Name : James Corbitt Morris aka Jimmie Driftwood and Jimmy Driftwood
Born : 1917 in Mountain View, Arkansas
School : John Brown College
Married : Cleda Azalea Johnson, in 1936
Children : Three sons
First Album : Newly Discovered Early American Folk Songs for RCA in 1957 (recut as
The Battle of New Orleans in 1959)
Jimmie vs Jimmy : Jimmie changed the spelling of his name to Jimmy after he left RCA for Monument
Grammy Awards : "The Battle of New Orleans," "Wilderness Road," "Songs of Billy Yank and Johnny Reb" and
"Tennessee Stud"
Died : July 12, 1998 in Fayetteville Arkansas
