gutbucket

American  

[guht-buhk-it] / ˈgʌtˌbʌk ɪt /

noun

1. jazz played in the raucous and high-spirited style of barrelhouse.

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gutbucket British  

/ ˈɡʌtˌbʌkɪt /

noun

1. a highly emotional style of jazz playing

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Etymology

Origin of gutbucket

First recorded in 1925–30; gut + bucket

Example Sentences

Then, in the mid-1950s, a few promoters began bringing some of those very same hitmakers on tours through the region, so the locals got to witness genuine gutbucket R&B stars live and in person.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Gonzalez did his best work of the evening, with a set of high-register overlapping notes that dug deep into the gutbucket; bassist Michael Bowie followed with an equally strong, soulful line of his own.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2017

People have, since the 1980s, enjoyed making up daft words with "bucket" at the end: fussbucket, gutbucket and so on.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2017

His music rang out loud and clear with the gutbucket sound of guitars and pedal steel forged in the rowdy dance halls and rough bars of Bakersfield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2016

He might not have a gutbucket cry or a round-the-corner-and-back-again bend, but he couldn’t let go of the blues any more than he could let go of Cool Papa.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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