tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post9102696809458762367..comments2024-03-28T21:22:49.157-04:00Comments on Fayfare's Opry Blog: Happy Birthday Jimmy Dickensfayfarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-71764678187515387072011-12-20T22:30:40.178-05:002011-12-20T22:30:40.178-05:00Fred again:
Forgetting that everybody isn't a...Fred again:<br /><br />Forgetting that everybody isn't as old as I am, I neglected to mention that the wonderful Dickens album I mentioned, "Big Songs," almost entirely consisted of the ballads cited by Byron and that Jimmy did so well ... mainly other people's but including the one he has made his own and that Mona will probably hear Christmas Eve, "My Heart's Bouquet."<br /><br />Jimmy borrowed Ray Price's band for the project ... don't know why ... but the results are, as noted by Eddie Stubbs, a clinic in country music of the 1950s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-89001234334858211672011-12-20T16:14:43.244-05:002011-12-20T16:14:43.244-05:00Jim is great with ballads, and even better with re...Jim is great with ballads, and even better with recitations.<br />If a grown man doesn't cry when Jimmie does "Raggedy Ann," that man has no heart.<br />Happy Birthday, Tater.Nat Hill IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-30963321819381075182011-12-18T21:46:51.367-05:002011-12-18T21:46:51.367-05:00He's also celebrating his 40th anniversary--co...He's also celebrating his 40th anniversary--come to think of it, so is Miss Mona--on Christmas Eve. Not bad! Nice job, Byron, and here's to The Potato!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-39477493752068124252011-12-18T21:12:17.446-05:002011-12-18T21:12:17.446-05:00Thank you, Byron. Fred in Bismarck here. Jimmie ha...Thank you, Byron. Fred in Bismarck here. Jimmie has been giving me pleasure for longer than any other living country music star. In 1960 I bought his ultimate album, "Big Songs by Little Jimmie Dickins," at Christmas time, and ever since the season would not be the same to me without it.<br /><br />In the book accompanying his 2nd Bear Family collection, Jimmie is quoted as saying that, in his opinion, everything came together for him in this album, voice and music. I agree with all my heart ... and wish Jimmie a very happy birthday, with my thanks for so many years (51 now) of great musical thrills and pleasure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com