I'm on a Southern comedian kick: Brother Dave Gardner

[Floogeldy]

This guy was an original in the fifties and sixties. Anyone remember his stuff?

[Carson]

1. I do. My dad downloaded a couple of albums last year....

and when I was a kid, my grandpa would play them.

Another old (well, not *that* old, 1970's), popular Southern comedian is Jerry Clower.

(edited for clarity)

[mitchum]

5. People are usually shocked to find out that I'm a big Jerry Clower fan...

somehow it doesn't seem to fit in with my love of transgressive literature and avant garde music :)
I'm even the proud owner of an 8x10 glossy he signed for me. RIP.

[Wapsie B]

2. Only one I can remember offhand

is Jerry Clower.

[PsN2Wind]

3. Saw him at Gus Steven's

in Gulfport Mississippi in about '62. His very racist shtick was funnier then but his motorcycle wreck thing was hilarious.

[mitchum]

4. Yes! He was a hilarious cracker hipster...

unfortunately, the cracker later won out over the hipster. His career went down in flames because he continued to hold onto, and harden in, his reactionary beliefs.
Still, it is unfortunate that his obstinance resulted in his virtually being written out of the history of comedy of the 50s and 60s. He WAS truly an original.

[Floogeldy]

6. Thanks for the info

As a kid, I did not make racial associations with his humor. But I guess that does not mean they were not there.