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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Willie Nelson
Guitar
Merle Haggard
Performer
Kevin "Swine" Grantt
Bass
Tony Creasman
Drums
Mickey Raphael
Harmonica
Bobby Terry
Electric Guitar
Shawn Camp
Acoustic Guitar
Mike Johnson
Acoustic Guitar
Catherine Styron-Marx
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jimmy Melton
Composer
Jeff Prince
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Buddy Cannon
Producer
Steve Chadie
Recording Engineer
Jacob Sciba
Assistant Engineer
Joseph Holguin
Assistant Engineer
Tony Castle
Mixing Engineer
Andrew Mendelson
Mastering Engineer
Andrew Darby
Assistant Engineer
Natthaphol Abhigantaphand
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
I'm a kid with a guitar
Trying to play, when they ask
Where does your style come from?
I know what you mean
Because I learned to sing
Listening to "Blue Yodel Number One"
We love Hank and Lefty
Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, and Johnny Cash
But if we had to pin point
The start of who we are
Or who we go by
The Django and Jimmie
Has Mississippi
A young singing brakeman
A jazz playing gypsy
Might not have been
A Merle or a Willie
If not for a Django and Jimmie
Through the twenties and thirties
Jimmie sang his way to the top
In spite of those old "TB Blues"
Django was a star
He burned up a guitar
With just two good fingers to use
You can't turn back time
Or put more sand in the glass
But sometimes at night
I close my eyes and go back
The Django and Jimmie
Has Mississippi
A young singing brakeman
A jazz playing gypsy
Might not have been
A Merle or a Willie
If not for a Django and Jimmie
Writer(s): Jeff Prince, Jimmy Melton
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