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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 9 Aug 2016 5:46 am    
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Here's his business card, reportedly found at the Martin Guitar factory...



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Aaron Jennings


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Post  Posted 9 Aug 2016 6:38 am    
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How cool!

Jimmie seemed to passionately embrace the new. In Barry Mazor's 'Meeting Jimmie Rodgers' he talks briefly about Jimmie Rodgers and Cliff Carlisle working together; and how Jimmie gave him permission to perform and record many of his songs due to his love of Carlisle's unique style on the Tricone.

Thanks for sharing this Jim!
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Don R Brown


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Post  Posted 9 Aug 2016 9:52 am    
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I guess old Jimmy was way ahead of his time! He must have had folks scratching their heads and asking "Just what the hell is a SteelGuitarForum.com anyway?
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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 9 Aug 2016 1:21 pm    
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Don R Brown wrote:
I guess old Jimmy was way ahead of his time! He must have had folks scratching their heads and asking "Just what the hell is a SteelGuitarForum.com

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Earnest Bovine


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Post  Posted 9 Aug 2016 2:51 pm    
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811 13th St NW nowadays:
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Greg Simmons


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Post  Posted 9 Aug 2016 4:25 pm    
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...now THAT'S Progressâ„¢!
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Craig Stock


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Post  Posted 9 Aug 2016 4:26 pm    
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Very funny Don, I was thinking the same thing.

Earnest, It's a sad sign of today, in a disposable society.

I went to a celebration of Jimmie many years ago at the Rock and Roll hall of Fame, run by my friend Bob Santelli, it was real cool and there was plenty of steel guitars that weekend.

Just saw Steve Forbert a week or so ago, who is also from Meridian, Mississippi
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Tommy Auldridge


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Post  Posted 10 Aug 2016 4:36 am     Elsworth Cozzens
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Jim: Did you know that my Uncle Elsworth Cozzens played Dobro with Jimmy Rodgers. That's where my brother Mike got inspired to take to the Dobro after banjo. Tommy......
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