1975COUNTRY MUSIC
ERNEST TUBB INTERVIEWED IN THE DRESSING ROOM OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, 1976 & LIVE AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY SINGING A JIMMIE RODGERS SONG.
NOTE: THIS IS THE LONGEST INTERVIEW ON JIMMIE RODGERS THAT ERNEST TUBB EVER GRANTED.
NOTE: THIS IS THE LONGEST INTERVIEW ON JIMMIE RODGERS THAT ERNEST TUBB EVER GRANTED.
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ERNEST TUBB GETTING READY FOR INTERVIEW IN THE DRESSING ROOM OF GRAND OLE OPRY, BLOWING HIS NOSE, CLEANING UP BEFORE INTERVIEW, STUFFS HANDKERCHIEF IN BACK POCKET. TALKS ABOUT CRITICISM OVER "THE JIMMIE RODGERS STORY" WRITTEN BY HIS WIFE.
BLUE YODELS "RISQUE" LINES. TALKS ABOUT JIMMIE RODGERS STYLE |
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ERNEST TUBB TALKS ABOUT JIMMIE RODGERS BEING HIS IDOL, HIS YODELING, FEELING BEHIND THE SONGS, BELIEVABLE, SINCERE SINGER, STYLE HE'D NEVER HEARD BEFORE, CAPTURED HIS IMAGINATION
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ERNEST TUBB TALKS ABOUT HOW JIMMIE RODGERS HELPED HIM IN HIS YODELING STYLE. AS A TEENAGER WANTING TO SOUND LIKE JIMMIE RODGERS. LEARNING HOW TO YODEL. "NEVER DID HE EVER YODEL IN THE SAME WAY TWICE"
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ERNEST TUBB REVEALS THAT AFTER HIS TONSIL OPERATION THAT HIS YODELING "WAS SO BAD THAT HE QUIT ALTOGETHER YODELING", STARTED WRITING HIS OWN SONGS, REFINING HIS OWN STYLE. WANTING TO SUE THE DOCTOR WHO OPERATED ON HIM, A FRIEND POINTED OUT THAT IF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT DOCTOR, HE'D STILL BE YODELING & TRYING TO SOUND LIKE JIMMIE RODGERS
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TALKS ABOUT THE TIMING OF JIMMIE RODGERS' ARRIVAL, "YOU COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A WORSE TIME FOR ANY ENTERTAINER TO MAKE A DEBUT". DURING THE DEPRESSION & HOUNDING RECORD STORES FOR NEW JIMMIE RODGERS RECORDS & ALWAYS WANTING TO MEET BUT NEVER GETTING THE CHANCE TO MEET JIMMIE RODGERS
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ERNEST TALKS ABOUT HOW DURING THE DEPRESSION, PEOPLE WOULD SAVE UP THEIR MONEY, LINE UP FOR BLOCKS & PAY $1.00 TO SEE JIMMIE RODGERS
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TALKS ABOUT LEARNING THAT JIMMIE HAD PASSED AWAY ERNEST HAD BEEN WORKING ON A FARM FOR A DOLLAR A DAY, NEWSPAPER COVER FRONT PAGE ANNOUNCING HE HAD PASSED AWAY
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ERNEST TALKS ABOUT LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO IN 1934 & 1935, BIRTH OF JUSTIN, LOOKING THROUGH PHONE BOOK & FINDING JIMMIE RODGERS' WIDOW''S NUMBER IN DIRECTORY, CALLED HER & ASKED FOR PHOTOGRAPH OF JIMMIE, SHE INVITED HIM OUT TO HER HOME, GAVE HIM A TOUR, IMPORTANT MOMENT IN HIS CAREER.
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"IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR HER, I'D PROBABLY HAVE GIVEN UP & STILL BEEN WORKING IN A DRUG STORE"
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TALKS ABOUT KEEPING THE LEGEND OF JIMMIE RODGERS ALIVE "HE CAN DO NO WRONG". GENE AUTRY, HANK SNOW, ALSO INFLUENCED BY RODGERS.
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| 02:38:38 1031 |
"HE APPEALED TO JUST ABOUT EVERYONE, THE WORKING MAN, THE HOBOS, PEOPLE IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE"
TALKS ABOUT HIS WORK WITH THE LOUISVILLE JUG BAND & HOW WHEN JAMES DEAN DIED, THEY FOUND A LOT OF JAZZ RECORDS PLUS A LOT OF JIMMIE RODGERS RECORDS. |
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TALKS ABOUT COLLABORATION BETWEEN JIMMIE & HIS SISTER-IN-LAW ELSIE MACWILLIAM IN WRITING SONGS GOT THE SONG "MOONLIGHT IN THE SKIES" FROM A BOY IN PRISON, CONVICT. TRIED TO HELP BOY GET OUT OF PRISON,
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JIMMIE KNEW HE WASN'T GETTING WELL, WORKED HARD TO LEAVE SOMETHING FOR HIS FAMILY, COULDN'T WORK ON THE RAILROAD ANYMORE SO TRIED HIS HAND AT SINGING
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| 02:44:15 1368 |
TALKS ABOUT HILLBILLY MUSIC, VERNON DALAHART, THE COUNTRY MUSIC BUSINESS, JIMMIE AS "THE FATHER OF COUNTRY MUSIC". RECALLS STORIES FROM JIMMIE ROGERS' WIDOW'S BOOK, OWNS CRACKED GUITAR OF JIMMIE RODGERS THAT WAS REPAIRED, GETS EERIE FEELING WHEN HE PLAYS JIMMIE'S GUITAR "..BECAUSE I'M SO UNWORTHY..."
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| 02:49:43 1696 |
ERNEST TUBB
THE WOMEN MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME
(live)
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| 02:52:32 1865 |
JIMMIE SKINNER INTERVIEWED. *SEE GF-4*
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