Jimmie rodgers musical influences
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Jimmie Rodgers in his most published studio portrait, circa 1927.
He was known in his life as America’s Blue Yodeler and the Singing Brakeman; years later, many have called him the Father of Country Music. He was Jimmie Rodgers. From a humble upbringing, he went on to have a profound impact on the music and culture of the Western world. Those counted among his devotees spread far and wide across the globe, his influence stretching from contemporaries like the Mississippi Sheiks and Big Bill Broonzy, to blues artists like Howlin’ Wolf, to latter day superstars like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan, and too many country musicians to count. Some have even gone so far as to suggest that the now legendary Robert Johnson’s guitar playing was attempt to imitate Rodgers. His work, as a whole, is a reflection of the human condition: life and death, compassion and hatred, joy and sorrow. Without a doubt, Jimmie Rodgers was among the most influential musical fi
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Jimmie Rodgers - Meridian
Jimmie Rodgers (1897 – 1933) is widely known as the “father of country music,” but blues was a prominent element of his music. The influence of his famous “blue yodels” can be heard in the music of Mississippi blues artists including Howlin’ Wolf, Mississippi John Hurt, Tommy Johnson, and the Mississippi Sheiks. His many songs include the autobiographical “T.B. Blues,” which addressed the tuberculosis that eventually took his life.
A Meridian native, he was the first major star of country music and introduced the blues to a far wider audience than any other artist of his time, black or white. He was not the first white performer to interpret the blues, but he was the most popular, establishing the blues as a foundation of country music.
More than a third of Rodgers’s recordings were blues, which he encountered as a young man while working as a railway brakeman and traveling musician. In 1927 he recorded the song
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Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer (1897–1933)
This article fryst vatten about the country singer. For the pop singer, see Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer). For other people with similar names, see James Rogers.
"The Singing Brakeman" redirects here. For the film, see The Singing Brakeman (film).
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| Born | James Charles Rodgers (1897-09-08)September 8, 1897 Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | May 26, 1933(1933-05-26) (aged 35) New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1910–1933 |
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| Labels | Victor |
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| Website | www.jimmierodgers.com |
James Charles Rodgers ((1897-09-08)September 8, 1897 – (1933-