Ezra… The Roller Skating Hillbilly
Posted By thecircusblog on May 4, 2010
This was Ezra’s bib overalls and straw hat and this was his wardrobe. Ezra did two acts on the Siebrand Circus. Comedy mule and acrobatic roller skating. Both of his acts were on a light country comedy satire, almost with a Will Rogers attitude. He would use a microphone for a lot of his one liners, but most of his jokes were leather lunged. Ezra was not a young man but that did not stop him from doing a forward somersault as he is readying for in this photo. The table on his right he would dance on top of it while playing the guitar and banjo. Thanks to Ezra, I learned how to play the guitar and one song … just enough to have fun with. Three simple cords G, C and D. Deep in the wild woods-sitting on a log- my finger on the trigger and my eye on a hog. To this day I still have fun with it and soon will teach my grand kids.
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