Quiz #3 Flashcards
What is Outlaw Country?
Outlaw country is a new subgenre of country that emerges in the 70’s mainly out of Texas, Georgia, and Alabama. It comes as a response to the clean cut nashville dominance in the genre.
-Aesthetics more like counter culture 60s movement
-Similar demographics with southern rock, southern working class
-Both progressive and conservative voices
What is Austin City Limits?
Austin City Limits is an American live music television program recorded and produced by Austin PBS. Austin is center for country that does not conform to the Nashville sound, they focus on a lot of crossovers.
Who is Waylon Jennings?
Outlaw country artist from Texas. Career with RCA out of Nasvhille. He came up in Hillbilly Central. He was lonesome, on’ry, and mean.Traditional, ironic and authenticity songs.
Who is Willie Nelson?
Singer/Songwriter from Texas who got his career started in Nashville 1960. He sang on the Opry on a regular basis. 1971 moves to Texas with a new label. Played a lot of music festivals and eventually started his own called the Outlaw Music festival. He has a level of freedom like never seen before and makes whatever genre he wants
Later joined super group “Highwaymen” with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. Democratic social politics and he donates a lot to farms.
What is Southern Rock?
Sub genre of country music that uses a pared down rock ensemble. Straight forward blues styles with virtuosic jams especially on the electric guitar.
There is a range of cultural identity with little to no artist crossover from country rock to country. The politics more center left.
Who is Charlie Daniels?
He was a Country and rock musician in California and Nashville. Famous for the Devil went down to Georgia.
Very Far right politics. He has traditional country, folk and southern rock influences.
Who is Hank Williams jr.?
Son of Hank Williams. He started his career by playing his father’s show. Later starts playing Southern Rock and Country Rock. He is known for playing political and cultural anthems and for his iconic rebel identity.
What is Countrypolitan?
A sub genre of country music, a development of the Nashville sound, produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s, containing elements of popular music, including electric piano, subdivisions/grooves and more harmonic complexity. Added elements of disco and pop.More middle class and suburban fan-base.
What did Reaganism do for country music?
Reaganism caused a resurgance of conservative ideals in country music. Merle Haggard campaigned for Reagan.
What is a country disco?
Honly-Tonk that was marketed for middle class suburban country fans. Referred to “Country Discos” Larger in size.
What are some examples of Countrypolitan in media?
Merle Haggard wrote the theme song fro Dukes of Hazard. TV show “Dallas”. Movies: Nashville, Urban Cowboy, Coal Miner’s Daughter, Pure Country.
When did country music start doing music videos?
In the mid-80’s although pop music started doing videos in the 1980’s.
Who was Barbara Mandell?
Musician from Texas from a Musical family. Started by playing steel guitar in a honky-tonk/traditional country band with her family and signed to Columbia records before transitioning to countrypolitan and signing to Dot records with Tom Collins. She got in a car accident in 1984 and had a “come to jesus” moment and transitioned back to trad country. Now she is a part of the senior country community.
Who is Alabama?
Southern family country rock band. They had a strong country identity with southern and working class themes. 21 straight #1s.
Who was Ronnie Milsap?
Blind countrypolitan artist from North Carolina. Started as a Rock and R&B studio keyboardist. Switched to country in 19070s and countrypolitan in 1980’s. Inducted to HOF in 2014 and now a part of the Senior Country Music Community.
Who is Kenny Rogers?
Working class artist from Texas. Started by playing lots of genres started playing classic country in 70’s and countrypolitan in 80’s . HOF in 2013 and had many mega hits. He was a great storyteller. Also had an acting career.
Loretta Lynn: “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
1980- honkytonk
George Jones: “He Stopped Loving Her Today”
1980- Honkytonk
Dolly Parton: “Jolene”
1973- classic country
Charley Pride: “Just Between You and Me”
1981- Southern Rock
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings: “Luckenbach, Texas”
1977 - Outlaw Country - lots of references and symbolic cultural references. Artists thought the song cheapened the sentiment of the Outlaw movement because it was not authentic to them.
Lynyrd Skynyrd: “Sweet Home Alabama”
1974- Southern Rock- southern pride and working class identity. references to politics and other musicians.
Charlie Daniels: “The South’s Gonna Do It”
1974- Outlaw Country- 12 bar blues progression. Southern Pride.
Hank Williams, Jr.: “Country Boy Can Survive”
1981- Outlaw country
Barbara Mandrell: “I Was Country (When Country Wasn’t Cool)”
1981- Countrypolitan- represents the paradox of countrypolitan.
Alabama: “Love in the First Degree”
1981- Countrypolitan-
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, “Islands in the Stream”
1983- countrypolitan- topped country charts and the Hot 100 chart.
The Judds: “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days)”
1985- countrypolitan
What is the Bakersfield sound?
Grew out of working class dance halls in the farming and oil-well communities north of Los Angeles.
What is Progressive Bluegrass??
Merged traditional bluegrass instrumentation with ecperimental sounds of the 1960’s, in particular folk.
What is country rock?
Evolved in later 60’s as more young rock musicians- many of whom had also played in bluegrass bands- turned to country music as a means of connecting with their musical roots.
What is Bluegrass?
“updated” string band music- started in the mid 1940’s in the Appalachian Mountains. Used improv.
What are some characteristics of the Bluegrass sound?
Added steel guitar. Instrumental virtuosity (syncopation), close harmonies (high lonesome) Acoustic
Sources of Bluegrass
Visuals from Cowboys. Bigger record labels due to post WWII industrial boom. Anti-modern essentialist ideals.
Bill Monroe “Father of Bluegrass”
Kentucky (Appalachian Mountains) started in a brother act in 1930’s - Grand Opry 1950’s
Lester Flatt
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
Bluegrass Meets Folk
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.
Osborne Brothers
example of bluegrass meets folk. From Kentucky but grew up in Midwest. Success in country music and “progressive bluegrass” because they were younger.
Bluegrass in Media
Backwoods family on Andy griffin Show. Deliverance (negative representation), Hee-Haw, Beverly Hillbillies, Bonnie & Clyde Getaway music.
Other Notable Traditional Bluegrass Groups
Stanley Brothers/Clinch Mountain Boys, Mac Wiseman, Jim & Jesse
Other Notable Revival/Progressive Bluegrass Groups
“Doc” Watson and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
