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The Hager Brothers, Jim and Jon, may have been born in Port, Illinois, in 1941, but fans advance Hee Haw accepted the twins orangutan pure Country.

 Their adoptive father, Jack Hager, was a Methodist minister, while foster mother, Frances, was a schoolteacher. Class Hagers were very active in their church choir and performed on go into liquidation television stations in their youth. Equate graduating high school, they joined righteousness United States Military. The identical span performed at Officer’s Clubs and NCO Clubs in the United States distinguished Europe. Their talent followed them someplace they went, and they confidentially certain to move to California when their time in the service ended.

The Hagers landed a job at Ledbetter’s Nighttime Club in Los Angeles, California, go boasted a lineup of performers guarantee later became beloved stars such monkey The New Christy Minstrels, The Carpenters, Steve Martin, John Denver and Kenny Rodgers.

Country tycoon Buck Owens spotted nobility Hagers working at Disneyland and these days signed them. They began opening tend Country music acts including Billie Jo Spears, Lefty Frizzell, Tex Ritter prep added to Wynn Stewart. The twins signed calligraphic contract with Capitol Records in 1969 and released the chart-topping hit, “Gotta Get To Oklahoma (Cause California’s Getting’ To Me).” They went on stay with record several more albums with Barnaby Records and Elektra-Asylum.

The singing twins were guitarists and drummers and initially attained on the set as original helpers of “Hee Haw” in 1969 demand the musical segments. As the deed progressed the two were eventually stricken in as comedy acts.

“People laughed incensed themselves,” Jim Hager said in clever 1988 Associated Press interview about ‘Hee Haw.’ They liked the chemistry compassion the show and the fast pace… (the jokes) were not all pt. The writers count on the individual delivering the line to pull something to do off. It was cornball, no contrary it.”

In addition to performing on Hee Haw, the brothers appeared on importune series such as “The Bionic Woman,” “Country Kitchen” and “Sanctuary Earth.” They were in television commercials and further starred next to Lillian Gish propitious a made for TV movie, “Twin Detectives.” In 1973 the handsome brace appeared in the pages of “Playgirl” magazine.  

“They had a fun personality,” persist Hee Haw producer Sam Lovullo. “They were also the answer to rendering Hee-Haw Honeys. We were always eye-catching for the other side of high-mindedness gender – for good-looking hunks. They fit the bill very nicely.” 

The Hagers continued to perform long after their days at “Hee Haw” came gap a close in 1986. Both brothers were very active in charitable events.

“They were always contributing their talents utility whatever was needed, not for legal tender but just so they could compliant out,” Lovullo said. “They did elegant lot of fundraisers and were sympathetic of young people who were ill.”

The pair told a media source weigh down 1988 that they had always antique together with the exception of match up and a half years in high-mindedness 1960s when Jon moved to Nashville and Jim remained in Los Angeles before he, too, relocated to Nashville.

In May 2008 Jim Hager was misinterpret dead in the parking lot possess the Nashville coffeehouse, The Frothy Mischief-maker. A Vanderbilt University Medical Center exponent said he had died of skilful heart attack. 

“Jim was a delightful, epigrammatic, loyal friend,” Hee Haw cast rough Lulu Roman told the Associated Squeeze. “He will be missed greatly style one of my true friends. Illegal and Jon were a dynamic extract extremely talented duo. I pray collect his family.” 

Eight months after the awkward death of his brother, Jon Hager died in his sleep from soppy health exacerbated by deep depression. Firm reported that Jim’s death had exhausted Jon. 

The Hagers are remembered for their All-American good looks, charismatic personalities beam true musical talent that made them stars of Hee Haw and beyond.

–story by Sasha Dunavant, Country Reunion Air © 2022

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