Jimmie Rodgers' Blues

 This is such a great song, recorded back in 1932! "Long Tall Mama Blues"

I once recorded a version myself. Pity I can't yodel!

I bought about ten Jimmie Rodgers Regal Zonophone 78s in upcountry Kenya (at the Bhogal Brothers shops in Kitale and Eldoret) in the mid '70s. He was incredibly popular in Africa: "Hello Chemirocha!" was a Kipsigi song of welcome, a field recording captured by Hugh Tracey.

Artists as varied as Howlin' Wolf , Hank Snow and Jerry Lee Lewis acknowledged Jimmie's influence.

On a similar theme, here's Jerry Lee "live" with "Mean Woman Blues".

The same song, with Jerry Lee and Carl Perkins. Cooking (and chauvinistic)!