Music · 04/25/2018
"Li'l Liza Jane", also known as "Little Liza Jane" and "Liza Jane", is a song dating back at least to the 1910s. It has become a perennial standard both as a song and an instrumental in traditional jazz, folk music, and bluegrass, and versions have repeatedly appeared in other genres including rock and roll. It is one of the standards of the New Orleans brass band tradition.
Music · 04/13/2018
Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Born in the farming community of Niagara in Henderson County, Kentucky, Jones spent his teenage years in Akron, Ohio, where he began singing country music tunes on a radio show on WJW. In 1931, Jones joined the Pine Ridge String Band, which provided the musical accompanime
Music · 03/14/2018
When It's Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing by Lester Flatt was written by Alton Delmore and was first recorded and released by The Delmore Brothers in 1940. Lester Flatt released it on the audio album Lester Raymond Flatt in 1975.
Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Music · 03/14/2018
Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Music · 03/11/2018
Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Music · 02/02/2018
The chorus of "Gold Watch and Chain" is based on the Reuben's Train songs that include Nine Hundred Miles. The verses are based on the 1879 Westendorf song, "Is There No Kiss For Me Tonight, Love."
RECORDING:
Carter Family, "Gold Watch and Chain" (Victor 23821, 1933; Montgomery Ward M-7354, c. 1937)
Music · 02/02/2018
A traditional bluegrass tune, “Pig in a Pen”for Grandpa Jones And Family.
The Jones Family performs "Pig In The Pen"on Hee Haw.
Music · 01/31/2018
The Hee Haw Gospel Quartet - Almost always closed the show's last segment. Clark, Owens, Grandpa Jones, and Kenny Price would sing a gospel hymn. Several of their performances were released as recordings. Joe Babcock took over as lead singer after Owens left the show, and Ray Burdette took over as bass singer after the death of Kenny Price; but the Quartet was not featured as often from that point on. However, the show still closed with a gospel song—if not by the Quartet, then by either the ent
Music · 01/09/2018
The Hee Haw Gospel Quartet performs "God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds"Live on Hee Haw 1979.
Music · 12/19/2017
Little Jimmy Dickens plays Country Boy on Grand Ole Opry.
This song is by Little Jimmy Dickens and appears on the album I'm Little, But I'm Loud: The Little Jimmy Dickens Collection (1996).