Honky-tonk. The term "honky-tonk" has also been applied to various styles of 20th-century American music. Many Country music musicians, such as Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, and Ernest Tubb, got their start in honky-tonks. Etymology[edit] The origin of the term honky-tonk is unknown.[1] The earliest-known printed use of the word is a report in the Fort Worth Daily Gazette, January 24, 1889 that a, "petition to the council is being circulated for signatures, asking that the Honky Tonk theater on Main Street be reopened. "[2] The fact that words are capitalized, suggests that the name may have been the proper name for the theater. It is not known whether the proper name was taken from a generic use of the word or whether the proper name of the theater became a generic term for similar establishments. One theory is that the "tonk" portion of the name may have come from a brand name of piano.
History[edit] "Do you know what a honky tonk is? Origins of the establishment[edit] As late as 1913, Col. Bars[edit] Old-Timey or Hillbilly. Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of various cultures of Ireland, Britain, Africa, and Continental Europe. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dancing, flatfoot dancing, buck dancing, and clogging. The genre also encompasses ballads and other types of folk songs.
It is played on acoustic instruments, generally centering on a combination of fiddle and plucked string instruments (most often the guitar and banjo). History[edit] Reflecting the cultures that settled North America, the roots of old-time music are in the traditional musics of the British Isles (primarily English and Scottish) and Ireland. In some regions French and German sources are also prominent. While many dance tunes and ballads can be traced to European sources, many others are of purely North American origin. The term "old-time"[edit] Other sources[edit] Revival[edit] Instrumentation[edit] Regional styles[edit] Appalachia[edit]
Bakersfield. History[edit] Two important British Invasion-era rock bands also displayed some Bakersfield influences. The Beatles recorded a popular version of Owens' "Act Naturally". Years later, The Rolling Stones made their connection explicit in the lyrics of the very Bakersfield-sounding Far Away Eyes, which begins: "I was driving home early Sunday morning, through Bakersfield ... ". The Bakersfield Sound has such a large influence on the West Coast music scene that many small guitar companies set up shop in Bakersfield in the 1960s. Buck Owens and The Buckaroos[edit] Buck Owens and the Buckaroos developed it further, incorporating different styles of music to fit his music tastes. Other successful artists[edit] In an interview, Dwight Yoakam defined the term "Bakersfield sound": References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c d e McNutt, Randy (2002). External links[edit] Outlaw Country. Willie Nelson History[edit] Origins[edit] The roots of the outlaw movement can be traced to the 1950s.
A major influence on the outlaw movement was Elvis Presley's bluesy covers of country standards. However, an even greater transition occurred after Waylon Jennings was able to secure his own recording rights, and began the trend of bucking the "Nashville Sound. " David Allan Coe at the time was a patched member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, a notorious one percenter motorcycle club. The 1960s was a decade of enormous change, and that change was also reflected in the music of the time. L-R Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings at Willie's 1972 4th of July Picnic.
Development[edit] Other Texans, like Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle and Guy Clark, have developed the outlaw ethos through their songs and their lifestyles. Female outlaws[edit] Another woman who achieved the Outlaw success of her male counterparts was Sammi Smith, a singer from California. Texas country[edit] Notes[edit] Nashville or Countrypolitan. The Nashville sound originated during the late 1950s as a sub-genre of American country music, replacing the chart dominance of honky tonk music which was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Although it refers to a means of production (not to mention an era and mystique) as much as to an actual sound, the Nashville sound is generally dated from 1957 or 1958.[1][unreliable source?]
Origins of the Nashville sound[edit] However, in an essay published in Heartaches by the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles, David Cantwell argues that Elvis Presley's rock and roll recording of "Don't Be Cruel" in July 1956 was the record that sparked the beginning of the era now called the Nashville sound.[1] Regarding the Nashville sound, the record producer Owen Bradley stated, "Now we've cut out the fiddle and steel guitar and added choruses to country music. But it can't stop there. Countrypolitan[edit] Country pop[edit] Examples of the Nashville sound[edit] Examples of Countrypolitan[edit] Country Pop. Bluegrass. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. Bluegrass was inspired by the music of Appalachia.[1] It has mixed roots in Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English[2] traditional music, and also later influenced by the music of African-Americans[3] through incorporation of jazz elements.
Bluegrass music has attracted a diverse following worldwide. Bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe characterized the genre as: "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound Characteristics[edit] Instrumentation[edit] Unlike mainstream country music, bluegrass is traditionally played on acoustic stringed instruments.
Instrumentation has been an ongoing topic of debate. Vocals[edit] Themes[edit] History[edit] Creation[edit] The music now known as bluegrass was frequently used to accompany a rural dancing style known as buckdancing, flatfooting or clogging. Classification[edit] Origin of name[edit]