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Two CD set. Jimmie Rodgers was the InchSinging Brakeman,Inch a Mississippi boy who used to work the railroads, done good. With his trademark yodel, he brought so-called hillbilly music into the mainstream. In a life as colorful as the songs he sang, the Inchfather of country music,Inch rose from obscurity to create a new level of international stardom for American music before his tragic early death. Bonus CD The Rough Guide to Country Music Pioneers - a unique collection of tracks which traces the early origins of what we now call Inchcountry music. Inch from the classic string-band performers and banjo maestros to the assorted oddball elements, this Rough Guide presents a star-studded roll call; the Carter Family, Dock Boggs, Fiddlin John Carson and Uncle Eck Dunford all appear. Album Tracks 1. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) 2. Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixie Line 3. Frankie and Johnnie 4. Waiting for a Train 5. Any Old Time 6. Why There's a Tear in My Eye 7. My Blue-Eyed Jane 8. In the Jailhouse Now, No.2 9. In the Hills of Tennessee 10. T.B. Blues 11. Away Out on the Mountain 12. Dear Old Sunny South By the Sea 13. Blue Yodel #1 (T Is for Texas) 14. Miss the Mississippi and You 15. Ben Dewberry's Final Run 16. I'm Lonely and Blue 17. Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel 18. When the Cactus Is in Bloom 19. My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans 20. Gambling Bar Room Blues 21. My Little Lady 22. Jimmie the Kid 23. Yodeling Cowboy 24. My Rough and Rowdy Ways 25. I'm Free (From the Chain Gang Now) 1. Keep on the Sunny Side 2. I Am Bound for the Promised Land 3. Black-Eyed Susie 4. Chevrolet Car 5. Little Rabbit 6. Sweet Sarah Blues 7. Sweet Sixteen 8. The Wagoner's Lad 9. My Name Is Ticklish Reuben 10. Ash Can Blues 11. Death of John Henry (Steel Driving Man) 12. All Night Long Blues 1
