- Mandolin player. One half of the country music comedy duo "Homer and Jethro."
- Brother-in-law of Chet Atkins
- Recorded and toured for 11 years with folk singer/songwriter Steve Goodman (famous for his composition "The City of New Orleans") after Homer's death.
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 218-219 (entry "Homer and Jethro"). New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame with his former partner Homer in 1985.
- Kenneth C. Burns (as "Jethro") and his partner, Henry D. Haynes (as "Homer"), were a country music comedy duo that performed as "Homer and Jethro". They are best remembered for performing comedy songs, parodies of popular songs and performing songs from other genres in an exaggerated country music style.
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