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Topic: RIP Little Jimmy Dickens |
Jack Strayhorn
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Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 4:58 pm |
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| The last of the originals has made his transition. The Opry and our music will never be the same. The greatest entertainer and interpreter of song. |
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Charles Tilley
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 5:02 pm Jimmy
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One of my favorite entertainers. So sad.
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Charles Tilley ,
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Pete Finney
From:
Nashville Tn.
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Joe B. Long
From:
Llano Tx USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 5:21 pm
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Sad news to hear. Prayers for his family and friends.
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 5:29 pm
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| Sad News. Jimmy was a great entertainer. The Opry just wont be the same without him |
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 5:32 pm
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Tater was the best and will be missed. Such a great entertainer and person.
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Wally Moyers
From:
Lubbock, Texas
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 6:11 pm
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I met him in 1980 on the Opry. He was responsible for a lot of musicians careers, brought Buddy Emmons to Nashville if I remember right.. Nice man, great entertainer! RIP Mr. Dickens… A classic with Big E. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tkEotkyjHU
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Dave Grothusen
From:
Scott City, Ks
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 6:17 pm
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| I met him in the 60's in the middle of no where western Kansas in a high school auditorium. Helped him drink a couple. He was one on a kind for sure. RIP Jimmie. |
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robert kramer
From:
Nashville TN
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Clark Connell
From:
Emmetsberg,Iowa USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 7:14 pm Goodbye, Jimmy
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One of the all-time greatest country artists, we will miss him terribly, and will forever be grateful for his contribution to country music and for bringing Buddy Emmons to Nashville. God Bless Little Jimmy Dickens!!!
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 7:36 pm
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| There will be no replacing him. God rest his soul. |
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 7:40 pm A friend to steel guitar for sure
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I have to share this:
A friend of mine who works in construction was on the crew to do some repairs on Jimmy's house just a few years ago. He was telling me at the time that Jimmy wasn't up to par, but his sense of humor was very much in tact. So as the story was told to me, the contractor was there overseeing the job, & while "inspecting" what the other workers were doing, Jimmy with a deadpan expression walks up behind the contractor, nudges him, then hands him one of those DIY home repair books. HAW!!!!!!!!! 
RIP Tater!! |
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John Booth
From:
Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 7:44 pm
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RIP little Brother
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 8:46 pm
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| I met him back stage at the Opry. Very kind in his conversation with me. They are leaving us. |
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Billy Easton
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 9:11 pm
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Our loss is heaven's gain. He was not only a great performer, but he has written some of the best country ballads ever. He will be missed. Rest in Peace, brother.
Billy Easton
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Ron Whitworth
From:
Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 9:21 pm
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A GREAT entertainer & country artist.
He was loved by many & will be missed.
He really know how to entertain & appreciate his fans.
R.I.P. Little Jimmy.
Ron
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Kenny Davis
From:
Great State of Oklahoma
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 9:27 pm
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| One of a kind...Will miss his ballads on the Opry. Probably the best Country entertainer ever. |
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Michael Breid
From:
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 9:28 pm
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This really hits home for me. Tater used to come to our little town and perform numerous times back in the fifties. As a youngster I'd always go back stage and visit with him between shows. I remember he had a whole passle of rhinestone Nudie-type suits he carried with him on the road. I told him that one day I'd like to pick and grin and do it for a living. He said, "Don't give up son. Just keep at it". Everytime he saw me he'd ask if I was still playing and singing. I told him I was, and again he'd say, "Well, son you stay with it". I did, and the music business has been very good to me for close to seventy years. I wrote Tater a letter a few years ago in care of the Op'ry and thanked him for all his encouragement. I hope he got to read it. He was always kind and very patient with a young fellow who asked millions of questions about country music.
RIP peace my friend. Your work on earth is done. |
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 10:22 pm
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This hurts so bad. I watch this video often to remind me of how great country music and the Grand Ole Opry used to be. Great steel work here by Pee Wee Rogers who was with Tater for about 30 years. He's gone now too. RIP
http://youtu.be/AgrC8OGBKWU
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 11:33 pm
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Although not unexpected, the cold hard reality is still a shock and hurts. One of the last originals of the golden era is gone.
RIP, Tater and Thanks for all those hours of entertaining you gave us.
Walter Stettner
Vienna, Austria
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Tommy White
From:
Nashville
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 12:52 am
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| Jack Strayhorn's post is most eloquent and true. I will never forget the times at the Grand Ole Opry playing for the Dickens. His walk over to me at the steel guitar and saying, "pretty good"as a hello to me was something I'll cherish forever. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 3:50 am
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Tater was the consummate performer. I've been on "Opry Legend" shows with him and he was the "star" of the show.
RIP. |
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Paul King
From:
Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 5:23 am
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| The Opry has changed so much in the last few years. Little Jimmy Dickens passing leaves a big void there as well in our lives. RIP Little Jimmy Dickens, you will be missed forever. |
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 7:03 am
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| It used to really drive me wacko when I'd hear him jump time going into the bridge on his signature song "Old Cold Tator & Wait" . . . he never could get that thing right. Now I guess I'll miss hearing him do it. |
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 8:24 am
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Another milestone passed in the "Lost Era" of Country Music...and Im sure thats what it will call it one day..The man was "Mr Nashville"
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