Meeting Jimmie Rodgers
Author | : Barry Mazor |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2009-05-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195327625 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195327624 |
Rating | : 4/5 (624 Downloads) |
Download or read book Meeting Jimmie Rodgers written by Barry Mazor and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first book to explore the legacy of Jimmie Rodgers, offering a lively look at Rodgers' career, tracing his rise from working-class obscurity to the pinnacle of renown. As Mazor shows, Rodgers brought emotional clarity and a unique sense of narrative drama to every song he performed. But more than anything else, Mazor suggests, it was Rodgers' shape-shifting ability to assume many public personas--working stiff, decked-out cowboy, suave ladies' man--that connected him to a broad public and set the stage for the stars who followed.