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<p>"<strong>Tennessee Stud</strong>" is a song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jimmy Driftwood</a>, who originally recorded and released it in 1959.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Stud#cite_note-ArkTimes-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> "Tennessee Stud" is considered to be Driftwood's most recorded song.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Stud#cite_note-ACE-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><h2>Synopsis</h2><p>The song tells a story about the adventures of a man and his horse, a courageous, sun-colored, green-eyed stallion he nicknamed the "Tennessee Stud". The song's timeline appears to take place during a period of over twenty years, beginning in 1825 and ending after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1844" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Great Flood of 1844</a>.</p><p>After some trouble with his sweetheart's father and her outlaw brother, the man sends her a letter through his uncle and then rides away on his horse, the Tennessee Stud. Together they have a series of adventures, including winning big in a horse race against a Spanish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">foal</a> south of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams%E2%80%93On%C3%ADs_Treaty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the border</a>, outmaneuvering a band of Indians, and then escaping after a shootout with a gambler who insulted Tennessee.</p><p>Eventually the man and his horse both become lonely and homesick, and ride back to Tennessee where the man gives his girl's father and outlaw brother their comeuppance. He and his girl, on her "Tennessee Mare", ride off together across "the mountains and the valleys wide", and then after crossing the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_River" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Big Muddy</a>", and "fording the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1844" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">flood</a>", build a cabin and settle down; the man and his girl marry and have a baby while Stud sires a colt with the mare.</p><h2>Eddy Arnold recording</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eddy Arnold</a> was the first artist to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cover</a> the song.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Stud#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> His version was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1959, and was nominated for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Award</a> in both country and folk categories the same year.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Stud#cite_note-ACE-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><h2>Chart history</h2><p>Chart (1959) Peak</p><h2>position U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Stud#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> 48 U.S. <em>Billboard</em> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot C&amp;W Sides</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Stud#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a> 5 Cover versions</h2><p>Other artists who have covered the song include:</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Watson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Doc Watson</a>, whose first cover of the song was in his 1966 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbound_(Doc_Watson_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Southbound</em></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Stud#cite_note-ArkTimes-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> Interest in the song was renewed in 1972 when he re-recorded it with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nitty Gritty Dirt Band</a> in their rock/country crossover album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_be_Unbroken_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Will the Circle be Unbroken</em></a> and again for his own 1976 album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_and_the_Boys" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Doc and the Boys</em></a>. The song became an audience favorite when Watson added it to his live performances including a 1978 episode of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_City_Limits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Austin City Limits</em></a>; he later remarked that he had performed the song an estimated five thousand times.^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^] Watson again released the song on his 2003 compilation <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Stud_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">album of the same name</a>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Atkins" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chet Atkins</a> (who recorded an instrumental version of the song with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Reed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jerry Reed</a>).</li><li>Dobroist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Auldridge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Auldridge</a> recorded an instrumental version on his album <em>Blues and Bluegrass</em>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johnny Cash</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hank Williams Jr.</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michael Martin Murphey</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Brothers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Osborne Brothers</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nitty Gritty Dirt Band</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_LeDoux" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris LeDoux</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Joe_McDonald" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Country Joe McDonald</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Stud#cite_note-ArkTimes-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Strings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billy Strings</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Wagoner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Porter Wagoner</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arlo Guthrie</a></li></ul><p><br></p>