Other musicians included: Jimmy Rodgers (Father of Country music), and Johnny Cash who, like Elvis Presley, recorded in Sun Studio in Memphis TN. Rockabilly was country music merged with Rhythm and Blues. It had a "hillbilly" rock sound with a fast tempo. Also known for the "twangy" sounding electric guitars, often soloing with few to no
Country music tells stories of love, death, heartache, and happiness. So maybe that is why so many people listen to country music. It could also be where we live and in the area of the country that we live in. I think that if I lived in New York or in California I wouldn’t be listening to country music. I would probably be listening to rock or maybe pop music.
Country music has changed over the last seventy five years. The original honky-tonk melted into the Nashville sounding music. Today we have Texas Country, also known as Red Dirt Country, and country pop that has crossed over to the pop charts. Honky-Tonk began in the Texas and
Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean have toured the country preforming their popular country songs. These two country music singers are two different people, but have many similarities. Although Jason Aldean has more number one hits than Luke Bryan, they both sing country music, play the same instrument, and dress the same way. Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean sing country music. Luke is known for singing about small towns, love, heartbreak, and having fun in the country.
1.Describe the terms "race music" and "hillbilly music." When were they used? They were used by the American music industry from the early 1920s until the late 1940s to classify and advertise southern music. 2.What are some important common features between race music and hillbilly music? Some common features between them are that they both talked about the hard times.
From its simple and primitive origins, not only has the Blues affected culture throughout the Deep South, but Southern culture has had a strong influence on the creation of the Blues and its musicians. The Blues’ unique sound came from the slave songs, such as the work songs and field hollers of the enslaved African Americans (PBS). Nearly every song on the radio today has its roots in the Delta Blues. Although the Blues is definitely from the Mississippi Delta, the date and exact location of the place of origin will forever remain unknown. However, Dockery Farms claims to be the place where the Blues began.
In the early 1960s, there was a fragmentation of the music market. No one particular form of music style seemed to dominate the other. The two different styles I have chosen to discuss are folk music and surfing music. Both had an impact on the youth of the 1960’s in their own ways. I will discuss these two trends and how they each affected different youth cultures.
James Osborne also known as “Jimmie Osborne” was born in 1923 in Winchester, Kentucky. This famous "Kentucky Folk Singer," was a popular country singer who was readily organized for his work after war world two. Coming from a farm background, Osborne worked in defense plants, but also played music during weekends.According to Lambert (1996) , Osborne began to rise as he started to sing and play the guitar .In 1940, after graduating from school; he got married to Margaret Lacy, and shortly after worked in WLAP in Kentucky. In I946, Jimmie was known as a folk singer as he worked with the Bailes Brothers in Louisiana, and signed with King Records. He released his first hit “My Heart Echoes” with great success.
The difference between these two styles involves artists, major composition and influence. Through these three areas, the development of ragtime and blues greatly affect the revolution of jazz. The individual experience of artists can both affect and reflect the main characteristics of a music style. Ragtime dominated American popular music for nearly two decade from 1890s to 1910s. During this period, Scott Joplin, noticed as the most influential pianist to ragtime, was born into a typical Africa-American family in Northeast Texas, whose father had been a slave.
Casuso,Leonel Lopez Guitar III 1 March 2013 The History of Rock N Roll Rock N Roll is a popular music genre originated in the 1950s.Basically a combination of African American blues, jump country, blues, jazz, and gospel music. Throughout the earlier elements of rock can be heard in country records more or less around the 1930s.Also in blues records of the 1920s. Rock and roll obtained its name until the 1950s. The phrase rock and roll now has at least two different meanings in which both meaning are used commonly. Specifying to the first wave of music that originally was created in the 1950s and later on developed into a more international style now known as “rock music”.