Granite City, Madison County, Illinois, United States
Died
30 January 2000 (aged 72)
JIMMY HAGGETT - or James Clecy Haggett to give him his full name, cut two very different sessions for Sun Records. The first resulted in a rather lackluster country single that did little or no business; the second was raw, pumped-up rockabilly. Nothing from the second session was released at the time, and the tape box was unmarked. When the rockabilly sides were first issued, it was under Junior Thompson's name. "Yes they are different", conceded Jimmy, who hung onto an acetate of the songs given to him after the session, "but I was trying to get in with the roc… read more
JIMMY HAGGETT - or James Clecy Haggett to give him his full name, cut two very different sessions for Sun Records. The first resulted in a rather lackluster country single that did little or no business; the second was raw, pumped-up rockabilly. Nothing from the second session was released at… read more
JIMMY HAGGETT - or James Clecy Haggett to give him his full name, cut two very different sessions for Sun Records. The first resulted in a rather lackluster country single that did little or no business; the second was raw, pumped-up rockabilly. Nothing from the second session was released at the time, and the tape box was unmarked. When the rockabilly sides were… read more
