More than a half-century ago, Jimmy Driftwood wrote a song about a man and his horse, ‘‘Tennessee Stud,’’ that told the story of a man’s lost love, travels and adventures with the horse, and eventual ...
The most improbably successful tunesmith in the U.S. last week was a genial, buckskin-fringed character out of Timbo, Ark. (pop. 100) named Jimmie Driftwood. Six Driftwood royalty-winners—Soldier’s ...