Topic: Ernest Rodgers

[othartheom]

Hey guys, I'm new around here and I thought you guys might be able to help me out with a question I've had for a while. I found a really great tune on the net that is public domain years ago. It's a version of "Willie the Chimney Sweeper" by Ernest Rodgers. I can't find any information on this guy. Does anyone know how much he recorded or anything like that?

thanks much

[MTJ3]

"Ernest Rodgers" doesn't appear in Blues and Gospel Records 1890-1943 as a recording artist, vocalist or accompanist.  B&GR reports that Ernest Rogers was recorded by the Library of Congress at Angola in July 1934, singing "Baby, Low Down, Oh, Low Down Dirty Dog" and that there was an Ernest Rogers who was a "hillbilly" recording artist.

[Bunker Hill]

It's the "hillbilly" artist who made the song "famous" and probably in Tony Russell's discography. I think he was from Atlanta and a former journalist turned stage performer. About a decade ago this song, its lineage and recordings was the topic of a Frankie Jaxon discussion on a blues internet group. Which one? Don't ask me, haven't a clue sorry.

[othartheom]

Thanks for the info fellas