Chicken Wire, Sawdust & Bow Resin

There are several history buffs on this site, I'm not sure if there are social historians that attempt to find the start of social trends.

This hill billy group: Rose and the Maddox Brothers burst on the scene in the 1930's, there suppose to be a bench mark that altered acceptable behavior on the stage.
Prior to their arrival, entertainers, especially singers were to stand like statues, deliver
their songs and then depart.
Rose and the Maddox Brothers were not staid, they violated the behaviors of those that came before.

They moved around, jostling each other, playing grab ass while on the stage.
They talked to each other, talked to the audience, their antics were far removed from the norm.
Their customs were bright red, green and out of character for hill billy singers.
They were a brazen, brassy group, violating standards.
Yet, audiences flocked to see their raucous behavior.
The female, Rose, well she was titillating in her rude method of delivering lyrics.

Today, we would call them dynamic, colorful-whatever they were they were the
precursor's of Rock-a-Billy which became Rock and Roll in the late 1950's

Give Rose a listen as she delivers her unfeminine lyrics of "Honky Tonking.'
 
Okay, the topic is math:
Do you have pencil and paper, can you do adding and subtraction?

This guy, David Allen Cole wrote and sings 'Revenge.'



Revenge
David Allan Coe
Judy, I feel weary now
Older than a man of 33
The gates of Hell just opened
After 20 years the warden says I'm free

Tell I'm wrong
Line 2, the guy's currently 33 years old
Line 4, he has just served 20 years in the pen

So, 20 years in the pen, currently age 33, means he was 13 when he entered prison, for killing his spouse. humm
 
Okay, the topic is math:
Do you have pencil and paper, can you do adding and subtraction?

This guy, David Allen Cole wrote and sings 'Revenge.'



Revenge
David Allan Coe
Judy, I feel weary now
Older than a man of 33
The gates of Hell just opened
After 20 years the warden says I'm free

Tell I'm wrong
Line 2, the guy's currently 33 years old
Line 4, he has just served 20 years in the pen

So, 20 years in the pen, currently age 33, means he was 13 when he entered prison, for killing his spouse. humm

Hmmmm. kissin cousins? West Virginians?
 


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