The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers - (Profiles in Popular Music) by Jocelyn R Neal (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>She offers a radically new perspective on the role of Rodgers and his music in the making of country music, and on the ways in which individual songs take on special significance in American cultural life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The songs of country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers have been appropriated by dozens of musicians and radically transformed since he first recorded them nearly 90 years ago. His songs have often resurfaced at critical moments when country music has been forced to confront issues of style, gender, race, and tradition. In this cultural and historical study, Jocelyn R. Neal discusses three of Rodgers' most influential songs--Muleskinner Blues, In the Jailhouse Now, and T for Texas. She offers a radically new perspective on the role of Rodgers and his music in the making of country music, and on the ways in which individual songs take on special significance in American cultural life. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>[This book] will speak not only to country music experts but also to scholars interested in an exemplary study of popular music.Feb 2014</p>-- "Jrnl of Society for American Music"<br><br><p>Any library in country music history and legends will consider The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers a mainstay. . . .a powerful and well-detailed analysis key to any country music collection.February 2010</p>-- "California Bookwatch"<br><br><p>Culture and history comes to life in a study offering a new perspective on Rodgers and how his music influenced the course and choices of country music as a genre, making this an indispensable reference for any serious music history library.September 2009</p>-- "California Bookwatch"<br><br><p>The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers adds a significanly different perspective to country music studies. . . . [I]t is an enlightening and fascinating look not at the well-trodden path of the life of Jimmie Rodgers . . . but at how his songs have been used and altered in the decades since his death. June 2010</p>-- "Notes"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Jocelyn R. Neal is Associate Professor in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in Durham, North Carolina. </p>
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