Music [trivia] question: Green Acres theme

Way too early on April 12, 2015 | Self

[re_nortex]

Here I go again, dragging you into a wee hours chat about music. But your track record is so good, that I had to turn to a real expert! :)

And I take it you've heard the clever sendup of the theme they use locally on the Hardline. I still chuckle every time I hear it.

[Bullish]

If you really want to know anything about the ‘green acres’ theme then you really should try to get some sleep....

Just sayin’

[Squawk 8888]

Can't be sure myself but there are lots of musicians on this list :)

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[re_nortex]

Thanks...happening across the Trump performance of the theme brought back a lot of memories of Green Acres. It was "must see" TV for me during my mid-20s. The cast of characters, especially Mr. Haney and Hank Kimball, was terrific. And the catchy theme is hard to forget even after all these years.

I figured if any people on the planet knew more about it, it would definitely be FReepers!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I think the original recording used a very low harmonica.

(Have a great photo of Eddie Albert with my grandfather. They had investment dealings years ago.)

[Arthur McGowan]

Playing it in my head. Maybe a “treated piano”? Or harpsichord? Electric guitar, certainly. Harmonica.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Predominantly electric guitar.

[re_nortex]

I didn't realize until just now that Eddie Albert died in 2005 at the age of 99. To many, he was Oliver Douglas but also was in 1962's The Longest Day.

[equaviator]

A couple of months ago I saw The Wild One on TCM and one of the guys in Johnny’s gang was the guy who played Mr. Kimball on Green Acres. Cool, dad!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

He was a gent. Met him when I was a young lass. Used to stay at my grandfather’s.

[re_nortex]

Predominantly electric guitar.

Talk to me like I'm a four year old -- since that's about where I am when it comes to music. :)

Was that sound produced by a special electric guitar or was it "plucked" (is that the word?) in such a way that any ordinary guitar could make it? It also sounds like there's a xylophone somewhere in the mix to my admittedly tin ear.

[Crazieman]

Apparently its a sin to promote your television business when you don’t have presidential aspirations at the time.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

You definitely hear this and it is played thru the programs.

Tombo Pocket Bass Harmonica: http://youtu.be/0i4h8s1GGPI

See BS got rid of GA as part of their ‘rural purge’ back in the day.

[wideminded]

Alvy Moore

IMHO the funniest character on that show.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

It IS ‘plucked’ and a very distinctive style as to the period guitar. Some FReeper could tell you.

[re_nortex]

Tombo Poket Bass Harmonica

Wow! You really can learn everything here on FR, confirming why I posted the question here. The sound produced by that harmonica was used throughout the show in setup scenes but especially when good ol' Arnold Ziffel made his appearance.

[Slings and Arrows]

Second the electric guitar (played by Tommy Tedesco), and bass harmonica (ref). Beyond that...?

[Maceman]

Theere definitely is a xylophone, and the electric guitar has some distortion on it.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

;)