Jeremy & co do their best to make sense of a Deep South accent. This clip ©BBC 2010
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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Stoigen86
June 29, 2012 at 5:21 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
It was a special episode titled “USA Road Trip” it was aired on the 21st of December 2010
ZxFuzionZx
June 29, 2012 at 5:24 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
What season and ep was this ?
starlionblue
June 29, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
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!
shobin05
June 29, 2012 at 6:42 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
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
ImmunizeGaming
June 29, 2012 at 7:13 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Not that long ago.
Either the first episode of series 16 or series 17.
Dilan Gilluly
June 29, 2012 at 7:15 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
This is 80% of all store owners here in Allegany County.
StanOfGB
June 29, 2012 at 7:21 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Season 15 eastern america special
BasBarraclough
June 29, 2012 at 7:44 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Must be ancient, I saw it on Dave. They only do ‘archive’ stuff!
BasBarraclough
June 29, 2012 at 8:12 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I beg your pardon?
vithaj92
June 29, 2012 at 8:39 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
This is just about the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.
greencopecig
June 29, 2012 at 9:37 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
i unerstand it all naturally. but im a hillbilly/redneck/ country boy lol
Zokoke07
June 29, 2012 at 10:15 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
What series is this?
Makuraiac
June 29, 2012 at 10:33 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
…..what?
xRAMxDOD
June 29, 2012 at 10:38 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
@ziggyboi1995 that’s awesome!
ziggyboi1995
June 29, 2012 at 11:28 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
They should have. My grandfather also went to college at State.
xRAMxDOD
June 29, 2012 at 11:40 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
@ziggyboi1995 nice, I live in Raleigh and they should have come here
ziggyboi1995
June 30, 2012 at 12:02 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Well still, my grandfather came from the exact city they were in.
xRAMxDOD
June 30, 2012 at 12:20 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
North Carolina at first, then Virginia
YiJustin558
June 30, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
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
aciidphreeek
June 30, 2012 at 1:16 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
LOL
fluffykittynoodles
June 30, 2012 at 1:29 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
best comment of the week, sir!
mazinais31
June 30, 2012 at 2:23 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
ramp cramp… what?
TraustiGeir
June 30, 2012 at 3:13 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Everybody makes fun of their neighbour.
ziggyboi1995
June 30, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
They are in Virginia in this episode. I live in Virginia and I can’t even understand them
cielXsebby
June 30, 2012 at 4:12 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I… didn’t even get half of that. OTL
TIME42
June 30, 2012 at 4:22 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
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♪
segulliford
June 30, 2012 at 5:22 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Never really liked this song until i heard this version. Thanks BSB!!!!
BobMcGee93
June 30, 2012 at 5:35 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
thats real Music!
thunderc78
June 30, 2012 at 5:55 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
which asshole disliked this?
trishadamson
June 30, 2012 at 6:13 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Oh, how their voices work together, this is great!!!! Love it!
Fersomling
June 30, 2012 at 6:32 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
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!
brianismyname
June 30, 2012 at 7:02 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Brilliant! One of the first deleted albums i had in the sixties. I still haven’t recovered.
pillroller88
June 30, 2012 at 7:58 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Gotta love that
madisonajulianalue
June 30, 2012 at 8:02 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Latino women need to meet you rockmycity.info
clydeclark
June 30, 2012 at 8:46 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Thank you so much for posting this .