Download In Tune: Charley Patton, Jimmie Rodgers, and the Roots of American Music AudioBook Free
Given birth to into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the 19th hundred years, Charley Patton and Jimmie Rodgers set up themselves being among the most influential musicians with their era. In Tune tells the story of the parallel jobs of these two pioneering taking musicians and artists - one white, one black - who migrated beyond their humble roots to change the facial skin of American music. At the same time when segregation created impassable lines of demarcation in most areas of southern life, music transcended racial limitations. Jimmie Rodgers and Charley Patton drew ideas from musical traditions on both factors of the racial split, and their songs about hard lives, elevating hell, and the wish of better days ahead spoke to white and black audiences alike. Their music shown the era in which they resided but evoked a variety of timeless human emotions. As the technology of the phonograph disseminated traditional types of music to a wider audience, Jimmie Rodgers gained popularity as the "Dad of Country Music", while Patton's work eventually gained him the subject "King of the Delta Blues." Patton and Rodgers both passed on young, leaving behind a relatively small number of recordings. Though neither remains popular to mainstream audiences, the impact with their efforts echoes in the songs of today. The booklet is shared by Louisiana Point out University Press.
