Disclaimer:

I can vocalize those brief, modest little one-line "blue yodels" inserted at the end of a verse in so many Jimmie Rodgers songs and a few other country classics like Hank's "Lovesick Blues," but I make to claim to any prowess at the kind of high-speed ululation required for entire verses of "yodeling songs."

If I really liked to listen to that kind of music, I suppose I'd try my hand at imitating it, but so far I have not been so motivated.

Maybe I could do it, maybe not, but it sure would take a lot of (very private) practice.

My point is that the little yodels written into songs like "Waiting for a Train" are not really that difficult, and don't require the complete yodeling skills that one needs for those real show-off all-yodeling pieces. It's really just "Yodeling for Dummies."

Also, by the way: Joe, I really appreciate the compliment. When I got the idea to start this thread, the first thing to occur to me was the title. I had my doubts about whether to post it all, and what to say and how to express it, but in the end I was primarily motivated by the desire to put this TITLE up there.