Victor Records and their talent scout and producer Ralph Peer were giving some thought to an artist they had signed up that summer – a 30-year-old singer and guitarist named Jimmie Rodgers.
including the country’s longest-running music festival. The Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival and Museum has had a jam-packed 2024, from new educational programs to sell-out shows. This year ...
Like many country artists in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Gene Autry started out as an imitator of Jimmie Rodgers. As an artist, Gene Autry obviously idolized Jimmie Rodgers, as so many did.