W3 "Blue Yodel No. 2"
This week I listened to "Blue Yodel No. 2" by Jimmie Rodgers, after hearing the song in class it just really stuck out to me. I love the yodeling, that is definitely what has stuck out to me the most from this song. I haven't really listened to a song that has had yodeling in it. I think it's really cool to see that yodeling in that time has not been done really before. That concept how with music you can do anything you want and personalize any type of music and make it your own. His song has a ballad like feel with the story telling, also with the strophic strumming pattern from the guitar. Yet it has the country blues which was prevalent at the time to now making headway to another stream of Hillbilly Music. Which is crazy how the country music today is heavily influenced by this stream and from Jimmie Rodgers himself. It is cool to see the influence and effect one person can have on the world in the music world forever. Overall it is just such a fun, upbeat, and e...