Word: rodgerses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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As important as outlaw record companies was the impact of radio and major recording studios moving into the South. By 1930 country music claimed a rabidly loyal following that traveled to political rallies as much to hear Jimmie Rodgers yodel as to see "The Kingfisher." Even today a rising Southern...
But all this was just setting the table for Jimmie Rodgers. Taking the week off from his railroad job in North Carolina, Rodgers made his first recording in 1927 in Bristol, North Carolina, and created the country music sound.
His style was a complex amalgam of hillbilly, blues, English ballad, and Hawaiian twang, all coupled with Rodger's own "blue yodel." A mixture of Swiss yodeling and the Negro falsetto, Rodgers took his voice past its highest note and let it break into "T for Texas, T for Tennessee...
Things got increasingly worse for the Crimson, and after Spengler coasted home in 25:45, six Quakers finished before Seals became the second Harvard man across the line. The first four Penn harriers- Julio Piazza. Bob Childs, Karl Thornton, and Rodgers- joined hands to tie for second in 26:20...
Their fifth man, Frank O'Connor, finished ten seconds later and yelled, "We did it!" as he slapped both of Rodgers's hands.