Jesse Rodgers

Jesse Otto Rodgers (March 5, 1911 - December 14, 1973) was an American guitarist, songwriter and singing cowboy when that image was at its height of popularity, from 1938 through 1944 Jesse recorded western songs for the Sonora and Varsity labels, the labels now spelling his name “Jesse Rogers”. Born on his parents’ farm near Waynesboro, Rodgers’ father, F.G. (“Eff”) Rodgers, gave up farming not long after Jesse’s birth to work on the Illinois Central Railroad along with his brother Aaron