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What is Bluegrass?

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“updated” string band music- started in the mid 1940’s in the Appalachian Mountains. Used improv.

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What are some characteristics of the Bluegrass sound?

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Added steel guitar. Instrumental virtuosity (syncopation), close harmonies (high lonesome) Acoustic

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Sources of Bluegrass

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Visuals from Cowboys. Bigger record labels due to post WWII industrial boom. Anti-modern essentialist ideals.

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Bill Monroe “Father of Bluegrass”

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Kentucky (Appalachian Mountains) started in a brother act in 1930’s - Grand Opry 1950’s

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Lester Flatt

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Started in the Bluegrass boys but broke off on his own. Foggy Mountain Boys. Progressive Bluegrass. Made steel guitar a staple. Coined the term bluegrass

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Bluegrass Meets Folk

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Folk was a northern and upperclass modern and progressive genre. Women’s rights movement. The mixing of two worlds was not smooth. Younger country fans accepted the change but not older ones.

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Osborne Brothers

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example of bluegrass meets folk. From Kentucky but grew up in Midwest. Success in country music and “progressive bluegrass” because they were younger.

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Bluegrass in Media

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Backwoods family on Andy griffin Show. Deliverance (negative representation), Hee-Haw, Beverly Hillbillies, Bonnie & Clyde Getaway music.

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Other Notable Traditional Bluegrass Groups

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Stanley Brothers/Clinch Mountain Boys, Mac Wiseman, Jim & Jesse

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Other Notable Revival/Progressive Bluegrass Groups

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“Doc” Watson and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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What is the Nashville Sound?

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Studio band, songs written by the label, tech effects, smooth vocals and background singers, more complex music, country teen crooners

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Chet Atkins

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Nashville Producer, Tennessee, guitarist/producer, Found/trained/recruited acts

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Owen Bradley

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Nashville Producer with pop world connections, band recording and training

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Don Law

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Business

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Music Row

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Downtown Nashville insular country “industry” - All recording labels very close and in competition with each other.

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CMA

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1958 Academic study of country music

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Patsy Cline

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Born in Virginia, low class family, 2 abusive marriages, died on plane, revived by loretta lynn, honytonk/redneck/crossover

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Saga Sounds

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Decca but more authentic ex. Marty Robbins and Jimmy Dean

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Bakersfield SoundBakersfield Sound

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North of LA, “okies” working in the oil fields in shanty towns after migrating from the south. Resistance to Nashville Sound (ACM / Capitol Records), Similar to Honky-tonk but with amplification/shuffle rhythm, high backup singers, electric guitar

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Buck Owens

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From Southwest California, marriage and money troubles. Publisher at bluebox music

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Merle Haggard

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Family of Oakies, working class survival songs, Political (irony?), career in Bakersfield/Vegas/Nashville

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The Dillards

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West Coast “Folk Rock”, Elektra Records, Andy Griffith Show

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Which Folk Musicians Recorded in Nashville?

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Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, The Byrds, Gram Parsons

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Country Rock

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The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, John Denver, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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