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Jimmie the Kid: The Life of Jimmie Rodgers (Eddison Musicbooks) [Buy it!] | Mike Paris, Chris Comber | USD 14.00 (Fri Jun 7 04:44:02 2024) | Abebooks | Books by White/Walnut Valley Books | ISBN10: 0856490199, ISBN13: 9780856490194, [publisher: Eddison Press, London, UK] Hardcover First Edition Eddison Press, London, UK. 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped (£3.95); bumping to head and tail; light edgewear. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 211 pp 8vo. In 1926, James Charles Rodgers was forced to retire from railroad work due to his tuberculosis. Out of work, he auditioned for Victor Records and within a year he was one of their most promising singers. With his "blue-yodel" and "down-home" songs, he exerted a great influence on the fledgling country music industry. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. [Winfield, KS, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977] Show/Hide image |