Style Influences
Folk tunes of this "mountainous" region
What is the Appalachian region?
A violin, also known as this in folk music and Country Western
What is the fiddle?
This early Country musician's signature vocal technique was yodeling
Who is Jimmie Rodgers?
During the Great Depression, record sales fell and Americans listened to music on this device instead
What is the radio?
The National Life and Accident Insurance Company owned the WSM radio station which ran the show WSM Barn Dance; the show was later called this
What is the Grand Ole Opry?
Traditional Irish fiddle tunes, also known as this type of music
What is Celtic music?
What is the harmonica?
Who are the Carter Family?
What is the Grand Ole Opry?
He was the "first super star" of Country music, was a singer and fiddle player, and originally planned for a baseball career with the New York Yankees
Who is Roy Acuff?
Traditional English love songs, also known as these
What are ballads?
Uncle Dave Macon's instrument of choice; he would often twirl it around during his performances. The body of the instrument is essentially a drum and the player uses finger picks to pluck the strings
What is a banjo?
He was known as a "song catcher" and would travel even 90 miles if he heard someone had an old song that was never recorded
Who is A.P. Carter?
The Grand Ole Opry is located in this U.S. city
What is Nashville, Tennessee?
He is known as the "Father of Bluegrass" and played the mandolin
Who is Bill Monroe?
Western music sung by Gene Autry, Patsy Montana, and others was known as this
What are cowboy songs?
"The Carter Scratch" was a technique of playing both melody and rhythm on this instrument
What is the guitar?
Jimmie Rodgers was a beloved Country star, but had a very short career due to this illness
What is tuberculosis?
New microphone technology in the 1930s allowed singers to perform in a softer, more intimate style of singing known as this
What is crooning?
He was the first announcer on the Grand Ole Opry when it started in 1925
Who is George D. Hay?
Jimmie Rodgers incorporated this American musical style into the early Country Western music that he played
What is the Blues?
It looks like a guitar, but has a large metal resonator on the body of the instrument
What is a dobro?
The "Carter scratch" was a guitar playing technique developed by Maybelle Carter and blues musician...
Who is Leslie Riddle?
This singing cowboy was also a rodeo performer, famed actor, and business tycoon; we recognize his voice in his recordings of "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
Who is Gene Autry?
The very first performer on the Grand Ole Opry, he was an old-time fiddle player
Who is Uncle Jimmy Thompson?