Jimmy Driftwood

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folk musician folk singer guitarist human schoolteacher songwriter

Jimmy Driftwood was an American folk music songwriter and musician best known for his historically themed ballads and contributions to the mid-20th-century folk revival.

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Jimmy Driftwood canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk musician ⓘ
folk singer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jimmie Driftwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jimmy Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Arkansas folk music ⓘ
Ozark folk music ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Song of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceivedFor The Battle of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName James Corbitt Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1907-06-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-07-12 ⓘ
ethnicGroup American ⓘ
fieldOfWork folk songwriting ⓘ
music education ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
hasPart homemade guitar ⓘ
influenced mid-20th-century folk revival ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement American folk music revival NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature historically themed ballads ⓘ
notableWork He Had a Long Chain On NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tennessee Stud NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Battle of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Wilderness Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stone County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timbo, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fayetteville, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Stone County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timbo, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Cleda Johnson Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor education through music NERFINISHED ⓘ
wroteAbout American history ⓘ
historical ballads ⓘ
rural life in Arkansas ⓘ

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song "The Battle of New Orleans" → writer → Jimmy Driftwood ⓘ
subject surface form: The Battle of New Orleans
song "The Battle of New Orleans" → lyricist → Jimmy Driftwood ⓘ
subject surface form: The Battle of New Orleans
song "The Battle of New Orleans" → composer → Jimmy Driftwood ⓘ
subject surface form: The Battle of New Orleans