Saturday, August 15, 2009

RIP Jim RIP! Jim Dickinson 1942-2009

Memphis musician Jim Dickinson dies at 67

Iconic Memphis musician and producer Jim Dickinson has died at age 67.

The 67 year-old Dickinson passed away early Saturday morning in his sleep, according to his wife Mary Lindsay Dickinson. Dickinson had been in ill health for the past few months, and was recuperating from heart surgery at Methodist Extended Care Hospital. “He went peacefully,” said Mary Lindsay.

Just last weekend, a tribute concert, headlined by John Hiatt, had been held in Dickinson’s honor at the Peabody Skyway, to help defray his medical costs..............


Mudboy & Sons: "Hitler Lives"


Members of Mudboy and the Neutrons, Jim Dickinson, Sid Selvidge, and Jimmy Crosthwait, joined by Steve Selvidge and Paul Taylor at the "Songs & Stories" benefit concert for True Story Pictures.

Footage produced by Live From Memphis (on camera: Christopher Reyes, Brad Phelan, Sarah Fleming) and edited by True Story Pictures' Ryan Hill. Recorded at Minglewood Hall in Memphis, TN on 4/19/09.

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