6-CD mini box with 188-page booklet, 159 tracks, playing time 475 mns

There is no shortage of legendary figures in country music. Arguably, none has been more influential than Jimmie Rodgers. In a career that spanned less than six years (1927-1933), Jimmie Rodgers recorded 110 songs. 108 of those were subsequently recorded by other artists, a tradition that began in the late 1920s and continues to this day. That is a 'cover ratio' unmatched by any of country music's historic figures, including Hank Williams. Jimmie Rodgers' influence extended far beyond songwriting. The Singing Brakeman also provided a blues-infused approach to performance that became a stylistic template for the careers of countless country singers.

Jimmie Rodgers' recordings remind us that hybrid music began well before Elvis Presley and Sun Records. On the 75th anniversary of Jimmie Rodgers' death, Bear Family Records documents the extent of his influence by gathering together a remarkable collection of cover recordings by artists ranging from country icons like Gene Autry, Jimmie Davis, Hank Snow, Lefty Frizzell, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Bill Monroe, Merle Haggard and Ernest Tubb to pop and rock legends like Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Rick Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jerry Garcia. On six CDs, this unprecedented collection begins to do justice to Jimmie Rodgers' staggering legacy. The mini-box also offers Bear Family's usual lavish production values and attention to detail, including rare vintage photographs and detailed notes by music historians Carey Ginell, Tony Russell, and Dave Samuelson. A companion piece to Bear Family's six-disc collection of Jimmie Rodgers' own recordings (BCD 15540), this is the ultimate and richly deserved tribute to Jimmie Rodgers' influence within and beyond country music. For fans of either country or popular music, this collection is truly essential fare.

Track Listing

• Valente, Caterina - GRIFFIN, REX
• Sweet Mama Hurry Home - O'DANIEL, W. LEE & HIS HILLBILLY BOYS
• Yodeling Ranger - AUTRY, GENE
• Hobo Bill's Last Ride - BOYD, BILL
• The Wind Swept Desert (Desert - JONES, BUDDY
• Any Old Time - CALLAHAN BROTHERS, THE
• T. B. Blues No. 2 (T. B. Blues - MONROE BROTHERS, THE
• In My Dear Old Southern Home ( - Daddy And Home
• Red River Dave (Dave Mcenery) - Blue Yodel No. 6
• Carlisle, Cliff - Never No More Hard Times Blues (No Hard Times
• Wills, Bob - Blue Yodel No. 5
• Autry, Gene - The Yodeling Cowboy
• Sons Of The Pioneers, The - Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)
• Acuff, Roy & His Smoky Mountai - Once I Had A Sweetheart (Soldier's Sweetheart
• Darby & Tarlton - Frankie And Johnny (You'll Miss Me In The Day
• Nite Owls, The - Polka Dot Blues (Gambling Polka Dot Blues)
• Hank, The Yodeling Ranger - She Was Happy Till She Met You
• Shelton Brothers, The - Nobody Knows But Me
• Butcher, Dwight - Mississippi Delta Blues
• Wills, Bob - Mother The Queen Of My Heart
• Hopkins, Doc - The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
• Brown's Musical Brownies - California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)
• Cox, Bill - High Powered Mama
• Autry, Gene - Travelin' Blues
• Lewis, Lummie & His Merrymaker - I'm Looking For A Brand New Mama (Looking For
• Hillard, Harry - A Sailor's Plea
• Keesse, Howard & Loy Bodine - She's In The Jailhouse Now (In The Jailhouse
• Bledsoe, Roy - My Carolina Sunshine Girl
• Rice Brothers Gang - Pistol Packin' Papa
• Autry, Gene - Sweetest Girl in the World (My Blue Eyed Jane
• Tune Wranglers - Waiting for the Railroad Train (Waiting for A
• Pie Plant Pete (Claude Moye) - Blue Yodel No. 7
• Monroe, Bill - Prairie Lullaby
• Light Crust Doughboys, The - Hadie Brown (My Little Lady)
• Rogers, Roy - The Old Man's Story (Why There's A Tear In My
• Monroe Brothers - My Rough And Rowdy Ways
• Cox, Bill - Prohibition Blues (Prohibition Has Done Me Wr
• Mcmichen, Clayton - Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues
• Ross' Rhythm Rascals - Memphis Yodel
• Carlisle, Cliff - Ben Dewberry's Final Run
• Stehen, Joe - Mean Mama Blues (Jimmie' Mean Mama Blues)
• Wills, Bob & The Texas Playboy - No Hard Times
• Butcher, Dwight (Slim Oakdale) - Roll Along Kentucky Moon
• Davis, Jimmy - In The Jailhouse Now, No. 2
• Autry, Gene - Mississippi River Blues
• Jack & Leslie - Blue Yodel No. 9
• Hillard, Harry - Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)
• Texas Ruby - Away Out On the Mountain
• Marvin, Frankie (Frankie Walla - Gambling Blues (Those Gambler's Blues)
• Kazee, Buell - My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
• Keesse, Howard - Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My B
• Hillard, Jess - The Soldier's Sweetheart
• Henry, Tal - Everybody Does It In Hawaii
• Oliver, King - In The Jailhouse Now
• Hall, George - Never No Mo' Blues
• Rhythm Wreckers, The - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
• Sellers, John - Muleskinner (Blue Yodel No. 8 - Muleskinner B
• Belafonte, Harry - T.B. Blues
• Boykin, Brenda & Home Cookin' - Anuiant et blue (Lonely And Blue)
• Gonzales, Roy - Dor, baby, dor (Sleep Baby Sleep)
• Rayne-Bo Ramblers - Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes
• Davis, Glenn - Old Pal Of My Heart
• Rick & Thel Carey - Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea
• Williams, Buddy - Any Old Time
• Dusty, Slim - Jimmie The Kid
• Lindsay, Reg - Missouri Cowboy (Blue Yodel No. 8 û Muleskinn
• Alexander, Peter & Bill Ramsey - Das Land meines Kindheitstraums (Land Of My B
• Heinrich, Roland & Die Rumtrei - Ich such mir eine neue Frau (I'm Looking For
• Heinrich, Roland & Die Rumtrei - Und jetzt ist er im Knast (In The Jailhouse N
• Pierce, Webb - I've Ranged, I've Roamed, I've Traveled
• Snow, Hank - I'm Free (From The Chain Gang Now)
• Tubb, Ernest - Sleep, Baby, Sleep
• Frizzell, Lefty - For The Sake Of Days Gone By
• Rinehart, Slim - Blue Yodel, #3 (Evening Sun Yodel)
• Guthrie, Jack - Hobo's Meditation
• Williams, Gary - Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
• Skinner, Jimmie - The Mystery Of Number Five
• Cash, Johnny - Sailor's Plea
• Monroe, Bill - My Good Gal's Gone Blues
• Snow, Hank - Blue Yodel, #2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
• Frizzell, Lefty - Cowhand's Last Ride
• Carter, Wilf - Treasures Untold
• Montana, Patsy - Blue Yodel #1 (T For Texas)
• Travis, Merle - Jimmie's Texas Blues
• Williams, Gary - Waiting For A Train
• Reeves, Jim - Never No' Mo' Blues
• Duncan, Tommy - I'm Sorry We Met
• Foley, Red - Ninety Nine Years Blues
• Snow, Hank - Why Should I Be Lonely
• Frizzell, Lefty - I Miss The Mississippi And You
• Skinner, Jimmie - Old Love Letters (Bring Memories Of You)
• Butcher, Dwight - Rock All The Babies To Sleep
• Hinchee, Jimmy - Gambling Bar Room Blues
• Williams, Gary - The Wonderful City
• Tubb, Ernest - Mississippi Moon
• Rinehart, Slim - Blue Yodel #8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
• Donegan, Lonnie - Whippin' That Old T. B.
• Seeger, Pete - Down The Old Road To Home
• Haggard, Merle - Land Of My Boyhood Dreams
• Snow, Hank - Lullaby Yodel
• Snow, Hank - Long Tall Mama Blues
• Clifton, Jessie - (When It's) Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
• Britt, Elton - You And My Old Guitar
• King, Bob - (15) Years Ago
• O'day, Molly - Home Call
• Snow, Hank - When The Cactus Is In Bloom
• Guthrie, Jack - My Mother Was A Lady
• Robbins, Marty - Moonlight And Skies
• Skinner, Jimmie - The Drunkard's Child
• Tubb, Ernest - Southern Cannon Ball
• Snow, Hank - In The Hills Of Tennessee
• Williams, Gary - I'm Lonely And Blue
• Frizzell, Lefty - Train Whistle Blues
• Parton, Dolly - Whisper Your Mother's Name
• Carter, Wilf - Big Chief Buffalo Nickel (The Desert Blues)
• Nelson, Rick - My Time Ain't Long
• Williams, Gary - Pistol Packing Papa
• Curless, Dick - Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line
• Skinner, Jimmie - Blue Yodel, #12 (Daybreak Blues)
• Snow, Hank - Why Did You Give Me Your Love
• Tubb, Ernest - My Old Pal
• Noack, Eddie - Brakeman's Blues (Yodeling The Blues Away)
• Francis, Connie & Hank William - Blue Yodel #11
• Mitchell, Dean - I'm Lonesome Too
• Mitchell, Dean - I've Only Loved Three Women
• Mitchell, Dean - Take Me Back Again
• Mitchell, Dean - That's Why I'm Blue
• Mitchell, Dean - What's It
• Mitchell, Dean - Yodeling My Way Back Home
• Betts, Dickey - Somewhere Below The Mason Dixon Line
• Chapin Carpenter, Mary - Miss The Mississippi And You
• Ball, David - My Blue Eyed Jane
• Dylan, Bob - Peach Picking Time In Georgia
• Earle, Steve - Blue Yodel #9
• Garcia, Jerry & David Grisman - Hobo Bill's Last Ride
• Mellencamp, John - Mule Skinner Blues
• Neville, Aaron - T For Texas

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Country

Run Time: 475 mins

Release Date: 01/02/07

UPC: 4000127168634