Little Jimmy Dickens

Beckley.

Actually, I should say more specifically, Bolt, the home of Little Jimmy Dickens.

Really? Yep.

Just outside of Beckley.

We're talking to him about the album he produced and wrote and performed on for his dear friend William Shatner.

uh talk about his long history with little jimmy jimmy dickens uh gosh the guitars that he builds in his home his appearance a new song on south park actually his new song on south park he didn't appear in this episode um but he has been on it but he has been on it yeah he also reflects on taylor swift being on tour with him back in the day um Really good stuff.

We hear his thoughts on Phoebe Bridgers and a conversation they had about one of his songs that she cites as one of her favorites.

So really great stuff.

here so again thank you i'm grateful for you even wanting to talk to me

yeah hey um all right listen you have a knack for befriending legends in various fields various genres and reminding us how important they are um you may not think of it that way but i do that's

that's nice to say that little jimmy dickens i definitely exactly i definitely revere these guys

Andy Griffith.

And the games people play.

Play me one, Jimmy.

[upbeat country music] People walking up to you.

Singing glory hallelujah.

[laughs]

[laughs]

I said, I said, "Well, do you know," I said, I said, "Little Jimmy Dickens is taller than you are now." He said, "Yeah, but not very much."

[laughs]

Mine.

Uh, Hank Williams, George, of course, Loretta, Little Jimmy, Ernest Tubbs.

Um, a lot of engraving.

The more you look at this thing, the more you see details.

[laughs]

No, it, y- you know, we, we played the Opry and, and we got to sh- we got to, uh, uh, we got to share, uh, a dressing room with Little Jimmy Dickens, which was completely wild.

You know, he's one of the, at the time, he's gone, left us now, but, uh, he, he, his dressing room was just covered in all of these, this cool paraphernalia, and he had one of those fold-out blinds to change behind.

So I thought, "Oh, this is so cool.

No.

Or like, uh, L- Little Jimmy Dickens.

Like, that guy [laughs] was incredible.

Right.