MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008041924
003 DLC
005 20080929132654.0
008 080922s2009 nyu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2008041924
020 $a9780195327625 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aML420.R753$bM39 2009
082 00 $a782.421642092$aB$222
100 1 $aMazor, Barry.
245 10 $aMeeting Jimmie Rodgers :$bhow America's original roots music hero changed the pop sounds of a century /$cBarry Mazor.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0905
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe man who walked into Southern show business -- Close to the ground : the singing brakeman -- America's Blue Yodeler No. 1 : this white guy sings blues, too -- America's Blue Yodeler No. 2 : instigator of blue yodelmania -- International multimedia star -- Doomed singer-songwriter with guitar -- The late, great Jimmie Rodgers -- South by Southwest : an easterner in a cowboy hat -- Back East : the hillbilly echo, 1933-1947 -- Some sort of folksinger? -- The father of country music -- Rough and rowdy ways : to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- Sentiments in context : the return of vaudeville Jimmie -- High-powered mamas : women & the music of Jimmie Rodgers -- Down the old road to home.
600 10 $aRodgers, Jimmie,$d1897-1933.
650 0 $aCountry musicians$zUnited States$vBiography.