Shakespear wrote " A rose by any other name would smell as sweet". So whats in a name?
When you set up a business, musical group or even a website, thats always a key issue.
What do we call it? Makes you wonder how Adam named all the animals. Anyway with that segway,
There are some pretty unusual bluegrass bands out there
with some mighty funny names.
Of course its not just in Bluegrass, heres a few Barbershop Quartet names.
What Four
The Dairy Aires--- A group from Wisconsin of course
Bartelsville Barflies
Tom Tones,,, You can see where a typo on thier marquee could cause a riot
And in Rock there were just too many to list, but this one was my favorite.
Captain Crunch and the Fruit Loop Brigade
While singing in itself is good, the real reward comes to those who sing,
and feel, and think, with others.
This is what harmony means. (Z. Kodaly)
A man rushed into the doctor's office and shouted, "Doctor! I think I'm
shrinking!"
The doctor calmly responded, "Now, settle down. You'll just
have to be a little patient."
A thief broke into the local police station and stole all the lavatory
equipment.
A spokesperson was quoted as saying, "We have absolutely
nothing to go on."
Lief Erickson famous Viking explorer returned home from a voyage and found his name
missing from the town register.
His wife insisted on complaining to the
local civic official who apologized profusely saying, "I must have taken
Leif off my census."
How many do you remember ?
1. Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3 Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles
5. Coffee shops with table side jukeboxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Telephone party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive -6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records S&H Green Stamps
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with levers
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulbs
20. Beanie and Cecil
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age
If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!
Hillbilly World
This is a really great site all about hillbillys, including a great page on hillbilly music early banjo players
Booger County
A collection of jokes, stories and wierd websites personalized by such notables as Doris Crumbpacker and Ida Clare. Alot of fun
The Virtual Bluegrass Festival
Want to know what its like going to a Bluegrass Festival? Check out this descriptive page. You will feel like you've been there
Froggy Went Courtin
140 Verses to this song including much of its history
Urban Legends and Folklore
Tom Bodetts Homepage
Moon Pies Website
A ton of info on all those urban legends, you get spammed in email with from your concerned friends. Virus hoaxes, to missing kids who arent. Get the real scoop.
You've heard him on radio doing hotel ads, read his stories. A down to earth humor.
Everything you ever wanted to learn about Moon Pies is here along with collectables to purchase. Stop in and take a trip down memory lane
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