[78-L] Jimmy Dean obit

[Peter Fraissinet]

Last year, on his birthday, I did a 4-hour Jimmy Dean radio 
extravaganz, where the theme was not only Mr. Dean (and his brother) 
but all matters porcine.  Though it may sound like too much of a good 
thing, I dug deep and it ended up quite a varied experience 
thematically and stylistically...

I mailed him the playlist and got a nice letter back!

Peter Fraissinet
West Danby NY

At 09:50 AM 6/14/2010, you wrote:
>Country singer Jimmy Dean has died at the age of 81. Dean made 78s 
>for 4 Star and Mercury in the 1950s and had hits of "Bumming Around" 
>and "Release Me" early in his career. He hopped on the 
>country-western "western saga" bandwagon in 1961 with "Big Bad John" 
>for Columbia. He was also known to eat sausage a lot.
>
>When every other radio station was giving me the runaround in 1981, 
>Dean programmed my "Bob Wills Story" 10 hour documentary on the 
>radio station he owned in Plainview, Texas and invited me to ride in 
>their annual parade. Made me feel like a celebrity for a half hour, 
>but Plainview was like Mayberry, not Pasadena. There were probably 
>more people in the parade than watching it. Still, it was fun.
>
>http://www.popeater.com/2010/06/14/jimmy-dean-dead/?icid=main|main|dl1|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2F2010%2F06%2F14%2Fjimmy-dean-dead%2F
>
>Cary Ginell