How to Pronounce Uncle Jimmy Thompson
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Jan 01, 1848 Baxter, Tennessee, United States Died on 17 Feb 1931 (aged 83)
American musician
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About Uncle Jimmy Thompson
- Jesse Donald "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson (1848 – February 17, 1931) was an American old-time fiddle player and singer-songwriter.
- He is best remembered as the first performer to play on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry (then called the WSM-AM Barn Dance), appearing with founder and host George D.
- Hay on the evening of November 28, 1925.
- The positive response generated by Thompson's performance would be an important influence on the show's creative direction in its formative years.
- While Thompson made only a handful of recordings late in his life, his cantankerous and eccentric personality and his fiddle skills have made him one of the best-known icons of early country music.
