Tommy Jarrell (born Thomas Jefferson Jarrell, March 1, 1901 Surry County, North Carolina, died January 28, 1985) was an American fiddler, banjo player, and singer from the Mount Airy region of North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains.
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Famous quotes containing the words tommy and/or jarrell:
“Tommy: Life is short.
Alice Hyatt: So are you.”
—Robert Getchell, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Tommy (Alfred Lutter)
“A filmy trash
Litters the black woods with the death
Of men; and one last breath
Curls from the monstrous chimney. . . .”
—Randall Jarrell (19141965)