He earned his moniker in 1935, at just 22 years old, due to his off-stage grumpiness at the morning radio shows he attended, and also since his voice sounded a lot huskier than many people his age at the time. He so fell in love with his new nickname that he decided to look the part by wearing a fake mustache and continued doing so until he was old enough that the gimmick was no longer necessary for him.
@@ClassicTVMan1981X We shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but my dad and I saw him at a county fair in 1984, and he wasn't any too nice. I said "Hi, Grandpa," and he just threw up his hand. He did at least acknowledge me.
I have a recording of my grandparents and uncles singing this (obviously under the influence of mountain dew) from the late 60's. One of my most prized possessions
There was truly only ONE Grandpa Jones! He was a great entertainer throughout his years. The funny thing about Grandpa is that he dressed up like a Grandpa even when he was young! One of the all time greats in Country music.
My grandad looked just like Grandpa Jones. He too, wore suspenders, was musically inclined and always danced around at our cabin doing some crazy jig. Grandad Ott was a hoot, my mentor & my favorite person in my life. Miss you, Grandad.
Each time my family would get together the guitars would come out and my grandfather(who actually used to play with Gene Autry whenever he'd come through the Midwest) would finish the night with this song and EVERYONE sang along. I'm 47 years old now and still cry whenever I hear this song. My grandpa is still the coolest person I've ever met
I'm a new York City guy born 1976 and I was never exposed to this kind of music UNTIL.....I heard Roy Clark play this song on the Odd Couple. Then I researched who Grandpa Jones is and OMG, he is awesome. All you country folks out there: I love the Southern and country culture and I appreciate this music so much. To me this is Americana at is best.
I love country music. When I visited the Grand Ole Opry Theme Park in Nashville in ancient days.... I heard music and ran to it. On a makeshift stage was Grandpa Jones singing and playing his banjo. Unforgettable.
Webb Pierce is one of my favorite classic country singers. The guy had a guitar-shaped swimming pool and two convertibles covered in silver dollars. He was as lavish and hard-living as Grandpa Jones was humble and down-home.
His guitar-shaped swimming pool caused a lot of ruckus among his neighbors, mainly comedian Ray Stevens, when it was turned into a tourist attraction after Webb died.
I used to watch Hee Haw with all the Great Grandpa's Jones used to crack me up when I say hey Grandpa what's for dinner and he tell you or when he would sing along with Roy Clark and all of them with Gloom Despair and Agony On Me I miss Hee Haw wish that bring a show like that bag that was when country was great God bless them all
This is a song about moonshine, when they first started making moonshine they called it mountain dew as a slang. Just listen to the lyrics you'll understand.
Back in the day that was the system throughout the Appalachian Mountains, you never met the people running the stills. You weren't really sure exactly where it was only about where. You drop off your jug with a few bucks, come back later and pick-up the full jug. But anybody going up there snooping about looking for the still - That was the easiest way to get shot!!
so mountain dew back then was some kind of secret code for moonshine? xD epic, when i first heard this song i thought he was singing about the soft drink that bears the same name
@@warbossgrotsmasha23 Moonshine has been a Appalachian tradition probably sense when the first settlers moved westward. Mountain dew, White lighting, Dragons breath, hooch etc etc are terms used by pretty much anyone who lived in those areas including authority figures.
I came here through an interview with the jazz bass player John Lamb who played in the Duke Ellington Big Band. He said that he never was into Country Music but liked this musician and this song. So had to hear it and I can relay to it.
Cool true story about grandpa Jones my grandfather and grandpa Jones was 4th cousins i always loved them good days when my paps would tell me stories about how hard life was back then and how people would stop to help one another and not ask for anything in return yes i truly believe that was the best generation that ever was because my grand dad lived through the great depression and he would tell me he would walk half a mile every day to go fetch water for mal to fix dinner i grew up learning from the best generation ever and if people knew how close America is to the worst grate depression the question is would you make it out on top of it?
Крутой дедушка! )) The graetest granpa in all my life. Bring me the musik, fellow -- not the war! From Moskow, Russia, with love to all the peoples of the world. Для меня нет ничего приятнее и роднее настоящей народной музыки. Я проклинаю политиков и их чёртовы антинародные "интересы! Не убий -- сказал Господь! Не грабь, не убивай! Amen.
Not a lot of people know this, but music was a tough business for country stars for the longest time. Grandpa perfected his craft before a lot of small audiences well before he became an established star. BTW. love this version of that mustache. I heard some people from a community radio station that shall remain nameless. Their main mission in life was to keep the folk music tradition alive. For some strange reason, they were always dissing my Grandpa. One of them said it was the way he kicked his leg up every time he played. And I had to ask them, "Just how tight is your rear end when you can't cut loose and enjoy a real entertainer?" Couldn't answer that question. One more thing, it wasn't until after Hee Haw was aired that some really good country and western stars finally started earning a good living, and that probably included my Grandpa, too.
Cool story bro. What's with his eyes here? I'm asking seriously? Was this done recently on a computer? Have you seen other versions where his eyes seem normal? Do you have alien eyes?
Wait...YOUR Grandpa? As in, not just Everybody's Grandpa, but yours specifically? Well, isn't that cool! As for the leg kick, wasn't Uncle Dave Macon one of Jones's influences? I believe that was also one of his moves.
There's a big holler tree down the road here from me Where you lay down a dollar or two Well you go round the bend and when you come back again There's a jug full of good ole mountain dew Oh they call it that ole mountain dew And them that refuse it are few I'll shut up my mug if you fill up my jug With some good ole mountain dew Now my uncle Nort, he's sawed off and short He measures about four foot two But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint Of that good ole mountain dew Well my ole aunt Jill bought some brand new perfume It had such a sweet smellin' pew But to her surprise when she had it analyzed It was nothin' but good ole mountain dew Well the preacher rolled by with his head heisted high Said his wife had been down with the flu And he thought that I ought just to sell him a quart Of that good ole mountain dew Well my brother Bill's got a still on the hill Where he runs of a gallon or two Now the buzzards in the sky get so drunk, they can't fly From smellin' the good ole mountain dew Oh they call it that ole mountain dew And them that refuse it are few I'll shut up my mug if you fill up my jug With some good ole mountain dew
@@robinwarren6924 or, you know, instead of making a comment about how much you hate those kind of comments and spreading hate you could just ignore it and move on. Just saying
Meet him back stage at the Opry .it was his birthday and I found some sheet music with him on the back of it.gvd it to his wife and he thanked me.good times with bill hall his wife and Amanda
nothing tops grandpaw jones ever in history. the most natural loveable entertainer. his "whats for supper"? is even more historic. its too bad to think this person had to have his best friend string bean murdered.
Listen to him shred at 2:29 The raw talent alone is almost supernatural! Can you imagine if he had gotten the chance to shred on a modern day electric guitar?! It would’ve been historic!
"Modern day" electric guitars (the "shred-able" solid body types) have been around since the the Fender Stratocaster was introduced in 1954; the electric guitar in general was introduced in the 1920s. I'm other words, I'd be baffled if he DIDN'T play the electric guitar on occasion.
I miss this guy. He started as a young man playing the grandpa part and gracefully aged into that roll. RIP Carl and Ramona.
He earned his moniker in 1935, at just 22 years old, due to his off-stage grumpiness at the morning radio shows he attended, and also since his voice sounded a lot huskier than many people his age at the time. He so fell in love with his new nickname that he decided to look the part by wearing a fake mustache and continued doing so until he was old enough that the gimmick was no longer necessary for him.
@@ClassicTVMan1981X We shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but my dad and I saw him at a county fair in 1984, and he wasn't any too nice. I said "Hi, Grandpa," and he just threw up his hand. He did at least acknowledge me.
I feel like that's Dom Flemon's in our time. He's only 40 but, you'd think he was already a grandfather if you didn't know.
Might have just been a bad day
Whoever bleeped up this video with computer psychedelics belongs in jail.
I have a recording of my grandparents and uncles singing this (obviously under the influence of mountain dew) from the late 60's. One of my most prized possessions
Great Story! Thank You!
it would be really cool if you could throw a copy of that online - provided you get approval from your famiily of course
That's so cool!
I wanna see it (:
someone new
Back when he had to pretend to be old.
I think the mustache may have been real the color though I would say was definitely fake
@@chrisnixon1991 The stache was fake.
@@christopherwood2290 I guess he grew a mustache as he got older
@@chrisnixon1991 Yes, his mustache was fake in his early days, which was during the Great Depression.
Haha, those were the days!
This is a classic moonshine song RIP to Grandpa Jones he rocked the stage
Grandpa and I had a wild weekend together back in 1953. I couldn't walk straight for a week, by golly!
Used to watch Grandpa Jones on Hee Haw ! To bad there's no shows like that today !
Too bad there ain't no people like Grandpa Jones anymore?!
Saturday at 7:00pm.
Such great memories of great talent! Merica 🇺🇲
I also watched H H! I Agree!
I miss string bean off of hee haw
Grew up on that show. Different times. So pc nowdays
I'll bet Grandpa Jones had quite a few good stories to tell in his
time. If he was still alive, now I'd love to hear some of them.
You can read his book, titled everybody's grandpa.
Thanks Buck Helton I’ll be looking to buy that book
@@BuckHelton Great book.
Me Too!
The claw hammer style of playing the banjo. it's nearly a lost art
I agree.
it was called strumming and/or plucking. miss grandpa... and yes poster must have messed his eyes all up... messed this clip all up dude thx.
Hellz nah im still clawin to grandpa
Abigail Washburn is still keeping it going
@@xtsmongoose it is known as the claw hammer style.
Grandpa Jones and Stringbean - my favorite clawhammer banjo guys on Hee Haw.
There was truly only ONE Grandpa Jones! He was a great entertainer throughout his years. The funny thing about Grandpa is that he dressed up like a Grandpa even when he was young! One of the all time greats in Country music.
This song never gets old.
Never!
My grandad looked just like Grandpa Jones. He too, wore suspenders, was musically inclined and always danced around at our cabin doing some crazy jig. Grandad Ott was a hoot, my mentor & my favorite person in my life. Miss you, Grandad.
What awesome memories that must be
Each time my family would get together the guitars would come out and my grandfather(who actually used to play with Gene Autry whenever he'd come through the Midwest) would finish the night with this song and EVERYONE sang along. I'm 47 years old now and still cry whenever I hear this song. My grandpa is still the coolest person I've ever met
I'm a new York City guy born 1976 and I was never exposed to this kind of music UNTIL.....I heard Roy Clark play this song on the Odd Couple. Then I researched who Grandpa Jones is and OMG, he is awesome. All you country folks out there: I love the Southern and country culture and I appreciate this music so much. To me this is Americana at is best.
I love country music. When I visited the Grand Ole Opry Theme Park in Nashville in ancient days.... I heard music and ran to it. On a makeshift stage was Grandpa Jones singing and playing his banjo. Unforgettable.
His clawhammer skill brings a tear to my eye every time
Sadly a dying art : (
Lots of clawhammer banjo these days. Used a lot in “Old-Time Music.” And Grandpa Jones was a top-notch player and a real showman.
@@scoberg and Strang.
Mine too!
I know this is a character, but he's still being taken more seriously than anyone with his accent would be today.
It's nice to see.
I grew up in Mountain View, Arkansas. It shaped me as a musician and person. This reminds me of home.
Webb Pierce is one of my favorite classic country singers. The guy had a guitar-shaped swimming pool and two convertibles covered in silver dollars. He was as lavish and hard-living as Grandpa Jones was humble and down-home.
His guitar-shaped swimming pool caused a lot of ruckus among his neighbors, mainly comedian Ray Stevens, when it was turned into a tourist attraction after Webb died.
I used to watch Hee Haw with all the Great Grandpa's Jones used to crack me up when I say hey Grandpa what's for dinner and he tell you or when he would sing along with Roy Clark and all of them with Gloom Despair and Agony On Me I miss Hee Haw wish that bring a show like that bag that was when country was great God bless them all
Sing this everytime I crack open a cold can of good ole Mountain Dew
moonshine.....that is all my friend
The Mountain Dew we used to get came in a Mason Jar ...
@@Impulse_Photography I use to get mine from Pike County, Kentucky .
I'll never forgive you for what you did to my Aunty.
Nobody could play a banjo like him!
This is a song about moonshine, when they first started making moonshine they called it mountain dew as a slang. Just listen to the lyrics you'll understand.
He was a hoot at the Grand Ole Opry saw him there several times
Loved this step back in time. What a character, he can play that banjo !
Music from real folks for real folks
SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC AROUND. 🎵🎵🎵🎵👍👍👍👍🤩🤩😊😊
I having a Baja Blast of listening to this old song.
Everyone there was having a good time,just watch them smile!
Absolutely. He was a phenomenal entertainer.
Back in the day that was the system throughout the Appalachian Mountains, you never met the people running the stills. You weren't really sure exactly where it was only about where. You drop off your jug with a few bucks, come back later and pick-up the full jug. But anybody going up there snooping about looking for the still - That was the easiest way to get shot!!
so mountain dew back then was some kind of secret code for moonshine? xD epic, when i first heard this song i thought he was singing about the soft drink that bears the same name
@@warbossgrotsmasha23 Moonshine has been a Appalachian tradition probably sense when the first settlers moved westward. Mountain dew, White lighting, Dragons breath, hooch etc etc are terms used by pretty much anyone who lived in those areas including authority figures.
@@banjiman9869 thank you for taking time to explain :D
@@warbossgrotsmasha23 No prob.
Hes got some yellow eyes he does! Wow that's country folk for ya.
I came here through an interview with the jazz bass player John Lamb who played in the Duke Ellington Big Band. He said that he never was into Country Music but liked this musician and this song. So had to hear it and I can relay to it.
Got the name Grandpa (real name Louis Marshall Jones) because he was often cranky doing morning radio shows.
My favorite sing along at Scout bonfires as a kid.
His eyes
Historys Glare you saw it to snake eyes
Satan
@@cosmovult i agree with you.reptile eye's aliens are hear LOL
I know right what the heck
Sheaogorath, the Daedric Prince of Maddness....static1.fjcdn.com/comments/Kind+of+looks+like+sheogoraths+eyes+_f2f05d77d26c45941e401131dcec21dc.jpg
Him with the Hee Haw Quartet was some of the best gospel music ever on tv
I Agree!
Cool true story about grandpa Jones my grandfather and grandpa Jones was 4th cousins i always loved them good days when my paps would tell me stories about how hard life was back then and how people would stop to help one another and not ask for anything in return yes i truly believe that was the best generation that ever was because my grand dad lived through the great depression and he would tell me he would walk half a mile every day to go fetch water for mal to fix dinner i grew up learning from the best generation ever and if people knew how close America is to the worst grate depression the question is would you make it out on top of it?
Крутой дедушка! )) The graetest granpa in all my life.
Bring me the musik, fellow -- not the war!
From Moskow, Russia, with love to all the peoples of the world.
Для меня нет ничего приятнее и роднее настоящей народной музыки.
Я проклинаю политиков и их чёртовы антинародные "интересы!
Не убий -- сказал Господь! Не грабь, не убивай!
Amen.
:-)
Not a lot of people know this, but music was a tough business for country stars for the longest time. Grandpa perfected his craft before a lot of small audiences well before he became an established star. BTW. love this version of that mustache. I heard some people from a community radio station that shall remain nameless. Their main mission in life was to keep the folk music tradition alive. For some strange reason, they were always dissing my Grandpa. One of them said it was the way he kicked his leg up every time he played. And I had to ask them, "Just how tight is your rear end when you can't cut loose and enjoy a real entertainer?" Couldn't answer that question. One more thing, it wasn't until after Hee Haw was aired that some really good country and western stars finally started earning a good living, and that probably included my Grandpa, too.
Great Comment!
Cool story bro. What's with his eyes here? I'm asking seriously? Was this done recently on a computer? Have you seen other versions where his eyes seem normal? Do you have alien eyes?
The stage lights were glaring directly at his eyes causing them to look a little weird
Undoctrinated. His eyes freaked me out. Ever hear of sarcasm?
Wait...YOUR Grandpa? As in, not just Everybody's Grandpa, but yours specifically? Well, isn't that cool! As for the leg kick, wasn't Uncle Dave Macon one of Jones's influences? I believe that was also one of his moves.
There's a big holler tree down the road here from me
Where you lay down a dollar or two
Well you go round the bend and when you come back again
There's a jug full of good ole mountain dew
Oh they call it that ole mountain dew
And them that refuse it are few
I'll shut up my mug if you fill up my jug
With some good ole mountain dew
Now my uncle Nort, he's sawed off and short
He measures about four foot two
But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint
Of that good ole mountain dew
Well my ole aunt Jill bought some brand new perfume
It had such a sweet smellin' pew
But to her surprise when she had it analyzed
It was nothin' but good ole mountain dew
Well the preacher rolled by with his head heisted high
Said his wife had been down with the flu
And he thought that I ought just to sell him a quart
Of that good ole mountain dew
Well my brother Bill's got a still on the hill
Where he runs of a gallon or two
Now the buzzards in the sky get so drunk, they can't fly
From smellin' the good ole mountain dew
Oh they call it that ole mountain dew
And them that refuse it are few
I'll shut up my mug if you fill up my jug
With some good ole mountain dew
Thank You! I did not have a copy of the lyrics, now I do!
Grandpa Jones was the first real "celebrity" I met, I was 8 years old at the time...
Who's listening to this in 2018?
Bam Gaming Don’t know if you know but by Mountain Dew he means Moonshine
I view this at least 1 time a week. This one of my favorite song to sing.
Wrong mt dew...this is about the original mt dew
I grew up on this quality entertainment. If you don't like it, just go back to Communist China or Bolshevik Russia
me
2019 anyone?
Stfu, I'm sick of comments like this
'Huuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr [CURRENT YEAR] anyone"?!?!!?!?@!?2/22/@2
@@robinwarren6924 or, you know, instead of making a comment about how much you hate those kind of comments and spreading hate you could just ignore it and move on. Just saying
Meet him back stage at the Opry .it was his birthday and I found some sheet music with him on the back of it.gvd it to his wife and he thanked me.good times with bill hall his wife and Amanda
Not even the cameraman can stop grooving at 1:04
Absolutely true bluegrass. I loved it
The good old days....imagine this on mainstream TV today?
Rip in peace grandpa jones i love this song
This song is good for drinking Mountain Dew.
Hello friend, how are you doing today?
Live in Eastern KY lovin my bluegrass music
My childhood was awesome and I just didn't know it!
Right!...you don't know what you got...til' it's gone.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Grandpa Jones playing power chords on his banjo!
I love the hee haw gang!
How on Earth could 102 folks give this a thumbs down? Grandpa Jones was awesome!
Guy was fantastic!
I had a Mountain Dew ad for this video, what a coincidence.
still listen to it have been since i was a kid
At 0:57, liked Grandpa's joke about the train tunnel.
God i sure Miss them days!!!
I love how he teabags when he sings 😂
Good ols grand pappy we''ll miss his plyin!!
He's singing about a soda drink lol 😂😂😂😂
I ain’t usally into older country songs like this but, I love this kinda stuff.
Mountain music just hits right
I'm 41 and I love this old country music
Yeehaw!!
The background moves. Good ole Granpa
I think it's something to do with the video remastering. Those closeups made me seasick. LOL
nothing tops grandpaw jones ever in history. the most natural loveable entertainer. his "whats for supper"? is even more historic. its too bad to think this person had to have his best friend string bean murdered.
That guy crushes cans before he puts them in the recycling bin... Fosho
I completely forgot about this song until Orange Is The New Black series finale.
And for those of you who grew up in Pennsylvania or Kentucky, we honor a young woman who died in prison.
Great Ol' Timey performer!
I love this from Philippines. ,
Same
This is the only Mountain Dew I want ™
Jones Old Love Jones accent
Oh, how I miss Grandpa Jones, Minnie Pearl, and the rest of the gang on shows like Hee Haw. Times were so much simpler.
He's wearing that clawhammer style banjo picking OUT.
I love this song.
How my dad loved this silly man. I can't help smile when I remember. His favourite was ole ratter. Dad loved dogs too. Also he came from the country.
Also the song you're speaking of is is "Old Rattler" there Gail
Did he pass? Sorry if he did. Sounds like a cool guy
His name lives in among us. What a spirit!!
His pupils were yellow for that good old liver failing mountain dew.
Man, Grandpa Jones was the best.
Orange is the new black brought me here 😭💯🤝
Omg!class!from south Wales!👍😀
So beautiful accent!!!
That's where Les Claypool got his Primus Dance.
The first time I’ve heard this was the summer after my sophomore year high school with his version of I’m My Own Grandpa.
Oh my what a treasure!
God bless grandpa Jones and the rest of the hee haw bunch. The show has transmitted to many and if you don't lo hee haw
amazing. love it Thanks grandpa.
I would have love to meet him. I bet he has some stories to tell
When I was little my Papa would sing this one to us kids and some time dance to just get a a laugh out of us kids
Definitely going to learn this on the banjo clawhammer style awesome 👍
He was really a master of that clawhammer style!
The original Uncle Grandpa
this goes way(!)back..
Listen to him shred at 2:29 The raw talent alone is almost supernatural! Can you imagine if he had gotten the chance to shred on a modern day electric guitar?! It would’ve been historic!
"Modern day" electric guitars (the "shred-able" solid body types) have been around since the the Fender Stratocaster was introduced in 1954; the electric guitar in general was introduced in the 1920s.
I'm other words, I'd be baffled if he DIDN'T play the electric guitar on occasion.
He wrote one of the most beautiful songs of the twentieth century "Fallen Leaves."
That's his wife Ramona backing him up on the guitar. They were married for 52 years.
Love this.
Grandpa Jones is Sheogorath....
Grandpa Jones is a genius and I don’t care about his habits his personality etc I just enjoy his geniality. Very simple!
Esto es arte!!!!
Just love this song and the end is so funny 👍👌😊😂