Jimmie Strothers

He performed in medicine shows, and, after being blinded in a mine explosion, made a living as a musician, singing and playing guitar and banjo.

[1] Alan Lomax recorded several performances by Strothers through his documentation of American music for the Library of Congress.

Strothers made his recordings of thirteen songs in June 1936,[2] while imprisoned at the Virginia State Farm for killing his wife, Blanche Green.

[3] In 1942, he is thought to have been living in Achsar, Madison County, Virginia; there are no records of his death.

[5] Strothers's version of "Good Shepherd" was the basis for the Jefferson Airplane's recording on their album Volunteers.