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| − | Banjo picker from a song by ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063908/reference Hee-Haw]'''s Grandpa Jones. He released it as a single in 1961 on Monument Records. | + | Banjo picker from a song by ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063908/reference Hee-Haw]'''s Grandpa Jones. He released it as a single in 1961 on Monument Records (b/w "Count Yuor Blessings"). |
A simple cotton and sugarcane farmer from Alabam(a), Sam runs away from home to join a band. He saves his money and plans to return home and build a mansion for him, his mother, and brother. | A simple cotton and sugarcane farmer from Alabam(a), Sam runs away from home to join a band. He saves his money and plans to return home and build a mansion for him, his mother, and brother. | ||
| − | This song seems totally unrelated to a [https://archive.org/details/jemfquarterlyser1969john/page/134?q="banjo+sam" much older song] of the same title, but with different lyrics and a different melody. But perhaps Jones borrowed the name. | + | This song seems totally unrelated to a [https://archive.org/details/jemfquarterlyser1969john/page/134?q="banjo+sam" much older song] of the same title (aka :The Catfish," but with different lyrics and a different melody. But perhaps Jones borrowed the name. |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU_mSAwWOmk | *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU_mSAwWOmk | ||
| − | *[https://books.google.com/books?id=kSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19 | + | *[https://books.google.com/books?id=kSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19 ''Billboard'' singles spotlight] |
*http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Grandpa_Jones:Banjo_Sam | *http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Grandpa_Jones:Banjo_Sam | ||
Revision as of 07:47, 8 November 2018
Banjo picker from a song by Hee-Haw's Grandpa Jones. He released it as a single in 1961 on Monument Records (b/w "Count Yuor Blessings").
A simple cotton and sugarcane farmer from Alabam(a), Sam runs away from home to join a band. He saves his money and plans to return home and build a mansion for him, his mother, and brother.
This song seems totally unrelated to a "banjo+sam" much older song of the same title (aka :The Catfish," but with different lyrics and a different melody. But perhaps Jones borrowed the name.
