Little Jimmy Dickens returns to the Opry
Friday, February 27, 2009 – Little Jimmy Dickens will be back at the Grand Ole Opry tonight and tomorrow, the first time since he took ill in January. He had surgery then to repair bleeding on his brain. He spent time in the hospital and in rehabilitation.
More news for Little Jimmy Dickens
- 01/08/15: Opry crowd celebrates Dickens
- 01/07/15: Dickens service airs live Thursday
- 01/05/15: Dickens services set
- 01/02/15: Little Jimmy Dickens passes away
- 12/30/14: Dickens remains hospitalized
- 06/25/13: Little Jimmy to undergo radiation
- 02/17/09: Dickens returns home
- 01/22/09: Little Jimmy Dickens moves from hospital to rehab
CD reviews for Little Jimmy Dickens
Country Music Hall Of Famer Little Jimmy Dickens, just shy of five feet tall, is proof positive that good things do indeed come in small packages. Germany's Bear Family Records, renown for its comprehensive, meticulously researched box sets, with this - the first of two sets - begins its documentation of Dickens' career in a superb none-too-small collection of 105 songs spanning four CDs from 1949-57 on Columbia.
Known for novelty songs such as "Out Behind The Barn" and "A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of ...
Little Jimmy Dickens is a member of the CMA Hall of Fame; he's a seminal figure in the bridge between hillbilly and rockabilly music; he's been oneof the most popular country performers in history.
This is the only domestic comprehensive overview of his music (1949-1969) available, and so, for serious collectors of country, the CD is essential.
But what about the music? It's pretty terrific, too.
Dickens was a master of many forms of country: work songs, sentimental ballads, boogie tunes, weepy ...
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