Jimmie Rodgers and The Blues

Jimmie Rodgers (1897 – 1933) is widely known as the "father of country music," but blues was a prominent element

of his music. The influence of his famous "blue yodels" can be heard in the music of Mississippi blues artists

Jimmie Rodgers

Jimmie Rodgers, known as "The Singing Brakeman" and "the Blue Yodeler," was born in Meridian, Mississippi on September 8, 1897. After working as a brakeman for the railroad, a bout of tuberculosis forced Rodgers from the rails, as he took ...