The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #76132   Message #1346495
Posted By: Once Famous
03-Dec-04 - 12:31 PM
Thread Name: Jimmy Rogers? (Jimmie Rodgers)
Subject: RE: Jimmy Rogers?
Actually Steve-O

Jimmie Rogers stuff is listenable to a degree. Much of what he recorded sounds very similiar and how many versions of Blue Yodel can you get away with? Also, he had no concept of what an upstroke on guitar was, and played just about every song in the key of "C'

Pop/folkie Jimmy Roger's "hits" are overall pretty catchy and fun after all of these years.

I actually have an old '45 of Honeycomb on my own vintage Rockola jukebox. It sounds pretty good. I also actually have an old '78 of Jimmie Rogers Blue Yodel #9 (T for Texas, T for Tennessee). It stands uniquely on display on an RCA Nipper stand made to display '78s. It's unique, but sounds pretty dated.