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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.
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)
Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixie Line
Frankie and Johnnie
Waiting for a Train
Any Old Time
Why There's a Tear in My Eye
My Blue-Eyed Jane
In the Jailhouse Now, No.2
In the Hills of Tennessee
T.B. Blues
Away Out on the Mountain
Dear Old Sunny South By the Sea
Blue Yodel #1 (T Is for Texas)
Miss the Mississippi and You
Ben Dewberry's Final Run
I'm Lonely and Blue
Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
When the Cactus Is in Bloom
My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans
Gambling Bar Room Blues
My Little Lady
Jimmie the Kid
Yodeling Cowboy
My Rough and Rowdy Ways
I'm Free (From the Chain Gang Now)
Keep on the Sunny Side
I Am Bound for the Promised Land
Black-Eyed Susie
Chevrolet Car
Little Rabbit
Sweet Sarah Blues
Sweet Sixteen
The Wagoner's Lad
My Name Is Ticklish Reuben
Ash Can Blues
Death of John Henry (Steel Driving Man)
All Night Long Blues
Pretty Polly
Miss Liza Poor Gal
Worried Blues
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
Sugar Baby
Sandy River Belle
Goodnight Darling
Gambling Bar Room Blues
Tell Mother I Will Meet Her
My Mama Always Talked to Me
Angeline the Baker
Dark Hollow Blues
Just a Melody
