Country Music U.S.A.: A Fifty-year HistoryThe author presents a history of country music and details the evolution of the genre, from its early rural beginnings in the South to its emergence into the national culture. |
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The Folk BackgroundBefore the Coming | 3 |
The Early Period of Commercial Hillbilly Music | 33 |
Country Music during the DepressionSurvival | 103 |
Copyright | |
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