Jimmie Rodgers is an American music legend — the only artist voted into the Rock & Roll, Country, Blues and Songwriters halls of fame.
In “Meridian Rising,” Paul Burch weaves a bio-fictional story of the short life of the Meridian, Mississippi, native. The imagined first-person memoir also includes — often conflicting — recollections of Rodgers’ family and colleagues, plus illustrations.
Born in 1897, Rodgers has gone on to inspire generations of fans, including everyone from B.B. King and Johnny Cash to George Harrison and Dolly Parton. His fame spanned the globe, reaching as far as Africa, Ireland, Australia and Russia.