Posted on Feb 9, 2023
Buddy Mondlock’s new album features a song about his Missouri ancestors
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Veteran singer-songwriter Buddy Mondlock lives in Nashville, but his newest album includes a song based on a true story of one of his ancestors who lived on a farm about 30 miles northeast of Rolla.
His album release tour has Mondlock playing close to where his great-great-grandfather Jackson Petty lived and died.
“The story of Jackson Petty has been in my family for generations, and I actually wrote the song some time ago,” Mondlock said. “But it never seemed to be the right time to record it until now.”
Mondock said his grandmother, Jackson Petty’s granddaughter, told him the story of how Petty used the corn growing on his family’s Missouri farm to save his life.
Petty was 13 at the start of the Civil War, and Mondlock’s grandmother said at that time, soldiers would come through farms like his family’s in Canaan, Missouri, looking for supplies and recruits.
His album release tour has Mondlock playing close to where his great-great-grandfather Jackson Petty lived and died.
“The story of Jackson Petty has been in my family for generations, and I actually wrote the song some time ago,” Mondlock said. “But it never seemed to be the right time to record it until now.”
Mondock said his grandmother, Jackson Petty’s granddaughter, told him the story of how Petty used the corn growing on his family’s Missouri farm to save his life.
Petty was 13 at the start of the Civil War, and Mondlock’s grandmother said at that time, soldiers would come through farms like his family’s in Canaan, Missouri, looking for supplies and recruits.
Buddy Mondlock’s new album features a song about his Missouri ancestors
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..."“The story of Jackson Petty has been in my family for generations, and I actually wrote the song some time ago,” Mondlock said. “But it never seemed to be the right time to record it until now.”
Mondock said his grandmother, Jackson Petty’s granddaughter, told him the story of how Petty used the corn growing on his family’s Missouri farm to save his life.
Petty was 13 at the start of the Civil War, and Mondlock’s grandmother said at that time, soldiers would come through farms like his family’s in Canaan, Missouri, looking for supplies and recruits.
“Jackson Petty’s parents told him ‘if they come and see you, they’re going to recruit you. They are going to force you to join whatever side comes through.’ Because they were looking for anyone taller than a rifle was fair game, I think,” Mondlock said.
So Jackson Petty was told to go out deep into the cornfield and lie down until the soldiers left.
And while he had a good life and became a father himself, according to the family story, Jackson Petty never got over the trauma."...
..."“The story of Jackson Petty has been in my family for generations, and I actually wrote the song some time ago,” Mondlock said. “But it never seemed to be the right time to record it until now.”
Mondock said his grandmother, Jackson Petty’s granddaughter, told him the story of how Petty used the corn growing on his family’s Missouri farm to save his life.
Petty was 13 at the start of the Civil War, and Mondlock’s grandmother said at that time, soldiers would come through farms like his family’s in Canaan, Missouri, looking for supplies and recruits.
“Jackson Petty’s parents told him ‘if they come and see you, they’re going to recruit you. They are going to force you to join whatever side comes through.’ Because they were looking for anyone taller than a rifle was fair game, I think,” Mondlock said.
So Jackson Petty was told to go out deep into the cornfield and lie down until the soldiers left.
And while he had a good life and became a father himself, according to the family story, Jackson Petty never got over the trauma."...
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