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Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and old time/country music singer. He was inducted as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978.
‘Hee Haw’ debuts in 1969. Television producers recruited 56-year-old Grandpa Jones to join the original cast of “Hee Haw,” a variety show that premiered on CBS in 1969 and later went into ...
The following year, Akeman began working with Grandpa Jones, another old-time banjo player and comedian. [5] Jones and Akeman worked together at the Opry and many years later on the Hee Haw television series. [5] They also became neighbors in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Akeman became a protégé of Uncle Dave Macon, one of the biggest Opry stars ...
Grandpa Jones - American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer and member of the Grand Ole Opry; David "Stringbean" Akeman - American country music banjo player and comedy musician best known for his role on the hit television show, Hee Haw, and as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He and his wife were neighbors of Grandpa ...
"Jesse James" is a 20th-century American folk song about the outlaw of the same name, first recorded by Bentley Ball in 1919 [1] and subsequently by many others, including Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Vernon Dalhart, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, The Pogues, The Ramblin' Riversiders, The Country Gentlemen, Willy DeVille, Van Morrison, Harry McClintock, Grandpa Jones, Bob Seger, The ...
Rattler Nation wants their Marching ‘100’ band to outplay B-CU’s Marching Wildcats during the halftime performances. The Florida Classic, known as ‘The Classic,' began in 1978.
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"I'm My Own Grandpa" (sometimes rendered as "I'm My Own Grandpaw") is a novelty song written by Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe, performed by Lonzo and Oscar in 1947, about a man who, through an unlikely (but legal) combination of marriages, becomes stepfather to his own stepmother. By dropping the "step-" modifiers, he becomes his own grandfather.