The Great Depression
This producer for the Okeh Record label made quite a lot of money during the Great Depression by recording artists like Fiddlin' John Carson, Jimmie Rodgers, and the Carter Family.
Who is Ralph Peer?
Johnny Cash and Elvis met in this southern city on the Mississippi River.
What is Memphis?
This singer died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee in 1963. Her big hits were Walking After Midnight and I Fall to Pieces.
Who is Patsy Cline?
This political skirmish was deeply divisive to the United States. Country Musicians were largely pro-troops while many rock musicians were anti-.
What is the Vietnam War?
Gene Autry starred in this 1934 movie, the title of which could be a Star Wars prequel.
What is the Phantom Empire?
The Great Depression is said to be an illustration of the Snowball Effect. This event in 1929 started the snowball rolling.
What is the Crash of the Stock Market
Sam Phillips, a producer for this record company, recorded BB King, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Howlin' Wolf.
What is Sun Records?
Porter Wagoner worked with this budding country artist for many years. She gave her two weeks notice by singing him "I Will Always Love You."
Who is Dolly Parton?
This political push helped develop legislation to ensure that women receive pay equal to their male counterparts.
The Women's Liberation Movement.
Jimmie Rodgers became a master of this German vocal technique. Many after him copied it.
What is yodeling?
This Depression-era singer and former Golden West Cowboy did not dress in western clothes and renamed his band the Smoky Mountain Boys.
Who is Roy Acuff?
A Boy Named Sue was one of Johnny Cash's best-selling songs and was written by this beloved poet and cartoonist.
Who is Shel Silverstein?
What are Mr. and Mrs. Country Music?
This Act provided equal access to jobs, voting and restaurants, regardless of race.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The father of bluegrass is this man.
Who is Bill Monroe.
During the Great Depression, many people moved westward to California. These brothers and their sister settled in Modesto, CA and lived in a concrete culvert before deciding to make a living at music.
Who are the Maddox Brothers and Rose?
Johnny Cash's television program hosted many budding artists. This artist first heard Johnny Cash as an inmate in the San Quentin Prison. His secret was revealed live on Cash's show.
Who is Merle Haggard?
This bluegrass singer was courted by the Cosmic Cowboy to sing back-up vocals with his band. In addition to her own solo work, she is frequently heard singing back-up for artist like John Denver, Roy Acuff, The Dixie Chicks, Bob Dylan, and even Sheryl Crow.
Who is Emmylou Harris.
Drunken Ira Hayes is a song by this Man in Black. In it he celebrates the Native Americans who served in Marine Corps during the Battle of Iwo Jima and raised the flag on Mount Suribachi.
Who is Johnny Cash.
The earliest known fiddle competitions in America are said to have occurred in this decade.
What is the 1730's (1736, specifically)?
This sound industry boomed during the great depression.
What is radio?
Who is June Carter?
Who is Brenda Lee.
Marketing its records to people of many ethnicities, this record company thrived during otherwise hard financial times.
What is Okeh Records.
Buck Owens' Act Naturally was covered by this band on their 1965 album Help!
Who are The Beatles?