Who was known as
"The Man Who Started It All"?
Who are known as the
"First Family of Country Music?
In what month and year did Ralph Peer discover the two pioneer acts of Country music and who were they?
Which style of C&W was the first to regularly feature the electric guitar as a solo instrument?
What was the original name of the Grand Ol' Opry?
Who was known as the
"King of Country"?
Which country musician from Kentucky invented bluegrass?
Which three instruments
provided the characteristic
sound of honky-tonk?
"Hillbilly Shakespeare"?
Which two styles combined to create western swing?
Name two characteristics
of the "Nashville Sound."
Name the other two characteristics
Who was the
"Architect of the Nashville Sound?"
Which C&W style was the first
to feature electric guitar
as a solo instrument?
Two of the early Austin "Outlaws"
were Willie Nelson and ____.
Which was the first style
to combine Country and
Western music into one style?
Which 1950s pre-rock style was influenced by C&W music?
"Queen of Country"?
Put the styles of Nashville, Austin "Outlaw" and Western Swing in chronological order (oldest first).
"King of the Cowboys"?
What three legendary C&W musicians had recording careers of only 3 years?
Jimmie Rodgers
The Carter Family
August, 1927
& Jimmie Rodgers
Bakersfield
WSM Barn Dance
Roy Acuff
Bill Monroe
Fiddle, steel guitar &
honky-tonk piano.
Hank Williams
Cowboy and Jazz
1) backup singers &
2) reverberation
3) string pad
4) cleaner lyrics
Chet Atkins
Bakersfield Sound
Waylon Jennings
Honky-tonk
Rockabilly
Kitty Wells
1) Western Swing
2) Nashville
3) Austin "Outlaw"
Gene Autry
Jimmie Rodgers,
& Patsy Cline
That's all folks!
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