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Loading...		Same Train a Different Time: Jimmie Rodgers and the White Man's Blues

		May 21st, 2003 ~ The guitarist-singer Jimmie Rodgers has been called "The Father of Country Music," "America's Blue Yodeler," and "The Singing Brakeman." Born in Meridian, MS, in 1897, Rodgers recorded briefly between 1927 and 1933, but defined country music as "the white man's blues" with a related legacy of crooning, jazz, Hawaiian guitar, and eclectic vaudeville-style entertainment. On the 70th anniversary of his death, American Routes looks at the life and legacy of Jimmie Rodgers. We'll speak with biographer Nolan Porterfield, and hear comments from country singer Merle Haggard and bluesman John Jackson, among others. Also, music about Rodgers' favorite subject--trains--in many styles... blues, country, soul, roots, rock and more. Listen To Hour 1 Listen To Hour 2 Share This

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Open Bed: T for Texas (Blue Yodel #1) Jimmie Rodgers The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family My Blue Eyed Jane Jimmie Rodgers The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family Waiting For A Train Jerry Lee Lewis Classic - Jerry Lee Lewis, Classic Waiting For A Train Dr. John The Brightest Smile in Town, Classic My Good Gal's Gone Jimmie Rodgers The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family Everybody Does it In Hawaii King Oliver & His Orchestra 1929-30, JSP Instrumental: Take The 'A' Train Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Plays The Duke Ellington Song Book, Verve INTERVIEW: Nolan Porterfield on Jimmie Rodgers Listen Blue Yodel #9 Jimmie Rodgers The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family My Blue Eyed Jane Jimmie Rodgers The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family T.B. Blues Jimmie Rodgers The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family CLIP: Merle Haggard Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (Women Make a Fool Out of Me) Merle Haggard Same Train, A Different Time, Capitol Hobo Bill's Last Ride Iris Dement The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute, Columbia Instrumental: Train 45 1/2 Mike Auldridge Takoma Eclectic Sampler vol-2, Takoma Mule Skinner Blues John Jackson Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, Arhoolie In The Jailhouse Now Steve Earle The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute, Columbia SEGMENT: Yodeling Yodle Song-Coo Coo Eddie Heywood & The Blues Singers with Charles Anderson Complete Recorded Works 1923-1926, Document Yodling Blues Bessie Smith The Complete Recordings Vol.1, Columbia Yodel Birmingham Jubilee Singers Complete Recorded Works Vol.1 1926-1927, Document Spaced Cowboy Sly & The Family Stone There's a Riot Goin On, Epic Big Boy Now Super Chicken What You See, Fat Possum Youyou Aleli Veka Wendo Kolosoy Indigo Tropical Collection, Indigo Chemirocha The Young Maidens of the Kipsigi People The Life of Jimmie Rodgers Gene Autry Memories of Jimmie Rodgers, Bear Family Jimmie the Kid Jimmie Rodgers The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family		Open Bed: Night Train Bill Doggett Night Train Vol.3: Classic Railroad Songs, Rounder Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train Louis Armstrong Complete RCA Victor Recordings, BMG Chattanooga Choo Choo Ray Charles The Genius Hits The Road, Rhino Waiting For The Train To Come In Peggy Lee The Best of Miss Peggy Lee, Capitol Rockin' In Rhythm Duke Ellington The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings 1927-1973, RCA Take the A-Train Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Mystery Train: Classic Railroad Songs Vol. 2, Rounder Night Train to Memphis Roy Acuff The King Of Country Music, Bear Family Instrumental: Chattanooga Choo Choo Regina Carter Motor City Moments, Verve Wabash Cannonball Blind Willie McTell Last Session, Bluesville Freight Train Boogie Whitstein Brothers Mystery Train: Classic Railroad Songs Vol. 2, Rounder Train of Love Johnny Cash Complete Sun Singles Vol.2, Bear Family Down Home Special Bo Diddley Chess Box, MCA Instrumental: Freight Train Boogie Johnny Otis The Johnny Otis Rhythm & Blues Caravan-The Complete Savoy Recordings, Atlantic Back Up Train Al Green Master Hits, Arista Stop That Train Bob Marley & The Wailers Talkin' Blues, Island Still a Fool Muddy Waters His Best 1947 to 1955, MCA Midnight Special Johnny Rivers Anthology 1964-1977, Rhino Straight On The Rails Utah Phillips Good Though, Rounder Life's Railway to Heaven Patsy Cline Mystery Train: Classic Railroad Songs Vol. 2, Rounder End Bed: This Train The Staple Singers Freedom Highway, Columbia

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