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?

Who was known as the

"Hillbilly Shakespeare"?

Which two styles combined to create western swing?

Name two characteristics

of the "Nashville Sound."

Name the other two characteristics

of the "Nashville Sound."

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?

Who was known as the

"Queen of Country"?

Put the styles of Nashville, Austin "Outlaw" and Western Swing in chronological order (oldest first).

Who was known as the

"King of the Cowboys"?

What three legendary C&W musicians had recording careers of only 3 years?

Jimmie Rodgers

The Carter Family

August, 1927

The Carter Family

& 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,

Hank Williams

& Patsy Cline

That's all folks!

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