Singing Brakeman

Jimmie Rodgers (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000EQ4650
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #392,822 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Brakeman's Blues - Jimmie Rodgers

2. The Soldier's Sweetheart - Jimmie Rodgers

3. Sleep, Baby, Sleep - Jimmie Rodgers

4. Ben Dewberry's Final Run - Jimmie Rodgers

5. Ben Dewberry's Final Run - Jimmie Rodgers

6. The Sailor's Plea - Jimmie Rodgers

7. In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers

8. Blue Yodel No. 2 (My Lovin' Gal, Lucille) - Jimmie Rodgers

9. Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel Or She's Long, She's Tall) - Jimmie Rodgers

10. My Old Pal - Jimmie Rodgers

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Disc: 2

1. Mississippi River Blues - Jimmie Rodgers'

2. Blue Yodel No. 7 (Anniversary Blue Yodel) - Jimmie Rodgers'

3. Blue Yodel No . 11 - Jimmie Rodgers'

4. Pistol Packin' Papa - Jimmie Rodgers'

5. Those Gambler's Blues - Jimmie Rodgers'

6. Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) - Jimmie Rodgers'

7. Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standing On The Corner) - Jimmie Rodgers'

8. TB Blues - Jimmie Rodgers'

9. Travellin' Blues - Jimmie Rodgers'

10. Jimmie The Kid (Parts Of The Life Of Jimmie Rodgers) - Jimmie Rodgers'

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Editorial Reviews

This is the Definitive Double Album of the Great Star Without Whom Country Music as We Know it Could Not have Existed: Jimmie Rodgers. Jimmie Rodgers’ (1897-1933) Legacy to Country Music is Immeasurable. Generations of Artists from Gene Autry, Hank Snow, Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and Merle Haggard Down Through Later Devotees Like the Allman Brothers Acknowledge his Incalculable Influences in Both Repertoire and Performancing Style. His Name was the First to Be Placed in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, 1961, a Tribute that Cemented Rodgers’ Reputation as the Acknowledged ‘father of Country Music’. Known as "the Singing Brakeman" (Having Worked on the Railroad), Jimmie’s Rodgers’ 50 Greatest have Been Collected on this Living Era Double. They Span from the Fruits of his Very First Recording Session in 1927 (The Soldier’s Sweetheart and SLEEP, Baby, SLEEP) to the Final Recording in 1933 (Years Ago), Made Just Two Days Before his Death at the Tragically Early Age of 35.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your best bet......, June 14, 2007

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Ernie Wild "Eddie" (Traverse City, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Singing Brakeman (Audio CD)

if you are looking for a great overview of Jimmie's career. All the Blue yodels plus many more. Not much else to add. Just a good buy of great music!