[78-L] Jimmie Rodgers Museum

[Bill McClung]

In these parts it's Ernest Tubb who is most identified with Jimmie Rodgers.
Did your guide mention Tubb?

Rodgers spent his later years living in Kerrville, Texas because the climate
better suited his health.  Tubb had knocked around west Texas for several
years trying to sound a lot like Rodgers.  Mrs. Rodgers moved to San Antonio
after Jimmie's death and in 1936 heard Tubb on a local radio show.  She
appreciated the many Jimmie Rodgers songs Tubb was performing and, even
though she didn't think Tubb sounded like Jimmie, she became his musical
mentor, helping set up tour dates and helping secure a Bluebird recording
contract.  She also lent Tubb Jimmie's touring car and gave him Jimmie's
famous Martin guitar.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:32 AM, <rockined1 at aol.com> wrote:

> Wilf [slim] was more obscure--his popularity was basically limited to
> Canada and in the Nortern areas of the US.
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> but I was surprised that she had never even heard of Wilf Carter
> r Montana Slim.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> To: 78-L at 78online.com
> Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 8:19 pm
> Subject: [78-L] Jimmie Rodgers Museum
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> Yesterday I visited the Jimmie Rodgers Museum in Meridian, Mississippi.
>  This is
> n interesting little place with lots of memorabilia, including guitars,
> urniture from Rodgers' home, many portraits of the Rodgers family and other
> ountry stars and many old Rodgers 78s.  I was surprised that the 78s were
> in
> uch dreadful shape - both the labels and the records were so deteriorated
> that
> hey could obviously never be played.  They looked like they had been
> cleaned
> ith sandpaper.  There were a couple of videos, (one with Cary Ginell
> credited
> s producer), and a lovely lady who was only too happy to share her
> knowledge
> nd enthusiasm for Jimmie Rodgers.  She knew about Hank Snow and how he was
> nspired by J.R., (not surprisingly since Hank Snow was involved in the
> opening
> f the museum), but I was surprised that she had never even heard of Wilf
> Carter
> r Montana Slim.
> db
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