The Homer & Jethro Project #60

Fucking Hell.

Sixty fucking Homer and fucking Jethro fucking posts.

Will this well never run dry?

November 1969 - lsp-4274 - Nashville String Band

So another couple of years after the last time they released an Lp of straight pop instrumental tunes Homer & Jethro with probably very little arm twisting on their part teamed up with Chet Atkins under the name of the Nashville String Band and recorded this record.

They, in fact, recorded another five after this one. (Well, three more with Homer, anyway). It's a bit of a Spanish/Mexican influenced record no doubt to try and catch on the latter end of the coattails of Herb Albert and his Tijuana Brass. I don't think it really worked, but sales were apparently sufficient to let them continue. So there is that.

I know at other various points in my life I'd have totally shit on this one. It would infuriate me as pure inconsequential nothingness. Virtual fucking Muzak . But now that I'm old enough to laugh at what a pretentious little prick I used to be I can appreciate it for what it is.




I made a meatloaf while I recorded this. It was very good music for making meatloaf to.

La Fiesta	2:30
Yellow Bird	3:18
El Paso	2:47
Granada	2:49
Adios Amigos	2:29
La Golondrina = The Swallow	1:51
Caribbean	2:24
Tomorrow's Tears (Morir Un Poco)	2:07
Maria Elena	3:17
Drina	2:35
In A Little Spanish Town	2:13

The Homer & Jethro Project #59

#59

Well, it's getting down to the wire.

Let us dispense with the preliminary typing and proceed directly to the next album

March 1969 - lsp-4148 - Next Album

Sadly this would be the last long playing album that Homer Haynes would complete under the name of Homer and Jethro. There would be some records that the duo would go on to record with Chet Atkins under the name the Nashville String Band (which will follow in the coming week), a few stray singles and a posthumous compilation , but this is the final record as a whole for our heroes as Homer and Jethro.

But the good news is that it's one of their best efforts. It's good pretty much all the way through with some highlights along the way.
As always mileage will vary, but the "Gal From Possum Holler" is always a winner around here.



1. There Ain’t a Chicken Safe in Tennessee
2. The Gal from Possum Holler
3. I Ain’t Got a Worry in the World
4. Little Arrows

5. D-i-v-o-r-c-e (B-a-c-o-n And E-g-g-s)

6. What Have You Done For Me Lately
7. I Upped My Income (Up Yours)
8. Cab Driver
9. I Haven’t The Foggiest
10. Pennsylvania Turnpike
11. Like Mother Used to Make
12. You Know a Thousand Ways

The Homer & Jethro Project #58

#58

Another day has dawned and time marches on and you are the oldest you've ever been in your entire life up until this moment and on into the next when you get even older.

Here's more live action Homer and Jethro

October 1968 - lsp-4024 - Live at Vanderbilt U

Another live Lp.

You know the drill.
Comedy bits separated from most of the tunes for convenience sake.
It's funny and good natured and nobody cusses.
Sit back and listen.

The Homer & Jethro Project #57

#57

I'm going one over my post queue quota for tonight.
Mostly because this is the record I want to listen to to end with this go round.

(Much to the consternation of  the cat who has taken to sitting directly on the mouspad to stare me into putting food into her dish while she impedes my progress in finishing this post. She's only hurting herself...)

This Lp is pretty quality though.
Starting with the cover.

February 1968 - lsp- 3973 - There's Nothing Like an Old Hippie


I mean, just look at that cover. That's fucking hilarious. The album itself is good too.
You can pick your own favorites, but I'm partial to the two openers.

A1	Hill Billy Hippie	2:15
A2	I Crept Into The Crypt And Cried	2:50
A3	Owed To Don Bowman	1:59
A4	Four Rooms And Path	2:21
A5	World's Oldest Teenager	1:46
A6	The Hootin' Holler Hilton Bar And Grill	1:55
B1	Indian Trader	2:25
B2	That Little Boy Of Mine	2:01
B3	I Taught Her Everything She Knows	2:14
B4	I Couldn't Spell "Pffft"	2:03
B5	It Ain't No Fun To Be A Pigeon	2:07
B6	The Second Hundred Years	2:10

The Homer & Jethro Project #56

#56

It's the last day of May and full on Summer is fast approaching.
Hopefully you're getting swimsuit ready.
Fortunately for the world, I don't swim, so I'm already ready for not being in a swimsuit.
It's better for everyone that way.

September 1967 - lsp-3877 - Somethin' Stupid

I have nothing to add about this one except that it makes me really miss having a decent Jewish bakery around where I could get an actual bagel.

*sigh*

A1	The Ballad Of Roger Miller	2:32
A2	Somethin' Stupid	1:58
A3	Upside Down	2:20
A4	The Bagel Song	2:20
A5	I Can Spell Banana	2:20
A6	Kosher Chitlins	1:57
B1	Laugh And Scratch	2:52
B2	Smellin' Like A Rose	2:27
B3	Human Cannon Ball	2:13
B4	Pearl Handled Pocket Knife	2:50
B5	Old Grand Dad	2:30
B6	Sow, Sow, Sow Your Oats	1:37