He's the most well-known thing about the town, and I wanted to do a tribute to him, |
It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?. |
It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?. |
Jimmie was called a hillbilly singer, but that was not his attitude, ... He really had a kind of Gene Vincent attitude and kind of an Elvis attitude. He was a drinker and partied, and he had that joy for life. |
My hero is Jimmie Rodgers, ... He should be up there with Walt Whitman. |
Rodgers was incredibly heroic, ... I wanted people to discover his music and also to know more about him. |