Jimmie Rodgers is dang near more just blues than anything else.<p>Commercial C&amp;W ( is there any other kind? ) has always been a melting pot, much to the contrary of its self-image.<p>And don&#x27;t forget Woody Guthrie - the folkies claim him, but he left a big imprint on especially California, although there&#x27;s no telling how far it travelled.<p>Past a certain date, most of the musicians in Nashville had a pretty strong jazz background. By the time Hank Garland was doing sessions, it slipped into the foreground. Most Nashville stalwarts recorded a jazz album or two, especially the steel players. Buddy Emmons had a really interesting relationship with Lenny Breau.<p>Bob Wills melded more styles together than you&#x27;d think possible at the time, and in places where there was strong Jim Crow. He was a giant and a legend.