The Birth of Bluegrass The 1920s: The 1930s: The 1940s and 50s: By 1950, television was a major factor in media access Barn dances, specifically the Lousiana Hayride, Opry, and National Barn Dance are widely accessible and very popular. Record format
February 6 , 2009 Lecture 11: Bluegrass Heyday
Evolution: - continuation of the tradition, firmly entrenched - move toward folk - blending in the folk revival - move toward rock and jazz and commercial success, fueled by television and Hollywood - ne
February 2, 2009 Lecture 9: Honky Tonk after Hank
A Different Thread: The Brothers Acts - 1940s: Western Swing, Singing Cowboy, Honky Tonk, Brothers Acts (close harmony and the southeastern radio sound), emergent Bluegrass - Brothers acts and close h
January 26, 2009 Lecture 6: 1930s: Western Swing
1930s Principal Contributions to the Country Genre 1. Radio shows: 2. Singing Cowboys: 3. Western Swing: What is Western Swing? - musical hybrid of country and jazz Characteristics People: Milton Brown
January 23, 2009 Lecture 5: 1930s: The Singing Cowboys
Our Hapless Hillbilly is rescued by a horse, some chaps, a great hat, some sequins, and a silver buckle. The relationship of "Country" to "Western": - a "borrowed" image Romance of the West (even
January 21, 2009 Lecture 4: 1930s: Roy Acuff and the Opry
Time frame of the 1930s: - bordered by the Great Depression and WWII - Role of entertainment within the depression: Change and Preservation: - second-generation country artists - imitation of
January 16, 2007 Lecture 3: The Big Bang Theory of Country Music
Producer: Ralph S. Peer (1892-1960) - Lined up a trip to Bristol, Charlotte, and Savannah - the "Bristol Sessions" - July and August, 1927, in a Tennessee-Virginia border town Jimmie Ro
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Listening Test Prep: _ For the country music industry to emerge, we need: music means of transmission audience workings of an industry to capture the financial benefits - circular motivation performers Sources of Musi
January 12, 2009 Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview
Goals: Recognize the major styles and subgenres and their evolution Explore the identity of "country" as a genre Interpret the cultural and historical meaning of the music, and be able to discu
February 11, 2009 Lecture 13: Rockabilly: Hello, I'm Johnny Cash!
Two Perspectives on Country Music History: Our goal: to query this style called Rockabilly, figure out what it sounds like musically, and where it fits in country music. Set-Up Industr
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