"Jimmie Rodgers of course is one of the guiding lights of the Twentieth
Century whose way with song has always been an inspiration to those of
us who have followed the path. A blazing star whose sound was and
remains the raw essence of individuality in a sea of conformity, par
excellence with no equal.
Though he is claimed as The Father of Country Music, the title is
limiting and deceiving in light of today's country music and he wouldn't
have understood it. In his time, he was better known as "The Singing
Brakeman" or "Blue Yodeler" and hence in some circles, he has come to be
known as the "Man Who Started
It All" which is more to the truth for he was a performer of force
without precedent with a sound as lonesome and mystical as it was
dynamic." - Bob Dylan
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