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Grandpa Jones

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Musician

The Resume

    (October 20, 1913-February 19, 1998)
    Birth name is Louis Marshall Jones
    Sometimes referred to as 'Everyone's favorite Grandpa'
    Recorded 'Old Mountain Dew,' 'Jesse James,' '15¢ is All I Got,' 'Down In Dixie (Where They Say You All),' and 'Uncle Eph's Got The Coon'

Why he might be annoying:

    He is best known as a regular on the TV show Hee-Haw.
    His true birthday is often disputed, some say it is January 30, 1914 and others say it is October 20, 1913.
    He pranced around on the stage while he picked his banjo and sang.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He learned to play the guitar at 11.
    He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978 after a fairly long a successful career.
    He served as an MP (Military Police) in Germany during WW II.
    He had the background of a true Bluegrass singer, born in the backwoods of Kentucky.

Credit: Break Dancing Robot


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 39 Votes: 17.95% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 51 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 48 Votes: 52.08% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 45 Votes: 48.89% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 93 Votes: 50.54% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 195 Votes: 55.90% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 405 Votes: 56.05% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 310 Votes: 44.52% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 630 Votes: 44.76% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 3609 Votes: 40.09% Annoying