Before they became famous actors and comedians, Jon Hamm and Jimmy Fallon toured the country as a roots rock duo by the name of Burlap.
At least, that’s the story they told on Wednesday night when Hamm stopped by “The Tonight Show” to reminisce. READ MORE: Jon Hamm’s Hilarious Commercial Calls Out Apple TV+ For Not Casting Him In A Project For the hilariously goofy bit, Fallon explained that with Burlap, “We may have focused a little too much on our image.” “It was a good look,” Hamm said of their big-bearded country style. “It was the right look.
I just feel like the songwriting really needed a lot of work. As Fallon explained, based on their look, people expected songs about “trucks and trains and love gone wrong,” but they didn’t write songs about any of those things.
Throwing to the first clip of Burlap’s first-ever performance at Tractorfest ’99, the Americana-looking duo sang a bouncy song about lollipops to the sound of boos.
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