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History of Country Music Exam 3 Material

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Hank William's main rival
"honkey tonk" music
influenced Merle Haggard
If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)

Honkey Tonk Music Era

starts with Ernest Tubb in 1941- pre-rock
Chet Atkins- record executive/great guitar player
The Carlisles- "Jumpin" Bill Carlisle and Cliff Carlisle

Grand Ole Opry- 1950
I've Been Everywhere- later recorded by Johnny Cash
Influenced by Vernon Dalhart and Jimmie Rodgers

heavily influenced by Jimmie Rodgers
very successful in the 1950s- second to Hank Williams

The Wild Side of Life- 1952

It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels: answer song to Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life"
Queen of Country Music
Top female vocalist for 13 years- 1952-1965

"father" of bluegrass
Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys
Earl Scruggs joined Bill Monroe's band and together they created bluegrass music- Scruggs's banjo playing!

grew up in NC playing banjo
"Scruggs style bajo"- 3-fingered style of banjo playing (revolutionary)

Flatt and Scruggs

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
soon eclipsed Bill Monroe's band in popularity
Louise Scruggs- first female manager and booking agent in Nashville
Recorded theme song for the Beverly Hillbillies

Martha White Flour

sponsor of Flatt and Scruggs- got them on the Opry
"Martha White"

Earl Scruggs's wife
no-nonsense, great at selling records
made Flatt and Scruggs record things that would sell records- Bob Dylan songs!

"Mick Jagger" of bluegrass
raised in Sneedville, TN
idolized Jimmie Rodgers and Roy Acuff
"King of Bluegrass" and "Mr. Good and Country"
never made it onto the Opry

Osbourne Brothers

Sunny and Bobby Osbourne
very innovative- not traditional bluegrass
"Rockytop Tennessee"

New Grass Revival

progressive bluegrass band
many people who played in Bill Monroe's band went on to become progressive bluegrass acts

The Seldom Scene

progressive bluegrass band
combination of bluegrass and country music
based in DC

JD Crowe and the New South

Ricky Scaggs sang many of the songs
JD Crowe- Scruggs-style banjo player
Jerry Douglas- DoBro
"Summer Wages"

Most famous female bluegrass artist
Champaign, IL

Sun Records in Memphis
The TN Two (Later TN Three)
I Walk the Line- First hit

Young Love- #1 pop hit 1957
Nashville Sound

Nashville Sound

pop-leaning country music of the 50s and 60s that eliminated many country elements
all songs started to sound alike
commercial necessity to keep Nash in business
producer-driven

"A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation"
part of the Nashville Sound- geared towards teens

died young
first international country star
Nashville Sound

backed by the Jordanaires
"Oh Lonesome Me"- poppy-sounding song
Nashville Sound

Architects of the Nashville Sound

Producers- Chet Atkins, Owen Bradley, etc

Walkin After Midnight- 1957
became depressed after being in a really bad car accident
"Crazy"- written by Willie Nelson, given to Patsy Cline by Owen Bradley

"genius of soul"
popular in R&B and pop
recorded 2 country music albums- Nashville hits rerecorded in his own style
brought his fans (pop/R&B) to country music

Outlaw Movement

Backlash against Nashville Sound (which was a backlash against Elvis and rock music)

first sang twangy Hank Williams-style songs
during the Nashville Sound, switched to a much smoother, pop-driven sound
"Make the World Go Round"

The Cherokee Cowboys
star before and after Nashville Sound
twangy-sounding honkeytonk music before, smooth, slow, violin-laden songs after

The Bakersfield Sound

staunch opposition to Nashville Sound
60 miles north of LA

Kingpin of the Bakersfield sound
sang and produced records in Bakersfield- much more country than the music coming out of Nashville
opened the Crystal Palace in Bakersfield- drew both country artists and country music fans
recorded a Beatles song
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos- Merle Haggard played bass

grew up a delinquent- ended up in prison
Johnny Cash performed at the prison (San Quentin) that Haggard was an inmate at
Haggard was inspired by Cash
signed a record deal in 1965
voice influenced by Lefty Frizzell
30 albums in the first 9 years of his career

baseball player- didn't make it in the big leagues
African American
became RCA's biggest star after Elvis
country traditionalist
male vocalist of the year for 2 consecutive years

born in Webb Holler KY
Invented a town- Butcher Holler KY (in one of her songs)
"most important female vocalist of the 20th century" -Jack White
grew up SUPER poor and hungry
"Coal Miner's Daughter"

Important Female Singer/Songwriters of the 60s

Dolly Parton
Tammy Wynette

made 3 albums in Nash in the 60s
"Nashville Skyline"- recorded with Nashville artists
helped bring popularity to Nashville/country music

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

came to Nashville in the early 70s
Louisa Scruggs convinced people to star on their new record
"multigenerational record"- young, long-haired kids along with older stars/classics (ex: Carter family, Earl Scruggs)
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken"- album title

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