Jimmie Logsdon, rockabilly musician, 79

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Jimmie Logsdon Dies at 79
Michael Gray 
10/08/2001 

Jimmie Logsdon, a popular country and rockabilly singer, songwriter and
radio and TV personality in the 1950s and '60s, died Sunday (Oct. 7) at
his daughter's home in Louisville, Ky., reports the Louisville
Courier-Journal. He was 79. The cause of his death was not given.

Logsdon toured with Hank Williams in 1952. Following Williams' death,
Logsdon honored his friend and mentor with the double-sided single,
"The Death of Hank Williams"/"Hank Williams Sings the Blues No More."
Logsdon's nephew, Ray Lloyd Barrickman, plays bass for Hank Williams
Jr.

Logsdon's singles for Decca, Dot, Starday and Roulette never appeared
on the national country charts, but his songs have been recorded by
other artists. Carl Perkins recorded "Where the Rio de Rosa Flows,"
Johnny Horton cut "No True Love" and NRBQ covered "I've Got a Rocket in
My Pocket." Nick Tosches included a chapter on Logsdon in his 1984
book, Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll.

Logsdon worked at radio stations in Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati and
Mobile, Ala. In 1953, he began hosting the live TV program, Country &
Western Music Show, on Louisville-based WHAS-TV. He remained fairly
active as a performer and as a radio presenter on various stations
until around 1976, when he took up a post with the Kentucky Labor
Department. 

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 9) at Pearson Funeral Home
in Louisville.

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