December 26, 2017

December 26th, remembering Jimmie Osborne ( 8 April 1923- 26 Dec. 1958), DJ, guitarist and country singer / songwriter who styled himself “The Kentucky Folk Singer” as he wrote many sombre and sentimental story songs based on topical events. His biggest hit was one such, ‘The Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus’, the story of the tragic death of a young girl in California. So far the Archive have released two selections of his recordings, Jimmie Osborne – Hills of Roan County and Jimmie Osborne – Vol. 2, each with about 25 tracks: