Before Ernest Tubb changed the face of country music in the 1940s, Jimmie Rodgers' widow, Carrie Rodgers, helped launch his ...

While Meridian continues to produce music superstars, fans want to continue to honor the legacy of the man who started it all ...

This facility will house historic artifacts from country music legends near and far. During the ceremony, Marty brought a ...

Few things are certain in the history of country music, unless you’re talking about the early influence of Jimmie Rodgers. The Meridian, Miss., native’s sound, look and business plan ...

These songs originated in the 1930s and ;40s but became hits for some of the biggest recording artists in modern country ...

BRISTOL, Va. — Jimmie Rodgers, the legendary country crooner and yodeler, helped bring commercial country music to fruition and put Bristol on the map through the 1927 Bristol Sessions.

Rodgers, considered "the father of country music," got his musical start in ... In August 1927, Rodgers and his band, the Jimmie Rodgers Entertainers, traveled to Bristol, Tennessee, and recorded ...

Billboard counts down the best country acts of the past (almost) 100 years. Ever since Ralph Peer held his famous recording sessions in Bristol, Tennessee in the late 1920s with such acts as ...

The display features the guitar owned by Father of Country Music Legend Jimmie Rodgers. The guitar is Rodgers' custom ordered 000-45 guitar known as the Blue Yodel. It will be available in the ...

Country singer Jimmie Rodgers and bluegrass musicians the Carter Family circa 1930 in Poor Valley, Virginia. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) In Bristol, Virginia, there is a living monument ...

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.