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Watch now: Big Jim sings 'Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail'
"Big Jim" Griffith sings a classic song by cowboy Gail Gardner from the book of poems "The Orejana Bull."
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Cultural anthropologist James S. "Big Jim" Griffith, 86, died Dec. 18. Here are some of his stories. One begins: "According to their owners, these stories should be told only during the cold weather, when the snakes are asleep ..."
In 2015, the late James S. "Big Jim" Griffith shared stories, artifacts, and songs of the So…
