The Very Best Of

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Hailed as the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers was one of the first entertainers to popularise the genre, cutting his first two sides – one of which was a lullaby, ‘Sleep, Baby, Sleep’ – on August 4, 1927. The son of a section foreman on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, he became a water carrier to the black workmen on the railroad before he was fourteen. They not only introduced Rodgers to their songs but also taught him how to coax a tune out of a guitar and banjo.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) – Jimmie Rodgers
2. Waitin’ for a Train – Jimmie Rodgers
3. Frankie and Johnny – Jimmie Rodgers
4. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) – Jimmie Rodgers
5. Hobo Bill’s Last Ride – Jimmie Rodgers
6. Never No Mo’ Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
7. That’s Why I’m Blue – Jimmie Rodgers
8. Mississippi Delta Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
9. Lullaby Yodel – Jimmie Rodgers
10. The Brakeman’s Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
11. The Cowhand’s Last Ride – Jimmie Rodgers
12. Long Tall Mama Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
13. In the Hills of Tennessee – Jimmie Rodgers
14. Whippin’ That Old T.B. – Jimmie Rodgers
15. My Blue Eyed Jane – Jimmie Rodgers
16. Southern Cannonball – Jimmie Rodgers
17. Mississippi Moon – Jimmie Rodgers
18. My Little Home Down in New Orleans – Jimmie Rodgers
19. My Rough and Rowdy Ways – Jimmie Rodgers
20. I’m Free (From the Chain Gang Now) – Jimmie Rodgers
Disc 2
1. In the Jailhouse Now No. 2 – Jimmie Rodgers
2. Train Whistle Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
3. Blue Yodel No. 5 – Jimmie Rodgers
4. Somewhere Down Below the Mason-Dixon Line – Jimmie Rodgers
5. No Hard Times – Jimmie Rodgers
6. Jimmie’s Texas Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
7. My Good Gal’s Gone Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
8. Let Me Be Your Sidetrack – Jimmie Rodgers
9. Blue Yodel No. 9 – Jimmie Rodgers
10. Travellin’ Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
11. Away Out On the Mountain – Jimmie Rodgers
12. Home Call – Jimmie Rodgers
13. Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia – Jimmie Rodgers
14. Sleep Baby Sleep – Jimmie Rodgers
15. My Carolina Sunshine Girl – Jimmie Rodgers
16. Rock All Our Babies to Sleep – Jimmie Rodgers
17. My Little Lady – Jimmie Rodgers
18. High Powered Mama – Jimmie Rodgers
19. Down the Old Road – Jimmie Rodgers
20. Last Blue Yodel – Jimmie Rodgers