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Post by jono1uk on Apr 20, 2018 17:01:45 GMT
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Post by wezzywest on Apr 20, 2018 18:28:07 GMT
No sorry but I am off to utube to search. |
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Post by wezzywest on Apr 20, 2018 18:31:20 GMT
He has the sound of Hank Williams on this one.
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Post by gordon on Apr 20, 2018 18:46:16 GMT
I like this one that youtube found for me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 23:17:23 GMT
Mmm--not surprised he's lonesome TBH. Catchy stage name though.
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 21, 2018 9:13:14 GMT
I had not heard of Thomas until this morning. I am a big fan of Jimmie Rodgers, so these somewhat diluted covers and copies of his music don't do much for me at all.
In fact thinking about Jimmie as I write this, we should have a whole Jimmie Rodgers thread because he is so important and so wonderful.
I am not talking about the 50s TV personality singer, Jimmie Rodgers (yep...same name same spelling), or the Chicago blues guitarist, Jimmy Rogers. Jimmie Rodgers, the Singing Brakeman or Blue Yodeller that recorded in the 1920s and 30s, was truly one of American music's most important artists.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 9:43:53 GMT
Very influential.I can hear The Goons and The New Vaudeville Band in there.
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 21, 2018 10:29:33 GMT
Rather sadly, because that tacky clip of film exists, it is the one everyone uses whenever Jimmie Rodgers is mentioned in discussions like this one, or in TV documentaries. The performance is fantastic, but the setting and the script are almost an embarrassment.
Jimmie Rodgers made hundreds of records and covered the full range of popular music at the time, including... country & western, blues, jazz, Hawaiian, novelty....etc. His records were exported all over the world and as well as influencing so much American music, he sold lots of records in West Africa and his influence there was an important catalyst.
My late friend from Sierra Leone, S.E. Rogie, was a fan of Jimmie's music. Rogie was born in the 1920s and through the 40s, 50s and 60s, he modelled himself on Jimmie Rodgers. He played West African songs, but with a big twist of Meridian, Mississippi, in there too.
In the blues world, to name a few... Mississippi Sheiks, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, are some of the blues artists that were influenced by Rodgers. Then on into country music, Jimmie Rodgers influence is enormous.
....there are too many great recordings to list in one post!
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by meanstepfather on Apr 21, 2018 12:17:17 GMT
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 21, 2018 12:24:32 GMT
In this recording of Jimmie Rodgers you can clearly hear his influence on Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys.
This is a very important musician that really should not be typecast as a yodelling pop singer with a guitar. He recorded with Louis Armstrong, Sol Hoopii, The Carter Family and numerous others. Long before Elvis talked about African-American, so called "race" musicians, Jimmie was drawing influences and working alongside them. This was quite something in the 1920s and 30s for a boy from Mississippi.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 21, 2018 12:27:07 GMT
See.... I knew we should have started a Jimmie Rodgers thread!  Shine On Michael |
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 21, 2018 13:30:00 GMT
Jono, the site you linked us to about Record Stores Day is an interesting one and worth bookmarking. recordstoreday.co.uk/homeJust me being a pedantic & nitpicking old slider, but as a British event, shouldn't it be called "Record SHOP Day". Record Store is an American term. Just saying.... Shine On Michael |
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Post by jono1uk on Apr 21, 2018 16:06:12 GMT
LOL correct Michael ...
So it took me 2 hours to get there ..queued for 2 hours (at 8.15 in the morning) at Rough Trade London. and didn't get everything i wanted .
there is a live Dickey Betts with Warren Haynes and Mick Taylor an Ian Siegal's new release ..both weren't stocked by Rough Trade.
However i did manage to get Allman Brothers Live in Atlanta from June 1970, An early Rory Gallagher french radio show from '74 and the soundtrack to Rush by Clapton...
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Post by gordon on Apr 22, 2018 13:26:32 GMT
Can we call it RSD, or "disquaire day" as the signs said round here in that ever-charming mixture of English and French?
I didn't buy any records yesterday, too busy and wasn't sure I could deal with how expensive it would all be ... but I'm glad I discovered Jimmie Rodgers thanks to this discussion!
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