Rodgers,Jimmie Rough Guide To Jimmie Rodgers CD

Two CD set. Jimmie Rodgers was the "Singing Brakeman," a Mississippi boy who used to work the railroads, done good. With his trademark yodel, he brought so-called hillbilly music into the mainstream. In a life as colorful as the songs he sang, the "father of country music," rose from obscurity to create a new level of international stardom for American music before his tragic early death. Bonus CD: The Rough Guide to Country Music Pioneers - a unique collection of tracks which traces the early origins of what we now call "country music. " from the classic string-band performers and banjo maestros to the assorted oddball elements, this Rough Guide presents a star-studded roll call; the Carter Family, Dock Boggs, Fiddlin John Carson and Uncle Eck Dunford all appear.

1. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) 2. Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixie Line 3. Frankie and Johnnie 4. Waiting for a Train 5. Any Old Time 6. Why There's a Tear in My Eye 7. My Blue-Eyed Jane 8. In the Jailhouse Now, No.2 9. In the Hills of Tennessee 10. T.B. Blues 11. Away Out on the Mountain 12. Dear Old Sunny South By the Sea 13. Blue Yodel #1 (T Is for Texas) 14. Miss the Mississippi and You 15. Ben Dewberry's Final Run 16. I'm Lonely and Blue 17. Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel 18. When the Cactus Is in Bloom 19. My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans 20. Gambling Bar Room Blues 21. My Little Lady 22. Jimmie the Kid 23. Yodeling Cowboy 24. My Rough and Rowdy Ways 25. I'm Free (From the Chain Gang Now) 26. Keep on the Sunny Side 27. I Am Bound for the Promised Land 28. Black-Eyed Susie 29. Chevrolet Car 30. Little Rabbit 31. Sweet Sarah Blues 32. Sweet Sixteen 33. The Wagoner's Lad 34. My Name Is Ticklish Reuben 35. Ash Can Blues 36. Death of John Henry (Steel Driving Man) 37. All Night Long Blues 38. Pretty Polly 39. Miss Liza Poor Gal 40. Worried Blues 41. It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' 42. Sugar Baby 43. Sandy River Belle 44. Goodnight Darling 45. Gambling Bar Room Blues 46. Tell Mother I Will Meet Her 47. My Mama Always Talked to Me 48. Angeline the Baker 49. Dark Hollow Blues 50. Just a Melody