Jimmie Skinner was a stylist. If you want to know who Johnny Cash's biggest influence was, outside of Ernest Tubb, just take a listen to Cash's own 'Two Timin' Woman' from early 1955 at Sun. If you're looking for authentic Country music, rooted in Bluegrass and with a bluesy edge, then Jimmie Skinner is your man.
If you need a comprehensive retrospective of his career in words and music, Bear Family Records have put out the box set we were all waiting for - but if you want a brief story, here it is.