Jimmy Driftwood

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James Corbitt Morris — better known as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood; was a prolific United States folk songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs The Battle of New Orleans and Tennessee Stud. Driftwood was born in Mountain View, Arkansas on 20 June 1907. Driftwood's father was folk singer Neil Morris. Driftwood learned to play guitar at a young age on his grandfather's homemade instrument. Driftwood used the unique guitar throughout his career and noted that its neck was made fro

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5 total works indexed

1. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 9,223x

2. An approach to correlate tandem mass spectral data of peptides with amino acid sequences in a protein database

   · 1994 · cited 5,692x

3. Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

   · 2011 · cited 5,402x

4. Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain

   · 2006 · cited 5,215x

5. An Integrated Genomic Analysis of Human Glioblastoma Multiforme

   · 2008 · cited 4,945x

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Quotes

• “We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down, So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round. We filled his head with cannon balls an' powdered his behind, An' when they touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.”
• “Along about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would have got through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin on the Tennessee stud.”
• “The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green. He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee stud.”
• “I found that girl with the golden hair And she was ridin' on a Tennessee mare.”
• “Stirrup to stirrup and side by side We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide. We came to Big Muddy and we forded the flood On the Tennessee mare and the Tennessee stud.”
• “Pretty little baby on the cabin floor Little hoss colt playin' 'round the door I love the girl with golden hair And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare.”

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