(December 2019) Episode 244 is JIMMIE RODGERS. He is known as the “Father of Country Music” because of his immeasurable influence there. Much of the music itself, however, is indistinguishable from the blues, demonstrating that blues, country, folk, and later rock all emanate from the same authentic American musical tradition. Everything gets a yodel.
Favorite song: In the Jailhouse Now
Favorite ballad: I’ve Ranged, I’ve Roamed, I’ve Traveled
Compared to expectations: same
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