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Jimmie Skinner: Doin' My Time (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)

6-CD box (LP-size) with 92-page hardcover book, 162 tracks. Playing time approx. 465 mns.

Jimmie Skinner drew the roadmap that today's 'alt-country' singer-songwriters follow. Inspired by the bluesmen of his youth, Jimmie Skinner wrote songs of melancholy, despair and anger, framed by catchy, unforgettable melodies. Frustrated in his attempts to land a major label contract, he independently produced and distributed his own records. Nearly forty years old when he launched his professional career, Jimmie Skinner rose to fame during the late forties through enduring songs like Let's Say Goodbye (Like We Said Hello), Will You Be Satisfied That Way, You Don't Know My Mind, Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler, and Doin' My Time.

The consummate country music outsider, Skinner rejected conventional Nashville protocols. His idiosyncratic musical vision simply didn't fit contemporary music industry tastes and trends. Jimmie Skinner stripped country music to its raw essentials, much as Sun Records' Sam Phillips later did with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and especially Johnny Cash and His Tennessee Two. His accompaniment was minimal and often stark. Jimmie Skinner thrashed his guitar with an aggressive upstroke, creating a backbeat that a generation of rockabilly singers later emulated. Mandolinist Ray Lunsford dutifully followed Jimmie Skinner's quirky sense of meter by rarely deviating from the melody. If Jimmie Skinner's phrasing was reminiscent of Jimmie Rodgers and early Ernest Tubb, his voice was unmistakably his own –
a warm, baritone growl that boomed out of the era's jukeboxes.

When the major labels finally beckoned, Jimmie Skinner battled to maintain his artistic integrity. His persistence paid off in the late fifties with a string of country chart hits that defied the dominating Nashville Sound, including I Found My Girl In The U.S.A., What Makes A Man Wander and Dark Hollow. Rather than bow to changing tastes in country music, Jimmie Skinner voluntarily ended his recording career.

Once one of country music's most beloved, best-known figures, Jimmie Skinner is barely remembered today. Relatively few of his singles saw reissue on LP, much less compact disc. This long-overdue collection finally restores Jimmie Skinner's most important recordings to print. Five compact discs feature Jimmie Skinner's classic 1947-1962 recordings for Red Barn, Radio Artists, Capitol, Decca and Mercury, along with acetates and rare bluegrass tracks sold exclusively through the Jimmie Skinner Music Center. A sixth disc features Jimmie Skinner reading excerpts from his uncompleted autobiography. His compelling narrative spins tales of the Great Depression, his first efforts at songwriting and frustrating attempts to get on record, his peak years on Knoxville radio, and decision to return to his southwestern Ohio home.

Working closely with the Skinner family, his former guitarist Rusty York, and others associated with the singer, country music researcher David Sax recovered unissued Radio Artists master acetates along with dozens of photos, clippings and printed souvenirs. Drawing upon contemporary trade magazines and fanzines, unpublished oral histories and new interviews, Dave Samuelson details Jimmie Skinner's fascinating life, music and career in a 92-page hardcover book. 'Doin' My Time' stands as the definitive collection of one of country music's most intriguing personalities.

Article properties: Jimmie Skinner: Doin' My Time (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)

Interpret: Jimmie Skinner
Album titlle: Doin' My Time (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
Preiscode FK
Artikelart Box set
EAN: 4000127166135
weight in Kg 2.1

Skinner, Jimmie - Doin' My Time (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01	On The Wrong Side Of The Tracks	Jimmie Skinner
02	Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello	Jimmie Skinner
03	Doin' My Time	Jimmie Skinner
04	Dad Too Is Lonely	Jimmie Skinner
05	Will You Be Satisfied That Way	Jimmie Skinner
06	There Won't Be Much More Time	Jimmie Skinner
07	Tennessee Border	Jimmie Skinner
08	Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler	Jimmie Skinner
09	I'm Afraid To Love You Anymore	Jimmie Skinner
10	If There Were No You	Jimmie Skinner
11	On The Wrong Side Of The Track	Jimmie Skinner
12	You've Been A Little Careless	Jimmie Skinner
13	There Won't Be Much More Time	Jimmie Skinner
14	Will You Be Satisfied That Way	Jimmie Skinner
15	You're Going To Be On The Receiving End	Jimmie Skinner
16	Capital Letters (Wrote Your Name...)	Jimmie Skinner
17	Memories And A Heart So Sick And Blue	Jimmie Skinner
18	Lula Lee	Jimmie Skinner
19	Here's My Good-Bye To You	Jimmie Skinner
20	The Rambler's Call	Jimmie Skinner
21	Doin' My Time	Jimmie Skinner
22	I'm Gonna Put You In My Pocket	Jimmie Skinner
23	Yesterday's Winner Is A Loser Today	Jimmie Skinner
24	You're My Big Baby Now	Jimmie Skinner
25	Blue Banjo Rag (instr.)	Jimmie Skinner
26	I Believe I'm Entitled To You	Jimmie Skinner
27	You Don' t Know My Mind	Jimmie Skinner
28	Muddy Water Blues	Jimmie Skinner

Skinner, Jimmie - Doin' My Time (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01	Jimmie's Yodel Blues	Jimmie Skinner
02	You Locked The Door Of My Heart	Jimmie Skinner
03	You're Just A Rolling Stone	Jimmie Skinner
04	There's No Love In My Heart For You Now	Jimmie Skinner
05	I'd Gamble My Heart	Jimmie Skinner
06	There's Nothin' About You Special	Jimmie Skinner
07	I'm Giving You No Reason To Forget	Jimmie Skinner
08	Who Do You Think You're Fooling	Jimmie Skinner
09	I'm A Regular Daddy	Jimmie Skinner
10	It's My World	Jimmie Skinner
11	It's Bargain Day (In Broken Hearts)	Jimmie Skinner
12	The Hem Of His Garment	Jimmie Skinner
13	Dad, Too Is Lonely	Jimmie Skinner
14	Running Out Of Time	Jimmie Skinner
15	Station Door Blues	Jimmie Skinner
16	Falling Rain Blues	Jimmie Skinner
17	It's All The Same To Me	Jimmie Skinner
18	Journey's End	Jimmie Skinner
19	I Can't Tell My Heart That	Jimmie Skinner
20	Tell Them	Jimmie Skinner
21	Kentucky And You	Jimmie Skinner
22	Dreaming My Weary Life Away	Jimmie Skinner
23	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	Jimmie Skinner
24	(Send Me) A Penny Postcard	Jimmie Skinner
25	Women Beware (Of The Ramblin' Kind)	Jimmie Skinner
26	(I Can't Believe) It's Our Goodbye	Jimmie Skinner
27	When The Book Of Life Is Read	Jimmie Skinner
28	Holy Life Insurance	Jimmie Skinner

Skinner, Jimmie - Doin' My Time (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3
01	I Ain't Got Time	Jimmie Skinner
02	Help Me Find My Broken Heart	Jimmie Skinner
03	Your Flyin' Days Are Through	Jimmie Skinner
04	I Saw Your Face In The Crowd	Jimmie Skinner
05	Singing Teacher In Heaven	Jimmie Skinner
06	Ready To Go Home	Jimmie Skinner
07	I've Got A Lot Of Love, Baby	Jimmie Skinner
08	By Degrees	Jimmie Skinner
09	I'm Allergic To Your Kisses	Jimmie Skinner
10	Baby I Could Change My Ways	Jimmie Skinner
11	What A Pleasure	Jimmie Skinner
12	Don't Give My Heart To A Rambler	Jimmie Skinner
13	My Broken Heart's Startin' To Show	Jimmie Skinner
14	Too Hot To Handle	Jimmie Skinner
15	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Jimmie Skinner
16	John Henry And The Waterboy	Jimmie Skinner
17	Blame The Right One	Jimmie Skinner
18	I Don't Need A Doctor	Jimmie Skinner
19	Beautiful	Jimmie Skinner
20	Jesus Loves Us All	Jimmie Skinner
21	(My Heart's) On A Budget	Jimmie Skinner
22	Steppin' Out On You	Jimmie Skinner
23	Want You To Be My Baby	Jimmie Skinner
24	Dime A Dozen (That's What You Are)	Jimmie Skinner
25	How Low Can You Feel	Jimmie Skinner
26	I Need A Little Lovin'	Jimmie Skinner
27	Another Saturday Night	Jimmie Skinner
28	Just Ramblin' On	Jimmie Skinner
29	No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes	Jimmie Skinner
30	Hafta Do Somethin' 'Bout That	Jimmie Skinner
31	No Fault Of Mine	Jimmie Skinner
32	Born To Be Wild	Jimmie Skinner

Skinner, Jimmie - Doin' My Time (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4
01	We've Got Things In Common (& CONNIE HALL)	Jimmie Skinner
02	Where Do We Go From Here (& CONNIE HALL)	Jimmie Skinner
03	What Makes A Man Wander	Jimmie Skinner
04	Where My Sweet Baby Goes	Jimmie Skinner
05	I Found My Girl In The U.S.A.	Jimmie Skinner
06	I'm The Girl In The U.S.A.	Jimmie Skinner
07	Doin' My Time	Jimmie Skinner
08	On The Wrong Side Of The Track	Jimmie Skinner
09	You Don't Know My Mind	Jimmie Skinner
10	Dark Hollow	Jimmie Skinner
11	Lonesome At Your Table (& CONNIE HALL)	Jimmie Skinner
12	Walkin' My Blues Away	Jimmie Skinner
13	When Temptation Smiles	Jimmie Skinner
14	John Wesley Hardin	Jimmie Skinner
15	Misery Loves Company	Jimmie Skinner
16	Married To A Friend (& CONNIE HALL)	Jimmie Skinner
17	Riverboat Gambler	Jimmie Skinner
18	Two Squares Away	Jimmie Skinner
19	Reasons To Live	Jimmie Skinner
20	I'm A Lot More Lonesome Now	Jimmie Skinner
21	Lonesome Road Blues	Jimmie Skinner
22	The Hem Of This Garment	Jimmie Skinner
23	Careless Love	Jimmie Skinner
24	God's Mansion In The Sky	Jimmie Skinner
25	I'll Weaken And Call	Jimmie Skinner
26	Big City	Jimmie Skinner
27	Please Don't Send Cecil Away	Jimmie Skinner
28	Four Walls, A Floor And A Ceiling	Jimmie Skinner
29	Don't Let Love Get You Down	Jimmie Skinner
30	Big City	Jimmie Skinner
31	Fallen Leaves	Jimmie Skinner
32	Short Life Of Trouble	Jimmie Skinner
33	Kentucky Mountain Chimes (inst)	Jimmie Skinner

Skinner, Jimmie - Doin' My Time (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 5
01	Hobo Bill's Last Ride	Jimmie Skinner
02	My Rough And Rowdy Ways	Jimmie Skinner
03	Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea	Jimmie Skinner
04	Jimmie The Kid	Jimmie Skinner
05	The Soldier's Sweetheart	Jimmie Skinner
06	My Blue Eyed Jane	Jimmie Skinner
07	Moonlight And Skies	Jimmie Skinner
08	I Miss The Mississippi And You	Jimmie Skinner
09	Never No Mo' Blues	Jimmie Skinner
10	Tuck Away My Blues	Jimmie Skinner
11	Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line	Jimmie Skinner
12	Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel	Jimmie Skinner
13	Proof Heartaches	Jimmie Skinner
14	Wooden Angels	Jimmie Skinner
15	I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)	Jimmie Skinner
16	One Dead Man Ago	Jimmie Skinner
17	Rambler's Call	Jimmie Skinner
18	Our Worlds Are Far Apart	Jimmie Skinner
19	Restless Heart	Jimmie Skinner
20	You Sure Don't Know My Mind	Jimmie Skinner
21	Jimmie's Theme (Mammy's Lullaby)(with yodel)	Jimmie Skinner
22	Down The Road To Love(& JOE CANNONBALL LEWIS)	Jimmie Skinner
23	Lost Lover Blues (& JOE CANNONBALL LEWIS)	Jimmie Skinner
24	Don't Say That It's Too Late (& LEWIS)	Jimmie Skinner
25	Ramblin' Boy Blues	Jimmie Skinner
26	Way Down In Dixieland	Jimmie Skinner
27	John Henry	Jimmie Skinner
28	Headin' South	Jimmie Skinner
29	Six Month Blues	Jimmie Skinner
30	Down Home Blues	Jimmie Skinner
31	Doin' My Time	Jimmie Skinner
32	Someone To Love Me Always	Jimmie Skinner

Skinner, Jimmie - Doin' My Time (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 6
01	Hamilton, Ohio:	Jimmie Skinner
02	A Damn Good Night for the Bums	Jimmie Skinner
03	Hard Times in Indianapolis	Jimmie Skinner
04	Carla DeMuir	Jimmie Skinner
05	Muscles, Little Rabbit & Snow-Covered Corpse	Jimmie Skinner
06	Writing 'Doin' My Time'	Jimmie Skinner
07	Auditioning for Gennett, RCA Victor & Decca	Jimmie Skinner
08	Good Old Al	Jimmie Skinner
09	Knoxville	Jimmie Skinner

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Jimmie Skinner

Had the category of 'alt-country' existed fifty years ago, Jimmie Skinner would fit right in. A brilliant singer-songwriter, Skinner was an intriguing personality who literally marched to the beat of his own drummer. His music seems more suited to juke-joint Wurlitzers than genteel living room Crosleys, yet Skinner's appeal crossed gender lines, attracting as many women as men. Some cite Skinner as a primal influence on the first generation of rockabillies. Others notice parallels between Johnny Cash's early Sun sound and the stark minimalism of Skinner's classic recordings.

As a songwriter, his talent was nonpareil. His admirers included Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Fred Rose, Jimmy Martin, and Johnny Cash. His lyrics were usually melancholy and occasionally angry; his melodies were usually catchy and occasionally hypnotic. As a performer, Skinner followed a peculiar internal clock that vexed the most patient, attentive musicians. He thrashed his guitar with as much emphasis on his upstroke as his downstroke, creating a double-time effect. More often than not, Skinner started singing on the backbeat – sometimes early, sometimes late. By his own admission, his singing voice was rough. If his blues-tinged delivery often reflected his heroes Jimmie Rodgers and Ernest Tubb, Skinner's voice was unmistakably his own – a deep, resonant baritone that seemed to growl.

At one time Skinner was one of country music's best-known, best-loved personalities. Through the fifties and sixties, virtually every country music magazine featured a full-page monthly ad promoting The Jimmie Skinner Music Center in downtown Cincinnati. Each type-heavy ad sported a halftone of the store's genial proprietor wearing his trademark Kentucky Colonel hat, narrow necktie and inviting smile. If your local record store didn't stock that new Columbia record by Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper or that Starday single by Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis that you just heard on WCKY, Jimmie Skinner could send it to you. And when visiting Cincinnati, stop by 222 E. Fifth Street any weekday morning to watch Jimmie broadcast live in person from the Music Center's display window. At one point grocers even stocked Jimmie Skinner coffee, freshly ground and vacuum-packed.

That was then. Mention Skinner's name to any country music fan or knowledgeable radio personality today, chances are you'll get a puzzled stare. Even though he placed ten records in 'Billboard's country charts between 1949 and 1960 – four in the Top 10 – Skinner has largely been forgotten. Relatively few of his singles were reissued on LP, much less on compact disc. Once in awhile you'll stumble across a budget-priced Skinner cassette or compact disc in a Midwestern or Southern truck stop. They're usually disappointing recordings he made late in life, backed by inattentive bluegrass musicians who lacked the finesse that Skinner's singing demands.

Nor do traces of this country music giant linger near Ohio's Queen City. The Jimmie Skinner Music Center's downtown location – a Mecca to people who loved edgy, uncompromising country and gospel music – was demolished decades ago. The electric sign that proudly hung over its façade deserves a display in the Cincinnati History Museum. Instead, it sits two thousand miles away, a rusty relic treasured by a San Diego record collector.

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