@@app_manifestationthink they are referring to the tight shots that look stabilized but the background moves too so I think it was just a crazy cameraman.
He earned his moniker in 1935, at just 22 years old, due to his off-stage grumpiness at the morning radio shows he attended, and also since his voice sounded a lot huskier than many people his age at the time. He so fell in love with his new nickname that he decided to look the part by wearing a fake mustache and continued doing so until he was old enough that the gimmick was no longer necessary for him.
@@ClassicTVMan1981X We shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but my dad and I saw him at a county fair in 1984, and he wasn't any too nice. I said "Hi, Grandpa," and he just threw up his hand. He did at least acknowledge me.
I have a recording of my grandparents and uncles singing this (obviously under the influence of mountain dew) from the late 60's. One of my most prized possessions
I'm a new York City guy born 1976 and I was never exposed to this kind of music UNTIL.....I heard Roy Clark play this song on the Odd Couple. Then I researched who Grandpa Jones is and OMG, he is awesome. All you country folks out there: I love the Southern and country culture and I appreciate this music so much. To me this is Americana at is best.
Each time my family would get together the guitars would come out and my grandfather(who actually used to play with Gene Autry whenever he'd come through the Midwest) would finish the night with this song and EVERYONE sang along. I'm 47 years old now and still cry whenever I hear this song. My grandpa is still the coolest person I've ever met
My grandad looked just like Grandpa Jones. He too, wore suspenders, was musically inclined and always danced around at our cabin doing some crazy jig. Grandad Ott was a hoot, my mentor & my favorite person in my life. Miss you, Grandad.
Webb Pierce is one of my favorite classic country singers. The guy had a guitar-shaped swimming pool and two convertibles covered in silver dollars. He was as lavish and hard-living as Grandpa Jones was humble and down-home.
His guitar-shaped swimming pool caused a lot of ruckus among his neighbors, mainly comedian Ray Stevens, when it was turned into a tourist attraction after Webb died.
I love country music. When I visited the Grand Ole Opry Theme Park in Nashville in ancient days.... I heard music and ran to it. On a makeshift stage was Grandpa Jones singing and playing his banjo. Unforgettable.
There was truly only ONE Grandpa Jones! He was a great entertainer throughout his years. The funny thing about Grandpa is that he dressed up like a Grandpa even when he was young! One of the all time greats in Country music.
Back in the day that was the system throughout the Appalachian Mountains, you never met the people running the stills. You weren't really sure exactly where it was only about where. You drop off your jug with a few bucks, come back later and pick-up the full jug. But anybody going up there snooping about looking for the still - That was the easiest way to get shot!!
so mountain dew back then was some kind of secret code for moonshine? xD epic, when i first heard this song i thought he was singing about the soft drink that bears the same name
@@warbossgrotsmasha23 Moonshine has been a Appalachian tradition probably sense when the first settlers moved westward. Mountain dew, White lighting, Dragons breath, hooch etc etc are terms used by pretty much anyone who lived in those areas including authority figures.
This is a song about moonshine, when they first started making moonshine they called it mountain dew as a slang. Just listen to the lyrics you'll understand.
I used to watch Hee Haw with all the Great Grandpa's Jones used to crack me up when I say hey Grandpa what's for dinner and he tell you or when he would sing along with Roy Clark and all of them with Gloom Despair and Agony On Me I miss Hee Haw wish that bring a show like that bag that was when country was great God bless them all
Крутой дедушка! )) The graetest granpa in all my life. Bring me the musik, fellow -- not the war! From Moskow, Russia, with love to all the peoples of the world. Для меня нет ничего приятнее и роднее настоящей народной музыки. Я проклинаю политиков и их чёртовы антинародные "интересы! Не убий -- сказал Господь! Не грабь, не убивай! Amen.
Not a lot of people know this, but music was a tough business for country stars for the longest time. Grandpa perfected his craft before a lot of small audiences well before he became an established star. BTW. love this version of that mustache. I heard some people from a community radio station that shall remain nameless. Their main mission in life was to keep the folk music tradition alive. For some strange reason, they were always dissing my Grandpa. One of them said it was the way he kicked his leg up every time he played. And I had to ask them, "Just how tight is your rear end when you can't cut loose and enjoy a real entertainer?" Couldn't answer that question. One more thing, it wasn't until after Hee Haw was aired that some really good country and western stars finally started earning a good living, and that probably included my Grandpa, too.
Cool story bro. What's with his eyes here? I'm asking seriously? Was this done recently on a computer? Have you seen other versions where his eyes seem normal? Do you have alien eyes?
Wait...YOUR Grandpa? As in, not just Everybody's Grandpa, but yours specifically? Well, isn't that cool! As for the leg kick, wasn't Uncle Dave Macon one of Jones's influences? I believe that was also one of his moves.
@@robinwarren6924 or, you know, instead of making a comment about how much you hate those kind of comments and spreading hate you could just ignore it and move on. Just saying
There's a big holler tree down the road here from me Where you lay down a dollar or two Well you go round the bend and when you come back again There's a jug full of good ole mountain dew Oh they call it that ole mountain dew And them that refuse it are few I'll shut up my mug if you fill up my jug With some good ole mountain dew Now my uncle Nort, he's sawed off and short He measures about four foot two But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint Of that good ole mountain dew Well my ole aunt Jill bought some brand new perfume It had such a sweet smellin' pew But to her surprise when she had it analyzed It was nothin' but good ole mountain dew Well the preacher rolled by with his head heisted high Said his wife had been down with the flu And he thought that I ought just to sell him a quart Of that good ole mountain dew Well my brother Bill's got a still on the hill Where he runs of a gallon or two Now the buzzards in the sky get so drunk, they can't fly From smellin' the good ole mountain dew Oh they call it that ole mountain dew And them that refuse it are few I'll shut up my mug if you fill up my jug With some good ole mountain dew
Cool true story about grandpa Jones my grandfather and grandpa Jones was 4th cousins i always loved them good days when my paps would tell me stories about how hard life was back then and how people would stop to help one another and not ask for anything in return yes i truly believe that was the best generation that ever was because my grand dad lived through the great depression and he would tell me he would walk half a mile every day to go fetch water for mal to fix dinner i grew up learning from the best generation ever and if people knew how close America is to the worst grate depression the question is would you make it out on top of it?
Meet him back stage at the Opry .it was his birthday and I found some sheet music with him on the back of it.gvd it to his wife and he thanked me.good times with bill hall his wife and Amanda
I came here through an interview with the jazz bass player John Lamb who played in the Duke Ellington Big Band. He said that he never was into Country Music but liked this musician and this song. So had to hear it and I can relay to it.
nothing tops grandpaw jones ever in history. the most natural loveable entertainer. his "whats for supper"? is even more historic. its too bad to think this person had to have his best friend string bean murdered.
Listen to him shred at 2:29 The raw talent alone is almost supernatural! Can you imagine if he had gotten the chance to shred on a modern day electric guitar?! It would’ve been historic!
"Modern day" electric guitars (the "shred-able" solid body types) have been around since the the Fender Stratocaster was introduced in 1954; the electric guitar in general was introduced in the 1920s. I'm other words, I'd be baffled if he DIDN'T play the electric guitar on occasion.
