# Who Dat? Southern white comedian with a psychedelic twist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dat-southern-white-comedian-with-a-psychedelic-twist/507456 "2009-08-24T03:32:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dat-southern-white-comedian-with-a-psychedelic-twist/507456/1 "2009-08-24T03:32:02Z")
He was Southern. He was weird. Any suggestions of who he was? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dat-southern-white-comedian-with-a-psychedelic-twist/507456/2 "2009-08-24T03:33:57Z")
Never mind. I remembered his being called “Brother Dave,” and it went from there. > **[Brother Dave Gardner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Dave_Gardner)** > > David Gardner (June 11, 1926 – September 22, 1983), known as Brother Dave Gardner, was a U.S. comedian, professional drummer and singer. > A Tennessee native, Gardner studied drumming, beginning at age 13. After a one-semester term as a Southern Baptist ministerial student at Union University in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee, he began a musical career as a drummer and occasional vocalist. After a pair of demo singles for Decca Records around 1956, he had a 1957 Top-20 hit on OJ Records with... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dat-southern-white-comedian-with-a-psychedelic-twist/507456/3 "2009-08-24T03:37:02Z")
My stepfather was a huge fan- he kept playing a Brother Dave album called “Kick Thine Own Self.” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dat-southern-white-comedian-with-a-psychedelic-twist/507456/4 "2009-08-24T03:39:26Z")
And to keep this thread interesting and not a blown opportunity, we should not ignore such greats as Jerry Clower. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AX9QoFhEhI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AX9QoFhEhI) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dat-southern-white-comedian-with-a-psychedelic-twist/507456/5 "2009-08-24T03:56:00Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > And to keep this thread interesting and not a blown opportunity, we should not ignore such greats as Jerry Clower. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AX9QoFhEhI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AX9QoFhEhI) And don’t forget the under-rated Killer Beaz. Doesn’t seem to have much on you tube, still trying to find my favorite joke of his. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dat-southern-white-comedian-with-a-psychedelic-twist/507456/6 "2009-08-25T04:20:56Z")
I was gonna guess [Bill Hicks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks)