Jimmie F. Rodgers

It's hard to call Jimmie F. Rodgers (no relation to country great Jimmie Rodgers) a rock & roller, exactly, but much of the rock audience listened to him and bought his records during his late-'50s prime. With his high, sweet voice; acoustic guitar; updates of traditional folk songs; brisk tempos; and muted rock-influenced arrangements, he was a distant forefather of folk-rock. And he was briefly ...more