Buck Dancers

[Jessie Emerson]

Buck dancing is a Southern folk dance similar to clogging...

http://www.radix.net/~jmangin/clogging/

Jessie
----- Original Message -----
From: James Mullan <james at MULLAN.UK.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 11:47 AM
Subject: Buck Dancers


> Jerry Garcia, much mourned, used sing (in Uncle John's Band):
> "It's a buck dancer's choice my friend; better take my advice.
> You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice."
>
> My question is: What's a "Buck Dancer"? Might it be someone who used get
> paid for dancing with strangers?
>
> Also BTW, can someone please point me to an archive, where I could search
> and not waste time asking questions already answered?
> Much TIA
> Jimmy