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Whoa Mule

Source Recording: The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band (2011)

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Key D Time 4/4

Chorus × 4

D / /D /

/D / /D /

/D / /D /

A / /A /

D / /D /

G / /G /

A / /A /

D / /D /

Verse × 4

Song Details

Also Known As

Buckin' Mule, The Buckin' Mule

Songwriter

Traditional

First Release

Gid Tanner and George Riley Puckett (1924)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Traditional Old-Time Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Animals

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band

Album

Poor Leroy's Almanack cover

Poor Leroy's Almanack (2011) Discogs

Key D Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 148 BPM Length 2:32

Musicians

Mike Armistead — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Leroy Troy — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Shad Cobb — Fiddle
Andy Todd — Bass

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Musicians

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Whoa Mule

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Musicians

Vern and Ray

The Buckin’ Mule

San Francisco 1968 (2006) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

Foghorn String Band

Whoa Mule

Outshine the Sun (2012) Discogs

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