Grandpa Jones
Country Musician / Comedian
Grandpa Jones was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978 after a long career as a country entertainer. His specialty was banjo picking and folksy singing mixed with countrified humor. Jones was a regular at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, where he first performed in 1946. Beginning in 1969 he found a wider audience as a regular on the TV series Hee Haw, where his countrified act was a natural. Jones continued playing the Opry until a month before his death; his final stroke came after a performance there.Grandpa Jones joins 2002 prodigy Norah Jones in the loop Musical Joneses.
Other country legends include Chet Atkins, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton.
Four Good Links
Grandpa Jones
Reprinted obituaries that sum up his career
Grandpa Jones
His profile from Country Music Television
Grandpa Jones
His profile from the Country Music Hall of Fame
Guide to Grandpa Jones Albums
From the online store CD Universe
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Death
19 February 1998
(Complications from a stroke, age 84)
Best Known As
Co-star of the show Hee Haw
