No, I’m comparing it to Appalachian yodeling which is a direct descendant of Alpine styles. Jimmie Rodgers uses a lot of the same vocalizations here, as does Hank, but this isn’t really yodeling, more yodel-singing. It doesn’t really matter and this kid deserves a pat on the back, but spend any time in a southern honky-tonk and you get a sense of just how much of a rich history there is and how it was really diluted when it was injected into popular music.
This is more along the lines of what I think of when I think of North American yodeling styles.
