Jimmy C. Newman Passes Away
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มิ.ย. 2014
- Rutherford County, TN--Country legend Jimmy C. Newman lost his battle with cancer and passed away at his home in Rutherford County.Newman started out in Louisiana playing Cajun music which is what his middle initial stands for. He started to mix the Cajun Music with Country Music to define his sound. His first hit was "Cry, Cry, Darling" and he was consistently in the charts for the rest of his playing days.Newman played at the Grand Ole Opry for 50 years. Later in his life, he bought a house in Rutherford County.
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He was so great, I had never heard of him until I started listening to the Opry every week and quickly started looking forward to him being there. He was humble, he was funny, and the music was always upbeat. He didn't tell anybody he was sick, so he just was gone, the way the Opry tributed him was amazing. They dedicated the show to him like they always do when someone passes, and then his band, Cajun Country who had played so much with him, took the stage and played the same upbeat music they always had, only he wasn't there to sing the words. It was a really cool way to tribute him and illustrate that he was gone but the music was still here. It was probably my favorite tribute I ever heard the Opry do when somebody passed.
Jimmy C was the greatest. He started the cajun yell, Aeeeeeeeeeeee! I went to many dances in South Texas and when the band played any cajun song there would be a bunch of cajun yells throughout the song.
Cajun music makes you laugh and have a good time.
thats a shame saw him live in 1999 .....was fab to see
Gone but not forgotten his music will live on
Good Singer, RIP ! How About Alexandria La. yall came through and sang for Donald Collins ? 1986 ?