I'm running late - i only have a bit more than two hours before Jimmie Rodgers' birthday will be over (well, in his hometown in Mississippi, anyway).As Mojo Nixon said this evening on Sirius's Outlaw Country channel, you can argue strongly that the Singing Brakeman is pretty much the true father of country music.So, for your listening pleasure, here are two different versions of my favourite Ji...
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Most people trace the dawn of recorded country music back to the famous Bristol sessions of 1927, from which Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family rose to prominence. While I am not sure that even Ernest Stoneman (May 25, 1893 - June 14, 1968) represents the dawn of recorded country music, he has a far [...]
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Jimmie Rodgers is considered the father of Country music, but that is difficult to see these days, unless you look in the Americana genre. As is frequently the case, more modern music references led me back in time to Jimmie. A Jules Shear lyric refers to a road trip where he sings about turning off the radio and putting Jimmie Rodgers on, which intrigued me. My coming around to appreciating Ha...
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Although phenomenally successful, Jimmie Rogers' career was short - about 5 years before Tuberculosis took his life. This week I heard this song for the first time. Again, I was struck by the unusual honesty in his choice of song topics. Most songwriters write about ME ME ME, but not like this.
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It's kind of a shock to be listening to music from 1928 and not recognize the solo instrument. About 1:10 in, the solo is taken by....what? I know from cartoons they used to play a saw as a musical instrument. That's my best guess....
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I'm running late - i only have a bit more than two hours before Jimmie Rodgers' birthday will be over (well, in his hometown in Mississippi, anyway).As Mojo Nixon said this evening on Sirius's Outlaw Country channel, you can argue strongly that the Singing Brakeman is pretty much the true father of country music.So, for your listening pleasure, here are two different versions of my favourite Ji...
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