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The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music

The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music

Paperback

Series: Profiles in Popular Music

Country & FolkGeneral Music

ISBN10: 0253220823
ISBN13: 9780253220820
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: Jun 12 2009
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

The songs of country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers have been appropriated by dozens of musicians and radically transformed since he first recorded them nearly 90 years ago. His songs have often resurfaced at critical moments when country music has been forced to confront issues of style, gender, race, and tradition. In this cultural and historical study, Jocelyn R. Neal discusses three of Rodgers' most influential songs--Muleskinner Blues, In the Jailhouse Now, and T for Texas. She offers a radically new perspective on the role of Rodgers and his music in the making of country music, and on the ways in which individual songs take on special significance in American cultural life.

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