Jimmie Rodgers, brakeman on the Southern Railway at Meridian, Miss., his birthplace, sang in a nasal, caressing voice each morning as he strolled to work. I woke up this morning, the blues all ’round ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Father of Country Music was actually a rock 'n' roller ahead of his time, argues a folk-rocker who's recorded a tribute album to "Singing Brakeman" Jimmie Rodgers. "Any Old ...
This Jimmie Rodgers, a popular music singer of the early 1960's is not to be confused with Jimmie Rodgers, the Singing Brakeman, who recorded 1920-30's. This Rodgers' big hit was "Honeycomb." Table of ...