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Forum: Members Journal 07-31-2022, 02:53 PM
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Posted By Trollheart
STOP THEM PRESSES, Y'HEAR? Yes, it's...

STOP THEM PRESSES, Y'HEAR?
Yes, it's technically old news, but I only found out a few days ago that one of my favourite icons of country music had passed away, and so, as I did mention at the...
Forum: Members Journal 08-30-2021, 10:40 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
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Clarence Ashley (1895 - 1967)

Born in the town that would later become the locus for the explosion of country music,...
Forum: Members Journal 08-30-2021, 10:30 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
Slavery: Ain’t No Big Thing - The Genesis of...

Slavery: Ain’t No Big Thing - The Genesis of White Supremacy in Country Music

I mentioned earlier that the first real hit country song was one of racism, and I want to now take a closer look at...
Forum: Members Journal 08-18-2021, 01:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
But back to Carson we go, if only for a moment....

But back to Carson we go, if only for a moment. Before he began to get famous he would play wherever he could turn a buck - square dances, political gatherings, even KKK meetings - but after his...
Forum: Members Journal 08-18-2021, 12:24 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
Whitewash: The true “race music” begins ...

Whitewash: The true “race music” begins

Despite the influence the musicians above, and others, would and did have on the emergent country music scene - and even on Appalachian music itself - they...
Forum: Members Journal 08-18-2021, 12:03 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
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Ida Cox (1888 or 1896 - 1967)

Apart from having a name which sounds like a dirty joke, she is known for being the “uncrowned queen...
Forum: Members Journal 08-18-2021, 11:58 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
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I: Pioneers on the Dusty Road: The Men and Women Who Helped Create Country Music

Invisible Men and Women:...
Forum: Members Journal 08-12-2021, 10:18 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
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Chapter I: Go Tell it on the Mountain:
The Courtship of Country Music

“All of American music comes from the same place, it's just sort of where it...
Forum: Members Journal 08-12-2021, 09:44 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
Fifth Generation This seems to be split...

Fifth Generation

This seems to be split mostly between neotraditional acts such as Randy Travis and Alan Jackson, and the new emerging sub-genre of stadium rock in country music, typified by the...
Forum: Members Journal 07-30-2021, 05:18 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
The Nashville Sound The Nashville Sound came...

The Nashville Sound

The Nashville Sound came into being in the mid-fifties and had by the late 1960s successfully overtaken the “honky tonk” sub-genre that had up till then dominated radio...
Forum: Members Journal 07-23-2021, 08:05 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
Given country's longevity and pedigree, while it...

Given country's longevity and pedigree, while it has splintered into many, many sub-genres, which we'll be going into soon, it has also gone through, literally, separate generations, characterised as...
Forum: Members Journal 07-23-2021, 07:46 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
As I said in the introduction, country music has...

As I said in the introduction, country music has its roots all the way back in the 1920s, which makes it almost one hundred years old as a genre. That’s impressive. Most genres from that far back, if...
Forum: Members Journal 07-23-2021, 07:43 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
Sources Like I say, I know as much about...

Sources

Like I say, I know as much about country music as I do about jazz, or hang-gliding, so I will be relying on mucho research, and no doubt learning a whole lot along the way. Wiki will as...
Forum: Members Journal 07-23-2021, 07:21 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By Trollheart
Stranger in Town: Trollheart's History of Country Music

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It's that old joke, isn't it? You know the one, from the movie The Blues Brothers? Jake (or is it Elwood, I never remember) asks the waitress what kind...
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