Jimmie Riddle and Jackie Phelps Eephing and Hamboning on Hee Haw 1969

This is a short clip from Episode one of Hee-Haw First Aired in 1969 and Features Jimmy Riddle & Jackie Phelps hamboning and effing.

Eefing (also written eeephing, eephing, eeefing, eefin[1], or eefn' and doubtless other ways) is an Appalachian (United States) vocal technique similar to beatboxing, but nearly a century older. Jennifer Sharpe describes it as "a kind of hiccupping, rhythmic wheeze that started in rural Tennessee more than 100 years ago.

An eefing piece called "Swamp Root" was one of the first singles recorded and released by Sam Phillips. Singer Joe Perkins had a minor 1963 hit "Little Eeefin' Annie", (76 on the Billboard chart, featuring eefer Jimmie Riddle, whom Sharpe calls "the acknowledged master of the genre." Riddle later brought eefing to national visibility on the television series Hee Haw.

If you want to see something mighty weird. I slowed it down to see what the guy's doing. This is terrifying. Deeply disturbing, but I wish I could do it.

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[TITOZISKITO]

fake

[kc7fys]

Ha ha... actually, it's real. I slowed it down so I could see what they are doing more closely. Jimmie Riddle's the real deal--his eephin' style is unsurpassed. Google the man. He's amazing.

[4freespeech]

Yeah when you slow it down it sounds way

too much like

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS

[kc7fys]

True. Why are we hardwired for gridlock? Get something done! Thanks for your remarks.

[wingman345]

Thanx a lot..... I had to wrap my head with duct tape to keep it from blowin'.... Now I gotta' shave it to get it all off....

Way to move, bowels....

[GooglFascists]

Make the guys at GITMO listen to this all night

and we'll finally find out WHO DID 9-11!

[satantheclown]

Beatboxing in 1969, lol.

[taocoyote]

This will haunt my nightmares...

[ModGirl1967]

@MrUnidyne I thank God I never hallucinated this when I was trippin' back in the day! I'd have landed in the mental ward with Carl from Slingblade. And I'd still be there.

[ModGirl1967]

Dude's mouth! :D :D :D

[MrUnidyne]

@Burnwash It sounds like it's being listened to ON acid!

[mjazzguitar]

Sounds like and the gods made love by hendrix/

[gankaloid]

There is something really unsettling about this.

[Burnwash]

Man - ! Can you imagine watching and listening to this on acid?!

[iconjack]

let's see regular motion