From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Sun Mar 31, 2002  6:20 pm
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Jimmy Lloyd
 
JIMMY LLOYD aka JIMMIE LOGSDON (By Shaun Mather)

Born Jimmie Lloyd Logsdon, 1 April 1922, Panther, Kentucky
Died 7 October 2001, Louisville, Kentucky

The following is an excerpt from the obituary published by his local
newspaper which succinctly sums up his life, other than informing you that
his engaging voice enhanced his country songs (as Jimmie Logsdon) and
his rockabilly efforts (as Jimmy Lloyd).
"Jimmie Logsdon, a popular country and rockabilly singer, songwriter and
radio and TV personality in the 1950s and '60s, died Sunday (Oct. 7) at his
daughter's home in Louisville, Ky., reports the Louisville Courier-Journal.
He was 79. The cause of his death was not given.
Logsdon toured with Hank Williams in 1952. Following Williams' death,
Logsdon honored his friend and mentor with the double-sided single, "The
Death of Hank Williams"/"Hank Williams Sings the Blues No More." Logsdon's
nephew, Ray Lloyd Barrickman, plays bass for Hank Williams Jr.
Logsdon's singles for Decca, Dot, Starday and Roulette never appeared on the
national country charts, but his songs have been recorded by other artists.
Carl Perkins recorded "Where the Rio de Rosa Flows," Johnny Horton cut "No
True Love" and NRBQ covered "I've Got a Rocket in My Pocket." Nick Tosches
included a chapter on Logsdon in his 1984 book, Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n'
Roll.
Logsdon worked at radio stations in Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati and
Mobile, Ala. In 1953, he began hosting the live TV program, Country &
Western Music Show, on Louisville-based WHAS-TV. He remained fairly active
as a performer and as a radio presenter on various stations until around
1976, when he took up a post with the Kentucky Labor Department."

Recommended listening:
I Got A Rocket In My Pocket - Bear Family
Recommended viewing:
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/JimmieLogsdon.html
Further reading: Colin Escott, Tattooed On Their Tongues (1996), p. 25-31:
Jimmie Logsdon : A Rocket In His Pocket.