Doc Tommy Scott's Last Real Medicine Show: "World's Most Unusual Songs"

Tommy Scott FW31077 / FSS 31077

In 1984, Doc Tommy Scott maintained that his medicine show was the last authentic medicine show remaining in the United States. For over fifty years Scott performed and peddled his wares including his famous snake oil, which he guaranteed would cure everything from the tiny cuts to huge bunions.

Country(s) United States
Culture Group(s) Anglo-American
Keyword(s) Medicine shows; Old-time music; Popular music--United States
Instrument(s) Drum

Year of Recording 1984
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Artist Tommy Scott ; Cover artwork by Tom Dunlap

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101	Medicine Show's Back in Town	Tommy Scott	0:54
102	Dialogue	Tommy Scott	0:50
103	Pollution	Tommy Scott	2:41
104	Snake Oil	Tommy Scott	1:58
105	Flick My Bic	Tommy Scott	2:25
106	7-11 Roll Them Dice	Tommy Scott	3:06
107	Luke McLuke	Tommy Scott	3:40
201	Camping	Tommy Scott	2:47
202	Toilet Song	Tommy Scott	1:51
203	Laugh Loud	Tommy Scott	2:38
204	Southland	Tommy Scott	3:53
205	Don't Blame the Car	Tommy Scott	3:04
206	Dallas	Tommy Scott	2:37
207	Medicine Man	Tommy Scott	1:22

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