Word: yodel
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...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 politician can't consider running for office without a popular country act-perhaps Porter Wagoner and his Po Boys or the Fruit Jar Drinkers-to introduce his speeches. In style and message, the two have become inseparable...
...fighting expands, as seems likely, Jonathan may well yodel to South Africa for help. That plea will almost certainly be answered. South Africa's two great bogies are Communism and black insurgency. When both are combined, the response should be automatic...
Side 3 of Blonde on Blonde bears a mother lode of vacuity, 4 of its 5 songs. "Temporary Like Achilles" adds some new verses to the great flop from Opus 6, "It Takes a Train to Cry," but it cuts out the yodel-like chorus that almost saved that earlier piece...
...mules, lonesome hearts and them old cottonfields back home in a mellifluous baritone that poured out just as warm and creamy as milk fresh out of the barn cow. Mostly, the songs were samplings of his biggest hits-Anytime, Bouquet of Roses-flavored with a touch of falsetto and yodel-like loops that carried that special stamp of the hill country. Trading on a broad, half-moon smile and an ultra-relaxed manner that could charm the warts off a hog's back, he drew a standing ovation and a stampede of well-wishers...
...Tommy," Donnie gushed to the throb of the last chord: "It slays me! It's great! It really breaks me up! It's fresh! It knocks me out! It's got everything! It's completely fresh, especially with that yodel...