Jerry Clower
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Howard Gerald Clower
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Liberty, Mississippi USA
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Sep 28 1926 – Aug 24 1998 age 71
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By
1995, three of his comedy albums had been certified gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He graduated from
Mississippi State University where he studied agriculture and played
football and served in the U.S. Navy in WW2 as a radio operator on board
the U.S.S. Bennington CV-20.
Many of his stories center around the Ledbetter family, most of which feature his best friend, Marcel Ledbetter.
His
first album, named "Jerry Clower from Yazoo City Talkin'", sold over
8,000 copies without being advertised. He started out as a fertilizer
salesman for Mississippi Chemical Company, and became a member of The
Grand Ole Opry in 1973. Jerry Clower Blvd in Yazoo City, Mississippi is
named in his honor. He
received
the national 4H Alumni Gold Key Award at ceremonies in Chicago,
Illinois in 1976. Jerry was a deacon and a lay minister in the First
Baptist Church, of Yazoo City Mississippi.
01 Fox 12... Over
02 Marines Are Tough
03 The Marine Recruiter
04 Our First Banana
05 Camp Perry
06 The Civil War
07 Marcel's Courtmarshial
08 Christmas Dinner
09 Rat Killings
10 Catahoula Cur Dog
11 What's That Smell?
12 Uncle Casie at the Opera
13 We Was So Poor
14 Painting the Porch
15 Baseball Umpire
16 New Teeth
17 U. S. O.
18 U. S. S. Bennington
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Country Storytellin' Humor
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His other albums on this blog are "tagged" at the bottom of this post
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