gutbucket

Example Sentences

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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

A gutbucket instrumental, “Green Onions” served as a prototype for the groove-steeped, blues- and gospel-bred music that became synonymous with Stax — a sound as lean and funky as Motown’s was lush and refined.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022

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

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