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The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music

by Jocelyn R. Neal

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Three Jimmie Rodgers songs and their changing place in country music

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Three Jimmie Rodgers songs and their changing place in country music

Jocelyn R. Neal centers this cultural and historical study on three recordings associated with country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers: “Muleskinner Blues,” “In the Jailhouse Now,” and “T for Texas.” Tracking how later musicians have taken up and substantially reshaped these songs, the book examines their reappearances at moments when country music has negotiated questions of style, gender, race, and tradition. The scope is therefore broader than a portrait of one performer: it considers how particular songs circulate, accrue meaning, and help shape ideas of country music within American cultural life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Listeners interested in Jimmie Rodgers and early country music history
  • Readers studying country music’s intersections with race, gender, style, and tradition
  • Music scholars interested in adaptation, repertoire, and cultural meaning

Themes

Country music historyJimmie RodgersSong adaptationRace and genderMusical tradition

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Book overview

The songs of country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers have been appropriated by dozens of musicians and radically transformed since he first recorded them nearly 90 years ago. His songs have often resurfaced at critical moments when country music has been forced to confront issues of style, gender, race, and tradition. In this cultural and historical study, Jocelyn R. Neal discusses three of Rodgers' most influential songs--"Muleskinner Blues," "In the Jailhouse Now," and "T for Texas." She offers a radically new perspective on the role of Rodgers and his music in the making of country music, and on the ways in which individual songs take on special significance in American cultural life.

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