• Homer & Jethro

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    Rest in Peace: Royce Franklin, Texas Guitar Legend
    The Western Flyers Posted On November 18, 2016


    Yesterday, the fiddle world said goodbye to a legend in the Texas fiddle scene, but more poignantly, the world lost a giant of a man. Every fiddler knows that, no matter how good you are with the fiddle, you aren’t […]


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    Homer & Jethro – Assault the Rock ‘N’ Roll Era
    Archive Posted On September 1, 2007


    Country singers and writers (Hank Williams among them) felt that having Homer Haynes and Jethro Burns parody or “butcher” their songs was a true badge of honor. Adding rock to their satirical focus at RCA in the ’50s, they combined […]


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    Album Review
    Homer & Jethro – America’s Song Butchers: The Weird World Of Homer & Jethro
    Archive Posted On July 1, 1997


    A number of talented country artists have specialized in combining music with comedy, but the kings of the comic country song were undoubtedly Henry “Homer” Haynes and Kenneth “Jethro” Burns. Homer & Jethro were masters of a deadpan comedy that […]


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