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Jones, Grandpa, 1913-1998

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingJones, Grandpa, 1913-1998
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Variant(s)Grandpa Jones, 1913-1998
Jones, Louis M. (Louis Marshall), 1913-1998
Biography/History notepj021022
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedNashville (Tenn.)
Birth date1913-10-20
Death date1998-02-19
Place of birthHenderson County (Ky.)
Place of deathNashville (Tenn.)
Profession or occupationMusicians Singers Banjoists Guitarists Violinists Comedians
Country musicians
Found inHis Everybody's grandpa, c1984: CIP t.p. (Louis M. "Grandpa" Jones) data sheet (b. 10/20/13)
Stambler, I. Encyc. folk, c&w music, 2nd ed. (Jones, Grandpa; singer, banjoist, guitarist, fiddler, comic; b. 10/20/13, Louis Marshall Jones)
New York times, Feb. 21, 1998: p. B20 (Louis Jones, 84, d. Feb. 19, 1998, Nashville; Louis Marshall Jones, Grandpa Jones; b. Niagra, Ky.)
Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 480 (Louis Marshall (Grandpa) Jones was born in Henderson County, Ky. Left school in 1928 for an Akron, Ohio radio show. During the 1930s he had radio programs in Ohio and West Virginia and was featured on Cincinnati's WLW radio show "Boone County Jamboree" during 1941-1946. In 1969 he became a charter member of the "Hee Haw" television program.)
Associated languageeng
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