Giving you a nice short history of country music

There are a multitude of musical genres in today’s music world. Country music is really one of my favorites, so I thought I’d bring a bit of the country’s history to the forefront. If you don’t know much about country music, suffice it to say that all country songs tell a story. It has been said that these songs are about our lives, who we are and where we come from. He developed two of the best-selling solo musical artists of all time in the United States. Elvis Presley’s early career was undoubtedly hillbilly country music and he became one of the defining figures in the birth of Rock n Roll. Garth Brooks is the second best-selling solo artist in American history and has a highly regarded show in Las Vegas. That’s a reasonably amazing start. However, going back to history, we find that it dates back to the early 1920s in America and has its roots in classical folk music, Celtic music, blues, bluegrass, and gospel music. Early country music was called “Hillbilly” music, however the terminology changed to country music in the early 1940s. In its early days, country music was purely American; country music viewers were American, its performers were American, and its tone was American.

1925 ushered in the era of the “Singing Cowboy” when Carl T. Sprague recorded the first cowboy song. Public attention to the singing cowboy wasn’t really identified until talking movies starring Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, and even a young John Wayne became popular in the 1930s. John Wayne, however, in reality He didn’t sing, he just played the cowboy movie part while someone else introduced the singing voice. But he had an incredible film career. With the introduction of television to the American people, the era of singing cowboy movies ended in the 1950s. Gene Autry and Roy Rogers continued their role as “singing cowboys” in some of the early western series produced for television. . In the Toy Story 2 movie, “Woody’s Roundup” was shown as a representation of one of those early television series.

The 1960s introduced disruption and diversity to the country music genre when Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, June Carter Cash, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Marty Robbins, Eddie Arnold, and others became the stars of country music. Many of the country songs recorded in the 1960s made it onto the Pop charts incorporating another music culture into the country sound. Various country music singers used their skills to write songs for themselves and other artists. Kris Kristopherson wrote countless songs for country artists, yet she also wrote “Me and Bobby McGee”, which Janis Joplin made popular before her untimely death. A highly regarded Elvis song “Kentucky Rain” was composed by Eddie Rabbitt; another excellent country music composer. Eddie Rabbitt also wrote songs for movies such as the title track for “Every Which Way but Loose” starring Clint Eastwood. The 70s and 80s brought new changes to the scene. With the popularity of the 1980 movie “Urban Cowboy” starring John Travolta, artists such as Barbara Mandrell, Alabama, Oak Ridge Boys, Bellamy Brothers, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and George Strait became very popular with many more in the field. . They all wanted to be cowboys. As times have changed, country music has reinvented itself to accommodate these changing times. To name just a few, artists like Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Reba McIntyre, Zac Brown Band, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, and Rascal Flatts are making their mark on the country music scene.

Finally, listen carefully to the lyrics of the songs … listen to the stories about life and find out if you can place a little of yourself and your life in these incredible songs.