Jethro and Roy

[Perry]

Sorry if this has been posted before; heck worth another look anyway!

Jethro smoking up the fingerboard.

p.s. for some reason I can't get the hang of posting a YouTube on this site:

https://youtu.be/4YhiBqeIooo

[Mark Gunter]

Man, that's so good. Thanks for sharing.

[Bob Buckingham]

Jethro is sounding very good. That looks like an Ibanez mandolin with a wireless pickup. Could that be? And those Gretch guitars back in those days with the V in the peghead look weird now. Nice touch with the rhinestone guitar strap and bib overalls. Nicer yet that they featured real musicians on Hee Haw from time to time.

[Russ Jordan]

Jethro endorsed Washburn mandolins

[John Rosett]

Definitely the Washburn.

[DavidKOS]

Nicer yet that they featured real musicians on Hee Haw from time to time.

If I recall, Hee Haw used only top-notch professional musicians; I don't remember any music that was not really well done, even the comedy stuff.

[Timbofood]

And they look like it’s fun, it also just “flows” out of both of this two! It is such a joy to see two talents like this having such a good time!
Thanks for sharing.

[Mark Gunter]

If I recall, Hee Haw used only top-notch professional musicians; I don't remember any music that was not really well done, even the comedy stuff.

+1

[Bill McCall]

If I recall, Hee Haw used only top-notch professional musicians; I don't remember any music that was not really well done, even the comedy stuff.

Roy and Jethro were part of the $1M band, along with Chet Atkins and Johnny Gamble, among others.

Yeah, I was a regular watcher, my Dad’s hometown was saluted by Johnny Cash, Salem S.C., population 206 (1960).

[Bob Buckingham]

The inlays looked like one of those early Ibanez. Wonder if Ibanez and Washburn mandolins came out of the same factory?

[bobby bill]

Jethro smoking up the fingerboard.

p.s. for some reason I can't get the hang of posting a YouTube on this site:

Thank you. That was super fine.

And I actually appreciate the YouTube link since imbedded videos have been just a big black unplayable square for me for the last year or so.

[Steve Lavelle]

The thing that struck me about Jethro's playing was how little he used his pinky, even on chords.

[Jimmybikes]

I think Roy Clark is one of the most unrecognized country musicians out there. He's great on Banjo as well!

[AlanN]

Roy and Jethro were part of the $1M band, along with Chet Atkins and Johnny Gamble, among others.

Yeah, Jethro said they owed a million! I like how them two seem to 'sway' together throughout the number. And Roy was really paying attention to Jethro.

Thanks for posting, that was great.

[Timbofood]

Roy and Jethro were part of the $1M band, along with Chet Atkins and Johnny Gamble, among others.

Yeah, I was a regular watcher, my Dad’s hometown was saluted by Johnny Cash, Salem S.C., population 206 (1960).

I think you mean Gimble, aometimes fingers just decide they want to do something on their own!

[Mark Gunter]

I think Roy Clark is one of the most unrecognized country musicians out there. He's great on Banjo as well!

I'm an old fart, I remember when Roy Clark was honored as Entertainer of the Year, and for good reason. I study his work from time to time, or rather, I watch videos. Buck Owens was no slouch either, he created a sub-genre (The Bakersfield Sound) ... like David said, musicians who played on Hee Haw were always top of the game.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5d8KtpIoEQ

[RustyMadd]

Jethro is sounding very good. That looks like an Ibanez mandolin with a wireless pickup. Could that be? And those Gretch guitars back in those days with the V in the peghead look weird now. Nice touch with the rhinestone guitar strap and bib overalls. Nicer yet that they featured real musicians on Hee Haw from time to time.

Yes and no. It is an Ibanez and it is a wired pickup wired to the amp on the floor behind him. You can see the plug coming through the endpin. Blessings