CCD 259 Jesse Rogers (Rodgers) - Wedding Bells (26 tracks) = F

WEDDING BELLS/HADACOL BOOGIE/TENNESSEE POLKA/CRY BABY HEART/COUNTRY BOY/(I Won't Go Huntin', Jake) BUT I'LL GO CHASIN' WOMEN/WHY DON'T YOU HAUL OFF AND LOVE ME/MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS/SLIPPIN' AROUND WITH JOLE BLON/FINDERS KEEPERS, LOSERS WEEPERS/ALL ALONE/I'M WRITING TO YOU, LITTLE DARLING (The Answer To "Nobody's Darling)/JUST ONE LITTLE KISS/LITTLE PRAIRIE TOWN/THE LITTLE GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE/WHEN THE TEXAS MOON IS SHINING/(In A Little Shanty) HUMMIN' TO MY HONEY/I LOVE THE NAME OF TEXAS/MARY FROM MARYLAND/OLD CONESTA WAGON/PATENT LEATHER BOOTS/ROLL ALONG PRAIRIE MOON/TOMORROW, YOU'LL BE SORRY THAT YOU BROKE MY HEART TODAY/WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN/YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS/MY LOP-EARED MULE (=Wanderers Of The Wasteland).

In the past, country music fans have frequently asked if Jesse Rogers is related to "The Mississippi Blue Yodeler" Jimmie Rodgers. In fact, Jesse was a genuine cousin to Jimmie. After 1937 he began spelling his last name differently by dropping the "d". He was a fan of Jimmie and recorded in his style, but he never imitated Jimmie's voice. Jesse only reached the Billboard charts once in his lifetime (1949), but his music was really fantastic. He is a superb yodeler and excellent singer. He did only Hillbilly and Cowboy songs from the 1930s to 1950s. The material in this CD comes from Bluebird, Victor and Sonora masters with often fine steel guitar accompaniment. It's an album of great historical meaning by a highly underrated artist who passed away in 1970.