The singing brakeman. 4 [sound recording] / Jimmie Rodgers
- Author:
- Rodgers, Jimmie, 1897-1933
- Published:
- Vollersode, Germany : Bear Family, [1992]
- Copyright Date:
- ℗1992
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (72 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators:
- Armstrong, Lil Hardin, 1898-1971, Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, Kama, Charles, Salazar, M. T., Cordova, Mike, Alley, Shelly Lee, 1894-1964, Alley, Alvin, Carter, Sara, 1898-1979, Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978, Gibson, Clifford, 1901-1963, Carter, A. P. (Alvin Pleasant), 1891-1960, Ball, Wilber, Carlisle, Cliff, 1904-1983, Moore, Ruth Ann, and Clifford's Louisville Jug Band
- Contents:
- In the jailhouse now #2 -- Blue yodel #9 -- T.B. blues [take 2] -- T.B. blues [take 3] -- Travellin' blues [take 1] -- Travellin' blues [take 2] -- Travellin' blues [take 3] -- Jimmie the Kid [take 1] -- Jimmie the Kid [take 3] --Why there's a tear in my eye [take 1] -- Why there's a tear in my eye [take 3] -- The wonderful city -- Let me be your sidetrack [take 2] -- Let me be your sidetrack [take 3] -- Let me be your sidetrack [take 4] -- Jimmie Rodgers visits the Carter Family -- The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas -- When the cactus is in bloom -- Gambling polka dot blues -- Looking for a new mama [take 1] -- Looking for a new mama [take 3] -- What's it? -- My good gal's gone blues [take 1] -- My good gal's gone blues [take 3] -- Southern cannon-ball.
- Subject(s):
- Note:
- Country and hillbilly music.
Compact disc; monophonic analog recordings.
Disc laid in container (32 cm.) with 5 other discs, and with program notes and discography by Nolan Porterfield (59 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.). - Participant/Performer Note:
- Jimmie Rodgers, vocals, dialog and guitar ; with acc. musicians on most selections: Lillian Hardin Armstrong, piano (track 2) ; Louis Armstrong, trumpet (track 2) ; Charles Kama, steel guitar (tracks 3-9) ; M.T. Salazar, guitar (tracks 5-9) ; Mike Cordova, string bass (tracks 5-9) ; Shelly Lee Alley, fiddle (tracks 5-7) ; Alvin Alley, fiddle (tracks 5-7) ; Sara Carter, vocals/dialog/guitar (tracks 10-11, 15-16) ; Maybelle Carter, guitar/vocals/dialog/mandolin (tracks 10-11, 15-16) ; Clifford Gibson, guitar (track 12) ; A.P. Carter, dialog (tracks 15-16) ; Wilber Ball, guitar (tracks 17, 19-20) ; Cliff Carlisle, steel guitar (tracks 17, 19-20) ; Ruth Ann Moore, piano (tracks 18, 21) ; The Louisville Jug Band (Cal Smith, guitar ; Fred Smith, guitar ; Clifford Hayes, fiddle ; Earl McDonald, jug ; George Allen, clarinet) (tracks 22-23).
- Data/Place of Event:
- Recorded: July 12, 16-17, Victor Hollywood Studios, Hollywood, Calif. (tracks 1-2) ; Jan. 31, 1931, Texas Hotel, San Antonio, Texas (tracks 3-9) ; June 10-13, 15-17, 1931, Louisville, Ken. (tracks 10-24).
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