Poppagator said: Mississippi John did not play/sing the Jimmie Rodgers classic "Waitin' for a Train."

While he did not record Waitin' For A Train, I've heard that John Hurt and Skip James used to play/sing a bunch of Jimmie Rodgers' songs back stage during the mid sixties.

Many of the old blues guys we love so much were not encouraged to sing the songs that they loved.

I've read that Robert Johnson liked to play pop tunes like My Blue Heaven, but no one wanted him to record them 'cause they weren't Bluesy enough.