUSE IT WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH SOMEBODY HE KNEW
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OR SOME SAD STORY
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AND IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MANY
TIMES HE PLAYED THAT TUNE
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HE COULD PLAY TUNES THAT
WOULD, WOULD MAKE HIM CRY
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AND SO UH, I UNDERSTOOD
WHAT HE MEANT BY THIS
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BUT EVERY, EVERY TUNE
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HAS GOT A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT MOOD
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AND A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT FEEL TO IT
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AND UH, TO ME, IT'S HARD
TO LEARN A FIDDLE TUNE
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JUST BY EAR
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YOU CAN LEARN THE TUNE BY EAR
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YOU CAN PICK OUT THE NOTES
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BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
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THAT WE ALWAYS
NOTICED ABOUT IT WAS
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YOU HAVE TO SEE IT
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AND WHEN I TRY
TO TEACH FIDDLING
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LIKE UP THERE AT WHITESBURG
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UH, I EMPHASIZE THE,
THE VISUAL PARTS OF IT
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AND I DO ALL THESE UH, EXERCISES
OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
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WHAT SOMEBODY'S DOING JUST
BY WATCHING THEIR BOW HAND
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BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
ONLY WAY I COULD FIGURE
OUT SOME OF THAT STUFF
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IT'S REALLY GRATIFYING TO BE
ABLE TO PASS ON THIS MUSIC
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I'VE LED WORKSHOPS
AT BEREA COLLEGE
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APPALSHOP AND THE COWAN
CREEK MOUNTAIN MUSIC SCHOOL
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THAT HOSTED A GATHERING
OF SOME OF THE AREA'S FINEST
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OLD-TIME MUSICIANS
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THE WORKSHOPS AND JAM
SESSIONS AT COWAN CREEK
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LET US BRING IN GOOD FIDDLERS
LIKE PAUL DAVID SMITH
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TO SHARE TUNES AND STORIES
WITH THE YOUNGER PLAYERS
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THAT TUNE'S CALLED
"DEVIL EAT THE GROUNDHOG"
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IT'S ONE OF "SNAKE"
CHAPMAN'S TUNES
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IT'S ABOUT DOG NAMED "DEVIL"
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THAT ATE THE MAN'S GROUNDHOG
BEFORE HE COULD SKIN HIM OUT
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WE'RE REALLY INTO, INTO
THE TONES OF FIDDLES
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AND WE KIND OF PUT...
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DRAG YOUR BOW ACROSS IT AND
SHOW THEM HOW DARK IT SOUNDS
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♪ ♪
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SEE, IT KIND
OF GROWLS AT YOU
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YEAH
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AND HERE'S MINE
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♪ ♪
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IT'S A REAL DARK WOODY SOUND
AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THIS
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SOME PEOPLE
LIKE...
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NO, SOME PEOPLE
LIKE THEM BRIGHT
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BUT FIDDLERS...
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I KNOW I AM
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OR HAVE BEEN
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AND I'M SURE
YOU HAVE
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DOWN THROUGH
THE YEARS
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ARE CONSTANTLY
SEARCHING FOR, FOR...
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A BETTER FIDDLE
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YOU KNOW
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YOU LOOK FOR
SOMETHING
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THAT SOUNDS MORE
TO YOUR NOTION
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THIS IS THE BEST THAT I'VE
BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH
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(Laughing)
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I THINK LIKE THAT
BUMPER STICKER SAYS
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úI FOUND IT'
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YEAH
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(Laughing)
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I'M NOT REALLY
LOOKING ANY MORE
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BUT UH, MINE'S AN OLD UH, I
GUESS, JUNK STORE FIDDLE THAT UH
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WAS ALL BUSTED UP AND I TOOK
IT TO MY FRIEND-- GARY CORNETT
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AND HE RESTORED IT
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AND THIS IS PROBABLY FROM
THE 18th CENTURY AND IT'S UH
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WELL, IT'S GOT A
LOT OF CRACKS IN IT
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BUT THAT JUST
MAKES IT SWEETER
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THAT'S RIGHT
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IT'S GOT A LOT, IT'S
GOT A LOT OF CHARACTER
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♪ ♪
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MOST OF THE FIDDLE
MUSIC, NOT ALL OF IT
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WAS ORIGINALLY DANCE MUSIC
AND SO IT SORT OF EVOLVED
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AS, AS MUSIC THAT
PROPELS A DANCE
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AND SO I THINK IT STILL
HAS THAT AFFECT ON PEOPLE
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THE RHYTHM UH, OF FIDDLING
HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UH
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SORT OF A DANCE
RHYTHM TO GET YOUR
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YOUR FEET AND YOUR BODY MOVING
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AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE
MOVING TOGETHER
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SO UH, I THINK IT STILL
HAS THAT AFFECT ON PEOPLE
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AND UH, I, I DO PLAY
FOR A LOT OF DANCES
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THAT'S ONE THING A
FIDDLER CAN DO
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WHERE THEY DON'T GET
TIRED OF LISTENING AT YOU
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IN FACT, THEY'LL
WORK YOU TO DEATH
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YOU KNOW, MOST FIDDLERS
SAY IT'S A PRETTY HARD JOB
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PLAYING FOR A DANCE
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SOMETIMES PEOPLE MIGHT
THINK THE OLD FIDDLERS
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WERE JUST BACKWOODS PEOPLE
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AND OF COURSE A LOT
OF THEM WERE
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SOME OF THEM HAD BIG OLD,
ROUGH HANDS FROM FARMING
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OR WORKING IN SAWMILLS
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BUT THEY COULD DO THE
MOST DELICATE THINGS
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WITH THEIR FINGERS
AND THEY BOW HANDS
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BUT THERE WERE ALSO FIDDLERS
LIKE CARLTON RAWLINGS
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WHO WORKED IN A BANK
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AND SOME WERE DOCTORS AND
QUITE A FEW WERE BARBERS
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BARBERSHOPS SEEMED TO BE ONE
OF THE FAVORITE GATHERING PLACES
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OF FIDDLERS IN THEIR LITTLE
TOWNS AROUND KENTUCKY
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"SALLY GOODIN"
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♪ ♪
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GOOD FIDDLERS CAN MAKE
A CHEAP FIDDLE SOUND GREAT
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BUT UH, IT'S JUST...
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IT'S JUST FUN TO
TRY THEM ALL OUT
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AND SEE WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE
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AND YOU KNOW, EVERY ONCE
IN A WHILE YOU CAN FIND ONE
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YOU JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH
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AND YOU GOT TO
HAVE IT, BUT UH...
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AND ADD IT TO YOUR COLLECTION
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BUT I'M NOT A COLLECTOR
LIKE BILLY DON, HE...
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HE USED TO HAVE 200 FIDDLES
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AND I THINK HE'S ONLY
GOT ABOUT HALF THAT NOW
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THIS ONE IS...
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IS THE BIRD'S EYE
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FOR A, FOR A HOMEMADE FIDDLE
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♪ ♪
16:10.766 --> 16:12.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
IT'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD BALANCE
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♪ ♪
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ESPECIALLY THE BASS
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♪ ♪
16:20.400 --> 16:21.300 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
IT'S BEAUTIFUL
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
16:50.966 --> 17:01.000 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
♪ ♪
17:01.500 --> 17:04.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
I'M JOHN HARROD AND WE'RE
GOING TO PLAY YOU SOME
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SOME OF THE TUNES THAT COME
FROM THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY
17:06.500 --> 17:08.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING
TO DO IS MY FAVORITE
17:08.366 --> 17:10.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
AND IT'S CALLED
"EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE"
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I THINK THAT WAS ONE THING
THAT DISTINGUISHED, UH
17:14.966 --> 17:17.333 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55%
THESE, THESE FIDDLERS,
ESPECIALLY
17:17.433 --> 17:21.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
IS THAT THEY, THEY KNEW
THAT WHAT THEY WERE DOING
17:21.333 --> 17:22.633 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
WAS REALLY OLD
17:22.733 --> 17:23.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65%
AND THEY WERE PROUD OF IT
17:24.066 --> 17:26.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AND THEY FELT A GREAT
RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS IT ON
17:27.066 --> 17:29.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
AND SO THEY ALWAYS WELCOMED US
17:29.766 --> 17:31.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35%
AND THEY WERE
GLAD THAT, THAT...
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THEY WERE JUST THRILLED THAT
PEOPLE LIKE US WERE INTERESTED
17:34.666 --> 17:38.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
NOT JUST IN RECORDING
IT AND DOCUMENTING IT
17:38.100 --> 17:39.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
BUT, BUT LEARNING IT
17:39.600 --> 17:42.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
BACK WHEN GUS AND MARK AND I
WERE MAKING OUR RECORDINGS
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WE HOPED TODAY'S FIDDLERS
WOULD LISTEN TO THIS OLD MUSIC
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IT WOULD BE LIKE GOING
BACK TO THE PRIMARY SOURCES
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WE HOPED LEARNING THE OLD TUNES
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MIGHT HELP TO UNSTANDARDIZE
MODERN FIDDLING
17:53.700 --> 17:55.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
I THINK TO SOME EXTENT,
THAT'S HAPPENED
17:55.900 --> 17:57.433 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
THERE ARE A LOT
OF GOOD NEW FIDDLERS
17:57.533 --> 18:00.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
THAT JUST DON'T SOUND
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
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THEY'VE STUDIED THE OLD STUFF
18:02.666 --> 18:04.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
AND THEY, JUST LIKE
THEIR INNOVATIVE
18:04.733 --> 18:07.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
AND IDIOSYNCRATIC PREDECESSORS
18:07.200 --> 18:08.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
THE HISTORY OF FIDDLING
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18:19.200 --> 18:23.566 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60%
JOHN'S WORK, WHICH HAS
HELPED FURTHER THE RICH
HISTORY OF FIDDLE TUNES
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IS NOW INCLUDED IN A BOOK
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OLD TIME KENTUCKY FIDDLE TUNES
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IS BY JEFF TODD TITAN
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AND PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY
PRESS OF KENTUCKY
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THE AUTHOR USED MANY RECORDINGS
MADE BY JOHN AND HIS FRIENDS
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AS SOURCE MATERIAL
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THE TAPES THAT JOHN COLLECTED
ARE NOW PRESERVED
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IN THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC
ARCHIVES AT BEREA COLLEGE
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WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
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IF YOU SAW A CUTE, 1960s
VINTAGE CONVERTIBLE
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SUDDENLY ACCELERATE
TOWARDS THE WATER'S EDGE
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PROBABLY THAT IT'S DRIVER
HAD LOST HIS MIND
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OR AT LEAST HIS WAY
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WELL, OWNERS OF AMPHICARS
19:02.666 --> 19:06.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
ARE A LITTLE CRAZY OVER
THEIR AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES
19:06.266 --> 19:08.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
THEIR VINTAGE AUTOMOBILES
BUILT IN GERMANY
19:09.000 --> 19:12.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
BETWEEN 1961 AND 1968
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THEY ARE THE ONLY CIVILIAN
AMPHIBIOUS PASSENGER CAR
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EVER MASSED PRODUCED
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ONLY A LITTLE LESS THAN
4,000 WERE EVER BUILT
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IT'S ESTIMATED THERE ARE
500, MAYBE 1,000 LEFT TODAY
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WELL, AS SUMMER TURNED TO FALL
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REGIONAL AMPHICAR OWNERS
GATHERED AT LAKE CUMBERLAND
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AT LEE'S FORD MARINA
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WOULDN'T YOU LIKE
TO TAKE A RIDE?
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(Music playing)
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IT'S EXCITING TO GO AMPHICARRING
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UH, IT ATTRACTS A CROWD
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE
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AND OFTEN TIMES YOU CAN READ
THEIR LIPS OF ASTONISHMENT
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WHEN YOU HIT THE WATER
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UH, DEPENDING AT WHAT
SPEED YOU HIT THE WATER
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HOW BIG A SPLASH YOU MAKE
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IT CAN BE VERY DRAMATIC
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(Music playing)
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GOING INTO THE WATER IS QUITE
AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE
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YOU'RE DRIVING ALONG ON LAND,
EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE
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YOU APPROACH A BOAT RAMP AND
20:16.200 --> 20:17.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
JUST SLIDE RIGHT
DOWN INTO THE WATER
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AND IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE...
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IT'S A LITTLE NERVE-RACKING
THE FIRST TIME YOU GO IN
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BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WHAT
EXACTLY IS GOING ON?
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BUT AS SOON AS YOU,
YOU GET INTO THE WATER
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YOU CAN JUST IMMEDIATELY
FEEL WHEN THE CAR STARTS
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STARTS FLOATING
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AND YOU JUST PRESS THE GAS
AND PULL AWAY AND IT'S...
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YOU JUST ARE COMPLETE... IT'S
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FEELING
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YOU'RE OUT IN THE WATER
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IN A BOAT
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(Music playing)
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YOU TOOL AROUND FOR A WHILE
AND YOU GET READY TO COME OUT
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YOU HEAD RIGHT
TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP
20:58.533 --> 21:02.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
AND AS YOU APPROACH THE RAMP,
YOUR FRONT WHEELS PULL OUT
21:02.733 --> 21:04.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
UP ONTO THE RAMP
UNTIL THE REAR WHEELS
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TOUCH THE RAMP
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AND THE WHEELS PULL
YOU RIGHT ON OUT
21:08.266 --> 21:10.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:65%
YOU PUT IT IN FIRST GEAR
AND DRIVE RIGHT ON OUT AND
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DRIVE AWAY
21:12.033 --> 21:13.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE WATER
21:13.700 --> 21:16.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
YOU LITERALLY CAN DRIVE
STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD
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THE ONLY THING THAT YOU DO IS
JUST DISENGAGE THE PROPELLERS
21:19.400 --> 21:21.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
WHICH IS JUST ONE
LITTLE SLIP OF A LEVER
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TURN THE PROPELLERS OFF
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AND YOU'RE OFF, YOU'RE
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD
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(Music playing)
21:32.700 --> 21:36.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
WELL, THE AMPHICAR WAS THE ONLY
PRODUCTION VEHICLE MADE THAT'S
21:36.400 --> 21:38.333 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
EQUALLY AT HOME ON LAND
AS IT IS IN THE WATER
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IT...YOU KNOW, AT FIRST GLANCE
21:39.966 --> 21:41.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
IT LOOKS PRETTY MUCH
LIKE A NORMAL CAR
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UNTIL YOU START WALKING AROUND
AND YOU SEE TWO PROPELLERS
21:44.933 --> 21:47.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
ON THE, ON THE REAR
END DOWN BELOW THE
21:47.333 --> 21:48.666 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
THE REAR BUMPER
21:48.766 --> 21:52.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
BUT UH, IT WAS A CAR THAT WAS
MADE DURING THE '60s IN GERMANY
21:52.333 --> 21:54.200 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
FROM '61 TO 67
21:54.300 --> 21:56.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
ABOUT 3,500 CARS WERE MADE
21:57.266 --> 21:59.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
MOST OF THOSE CARS CAME
TO THE UNITED STATES
21:59.933 --> 22:03.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
THERE'S PROBABLY 500 OR 600
IN THE WORLD, STILL RUNNING
22:03.733 --> 22:06.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:65%
IT'S GOT UH, A BACK SEAT
22:06.733 --> 22:09.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
SEATS FOUR PEOPLE
RELATIVELY COMFORTABLY
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IT'S A SMALL CAR
22:10.733 --> 22:13.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
AND ALL OF THE CARS
MADE WERE CONVERTIBLES
22:13.800 --> 22:17.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
IT HAS A, A SMALL FOUR
CYLINDER, TRIUMPH ENGINE
22:17.166 --> 22:18.333 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:30%
IN THE REAR
22:18.433 --> 22:21.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AND IT'S A FOUR SPEED,
MANUAL TRANSMISSION
22:21.566 --> 22:22.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE WATER
22:22.866 --> 22:25.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
THE FRONT WHEELS ACT AS RUDDERS
22:25.800 --> 22:27.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:45%
AND STEER THE CAR
22:27.900 --> 22:29.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
LEFT AND RIGHT
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TOP SPEED IS ABOUT SEVEN OR
EIGHT MILES AN HOUR ON THE WATER
22:32.333 --> 22:36.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
ON LAND, TOP SPEED WHEN THEY
SOLD THE CARS, THEY SOLD THEM AS
22:36.533 --> 22:39.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
YOU KNOW, 70 MILES AN HOUR
ON LAND AND... BUT UH
22:39.700 --> 22:41.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
45 AND 50 IS A
LITTLE MORE PLEASANT
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WELL, I'M A MEMBER
OF THE INTERNATIONAL
AMPHICAR OWNERS CLUB AND
22:46.900 --> 22:50.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
ACTUALLY I'M THE PRESIDENT
OF THE CLUB, WE HAVE UH
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OVER 320 MEMBERS
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ACROSS THE WORLD
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UH, IT'S BASED RIGHT
HERE IN KENTUCKY
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I'M FROM BURLINGTON, KENTUCKY
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WHICH IS IN BOONE COUNTY
22:59.066 --> 23:03.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
WE HAVE UH, REGIONAL EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTRY
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THAT AMPHICARS GO TO
23:05.933 --> 23:08.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AND OUR BIG NATIONAL
EVENT THIS PAST JULY
23:08.966 --> 23:11.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
WE HAD 64 AMPHICARS
FOR THE WEEK
23:11.400 --> 23:13.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
THE WEEK-END LONG EVENT
23:13.233 --> 23:15.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
MOST AMPHICARS IN THE
WORLD AT ONE PLACE
23:15.766 --> 23:17.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
OF THE EVENTS ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY
23:17.700 --> 23:19.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
ONE OF THE EVENTS
WE HAD THIS YEAR
23:19.133 --> 23:22.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
HAPPENED TO BE IN SOMERSET,
KENTUCKY AT LAKE CUMBERLAND
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THE UH, SWIM-IN OR THE SPLASH-IN
23:23.966 --> 23:26.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
WE HAVE HAD IT AT
LAKE CUMBERLAND
23:26.266 --> 23:28.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
WAS PART OF THE SUMMER
NIGHT CRUISES
23:28.366 --> 23:30.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
WHICH IS A, AN EVENT
THAT HAS DEVELOPED
23:30.200 --> 23:32.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS IN SOMERSET
23:32.266 --> 23:33.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
SOME LOCAL GENTLEMEN
23:33.666 --> 23:37.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
PUT TOGETHER A, A HOT-ROD
AND CLASSIC CAR SHOW
23:37.100 --> 23:40.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
AND IT HAS PULLED OVER
500 CARS ON A SATURDAY
23:40.866 --> 23:42.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AND WE ARE FEATURING
THE AMPHICAR SWIM-IN
23:42.733 --> 23:43.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
AS PART OF THE EVENTS
23:43.833 --> 23:47.900 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40%
(Music playing)
23:48.800 --> 23:49.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
ONE OF THE UNIQUE FEATURES
23:50.033 --> 23:51.533 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
OF OWNING THE AMPHICAR
ON LAKE CUMBERLAND
23:51.633 --> 23:53.700 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55%
IS THAT YOU HAVE THE
EPITOME OF LUXURY
23:53.800 --> 23:55.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
IN THAT YOU CAN DRIVE
FROM YOUR HOME
23:55.533 --> 23:56.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
DIRECTLY TO THE LAKE
23:56.900 --> 23:59.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
DIRECTLY IN THE WATER AND PULL
UP AND TIE UP TO YOUR HOUSEBOAT
24:05.166 --> 24:07.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
I USE THE AMPHICAR TO
GET TO AND FROM WORK
24:07.300 --> 24:09.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
WHEN WE TIE UP OUR
BOAT IN THE COVE
24:09.333 --> 24:10.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
I WILL USE THE CAR TO COMMUTE
24:10.900 --> 24:12.400 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
UH, AND SPEND THE NIGHT
24:12.500 --> 24:13.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AND THE NEXT MORNING,
GET UP BRIGHT AND EARLY
24:13.700 --> 24:14.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
AND DRIVE IN STRAIGHT TO WORK
24:14.966 --> 24:24.933 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40%
(Music playing)
24:29.966 --> 24:33.433 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40%
(Music playing)
24:34.133 --> 24:35.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50%
UH, I'VE OFTEN SAID
24:35.366 --> 24:36.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
IT'S NOT A GREAT BOAT
IT'S NOT A GREAT CAR
24:36.733 --> 24:38.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
BUT IT'S A GREAT COMBINATION
24:38.166 --> 24:40.500 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40%
(Music playing)
24:40.600 --> 24:42.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
PERSONALLY I THINK THAT
24:42.366 --> 24:44.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
THE AMPHICAR IS
PROBABLY THE BEST CAR
24:44.700 --> 24:46.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:45%
THAT'S EVER BEEN
MADE ON THE WATER
24:46.733 --> 24:49.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
AND IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE
BEST BOATS EVER MADE ON LAND
24:49.333 --> 24:53.900 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40%
(Music playing)
24:54.733 --> 24:57.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
PRESIDING OVER AMPHICAR
OWNERS THE WORLD OVER
24:57.866 --> 25:00.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
IS BURLINGTON, KENTUCKY'S
MARC SCHLEMMER
25:00.866 --> 25:04.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
AMPHICAR OWNERS CLUB
25:04.100 --> 25:05.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
WHOM YOU'VE JUST MET
25:06.066 --> 25:09.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
THE CLUB HAS MEMBERS FROM
THE EAST COAST TO CALIFORNIA
25:09.933 --> 25:10.900 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
AND IN GERMANY
25:11.000 --> 25:12.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65%
THE AMPHICAR'S BIRTHPLACE
25:13.133 --> 25:16.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
MANY OF THE MEMBERS HAVE FUN
REGISTERED LICENSE PLATES
25:16.333 --> 25:18.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:45%
LIKE úI SWIM TOO'
25:18.800 --> 25:20.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
AND GET A KICK OUT
OF STARTLING PEOPLE
25:20.933 --> 25:22.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
WITH A PLUNGE INTO THE WATER
25:22.533 --> 25:23.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
I GOT TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE
25:24.800 --> 25:28.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
WELL, THANKS FOR COMING ALONG
ON THE BYWAYS AND WATERWAYS
25:28.300 --> 25:29.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50%
OF "KENTUCKY LIFE"
25:30.000 --> 25:32.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE A
HEALTHY INTEREST IN HISTORY
25:32.600 --> 25:34.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
AND TRADITION WILL LEAD YOU
25:34.600 --> 25:37.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:45%
BUT YOU KNOW, IF
KENTUCKIANS ARE INVOLVED
25:37.733 --> 25:40.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:65%
IT'LL BE A JOURNEY YOU'LL
WANT TO TAKE AGAIN AND AGAIN
25:41.366 --> 25:43.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:65%
I'M DAVE SHUFFETT, ALONG
WITH MY OLD DOG HERE
25:44.000 --> 25:45.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME
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[Closed captioning
by the KET Caption Center]
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[was made possible by a grant]
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[from the Honorable Order
of Kentucky Colonels]
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[and in part by a grant
from The Lexington Lions Club]
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Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E.
Deutsch Foundation]