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The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music
Contributor(s): Neal, Jocelyn R. (Author)
ISBN: 0253220823     ISBN-13: 9780253220820
Publisher: Indiana University Press
OUR PRICE:   $25.74  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General
- Music | Individual Composer & Musician
Dewey: 782.421
LCCN: 2008043989
Series: Profiles in Popular Music (Paperback)
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 344 pages
 
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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.