Music Appreciation

Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting for a Train/Daddy andHome/BlueYodel
887,077 views Oct 14, 2007

Mike *--_--*
2.49K subscribers

Early rural and popular American music, 1928-1935

Jimmie Rodgers "Mule Skinner Blues" (1930)
407,548 views Mar 23, 2013

Mark Parker
14.6K subscribers

"Mule Skinner Blues" (a.k.a. "Blue Yodel #8", "Muleskinner Blues", and "Muleskinner's Blues" ) is a classic country song written by Jimmie Rodgers. The song was first recorded by Rodgers in 1930 and has been recorded by many artists since then, acquiring the de facto title "Mule Skinner Blues" after Rodgers named it "Blue Yodel #8" (one of his Blue Yodels).

Good morning captain
Good morning shine
Do you need another muleskinner
Out on your new mud line

Yodel

I like to work
I'm rolling all the time
I can pop my initials
On a mule's behind

Yodel

Hey little water boy
Bring that water round
If you don't like your job
Set that water bucket down

Yodel

Workin' on the good road
Dollar and a half a day
My good girl's waiting on a Saturday night
Just to draw my pay

Guitar

I'm going to town, honey
What you want me to bring you back?
Bring a pint of booze
And a John B Stetson hat

Yodel

I smell your bread a-burning
Turn your damper down
If you ain't got a damper, good gal
Turn your bread around

Yodel

The Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues
229,250 views Mar 29, 2010

John1948FourD
11.3K subscribers

Formed in 1959 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, the Fendermen were a trio best known for the 1960 US chart Top 5 rock n roll adaptation of the Jimmie Rodgers country standard Muleskinner Blues. The group consisted of guitarists Jim Sundquist and Phil Humphrey (both 26 November 1937, Sundquist in Niagara, Wisconsin, USA, and Humphrey in Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA) and drummer John Howard, of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA. The two guitarists, who preferred the Fender brand of electric guitar, hence the name of the group, recorded Muleskinner Blues initially for the small Cuca label. It was picked up by the somewhat larger Minnesota-based Soma Records and became a hit in May 1960. (Howard was added at that time, for live appearances.) The group recorded one album for Soma, now a valued rarity in the USA, and continued together until 1966, with no other chart successes.

Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze.

1534 Jimmie Rodgers and Carter Family - In The Jailhouse Now and Wildwood Flower
278,642 views Dec 8, 2015

Ranch Radio
10.6K subscribers

There's such a huge selection of music on YouTube that Ranch Radio tends to focus on the rare or hard to find tunes. But last night we got a request for two classics - In The Jailhouse Now and Wildwood Flower. Here are the original versions of these tunes by Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family. Both tunes were recorded in Camden on Feb. 15, 1928 and May 10, 1928, respectively. This Special Edition goes out to Jim Holder. The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/