| Description |
viii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-361) and index. |
| Contents |
Meeting Jimmie Rodgers halfway -- The man who walked into Southern show business -- Close to the ground : the singing brakeman -- America's Blue Yodeler no. 1 : this white guy sings blues, too -- America's Blue Yodeler no. 2 : instigator of blue yodelmania -- International multimedia star -- Doomed singer-songwriter with guitar -- The late, great Jimmie Rodgers -- South by Southwest : an easterner in a cowboy hat -- Back East : the hillbilly echo, 1933-1947 -- Some sort of folksinger? -- The father of country music -- Rough and rowdy ways : to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- Sentiments in context : the return of vaudeville Jimmie -- High-powered mamas : women and the music of Jimmie Rodgers -- Down the old road to home. |
| Subject |
Rodgers, Jimmie, 1897-1933.
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Country musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780195327625 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0195327624 hardcover alkaline paper |
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