Two of the artists who gained widespread recognition from the Bristol sessions had many folk songs and old published music in their repertoires. While much of the music sung by Jimmie Rodgers was written by himself or contemporaries he also borrowed to some degree from tradition. In the Jail House Now was a rewrite of an older song. The "Folk" connection to country music was in the earlier days of commercial country music and "folk" songs were sometimes recorded by mainstream artists for several decades. Folk music may have been encouraged in an earlier day as it could be recorded without payment of royalties. The mainstream country music of today bears little resemblance to earlier times and however, regrettable that may be to some of us styles and content of all music genres has tended to change with the times for many generations now.