Have an account? Thank you. Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. Check your email for details. Invalid password or account does not exist. Remember me. Forgot your password? Request login link. Need an account? Sign Up. See More Offers. Zip Code. Helena St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre and Miquelon St. Credit Card. The world will miss 'The Sheriff' Jimmy Capps. The Opry celebrated Capps in December , sixty years after his debut, by naming a venue rehearsal space the "Jimmy Capps Music Room.
Facebook Twitter Email. Matthew Leimkuehler Nashville Tennessean. Share your feedback to help improve our site! Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. Beloved veteran country session musician and longtime Grand Ole Opry house band guitarist Jimmy Capps has died at age A spokesperson for the Opry confirmed the news to Billboard , though no cause of death was revealed at press time.
Along the way, according to a bio on his official site, Capps, born on May 25, , in Fayetteville, North Carolina, averaged recording sessions a year as well as countless performances with the Grand Ole Opry house band, which he joined in Known for his deft acoustic guitar playing, Capps' name was often mentioned alongside such fellow Nashville guitar legends as Chet Atkins and Grady Martin.
With a wide-ranging resume, Capps' session work took him from recordings with such contemporary country stars as Alan Jackson, to work with Junior Brown, Andy Williams, Ray Charles, k. His musicianship will live on every time somebody somewhere plays 'The Gambler,' 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' or countless other recordings on which he played. Jimmy Capps with his wife Michele Voan Capps. After 47 years of marriage, his first wife Anne passed away due to some health problems in the year He lived a happy married life with Michele in Tennessee.
Both of them appeared together in many functions. Jimmy left the world at the age of 81 on 2 June Jimmy Capps with his son Mark Capps. You may also like. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Physical Statistics.
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