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Title: Ernest Rodgers
Post by: othartheom on June 16, 2007, 07:00:03 AM

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

Title: Re: Ernest Rodgers
Post by: MTJ3 on June 16, 2007, 08:19:28 AM

"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.

Title: Re: Ernest Rodgers
Post by: Bunker Hill on June 16, 2007, 08:42:21 AM

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.

Title: Re: Ernest Rodgers
Post by: othartheom on June 16, 2007, 10:16:48 AM

Thanks for the info fellas