- Born
- Died
- Birth nameKenneth C. Burns
- Jethro was born on March 10, 1920 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. He died on February 4, 1989 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
- He would play complicated passages on the mandolin while casually looking around the room as if he were bored and didn't have pay attention to what he was playing.
- Mandolin player. One half of the country music comedy duo "Homer and Jethro."
- Brother-in-law of Chet Atkins
- Recorded and toured for 11 years with folk singer/songwriter Steve Goodman (famous for his composition "The City of New Orleans") after Homer's death.
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 218-219 (entry "Homer and Jethro"). New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame with his former partner Homer in 1985.
- [Performing for a college audience] My name is Jethro. That's J-E-T-H-R-A-U-X.
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