“There are cool cats and there are cool Memphis cats but no one, not
Elvis, not Jerry Lee, not even the Wolf came close to epitomizing Memphis
and cool like Jim Dickinson did. He was the Top Cat Daddy, an
inspiration, a mentor and my friend.
If you knew his music and understood his role as one of the links between
black and white culture and between blues and rock and roll, you know what
I'm talking about. If he is unfamiliar to you, now's as good time as any
to get to know him, even though he's checked out of the motel.”
--Joe Nick Patoski
For more about Jim go tohttp://www.zebraranch.com
http://joenickp.blogspot.com/2009/08/james-luther-dickinson.html
Down In Mississippi by Jim Dickinson
His life was short but his art is long. Jim Dickinson's legacy thrives in Mike McCarthy's splendid video shoot at the Zebra Ranch, home of Jim's dream with Jimmy Crosthwait packing a gun, the pretty girls prancing around the flaming cross. "Down in Mississippi." Who's that lovin' on Jim? You'll have to see it to believe it.
R.I.P. dear husband, knowing your legacy lives on. - MLD
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