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  Memorial service set for UCA friend Cleda Driftwood - UCA Today
Cleda Driftwood, widow of Founding Father of the Ozark Folk Center Jimmy Driftwood, died Monday, April 26.
Driftwood, who was born March 1, 1918, will be held Monday, May 3 at the Timbo (Stone County) Assembly of God Church beginning at 11 a.m.
Jimmy Driftwood received his degree from Arkansas State Teachers College (now UCA) in 1949 and was named the school's first Distinguished Alumnus in 1986.
www.uca.edu /news/index.php?itemid=866   (302 words)

  
  Jimmy Driftwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Driftwood used the unique guitar throughout his career and noted that its neck was made from a fence rail, its sides from an old ox yoke, and the head and bottom from the headboard of a bed.
Driftwood was asked to make a shorter censored version of the song for a live radio performance.
Jimmy Driftwood died of a heart attack on 12 July 1998 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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 Battle of New Orleans (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of New Orleans is a song, written by Jimmy Driftwood and popularized by country music singer Johnny Horton, based on Andrew Jackson's exploits at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
Jimmy Driftwood, a school principal in Arkansas with a passion for history, set a historical account of the battle to this music in an attempt to get students interested in learning history.
Jimmy Driftwood won a Grammy for Song of the Year, and Horton won a Grammy for Best Country and Western Performance.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans_(song)   (323 words)

  
 Jimmy Driftwood -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Driftwood learned to play (A stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking) guitar at a young age on his grandfather's homemade instrument.
Driftwood was asked to make a shorter (Click link for more info and facts about censored) censored version of the song for a live radio performance.
Jimmy Driftwood died of a (A sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function) heart attack on 12 July 1998 in (Click link for more info and facts about Fayetteville, Arkansas) Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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 Gadfly Online.
Jimmy was born in 1907 in the Richwoods Valley near Mountain View, the seat of Stone County in north central Arkansas.
Jimmy rode 10 miles to that school every morning—"you had to be there by eight o'clock and you stayed till four o'clock." Wanting more education, the young teacher completed three years in Mountain View—"that's all they had then"—before borrowing $350 to finish high school in Marshall, in adjacent Searcy County, in 1928.
Jimmy was in his second year at John Brown when his mother's failing health caused him to interrupt his studies to arrange her move to the ostensibly healthier climate of Arizona.
www.gadflyonline.com /archive/MayJune00/archive-driftwood.html   (2968 words)

  
 Oral History Project - Interview with Glen Branscum
Jimmy done an awful lot by hisself, see, and he, you know, he was a one-man band, and the first, I guess, country and western or folk musician that ever played in Carnegie Hall up there, the highest stage.
Jimmy didn’t want the bass fiddle played in there, because he said, “Let’s keep it like it was here, you know, years ago, and we’ll have people - if we’ll advertise like that - we’ll have people come see it.” Course, Jimmy was right, and I mean a hundred percent right.
Jimmy, he was the head of all that stuff there, you know, and people’d get mad at him because he wouldn’t put them on the show, you know, and you couldn’t have everybody on, and Jimmy picked the people on.
www.lyon.edu /webdata/groups/library/rcol/branscum.htm   (7412 words)

  
 Station Information - Jimmy Driftwood
Jimmy Driftwood (1917-1998) was a prolific United States folksongwriter and musician, most famous for his song The Battle of New Orleans.
In 1957 a Nashville song publisher heard of Driftwood, auditioned him, and signed him to his first record deal.
The Battle of New Orleans, a song he first wrote to get his students interested in the history of that battle, was included on the album but did not receive much airplay because of the controversial words "hell" and "damn" in the lyrics.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/j/ji/jimmy_driftwood.html   (724 words)

  
 Jimmie Driftwood / Jimmy Driftwood
Jimmie, also known as Jimmy after he left RCA, was born in Mountain View, Arkansas in 1907.
Jimmie claims to have used this guitar on every one of his recording sessions.
Jimmie had the barn built to have a place to perform, which he did regularly for free.
gogomag.com /driftwood   (695 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Jimmy Driftwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Jimmy Driftwood, Folklorist, Musician, Songwriter, Teacher, 1907 - 1998
Jimmy Driftwood, the legendary award-winning folk musician, songwriter, teacher, folklorist, and original Grand Ole Opry member from Timbo, Arkansas, passed away on July 12, 1998, at the age of 91, in a hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Jimmy was a prolific songwriter who composed over 6000 songs during his career, and over 300 of those were recorded and/or published.
In the 1970s, Jimmy founded the Rackensack Folklore Society in Mountain View and then was instrumental in getting the funds appropriated to build the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas, and later in the early 1980s, Jimmy and his friends built the Jimmy Driftwood Barn and Folklore Hall of Fame also in Mountain View.
www.billslater.com /driftwood.htm   (890 words)

  
 Jimmie Driftwood / Jimmy Driftwood
Jimmie, also known as Jimmy after he left RCA, was born in Mountain View, Arkansas in 1907.
Jimmie claims to have used this guitar on every one of his recording sessions.
Jimmie had the barn built to have a place to perform, which he did regularly for free.
www.gogomag.com /driftwood   (695 words)

  
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Jimmy Driftwood is a name is heard all around the South.
In 1962, Jimmy and his wife Cleda, returned to the heart of the Arkansas Ozarks.
When Driftwood returned home to his Ozarks in 1862, he brought with him the desire to spark the interest of the local talent in Mountain View.
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 Jimmy Driftwood, Folklorist, Musician, Songwriter, Teacher, 1907 - 1998
Jimmy Driftwood, the legendary award-winning folk musician, songwriter, teacher, folklorist, and original Grand Ole Opry member from Timbo, Arkansas, passed away on July 12, 1998, at the age of 91, in a hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Jimmy was a prolific songwriter who composed over 6000 songs during his career, and over 300 of those were recorded and/or published.
In the 1970s, Jimmy founded the Rackensack Folklore Society in Mountain View and then was instrumental in getting the funds appropriated to build the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas, and later in the early 1980s, Jimmy and his friends built the Jimmy Driftwood Barn and Folklore Hall of Fame also in Mountain View.
billslater.com /driftwood.htm   (878 words)

  
 Variety: Jimmy Driftwood. (folk singer-songwriter)(Obituary)(Brief Article)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Folk singer-songwriter Jimmy Driftwood, whose penning of the "Battle of New Orleans" vaulted him to fame 40 years ago, died July 12 in Fayetteville, Ark. He was 91.
Driftwood suffered a stroke in June and had been recuperating at a hospital when he suffered a heart attack that proved fatal.
Born James Corbett Morris, he changed his name to Jimmy Driftwood and went on to write some 6,000 folk songs, 300 of which were published or recorded.
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 The Battle Of New Orleans Page
Over the years Jimmy Driftwood, as he came to be known, brought his songs with him to other schools where he taught, and his students took them with them across the Ozarks.
The song that Jimmy Driftwood had written to teach history to his high school students was the most requested song on the airwaves, and went to number one on both charts that Summer.
Jimmy Driftwood maintained a home in Timbo, Arkansas for many, many years and still performed occasionally at the Driftwood Barn in Mountain View, Arkansas while in his 90's.
www.tsimon.com /battle.htm   (1220 words)

  
 Breslin, Jimmy --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Although Jimmy Blanton's career as a jazz musician was brief, he was a bass player of major importance.
U.S. tennis champion Jimmy Connors ranked as the number one player in the world for a total of 268 weeks in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential victory was a narrow but significant one for the Democrats.
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 Jimmy Driftwood Legacy Project
Welcome to the "living web site" for Jimmy Driftwood, America's No. 1 folk singer, legendary RCA Victor and Grand Ole Opry star from Arkansas.
We have published his life story and songbooks of his RCA Victor, Monument and other recordings, plus a book of his poems and CDs of his songs and songs of tribute to him.
Click on any of the tabs above and discover the world of Jimmy Driftwood and how you can support our work of promoting his musical and literary legacy.
www.jimmydriftwoodlegacyproject.com   (130 words)

  
 Jimmy Driftwood Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Send You Back to Arkansas: Our Own Sweet Sounds II » Living History » Pre-Arranged Tours & Programs
"Jimmy Driftwood" was born James Corbett Morris in 1907 at Timbo, Arkansas.
His most famous song, "The Battle of New Orleans," was written while Driftwood was a teaching aid for a history class.
Driftwood died in 1998 at the age of 91.
www.oldstatehouse.com /educational_programs/prearranged_tours/living_history/sendyouback.asp   (717 words)

  
 Jimmy Driftwood: Tombstone Tributes
Jimmy Driftwood wrote "Battle of New Orleans" to teach his class history.
History was made in 1958 when it became a hit for Johnny Horton.
Driftwood also penned the hit, "Tennessee Stud" for Eddy Arnold the following year.
www.wildestwesterns.com /jimmy_driftwood.htm   (109 words)

  
 Jimmy Driftwood und The Battle Of New Orleans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jimmy Driftwood und The Battle Of New Orleans
Der Songwriter und Sänger Jimmy Driftwood, der einen Teil seines Lebens als Lehrer in Snowball, Arkansas, wirkte, brachte seinen Schülern amerikanische Geschichte gelegentlich auch schon mal ganz praktisch bei, indem er ihnen bestimmte Ereignisse anhand von Songs vortrug.
Jimmy Driftwood erzählte mir noch kurz vor seinem Tod im Jahr 1998 in Mountain View, Arkansas, daß ihn die Queen anläßlich eines Besuchs in England trotz allem in Gnaden empfangen habe.
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 Jimmie Driftwood MP3 Downloads - Jimmie Driftwood Music Downloads - Jimmie Driftwood Music Videos
Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for The Best of Jimmy Driftwood.
Check the albums tab for other downloads from Jimmie Driftwood.
Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for The Best of Jimmy Driftwood.
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 Jimmie Driftwood MP3 Downloads - Jimmie Driftwood Music Downloads - Jimmie Driftwood Music Videos
He moved to Monument Records in the '60s and made a couple more original albums as well as The Best of Jimmy Driftwood, a collection of 12 re-recordings of songs from his Columbia years.
In addition to Driftwood's own songs, there are a couple of arrangements of traditional tunes such as "Rattlesnake Song" and "Old Joe Clark," the latter of which features Driftwood demonstrating the lost art of picking a longbow.
The arrangements and performances are very close to Driftwood's original Columbia recordings on this agreeable but redundant platter.
www.mp3.com /albums/92944/summary.html   (196 words)

  
 Lyr Req: The Baby-O (Jimmie Driftwood)
I contacted the fellow that manages the Driftwood Collection at the Univ. of Central Ark. and received an email a few minutes ago confirming that it is in their files.
I may even have a recording of Driftwood singing the song but thay will take a little digging and I have not had a chance to get to that as yet.
If the Driftwood collection can find a copy of the original words, I'll then be able to compare versions and edit down to a third version that I'll end up performing.
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 BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Driftwood wrote hundreds of verses to the song, but since records were only two to three minutes long at the time, he picked out his favorite ones to be recorded, and those are the ones displayed here.
We, also, congratulate the American Football team on reaching the last eight of the World Cup - a great pity that Scottish referee, Hugh Dallas, denied the USA a penalty in their narrow defeat by Germany.
David B. Pincus got in touch saying we had the incorrect words and the song was by Jimmy Driftwood and he provided links to the song with music and a link for a bio on the author for which many thanks.
www.scotsindependent.org /features/singasang/new_orleans.htm   (707 words)

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