I’m Just Dead, I’m Not Gone (American Made Music Series)

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I’m Just Dead, I’m Not Gone chronicles Jim Dickinson’s abnormal life in the Memphis music scene of the fifties and sixties and how he went on to play with and produce a wealthy array of artists, including Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Duane Allman, Arlo Guthrie, and Albert King. With verve and wit, Dickinson (1941-2009) describes his commute to Blind Lemon’s grave at the Texas flatlands as a college student and how that encounter inspired his return to Memphis. Back home, he looked up Gus Cannon and Furry Lewis, began staging plays, cofounded what would change into the once a year Memphis Blues Festival, and began recording.

The blues, Elvis, and early rock ‘n’ roll compelled Dickinson to reject racial barriers and spurred his contributions to the Memphis music and experimental art scene. He explains how the circle of relatives yardman, WDIA, Dewey Phillips, Furry Lewis, Will Shade, and Howlin’ Wolf shaped him and recounts how he went on to be told his craft at Sun, Ardent, American, Muscle Shoals, and Criteria studios from master producers Sam Phillips, John Fry, Chips Moman, and Jerry Wexler.

Dickinson is a member of the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame and an inaugural inductee of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Engineering and Production from the Americana Music Association, a Brass Note at the Beale Street Walk of Fame in Memphis, and a Heritage Marker at the Mississippi Blues Trail. This memoir recounts a love affair with Memphis, the blues, and rock ‘n’ roll through Dickinson’s captivating blend of intelligence, humor, and candor.

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