365 Days #188 - Jimmy Mitchell (mp3s)
MP3:
01. I Gotta Be Me (1:43)
02. Eres Tu (3:39)
03. Jesus Christ, My Lord Divine (2:24)
04. Cowpoke Ditty (1:19)
05. How Great Thou Art (3:34)
06. To God Be The Glory (2:52)
07. What A Difference You Made In My Life (2:27)
08. Mack The Knife (3:30)
09. I'm From Big D (3:38)
10. Perfect Peace (2:50)
11. Mame (3:04)
Jimmy Mitchell is a sightless and mentally challenged vocalist from Dallas, Texas. These recordings were made in nearby Denton, Texas, presumably in the mid to late 1990s.
These Eleven performances are a stunning, incandescent triumph. Mitchell represents not only pure and uncorrupted musical genius, but the indomitable nature of the human spirit.
- Contributed by: Brother Russell
Although this stuff is OK, I prefer all that great Thurl Ravenscroft stuff you posted last week
please - more Thurl Ravenscroft!
Posted by: Bendable Boy 2001 | July 07, 2007 at 06:38 PM
Some more possible background on Mitchell: he won a karaoke contest in Denton, TX where the winner was to receive a completely funded "studio" album. The winner was also judged from crowd applause, and voila! Jimmy won.
So here is his 'paid-for' album, the bounties of his contest winnings. I'm just not sure why all the backing tracks sound like a casio keyboard.
Posted by: J Plant | July 07, 2007 at 07:59 PM
By the way, track 11 is actually "Mame" and not "Mama".
Posted by: J Plant | July 07, 2007 at 08:00 PM
Thanks for the Mama-->Mame. My mistake on the typo. Fixed here on the page and in the mp3 file/tag.
Posted by: 365 | July 07, 2007 at 08:28 PM
Russell, thanks so much. I wonder if our mutual friend from Denton has heard this yet.
Posted by: Clayton | July 07, 2007 at 10:31 PM
This guy sounds an awful lot like Jimmy Witchard, the autistic concessions manager at Arlen Speedway.
Or don't you guys watch TV?
Posted by: Philip Chapman-Bell | July 08, 2007 at 09:42 AM
YAY!
Posted by: Phil | July 09, 2007 at 08:18 PM
I love it. Am I crazy, or does he sound like the lead singer of the Crash Test Dummies? You know, they had that hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" in the '90s?
Posted by: Rhonda R. | July 30, 2007 at 09:35 PM
u are so retardet
Posted by: toja nona | January 27, 2008 at 06:26 PM
You are insulting and have very poor taste. When you meet your maker one day, you will realize how sorry you will be.
Posted by: Me | September 02, 2008 at 09:12 AM
When will I actually be sorry, if I'll only realize how sorry I will be when I meet my Maker?
Posted by: Jeff | February 22, 2009 at 04:57 PM