Musician/producer Jim Dickinson died after a long stay in the hospital due to of heart and intestinal bleeding problems in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday morning (August 15).“He went peacefully,” said his wife, Mary Lindsay Dickinson, adding that her husband remained in good spirits until the end.
“He had a great life. He loved his family and music. And he loved Memphis music, specifically.”The 67 year-old had recently had a bypass surgery and was still recovering at the Methodist University Hospital, according to his wife Mary Lindsay Dickinson. R.I.P. Jim Dickinson.Career highlights
1966: Cuts the song “Cadillac Man” for Sun Records, attracting the interest of his idol, Sam Phillips.
1969: Plays piano on “Wild Horses” for The Rolling Stones in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
1975: Produces Big Star’s dark masterpiece Third/Sister Lovers. It eventually is named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”
1986: Rowdy Minneapolis rockers The Replacements come to Memphis to record the critically-acclaimed Pleased to Meet Me with Dickinson producing.
1997: Plays on Bob Dylan’s Grammy-winning “comeback” album Time Out of Mind.
2009: Releases his swan song, Dinosaurs Run in Circles, a collection of old pop standards:
--Bob Mehr, 529-2517
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Jim Dickinson Dead Due to heart and intestinal bleeding problems
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