Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)

~ Recording by Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)2:51Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain BoysLet Me Be Your Sidetrack: The Influence of Jimmie RodgersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 16863 FH

Relationships

recording of:Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)

Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)

lyricist and composer:Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:Peer International Corporation (BMI)
later versions:New Mule Skinner Blues (revised lyrics, first recorded by Bill Monroe ca. 1950)
is the basis for:Missouri Cowboy