I'm A Pickin' and I'm A Grinnin' No More

For those of you who grew up with out the benefit of cable television and were restricted to the then three networks, Hee-Haw may have been part of your Saturday afternoon viewing routine. In my house, my father enjoyed the back woods, hillbilly humor that the show seemed to have in abundance. My father was a barber and always enjoyed the jokes told from the barber chair. I would expect that he also enjoyed the Hee-Haw girls running around dressed like Ellie Mae Clampett. There was also the bevy of country music and Grand Ole Opry members that graced the show.

This entry is a salute to the Hager twins. For those of you who paid attention to the less talented of the cast of Hee-Haw, there were identical twins that did acoustic songs on the show. One would play the guitar and both would sing. I never thought they were very good but I did not care for country music (that hasn't changed). Jon Hager died a few days ago at the age of 67. He was the surviving member of the duo. His brother Jim passed away last May. Both brothers were fresh faced and mop topped and always had that innocent charm. On a show with talents like Roy Clark and Buck Owens, they were like the fill in act on the Lawrence Welk Show (again I date myself)

As I get older, the staples that filled my childhood are slowly becoming no more than memories. All of the actors and music groups are slowly becoming as Kansas says, Dust in the .... At least we will have the shows and the songs to remember them by. So a a last farewell to the Hager twins, Salute!

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Cobb