Howdy folks!! Rodgers here!!!! Yep, it's me--THE SINGING BRAKEMAN! I've been dead since 1933 & I bet you are amazed I'm showing up here at Mudcat. But I always did love a well cooked Mudcat. Here's a few long-held views from the great beyond: I always thought that Hank Snow and Lefty Frizzell did my songs better than anybody else. Grandpa Jones, who just got here, did 'em pretty fine too----matter of fact he's STILL doin' 'em just great! That other guy from Canada, Leon Redbone, does 'em nice when he puts his mind to it, but I wish he was more friendly & came out from behind those Orphan Annie glasses he wears all the time. One last thing: There's been no demise of folk music! It's all folk music!Heck I never did hear a horse singing!! (I remember tellin' that to Bill Broonzy a while back.)That big guy from Illinois said that in a thread recently too. (I don't mean Dan.)

So take it easy, but take it----as my buddy Woody is always sayin"! TWO THUMS UP!!!

Jimmie