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.
I'm 35 and when I listen to music like this makes me say we have gotten so far from good music and left with the garbage now to fill the shoes of real artists like these real musician
This was one of my grandfather's favorite songs and he would sing it around us all the time. He passed last year a day after Thanksgiving and his death still hurts, but I can still enjoy the same music he did thanks to uploaders like this.
i came here exactly for this comment for the same exact reason as you. My grandfather passed away last month and this is one of the songs he always used to sing to us when we were out on his farm. Thank you🫶🏼
This was the first song I ever learned in the 1950's taught to me by my Grand Daddy. He was a Milam county pioneer from Sharp Texas and a lover of good music and dance! Duke Gilleland, Belton Texas
I'm a city boy but my mom, who grew up in the Ozarks, used to sing this to me. When I was a little boy I just thought it was a funny song. Now I'm so thankful to have that connection to generations before me!
Grandpa Jones definitely was a character. Some of his stories about how he learned the songs he was about to perform, as well as the expressions he made while performing them were classic.
Grandpa Jones (October 20 1913 - February 19 1998)... He married Romana in 1946 . Rip " Romona Jones (nee Riggins) (January 28 1924 - 18 November 2015)
Thats why i looked up this song. Im watching the pilot episode of little house and it was played there but i had also heard it on the Andy Griffith show before .
We had to sing this during Catholic grade school music class as kids. My cousin and I called it "Old Damn Fucker" and happily sang that. Ah memories...
And he wore a fake mustache for much of his career. Later on "Hee Haw" he had a real mustache. He said he wore the same pair of boots his entire career, and had to have them resoled multiple times.
Little House On The Prairie Mr. Edwards sang this song and it belonged to him! Loved him for it!!! Sorta SameCharacter with Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer. Good Memories.
This is so great! We sang songs like this in grade school music time! Every week some of the oldest songs from the country and the sea, this amazing woman Mrs.Wallace, would spend every morning teaching music at the middle school in town, fifth n sixth grade then spend afternoons with her trusty autoharp going around to all the little tiny k-4’s in the countryside and so forth teaching a little bit of notation reading in her own way, but mostly the old songs of our heritage, Micmac, French, Appalachian, sea chantries, and songs that went down in history. She didn’t change many of the lyrics either, though I knew more things to do with a drunken sailor than she played from listening to all the old men who would get together to play on the Common, the big Central Park in town, and so forth. Then on Saturday nights Stringbean and Grandpa Jones were like heroes! Singing the songs we knew and playing so well. Thank you for this, I hope these tracks or at least these songs make it forward to a new generation.Mrs. Wallace would have really loved you for it.
I learned it like this: Ole' Dan Tucker was a fine old man, washed his face in frying pan. Combed his hair with a wagon wheel, died of a toothache in his heel. Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker, he's to late to get his supper. Supper's done and dishes washed, nothing left but a piece of squash. Old Dan Tucker went to town, riding a mule and leading a hound. The hound barked and the mule jumped, through Old Dan right over a stump. Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker, he's to late to get his supper. Supper's done and dishes washed, nothing left but a piece of squash.
I remember Pa singing these songs to Laura in her books, it must have been great fun, much better than sitting around on a computer or TV watching some crappy show.
I remember Mr. Edwards on "Little House On The Prairie" used to sing this all the time. Also, there used to be a fast food barbecue joint in the Hulen Mall's (Fort Worth, Texas) food court called "Old Dan Tucker's Smokehouse". If I remember right, they served quite good barbecue, and they served beer on tap. Anyhoo, Grandpa Jones applies his great talent on this classic folk song.
I was singing a blue grass tune (Ralph Stanley) today in a store (was feeling good) and an old lady from South Carolina came up. She told me about how the old bluegrass artists used to play at schools and other venues in the south and how they'd stay with families because they didn't make enough money to stay in hotels and how Ralph and others had stayed at their home.
kevin forth Cool! Mine also used to sing Hey Mister Custer, Running bear, stuff like that... That's my favorite thing about seeing him, especially if I can get him to sing those songs
Was at the Front Porch Restaurant (Now out of business) in Yellville AR on a Sunday Morning and to my now Ex-wife and I's surprise Grandpa Jones and his I assume was his wife walked in the door. There were not very many people there and they went relatively unnoticed, I recognized him, but did not want to bother them. He seemed cranky and maybe not feeling well, but that was also a trademark of his being cranky off stage. This was around 1993 or 1994 and of course he passed in '98. He lived his later life just a little further down the road from Yellville AR there at Mountain View, Arkansas. He was a heck of a performer not just his banjo playing gusto but his whole persona on stage.
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.
That ain't the way Opie and Andy sang it.
@@eramorgan7375opie and Andy’s is a made up version
@@liamsmith1371 Aren't all songs made up? Seems pretty similar to this version, anyhow.
Знатный дед и его красавица жена Рамона.
Banjo, harmonica, cowbells, singing, telling jokes and stories--Grandpa Jones was a born entertainer.
Grandpa Jones was a badass on the banjo. I love this.
String smoker for sure
Love how Grandpa Jones just lets *loose* in the last chorus 🪕🔥
I read this comment as soon as he started doing it. You weren’t kidding 😂😂😂
Ramona Jones was a great performer in her own right... probably what attracted Grandpa.
I'm 35 and when I listen to music like this makes me say we have gotten so far from good music and left with the garbage now to fill the shoes of real artists like these real musician
This was one of my grandfather's favorite songs and he would sing it around us all the time. He passed last year a day after Thanksgiving and his death still hurts, but I can still enjoy the same music he did thanks to uploaders like this.
i came here exactly for this comment for the same exact reason as you. My grandfather passed away last month and this is one of the songs he always used to sing to us when we were out on his farm. Thank you🫶🏼
He lived like 80 years? It happens at that age.
@@bobgomez9481shut up
We saw Grandpa Jones and his wife live about 45 years ago. Best live show I ever saw, and I saw a lot of them.
These So Called New Country Stars Will NEVER Come Anywhere Near As Good As Grandpa, George, Tammy, Loretta etc etc etc.
As the song had ask. No one will ever fill their shoes.
IrishMusicCountry whatevs
IrishMusicCountry whatevs dude
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Well, you’re missing out on a lot of good stuff. Have fun boxing yourself in!
This is talent that people can actually appreciate.
This was the first song I ever learned in the 1950's taught to me by my Grand Daddy. He was a Milam county pioneer from Sharp Texas and a lover of good music and dance! Duke Gilleland, Belton Texas
First song I ever learned to play too, only on harmonica, also in the 50's. I can still get through it, if I can find my harmonica.
It is amazing once you hear this song when you were a kid, the words still stick in your head, when you are older.
I'm a city boy but my mom, who grew up in the Ozarks, used to sing this to me. When I was a little boy I just thought it was a funny song. Now I'm so thankful to have that connection to generations before me!
Grandpa lived quite some time in the ozarks.met Ramona in Mountain View in 1982
This guy is great. I’ve been a city slicker all my life, but I love this guy’s act.
I visited Dan Tucker's grave in Elbert County, GA only 20 miles from where I live in SC. The original headstone from 1818 is still there
I pass by that marker all the time headed north to the mountains from Lincolnton GA.
My dad sang this to me and my brothers, Rest in Peace.
I love this vintage Opry stuff. I love the classic country music and that down home banger pickin' a lost art indeed.
I love listening to all the different ways Old Dan Tucker has been sung!
Grandpa Jones definitely was a character. Some of his stories about how he learned the songs he was about to perform, as well as the expressions he made while performing them were classic.
grandpa and ramona were both really good singers but they were absolutely great banjo and guitar players.
Grandpa Jones. He was one energetic guy for his age.
He was about 40 years old in this clip 😅
You know you've made it in the music business when Ernest Tubb has no problem giving you the stage.
My grandfather would occasionally sing this song to me in my younger years God how I miss him so
Grandpa Jones (October 20 1913 - February 19 1998)... He married Romana in 1946 . Rip " Romona Jones (nee Riggins) (January 28 1924 - 18 November 2015)
This one here, and battle of New Orleans my Grandpa who raised me , made sure I could sing them both by age three. Great memories
This man never fails too make me smile
mr. Edwards was a fan too used to sing this on Little House on the Prairie
Yes back when television shows and music had decency
Great memories!
Thats why i looked up this song. Im watching the pilot episode of little house and it was played there but i had also heard it on the Andy Griffith show before .
THATS WHY IM HERE NOW. DARN MR EDWARDS
I heard it there too and I never knew it was an actual song, I thought he made it up. A bit anachronistic to the storyline though now.
This song reminds me of my favorite uncle, gone these 10 years. Uncle Bob did enjoy this kind of music, and he'd have enjoyed Grandpa Jones.
We had to sing this during Catholic grade school music class as kids. My cousin and I called it "Old Damn Fucker" and happily sang that. Ah memories...
My grandmother taught me this song❤
Grampa and banjos go together like biscuits and gravy!
Gramps and E. T. fine Americans.
And wasn't Ramona a dish!
Bill Bright
Like hardtack and coffee.
Bill Bright That's the strangest thing I've heard today
The Isaiah character from the TV show Little House On The Prairie always sing that song anytime he was on the show
to bad they don't have shows like this on TV today
Love Grandpa Jones rest in peace greatest banjo player ever love you Grandpa Jones
That Little House on the Prairie guy with the beard was obsessed with that song!
Fun fact: Grandpa Jones was 24 when he first introduced this "Grandpa" character!
He grew into it well
And he wore a fake mustache for much of his career. Later on "Hee Haw" he had a real mustache. He said he wore the same pair of boots his entire career, and had to have them resoled multiple times.
Little House On The Prairie Mr. Edwards sang this song and it belonged to him! Loved him for it!!! Sorta SameCharacter with Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer. Good Memories.
Grew up on this stuff, man times have changed
Ernest Tubb and Grandpa jones... legends
I miss those days I was little
What an entertainer !!....his banja playing is impressive to boot...i love these old time acts, just fantastic 🍻
my grandfather had the honor of performing with Grandpa jones
Claw hammer style at its finest, always enjoyed them especially falling leaves
This is so great! We sang songs like this in grade school music time! Every week some of the oldest songs from the country and the sea, this amazing woman Mrs.Wallace, would spend every morning teaching music at the middle school in town, fifth n sixth grade then spend afternoons with her trusty autoharp going around to all the little tiny k-4’s in the countryside and so forth teaching a little bit of notation reading in her own way, but mostly the old songs of our heritage, Micmac, French, Appalachian, sea chantries, and songs that went down in history. She didn’t change many of the lyrics either, though I knew more things to do with a drunken sailor than she played from listening to all the old men who would get together to play on the Common, the big Central Park in town, and so forth. Then on Saturday nights Stringbean and Grandpa Jones were like heroes! Singing the songs we knew and playing so well. Thank you for this, I hope these tracks or at least these songs make it forward to a new generation.Mrs. Wallace would have really loved you for it.
Miss this part of our country's history. Fun to see. Good clean entertainment
There will never be another like old Dan tucker, or grandpa Jones .
need more show like this on T V
My Granpa could do this song really good. When he was a young guy in the early 1920's in SE MO he was a well known square dance caller.
Now this is true country music
This song brings me back to my childhood
I will.Always Love him and his Music.
I learned it like this:
Ole' Dan Tucker was a fine old man, washed his face in frying pan. Combed his hair with a wagon wheel, died of a toothache in his heel.
Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker, he's to late to get his supper. Supper's done and dishes washed, nothing left but a piece of squash.
Old Dan Tucker went to town, riding a mule and leading a hound. The hound barked and the mule jumped, through Old Dan right over a stump.
Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker, he's to late to get his supper. Supper's done and dishes washed, nothing left but a piece of squash.
BrainEatingApe that’s how I learned it too
Ok
It's bc of Little House on the Prairie. Mr. Edward's.
Suppers over and dinners cookin’
Old Dan Tucker just standing there lookin’…..
@BrainEatingApe Yup that’s the one. But folk songs seem to have so many different words depending on the place
😍😍😍wooow real country I would love to see this greetings from Costa Rica
When i hear "Old Dan Tucker" my head:
Mr. Edwards...
Yes ❤️
Always loved hearing grandpa jones on hee haw, never knew he was born on my birthday and died on my wife’s
I remember Victor French would sing this playing his character on Little House on the Prairie.
Fr this video Lol it so well it's so old
Love the song, always heard it on "little house on the prairie" never knew the full lyrics, lol
I love this song!
This songs makes think of Mr. Edward𝚜.
That's is exactly my memory!!😂 Mr. Edwards
I remember Pa singing these songs to Laura in her books, it must have been great fun, much better than sitting around on a computer or TV watching some crappy show.
Thank God I can listen to this old
I went to his dinner theater in mountain view Arkansas many times. The food was as good as the music
now THIS is the good stuff
sung this in music class in elementary school in the 90s xD in
Was introduced to Grandpa by Hee Haw. A great performer and his recording of Are You From Dixie? is a true American classic full of dynamic energy.
So Happy I heard this.
R.i.p. Grandpa Jones.
How do you follow THAT up?!
What a showman!
Holy crap I remember learning this in kindergarten /first grade.....
love it,from england
such a good song
This is a very good performance !
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Grandpa was a great banjo player.
My Oupa, was die Beste🐎
This the country music I know….
A wonderful look at simpler and better days than the, so called, “progress” has given us today.
Grampa out there shredding. Damn hes good
I remember Mr. Edwards on "Little House On The Prairie" used to sing this all the time. Also, there used to be a fast food barbecue joint in the Hulen Mall's (Fort Worth, Texas) food court called "Old Dan Tucker's Smokehouse". If I remember right, they served quite good barbecue, and they served beer on tap. Anyhoo, Grandpa Jones applies his great talent on this classic folk song.
A showman first class.
Country music I Love it
Music is not the same as when he was with us
good old Grandpa Jones I liked his clawhammer banjo . he started that Grandpa act when he was in his 20s.
always loved one grand parents he lived just a few miles from me.
I was singing a blue grass tune (Ralph Stanley) today in a store (was feeling good) and an old lady from South Carolina came up. She told me about how the old bluegrass artists used to play at schools and other venues in the south and how they'd stay with families because they didn't make enough money to stay in hotels and how Ralph and others had stayed at their home.
you are so right, love this,
My grandpa used to sing this a lot :) but he sang it differently... I can't remember how he used to sing it
Mine to he sang it old dan tucker was a mean old man
kevin forth Cool! Mine also used to sing Hey Mister Custer, Running bear, stuff like that... That's my favorite thing about seeing him, especially if I can get him to sing those songs
+kevin forth Wheras in this version he just seems kind of eccentric, acident prone, and a little out of it.
Some of grandpa's facial expressions were laugh out loud funny.
True talent!!!
Yes, Grandpa and Ramona ! She didn't get enough credit.
Country will always live!!!! buddy
I Love Grandpa Jones.
Fantastic! I love Grandpa's claw hammer!
i Remember this from music class
Wonderful and good like uncle dave macon.
YASSss my new favorite song
love it
PHENOMENAL!
Was at the Front Porch Restaurant (Now out of business) in Yellville AR on a Sunday Morning and to my now Ex-wife and I's surprise Grandpa Jones and his I assume was his wife walked in the door. There were not very many people there and they went relatively unnoticed, I recognized him, but did not want to bother them. He seemed cranky and maybe not feeling well, but that was also a trademark of his being cranky off stage. This was around 1993 or 1994 and of course he passed in '98. He lived his later life just a little further down the road from Yellville AR there at Mountain View, Arkansas. He was a heck of a performer not just his banjo playing gusto but his whole persona on stage.
High on that mountain...he still sings.
Those were the good old days... Ya can say that again...lol
Grandpa Jones would not recognize the music being played at the Opry House today.