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Meeting Jimmie Rodgers

how America"s original roots music hero changed the pop sounds of a century

by Barry Mazor

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Published by Oxford University Press in New York .
Written in

    Subjects:
  • Rodgers, Jimmie, -- 1897-1933,
  • Country musicians -- United States -- Biography

  • Edition Notes

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    StatementBarry Mazor.
    GenreBiography.
    Classifications
    LC ClassificationsML420.R753 M39 2009
    The Physical Object
    Paginationp. cm.
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL22552342M
    ISBN 109780195327625
    LC Control Number2008041924

    James Frederick Rodgers (born Septem in Camas, Washington) is an American singer. Rodgers had a run of hits and mainstream popularity in the s and s. His string of crossover singles ranked highly on the Billboard Pop Singles, Hot Country and Western Sides and Hot Rhythm and Blues Sides charts; in the s, Rodgers had more modest successes with adult contemporary g: Meeting. Read "Meeting Jimmie Rodgers How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century" by Barry Mazor available from Rakuten Kobo. In Meeting Jimmie Rodgers, the first book to explore the deep legacy of "The Singing Brakeman" from a twenty-first centu Brand: Oxford University Press.

    Read an interview with Barry Mazor about his book Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century. Mazor will sign his new book in Meridian May 15th at The Jimmie Rodgers Museum. Click here for interview and details.   Episode 7: An in-depth conversation with Nashville-based music critic, freelance writer, and broadcaster Barry Mazor about his two books "Meeting Jimmie Rodgers.

    Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: how America's original roots music hero changed the pop sounds of a century. [Barry Mazor] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create a superb book * Fred Dellar, Mojo * Almost every page is a delight and will have you. Barry Mazor is a music journalist and the author of Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music, winner of Belmont University's Best Book on Country Music award in , and "Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century," which won the same award in He has written regularly for the Wall Street Journal and he is a former senior Born: Nashville, Tennessee.


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