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  • The History of Country Music

  • Where Did Country Music Come From?
  • Written by: Lynette Barton
  • Narrated by: Hairl Hensley
  • Length: 1 hr and 46 mins

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The History of Country Music

Written by: Lynette Barton
Narrated by: Hairl Hensley
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Country music grew up in the mountains of Appalachia, in the cotton fields of Georgia and Mississippi, the car and truck plants in Detroit, and in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. It was - and is - the music of the people. Hairl Hensley tells of Jimmy Rodgers and the Carter Family; of Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb, whose music played in honky tonks...and Roy Acuff , whose music was heard in Madison Square Garden; of the Girls of the Golden West, but also of Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. It all started on June 14, 1923, when Fiddlin’ John Carson played “The Old Hen Cackled"....

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  • Categories: History
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