Eefing

Eefing

Eefing (also written eeephing, eephing, eeefing, eefin [ [http://www.rossmusic.net/eef.htm eefin] , What the heck is an eef?. Accessed January 7, 2007.] , or eefn' [ [http://yahmdallah.blogspot.com/2003/04/eefn-its-funny-how-sometimes-attic.html eefn'] , Third Level Digression (blog). Accessed March 20, 2006.] and doubtless other ways) is an Appalachian (United States) vocal technique similar to beatboxing, but nearly a century older. Jennifer Sharpe describes it as "a kind of hiccupping, rhythmic wheeze that started in rural Tennessee more than 100 years ago."Sharpe 2005]

An eefing piece called "Swamp Root" was one of the first singles recorded and released by Sam Phillips. Singer Joe Perkins had a minor 1963 hit "Little Eeefin' Annie", (76 on the "Billboard" chart, featuring eefer Jimmie Riddle, whom Sharpe calls "the acknowledged master of the genre." Riddle later brought eefing to national visibility on the television series "Hee Haw".

Notes

References

* Jennifer Sharpe, [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5259589 Jimmie Riddle and the Lost Art of Eephing] , National Public Radio, March 13, 2006. Accessed March 20, 2006. Includes audio in RealAudio and Windows Media Player formats.
* [http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/bobloyce/eeef.html Joe Perkins' Little Eeefin' Annie page]


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