BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!

Subject: BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!
From: gnu
Date: 03 Apr 10 - 02:08 PM

Remember String Bean?

Subject: RE: BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 03 Apr 10 - 02:11 PM

The difference is, Stringbean is TRYING to be ridiculous.

Great music, gnu. Thanks for the link.

Subject: RE: BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!
From: open mike
Date: 03 Apr 10 - 02:16 PM

"our favorite cowboy"??

Subject: RE: BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!
From: gnu
Date: 03 Apr 10 - 02:17 PM

Yeah, String Bean could play sommat wicked. And there are soooo many. I am glad technology is able to display such wonderful talent from days gone by. True treasures. Even some of the cRap.

Subject: RE: BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!
From: pdq
Date: 03 Apr 10 - 02:56 PM

My computer doesn't "do" YouTube, but perhaps this will be a good'n too...

                                                   David "Stringbean" Akeman

Subject: RE: BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!
From: frogprince
Date: 03 Apr 10 - 04:35 PM

Saw him live once. long long ago; great fun. Sadly, he and his wife were murdered years ago by a couple of brain-dead mutants who were picked up soon afterward because they ran around town talking about it. They probably went after him because he was known not to bank his money. Years afterward, it turned out that the money was concealed in the fireplace, and eventually reduced to chaff by mice.

Subject: RE: BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!
From: olddude
Date: 03 Apr 10 - 06:35 PM

loved old stringbean

Subject: RE: BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 04 Apr 10 - 04:28 AM

And Earl playing the guitar.

Dave H

Subject: RE: BS: Low ridin baggy pants? Not rap. Banjo!
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 04 Apr 10 - 05:35 AM

He didn't invent the look per wikipedia

Akeman, known by this time only as Stringbean, was one of the Opry's top stars throughout the 1950s. During this period, he adopted a stage costume that comically accentuated his height, consisting of a shirt with an exceptionally long waist and tail, tucked into a pair of short blue jeans (from Little Jimmy Dickens) belted around his knees. The costume made him look like a very tall man with very short legs and helped contribute to the illusion of Akeman towering over his fellow performers. This kind of costume had many antecedents, including Slim Miller, a onetime stage comedian who was said to be Akeman's direct inspiration. The costume became synonymous with the Stringbean persona known to his audience.

Enjoyed the banjo playing though... very good. Thanks for bringing him to my attention.