Personnel: Jimmie Rodgers (vocals, guitar, ukulele); Mother Maybelle Carter (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Sara Carter (vocals, guitar); Robert MacGimsey (whistling); John Cali (guitar, steel guitar, banjo); Billy Burkes (guitar, steel guitar); Weldon Burkes (guitar, ukulele); Fred Smith , Slim Bryant, M. Salazar, Dean Bryan, Julian R. Ninde, Tony Colicchio, Lani McIntire, Fred Koone, Wilber Ball, Bill Boyd, Cal Smith (guitar); Ellsworth T. Cozzens (steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele); Cliff Carlisle, Joe Kaipo, John Westbrook, Charles Kama, Dick Bunyard (steel guitar); Oddie McWinders (banjo); Red Young (mandolin); Clayton McMichen, Clifford Hayes, Alvin Alley, Shelly Lee Alley (fiddle); James Rikard, George Allen (clarinet); Louis Armstrong (trumpet); C.L. Hutchison (cornet); Bob Sawyer, Ruth Ann Moore, Lil Hardin (piano).
Liner Note Author: Drew Kent.
Recording information: Atlanta, GA (08/24/1927-08/29/1932); Bristol, TN (08/24/1927-08/29/1932); Camden, NJ (08/24/1927-08/29/1932); Dallas, TX (08/24/1927-08/29/1932); Hollywood, CA (08/24/1927-08/29/1932); Louisville, KY (08/24/1927-08/29/1932); New York, NY (08/24/1927-08/29/1932); San Antonio, TX (08/24/1927-08/29/1932).
JSP's mammoth five-disc collection of Jimmie Rodgers Recordings 1927-1933 boasts 110 remastered tracks (pretty much everything he ever recorded) from the legendary yodeling country crooner. Listeners looking for a saner take on Rodgers career should check out 2002's 17-track RCA Country Legends. ~ James Christopher Monger
