![]() ![]() Yodeling suited the new Babel of radio, and it is little wonder that Rodgers had as much influence on blues as he did on country music. ![]() It is a compelling moment that may have spoken volumes to Rodgers, who mastered many "blue yodels" up ‘til his death in 1933, their popularity earning him the mantle of country music's first true star. ![]() Where Puckett might disappear into the scratchy crackle of just another hillbilly 78, however, he puts a hair-raising yodel at the end of each chorus. One of those might have come from bona fide ‘billy Riley Puckett, a blind guitar player who would come to fame with Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers, and who in 1924 recorded "Rock All Our Babies to Sleep," a waltz-time favorite that spawned eleven more versions before Rodgers himself laid it down in 1932. The "Singing Brakeman" saw all that his green Earth had to offer – the rolling southern hills and delta country of the United States – and along the way picked up some blues to add to his bag of "hillbilly" songs. Jimmie Rodgers hopped the rails, and the world changed. Perfect Sound Forever: Imaginary Folklore – The Penguin Café Orchestra Penguin Cafe Orchestra by Craig Breaden ![]()
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