Perhaps no other style of country music has had a greater influence on today’s artists than the style known as Honky Tonk. Honky Tonk music embodied the spirit of dancing and drinking, and loving and then losing the one you love. Its greatest practioners owe their singing style to Jimmie Rodgers and much of the music to the steel guitar and drums of Bob Wills and Western Swing. (more…)
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Welcome to the World Wide Web’s first exhibit focusing on the history of Country Music. This exhibit has an emphasis on the influential artists and songs of the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s and early 60’s.
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Find here, documentation on such artists as, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and Lefty Frizzell, among others. Specifically, look for images, sound clips, and digital movies. (more…)
