Today
in Blues History
September 8
One of the
biggest influences on today’s blues never claimed to be a blues musician.
Instead, he was one of the most popular artists in America, he went by several
names including “The Singing Brakeman,” “The Blue Yodeller,” and also “The
Father of Country Music.” Jimmie Rodgers was born on this date although the
place has been the source of some speculation. Most claim it was Meridian, MS. Rodgers influenced many later blues artists, among them Muddy Waters, Big Bill
Broonzy, and
Chester Arthur Burnett, better known as Howlin' Wolf. Jimmie Rodgers was Wolf's childhood idol. Wolf
tried to emulate Rodgers's yodel, but found that his efforts sounded more like
a growl or a howl. "I couldn't do no yodelin'," Barry Gifford quoted
him as saying in Rolling Stone, "so I turned to howlin'. And it's done me
just fine."
Waiting For A Train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbzc77Tz6PA
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