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Comedy
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Country & Bluegrass
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| Descriptive "tags": |
country • comedy • classic country • humor • all popular • boppin hillbilly • classic track • stand-up comedy • stand up • stand up comedy • standup • stand-up • humour • comedian • standup comedy • parody • folk • jazz • funny
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| Decades Active: |
1950s
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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Biography
Homer (Henry D. Haynes, 27 July 1920, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, d. 7 August 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA) and Jethro (b. Kenneth C. Burns, 10 March 1920, Conasauga, Tennessee, USA, d. 4 February 1989, Evanston, Illinois, USA) were both from Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. They went to the same school and learned to play stringed instruments as young children. In 1932, they began to work together as musicians on WNOX Knoxville, where they performed in a quartet known as the String Dusters. With Homer on guitar and Jethro on mandolin, they mainly played instrumental pop music and any vocals were usually performed as a trio. Somewhat bored with the regular format, they developed a comedy act that they used backstage. They began to present comedy versions of popular songs by maintaining the melody but changing the lyrics, and before long, they were encouraged to perform them live on the radio. They were given the names of Homer and Jethro by the programme director, Lowell...
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