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Information on the Country & Hillbilly & Western & Folk music traditions of America,
bringing to your attention professional & obscure artists, their works and their museums,
and available books & audio tapes & videos & DVDs & posters & ebooks

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          Jimmie Rodgers and the original Carter Family (Maybelle & A.P. & Sara) in 1931          on this page:
artists
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browse Country Music at Amazon
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browse Folk Music at Amazon
Essential Folk Music category at Amazon

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browse country music concerts on DVD | on VHS at Amazon

Artists  &  Groups

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Eddy Arnold

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Brooks & Dunn
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Slim-Howdy-Novel-ebook/dp/B0011UGM3M/

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Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown [d. 2005]

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The Carter Family
entry at Wikipedia
The Carter Family Memorial Music Center in Hiltons, VA
The Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, VA

Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?   "Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family & Their Legacy In American Music" [2002]
by Mark Zwonitzer with Charles Hirshberg

S&S 8¼x5½ pb [2/2004] for $10.50
S&S 9½x6.4 hardcover [7/2002] for $17.50
S&S {bargain} 9½x6.4 hardcover [7/2002] for $6.99
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Johnny Cash: Essentialsconcerts on DVDconcerts on VHS

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Patsy Cline: Essentials

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Bob Dylan
browse music | Essential CD | limited edition boxed set [9/2003] 15 discs | IMDb info
browse books | concerts on VHS | concerts on DVD | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1988

"Chronicles: Vol. 1" autobiography [2004] by Bob Dylan
S&S hardcover [10/2004] for $16.32 | S&S pb [9/2005] for $10.78

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Tennessee Ernie Ford [1919-91]
browse musicofficial website

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The Gatlin Brothers: browse musicofficial website

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Don Gibson [d 2003]

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Woody Guthrie [1912-67]
browse Woody Guthrie Music at Amazonmovie/TV credits at IMDb

Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives
Woody Guthrie at the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame [inducted 1988]
Woody Guthrie entry at Wikipedia

My Dusty Road music CD box set by Woody Guthrie   "My Dusty Road" CD Box Set [2009]  
by Woody Guthrie

54 songs from newly discovered original metal masters, accompanied on some by guitarist Cisco Houston and-or harmonica player Sonny Terry
Rounder Records music CD set [8/2009] 54 tracks on 4 disks for $57.49
Woody Guthrie / Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti  
"Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti" [1996]
by Woody Guthrie

Smithsonian Folkways remastered recordings [2/96] for $16.98
Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads   "Dust Bowl Ballads" [1964] by Woody Guthrie
Buddha / BMG audio CD [7/2000] for $10.99
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Robert Johnson
browse music | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1986 | documentaries on VHS | career box set

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Leadbelly [real name Huddie Ledbetter]
Essentials | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1988

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Alan Lomax [1915-2002]

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Roger Miller [1936-92]
browse musicofficial websitemuseum in Erick, OK

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The Oak Ridge Boys [est. 1943 as gospel group]
official website

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Buck Owens
Essentialsofficial website

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: browse musicofficial website

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Jimmie Rodgers: browse musicRock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1986

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Linda Ronstadt: Essentials

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Hank Snow
browse musicHank Snow Country Music Centre in Canada

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Cliffie Stone: official website

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folk singers The Weavers [1948-64 & 1981]
movie creditsWikipedia
original members were Ronnie Gilbert [b. 1926], Lee Hays [1914-81], Fred Hellerman [b. 1927] & Pete
Seeger [b. 1919] - all affected by the Hollywood Blacklist, circa 1950; later members were
Erik Darling [1933-2008], Frank Hamilton & Bernie Krause [b. 1938]

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Hank Williams [1923-53] & Family Page

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Bob Wills [1905-75] & His Texas Playboys Page  'San Antonio Rose' midi file [1 min 56 sec]

1947-48 Tiffany Transcriptions CD box set by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys   "The Tiffany Transcriptions {original recordings, remastered}" Box Set [2009]
by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

a series of radio programs recorded in 1947 & 1948 for syndication by Bob Wills's Tiffany Music at the historic Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California
Collector's Choice soundtrack CD set [1/2009] 150 tracks on 10 CDs for $122.98
official album site

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Gretchen Wilson: browse music

Links
Country Music Hall of fame
Grand Ole Opry official website
Country Vintage: Legends of Country Music
Country Legends Assn.
Countryworks 'Century of Country' website
East Tennessee Old Time Music Index
Roughstock's History of Country Music
Louisiana Hayride official website
Folk Alley: Kent State's 24/7 folk music webcast
Hillbilly Music [dot] com
Great American Country Television [est. 1995]

Events
Albuquerque [NM] Folk Festival [June 2007 = #9]
Kent State Folk Festival [Nov] in Kent, OH

Books

Classic Country   "Classic Country: The Golden Age of Country Music - The 20's Thru The 70's" [2001]
Time-Life 12x10¼ hardcover [11/2001] out of print/used

Music  CDs

Lester Moran & Cadillac Cowboys   "The Complete Lester 'Roadhog' Moran & The Cadillac Cowboys" [1995]
satire by the Statler Brothers

Mercury Nashville audio CD [2/95] for $9.95
Best of Thistle & Shamrock   "The Best of The Thistle & Shamrock, Vol. 1" [1999]
artists & groups include Altan; Battlefield Band; Pierre Bensusan; Clannad; Alasdair Frazer & Paul Machlis; Dick Gaughan; William Jackson; Dougie MacLean; Maura O'Connell; Relativity; Sileas; and Davy Spillane
Hearts of Space audio CD [1/99] for $15.98
official radio program website at N.P.R.
Anthology of American Folk Music  
"Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music" [1952]
Vols. 1-3: Smithsonian/Folkways audio CD [8/97] 6 disks for $76.49
Vol. 4: Revenant audio CD [5/2000] 2 disks / out of prodn/used


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