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Jun 29

Top Gear – Understanding Hillbilly

Jeremy & co do their best to make sense of a Deep South accent. This clip ©BBC 2010

The Blue Sky Boys - Are You From Dixie (1936)

The Blue Sky Boys were an American country music duo consisting of the brothers Earl Bolick (November 16, 1919 — April 19, 1998) and Bill Bolick (October 28, 1917 — March 13, 2008), whose careers spanned over forty years. The brothers were born and raised in East Hickory, North Carolina, as the fourth and fifth sibling in a family of six children.[1][2] Their parents, who were deeply religious and belonging to the “First Church of God”,[3] taught them to sing hymns and gospel music. A neighbour taught Bill how to play guitar and banjo while Earl on the other hand learned to play mandolin and guitar.[2] Eventually, they decided to switch instruments and Bill chose the mandolin while Earl concentrated on the guitar. They made their radio debut in 1935 at local radio station WWNC in Asheville, North Carolina as part of the “Crazy Hickory Nuts”.[4][2] Sponsored by the “JF Goodson Coffee Company and together with Homer Sherrill of the “Crazy Hickory Nuts” they formed the “Good Coffee Boys” in the late 1935.[3] Six months later, in June 1936, the Bolick brothers moved to Atlanta, Georgia to perform at radio station WGST.[5] Because they were sponsored by the “Crazy Water Crystal”, they had to perform using the name “(Crazy) Blue Ridge Hillbillies”.[6][2] In Atlanta, the Bolick brothers went to RCA Records for an audition. At first, Eli Oberstein, the A & R man was reluctant to hear the brothers sing accusing them of copying the Monroe Brothers. Anyhow, he changed his mind

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  1. Stoigen86

    It was a special episode titled “USA Road Trip” it was aired on the 21st of December 2010

  2. ZxFuzionZx

    What season and ep was this ?

  3. starlionblue

    This reminds of a funny scene from “Hot Fuzz” where Simon Pegg is trying to question a farmer in middle-of-nowhere in England and the man speaks in a backwoods accent he can’t decipher so his partner translates for him. Pegg said in the DVD commentary that it was based on a real police questioning and the officer had to have someone translate for him!

  4. shobin05

    i think a lot of people would feel embarrassed when they hear different cultures speaking english not because they find it funny but they just dont understand, we’ve all been there Lol

  5. ImmunizeGaming

    Not that long ago.
    Either the first episode of series 16 or series 17.

  6. Dilan Gilluly

    This is 80% of all store owners here in Allegany County.

  7. StanOfGB

    Season 15 eastern america special

  8. BasBarraclough

    Must be ancient, I saw it on Dave. They only do ‘archive’ stuff!

  9. BasBarraclough

    I beg your pardon?

  10. vithaj92

    This is just about the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.

  11. greencopecig

    i unerstand it all naturally. but im a hillbilly/redneck/ country boy lol

  12. Zokoke07

    What series is this?

  13. Makuraiac

    …..what?
    

  14. xRAMxDOD

    @ziggyboi1995 that’s awesome!

  15. ziggyboi1995

    They should have. My grandfather also went to college at State.

  16. xRAMxDOD

    @ziggyboi1995 nice, I live in Raleigh and they should have come here

  17. ziggyboi1995

    Well still, my grandfather came from the exact city they were in.

  18. xRAMxDOD

    North Carolina at first, then Virginia

  19. YiJustin558

    Same story up here in Northern Virginia. Funniest thing is there’s a Korean tire shop mechanic I know near Annandale that speaks more understandable English than these folks

  20. aciidphreeek

    LOL

  21. fluffykittynoodles

    best comment of the week, sir!

  22. mazinais31

    ramp cramp… what?

  23. TraustiGeir

    Everybody makes fun of their neighbour.

  24. ziggyboi1995

    They are in Virginia in this episode. I live in Virginia and I can’t even understand them

  25. cielXsebby

    I… didn’t even get half of that. OTL

  26. TIME42

    Thanks up!
    彼らのステージの始まりと終わりに必ず演奏するこの曲。いつ聴いてもイイですね♪

  27. segulliford

    Never really liked this song until i heard this version. Thanks BSB!!!!

  28. BobMcGee93

    thats real Music!

  29. thunderc78

    which asshole disliked this?

  30. trishadamson

    Oh, how their voices work together, this is great!!!!  Love it!

  31. Fersomling

    I’d love to go back home (Tidewater, VA) right now to bake this cold chill from 30+ years in the Pacific Northwest out of my back!

  32. brianismyname

    Brilliant! One of the first deleted albums i had in the sixties. I still haven’t recovered.

  33. pillroller88

    Gotta love that

  34. madisonajulianalue

    Latino women need to meet you rockmycity.info

  35. clydeclark

    Thank you so much for posting this .

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