Biographical novel about Jimmie Rodgers blends truth and fiction
Biographical novel about Jimmie Rodgers blends truth and fiction
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Who was Jimmie Rodgers? The Father of Country Music! 🎶 But calling him that barely scratches the surface. At 13, he chose railroad work over school. He became a brakeman, learning blues from the African American "Gandy dancers" who laid the tracks. He absorbed Scottish fiddles, Irish ballads, Alpine yodels, and German polka from the immigrants flooding through Meridian, Mississippi. In just 6 years (1927-1933), he recorded over 100 songs. He created the "Blue Yodel." He laid the blueprint for c
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Who was Jimmie Rodgers? The Father of Country Music! 🎶 But calling him that barely scratches the surface. At 13, he chose railroad work over school. He became a brakeman, learning blues from the African American "Gandy dancers" who laid the tracks. He absorbed Scottish fiddles, Irish ballads, Alpine yodels, and German polka from the immigrants flooding through Meridian, Mississippi. In just 6 years (1927-1933), he recorded over 100 songs. He created the "Blue Yodel." He laid the blueprint for c
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Remembering James Charles "Jimmie" Rodgers, born on September 8, 1897 – he died on May 26, 1933. Among the first country music superstars and pioneers, Rodgers was also known as "The Singing Brakeman", "The Blue Yodeler", and "The Father of Country Music". Rodgers' traditional birthplace is usually given as Meridian, Mississippi; however, in documents signed by Rodgers later in life, his birthplace was listed as Geiger, Alabama, the home of his paternal grandparents. Yet historians who have rese
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Jimmie Rodgers' 1957 television appearance on The Big Record hosted by Patti Page, where he performed **"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,"** was a pivotal moment in his career, helping solidify his status as one of the biggest stars of the folk-pop crossover genre in the late 1950s. The song itself is a gentle, romantic ballad with folk roots, and Rodgers’ smooth, soothing voice lent it a warmth and sincerity that resonated with audiences. "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" became one of Rodgers' signature son
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