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09 Feb 09 - 05:05 AM (#2561482) Subject: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Will Fly I'm gradually working my way through a 5-CD box set of Jimmie Rodgers recordings (100+ tracks) and I'm struck by the variety of musical genres within his music. I knew his stuff principally as the blue yodels and bluesy songs, and it's great to hear songs with a vaudeville/music-hall melodic line, tracks with a very jazzy instrumentation (My Blue Eyed Jane, for example), plus the Hawaiian sounds. Lovely stuff - and all those classic songs and that wonderful voice as a bonus. |
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09 Feb 09 - 08:42 AM (#2561620) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Fortunato Will Fly, I think the producers put him in a lot of groupings to reach a broader audience. The success of Emmett Miller, "the clarinet throated" vocalist, who did Love Sick Blues first, recording jazz/Minstral material, must have influenced them to try Jimmie's similiar voice with other genres influence. The Hawaiian slide guitar tunes are some of my favorites. cheers, chance |
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09 Feb 09 - 09:02 AM (#2561641) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Wesley S I'm pretty sure that's the same box set I own. It was fun to see that the trumpet player on many of his songs was Louis Armstrong. |
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09 Feb 09 - 09:15 AM (#2561651) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: kendall He sang a couple of songs that were a bit earthy for that time. ...and if you don't want to smell my smoke, don't monkey with my gun.. |
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09 Feb 09 - 10:08 AM (#2561689) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Will Fly It looks like he lived a pretty earthy life - not quite as earthy as Hank Williams, perhaps, but good enough for its time. I wonder how he really got on with the Carter family who, I gather, were fairly strait-laced. On the record: (perhaps) Carter person: "Why, look who's here - it's Jimmie Rodgers." Jimmie: "Howdy folks - if you don't want to smell my smoke...[etc.]" Strange silence on the part of the assorted Carters... :-) Will |
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09 Feb 09 - 10:35 AM (#2561721) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Mavis Enderby Must look out for that box set myself. One of my favorites is Waiting for a train. Genre defying stuff - Blues? Jazz? Country? Old Time? Cheers, Pete. |
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09 Feb 09 - 10:51 AM (#2561737) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Will Fly Waiting for a Train is excellent - done it myself on the Tube - but no yodelling! My current favourite is a little bit of fluff called "My Blue Eyed Jane". Th song, that is... :-) |
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09 Feb 09 - 10:57 AM (#2561747) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Chris in Portland I just started reading Nolan Porterfield's bio - it is a good fast read so far. The two most interesting facts so far are that Jimmie bought a lot of records, so that he could hear all types of music, and his first audiences were usually young people who wanted to hear jazz and pop tunes. Lots of good stories in the book, whether they're true or not. Chris |
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09 Feb 09 - 05:57 PM (#2562195) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: The Sandman SaraCarter ,strait laced? |
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09 Feb 09 - 06:04 PM (#2562206) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Steve Gardham Strange! All my 78s of JR are exactly the same genre, yodels, mostly variations on 'Blue Yodel'. These other genres don't seem to have reached the UK side of the pond on his 78s. |
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10 Feb 09 - 11:23 AM (#2562783) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Arkie Quite a few songs had chord patterns more complicated than the common country fare of his day. Most likely the result of jazz and other influences. |
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10 Feb 09 - 12:59 PM (#2562885) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: Mark Ross Here's the complete short from Columbia Pictures c.1930 Jimmy Rogers, The Singing Brakeman |
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10 Feb 09 - 04:51 PM (#2563146) Subject: RE: Jimmie Rodgers - musical variety From: GUEST,Tunesmith What I find fascinating about Rogers is that there seems no precedent for his vocal style, and he doesn't sound at all black which is surprising considering that he must have listened to a lot of black performers. Of course, after his amazing recording success, dozens of Rogers sound-alikes emerged. |