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  1. Hootenanny is an Appalachian colloquialism that was used in the early twentieth century U.S. as a placeholder name to refer to things whose names were forgotten or unknown. In this usage it was synonymous with thingamajig or whatchamacallit, as in: "Hand me that hootenanny." Hootenanny was also an old country word for "party".

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    Origin of Hootenanny There’s no single origin for the term, as it just made its way into the English language and took root. In the early 1900s, it was once used as a placeholder word for something undefined or unspecified, much like “thingamajig” or “whatchamacallit.” But it was reserved for contexts of tools used by thieves.
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    hootenanny (n.) "informal session of folk musicians," 1940, American English, earlier "a gadget" (1927), of unknown origin, perhaps a nonsense word.
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    “It is an American variation of a Scottish Gaelic word for a New Year’s celebration that comes from around about the 15th Century. Now that’s presently called a “Hogmanay” in Scotland, and they still use it to celebrate New Years.”
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    According to Pete Seeger he first heard the word hootenanny in Seattle, Washington in the summer of 1941 while touring the area with Woody Guthrie. [3] It was used by Hugh DeLacy's New Deal political club [4] to describe their monthly music fund raisers. [5] See more

    A hootenanny is a freewheeling, improvisatory musical event in the United States, often incorporating audience members in performances. It is particularly associated with folk music. See more

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    • Hootenanny with the Highwaymen is a 1963 album by folk band The Highwaymen
    • "Surfin' Hootenanny" is a surf pop/rock song written by Lee Hazlewood (tune) and Al Casey, … See more

    • Framus Hootenanny, a 1960s-era twelve-string guitar. See more

    early twentieth century
    Hootenanny is an Appalachian colloquialism that was used in the early twentieth century U.S. as a placeholder name to refer to things whose names were forgotten or unknown.
    summer of 1941
    Pete Seeger first heard the word hootenanny in Seattle, Washington in the summer of 1941 while touring the area with Woody Guthrie.
    1962
    In a 1962 interview in Time, Joan Baez made the analogy that a hootenanny is to folk singing what a jam session is to jazz.
    early 1960s
    During the early 1960s at the height of the American folk music revival, the club Gerdes Folk City at 11 West 4th Street in Greenwich Village started a folk music hootenanny tradition every Monday night.
    1963
    Hootenanny with the Highwaymen is a 1963 album by folk band The Highwaymen. The Glencoves had a hit single with their release "Hootenanny", which peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Paul & Paula, who had a big hit with "Hey Paula" in 1963, also released a single later in that year called "Holiday Hootenanny".
    1964
    In 1964 George Jones and Melba Montgomery released a country/bluegrass album titled Bluegrass Hootenanny.
    1995 to 2013
    The Hootenanny was an annual one-day rockabilly music festival held on July 4th weekends from 1995 to 2013 at the Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine, California.
    2003
    Eels released an album titled Shootenanny! in 2003. The album's title is a portmanteau of the words "shoot" and "hootenanny".
    2008
    The band Weezer had a "Hootenanny" tour in 2008 which allowed fans to play songs with the band.
    2010
    A song called "We Are Having a Hootenanny" appears on The Magnetic Fields's 2010 album Realism.

    During the early 1960s at the height of the American folk music revival, the club Gerdes Folk City at 11 West 4th Street in Greenwich Village started … See more

    Several different television shows are named hootenanny and styled after it, including:
    • Hootenanny, an early 1960s musical variety show … See more

     
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