Imagine someone telling that guy that in 91 years a young guitar player would analyze his performance and thousands would watch and enjoy it : )

@fredhinckley8630

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, and also that the young guitar player was "broadcasting" from his home in Great Britain and that I could instantly watch and listen here in California, or anyplace else in the world.

@KayEl58

4 жыл бұрын

I love that thought!

@JohnnyNowhere

4 жыл бұрын

We're living in the future, dude. My mom was one year old when this was recorded. Freaking nuts.

@JC-Denton

4 жыл бұрын

@@KayEl58 Yeah, can't agree more! :)

@caretaker158

4 жыл бұрын

He'd probably ask what you'd been drinking and where he could get some! It is amazing how far we've come... and how far we have to go.

My father was nine years old and living in southern California. He's still there and God willing, he'll be 100 in about 10 weeks. Mid March. Thanks Fil!

@giftedplanksify

4 жыл бұрын

My dad was 9 and moved to California from Chicago in the 50s

@stevebetker829

4 жыл бұрын

That's good. He has seen a lot of changes there. You should play the video for him

@giftedplanksify

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevebetker829 the VA took bad care of him and he died in 2002 he ain't around to see it, thanks though?

@lobster4501

4 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome my grandparents move from Oklahoma/Texas during the dustbowl ended up downtown LA actually in the city of commerce amazing people and when I was a kid we had a local country station called KLAC probably my fondest memories and that’s what influence me more than the 70s rock ‘n’ roll as a guitar player and writer take care

@suzannerobbins6293

4 жыл бұрын

Dean Tait Please tell your dad Happy Birthday...what a beautiful story!

This is the man that made my Dad buy a guitar when he was 14. That was in '32. He played until he died in 2002. When we would play the country music he strummed it just like Jimmie and then we would start to sing. This really took me back. My dad bought a Martin D28 in the early 4o's for $100 and sold it in the late 90's for $10,000. That was one amazing Guitar. and my Dad was one amazing Guitar player. He played over Radio KUJ In Walla Walla, Wa. He also had one of the early Fender Stratacaster. My best memory of my Dad, was singing with him playing the Guitar. That was what I got to do the last time he picked up his Guitar, the day before he passed away. So sweet a memory.

@dos-fslady3140

3 жыл бұрын

Dear Patsy, I love you for sharing this beautiful story and loving memory of your dad. My cherished younger brother passed away at 59 last year, and more than anything I miss talking with him about the amazing, wonderful, crazy, fascinating parents and grandparents we had. You and I can both be thankful for having such colorful stories about our family that will remain with us until the end of time. All the best to you and your family, Lynn in Albuquerque

@jesslee3007

7 ай бұрын

Yes I'm with ya a shared experience for us all❤

On the same day that Ralph Peer signed Jimmie Rodgers, he also signed The Carter Family. One of the most seminal days in the history of music. If anyone deserves an epic biopic made of his life, it's Jimmie Rodgers.

You do our American legends honor Fil.

Jimmie Rodgers!!!! Oh, my goodness. Thank you Fil! The Father of Country Music. Thank you for covering Jimmie Rodgers and introducing him to a new audience. ❤

Well Fil you just hit the top of my respect-0-meter with this one. The kind of music I grew up with because it was passed down from generation to generation, that old slap rhythm I still hear it sometimes at night. Don't know who suggested this one to you but sure glad they did somebody needs to buy them a beer.

@jamescullen6570

2 жыл бұрын

Jimmieis a shinni v Light

The importance of Jimmie Rodgers cannot understated. There isn’t a country singer alive or dead over the last 90 years that hasn’t been directly or indirectly influenced by Jimmie Rodgers and many of those country singers would influence Rock and Roll.

@michaelgonzalez7304

10 ай бұрын

Jimmie Rodgers died before World War II.

@SmorgaBoards-xr5ee

6 ай бұрын

Damn TB at age 35 too what a bummer. Legend.

1929 is so early in the history of videos with sound it almost feels impossible that this video exists. Incredible. Dude had swagger for days.

The first American artist to sell over 1 million records

By the way it wasn't until 2017 that the Grammys gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award. Took 84 years after his death for them to give him his due. Shows what they know.

Wow! I'm 65 years living 90 miles from Meridian, Mississippi USA home of Jimmie Rodgers. More, is that I have been following your You Tube for about a year now. Thank you for bringing Jimmie to a whole new group of folks. Mississippi is home of the blues and we appreciate you.

A true pioneer. Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family were the beginning of country music. There aren't many people who can be said to have started an entire branch of music.

91 years ago!!!!! How fun is this? Love this so much! Your smile is just infectious! The yodeling is perfect as your analysis. Bless his heart. By the way, my husband yodeled during his sleep one night! So funny!

@HamiltonRb

4 жыл бұрын

Where was his hands at the time? O never mind. 😇

@pamnichols7877

4 жыл бұрын

HamiltonRb he actually was dreaming he was in the mountains to see if he could hear the echo!

@thespiritof76..

4 жыл бұрын

Pam Nichols I bet he was! Lol... But yes ma’am you are right Fil’s smile is infectious!

@pamnichols7877

4 жыл бұрын

Hamilton Rn he also dreamed that he was peeing off a pier and guess who got it in the back? 😂 he started yelling, move, move, move until I moved so quickly I fell off the bed! Hilarious. We find all of these things so funny!

@pamnichols7877

4 жыл бұрын

We all Seek the same I just posted something! I sent it to the other person but now you can read it

My old man passed away 4 years ago at age 94 . He loved Jimmie Rodgers and even as an old man he just seem to glow every time he heard him . Dad had a great smile and that's how I will remember him . Thanks for the memories He also loved George Formby , That would be an interesting one to cover for you .After all he's from your side of the pond . Thanks again from Canada

My dad was born in 34 ,I was blessed to grow up with the songs of Jimmie Rodgers in the house .Dad played that bass line and could mimic Jimmies vocals with the yodel .I have cassettes of my Dad who's passed in 97 .What a comfort they have been . Finally he would tell me stories how him and his brothers would sit by the radio, each with a pencil. One would write out the 1st verse, another the chours and again another catching the rest .And how they would turn it off during the commercials to save the battery. Then when Hank Williams came along that practice continued. Thank you for taking me back there .

I grew up 20 miles from Bristol. (Elizabethton, TN) Jimmie is why my Grandfather played banjo. He started with the railroad in 1928 at 14 years old, and retired 50yr later with the gold watch. He, like all railroad men in the 20's-30's(& forever since. lol), loved and played Jimmie's tunes all the time. (and a random fact I got from the Ken Burn's series, and now Fil (lol), Jimmie died on May 26,1933, my dad's 1st birthday.) RIP, Jimmie. Thanks

Jimmie was basically the first radio music star. 500,000 units was huge for those days.

Thank you for bringing attention to Jimmie Rodgers! He became my new favorite a couple years ago and learning his songs from this from feature taught me so much about putting songs together. These songs are fairly easy to play and sing and it's fun to sing them to people who have never heard them. Long live Jimmie Rodgers! Yodel-ayee-oh!! 😄

My Dad (step father actually) loved Jimmy Rodgers. I lived in Meridian Mississippi, his home town. They had a small "museum" dedicated to Jimmy. They had 1st day issue stamps of Jimmy post marked in Meridian. I bought one for the old man. I gave it to him, the next chance I saw him.(that was 1980 when I bought it, didn't see Dad again until 1982 I'd been overseas working) my 1st wife took all my stuff left it at my Moms house & moved back home to Reno. I found the envelope, & gave it to him. He looked at it, asked me where I got it, etc. & with tears in his eyes, he thanked me. Asked how I knew he liked Jimmy, I said "Daddy you told me, when I was young." Any way Jimmy Rodgers always make me think of the old man. He passed in 1986. But I will never forget, how he loved that stamped envelope. The rumor in Meridian was Jimmy got fired from the railroad for smoking marijuana with the blacks & others on the railroad.(just a rumor of course).

@josephdoiron9988

3 жыл бұрын

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Hey Fil, you picked a great subject here! Thanks for for running the video straight through before your analysis, as it's so rare to see such a fine video of Jimmie complete and uncut. It shows your respect for this legend of popular music. Like 590. /:-)

Thanks for this Fil. My family has a long history of railroading. My great great grandfather, whos parents immigrated from Ireland, was a gandydancer. In 1898, he was stepping out of the path of a train and ended up in the path of an express going 60mph. Died instantly of course. Left behind a wife and 5 young children, and his three sons all ended up working for the same railroad, one a conductor, one a gandydancer, and one, my great grandfather, worked his way up to "Timekeeper of the Junction" in Pennsylvania. I know that music had a very important part in all of their lives and Jimmie was a favorite.

Leon Redbone pulled this type of music out of the attic for a while. Miss him.

My parents played his songs on an old square box record player when I was a child. Thanks for the memory dear heart.

Sweet Fil, I thank God for you because every night when I get pinged that you are on, I'm always listening to the news events of the day. It is so depressing to me and I'm just happy that you come along and drag me out of it! God I need you!! Thanks for distracting me and making me see that there is still some good in this mixed up world!! You're a breath of fresh air! God bless you!

@HamiltonRb

4 жыл бұрын

Here’s an idea, don’t watch the news and get depressed. Just wait for Fil to ping you

@sjwillis1137

4 жыл бұрын

The news is soooooooooooo depressing. However , it gives one a little perspective . We all have to muscle up . Sweet , beautiful people . See it as it is . A battle ground . A blood bath . A state if siege . On the flip side . Land of hope and glory. Good people EVERYWHERE .! Good will prevail . ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡◇ IT WILL PREVAIL. IT WILL .

@sjwillis1137

4 жыл бұрын

Mark , life is short. This stuff has been raging since time began . Chill . Enjoy your life. Treat yourself . Go out for a walk . Have a milk shake. Take a trip . I don't mean an acid trip !! Take care darling ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

@Miatacrosser

4 жыл бұрын

Mark if you are an American then right or left you are fulfilling our founders wishes by being interested in politics of the nation. We are in this mess today because good people ignored reality and just lived for themselves with no worries about what was happening in DC till the damage was already done. And Epstein didn't kill himself.

@ryannt.2143

4 жыл бұрын

@@HamiltonRb, I am picking up what ur laying down. but Idk I'm kinda digging @Mark Culley routine (yet I may be a tad bias) because I have the same daily routine...whilst the news may be a tad depressing. As one that studies human behavior as a career. I believe you must keep up with local and current worldly events. Than cum check out fil to get happy at the end of the day;) As a true humanitarian, I need the bad to truly enjoy the good! god bless you Mark Culley as well!

Fil, u are a goldmine for us music fans. Seriously, your follow ups & teachings into the background history of our favorite groups & their songs never cease to amaze me. BTW, I'm referring to Skynyrd & their take on "T for Texas", thanks again, you're a treasure!

@ryannt.2143

4 жыл бұрын

G. Ward exactly! Not so common place to find "old soul's" especially musically..I have noticed this as well. takes one to know one! #raisedright

@GWard-hz5wj

4 жыл бұрын

@@ryannt.2143 yes it does take one to know one! We "old souls who were raised right" connect thru our love of music & how it played individually in each of our stories of life! God bless!

Wow, the memories flood back with this one. When I was a teenager in the 70's, I spent a lot of time at my grandparents in Southern Alabama. They raised their family back in the depression days and both loved Jimmie Rogers. I still own all their old JR's LPs, I even have a few of the Ol' 78's. You really did a great job presenting Rogers' life in such quick manner. His last recording, "Old Love Letters", is stellar when you consider he passed away 2 days later from TB. The last recordings by Freddie Mercury and Queen were also examples of an artist who knew time was running out but pushed until the very last. That's total commitment to the music and that's why we remember these types of musicians. Great video and review! I love the total diversity of this channel, Bravo!

@avidrdr5640

2 жыл бұрын

My family's from near Birmingham and my dad was a teenager when Jimmie Rodgers was alive and famous. My dad was a huge fan and a self taught musician. He played in local country bands until our family started growing and he had to put it aside, except for an occasional jam session at our house while we were growing up . He covered Jimmie Rodgers songs and his guitar pickin', singing and yodeling sounded so much like Jimmie Rodgers that Merle Haggard couldn't come close to.

@paulsimmons5726

2 жыл бұрын

@@avidrdr5640 Yeah, there's no telling how many careers have been put aside when families came along. Great story.

@avidrdr5640

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulsimmons5726 Thanks, Dad wasn't a great talent or musically ambitious. In his music hey day, it certainly wasn't a money maker. He and Mom just really enjoyed almost all music and they had like minded friends, so music was always in our home.

@paulsimmons5726

2 жыл бұрын

@@avidrdr5640 Same thing here, only down in Butler County. Small world, huh?

The very first "talkie" movie was only two years earlier. This must have been a big deal in those times.

@Robinjoy45

3 жыл бұрын

One of the first country music "videos" -----

@brushstroke3733

3 жыл бұрын

It was a big risk for the record label - no one had ever done it before. It worked well and sold lots of records!

Pure raw talent from 1929!! Absolutely fascinating performance. He was hugely influential.

I have to admit I never heard of Jimmie Rodgers until watching Ken Burns' "Country Music" series. Fun to be introduced to this gem from American music's past.

@kylermillsap8068

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Loved him ever since. Probably one of the only kids that listens to him😎

Interesting that Jimmie Rodgers once worked as a water boy. His "Blue Yodel #8," aka "Mule Skinner Blues" (1930) includes a verse about a water boy. The Fendermen's version of this was a big hit in 1960 and a fixture on "oldies" playlists in the subsequent decades.

I was thrilled that you were analyzing Jimmie Rodgers! This was my dad's favorite singer! My dad was born in 1921, so he grew up listening to JR and would often play his records. Thank you, Fil!

My dad was born in 1911 and I was born in 1964. When I was a kid, we would listen to Jimmie Rodgers on a then modern Philco AM Radio. Rodgers was my dad's favorite followed by Jim Reeves. A love an interest for both followed me as a grew and played those same songs myself. His music isn't at all difficult to play but his metering can be a challenge to reproduce. I love this channel and it does my heart good to see that WOP pay tribute to Jimmie Rodgers. Jimmie was certainly the bridge between the black delta blues players and Country and Western Muisc.

Talk about synchronicity! I just finished watching Part I of the Ken Burns documentary on Country Music-which featured Jimmy Rodgers!! This song was featured. I just love the wide variety of genres and time frames you highlight. Your analysis takes what I just learned on the documentary to the next level. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks, Fil!

@sjwillis1137

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that weird . Is it something to do with us entering into the 2020s ? I had a very similar thing today . But , in fairness I was looking into the Roaring 20s. Sounds like such fun don't it . Now, no one smokes . We have veganuary. Dry January . Hell !!!!!😕😪😫😫😫😫😫😫😫

@holly7869

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who watched that! So very good. Also, try Ken Burns' The History of Jazz

@frankholstein4499

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjwillis1137 The "Boring"Twenties! LOL

Bob Wills and Texas Playboys another legend. Texas Swing starting in late '30s. San Antonio Rose and a bunch of others

@dannyh5563

4 жыл бұрын

Like Waylon said Bob Wills is still the king

@frankholstein4499

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely!

Hi Fil! Your deep appreciation and respect towards other musicians of different styles and eras combined with your incredible talent make you a true legend as well. Stay well and take care!

@wingsofpegasus

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

Great video Fil. I might mention that the original Carter Family was also at that initial Bristol recording session. Jimmie also wrote "TB blues" two years before he died. One more thing comes to mind: Woody Guthrie claimed that the emigration of dust bowl refugees to California was influenced partially by people listening to Jimmie's "California Blues".

I was just watching Jimmie Rodgers as this popped up.

Good to see Jimmie being analyzed here ,thanks Fil and for the request of a musical pioneer who ever you are

It's classic because Jimmie did it, so when Jimmie did it it was all new. He was just warmin up.

Jimmy yodleling. So cooooool 1929

Thank you so much Fil, for that great HISTORY lesson. I am from TENNESSEE and have been raised on this music and am aware of the background, but I heard things that I had never heard before..you had really done some research. I ALWAYS LOVED TO HEAR JIMMY ROGERS sing and yodel, don't hear anyone do that anymore.

Amazing story of who Jimmie Rodgers was. Well done.

I found your channel with Glen Campbell searches. Today I heard Jimmie Rodgers and found you again. Totally blown away with your choices. We're on the same wavelength. Thank you!

Like someone said below the father of country music ,but it's heavy on the blues as well.your as good a student as you are a teacher Fil you do your homework on the artist you talk about I knew this stuff,but i watch and read everything i can about it ,and I'm 60 years old.i think many others may never have know the history without you telling them.

@filianablanxart8305

3 жыл бұрын

Or equally , that Black Blues singers of the 1920's sounded a lot like Hillbillies . But seriously , before tv , and even before radio was widespread , Traveling Medicine Shows ( promotional events for Patent Medicines , featuring live shows with variety of musical performers of various genres ) was how music styles were spread . Ragtime, Blues , Appalachian String Bands, and Tin Pan Alley all rubbed together and influenced each other .

One man, a guitar, a great voice, and true Americana in every note. Sadly today's country music has lost it's roots. Thanks Fil for another great video.

Jimmie was basically "The very first American pop star". My grandfather had several of his old 78 records.

You Astonish me every time….the music library you know amazes me!!!

Haven’t heard the term Gandy dancer in a long time. It is my understanding that it came from the Gandy tool company. They made the sledgehammers etc. that the workers used to lay track with. The coordination of 2-3 guy’s swinging in rhythm as they alternately stuck a single spike could be seen as a dance.

Jimmie Rodgers, the Father of Country Music ! Along with Hank Williams and Fred Rose, Jimmie was one of the first 3 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. His experiences working on the railroad as a water boy, etc. led him to write Blue Yodel No. 8, n 1930. In 1960, The Fendermen covered the song, which was renamed as Mule Skinner Blues...cha cha cha !

Finally! Never too late, I've been waiting for this one a while. Jimmie is the progenitor for most American rock, blues and country music we hear today. If you were to track back the influences of most musicians, then their influences, and their influences and so on, they almost all converge on Jimmie Rodgers. You can hear a little bit of Jimmie in nearly everything (some say without Jimmie, country music today would sound mostly like Bob Wills Country Swing.) Jimmies accolades are nothing short of amazing....and deserved. One of 3 of the "first" inducted into Country Music HOF. Songwriters HOF. Rock and Roll HOF. Blues HOF. His Blue Yodel no.9 was selected by the Rock and Roll HOF 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Probably did more to popularize blues than any other artist. Artists who have covered his music and cited him as influential would make a list so large we would need a whole 'nother internet to list them. My favorite song and possibly the 1st autobiographical song ever written: *T.B. Blues.* And a great big *Thank You Fil!!.*

My dad just turned 82 in December. He still plays and sings Jimmie Rodgers tunes when he pulls out his old guitar. He says Jimmie Rodgers music was the first music he was exposed to as a child because my grandfather used to play his recordings on an old Victrola.

Thank you for highlighting Jimmie Rogers and giving him the respect he so deserved. Okay, how about Doc Watson next. Then maybe Bill Monroe, which leads naturally to Flatt and Scruggs 8-)

@RoryVanucchi

4 жыл бұрын

Yes yes Doc Watson a legend

@barryoconnor721

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, Doc Watson.

@lawrencetaylor4101

4 жыл бұрын

I saw them at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The best time I ever had.

So great to see one of the founding fathers of American music honored and his music remembered.

The true father of country music... love the pick and strum style he used.

Very nice Brother Fil. 1929 , I believe was the year Bessie Smith recorded " Taint Nobody's Business If I Do" for Columbia records. Jimmy wrote "Walking by Myself " covered by lots of folks including the Great Freddie King. Love it Fil , you are "The Man"! I wonder if Jimmy heard much music from the Delta in his time, his career seemed to be rather short but influential.

@richardsleep5242

11 ай бұрын

"Walking by Myself" was a Chess issued recording by Muddy Waters' sideman Jimmy Rogers in around 1957. I had a 45 RM vinyl copy back then. Not the same as Jimmie Rodgers, the Singing Brakeman of RCA Victor issues.

My dad was a fan...he (my dad) was 19 at this time.

@shaunw9270

4 жыл бұрын

My Dad was born 1922 . I was born 1969... he often told me about "The singing brakeman" but it wasn't until after he died aged 90 that I actually saw film of Jimmie on KZread. My Dad would have enjoyed watching this I reckon .

I was just watching the 1st episode of Ken Burns "Country Music" documentary featuring Jimmy Rogers and the Carter Family. That makes this the 2nd time I've heard this song performed in an hour. Life is GOOD!

@richeaton7436

4 жыл бұрын

Watched it too. Great series. Highly recommended. I grew up 20 miles from Bristol. (Elizabethton, TN) Jimmie is why my Grandfather played banjo. He retired from the railroad with the 50yr gold watch, and he played Jimmie tunes all the time. (and a random fact I got from the show, Jimmie died on May 26,1933, my dad's 1st birthday.)

God bless you, Fil. You can hear the blues influence in Jimmie's music and you bring it out beautifully. Thank you.

What a lovely segment! He was a favorite of my father who is now 85. I grew up listening to his, and other old school country artists.

Jimmie Rodgers fantastic...Thankyou so much for reviewing this guy.

Fil, thank you for bringing music history back. Jimmie Rogers was the first real country music star, outside of the Carter Family. Imagine, that's nearly 100 years ago!

1st time I think I've seen you do an uninterrupted song for a review! This guy was a noted influence on both Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard... documented fact! so in other words, Jimmy Rodgers was one of the fathers of and major influences upon country music.

Love the fact that you analyze so many different kind of artists. This was the music my parents grew up with and it's wonderful to see someone still appreciates.

My dad was from The state of Tennessee. He was able to yodel.😂😂😂 He kept trying to teach me how to but I just couldn't. I'm from California.😂😂😂. We didn't get to do alot of that there. Thanks 🙏 for doing your old country videos for us . You are doing a 👍job on them

We're never too young or old for great music, thanks for another fine video Fil.

Great analysis and musical history.... Amazing film and audio recording for a bit that goes that far back. Love the props and skit!!! 😎👍🏽🎶🔥♥️🔥🎶

April 10, 1922 WBT, Charlotte N.C. - still on the air and a 50,000watt station. 📻🙂

Wow. I am astounded at the information you have gathered on life in the 1920s when you were poor and unskilled. Makes Jimmie Rodgers even more interesting to know what he went through.

I was hoping for this after the Lynyrd Synyrd version. You never disappoint! Love that walking bass line and watching his hands, such good filming surprised me.

@jamesbreithaupt5138

2 жыл бұрын

The Knebworth park version was great

Wow, even though this was way way before my time it kept me entertained. Nobody I mean nobody does an analysis better than you Fil. Ten years ago if you would said a "Rock" dude would be doing an analysis on all these different people no one would have believed it. That's why you are so good Fil. Loving your smile while are doing it too. 😍🤗😘💕👏

Another great journey into another great legend. I worked for a while building a railroad going to a coal mine. If I would have had listened to you as a kid I would have been a singing surveyor.

Love these early footage's of history. great analysis on another artist who left this earth too soon. thanks for featuring Jimmie Rodgers on your channel. Your channel is becoming an excellent source of history of music.

Again, you bring me back in time too an era where country music was really starting. My grandpa down in Alabama, would listen to Jimmy Rodgers all the time. Thanks for this little gem Fil!

@richeaton7436

4 жыл бұрын

I grew up 20 miles from Bristol. (Elizabethton, TN) Jimmie is why my Grandfather played banjo. He retired from the railroad with the 50yr gold watch, and he played Jimmie tunes all the time. (and a random fact I got from the Ken Burns show, and Fil(lol), Jimmie died on May 26,1933, my dad's 1st birthday.)

@southernculture81

4 жыл бұрын

@@richeaton7436 Hey Rick, both of my parents were from a small farming community near Flomaton, Alabam. What a coincidence that your Father was born on the day Jimmy died. Take care!

@southernculture81

4 жыл бұрын

@@richeaton7436 We southern folk have so much in common!

Great analysis, Phil. I do not think many people today would even give it a second thought just how good these folks were.

There was no T.V. when I was born. We had a radio for "home entertainment." This music was in our house every day. My dad finally broke down, and got us a T.V. in 1953 ( I was 9 then), but the radio was still the main source of entertainment for some years. Brings back SO many great memories of my childhood. Great review, yet again, Fil!! Cheers, mate!! :)

@frankholstein4499

4 жыл бұрын

TVs were EXPENSIVE back then. No credit cards: save for it, maybe the store will give you credit or put it on layaway.

@mmccartney6579

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankholstein4499 Exactly right! My dad bought our first T.V. at a store where he bought all our furniture for the first new house we moved into in 1948. (The house, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, was $8500!!). They delivered the T.V. (it was a console) and a man came to the house once a month to collect a payment of ten dollars, no interest! I don't remember whatever happened to that first T.V., but I know my parents were still using it into the 1970's.

Thanks for doing this... I definitely enjoyed it! R. I. P. Jimmie Rodgers "The Singing Brakeman"

Fil, I’m really liking that you’re staying within one genre for the last few videos. I really enjoy your videos because it shows your appreciation of music from all genres and decades. Thank you for teaching everyone about the artist and their music. You’re the best! 🤘🏻❤️✌🏻

@bryanmyers1435

4 жыл бұрын

@Lucy -Texas Gal, I grew up listening to this. Grandpa had these on 78s. I sure wish I had gotten them when he passed.

Jimmie Rodgers inspired countless of people to go into music. Gene Autry was one of them and Gene was a great guitar player in the style of Jimmie when he started out. Without Gene no Roy Rogers, and so on. Thanks Fil.

Jimmie was in reality a blues man. Phenomenal artist, still relevant today.

@TheEudaemonicPlague

4 ай бұрын

I would definitely not agree, despite the fact that he incorporated blues into _some_ of his music. You listen to him singing something like Crooked Little House--that's pure folk music, no blues involved. No, he wasn't a blues man, but blues were certainly a huge influence...just not for _all_ of his music. You probably feel like it's a great compliment to him, to try to pin him down like that, but no, it's more a compliment to say he blended a number of genres than to label him as being just one.

You never let us down with your analysis! Thank you for sharing😊

Doc Watson really loved Jimmie Rodgers--That's good enough for me !!

Never thought you would Analyse the Singing Brakeman just made my day. Many thanks. I collected all of Jimmies output. Edited! Congratulations on the great little Biography of Jimmie. I really enjoyed that.

This guy was brilliant!! Thank you for this!! He influenced so many great musicians too!! Hope ypu feature him again!!

Great video Fil! As a Mississippian, I am very proud that we can claim such a legend!

Fil, I really enjoyed this analysis! Extremely informative! One heck of a performer!

I really admire your open mind - going back in time to analyze a performance that is almost 100 years old! This song is true Americana. Great analysis, Fil!

Jimmy had hold of a different kind of talent, and only at that time period he could control it and bring it back around into a interesting strong story song

Very entertaining breakdown of Life on the railways as a brakeman and waterboy, really appreciate your commentary you taught me.more about Jimmie Rodgers then I knew before. Hank Snow was a big fan of his, even named his son, Jimmie Rodgers Snow!

Jimmie Rodgers: my all time favorite singer and musician!

Ken Burns has done a excellent documentary of the origins of Country Music in which he covers Jimmie Rodgers. Saw it on PBS just recently. Thanks for what you do here on KZread Fil.

You are so knowledgeable about all the artist you react to. I enjoy listening to you so much. I learn something new daily. Thank you!

Cool as the day is long.

Glenn Johnson Love Jimmie Rodgers and been singing some of his songs over the last 55 years."T for Texas"in G,same key i sing and play in.Thanks for uploading this clip.Although now retired i still make recordings and love creating this genre of early style and yodelling.

Thanks Fil for sharing your love of musical history.

great ramblin music. makes me want to throw on my old back pack and guitar and hit the railroad tracks. jimmie has so many great songs. great lyrics. kick ass.

Jimmie Rodgers' dad worked on the railroad, getting Jimmie a job as a water boy (filling the steam trains' water tanks from a water tower) at 13 years old sometime around 1910. He became a brakeman as soon as he was old enough, which was the most dangerous job on a train back then. They rode the caboose and jumped off the slow moving train to manually throw the brake to help slow the train to a stop. He kept check on the couplings between the cars while the train was moving. With very few autos at the time, thousands of men (hobos) hopped freight trains, hiding in boxcars and riding the rails across the country. Most of them were teens and family men, looking for whatever work they could find. Jimmie Rodgers was in close contact with these men and most of his songs are the hobo stories. He continued working on the rr after becoming a well known entertainer, but sadly contracted tuberculosis in his 20's, still working on the rr until his health declined too much. He had a full time nurse attending him between songs during his last recording session, shortly before he died in 1933 at 36 years old. He is the acknowledged "Father of Country Music".

Great video. Thanks! Nice to see appreciation for roots music going back almost 100 years!!

Hey Fil, amazing that I stumbled into your video. I was way into Jimmie Rodgers back in '63 for about six months. He was so easy to sing along with! Then the Fab Four took over America and I seemed to stop listening to Jimmie. Great memories! I wonder if the Beatles and Stones knew about him. Lol.

Thanks for sharing fil. Wonderful background to t for texas. Shame he passed away so young. My grandfather passed away from the same illness in 1936 at 37 years of age. God bless you.