Jimmie Rodgers News

From the first time we ever heard The Singing Ranger, Hank Snow, we knew he was a man among men.

Jimmie was born on September 18, 1933. He graduated Camas, Washington High School in 1951.

Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century By Barry Mazor Oxford University Press, 334 pp., $27.95 Mazor will appear at 2 p.m. Nov.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:11 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:11 a.m. 'That Evening Sun" is the sort of American film that Hollywood doesn't make any more.

Mountain Stage host Larry Groce invited old-time historian and enthusiast Riley Baugus to perform some traditional Appalachian songs in Bristol, Tenn./Va., the border city that hosted the first successful recordings of Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family and the Stoneman Family in 1927.

Announcement : BCMA to present 'Conductor' Jack Norton at Bristol Train Station BMNN wrote: on Oct.

With a smoke in his lips and a vintage guitjo banjo in his hands, Pokey LaFarge rips into a Jimmie Rodgers classic with the sound and feel of someone much older than his 26 years.

THIS week sees the premiere of the National Theatre of Scotland's latest tour, Long Gone Lonesome.

A new show featuring the story of the late Thomas Fraser of Burra, who has achieved great posthumous fame with the release of CDs featuring his brand of country music, will be touring Scotland from next week.

Today is Friday, Sept. 18, the 261st day of 2009. There are 104 days left in the year.

Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future.

BRISTOL, Tenn. - John Cowan is "chomping at the bit" to play his brand of Americana in the birthplace of country music.

Singer Jimmie Rodgers is 76. Actor Robert Blake is 76. Actor Fred Willard is 70.

Alive and Picking playlist for September 12, 2009. The format is ARTIST/Song/CD title/label: Today's show opened with a set of music by folks who were born in the month of September.

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2009 with 114 to follow. The moon is waning.

Admission to the Jimmie Rodgers Museum at Highland Park will be free Tuesday, in celebration of the birthday of "The Father of Country Music". There will also be a 'birthday party' at the museum Sept.

Jeremy Adam Smith talks about what happens when fathers become stay-at-home dads, a growing trend in this current economic crunch.

6. The set features guest appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy and Rufus Wainwright.

In 1973, Johnny Cash figured his daughter, then-aspiring songwriter Rosanne Cash, could use a study guide.

New Release : This July: 'Waiting For A Train: Jimmie Rodgers's America' Rounder wrote: on Jul.