Country Music
Name one main difference between Country music and Country Blues
What is musical style, subject matter, commercial success, influences, etc
This area of the United States saw the mass exodus of over 6 million African Americans between 1910-1970
What is the South
This major historical event is a marker of the end of slavery and the beginning of the sharecropping system
What is the Civil War
This kind of guitar came before the electric guitar
What is the acoustic guitar
The creation of louder guitars in the 20s and 30s led to the development of these genres of music (name one)
What is swing and big band jazz
The name of the family who was well known for singing close vocal harmonies. Johnny Cash's second wife was a part of this family.
What is the Carter Family
This industry was known for keeping the poor from escaping the cycle of poverty and gave landowners all of the power
What is sharecropping
This was the typical instrumentation of a Country Blues song
What is a vocalist and one instrument, usually guitar
This music craze was popular with the electric guitar in the 1930s
What is the Hawaiian Music Craze
Early rockers such as these two well-known stars made the electric guitar a part of their central sound (name both)
Who are Elvis Presley and Chuck berry
Name one of the sub genres of country music we identified yesterday (Hint: not Country Blues)
What is Western Swing or Honky-Tonk
Name one of the main cities those leaving the South during the Great Migration went to
What is Chicago, Detroit, pittsburgh, New York, Los Angeles, memphis, St. Louis, or New Orleans
This genre of music emerged from the Blues as it grew in popularity among white audiences
What is Rock and Roll
In 1950, this particular model of electric guitar became the first commercially available, mass-produced, and solid-bodied electric guitar
What is the Fender Esquire or Telecaster
Along with the Fender Telecaster, this guitar was also solid-body and very popular in the 40s and 50s
What is the Gibson Les Paul
Name one of the country artists who gave country a more "outlaw image"
Who is Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, or Willie Nelson
This musician was an integral part of the Chicago Blues movement and a pioneer of the electric guitar in blues music
Who is Muddy Waters
This band named themselves after one of Muddy Water's hit songs. They also had to chance to perform with him in 1981.
Who are The Rolling Stones
Along with Muddy Waters, this musician was a pioneer of the Country Blues and electric guitar in the 30s and 40s
Who is T-Bone Walker
This person played a Fender Stratocaster and was also a member of the Beatles
Who is George Harrison
This is the name of the era that marked a departure from the traditional twangy sound of 1930s and 40s country
What is the "Nashville Sound" era
This natural disaster was a large source of inspiration for Country Blues songs at the time
What is the Mississippi River Flood of 1927
Name one of the cities/towns we stopped in during our "road trip" of Mississippi
What is Yazoo City or Hillhouse
Psychedelic rock, glam metal, and funk rock all came from this era of the electric guitar
What are the 60s and 70s
Name one of the genres that was developed or revived in the early 2000s
What are garage rock/ post-punk (revival) or indie rock, pop punk and emo, or EDM (new)