David Akeman (June 17, 1915 - November 11, 1973) was an American country music banjo player and comedy musician best known for his role on the hit television show, Hee Haw. June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Country music, formerly called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... The banjo is a stringed instrument, derived from the banjar, a stringed instrument of American origins, sometimes called the gourd banjo. The banjar, in turn was based on the African akonting. Some etymologists derive it from a dialectal pronunciation of bandore, though recent research suggests that it may come from... Hee Haw was a long-running television variety show hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. ...

"Stringbean"

Born in Annville, Kentucky, he came from a musical family and was taught to play banjo by his father. Dubbed "Stringbean" because he was so tall and thin, he would become known by that single moniker. During the 1940s, he was a bluegrass banjo player with the band of country singer Bill Monroe. In 1945 he teamed up with Lew Childre to form a comedy duet and were successful enough to be invited to perform on the Grand Ole Opry. Primarily a backup musician or part of the comedy duet, he never recorded any music until the 1960s. In 1969 he became a founding member of the cast for the television show "Hee Haw." Image File history File links StringbeanAkeman. ... Image File history File links StringbeanAkeman. ... Annville is a city located in Jackson County, Kentucky. ... Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in the English, Irish and Scottish traditional music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants of Appalachia), as well as the music of rural African-Americans, jazz, and blues. ... Bill Monroe Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 - September 9, 1996) developed the style of country music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, named for his home state of Kentucky. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Hee Haw was a long-running television variety show hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. ...

A modest and unassuming person, he enjoyed the simple life, hunting and fishing. As a result of hard times during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Akeman and his wife lived frugally in a tiny cabin near Ridgetop, Tennessee, their only indulgence a Cadillac automobile. The numerous bank failures during the Depression caused Akeman and many other people to not trust banks with their money. Despite never being a rich man, around the city of Nashville it was general gossip that Akeman usually kept a significant amount of cash on hand. On a Saturday night in November 1973 when he and his wife returned to their home about 20 miles from downtown Nashville, thieves lay in wait. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Ridgetop is a city located mostly in Robertson County, Tennessee. ... Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the USA; outside of North America, they have been less successful. ...

Their bodies were discovered the following morning by neighbor and fellow performer, Grandpa Jones (Louis Marshall Jones). A police investigation into the double homicide resulted in the conviction of brothers John and Marvin Douglas. At trial, it was revealed that the two had ransacked the cabin and shot Akeman and his wife when they returned home, leaving with nothing more than a chain saw and some guns. In 1996, twenty-three years after their murders, $20,000 in cash was discovered behind a brick in the chimney of the Akemans' home. The A&E cable television network profiled the Stringbean murder case on a 2003 episode of its popular City Confidential series. Grandpa Jones Grandpa Jones (October 20, 1913 - February 19, 1998) was an American banjo player and old time country and gospel music singer. ... Homicide is the killing of another human being by one or more others. ... Alternative meaning: Chainsaw (computer program) A chainsaw (also spelled chain saw) is a portable mechanical, motorized saw. ... The abbreviation A&E can refer to: A&E Network (Arts and Entertainment), an American television network the Accident and Emergency department of a hospital This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the...

David Akeman and his wife are buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Established in 1960, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens located at 1150 Dickerson Pike in Goodlettsville, Tennessee is only a few miles north of Nashville, the Country Music capital of the world. ... Goodlettsville is a city located in Tennessee. ...