Such a fun opening riff, a soft and easy California feeling. Chewin’ on a piece of grass, walking’ down the road…
Then Jorge stops his strumming to assert that there is no actual Ventura Highway, only Ventura County. But Otilia (the older, haggard woman in the back whose hair is struggling to flee her scalp while she strums the hammock strings) says, “No seas tonto, Jorge” and explains that the actual song was about a young boy standing on the side of the road while his dad changed a flat tire. Get with the program, Jorge. Common knowledge.
Maybe it wasn’t actually Nancy Culp from The Beverly Hillbillies. Did she even play classical guitar? She clearly hated doublenecked guitars.
And while she gained notoriety playing a spinster, she was actually married for 10 years. Per wikipedia, one reviewer said she had the “face of a shriveled balloon, the figure of a string of spaghetti, and the voice of a bullfrog in mating season.” Perhaps that’s a bit harsh. Ribbit.
The kid in the back on the top photo: “If she plays Kumbaya one more time I’m going to smack her on the head.”
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I hear that. Once is plenty.
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Poor Jane no respect.
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Loved Miss Hathaway! Beverly Hillbillies is classic. Good eye, my friend 🙂
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🙂
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Hooo boy — what a contrast.
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Yin and yang.
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😀 LOL 😀
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On the table next to my easy chair is a framed photo of the great Nancy Kulp & Raymond Bailey. A continual reminder of their combined greatness.
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Reposted on twitter @trefology
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