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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 (b/w "Count | + | 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 Your 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. | ||
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This song seems totally unrelated to a [https://archive.org/details/jemfquarterlyser1969john/page/134 much older song] of the same title (aka "The Catfish") 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 much older song] of the same title (aka "The Catfish") with different lyrics and a different melody. But perhaps Jones borrowed the name. | ||
| − | ==External | + | ==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 ''Billboard'' singles spotlight] | + | * [https://books.google.com/books?id=kSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19 ''Billboard'' singles spotlight] |
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{{#ev:youtube|JU_mSAwWOmk}} | {{#ev:youtube|JU_mSAwWOmk}} | ||
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[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Country music]] | [[Category:Country music]] | ||
[[Category:Fictional banjoists]] | [[Category:Fictional banjoists]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:17, 13 March 2025
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 Your 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 much older song of the same title (aka "The Catfish") with different lyrics and a different melody. But perhaps Jones borrowed the name.
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