Speaking of genres I've never been clear on, here are a couple of videos on the history of these three styles. I did not realize how new bluegrass and Western swing are.
I like them all.
Music below the fold.
Some old-time music, now that I know what that is. You can tell it's dance music rather than sit-in-the-audience music.
Bluegrass
Western swing
Here's some fun people had with these styles:
Douglas, Barenberg, & Meyer
The Goat Rodeo Sessions with Yo Yo Ma, Duncan, Meyer, and Thile
Asleep at the Wheel
I don't know who this Brit is who's narrating the first video, but he misses a significant hinge point.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers
"...the Hillbilly is a North Carolina or Tennessee and adjacent mountaineer type of illiterate white... with the intelligence of morons."
Obviously that opinion hasn't changed in a hundred years. Some of us can read, though, in spite of our press.
Where do you think Jimmie Rodgers fits in to the story of old time & bluegrass?
DeleteWhen I listen to his "Blue Yodel No. 1", it doesn't seem to be either.
https://youtu.be/qEIBmGZxAhg?si=y-vBHlxsdqMYghKy
Gringo will be by to comment on Western Swing. He is the expert. Bob Wills is, we should note, still the king.
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