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Creating Country Music:. Fabricating Authenticity By Richard A. Peterson. Who & What is country?. Fiddlin John Carson (1923). Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane. Hillbillies. Blinkey Brothers Band Later: Dixie Clod Hoppers. The Carter Family. The Fruit Jar Drinkers. Before. After.
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Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity By Richard A. Peterson
Fiddlin John Carson (1923) Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
Hillbillies Blinkey Brothers Band Later: Dixie Clod Hoppers The Carter Family
The Fruit Jar Drinkers Before After
Jimmie Rodgers (late 20s) T is for Texas (blue yodel)
Barn Dances/Fiddling Contests Mellie Dunham with Henry Ford George Hay “Uncle’ Jimmy Thompson
Participants, including Fiddlin’ John Carson at the right, at the 1925 Mountain City, Tennessee Old Time Fiddling Contest sponsored by the Ku Klux Klan.
Gene Autry (early 30s) Mexicali Rose
Roy Rogers (mid 30s) Roy Rogers at Hollywood Canteen
Hank Williams (1923-1953) Hey Good Lookin'
Country Today CMA Music Fest 2013