I didn't mind the Battle of New Orlenas, even tho it had a message of the battleground, & this here goofing around with the original didn't help it out any. Sure the lyrics may not be as serious and dynamic as Johnny Horton were but it's the music too....1 star out of 5(sorry, just being honest). Besides it's the way I feel & listening to this song dosen't help ease the pressure level!. I'd rather listen to Alley Opp or Itsy Bitsy Tinnie weenie yellow polka dot bikini anyday. Thx
my grandfather got me into listening to them when i was 9 on a reel to reel from a knoxville,tn radio station recording from the studio of two hours of them goofing off. every time they take me back to that time.
"Homer" was the cousin of Chet Atkins, one of the greatest guitar pickers of all times. Both Homer and Jethro had played on Chet Atkins band before and during their comedic stint. It was only after Jethro died of a sudden heart attack they didn't make anymore albums.
They even inspired the Smothers Brothers. They were great.
@sm9847 It was Henry Haynes (Homer) who died of a heart attack in 1971. Jethro did not pass away until 1989. He continued to perform and was one of the great mandolin players.
Oh, I don't think everyone overlooks it, but I think you're right about them being great musicians. Homer Haynes was a very respected (albeit sometimes overlooked) studio musician in Nashville for RCA, and Kenneth "Jethro" Burns set the bar for mandolin players and was for a long time part of the "Million Dollar Band", which was a group of superstar players that assembled for the show "Hee Haw" in the late 60s and 70s. I think they were great.
I also grew up listening to Homer and Jethro. I hope to see more of their song parodies on YouTube. Not only they were great humorists, they were accomplished musicians.
Do you know the name of the song I think these guys did and it was a parody of elvis and somebody keeps messing with the echo effect? "I feel so lonely" also did they do a song about a chinese guy "lotchi how' or something like that...appreciate your help thanks...
I don't remember the Chinese guy, but the first song you mentioned sounds a lot like Stan Freberg's version of "Heartbreak Hotel." Homer and Jethro did a version of it called "Hart Brake Hotel" but nobody messes with the echo. They sing "The waiter in the dining room, he filled my heart with cheer; He said I would enjoy it 'cause I could eat dirt cheap here."
I grew up listening to Homer and Jethro, my dad's favorites for years. One can only imagine what it might have been like when Chet, Jethro, and perhaps a few others got together for Thanksgiving or a Christmas event in one of their homes, playing music and cutting up as family.
I found "Homer & Jethro Strike Back" in a Sears store. Then it was called Sears & Robucks. This song of course was on it. It was on the RCA CAMDEN label. I think I paid $1.69! It was a really great collection. I was in high school at the time and I played that record so much. Even back then I didn't see their product in stores much. Too bad, they were so great.
What everyone overlooks is that these guys were superb musicians. They made two albums ... one was called Playin' It Straight and I can't recall the other. Jethro and his mandolin could hold their own with any jazz group. Homer's rhythm guitar was steady and very much an integral part of the mix. In fact, they are up there with Les Paul when it comes to irreplaceable. It's harder to play BAD ... but they could do that, too.
My dad is very much into them so when I was a kid he used to play a lot of their albums.. (Im 36 now)
I like the billboard song by them too..
As I was walking down the street a billboard caught me eye the advertisements written there would make you laugh and cry the signs were torn and scattered from the storm the night before and as I read the things they said why this is what I saw.. smoke coke a cola cigarettes drink Wrigleys spearmint beer.. etc..
go to the 1:03 second mark and someone edited it to say that they looked slutty. that kinda ruined the whole video
danieldialtone 3 weeks ago
@danieldialtone Sorry, no. That's just a splice in the original print. The track is from the LP version - there's nothing in there like that.
pappyredux 3 weeks ago
Is it bad that this vid makes me want to stay home for 3 days and watch endless reruns of Ren & Stympie?
SuperBetty213 4 weeks ago
Funny, but great song.
I love it.
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 2 months ago
Homer and Jethro in color. great !
MrRETEROROB 3 months ago 2
Great- thanks for posting! Funny stuff! Ron
rwells47 6 months ago
Ya look clean but ya laff dirty.....
Toysoldier22613 6 months ago
this is straight off of HEE-HAW!!! Lawd Halp me Jaysus!!
wdharvey1 8 months ago
@wdharvey1 I think this is from the 50's, not from Hee Haw.
rockinredneck57 3 months ago
@wdharvey1 Actually, it looks more like early 60's, maybe the Wilburn Brothers Show. But, def not Hee Haw.
rockinredneck57 3 months ago
How does he pick those licks with no strap?
Elwood - Was the other instrumental album called It Ain't Necessarily Square?
Jethro did make a solo mandolin album called Tea For One.
PHJimY 1 year ago
I didn't mind the Battle of New Orlenas, even tho it had a message of the battleground, & this here goofing around with the original didn't help it out any. Sure the lyrics may not be as serious and dynamic as Johnny Horton were but it's the music too....1 star out of 5(sorry, just being honest). Besides it's the way I feel & listening to this song dosen't help ease the pressure level!. I'd rather listen to Alley Opp or Itsy Bitsy Tinnie weenie yellow polka dot bikini anyday. Thx
Ezdduf4kuZ 1 year ago
@Ezdduf4kuZ I don't know what your pressure level is about ,but do know that was was history being made in music
mario72342 1 year ago
a key they've had little to no luck with?
wavnut 1 year ago
@wavnut oh a tune :)
wavnut 1 year ago
@wavnut A tune that they have had little to no luck with. you know a tune = a song.
They have very dry humor and can do all of these jokes without cracking a smile.
RagingWookiee45 9 months ago
I'm quite impressed they were able to get away with that last joke on that show!
saskabush2006 1 year ago 3
@ksgirl16 -- Elwood2911 is talking about the fact that they only made 2 all-instrumental records. As a duo, their LP count in up in the '30's.
As far as the records you mentioned, H&J Lp's show up constantly on eBay. Multiple copies of those records are up there now..
pappyredux 1 year ago
They made more than two albums - not sure how many. How I wish I could find their "Zany Songs of the '30s" and "Live at the Country Club."
I named one of my cats Homer and the next one I get will be named Jethro!
ksgirl16 1 year ago
Love it, it makes me sooo happy!
TheCrazyannie 1 year ago
my grandfather got me into listening to them when i was 9 on a reel to reel from a knoxville,tn radio station recording from the studio of two hours of them goofing off. every time they take me back to that time.
docMilla 1 year ago 2
"Homer" was the cousin of Chet Atkins, one of the greatest guitar pickers of all times. Both Homer and Jethro had played on Chet Atkins band before and during their comedic stint. It was only after Jethro died of a sudden heart attack they didn't make anymore albums.
They even inspired the Smothers Brothers. They were great.
sm9847 1 year ago 2
@sm9847 It was Homer (Henry Haynes) that died suddenly of a heart attack in 1971. Jethro did not pass away until 1989.
36114lib 1 year ago
@sm9847 It was Henry Haynes (Homer) who died of a heart attack in 1971. Jethro did not pass away until 1989. He continued to perform and was one of the great mandolin players.
36114lib 1 year ago
Oh, I don't think everyone overlooks it, but I think you're right about them being great musicians. Homer Haynes was a very respected (albeit sometimes overlooked) studio musician in Nashville for RCA, and Kenneth "Jethro" Burns set the bar for mandolin players and was for a long time part of the "Million Dollar Band", which was a group of superstar players that assembled for the show "Hee Haw" in the late 60s and 70s. I think they were great.
enigmaduo 1 year ago
I have not heard this song in years.
It is a fun but good song.
Thanks for posting it.
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 1 year ago 2
it makes me think of me and my mates lol this is ace
TheGodOfRockNRolla 1 year ago
thank you so much for posting this......real fond child hood memories...
snakesalive061 1 year ago
I haven't heard this since I was a kid!
Thx for posting!
thejohnalien60 1 year ago
"You said 'Rubbing girls together'."
"I know what I'm sayin'... You rub what YOU like together."
Classic! XD
Lepper36 1 year ago 5
LMAO that's great!! Thanks for posting this video it's awesome!!
Elowen 1 year ago
WOW even better thant the Dr. Demento EP
robyboy718 1 year ago
ok, THAT was funny
jubmaster13 2 years ago 10
I also grew up listening to Homer and Jethro. I hope to see more of their song parodies on YouTube. Not only they were great humorists, they were accomplished musicians.
flash472002 2 years ago
Do you know the name of the song I think these guys did and it was a parody of elvis and somebody keeps messing with the echo effect? "I feel so lonely" also did they do a song about a chinese guy "lotchi how' or something like that...appreciate your help thanks...
1asotspla 2 years ago
I don't remember the Chinese guy, but the first song you mentioned sounds a lot like Stan Freberg's version of "Heartbreak Hotel." Homer and Jethro did a version of it called "Hart Brake Hotel" but nobody messes with the echo. They sing "The waiter in the dining room, he filled my heart with cheer; He said I would enjoy it 'cause I could eat dirt cheap here."
flash472002 2 years ago
Sorry; I think it was actually "Hart Brake Motel."
flash472002 2 years ago
Thanks I found the other one its the chinese mule train by spike jones, I think it is stan freberg who did the heart break hotel, thanks again
1asotspla 2 years ago
I'm 21 and i think this is a classic novelty song.
ConnDevi88 2 years ago
Good for you.
gospelmusiclover48 2 years ago
OMG!
One of the best things I've ever seen here!!!!!!
Sooooo good!
thompsonlake 2 years ago
the song i wanted was called the Billboard song. please someone post it
it is funny
oldermusiclover 2 years ago
This song rocks out loud :) Stuff like this are lost
TheDragonRescueTeam 2 years ago
Jazzin' out on a mandolin!
skategreaser 2 years ago
weird al has nothin on these guys
mayorofwilsonville 2 years ago 3
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oldermusiclover 2 years ago
I grew up listening to Homer and Jethro, my dad's favorites for years. One can only imagine what it might have been like when Chet, Jethro, and perhaps a few others got together for Thanksgiving or a Christmas event in one of their homes, playing music and cutting up as family.
brucew44guns 2 years ago
I first heard this song on "Dr. Dementos 20th Aniversery"Collection and fell in love with it. Their song "Corn Flakes" is pretty good too.
horrorfan1930 2 years ago
Amazing stuff!! :D ***** from Igor
UkuleleIgor 2 years ago
I saw Homer & Jethro live at a music convention in Chicago in 1959. I'd not seen anything like them, and they were great, of course!
DonsVideoWorld 2 years ago 2
I found "Homer & Jethro Strike Back" in a Sears store. Then it was called Sears & Robucks. This song of course was on it. It was on the RCA CAMDEN label. I think I paid $1.69! It was a really great collection. I was in high school at the time and I played that record so much. Even back then I didn't see their product in stores much. Too bad, they were so great.
DonsVideoWorld 2 years ago
Where is this kind of talent today???
Homer and Jethro were the BEST!!!
russell56443 2 years ago 3
I grew up listening to my dad's Home and Jethro LPs. Love their music.
cyberzonie 2 years ago
What everyone overlooks is that these guys were superb musicians. They made two albums ... one was called Playin' It Straight and I can't recall the other. Jethro and his mandolin could hold their own with any jazz group. Homer's rhythm guitar was steady and very much an integral part of the mix. In fact, they are up there with Les Paul when it comes to irreplaceable. It's harder to play BAD ... but they could do that, too.
Elwood2911 2 years ago 20
@Elwood2911 I had an album titled "Songs My Mother Wouldn`t Sing ",
ageingtrucker 1 year ago
@Elwood2911 I'm thinking "Home & Jethro at the Country Club" was the other album.
KD5XB 6 months ago
For some reason, very little homer & Jethro music is available on CB; a shame.
sirmontyrock 2 years ago
Oh, just the LOOK on Jethro at 1:57...I don't know what he sees, or thinks, but DAMN.
MoonEyes2k 2 years ago
I have this on vinyl.
Man, I'm old.
BerthaDeeBlues 2 years ago
me just gets this on a 45 for free at a after-yard sale-free pile
maverickdragon2079 2 years ago
Wow...GREAT players as well......
thompsonlake 2 years ago
This is great! Homer and Jethro were a top notch comic and music talent.
Banjomountain 3 years ago
damn thede guys are way before my time and i still love the music
haircaptian11 3 years ago
"I know what I said......YOU rub what u like together"
XD
polontinybb 3 years ago 3
I was a kid, and i first heard this on my dads 8-track. Loved it as much then as I do now.
jmonee7 3 years ago
What instrument does the guy to the right of Homer have?
polontinybb 3 years ago
That's pedal steel guitar
johnscck 3 years ago
Thank you so much!
polontinybb 3 years ago
No, it's a mandolin.
nijiumu 2 years ago
No, that would be what JETHRO have...who is not the guy mentioned.
MoonEyes2k 2 years ago
what instrument does the guy have next to Homer?
polontinybb 3 years ago
i reposted it above
polontinybb 3 years ago
Simply awesome! They are as funny today as they were back then. Where are the truly funny and talented acts like this today?
rockinredneck57 3 years ago 2
Do you have Jambalaya from this same show? They played it right before this one. Please post it if you've got it. It's one of my favorites! Thanks!
legboot 3 years ago
Homer & Jethro were the greatest-thanx for this awesome footage!
timzydecozahn 3 years ago
Classic!
They were truly funny..
My dad is very much into them so when I was a kid he used to play a lot of their albums.. (Im 36 now)
I like the billboard song by them too..
As I was walking down the street a billboard caught me eye the advertisements written there would make you laugh and cry the signs were torn and scattered from the storm the night before and as I read the things they said why this is what I saw.. smoke coke a cola cigarettes drink Wrigleys spearmint beer.. etc..
orangie84 3 years ago 4
HAHA... this is soooo cool!! I saw this on Max's channel... I loved it!! jackie
karaokewoman4life 3 years ago 3
This is awesome! I can't believe I found them on here. Thanks for posting this!!!
tigerhugger66 3 years ago 2