Last year when Beverly Hills rolled out its famous collector cars on Rodeo Drive for the annual Father’s Day Car Show one of the most popular was the beat up clunker driven by Jethro Bodine in Beverly Hillbillies, a TV series poking fun at wealthy snobs. What is a hillbilly and where can you find them in California? The term, hillbilly is pretty simple originating from “Billy from the hills”. Merriam Webster dictionary defines it as a person who lives in the country far away from cities and who is often regarded as someone who lacks education and who is stupid. A restaurant, TV show, a band and a festival prove that hillbilly culture is alive and well in California…read more>
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