Waiting for a Train: The Life and Songs of Jimmie Rodgers by Bruce DuBose
“I smell your bread a burnin, turn your damper down / If you aint got a damper, good gal turn your bread around.”
Pictured, L to R: Kevin Grammer as Colonel, Bruce DuBose as Jimmie Rodgers, and Jeff Whittington as Texas Ranger.
Directed by Katherine Owens
April 1 – May 13, 2006 at Undermain Theatre
Waiting for a Train: The Life and Songs of Jimmie Rodgers follows the musician’s path using drama, song and dance along with images of the early 20th century. The play explores Rodgers’ childhood adventures performing in medicine shows, his work on the railroad and his early tutelage from black musicians he encountered during these formative stages. One of the first recording artists to sell a million records, Jimmie Rodgers was born in Mississippi, but performed more in Texas than anywhere else in the world.
