Rodgers' version of "In the Jailhouse Now" was recorded February 15, 1928, in Camden, New Jersey, and features Rodgers on vocals and guitar, with Ellsworth T. Cozzens playing banjo.Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler, pp. 137-138 Rodgers included his famous yodel throughout the song. He recorded a sequel titled "In the Jailhouse Now—No. 2" in Hollywood, California, in 1930, which follows the misadventures of a man named Campbell.Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler, p. 258
