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Country Music has been called "America's Music." Just as the United
States
is a melting pot of many cultures, Country Music is a melting pot of
musical
styles fused together over the course of two centuries. The mix of
folk and
blues and other styles had evolved into its own genre by the time
"modern"
country music was first put onto vinyl in the late 1920s by artists
like
Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.
Country music has always been "inclusive," with many different
styles
sharing the format. Western swing and "hillbilly music" shared the
airwaves
in the 1940s, Eddy Arnold and Elvis Presley could be heard together
in the
1950s, the hard-edged "Bakersfield Sound" and the soft-edged
"Nashville
Sound" co-existed in the 1960s and the Outlaw movement could be
heard along
with "Urban Cowboy" pop in the 1970s. Today, contemporary radio has
tried to
homogenize the sound of country music, but with a little bit of
digging you
can still find quality country being produced today.
The Goodtime Country Radio Show celebrates the "inclusiveness" of
country
music. You'll hear Hank Williams and Lucinda Williams and everything
in
between. Gene Autry and Tennessee Ernie Ford, Loretta Lynn and Tammy
Wynette, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson and (especially) Johnny
Cash all
have a home on the program. You'll even hear the latest releases
from "old"
artists like Merle Haggard and Emmylou Harris, alt-country from the
Derailers and Jimmie Dale Gilmore and traditional sounds from modern
artists
like Alan Jackson and George Strait.
We invite you to join us each week in the celebration of the
diversity of
"America's Music."
SteveB@Railfan.com
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