Wikio - Jimmie Rodgers

Avett Brothers journey back in time in a rousing ZooTunes show (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:48:00 GMT

The North Carolina-based Avett Brothers certainly harked back to earlier times. Scott often sounded like a ringer for country-music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers, America's Blue Yodeler, while he and singer-guitarist Seth Avett, even more amply bearded than his sibling, could have doubled for the Smith Brothers of cough-drop fame.

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OLPC kits out entire nation's kids with laptops (The Register)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:17:15 GMT

A small island in the South Pacific has become the world’s first nation to see all of its children equipped with laptops through the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.The entire 500-strong body of primary and secondary school children in the nation of Niue, which is located just north east of New Zealand, have each been given one of the famous green Linux PCs.Jimmie Rodgers, Director...

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Paul McCartney Route 66 Songs (Lynn Sweet)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:06:47 GMT

... City) "So Let's Rock," Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)," Jimmie Rodgers "Amarillo By Morning," George Strait "By The Time I Get To Phoenix," Glen Campbell "It Was I," Skip and Flip (Southern Arizona) "3 Girls Named Molly," Johnny Otis (Los Angeles).

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Waiting for a Train: Progressives and Country Music (Firedoglake)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:00:25 GMT

... been doing so for many moons. It's time to listen, and time to sing and dance the values, too. Jimmie Rodgers' 1928 song, "Waiting For a Train" was a hit because of the public's shared feeling that all of America was, figuratively if not literally, standing around the water tank, waiting for a freedom train, a train of redemption, or maybe just a train back home to the lover who threw...

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When the saints go marching in (RightWingBob.com)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:37:11 GMT

... to YouTube or play below. …Watching that led to this: Johnny Cash and Louis Armstrong performing Jimmie Rodgers’ Blue Yodel No. 9, on Johnny’s TV show in 1970 (less than a year before Armstrong’s death). The story behind it, as Cash explains, is that Louis Armstrong had played on Jimmie Rodgers’ original recording of the tune, back in 1930. to go to YouTube or play below.…You...

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JOHN HAMMOND - (1993) Trouble No More (BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues))

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:54:00 GMT

The issue of whether a white boy can sing the blues was settled a long time ago, when Jimmie Rodgers let loose his railroad hobo moan. The question of whether John Hammond–the privileged white son of a legendary record-industry talent scout–could sing the blues with the same legitimacy and deep feeling as his Afro-Delta inspirations took somewhat longer to answer. As Jerry Wexler observes...

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Pop queens Jewel, Jessica Simpson going country (JSOnline)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:48:37 GMT

Although pop stars have been mingling with their country cousins since the days when Louis Armstrong sang with Jimmie Rodgers, it's unusual for two such high-profile pop princesses to make the move simultaneously. Predictably, both women have encountered a measure of resistance. With admirable understatement, Billboard has described the reaction to Simpson's project as "healthy skepticism."...

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This week's reviews: Beck's feeling guilt, Willie & Wynton are winners, and more (Listen Up)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:39:00 GMT

... live album is seen by Brian Mansfield as a continuation of the pairing of American music legends Jimmie Rodgers and Louis Armstrong.> Ron Sexsmith's latest reminds Elysa Gardner of "an earthy-crunchy Boz Scaggs."> Dwele's neo-soul stylings are "silky" enough for Steve Jones, but he could use a little more tempo.> Walter Becker, recording solo, apart from Steely Dan, for the first...

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Marsalis & Nelson Meet in a Bluesy Middle (News & Information)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

To jazz fans of my father’s generation, the 1930 recording of “Blue Yodel No. 9″ by Jimmie Rodgers was a remarkable mystery: Here was the legendary singing brakeman, accompanied by a trumpet player who……Read more

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Jimmie Rodgers - Miss The Mississippi (The Hype Machine)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:26:00 GMT

in post Fifty States: Missin' Mississippi from Star Maker Machine .

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old man luedecke: proof of love (lycanthropy)

noreply@blogger.com (Jackman) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:59:00 GMT

Old Man Luedecke is a banjo player that writes and sings about love and lonesomeness. His music is a genuine and authentic reproduction of late 20s to 40s country-folk music such as Jimmie Rodgers and Pete Seeger. Don’t get me wrong, Old Man Luedecke does not imitate old country-folk style; he makes beautiful songs and establishes his own personal style by acknowledging traditional influences....

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Daddy And Home (A Whiff of Smiff)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:06:36 GMT

Not a whole lot of film of Jimmie Rodgers. This is very cool. Sister Sandra…was it JR’s tombstone that fell on you that time? HA. Not many peoples can claim that distinguishing honor, to have the Singing Brakeman’s…um…part of his resting place fall on ya person.

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Technology - Technology: PACIFIC URGED TO TAKE UP INTERNET CHALLENGE - Island Business (Technology Blog)

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:06:33 GMT

... their population. Schmidt, Security Strategist and former White House Cyber Security Advisor; Dr Jimmie Rodgers, Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community; Bashka Rao, Deputy Director South Pacific Applied GeoScience Commission; and John Crain, Chief Technology Officer of ICANN (International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers). read more Technorati Tags:...

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Martin Guitar marks 175th anniversary (Salt Lake Tribune)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:13:07 GMT

... have long been coveted by the famous and not-so-famous alike for their warm tones and durability. Jimmie Rodgers, one of the first country stars, played one in the 1920s. Gene Autry followed in the '30s. Then came Woody Guthrie in the '40s, Elvis Presley in the '50s, the Beatles and Crosby, Still & Nash in the '60s. Among the current crop of Martin devotees is Grammy-winning singer-songwriter...

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Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel (The Hype Machine)

Sat, 24 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT

in post Bob's Record Collection from boogie woogie flu .

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Can We Talk About Country Music? (From On High)

Mon, 19 May 2008 08:53:00 GMT

... hosted the show!) and Hank Williams and Charlie Pride and Waylon Jennings and George Jones and Jimmie Rodgers and Merle Haggard and Flatt & Scruggs and Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff and Pee Wee King and Bill Anderson and Chet Atkins and Bill Monroe and Patsy Cline and Brenda Lee and Webb Pierce and Tennessee Ernie Ford ... Last night I watched Megadeth and AC-DC and Black Sabbath and...

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Rench: Hip-hop and Bluegrass now mingle (prefix)

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:53:49 GMT

Have you ever wondered what Jimmie Rodgers could have done with a couple of New York MCs and an MPC? ...

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How Did Country Music Started? (ArticlePower.org)

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:56:49 GMT

... old, and is just now starting to touch people. In 1927, a man by the name of Ralph Peer signed Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, who would later set the sound for country music. Jimmie Rodgers was born in Mississippi and his favorite type of music to sing was “nigger blues”, which is what he brought to the country industry. African American musicians wound up having...

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The Roadhouse: Get Old-timey Tonight! (The KEXP Blog)

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:00:15 GMT

... footage from the 1920s and 30s of country, blues and jazz performers. Clips range from the iconic Jimmie Rodgers and Dock Boggs, to anonymous jugs bands, fiddlers and field hands. The footage captures musicians at work in a vanished America — at barn dances, street corners, fiddler conventions and in the fields. Musicians Tom Sauber, Mark Graham, and Orville Johnson will share their...

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Jimmie Rodgers - The Rhumba Boogie (The Hype Machine)

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:50:00 GMT

in post Country Tangos and Hillbilly Rhumbas (mp3s) from WFMU's Beware of the Blog .

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