Some would mostly be forgotten, but by recording the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers during that time, he had set the future of country music in motion. The Carter Family would come to be known ...

including the country’s longest-running music festival. The Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival and Museum has had a jam-packed 2024, from new educational programs to sell-out shows. This year ...

Like many country artists in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Gene Autry started out as an imitator of Jimmie Rodgers. As an artist, Gene Autry obviously idolized Jimmie Rodgers, as so many did.

And believe it or not – no Jimmie Rodgers, no Taylor Swift. Back in 1928, Jimmie was among the first to put country music to vinyl and he went on to become one of its biggest stars. His impact ...