& Jimmie Rodgers Tribute
Bob Dylan heads up "Egyptian Records," a division of Columbia. The label's first release was "The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers ... A Tribute Album." The album includes lots of great singers. Below you'll find out who's singing what song, plus discography information for each Rodgers' tune on the album. 

Steve Earle is quoted as saying: "When Dylan's people contacted me for the Rodgers tribute I knew it was coming, of course they wanted ME to do "In The Jailhouse Now." I wanted to do "My Rough And Rowdy Ways." I traded them off with insisting that the V-Roys would have to back me if I was gonna do "Jailhouse." Which they accepted."

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Song
 Jimmie Rodgers Discograpy for this Song
"In The Jailhouse Now"  "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: 15 Feb 1928, Studio 1, Camden, NJ (with Ellswort T. Cozzens, banjo) (matrix BVE 41740-1) Reissued on "First Sessions" (Rounder CD 1056, 1991)
"My Blue Eyed Jane" (with Emmylou Harris, produced by Daniel Lanois) "My Blue-Eyed Jane" (Lulu Belle White / Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: 30 Jun 1930, Hollywood Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA: with "Bob Sawyer's Jazz Band" (Mickey Bloom, cornet, Boyd Senter, clarinet, Bob Sawyer, piano, unknown banjo) (matrix PBVE 54849-2) Reissued on "Riding High" (Rounder CD 1059, 1991)
"Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes"  "Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes" (Waldo Lafayette O'Neal / Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: 17 May 1933, Studio No. 1, East 24th Street, NYC, NY (matrix BS 76139-1; 78 release: Bluebird Bb-7600); re-recorded on 18 May 1933 (matrix BS 76139-2; LP release: RCA LPM 2531). Both takes reissued on "Last Sessions" (Rounder CD 1063; 1991)
"Mule Skinner Blues"  "Blue Yodel No. 8" (Muleskinner Blues) (Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: 11 Jul 1930, Hollywood Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA (matrix PBVE 54863-1); overdubbed version (Victor Studios, Nashville, TN, 18 Mar 1955) with Hank Snow's "Rainbow Ranch Boys" (Tommy Vaden, fiddle; Joe Talbot, steel guitar; Chet Atkins, guitar; Ernie Newton, string bass) Original undubbed version reissued on "America's Blue Yodeler" (Rounder CD 1060, 1991)
"Any Old Time"  "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: 21 Feb 1929, NYC, NY (with house orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy: unknown violin, cornet, clarinet, tuba, piano, trapman) (matrix BVE 48385-1) Reissued on "The Early Years" (Rounder CD 1057, 1991) 
"Gambling Bar Room Blues"  "Gambling Barroom Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers/Shelly Lee Alley) Original recording: 16 Aug 1932, Church Studio No. 2, Camden, NJ (with Hoyt 'Slim' Bryant, guitar; Clayton McMichen, fiddle; Oddie McWinders, banjo)) (matrix BS 58971-3) Reissued on "No Hard Times" (Rounder CD 1062, 1991) 
"Why Should I Be Lonely?"  "Why Should I Be Lonely" (Estelle Lovell/Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: Hollywood Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA (with "Lani McIntire's Hawaiians": Lani McIntire, guitar; unknown steel guitar, ukulele, string bass) Reissued on "Riding High" (Rounder CD 1059, 1991)
"Somewhere Below The Mason Dixon Line"  "Somewhere Down Below the Dixon Line" (Jack Ryan / Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: 24 May 1933, Studio No. 1, East 24th Street, NYC, NY (with Tony Colicchio, steel guitar; John Cali, guitar) (matrix BS 76331-1 Reissued on "Last Sessions" (Rounder CD 1063; 1991) 
"Waiting For A Train" "Waiting For a Train" (Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: 22 Oct 1928, Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA (with Dean Bryan, guitar; C. L. Hutchison, cornet; John Westbrook, steel guitar; James Rikard, clarinet; George MacMillan, string bass) (matrix BVE 47223-4) Reissued on "The Early Years" (Rounder CD 1057, 1991) 
"Miss The Mississippi And You"  "Miss the Mississippi and You" (Bill Halley) Original recording: 29 Aug 1932, Studio No. 1, East 24th Street, NYC, NY (with Hoyt 'Slim' Bryant, guitar; unknown clarinet, two violins, piano) (matrix BS 73326-1) Reissued on "No Hard Times" ( Rounder CD 1062, 1991)
"Peach Picking Time Down In Georgia"  "Peach-Pickin' Time Down In Georgia" (Jimmie Rodgers/Clayton McMichen) Original recording: 15 Aug 1932, Church Studio No. 2, Camden, NJ (with Hoyt 'Slim' Bryant, guitar, Clayton McMichen, fiddle; Oddie McWinders, banjo) (matrix BS 58970-2a) Reissued on "No Hard Times" (Rounder CD 1062, 1991)
"T Is For Texas"  "Blue Yodel (No. 1)" (T For Texas) (Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: 30 Nov 1927, Camden, NJ (matrix: BVE 40753-2) Reissued on "First Sessions" (Rounder CD 1056, 1991) 
"Hobo Bill's Last Ride"  "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" (Waldo Lafayette O'Neal) Original recording: 13 Nov 1929, New Orleans, LA (with Billy Burke, guitar) (matrix BVE 56528-1) Reissued on "On the Way Up" (Rounder CD 1058, 1991)
"Blue Yodel #9" (Jerry Garcia's last studio recording) "Blue Yodel No. 9" (Standin' On the Corner) (Jimmie Rodgers) Original recording: 16 Jul 1930, Hollywood Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA (with Louis Armstrong, cornet, and Lil Armstrong, piano) (matrix PBVE 54867-2) Reissued on "America's Blue Yodeler" (Rounder CD 1060, 1991) All tracks also available on the Bear Family Records boxed set.
 

 
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