Jimmie Skinner
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Jimmie Skinner (April 27, 1909 – October 28, 1979)[1][2] was an American country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter and acoustic guitarist.[1] He also was known for a mail-order record business and retail store in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Biography
Skinner was born in Blue Lick, near
After moving to
In the early 1950s, Epstein opened The Jimmie Skinner Music Center, a Cincinnati mail-order and retail record store,
After Epstein's 1963 death from a brain tumor, Skinner's career fell into a decline. He later became a fixture on the bluegrass festival circuit and resumed his recording career, primarily album releases for small labels including Rich-R-Tone Records. In 1974, Skinner moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he continued to write songs and play festivals until his death five years later.
Skinner died from a heart attack in October 1979,[3] in Hendersonville, Tennessee.[1]
Recent releases
In 2003 Bear Family Records issued Doin' My Time, a five-CD boxed set collecting all of Skinner's surviving Red Barn, Radio Artist, Capitol, Decca and Mercury recordings, plus a sixth disc of Skinner reading from his unfinished autobiography.
Singles
Year | Single | US Country |
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1949 | "Tennessee Border" | 15 |
1957 | "I Found My Girl in the USA" | 5 |
1958 | "What Makes a Man Wander" | 8 |
1959 | "Walkin' My Blues Away" | 21 |
"Dark Hollow" | 7 | |
"John Wesley Hardin" | 17 | |
1960 | "Riverboat Gambler" | 14 |
"Lonesome Road Blues" | 21 | |
"Reasons to Live" | 13 | |
"Careless Love" | 30 |
Further reading
- Kurt Wolff, Orla Duane, Country Music: The Rough Guide – 2000
- Richard Carlin, Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary – 2003
- Dave Samuelson, Doin' My Time (liner notes) – 2003
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jimmie Skinner | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Jimmie Skinner | Artist Bio". Countrymusichalloffame.org. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-726-6.