Jimmie Rodgers " Grandfather Of Country Music "

$ 175

$ 175 Sold For

May 11, 2004 Sold Date

May 1, 2004 Start Date

$ 20 Start price

9 Number Of Bids

USA Country Of Seller

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He Gave Country to the World - Jimmie Rodgers, "The Father of Country Music," got his second nickname, "The Singing Brakeman" from his life on the railroad. He was deservedly and unanimously the first to be elected to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame as (according to the Guiness Encyclopedia of Popular Music) "virtually every country trend that has emerged since 1933 has been traceable to his influence. It's called "the Big Bang of country music," an explosion that shook tiny Bristol, Tenn., over 75 years ago, and eventually vibrated throughout the world. In terms of cultural impact, it's almost as if one person found and first recorded the Beatles and Bob Dylan in the same week. On July 25, 1927, record company scout Ralph Peer, having lugged a load of clunky recording equipment from New York to Bristol, started recording "hillbilly" singers for his employer, the Victor Talking Machine Co. (later to become RCA Records). Within a few days of each other, Peer stumbled on the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, seminal figures in what became known as country music. See Details Here: www.nafleamall.com/wandasrodgers.html

This 9 Record Collection Includes:

High Powered Mama / 22523- A( J. Rodgers )

In The Jail House Now - No. 2 / 22523-B( J. Rodgers )

Blue Yodel No.8 / 23503- A( Mule Skinner Blues )

Jimmies Mean Mama Blues / 23503- B( Walter O'neal - Bob Sawyer )

Hobo Bill's Last Ride / 22421- A( Waldo Lafayette O'Neal )

Thats Why I'm Blue / 22421- B( McWilliams - Rodgers )

Tuck Away My Lonsome Blues / 22220- A( Rodgers - Kalpo - Macwilliams )

My Rough And Rowdy Ways / 22220- B( Rodgers - Macwilliams )

T.B. Blues / 23535- A( J. Rodgers - R. Hall )

Mississippi River Blues / 23535- B( J. Rodgers )

Anniversary Blue Yodel / 22488- A( Blue Yodel No.7 )( Rodgers - McWilliams )