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Grandpa Jones was a banjo player, singer and funny man from Kentucky who joined the Grand Ole Opry and, in 1969, the cast of Hee Haw. Folks remember him for "Old Rattler," "Mountain Dew" and his 1963 recording of Jimmie Rodgers's "T for Texas." He went into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978 and passed away on February 19, 1998.

Born
October 20, 1913
Hometown
Niagara, Kentucky
Country Music Hall of Fame
Inducted 1978

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